I have failed at mailing Christmas cards this year so I've decided to do the next best thing, Internet greeting! Adam and I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest New Year! Amidst the chaos of Christmas shopping and planning for travel, it is easy to forget the reason for the season. We hope everyone is able enjoy time their friends and families this Holiday season. We are excited to come home to California to spend Christmas with our family! We have also enjoyed starting Christmas traditions with our friends here in Oregon. The above picture is our first time cutting down a Christmas tree together.
I have to admit that this is the first time in many years that I have felt in the "Christmas Spirit"! I think the winter-like weather can be credited for it. It's been quite cold and we've had some very frosty mornings. It's not so bad so far... I am looking forward to our trip home to sunny California. Hopefully it will be nice and warm. I'll take 60 degrees as warm! It's funny how I've acclimated to the weather here. Suddenly 60 degrees is warm! I shouldn't say warm, it's more like relief from freezing! Adam and I have been celebrating by cutting down our own tree and putting up Christmas lights on our house. Pretty fun stuff! As I mentioned before, we will be going home to California for Christmas. We are very excited to see our families. Adam was fortunate to get Christmas day off so we're even more excited about not having to rush home on Christmas Eve. As for my new job, it's going well! I'm learning a ton of new things! Sometimes I feel like I'm in way over my head! I definitely have the medical background but I do not have the accounting background. I need to do some homework and get up to speed because I need to learn this stuff to do well at my job. Everyone has been helpful and they're always offering support which is a great thing to be surrounded by! Adam and I have finally gone back to church. Between moving and working on the house and our work schedules we put church on the back burner. We're so happy to be back. We are loving our new church and God is speaking to us through every message! We also got back to House Church which was really nice! All in all, this is shaping up to be a great end to 2011!
