But let's start a little earlier than Christmas, we need to go back to the start of the month for this update.... Overall, December has been a pretty uneventful month for us here. Mostly full of work for the both of us and unfortunately we always seem to work opposite shifts so it didn't feel like we got to see one another a whole lot :(
Hannah's work has been busy busy, even more so since they were anticipating being slow so they cut a lot of sonographers that we could have used! She also got her first "get woken up from sleeping by your pager and hurry come to work!" call in which went very well - so Hannah must be learning stuff here after all! Nick's winding down his 2 jobs this month since school will be starting and has to now pick only 1 to keep for the new year. For now, it looks like Applebee's will be the job of choice due to the potential for more $ and more hours.
Oh yeah - Nick starts school January 6 (FINALLY!!!!) But of course we still ran into more school issues for him out here. He wasn't able to get placed into a dorm room so it looks like he is going to have to make the hour and a half commute to and from Bakersfield everyday :( It's been very frustrating for us that the school things haven't been going smoothly at all, but we have faith that things will work themselves out and it will all be water under the bridge.
We were able to walk down "Christmas Tree Lane" earlier this month! It was 2 mile walking stretch of houses decorated to the max with Christmas decorations. We took a few pictures for you to see too! Some of these Californians are a little unconventional in their theme choices!
Santa and Shamu?
A Toy Story Christmas
You can't tell real well, but this house was making snow! Quite the novelty :)
Oh Optimus Prime...On Christmas day poor Nick got woken up at 7 a.m. to open gifts - He complained, but was secretly excited to get up early, too! Even the pets got some gifts which they really enjoyed! We spent the rest of our day with ice skating, going to see Sherlock Holmes, and eating a yummy dinner of friend brats (we even forgot to eat the pie, we were so full!)
Geo's new "Life is Good" Frisbee!
Geo smelled the bacon!
Even Echo seemed thrilled with his Christmas gifts (which are now lost under the couch somewhere...)
Nick's ready to co camping now!
And I can go camping too and now worry about bears :)
That's about it for our December - pretty calm and quite for us! Hopefully January will bring us some good stories to share and a better blog update for you to read! Thank you all for your generous gifts and warm wishes you sent our way this holiday season. We miss and love you all. We hope to be back in the mitten next Christmas for a visit! Have a safe and happy new year!
Nick and Hannah
Geo's new "Life is Good" Frisbee!
Geo smelled the bacon!
Even Echo seemed thrilled with his Christmas gifts (which are now lost under the couch somewhere...)
Nick's ready to co camping now!
And I can go camping too and now worry about bears :)That's about it for our December - pretty calm and quite for us! Hopefully January will bring us some good stories to share and a better blog update for you to read! Thank you all for your generous gifts and warm wishes you sent our way this holiday season. We miss and love you all. We hope to be back in the mitten next Christmas for a visit! Have a safe and happy new year!
Nick and Hannah
