Holiday...celebrate

Well all of my visitors are gone and now its back to just me and Daniel! It was so fun to have my mom and then Ariel out here for a few days. Something to keep me busy is always nice :) I don't have any pictures yet, but I will post them once I get them! 

I ended up getting the job at the Pediatric office which I am very excited about. It's only part time right now-3 days a week, but eventually it will be full time so I'll take it. I am supposed to start tomorrow so it'll be really nice to have some real income coming in! I had my working interview last Wednesday and she called me right after I left to offer me the job. She's a super nice dentist and her staff is awesome as well so it's good! On Thursday Daniel went to a health fair that the dental school put on for the community in Santa Monica. Lots of homeless people and less fortunate people came in to find out where they could get some health care and/or dental work done so Daniel was able to help them with that. Majority of them were Spanish so he was excited that he was used as a translator all morning. Me on the other hand just waited for him to get home so we could celebrate Thanksgiving already! :) We took off as soon as he got back to go down to Oceanside. Kami and Brett and their cute family were nice enough to wait for us as we sat through 2 1/2 hours of traffic. Dinner was delicious and it was so much fun to play with the kids. We love you guys! Thanks for letting us share the holiday with you!

Even though Daniel studied for the rest of the weekend, he still hung out with me every night:) We went and got some peppermint ice cream and rented Elf one night to get in the Christmas spirit, and the next night we did dinner at Chilis! Jules--totally thought of you as we enjoyed our queso! Overall it was a great weekend. Can't wait to see more family at Christmas. Only about 12 more days till we go home! It's going to be a great break. Top highlights are:

1. Getting out of California for a while..ohhh cant wait

2. Katie coming to visit!

3. Hattie being born:) and Alexa and Sean waiting to have her until we get there..

4. Cold weather

5. Seeing my siblings/Daniels family

6. Kaylee and Kennie

7. Everything!!

We can't wait. Daniel is hoping that his finals will be done by the 11th, but he has to re-schedule one of them because he has to go to Sacramento on the 10th. He is doing the final rounds for an Army National Guard program that will help us through dental school. They pay us a lot of money each month and in return Daniel works on a base for one Sat and Sun every month. Our fingers are crossed that it works out, it would make me breathe a little easier knowing that we can pay off some of the loads of debt DURING school instead of all of it after :) 

We love life and are grateful for our blessings this week. I have learned too many times in the past 3 years that our lives are a day by day gift. Each day is a blessing and I hope to never take it for granted. I love my family and I love my friends. Happy holidays to you all!