MIXED EMOTIONS

Well, here I am catching up again. Blogs are hard. Well, maybe they are not but I am bad at keeping up with what we are doing. Or we are just not that exciting! 

Let me explain the title really fast...

We have mixed emotions because...

1. The semester is almost over= we are SO HAPPY

2. The semester is almost over which means the Jacobs are moving= we are SO SAD

Anyways, we have just been super busy with school and finishing up with all of our classes. Garrett has had SO many tests and I am busy writing my research paper and taking a few tests. I am so anxious for Christmas Break. This semester has been so fun because we have had the best friends to hang out with on the side of doing all of our 17 credits a piece. Worst decision ever but it will be worth it when I finish fast. Right? At least that's what I keep telling myself. 

We had our ward party! There was a delicious dinner and as always good company! They set up a photo booth and once again Madeline took our pictures! I feel like she is our own little photographer. I love it but she probably hates it haha

After the Christmas Party the boys had a guys night and us girls watched Holiday in Handcuffs, my favorite ABC Family Christmas movie so it was good!

Then, last week our ward had playoffs for Stake basketball and they won on Tuesday pretty easily so we celebrated with Dairy Queen with Madeline, Tyler, Elle, and Katrina!

Then they played again on Thursday for the Championship and they WON by 3 in overtime! They were so happy! And us wives were happy to have happy husbands! So it was obvious that we had to celebrate with Dairy Queen again. 

Our friends the Jacobs are moving to Salt Lake City for Jon's new job and we are so sad about it! But so excited for their new adventure and we already can't wait to go see them! So since they are leaving we had a non-stop party weekend. 

Friday night we went to Idaho Falls to go to Mackenzie River Pizza with everybody and had the most delicious meal. If you ever go, get the house salad with creamy vinaigrette and the willow creek sandwich. SO GOOD! Then we played basketball at the church until after 10.

We soaked up every last minute with them this weekend and we loved it! Saturday morning the boys played football for Elders Quorum so Katrina and I walked around the track for an hour and talked! We came back and Jon and Garrett had made us waffles! Then later that day the boys had dinner for Elders Quorum so I made homemade raspberry ice cream and had Madeline and Katrina over and we talked until the boys game back! 

Elle and David had Garrett and I over to make Christmas treats with them on Saturday night which was a lot of fun! Then we watched The Giver over at the Jacobs with them and the Vances. 

To end the weekend, on Sunday after church we had lunch/dinner together! We had Taco Soup, the most delicious salad that Madeline made, and cheesecake bars. Everyone loved it! (I think it helped that everyone was starving) We forced the boys into taking a picture and I'm so glad we did! Looking at the picture, the Jacobs are on our left and the Vance's are on our right!

Later Sunday night we got a text saying there was a fry party going on so we ran over! We had fries and deep-fried oreos! It was the best night! We have gotten to know each other so well and have so much fun all the time. We are constantly laughing which I love. Married friends are the BEST!

So now we are counting down the hours until we are finished with our classes, tests, and papers so we can have Christmas break already!

Remember, we are SO sad because the Jacobs are moving. We had to say bye to them today and it's already weird not seeing their car there. We were so lucky to meet them this semester! We are thankful for the example they are to us! They are so outgoing, fun to be around, funny, and kind! We love them!

Maybe, I am over exaggerating because we will see them in 2 days but it will be so different! Anyways...We are headed to Lander on Thursday with the Jacobs and Vance's to go snowmobiling on Friday! We are so excited to have them there for the weekend. Then on Monday the 22nd we are headed to Billings for the Holidays!

Here's a picture of us just in case we don't survive our finals! Please don't forget about us!