The last month

Christmas picture (how mad does Tinkie look at us)

BYU v. TCU

After my brief sabbatical from blogspot, I have returned. Maybe not tanner, but definitely heavier after a week long cruise (do you know how much they feed you?!). Since my last post, we have been quite busy, but haven't actually done much. Isn't it funny how that happens? Jade's been a workaholic, and I have been quite busy finishing my last few weeks of school. For the record, in one week I will be a college graduate! Finally. BYU killed TCU, and we were once again on the sideline, cheering on our cougars. Basically the only other event worth noting would be the cruise we went on with my family for Thanksgiving. It was to the Western Caribbean and Central America. We had so much fun. The weather was kind of a bummer, because 3 out of the 4 port days were rainy, but nevertheless, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Cozumel, Mexico was our first stop. We went with an LDS group to see the Mayan ruins there, which were really neat, and the scenery was spectacular. Belize City, Belize was stop number two. We went with that same LDS group to another set of Mayan ruins. These were really cool, because to get to them, we had to take a speed boat ride through a river in the jungle, and we could climb to the top of the temples. Exercise and culture. What more could we ask for? Sun. Our third stop was Roatan, Honduras. This was the beautiful day, and the most fun. We went on a zip-line tour through the top of the trees in the jungle. We also did tight-rope walking, rope bridges, and the like. The best part of the day was playing with the owner's pet: a monkey! His name was poncho and he was about 20lbs, and 4 feet tall from fingers to toes. I got to hold him, and he climbed all over me (and the rest of the fam). It was SO cool. Then we went to Freeport, Bahamas. Rainy, again, and kind of ghetto. We went shopping and the boys went to the beach. Other than that, we had 3 days at sea, where we spent the majority of the time catching up on sleep, eating, and playing games. I am the English Rummy champion! It's been hard being back in the 30 degree weather, and especially hard not having a chef and wait staff at my service. We're super busy trying to catch up with things before Christmas break, but though we're going crazy, we're still having fun. The highlight of being back in Utah was taking down Thanksgiving decorations and putting Christmas decorations up. And Christmas music. I love my Christmas music. Jade will finally let me listen to it now that Thanksgiving is over.

Cozumel

Cozumel