Christmas break....

Our beautiful tree and all the presents!

Karissa and her Versace perfume Christopher gave her!

The kids hearing the Christmas story

It snowed Christmas day!! So fun!!

Dad playing with his new ATV!







The most gorgeous Christmas kitty, Curi!!

The Halvorsons...

very special family friends. We sure love Rod and Randy!!

Todd and Danielle...next Christmas there will be 3 of them!! Can't wait to meet my niece or nephew :)

Making gingerbread houses!!

Hanging out with my friend, Jenn and her daughter, Mackenzie. She was born at 24 weeks and is truly a little miracle!!

Hard to believe that my break is nearing its end!! It has been great hanging out with the family and also just relaxing. The kids are so big and they were so fun at Christmas!! It has also been an emotional time the last few weeks...a very dear friend of mine, Jeanne Clem passed away on December 17th after a 7 year battle with cancer. She was one of the most amazing women I've ever known and she will be deeply missed. Despite some rough days, Christmas was special- just me, Mom and Dad :) Love and miss all my Nashville friends and family....I'll be seeing ya'll soon!!

The semester is OVER & I'm finally headin home.....

Me and Rebecca. I would say she has definitely become my best friend here in Nashville. This semester was really tough for me and she stood by me through everything....A true friend.

Me and Whit!! She is by no means new to the blog but she hasn't been on it for a little while....that will be changing :)

I can honestly say that once I found out my pharm grade, which as you can see was INCREDIBLE, that I took a big sigh of relief. I've told a few people I truly feel like I can breathe now. After I knew I passed pharm I just sat at the computer screen looking at the grade and could not believe it and was just sobbing. I just keep taking deep breaths so grateful that everything is finally done. I learned a ton this semester both academically and personally and although it was really rough at times I am on the other side now looking back with a new sense of gratitude and a much different perspective on life....I think that is pretty cool. Thank you to everyone who supported me and believed in me throughout this semester....I appreciate it more than you'll ever know. "I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could...."

Some random stuff to keep ya'll entertained....

Serenity....priceless during finals!! This is the view from my deck

A little birdbanding with Portia (the woman I live with). I promise we aren't hurting them....she just puts this little, "bracelet" thing on them to track where they go! It was really fun actually :)

Two beauties in the middle of finals....looking a little tired!!

Studying, studying and more studying!! It is almost over and I cannot wait!!! I'm definitely putting in the work so hopefully that show in my grades!!