Whew! It has been quite the month for us… Here is an update on what’s been going on:

1. We decorated for Christmas while drinking chai tea and watching Christmas Joy– a must during Christmas time for me (it is a a dance show I was in for 10 years telling the true meaning of CHRISTmas through dance). Since there is no snow outside, no Christmas music playing in every store, or lights adoring the neighbors homes, I am thankful that I could decorate inside & we that have two trees this year! (they were both left in our house)

2. A few days after I returned home from the states Chase and I were sleeping and Chase woke up to the sound of water rushing, he turned over and asked if I had left the shower on! I said of course not! So next thing he did was stand up to go check on the problem when he stepped down water splashed him in the face! Which meant we had a bigger problem than we thought. We quickly realized that our water heater pipe in our bathroom busted and had been shooting out water for over an hour! So all this to say our entire house (except our kitchen & two quests rooms) were under water (about 1-2 in deep!) OMgoodness it was a mess… we stayed up for 3 hours sweeping the water, ringing out clothes, hanging up rugs to dry all while trying to laugh instead of cry! Everything is fine now, we got the pipe fixed, rugs are dry, house is smelling normal again…

3. Our car has had lots of “issues” as of late (well actually ever since it broke down on the side of the road for me- I promise I didn’t do anything to it!- ha) so we have been juggling sharing a car with the Remkes, catching rides to school and such… resting in the fact that one day “all things will be made new!”

4. We took a trip down to the capital city with the Remke family! Because of the issue above we drove together in one car as one big happy family! We had a great trip exploring, dreaming about living there together (possibly in the same house!) one day, brainstormed about our business, drank coffee, went to the beach, shopped for Christmas, ate great food, and visited with great friends. Look forward to many more trips like this.

Best Startbucks on earth (or at least that I know of right now…)

I know we are living a rough life out here so close to the gorgeous beach! Come visit us- you are always welcome!

5. This past weekend we (Jord and I) threw a baby shower for my dear friend Katie who is having another boy in March. We had a great time planning, crafting, baking and preparing for this shower. We even stayed up till 4 am working on stuff for it! (crazy, I know… but it turned out great esp. for living in a place without Hobby Lobby) The theme was a “Persian Cafe” with a French inspired menu….

*pictures & collage of shower done by the wonderful photographer, Jord*

6. We have one week of class and then we are off for a week to celebrate Christmas! Looking forward for some time to rest & I hope to meet my new neighbors. I have been a terrible neighbor since we moved into our new house! I will let you know if it happens.

Hope you all have a great week before Christmas! Can’t believe it is only ONE week away! Better start baking & wrapping gifts!