December Events

Earlier in December I went to Clarksville, TN to visit my very good friend Amy. Jordan was in Training in Cleveland that same week so it worked out perfectly. Jordan and I met Amy and Tyler, her husband, at Ft. Benning very soon after we first got there, and we have stayed in touch with them. They moved to Ft. Campbell when we were supposed to move to Alaska. Amy had a rough few months with her husband being deployed, a good friend dying in Afghanistan, and a few other tough things so I decided to give her a visit. Another friend, Maddy, whom we also met at Ft. Benning, came too for a few days so it was a fun reunion. Maddy has a new addition to her family, Matthew, so we got to see him too-he is so cute isn't he?! I didn't get a picture with Maddy, but here is one of Amy and me. It was freezing that week in Tennessee-in the teens most of the time!

New Year's Eve with Emily and Michael. We went to Coal Vines for dinner then back to our apartment for games!

Armed Forces Bowl Game-Army v. SMU December 30 at SMU. Both of our teams were in bowl games, and we got to go to both! Army won, whoo hoo! This game was at 11:00 am in Dallas the day after the Baylor bowl game in Houston so we woke up at 5:00 am to make it back in time. We were so exhausted after this game, but it was an exciting few days!

Texas Bowl-Baylor v. Illinois December 29. We won't discuss the outcome of the game, but it was still fun! Good thing it was at Reliant stadium, which is a dome, because it was pouring rain all day in Houston.

I don't have any pictures from Christmas, but we had Christmas with my family the Monday before Christmas. We had dinner at Bucca di beppo then opened presents. We left Tuesday for Houston to have Christmas with Jordan's family. We had such a great time! We saw True Grit and The Fighter while in Houston-both fantastic!