Christmas Break is almost over but Heather and I made the most of it.  We took the train out to Elkhart, IN where my brother Phil picked us up.  We spent the next days split between my parents and Heather's parents.  In fact her whole family was there which was a lot of fun.  We went to the Dayton Air Force Museum, recorded our own copies of home movies, played lots of games, went to the temple, and enjoyed a break dancing demonstration from Heather's two year old nephew.  It was awesome.

The train was a new experience for us.  It took about 34 hours to go from Salt Lake City to Chicago.  The seats are bigger than an airplane and you have a lot more leg room.  All in all it wasn't a bad experience, it kind of forced us to relax since all we did for a day and half was sit in a chair and entertain ourselves.  Here are a couple pictures Heather took while we were on the train.

Top picture is the old train station in Grand Junction, Co; Bottom is
the sun rising in southern UT.

School starts on Monday and I think we are ready to get back... I guess we'll see.  I need to write my thesis this semester and Heather finishes her program.  We are still applying to graduate schools.  That is going to be the hardest thing about this semester is waiting to find out where we will be in the fall.

Well finals are over and done!  Hooray!!  Now we are just waiting for grades to come in and applying to graduate schools for next fall.  We just applied to UNC Chapel Hill and we are working out the rest of our list, hopefully this weekend.  We spent the last two days helping my sister Amanda watch her kids while her husband was at work.  Amanda just had their third baby a week ago.  We had a fun time playing with the older two and we did our best to help out around the house.  Heather even gave their dog, Hank, a bath!

We carved Christmas Pumpkins with Robert and Alaina.  They were a big help.

In sadder news our Aggies did lose to Ohio at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl but it was a close game and after so many 4 win seasons I am still super impressed at how well the team did this year.  Way to go Aggies!

This is Heather's finished Christmas Pumpkin.