the new year

The New Year brings new things at the Craig household. The most exciting of which is the new bathroom!! Tomorrow it should be 100% complete!! We are both so excited. We should begin to move all of our stuff in and be using it Tuesday morning! Roger has done an absolutely amazing job. He has worked hard every day, even though we've both been struggling with allergies for the past couple of weeks.

Christmas was amazing. It was really good to see everyone, although it was very very short. We are getting better at making our trips very efficient and our visits full of quality but we are still working on that. It's taking a while to get it right.

As far as Christmas goes, we are so incredibly blessed beyond words. It was so great just to visit with everyone and everyone did amazing on gifts. Roger has effectively replaced his gray hat for his green one (the ultimate compliment to Bethany). I absolutely love my dishes and was really sad to have to put up my new willow tree addition to my nativity. But my other willow tree angel is sitting on my desk. It means so much, there aren't words to say. I am also thrilled about my new colorful dishes that I bought to go with my fiestaware. They look amazing and I have my mom to thank for running to the store to buy them before they were all sold out! She is amazing! Couldn't ask for better.

We even got to see Grandma yesterday which was great. We didn't get to visit as much as I would have like, but I do have pretty high standards for what I call "enough time to visit." I really enjoyed talking with her. Last time we visited her, I realized that my perseption of her was entirely wrong. She is very frank and honest and upfront about what is going one. She is realistic and approaches life with such honesty. I am not sure how I would have described her before, but as of late, I have come to truly appreciate the woman that she is. I hate that it has taken me this long to see and appreciate, but such is life. I just hope that I am able to get to know her better in the time we have.

As for New Year, Roger was thrilled that we spent it with a licensed pyrotechnic. He has a shed full of fireworks and remarkably wasn't working his usual side job. So the guys had a great time blowing up all manner of things and custom creations. Yes, there was a fire extinguisher and yes it was used. Too much fun! We had a really good visit while we were there and even made some new friends. it was a good time.

Now for the new semester, school starts on Tuesday! We'll see what it has in store for me as Roger see's what the house has in store for him.