We spent Thanksgiving in Los Angeles with my family. Most of our time was spent watching football and finishing our schoolwork. I typed out a 25 page paper during our three days in LA and watched the ASU, NU, and BYU games. We also visited our good friends Mike and Jenny, and their little girl. We went miniature golfing at Golf-N-Stuff, which contributed a scene to the original Karate Kid movie.
We're now back in Tempe and finishing up school. The term technically runs until December 15 or so, but I will be completely finished before the end of November. Jen is pretty jealous. Then on December 14 we head up to Moscow, Idaho, to meet Amanda. We're anxious to get to know her and her family. We are so grateful for her decision to allow us to adopt her baby girl.
For Christmas we'll be in LA again, and Jen's parents will fly in for a few days. Usually we spend that holiday with them in Washington, but this year we're rotating my parents in for Christmas. Then we'll return for school in early January, prepare our home for a baby, and return to schoolwork. I've only got two classes left, exams, and my dissertation (which will take a couple years). Jen has about six classes and will complete them over the next two semesters as a part-time student, then complete her exams and final document. She'll graduate in Spring 2010, and I'm expecting to finish a year later.
