Dear friends,

I have A LOT to catch you up on. My last post was before Thanksgiving and that is way to long ago. Thanksgiving vacation I went back to Fargo/DL for a week! It was so much fun seeing my friends, boyfriend & of course family. I came back here to Montana for a few short weeks and then soon enough I was back home for a month during Christmas time. It was really fun to spend 10 days with AJ while we were home because he gets to come home very rarely. Although- he is moving to Oklahoma in Feb. It will be nice to have him closer!

We spend Christmas at the lake. Its fun being secluded just the 5 of us in the cabin for a few days. But towards the end we are so ready to have a break from each other! ;)

Normally our tradition is to open presents after church on Christmas Eve. This year we decided to switch it up and wait until Christmas Day... Mom opening one of her presents...

Dad got an IPAD.
No way? AJ got one too!
I got some new Ugglies(UGGS)
Clara got a new watch...
After Christmas, New Years came right around the corner. Matt and I had a good time celebrating together...

Another picture of us at a Fargo Force game...

We spend SO much time watching hockey when I visit home. We love the force and love watching the fights! Grrrr!

Sister Clara, cousins Ruth & Grace and I on Thanksgiving...

During Thanksgiving my Mom and I went to the Miss ND Pageant. Our family friend Audra Mari ended up winning Miss Teen ND. Very exciting!

In January my Mom and I took a trip to see Grandma in Orlando. My Mom and I hadn't ever gone somewhere just the two of us before so it was fun. It was great to see Grandma Mary, do some shopping and we took a trip to Universal Studios. It blew my mind how cool it was and I even got my Mom to go on a roller coaster with me.

Now since I have been back at school I have been working on organizing my life and starting some new classes. I am in a lot of classes that I enjoy so that is a plus. I also spend a lot of time up at Big Sky on my days off!

I will try to update this for those of you who read this more often!

Liz