Fall quarter was an interesting one. I was lucky enough to get a job
working for the Health Professions Advising Center right after EMT
classes ended, and was able to finish her PA application. I have been
invited for an interview at WesternU in Pomona, and will be interviewing
on the 28th of January, bringing us one step closer to acceptance. My
employment ended in the middle of December, but I've been working on
finding a job that will put that EMT training to good use. Joseph had a
very difficult quarter, with courses that took up more time than he
could give while working part time. Lets just say he had a few 2am and
5am nights while trying to finish projects. Despite the difficulties, we
thoroughly enjoyed the fall holidays, as you can see in the barrage of pictures to follow (which will hopefully distract you from the obscene amount of time it took us to post to the blog).
{Annual Halloween Extravaganza}
{Celebrating Briley's birthday the traditional Chinese dumpling/Comedy Sportz way. And below, Rebecca making us laugh}
{Thanksgiving in our home again this year as I try to perfect my chef-skills}
I feel these next pictures warrant a bit more explanation. Over the summer, some friends informed us that they are annually part of a choir that participates in Disneyland's Candlelight Processional. This is a program put on by Disney for several (this year 20) nights in December, which features a celebrity host reading the biblical Christmas story accompanied by musical numbers provided by our volunteer choir. Having wanted to see the show myself, I was excited at the prospect of actually participating (the free ticket to come back to Disneyland later in the year didn't sway us either). We joined the choir and a few months later performed (only one show due to our work schedules). Needless to say it was NOT an easy experience ( I had some issues with my ears and air pressure during the show, while Joseph got a dead arm trying to hold his backpack inconspicuously), but it was a great adventure. Not sure with my school schedule if we can do it again next year, but some day we hope to return again.
{Every
year Joseph makes sugar cookies, and every year he curses the day he
decided to make sugar cookies. I was sure to get a picture before the
cursing began}
{To round off our pre-Christmas fun we returned to Universal Studios to use our ticket}
As you can see we have been very much enjoying our vacation (even though we passed a cold back and forth about four times this season, leaving me sick on Christmas) and wish it wouldn't end. Until then, we will continue to play the Lego Lord of the Rings game Santa brought us and hope the new year brings all the good things we wish for.
