Snow Snow and More Snow

Holy Cow! Robert and I started school today and we like our classes. Robert had class until 7pm and my afternoon class was cancelled because my professor was at a conference. I came home and did some cleaning and it was snowing hard. There was half an inch on the car when I left and the plan was that I would pick-up Robert after his class. I went to pick him up and there was about five inches of snow on the car! No joke. I scraped the snow off the car and tried to leave the driveway. No go. I could get out of driveway but not past the dip and into the street. I tried four times but I would get to the dip (which no one could see because of all the snow) and then I would get stuck and start to slide to the right. There was a car parked to the right and I did not want to hit it. I finally called Robert and he said he would walk (it was still snowing). Luckily we live about two blocks from campus. He couldn't tell the difference between the sidewalk and the street. There was only one set of tire marks in the main streets of town because there was so much snow. I stayed on the phone and talked to him until he got home. I had dinner waiting so he could warm up. We are hoping to be able to get to school tomorrow.

Mexican Christmas

Robert's family went to Cancun for Christmas. We were so glad to get out of the cold and snow. We arrived later than expected in Cancun and we got to our resort pretty late. However, it was a lovely resort and we had a lot of fun staying there. They had a ton of pools with little veranda's by the pool that you could sit on. We also say the crocodiles and flamingos that they had at the resort. Robert and I got our own room. We had two condos, they had a limited kitchen, living area and two suite-type rooms. It was a lot of fun sitting in the whirlpool bathtub.

On Christmas Eve we went to Chichen Itza. It was unbelievable. We got to see all the ruins and we even were rained on a few times. Apparently this is usual weather for July and August, not December. When Robert and I were huddled with a large group under some trees one of the peddlers came and offered Robert and free Mayan-type mask for his hat. He agreed to trade. The hat was a BYU one that he got free at a game; it was a good trade. We missed the on-ramp to the highway on the way home and a three hour trip turned into a four to five hour trip through the jungle. Another adventure. Freeways in the US are so much nicer. The freeways in Mexico have speed-bumps in them (I'm sure it's different in the bigger cities). We got a few other souvenirs to remember the trip by. We were able to go the beach and just relax. We played games and had adventures as we went grocery shopping. It was very nice to see another culture and way of life.

On the way home we spent about 30 hours travelling. We got to the airport about three hours early (like they recommended). Our flight was delayed about two and a half hours. After we, finally, got on the plane we were had missed our connection. Robert and I were on the same flight and his parents, Aubrey and Janae. We all missed our connections. We were given a phone number for a hotel and told to stay there if we wanted. We were not comped rooms, meals, nothing, zip. Then Robert and I were told that we would not be leaving Denver until after noon the next day. We were not very happy and we were not in good moods. When we finally got to Salt Lake Airport Robert went to dig the car out while I got the luggage. Lo and behold they had lost it. We vowed to never fly Frontier Airlines again if we could avoid it at all. Boo to Frontier Airlines :( At least the rest of the trip was good and no one got sick from the food or the water.

Christmas in Mexico

We are back from Mexico. It was fun and very warm (so happy about that). The only problem was travelling home. I will finish this post later because we have been travelling for 30 hours thanks to Frontier Airlines. Off to bed for us.

Christmas Tree Cookies

Robert and I have started Christmas baking. It just wouldn't be Christmas without cream cheese brownies, magic cookie bars, sugar cookies, and of course Christmas Tree Cookies. Cream cheese brownies and magic cookie bars come my mom's side of the family, and sugar cookies and Christmas Tree Cookies come from my dad's side of the family. We have these every year without fail. My mom was great and always let us help even though it would have been easier and faster to just do it herself. Grandma Duffy has the best sugar cookie recipe. Jan and Ann gave it to me at the family shower. Our family has never found a better one. The cookies stay nice and soft for days afterwards and they are yummy.

Christmas Tree Cookies are good but can be a chore to make. You need a cookie press and the one my mom (and hence the kids) used was one that you had to screw down and then you had to bend over and check the bottom of the cookie press to see how much dough was coming out. Grandma Duffy bought a cookie press for my parents when they got married and taught my mom how to make them. Robert and I received a cookie press for our wedding and I decided to make the cookies today after we came home at seven from studying for the final. I was prepared for a long night of baking when, lo and behold, I was done and my kitchen cleaned in less than an hour. The reason? My cookie press is totally awesome. It has a hand trigger that you squeeze and it doles out the perfect amount or dough, no twisting the handle or having to crane you neck to get the job done. I was shocked. I called my parents and they said "no fair, Christmas Tree Cookies are supposed to be a chore." They used to be but not anymore. Thank you Crate and Barrel for making a totally awesome cookie press. Now, onto more finals. sigh.

Death to Finals!

Finals are almost done. We have one left tomorrow and then we are done and free until next semester. My computer crashed during our business associations final. Thanks computer, really, you shouldn't have. So I had to grad a bluebook and finish my final by hand while everyone else had their computers. Robert saw what happened but he couldn't do anything about it. They were able to get most of my computer final off of my backup final, but I lost about twenty minutes of my final (bad grade here we come, oh goody). We had Professional Responsibility on Friday, it was a normal final. We went to dinner and ice cream with some of out law school friends and it was great to be able to see them all outside of school.

Monday we had Geek Night 2. It all started with a movie that we had to watch for one of out classes. The Ellises, Smiths, and us all had the same class and decided to watch it together to get it done (there was a question on the final that asked if we had watched it this semester). We started playing video games and then we organized an official Geek Night for the following week. We are all geeks/nerds by default because if you are in law school you are a nerd. It's a fact. So we had another one. We had the Shills and Jackie come and it was so much fun. We just bring snacks and play a ton of video games, including the original Nintendo. So we had a little break and even some fun during crazy, stressful finals.

We're Back

Sooooo it's been a while. Before I get flamed there was Thanksgiving, and then one week before finals started. We have four finals in four days this week and it sucks (sorry for the language but it really does). We had evidence yesterday and the test was so hard it sucked out my will to live. I walked out of there convinced that I failed it. Well, everyone else thinks that they failed it too so with the curve I may be okay. We had trusts today and both Robert and I feel that we did well. Business Associations is tomorrow. It has been our least favorite class and it appears that the final won't disappoint. Friday is Professional Responsibility and then we will be done until next Thursday when we had Real Estate Finance.

My Visiting Teacher is so awesome she found out about our crazy schedule and brought us dinner tonight. Well, this was my study break so back to un-fun stuff.

We are Sick

We got hit with the flu/cold bug this week. Robert has a nasty cold and he tweaked his shoulder wrong when he slept and is in a lot of pain. I have to flu. Not fun; especially when we had a test today and finals are in three weeks. We have four finals in four days. Yikes. That is a lot. Each final is three hours in length. We type on our computers the whole time. We cannot cheat even though we use computers. We install a program that administers the exam; it locks us out of everything on our computer but the exam. They also video tape the exam to see if anyone if cheating. Personally, I would turn someone in if I saw them cheating.

Mom, Dad, Shaun, Christine, and Grandma and Grandpa are in town. We were supposed to go to MoTab with them tonight, but being sick we decided to stay home and get better so we are not sick for finals. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving.