Well, the end of the semester was a bit iffy! Finals were a tad harder than I had expected (or maybe I was a little too excited from the recent proposal to focus completely lol). But all in all, I pulled a 3.20 this semester...not the best...my lowest GPA ever. My overall GPA is a 3.55 now. My goal is graduate with at least a 3.5! Looks like I'm gonna have to really concentrate these last two semesters!
Finally, after all the stress of finals and grades...Christmas Break is finally here! I worked as much as I could for a week and then December 16, Matthew finished up his finals and came to stay with me for the break.
Walking around in market Square after eating at Soccer Taco!
Hey..last time we were here...Matthew proposed to me! :)
awwww :)
Love :)
We headed out (after ice from the ridiculous ice storm melted) to DC to spend some time with his Dad's family. Road trips...yeah we like them a lot! We were in DC for about 4 days or so. Got to see some fun things, but mainly just hang out with the family! :)
Future sister-in-law :) Courtney
hanging out in the condo!
fun with Photobooth :)
aww...precious! ;)
LOVE THIS PICTURE! :)
The "kids!" at the National Christmas Tree
The whole family :)
The kids again!
at the Peep Store at the National Harbor
After we got back from DC, Matthew and I both jumped into working mode (gotta save up money for the wedding ya know). But still, we were together every night! I kept thinking, "man I could really get used to this!" We got a lot of planning done for the wedding...got a place to get married, reception venue, flowers taken care of (thanks to his amazing mom), looking at decoration ideas and cake ideas! It was nice to be able to relax and not have to think about school for a little bit...not to have homework looming in the background, haunting us because we weren't doing it! We got ready for Christmas, wrapped each others gifts, got gifts for the families, decorated everything in the house! :)
Christmas Eve...Matthew had to work until 6, but he was able to spend Christmas with our family. I really liked having him here with me and my family. He got to see a little bit of the craziness of my family and see how we do things. It was fun! Plus, I was really excited to give him his gift! :)
Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve!
The famous shot :)
Now, after a really cool Christmas Eve, complete with games and great food and a really long Christmas Eve service...we finally got home! We snuggled up and got ready for bed to await Christmas Morning! :)
Matthew's 'Apple T-shirt' blanket that I made for him! :)
My amazing present from my fiance! Its a board for our wall that we can communicate on...it even has our wedding countdown on it as well as our 1 year anniversary on the calendar! ;)
Christmas Present :)
My mom got Matthew and me this really cool wall hanging with our last name on it :)
or at least his last name, which will be mine in 355 days :)
After Christmas, it was back to work for both of us. We worked a lot, took a couple days off to just spend together! I opened a new checking account for me at Bank of America and decided which account was going to be our wedding account and started looking at budgets, places to live...man we're growing up! Weird! We had a couple friends over for New Year's Eve! Just a simple gathering!
awesome game of Scrabble
check it out!
amazing word play by Brianna
yeah...we're real mature
T
Three blonde friends....
The boy and me! :)
After New Year's Eve, once again...back to work for us! We were working similar hours now...so we would have the nights off to be at home together! He helped me decorate my room, make it look a little better, helped me organize my room and stuff for school, helped me think about budget stuff, also helped me run a mile! Yeah, i actually ran! I wanted to give up so bad! He ran alongside me and helped me finish it by encouraging me! He is amazing! He inspires me to do so much! I can't wait to marry him! :)
This Christmas Break was absolutely amazing! This morning, after the crazy insane snow, Matthew left to go to work and then go back to JBC. It's going to be so weird him not coming home to me every night again. I've gotten so used to him being here and being with me everyday. I may or may not have shed a couple tears this morning as he left (ok, I lied...i totally did!) Saying goodbye is the hardest part! I can't wait until December 31, 2011 so I don't have to any more! :)
Just a look into the snow from this "Winter Wonderland" thing we're having here in Knoxville! Starting with the most recent snow fall from today!
Well, I think that's it for this post about Christmas Break. Be looking for upcoming ones about the beginning of the new semester, planning a wedding, looking for jobs and internships and how all of that is going! Peace and Love everyone!
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