Ross Family Christmas!

For the record, I am feeling much better. I still have an ugly cough, but the warm semi-humid weather has done wonders! I could sure get used to this sort of Christmas.
Ken and I have had a wonderful Christmas vacation so far! We have had such a blast being with Ken's parents and Ben & Yanghee.
The following pictures are from this past week and a half. I decided that I probably owe this blog some relevant pictures.

Near the Nevada California border

Oil tasting

Lemon tree and me

Christmas day barbecue

Christmas ham

Breakfast

Tomatoes in December

Faith, love and endurance result in harmony

Measuring tape swords

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Sick

So, joy of joys, my body has decided to succumb to the common cold. So I have a lot of catching up to do because I haven't been up to a whole lot of academics. Most of my time has been spent resting (making up for lost sleep) and trying to make some nice hot drinks to soothe my throat.

But thankfully the finals I have taken so far have gone relatively well.

I hope everyone will be patient with me as I catch up!

Finals Blah

Finals week is fun in many ways. Counting down the number of classes you have left (0). Celebrating every day about how many days left before break (7). Fewer assignments (more deadlines) and group study sessions. I don't know it's fun sort of, but it also means that Ken and I are busier and thus have fewer exciting evenings. Over all, I think I like normal school weeks better. Ah well.
On a more positive note, I babysat yesterday and it was awesome! Also, I'm in charge of our date tonight and I've got some great ideas up my sleeve!

Year-and-a-half-iversary

On our 18 month anniversary (October 26th, for anyone who's counting), Ken and I had our pictures taken by the sweet Annalisa, sister and sister-in-law. She did a great job! I thought that many of you would enjoy seeing those pictures. Some included are great Christmas photo shots and some are just for fun.
Also none of these photos have been edited because Ken hasn't given me any of the edited photos yet, so here you are!

Photographer extraordinaire just before a hair toss.

Artsy leaf shot

Sisters

The photo

This place (ish) is where my Dad proposed to my Mom and where my brother proposed to my sister-in-law.

Half

Today was my half-birthday! I know that it is unusual for people over the age of 7 to recognize half birthdays anymore, but I like to.
Instead of eating cake, I ate half-a-dozen cookies, which I justified doing as it is something half to celebrate. ken and i almost got to spend half of the day together on account of his scocer game, the football game and the ward party. All in all, it was a great day.

BYU Home Coming Parade

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Homecoming

I don't really know exactly whose homecoming the week was celebrating. Anyway, we didn't do much for Homecoming week. But there were a few things I haven't done and decided I wanted to do, while I am still a student. First on my list was lighting the Y. That didn't work out on account of a Speech Anatomy test, but I decided it is more important to graduate than light the Y.
Wednesday, I went and played True Blue football. Well, I didn't have a team, so I played in the foam with a friend, but the foam was still quite effective. After several showers, my feet are still blue.




The only other event that was really important for me was the parade. The BYU homecoming parade consists of muscle cars representing some of the main departments on campus and also floats from different clubs or events. But mostly its balloons and candy. Ken took this pictures for a school project dealing with the golden ratio- let us know what you think!

Conference Weekend

Last weekend was absolutely wonderful. Right after classes, Ken and I drove up to SLC to meet up with my sister Annalisa and my dad! We then carpooled to Logan to watch the football game. Despite poor refereeing, we had an excellent time both winning and being together (which is the most important kind of winning after all).

Sorry for putting my head in front of yours, Dad!

I like this picture.

Lisa is amazing!

Dad got his picture taken with the team's bus (also he has a close relationship with Bronco)

Also we were able to attend conference Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. We had great seats and it was really great to spend that time together. We hung out with the Woodward family (Aunt Geniel and Suzanna pictured)

Next to the conference center

Sunday evening, we all visited with Heinz Steinman, who is my grandmother's cousin. I've never met anyone on the steinman side of the family before, so I learned a lot about them. Heinz told us about Feldheim (or Felpen) Germany where my grandmother's family is from. It was really great to learn about our family.