Christmas was stressful, but we were all happy we were together. Spencer went to Michigan and was supposed to be home by Christmas, but things kept coming up and he wasn't going to drive a safe vehicle across the country so the tuesday before Christams Spencer called me in the morning and asked if I would fly out to Michigan with Phoebe for Christmas since he already had Gabe with him. So I hurried and packed and we flew out of Idaho falls that afternoon at 3. It was pretty crazy, but at least we were together for Christmas. The drive home ended up taking about 33 hours with bathroom breaks and gass and eating and everything, but we made it home. We were a few days late for class, but we're all caught up. Spence and I both have full schedules. We are taking a Book of Mormon II class together early mornings on mondays and wednesdays. Spence is also taking alternate fuels, material science, statics, and human resource management. I am taking art history I, beginning french I, theatrical costume design, clogging and art seminar.

Spencer's brother, Stephen, has also come out to live with us for a while to help spence with his work and spend some time with us. He's been a great help watching the kids when Spence and my classes overlap and for dates.

Gabriel is as crazy as ever and Phoebe is talking so much. She mostly just screeches when she wants stuff, but if she is in a different room and she doesn't know that you are listening she says all sorts of words you didn't even know she knew. She likes to take stuff that is Gabe's even if she doesn't really want to play with it just to bug her brother and she laughs as she's running away from him. The like to yell down our laundry shoot (don't wory its only a couple feet long) to people who are int he laundry room or the kitchen and Gabe likes to have his mommy at the top and his daddy in the laundry room and slide through the shoot to his daddy below.