It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

So let me be honest. I am anti-Christmas before Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of my fav holidays and I feel like people completely glaze over it and skip to Christmas...But alas...this year I succumbed to the Christmas Spirit early. Mostly because Mark and I were thinking that if we waited until after Thanksgiving to put up our tree we would only be able to enjoy it for a week and a half before we left to go to Vegas for the Holidays. So here it is...our first Christmas together (okay technically we were married last Christmas...but with all of the wedding craziness it didn't feel like Christmas...so we're counting this one as our first)

Snowy weather for decorating

Look at how festive Mark is in his red and green

Mark sat on the couch giving moral support as I put on the lights

The finished product

Two turtle doves ;)

Last but not least, a beautiful nativity quilt that Sister Clay made for us :)

Bitter Sweet

Well, I put in my two weeks notice today at the Dean's Office. It was so hard. I LOVE my job there. I love all the people and how fun it is and the jokes and my work assignments. But alas, it was time to move on.

I interviewed with Targeted Learning, an HR consulting firm in Orem. I was only interviewing for a summer internship, but the way things worked out, they ended up offering me a job starting now. I was really really excited, but at the same time had a sick feeling that I would have to leave the Dean's Office a lot sooner than expected :(

Things to miss:
The Dean's Hilarious comments through out the day
Talking to Earl and Warren when I update the calendar in the hall
Being comfortable where I am at
The convenience of an on-campus job
The Holiday decorations
Helping Lonnie produce our college magazine
Working for BYU
Having Mark working right down the hall from me
Working in the school atmosphere helping fellow students

Things to Look forward to at Targeted Learning:
It is an HR consulting firm, which is my emphasis
It will give me great work experience for my future career
It is a "big girl" job
New challenges
New friends to make
New beginning
New experiences

"Ships are not built to stay in the safe harbor. They are meant to navigate the oceans and experience adventure"