Thinking Christmas

Now that I can think stop thinking about the human ear and voice I can focus a little more on Christmas! I made myself refrain from wrapping presents all weekend, until each final was over and then came home to wrap all the gifts in the beautiful paper I found the second it was over. I also refrained from blogging, and yes that actually applied to almost the whole semester. There are just too many distractions. But I am free now to live a normal life for a few weeks and I have to share pictures of our gorgeous tree :)

I bought these pinecones for a Thanksgiving day centerpiece and then wrapped some twine around it to re-purpose it to our amazing tree.

I love how it turned out, very simplistic, country and very much our style.

This star is my favorite. I spotted it online and I could not find anything around that was like it. It seems like the style is leaning away from a Christmas Tree Topper, but I feel like the star is a very important part of Christmas and the true meaning that it brings. Plus it is just so darn cute and rustic.

I also made these sweet stars for the tree. They are made out of applesauce and cinnamon. They were so easy and I loved how they turned out.

And this is how I see our master piece of a tree as I sit on the couch watching the pretty lights. And, yes. I am in love with this tree. I think it is the best ever.

And I cant leave out our stockings. Of course I couldn't help but add some sparkle to my stocking. Now it is easy to tell which one is mine & which is Dalan's.

Here is an up close view of my jean design. Wrangler might want to hire me. ha ha

Anyways. Thanks for being so patient as I go on & on about our tree and our stockings. Christmas is just so much fun. And I love decorating for the holidays.
May your days be Merry & Bright.

She believed.

Alright! Finals are finally over. So far, I have gotten great scores back and I am super happy. I love this quote that I found on lovely pinterest. (isn't it the best?) It was great motivation for this week and for life in general.

Have I mentioned that I am so happy to be done with this semester? This Christmas break will be the longest break from school I have had in a very long time and I am going to capitalize on every second of it! So far I have cleaned the kitchen, done laundry, cleaned the living room, wrapped presents and all sorts of great stuff.
This semester although a little crazy and super busy has been fun. I took, Assessment and Treatment of Communicative Disorders in the Pediatric Population - it was a pretty good class. A lot of what we learned I had learned through working in ABA therapy already and a lot was expansions from it.
Audiology, a very informative class. I learned a lot about audiology and a lot of testing. Speech Science it followed Auidiology a little bit, but I learned a lot about the voice, how it works, pathologies and other great things. Space Exploration, long and boring but I passed and if I ever go to space I will know a few things. & lastly, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Communicative Disorder. This was probably my favorite class. It was very interesting to learn about different cultures and their views.

So even though I sometimes complain about school, I really love it and I have learned a lot & I have met a lot of great people and great professors.