Officially a Volunteer!

Well, I finally got my Tennessee Drivers License! 

Here is the exciting event in numbers...

• 7 = Months it took me to notice my UT license had expired!
• 6 = Total hours of wasted time!
• 1 = Questions I missed on the written exam.
• 2 = Very talkative/slightly frightening men I sat between in the waiting room.
• 3 = People I watched fail the road test while I waited for my turn!
• 15 = Minutes my actual road test took! No kidding - she found out my situation and didn't even make my go all the way around the block!

Oh boy, what an adventure! I am so glad to officially be a legal driver in the Volunteer State! :)

Did they find you?

We have combined family traditions from both families and Jack Frost and The New Year Fairy (Or, as Cameron says, "The Fairy Tale Lady") came and put treats and presents in our shoes last night! Jack Frost has always come to Adam's house, and my family altered a German tradition and set our shoes out for the New Year Fairy. So, lucky us - they both found us this year! :) Cameron was so excited and picked out all our shoes to go under the tree - he even chose his slippers that Great-Grandma Rudd made him. :) We are excited to continue on these fun family traditions. Maybe next year they can find you too!

P.S. A big THANKS to Grandma & Grandpa Rudd for letting Jack Frost know where we live! :)

Christmas In Pictures (& A Few Words)

Our Christmas 2008...

First Letter

Ready and Waiting

Slept in till 9:00

Spoiled

Unwrapping

Sweet Brother Helping

Thrilled!

First Christmas

Excited

So Excited

Lots of Paper. No Snow? Snowball Fight!

What a Day!

Nothing Better

Merry Christmas!

One More Day...

We have had so much fun this year with the advent calendar/tree Adam's grandparents made for us. Cameron has been so excited to put an ornament on every day. Here is how it went first thing this morning...

Adam: Cameron, look - there is only one ornament left. That means there is only one more day until Christmas. After we put one more ornament on the tree Santa will come to our house!

Cameron: REALLY!? Let's put on one more!!

Don't we all wish it worked that way! We can't wait! :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

P.S. Thanks again Grandpa & Grandma for providing us with this wonderful family tradition!

Where ya been?

Just like everyone else, we have obviously had a very busy month! Blogging has unfortunately been the thing to let go - an especially big sorry to the Grandma's craving new pictures! So, here is a quick rundown of what we have been up to...

Adam:

• FINISHED his 3rd semester of optometry school! 
• Got awesome grades!
  
• After 3 weeks of finals his family barely remembered what he looked like - boy do we love Christmas Break!

Tiff:

• Survived the busiest week in history...2 preschool parties/christmas programs, 2 meetings with the missionaries (we are working with them to share the gospel with our fantastic neighbors), planning 1 ward party (7 hours of set-up! What a mess!), 1 Sacrament Meeting talk, 1 Young Women's lesson...and all while being a single mom! Wow am I glad that is over!!
• Passed my written drivers license exam - now onto the driving portion! Did you know that if you have an out-of-state license and you don't notice that it expired 8 months ago you have to take both tests?  Yuck!

Cameron:

• Is making this Christmas so much fun! He understands the whole thing, loves Santa, and is excited about everything!
• Is hoping Santa will bring him a robot. Santa got a little confused and thought he was talking about a Wall-E robot. Luckily Cameron set him straight, "No, thank you, I want a mean robot that makes noise and shoots!" Santa ran right out to fix that mistake! Looks like he might just be getting both! :)

Brooklyn:

• Is still just an absolute cutie - who has us all wrapped around her little finger.
• HATES Santa! Just wait till you see the picture.
• Is racing way too quickly toward 1 year old!!

Santa's Biggest Fan!

Not so much. She was all smiles the moment she got back in mom's arms! What a dramma queen!