Finally Finals!

Christmas is here and we are excited! I finished my finals yesterday, it was so great! Nothing feels better than being done with a class you never enjoyed(cough..english 364). Eli has one more left which he may be taking at this very moment. I think we've both done well on ours. I got a 96% on my marriage one and Eli has gotten probably an average of 95-98% on his finals. We're happy. Today I am at work for an eight hour shift, which seems really long because there's not much to do today. Most students are done or almost done with their finals, so no one is asking for help with research. Too bad. But I was excited last night because I cleaned the whole house and finally put up some of our wedding pictures in the frames. I love having a clean house and it is kind of nice to clean it. I just didn't vaccum because it was after 11 and I didn't want to wake up any of the neighbors. I'll do that today.
Yesterday marked a momentous occasion in our lives. It was the one year anniversary of our first kiss and when we decided to officially be a couple. It was fun to remember that evening and see how far we've come in just a year. I must say that my sisters were right, when I told them about Eli they all said we'd be married by the summer. I denied that we would, but I guess I'm eating my words now. I don't mind though, I love being married to Eli!
Let me tell you our fun plans because I probably won't be able to post soon:
Tonight I get off work at 7 and then we're going on our annual finals are over date! Last year was great, we went to the Bombay house and gave each other Christmas presents, Eli even wrote me a cute poem. This year we're going to La Dolce Vita, our favorite little Italian place, and then we're going to watch White Christmas and pack for....
Las Vegas tomorrow! We're going down for Eli's cousins baptism. We're excited. We're going to stop at the big swap meet, eat at a big buffet, spend a lot of time with the cousins, they're so cute, and play around in vegas. The guys are going to go to the BYU bowl game and us girls are going to go shopping. The only thing I regret about not going is that David Hassselhoff is going to be singing the national anthem. I can't believe I'll miss the Hoff. But I told Eli he can record it on his phone for me. I was really excited about the warm weather, but it's snowing in Las Vegas! Good thing our hotel has a massive hot tub outside!
After we get back we're going up to Pokey-tello! Hopefully the roads will be good and all the snow we got today will be cleared up. We're going to stop all the way at the Bountiful temple and spend the week up there until Christmas. I'm excited. It's always so nice and relaxing up there and it's fun to see Eli's mom, grandma, niece, siblings, and other family. I think we want to go to Lava Hot Springs while we're there and play in the snow and read. I've got my books for the break all check out and ready to read. Last year I made the mistake of only bringing one book. I love to read on the break! We'll stay there for Christmas morning then...
come back to provo and have a Christmas dinner with Cindy and Kurt. It would be fun if Kristin and Cody could come too. It will be fun to see AJ with his new toys and all that. Then Eli and I will come home and have our own Christmas at our house and open our presents and our stockings.
The day after Christmas is Christmas II with Eli's dad and siblings. That will be fun too to see the whole family and get to play with Rustin and see everyone.
Then sometime after Christmas we'll get to see Annie and Chad and the kids. I'm excited for that. Annie, call me or Cindy so we can discuss and plan on when you guys will come down, I need to know for my work schedule.
So, that's our break in a nutshell! Yay for Christmas and for being done with school. I am so excited to only have one semester and one term left!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Love,
Cherie and Eli