And the Christmas season is upon us

Well sometimes the holidays can be as stressful as finals week. Trying to get everything caught up that has been neglected while in school, plus trying to get presents bought, wrapped, sent and a tree and cookies-it actually on occasion makes me want to run screaming into the night. But then I would be without my winerator! So really though, my sad little Christmas tree has decided to list to one side terribly, and is in danger of listing so far it ends up on the floor. I have started packing for our Christmas trip to Omaha and that is a whole day event, deciding what everyone needs-I am going with the least is the best idea. Savannah turned one on Sunday, where did that time go? Her brothers each got her some small presents and we will celebrate in Omaha with my brother and his family and my Mom and Stepdad so she will have the party feel. I will update once we are home so until then have a Merry Christmas.

Finals are Over!!!

Well I made it out of the first semester of nursing school with 2 A's and 2 B's and thankful for that. My last final was so hard, Pharmacology caught a lot of us off guard and the study guide they gave to us really had nothing to do with what we were tested on so I thank my lucky stars for passing the class. So the stress level has decreased quite a bit around our house. Of course our house wouldn't be our house with a little stress though, Savannah has 4 more teeth coming in and her ears are bugging her, Jack has the croup, and Tristan is on antibiotics for a UTI. Fortunately, so far, the dogs haven't thrown up on anything, but there is still time. On that note, they ate poor Tristan's pine cone bird feeder that he made at cub scouts. We hung it up on our palm tree in the backyard, the dogs had to scale it to get to it, and there is really nothing left but the core of the pine cone. Don't put anything past one of our dogs to get to peanut butter. Poor Tristan was broken hearted when he found out that he had not fed some poor hungry bird but two 90 pound labs instead! Ahhhh, such is life at the Yerger house. I got the little ones pictures back from their school on Friday so am posting scans of those. I promise that the real ones look so much better, not sure why they aren't coming out so well but you get a great idea. I am using these as Savannah's One Year Pictures. Can you believe it's been basically a year since she was born? I can't. Where did the last year go, oh yeah I forgot a trans-Pacific move, a husband to Iraq, nursing school, kids in soccer and cub scouts, and here we are. Funny how quickly time flies.

Santa is almost here

And we went and sat on the big guys lap. Tristan asked me while we were in line, "Mom, is it going to be the real Santa?" And I told him that Santa can't be at every mall so he has helpers to collect all the information and relay it back to Santa so he should treat this person just like it's the real Santa no matter what. He peeked in the door to Santa's house and whispered to me, "Mom, it is the real Santa, I can tell!" He looked like the real Santa I have to admit, but I am sure a 7 year old would know better than me, so we'll go with his judgment on this one. Finals are upon me and I am proud to say that I am going into them with either 2 A's and 2 B's or 1 A and 3 B's, it's really close and I am not exactly sure, but am pretty happy at any rate. So now you all will know if I totatlly bomb the last test. I am sure everyone heard about the shooting in Omaha at the mall. My mom was in the mall-thankfully at the other end-when it happened. And my sister in law, with her two kids, was on the 3rd floor of Von Maur (the store where it happened) and left 20 minutes or so before the shooting occured. So God was watching out for our family and I just so thankful that everyone was okay. I have to go study and address about a 100 Christmas cards so that is all for now, enjoy the new pics.