Happy Holidays everyone! I know it has been forever since the blog has been updated. Much has happened since last time. Joshua and I have traveled a lot and have gotten the opportunity to see both of our families. Thanksgiving was a wonderful time spent in Ohio at my(Alissa's) parents home. Having planned to leave Wednesday evening after I finished work, we were posed with quite a dilemma when the forecast called for quite a bit of snow on the busiest travel day of the year. We decided we would play it by ear and decide during the day. The physical therapy office I work for closed early because of the weather and we decided to begin our 10 ish hour drive to Ohio. Thankfully we were out of the snow very quickly and made it safely to Ohio early the next morning. We spent Thursday through Saturday with family and enjoying multiple Thanksgiving meals. It was a great refresher to be able to be with family and in a familiar area. We headed back home and Joshua had about two more weeks of school to push through. As the Christmas season was approaching we were able to attend a couple of celebrations here on Yale Campus. The Divinity school hosted an Advent service and nice meal afterward. Joshua and I headed back to our apartment pretty quickly because I had come straight from work and it was getting later. Later we heard the party continued until late into the night and there was some dancing involved. Joshua and I were not disappointed in hearing we missed that but got a laugh in imaging how that went. We were also blessed with the opportunity to take a trip to Battell Chapel to listen to the Advent Concert put on by the Institute of Sacred Music. Unfortunately, because we are still trying to figure out the shuttle schedule, we were a little late and the chapel was completely packed. We thought we were going to have to go back and celebrate Christmas in a different way but the usher informed us there was an empty row upstairs that was reserved but the people never came. To our delight we had gotten probably the best seats in the Chapel! It was a beautiful concert (mostly in German but we had our translation sheets :))
Joshua and I have had a fun time decorating for Christmas around our little apartment and even bought a mini tree and some ornaments to decorate. We put up some lights around our window and just took them down over New Years. It is fun to start with decorations of our own and to think we will be using these same ornaments for years to come.
The weekend of December 13, I flew down to Texas for my college roommates wedding while Joshua stayed home and worked on a paper for Old Testament. It was a really good time down there and I got to see my sister, Sara, who was not able to make it up to Ohio for Thanksgiving. The weather was perfect for the wedding and it was fun to see her as well as many college friends.
The next Monday after I came home from Texas Joshua went to California. It was a very busy time for us as we went to different airports multiple times within days of each other. I had to stay back in Connecticut to finish out work for the week. Joshua had worked tirelessly and finished his final paper so he would be able to relax in California with his family without having homework on his mind. On Friday I was able to fly out to California and join Joshua for the wedding of his cousin, Jarod. It was a beautiful wedding and a great time with family. We spent the following couple of days in California but unfortunately had to fly back to New Haven on Christmas day so I could work the next day. Joshua has been working hard this break to get a jump start on next semester which starts next week. Last night we enjoyed ourselves at the Yale ice hockey game. Tromping down through the snow, we managed to have soaking wet feet but had lot of fun as Yale beat Vermont 3-1.
Because Joshua is a student we had the option of sitting in the fist four rows which made it even more fun. We are enjoying each other and are already anxiously awaiting the next time we can see family. Our schedules are becoming regular again as we do not have much on the schedule for now. We love all of you and hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Years! Joshua and Alissa
