December

 The three weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are always hard. This year they were extremely hard. I don't know why but it felt so long and so hard. I had some really hard co-ed classes and so that probably added to the challenge. We are also making some changes at the school so I had a bunch of extra meeting and basketball. But man it seemed so long. I was so happy when we finally got to Christmas break.

Nancy and I were working no making quilts for Sam and Amanda's kids for Christmas so we were busy a few days doing lots of sewing. They turned out so cute. I am so glad we took the time to make them. I loved using old material and finding new material that matched all their personalities.

Andrew quilt with all the sports. It has a nice BYU fleece on the back.

Emerson's has a lot of the same material as Andrew. We added some old soccer ball material I had. The back of his quilt is a fleece with soccer balls. So cute!

His is a little crazy but I love it!

Audrey's is truly all her favorite things. It was so fun to pick out the material. The back of hers is a beautiful pastel rainbow fleece/

I could not have pulled this off without Nancy's help. I got the idea and new I couldn't get it done in time on my own because it was already December. I think I was really itching to create something for someone for Christmas. This definitely filled that desire.

 I had basketball over the break and had practice Monday - Thursday leading up to Christmas. We worked hard and scrimmaged a lot. It was really fun to get to play so much with my team. I was so tired everyday.

Monday the 19th was a rough day. I had a routine vaccination appointment with Moki. While there I asked them about her left ankle. She had been limping and it was swollen. I assumed it was arthritis. The vet felt her joint and told me it wasn't arthritis. She did some x-rays and confirmed what she thought Moki has bone cancer. The vet is pretty sure it is osteo-sarcoma. The tumor has already eaten away a lot of the bone in her leg. I was devastated, really shocked. It was super rough for a couple of days. They gave Moki 3-6 months to live. What the heck???? I cried the rest of the day. I now have the chance to just give Moki the best life ever for as long as I can. Honestly, I feel like I have tried to do that from the beginning. She has been the best hiking and travel buddy. Having a dog is hard but man this dog has been so easy to love, even when she does the dumbest things. She loves all the people I love and has just been the best. I am trying to soak up all my time with her.

My mom flew in on Tuesday of that week. That started lots of family visiting, late night game playing and eating tons of garbage. Let the Holidays begin!