williamsburg

finals are over! finals are done... now we can finally have some FUN! haha and we did:) we decided to take a celebratory road trip to a place we've been wanting to go all semester, Williamsburg.  Williamsburg is such a fun, historic, colonial, quaint, beautiful, etc, etc place! We had such a blast touring around the old buildings, eating at a delicious cheese shop, and getting in the Christmas spirit. Santa Claus was there along with carolers and instruments playing christmas songs. We watched a rendition of the Christmas Carol live, and later at night saw the lighting on the lawn, which is a special tradition that dates back hundreds of years. So much history in one single spot. 

This church is 300 years old, and is still standing as a beautiful monument of Williamsburg. 

At the end of the night we went to a christmas concert featuring a choir that sang so beautifully and filled the church with a wonderful spirit.

Some other fun pics. Can you believe it was 75 degrees?

yum

The lights came out at night

the end of a very long semester

what a long, long, terrible, awful, stressful final exam period. so much went into these exams, so much depends on them. they say the first year of law school is the hardest... and they weren't kidding. watching layton go through this past semester has been so hard at times and we have had to rely on each other more than ever before. neither one of us could do this alone and i am grateful every day for my determined law student that works so hard to make our dreams come true. 

i was at work the day he had his last final and couldn't wait to get home to him to congratulate him. i walked through the door and could not believe what i saw!! a spotless apartment and this bouquet of flowers...

i coudn't believe he would clean our apartment and think of me in the midst of his hard day with his last test! i had written him a letter earlier that day to say congratulations for making it! as i pulled it out to give to him, he handed me one too. 

thats what marriage is all about. supporting each other, and making sacrifices for each other. i am grateful every day that i am married to such a thoughtful person, and that we were able to have this experience living away from home to go to law school. it has brought us closer than we ever thought was possible. 

marriage is also about knowing how to celebrate! that night was the funnest night of the whole semester as we ate chick fil a and laughed our heads off at nothing in particular. more than anything i think it's time for a big exhale and sigh of relief. the semester is OVER!!!! i get my husband back!!! christmas break here we come!!! :)