What's up with the Woods?: January 2012

As is the norm, another 3 months have gone by and I am just now updating our site. So much to cover and catch up on. I know I promised pictures from my trip home in Sept, but I'm having trouble getting them loaded, along with some pictures from Halloween and Thanksgiving. So those will have to come at a later time.

In October Ross had his Trial Advocacy competition down in San Diego. Both teams did an amazing job but unfortunately the judges thought differently. For Halloween this year we dressed up as Red Riding Hood and the Wolf and we got to celebrate it with Judah, Michelle, Morgan, and Bo at Disneyland. The workers at the park liked our costumes so much, we were invited to participate in the parade!

In November, Ross found out his article for Law Review is going to be published!! YEAH! The final publication should be out sometime this semester. For Thanksgiving we headed to Las Vegas and spent the long holiday weekend with Mom and Dad. For me, November brought great news regarding my new job. I started out as a temp doing HR Assistant work and within two months I was hired on permanently as the Executive Assistant to the Vice President and General Manager of the company! So many prayers were answered with this job and things have been going great.

December brought finals for Ross which thankfully involved only 2 exams this year. After finals, we headed to the Mexican Riviera on a cruise for 9 days! We spent Christmas and New Years out on the Pacific Ocean and had a very relaxing time.

Ross started classes again on Jan 2. This week he is taking a 1 week course over the last week of winter break. The Spring..and final...semester officially starts on Mon, Jan 8. In addition to the final semester of classes starting, Ross will also be starting an externship at a private defense firm in Long Beach. He is super excited about this opportunity since this is the path he wants to take.

Graduation is Saturday, May 12th! Unfortunately for Ross, the celebration will be short lived since Bar prep classes start Monday, May 14th and lasts until mid July. He will sit for the Bar July 29-31st with the results being sent out the middle of November.

So that was a short and sweet summary of the last 3 months of 2011 and a quick overview of the next 7 months of 2012. This year is going to be not only exciting but full of a lot of unknowns. But without those two ingredients, life would just be boring!

Enjoy some pictures from Halloween, Thanksgiving in Vegas, and Christmas and New Years on our cruise to Mexico!