Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all our Friends and Family and pretty much everyone!
Emily has survived the first nine months of our marriage and life is looking pretty good for us. It's definitely been a new, exciting, not-lonely, FUN year and we're excited to wrap it up with our first Christmas together (as a married couple).
Emily graduated last week on the 19th of December from the Nevada School of Massage Therapy. We're both relieved to be done with that and the long/expensive commute to school (in Henderson) 5 days a week. Emily graduated with a 4.0 GPA because she is so brilliant in every way and was recognized during the Graduation Ceremony because of her greatness. She is certified in Swedish Massage, Russian Sports Massage Therapy, Injury Therapy, and Nine other techniques that blow my mind and body. She hopes to find clients in the community here (Moapa Valley Area) so feel free to contact us in this regard.
Throughout school Emily has had to work on Saturdays giving massages so we've had to put off weekend getaways and traveling. Now that she's done and since I only work Mon-Thurs, we're hoping to get out on the weekends and visit cousins and relatives a bit. We are planning on attending the Wollenzien Family Reunion this summer in Montana and hope to see a lot of family that I've neglected while I was in Hawaii for the last 8 years.

Anyway, better add a few photos here. Above is Emily receiving her diploma and award for 4.o GPA. We're loving our first Christmas together and bringing our family traditions together (got the Wollenzien train around the Christmas tree). Yes - it's a homely little tree (but cheap!) and kinda barren of ornaments (which we hope will come in time and with kids). With Emily's schooling we were on a tight budget and are waiting until the day after Christmas to get our decorations and such. We did get a strand of little lights up in the front yard and found some colored bulbs for the light fixtures on the fence and drive way. Our neighbors, the Jacksons, had the lighting covered good enough for our block anyway --->.