Matt's First Semester

We're now a little more than half way through Matt's first semester of law school and we both feel like it's going well. Matt is, as you might imagine, pretty busy, but he's engaged in whats he's learning. We have interesting discussions about the cases he's studying and I enjoy being involved in a small way. For some reason I was never that interested in what he was doing in Physics--probably because I felt like he was speaking another language when he tried to explain it to me! In two of his classes, Matt is tutoring a judge from Jordan who is an LLM student at the law school. Essentially, Matt is being paid to study! As a bonus, he's learned some interesting things about the different theories behind Islamic and Western laws. My only complaint with law school is that I don't see Matt as much as I would like to, although I suspect this will be true for the next 40 years. You'd think I'd have had enough of that kid by now! :)

Matt has an externship lined up for next summer. He'll be working for the Utah County Public Defender's office. The job fell in his lap before we'd really had time to think much about our summer plans, but we're excited for the opportunity because his career goal is to be a public defender.

We've now entered my favorite time of year--the Christmas shopping season! It combines two of my greatest loves--shopping and giving gifts. I plan Christmas all year, but make myself wait until October to actually begin buying things. My goal is always to have everything wrapped by Thanksgiving and this year I think I might make it. The hardest part is sticking to my list and budget. I can always think of the perfect gifts for people, I just can't always afford them. Some day when Matt and I are filthy rich . . .

Matt and I enjoy Winnie more and more every day. As she gets older, we can see her own little personality as she becomes more able to express herself. She's such a happy little thing--she charms people with well-timed smiles and laughs everywhere we go! I've never been around a baby as much as Winnie, of course, but I think she smiles and laughs more than is common and cries less. How did we get so lucky?