Merry Christmas!

This year for Christmas Jessie and Lacee came up with the brilliant idea of purchasing ugly Christmas sweaters from the D.I. and wearing them for pictures. I had a hard time with this idea for two reasons: 1) I don't dress up and 2) I don't wear clothes from the D.I. (I am kinda snotty like that) Jessie and Lacee did all they could to convince me, and it worked. While we were in Salt Lake a few weekends ago we hunted through every D.I. we came across. We went to three different ones and at our third D.I. we found these amazing outfits. Jessie went all out and bought pants which she decorated with ornaments and other trinkets from Wal-Mart. I insisted that the clothes be washed before I wore them because seriously, DISGUSTING! Anyway, we posed for some pictures, wrote a Christmas letter, and mailed this little treasure to a few choice people.

Enjoy!

Hello and Happy Holidays from your friends here in Logan, Utah. HI, so um listen, we thought you might like to know how your long lost children/friends are doing. Yes we’re still living, which is huge considering it’s mid-finals week. Nevertheless we’re here to bring you a little taste of Christmas cheer through the wearing of sweaters. Now, on to the juicy details…

Jalayne, well she’s a thinker, and that explains why she is currently M.I.A as she’s still thinking about what to write. She is the middle child in her family, but don’t worry, her parents still love her very much. This is Jalayne’s last “real” semester of college at Utah State in the PE area of study and she will begin student teaching next semester. Jalayne’s rugged football skills are displayed on Tuesday nights (and sometimes Thursdays) at 4:30. She plans to show off her mad skills by teaching high school schmucks the game. Jalayne is beautiful, talented, bright, funny, and just an all-around bundle of joy… and single. But who isn’t these days, right? She likes regular Mountain Dew but won’t admit to it unless she has a blindfold on. In her free time she enjoys donating plasma, long walks (with unmentionable consequences), and teaching piano lessons. She makes mean banana bread and Jessie and Lacee make mean banana bread eaters. Give me a J, give me an A, give me an L, give me an A, give me a Y, give me an N, give me an E!! What’s that spell JALAYNE!! Go fight win. DONE

Jessie is… AWESOME! She is currently an exercise science major at Utah State which means she spends lots of time completing fill-in-the-blank notes, reading children’s books for extra credit, running up Old Main Hill (YIKES!!), and not spending lots of time in the library. She plans on attending SLCC in the fall where she will pursue her physical therapist assistant license, after which she will spend her time assisting physical therapists. Jessie is currently unemployed (and is enjoying the tax benefits); however, she has high hopes of getting the privilege to clean campus toilets next semester. Cross your fingers! She recently tried to break her finger and her head while on a rare date involving country swing dancing. Nevertheless it was a date! (YAY JESSIE!! WE’RE SO PROUD!) Jessie has been learning to be domestic as she has taken up hobbies like sewing as you’ll notice the beautiful wreaths, hollies, and snowmen on her jeans and vest. All were hand sewn with love and really enhance this year’s holiday cheer. Some new things, besides sewing and dates, this year include acne. (Note: just the chin and a little on the forehead). Jessie has lived in Logan for nearly two years now and enjoys spending much of this time moving… within a one block radius. That’s right folks, she’s moved 5 times, never further than a block. Lacee fails to see the problem with this as she is often the benefactor of these moves. :-)

Lacee, otherwise known as “Cha Cha,” is the brightest out of us three for obvious reasons. She loves sleepovers at the library every night! Cha Cha is in her last year here at Utah State pursuing a husband, wait my bad, degree, sorry, in Finance, Accounting, and Economics. Grad school is definitely in the near future for Lacee, we’re so proud! However, there are times when we’re not proud like the time we were at a rest stop somewhere in Idaho… You see Lacee tried running without her arms and well, started backpedaling, stumbled a few times, and next thing we know she’s on the ground with a bloody BIG toe… or the time she got smacked in the face by an automatic handicap door… or the time she fell on her face walking home from campus for no apparent reason… or the time she called her boss a “BETCH,” when actually meaning to say “You Bet!” and “You Betcha!” Lacee plans on making a trip up to the Wellness center this week to get her thumb checked out after excessive text messaging. We’re happy to announce that she made a new friend this year who goes by the name of “Ruby” a.k.a. Rubik's Cube. Lacee earns her living tutoring the dumbest people on campus, USU football players.

As you can see, life is swell, just swell. We’re continuing to learn and grow each and every day. Lacee is growing into her Christmas sweater, Jessie is growing out of her Christmas pants, and Jalayne’s bustin out of her Christmas shirt. (Some money for new clothes this holiday season is always a nice gesture you know). Tis the season for giving and we are always open to gifts of any kind, whether it be food, clothing, money, food, money, toilet paper, old pots and pans, money, and so on and so forth.

Season’s greetings, we wish you the warmest holiday cheers!

Jalayne, Jessie, Lacee

I hope you all had a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!