1st day back

so i start school today...yikes! i'm excited because it's the reason we're in CT so it kind of gives me purpose. at the same time, i am not looking forward to having this crazy schedule and no life.

--caroline

a great verse

so i was reading a bit today and thought this verse was pretty cool:

be on guard. stand true to what you believe. be courageous. be strong. and everything you do must be done with love. 1 Cor 1:13

christmas dinner at the smith's

A picture of Liz (Mike's and now my sister) and me, it was awesome to spend time with her!





We had a wonderful Christmas dinner. Grandma Smith and uncle Chris came over and a Chinese doctor named Hui from the VA hospital joined us. He's in the US doing research and his family is back in China. It was relly nice to be back home with family for the holidays.

christmas morning at the smith's

here we are with the smith family opening presents and getting our stockings on christmas morning.

First picture, Tomi and DJ who absolutely loves pictures and my brother Michael without dreads!!!
Second picture, just too cute...little DJ kept smooching his Mommy. It was really fun to have them with us for Christmas.
Third picture, Phill and my uncle Zenek who is visiting my parents from Poland. He hasn't seen us since we were little kids. He's my dad's oldest brother.

more dinner pics...

Christmas Eve at the Rudnicki's

In the first picture you can see Phill and his girlfriend Tomi on the right with her son DJ. On the left is my brother Michael and Krystal which is Tomi's daughter. In the center is Hampton Tomi's brother. It was a big Christmas but it was really wonderful to have everyone together. The other picture is of my cute parents who also celebrated their 28th Wedding Anniversary on Dec. 25th...yes, they got married on Christmas day. It's a Polish thing, we celebrate Christmas Eve.

Quinnipiac University better known as QU

here's some pics of my campus and my good buddy autumn from california...it's a really beautiful campus.

Done with school

i'm finally completely done with school for 5 weeks. i'm so looking forward to seeing everyone! hopefully we'll get to see a bunch of our favorite peeps over break make sure to call us! here are some snowy pics for all you floridians.

last day of studying

here's a picture of me and fellow PA students at a health fair at wal-mart. we do a lot of screening type things in the community. here's me and courtney strom's baby caleb. what a cutie!!!

whoa...it's my last night of studying tonight. 2 more exams tomorrow and then thursday we have orientation for next semester and then i'm done yey! i'm so pooped out. pray for me! i've been sleeping less than 3 hours a night these last few days. things are going well so far.

Florida vs Florida State

What a glorious day it was when the Florida State Seminoles came into Gainesville and were blown out in the swamp 34-7. It sure was nice to be back in Gainesville and see all of our family and friends as well as watch the Gators play in the swamp.

the fam...

more thanksgiving pictures....oh, my brother michael cut his long dreads off!

look at gosia, she's a cutie! i miss my mom.

thanksgiving at the rudnicki's

we surprised our parents at thanksgiving by deciding drive down to FL last minute, it was great! my aunt aldonka and her husband igor were visiting from poland and my brother phill and his girlfriend tomi with her two kids were also there. of course my parents and my brother michael too.

the most ghetto-est gingerbread house there was

i have 4 more days of classes left and 4 more exams and 1 presentation left....then i have 5 weeks off from PA school... yey! mike is still looking for a career type job..meanwhile he is substituting and waiting tables. today was our first snow day in CT. we both finally got to spend some time together since we were all snowed in. we made a gingerbread house together and it looks so ghetto because we had nothing to decorate it with really. needless to say, we had a blast.

i made a blog

hello everyone!!!
i am feeling ferociously technologically advanced and will be attempting my darndest to keep in touch with all of you via this handy dandy tool!!!

caroline and mike