Let it Snow!

Saturday night it snowed and snowed! Sunday morning we received a phone call that church was cancelled. Here are some pictures of the snow courtesy of Cindy from work.

Not bad for one night! Sunday was actually pretty sunny all day. Nels and I just stayed indoors though. It was a very nice and relaxing Sunday. Well, we might have a white Christmas this year after all!

Quick note. Nels made it through finals week, so to celebrate we got take-out Outback Steakhouse. Mmmm good. I love steak and potatoes. For some reason Outback has the best green tossed salad too. Now Nels gets to learn how to relax for the next three weeks. But if he gets bored I have a list of things for him to do just in case. :)

Christmas Tree

We finally decorated a tree for Christmas this year. Our kind friends let us borrow a little tree this year. We listened to Christmas music while we decorated it and had a good time. Here's some pictures:


Finished Product.

It also brought back memories of our very first Christmas tree together. I was still in school and Nels was working. I really, really wanted a tree. So, we went to Lowe's and bought a real tree. This was my first time with a real Christmas tree. I still remember laughing so hard when we brought it home because the tree holder was almost bigger than the tree! Well, we had spent all of our money on the tree and we did not have any lights or ornaments to put on it. Sad tree....but I did have a Santa's hat that I proudly put on the top. As people sent us Christmas cards, I put them on the tree. So, by December 25 we had quite a few cards on the tree. Aw, our first tree holds a lot of memories. We haven't had a tree since (because of several moves and transitions), but this year we have a little one to bring in the Christmas spirit.

Here's the picture of our first Christmas tree December 2003 before the Christmas cards came.

Roses

Nels is such a sweetheart!!! Last night he went and ran "errands," and he came home with a dozen roses! Just out of the blue for no reason at all...well other than that he loves me. I love when he surprises me with flowers. So Thanks Nels!

Catch up on Thanksgiving

Well, I haven't updated about Thanksgiving. The first great thing was that it snowed for the first time while we were up in Valparaiso. We tried to take a picture while it was snowing, but you can't really see the snowflakes. But it snowed quite a bit as you can see from the accumulation on the barbecue. Of course, it's not like an Idaho snow, but it still set the mood for Thanksgiving.


Here's Anna-Lisa cooking in the kitchen. She cooked a ton! We all went in and out of the kitchen helping to prepare the meal, but Anna-Lisa stayed the whole time! She's great!




I caught Nels actually reading his Economics book on Thanksgiving day! I kind of made fun of him for reading it, so he stopped and helped make the pies. It was a lot more fun when he wasn't reading! I guess you can take the boy out of school, but you can't take the school out of the boy....well you know what I mean.

After dinner Nels challenged his parents to a checker match. Nels loves playing checkers. He plays online often. He won both games he played with his mom and dad.

We did go shopping the day after Thanksgiving. We did not go at 4 a.m. or any time in the morning. We went in the afternoon up to Michigan City to the outlets. We had a good time and bought a few things. That about sums up our Thanksgiving. I can't believe it is already December. Yesterday, I put up our few Christmas decorations and burned a Christmas scented candle. Well, that's all for now.