December 2009

We were able to enjoy a nice break in December, traveling

back to Illinois to visit with family and friends. We celebrated

Christmas at our house and then with each side of the fam,

so no shortage of presents. We had a nice time. Then we

headed back to Michigan. It was nice just having a few

days to relax. We caught Alvin & the Chipmunks when

we were down in Morton and the girls and I went and

saw the Princess & the Frog. Both were good. Progress

on the basement remodel is coming along nicely and

I'm super excited for it to be done. It was a little hard

getting up to go to work last week, hoping that gets

easier. Happy New Year!

Let it Snow

I got to go with Hallie to preschool before Thanksgiving for her Day of Celebration, it was fun. Thanksgiving was nice - got the opportunity to spend time visiting with family. About a week after we had our first snowfall, there's a picture of that...probably about 10 inches. Then last week we were dumped on again and had a blizzard warning in effect from Wed afternoon through Fri morning. In total we've gotten about 25 inches in just over a week. I'm hoping that trend slows down. We visited Santa at the Pancake Breakfast...it cracked me up b/c I think he was the replacement Santa...maybe in jr. high. The picture turned out cute....of course I had to accompany Paige in the photo. Oh well. We decorated a gingerbread house, which the girls really enjoyed. I'm looking forward to Christmas.