6 More Days until Minnesota

With our Christmas break quickly approaching and all the snow and ice we have had this week, it is hard not to think of Minnesota. Mike and I are very excited to get to spend nearly two weeks in Minnesota over break before rushing into the new semester on January 5th. Life in Iowa has been busy. Neither of us can believe that the school year is half over. Mike is looking forward to next semester when he has some new classes to prep for and a couple old that won't take up so much time (which I like). We really don't have any new pictures to post except for an early Christmas gift that we got at the mall last week for our tree. Kind of blurry, sorry, but you get the drift. I especially like the red toes on the girl!

We got about four inches of snow Tuesday afternoon which got us out of school two hours early! YAY. With another round of ice and snow mixture expected for late tomorrow night into early Friday morning, I would expect more cancellations. Its funny how Iowan's get like 2 or 3 inches of snow and they all freak out! Not us though, we are tough and don't understand why schools are cancelling. I guess we will always be Minnesotans at heart. Thats all from Wilton. Wish we were in Arizona with the Craig, Ann, Becca, Alison, and Uncle John. I know they are having fun soaking up the sun and drinking up the latte's. Can't wait to see you all in about a week!

And The Heat Is On

Last night Mike and I broke down and turned the heat on in our apartment. We have been putting it off for nearly a month now. We even covered our windows in plastic the beginning of November hoping it would help, which it did. Puting up the plastic was a lot harder then I ever remember as a child.

It has been barely 60 degrees in our apartment this past week, which is probably why we both broke down and turned it on. We have been coming home from school each day and putting on our sweats, slippers, warming our rice socks up, and I even wear a hat some days. We couldn't take it any more! Last night was glorious because it was so nice and warm. I literally woke up sweating I was so hot, so I went to check the thermostat, and it was only 68 degrees!

Mike is still a sleepy sloth this morning, so I am making biscuts and gravy! Hope you all have a good weekend. We love you and miss you all very much and can't wait for Christmas~

A White Wilton

Today was a great day! We have gotten about 4 inches of snow so far and it is still falling from the sky. Even better than that, we got to got out of school at 1:00 today. I think I was more excited than the kids were. It kind of feels like we are back in Minnesota! haha

Last night, we put up our Christmas decorations and our tree. We are really starting to feel like Christmas is just around the corner, but we still have some shopping left to do. Here are a few pictures of what the winter storm left us here in Wilton and also a picture of our special little tree and decorations. We even have little baby stockings. I am sure that Santa will come because we have been very good.