Snowed In

Hello family and friends!

Sorry for not being up on writing! We got back, school started, and things got very busy! Today is a snow day for me, as pictured below. Unfortunately, Nate had to go to work. Indiana does this thing about driving on snowy days, and a level 3 emergency would have made driving today illegal, but we had only a level 2 which means that people are allowed to drive to work. Fortunately, my only class today was physics, and the professor comes from a very long way away.

A review of the last few weeks;

Nate and I drove 13 hours from Virginia to Michigan before New Years, and spent the holiday with my grandparents and parents. At midnight, three generations of couples exchanged kisses and drank champagne. Everyone had a really wonderful time.



A few days later, almost every female that was important to me in my younger years gathered to wish Nate and I well at a bridal shower. Nate made a brief entrance to pick up my five-year-old male cousin who came with his sisters. Interestingly, the cousin, Grant, thought that they were traveling to our wedding that day, and that he was missing it. He spent all day hanging out with Nate and Dad, and I’m not sure what he thinks now. The women had a wonderful time, and I was honored that so many people came out to wish us well. We got 5 sets of sheets, three for the guest bedroom and two for our bed (read: we have a nice guest room! Come visit!). There were many cookbooks, which we're trying to use. My grandparents gave us a clock that they had made, which we love very much. What an amazing day! A few pictures are attached. Some of the amazing women I know Getting advice from my sister
The clock
Myself and Kate, who won the first game!

As soon as we got home, Becca and Mike Bubb arrived! They stayed for a few days and we did many things that we had done when they lived in town. We ate at El Rodeo, they helped us cook a few nights, and we played more board games in three nights than we had since they left. Becca and I spent a morning at a bead shoppe and made some awesome jewelry, which we are wearing in this photo!

In other news, classes are going fine, and we have a potential adoptive family for Peaches in PA that we really are excited about! We've started trying to look through each recipe book for new recipes to make, and making unique shopping lists every few weeks. In this way we've found a few things that we're really excited about, and many things that we will probably never make again. Some interesting experiments. And, now that this long post is out of the way, hopefully we’ll be going back to doing 1-a-week shorter posts that I can get done faster and more often. Love to you all!