Two Words...

Snow day. There is just nothing that beats that feeling when you wake up in anticipation, turn on the news, and finally see your district scroll through at the bottom of the screen. Sweet victory.

Actually it was more like, "thank goodness we finally have time to take down the Christmas tree." And that is exactly what we did today. We spent the day in jammies, taking down our Christmas stuff, cleaning a little, watching Ramona and Beezus, and mainly just enjoying the day!

We did venture out to let Bear play in the snow and he had a blast! I would throw snow up in the air and he would try to jump as high as he could to catch it!

And eventhough I don't want to be teaching too far into May...it sure would be nice to have another restful day tomorrow!

It's Time for Mistletoe and Holly

Chris and I just got home from spending eight wonderful days at home in Arlington with our families. Although there are many challenges to being a teacher, it sure is a wonderful perk to have two weeks off for Christmas!

This year we loaded up the car nice and early to head home, only to spend two hours waiting at the Honda dealership so they could fix a small problem with our car. We were on the road by 9am after that and in for a LONG trip. After 10 1/2 hours in the car we figured out that Bear does not travel well. Poor guy. He was very carsick and stressed. We made it to my house just in time for Christmas dinner and present opening.  Needless to say all 3 of us were ready for a good night's rest that night!

Once we settled in we had a wonderful time with both our families. We went to the Christmas Eve service all together. Liz, Kevin, Elise, and Jeremy even came too! We spent Christmas day at Chris's house opening gifts, eating, playing Wii, and eating some more!

Bear was really worn out from all the festivities! And apparently I was too because this is the last picture on my camera. The other important occasion we celebrated on December 27th was Bear's 1st Birthday! I know he's just a dog...but I can't believe he's already one year old. : )

We had a wonderful Christmas with our families and friends. It was great to see everyone and we can't wait to be home again soon!