Mischief Managed

Abby frequently makes good use of the bathroom stool to reach light switches and items on the counter. In the picture above, she's placed the stool on the couch and used it to step up on the couch cushion, which she's crushing with her weight. Oh, and that's a weird dress-up shirt, a floofy skirt, and a winter hat on her head. It was one of those "What's Abby doing? I can't hear her anymore" moments. At least it's all in the name of getting closer to Baby Jesus.

'Tis Winter

Just like that, 2 weeks went by. Here's what happened:

Went to Columbus and attended the OSU-Michigan game. Exciting. Hung out with lots of family.

Set up our Christmas tree (yes, a day before Thanksgiving). Fun for the girls (and the cats)

Had parking lot duty at church on Thanksgiving, which was a beautiful day. Met Deacon, Dan and Rebecca's enormous puppy.

Went to South Bend that weekend, strolled Notre Dame's campus, had fun with old friends, watched Notre Dame get pounded by USC (boo), and went to our old church.

GOT SNOWED ON. The semester is getting close to wrapping up, but winter didn't wait for the end of it, unfortunately. Lisa had a snow day last Friday and I cancelled my classes, so we all stayed home. I got out my 6 horsepower snowblower, which roared to life and cleared the driveway, while the girls played in the snow. Abby didn't last too long, but Annika stayed out for two hours sledding down our little hills. I look forward to taking her to a better hill someday.

Painted our bedroom. The snow day actually messed up our plans for this, but it turned out well when Mom and Dad came and helped on Saturday.

It kept snowing through yesterday (Monday) and I need to snowblow again. Only two more days of teaching for me, and then finals week is here. I'm counting down the number of drives I need to make to Big Rapids before I'm done until January.