Friends Thanksgiving

Last night was the first annual Friends Thanksgiving get together at our house. Seth and I were excited to have 13 friends over to celebrate an early Thanksgiving! I cooked my first turkey (with much success!)and between that and everyone bringing a dish to share we had a truly scrumptious dinner! It was a little bit of a struggle to get that many people around a table in our living room, but it all worked out.

After the meal we watched the Colt's play and did a few rounds of Mafia.I think it will definitely become a tradition!

I'm looking forward to having Rebekah and Colin home this weekend for Thanksgiving. Seth and I are spending Thursday afternoon in Middlebury with his family and Thursday evening in Goshen with my family. The four day weekend will be wonderful!

p.s. Mariko and I, along with lots of teenage girls, watched Twilight on Saturday, after standing in line to make sure we could get tickets! I read all four books this fall and was really excited to see the movie. Mariko and I decided we would need to see all of the movie together!

Group Projects, Brazil, and Babies...

Can it already be the middle of November? I can't believe how quickly this year is flying by. I think taking classes this semester has just accelerated everything too. I can only assume next semester will be the same way.

My classes at Goshen College are beginning to wind down. I have a presentation in both of my classes and one final paper to turn in. No finals in either class, which I am not complaining about. The only bad thing is that the presentations are group projects! yuck! Why do teachers insist on assigning group projects. They are the bane of my existence.

Mom is in Brazil for the next 9 days. I am so jealous. We are having the first blast of winter weather this week and she gets to be in Brazil during the summer season. Life is not fair! I hope she can convince Aunt Debra and/or Uncle Kleber to come to the States this summer for my cousin Betsy's wedding. Seth has never met either of them. Mom is visiting to help celebrate Aunt Debra's birthday.

We got exciting news last weekend while we were hanging out at the Claassen's home on Friday night with Kevin and Kyle. Jeff and Mariko are expecting their first baby! They are going to be our first set of friends who live locally to have a baby. It should be fun and informative to watch! We are both so thrilled for them and the new baby Claassen that is due in May.