engagement rings and more

We have had a few wonderful days. Rebekah came home for Christmas and she had a wonderful surprise the night before she drove home. Let's just say there was a handsome man with a ring waiting for her when she got home from work!

Seth and I have spent the past few days with family. Myron cooked us a unique lunch yesterday that included baby octopus and cows tongue. We enjoyed spending the first half of the day in Middlebury and then heading over to Goshen for the second half of the day. Unfortunately Colin was not able to come home for Christmas. It was the first time we were not all together on Christmas day, but we will all be together next week in Gatlinburg.

Seth and I will be celebrating our 5th anniversary tomorrow and the plan is to spend two days in Indianapolis before heading south to Tennessee for a few days at the cabin in Gatlinburg. I can't believe its been five years already. It is exciting to think about planning another wedding! We are very excited for Rebekah and Chris!

alumni night, party mix, and upcoming vacations

What a busy weekend! Sheila took us out for dinner and a movie Friday evening. We enjoyed dinner at Hacienda (round one!) and the new Disney movie Bolt.

I was at Bethany almost all day on Alumni Saturday, arriving at 12:30 and not leaving until after 9pm! This is my second year keeping the official scorebook for home girls basketball games. They had a game at 1pm, the tennis team helped at the Alumni Chili Dinner from 3:30-5:00, Seth and I grabbed dinner with friends at Hacienda (round two!), and then we all came back for the boys basketball game at 6pm. I was the good luck charm as Seth, Joel, and Kyle all won prizes during the game!

We spent a good portion of the day on Sunday out in Middlebury with Sheila, Justin, and Stephanie. We helped Sheila set up the Christmas tree and other decorations, we made party mix, took the dogs for a romp in the woods, and sat around talking. It was a nice relaxing evening.

Things are slowing down. My fall semester at Goshen College is done and this is my last week at work before my 3 week Christmas vacation!

Thanksgiving Fun!

Things have slowed down a little after the busy holiday weekend. Seth and I both enjoyed having 4 days off. We spent lunch and the afternoon with the Stophers and Seth's Yoder family on Thursday and the evening with my family. We helped celebrate Grandma Pauline's Thanksgiving birthday and were excited to have cousin Phil drive up from Louisville for the weekend. Chris joined us for Thanksgiving at my parents and we all enjoyed a rousing game of Imagine If. Ask Rebekah what dwarf we all thought she would be!

The rest of the weekend included movies, a Chinese Picnic, ping pong, long afternoon walks, afternoon naps, and a video game get together (I was not a part of this).

We had an exciting addition to our household for 4 days. Jeff and Mariko left Oreo with us while they traveled to New York. We enjoyed having Oreo around and by the end of the weekend I had figured out how to take both of them for runs! Talk about a challenge. I feel like I made quite the scene jogging on Greene Road trying to juggle two dogs! Oreo is a high energy dog who would only sleep at the foot of our bed. While I wouldn't say Oreo and Sophie are soul mates, they learned to tolerate each other! Sophie slept for a full day after Oreo left, she was so tired.