a winter wonderland!

Here is a little taste of the recent weather RIDICULOUSNESS (what is this, Spokane?!) and other winter-themed events...

We took Faulkner for a walk in the snow! At first he was scared of it, and then he started to like it...

Faulkner and I in the snow (first round of snow, before 5 more inches fell!)

Tracy and I made the cow and the donkey kiss in the nativity scene!

Our finished tree and little village!

Mixing up sugar cookie dough

Our street, with about 6" of snow.

Our backyard with SNOW!

Our house and the snow!

The end! Life is good here, very wintery! We are excited for Christmas in 5 days, and having fun baking cookies and watching football today. Mom and I walked to the coffee stand a few blocks down the street this morning, (wow, we were desperate!). Western WA is definitely getting a taste of the Eastern WA snow! I wish everyone a wonderful day, and enjoy the snow or sun (if you are in NZ!)!

Recent Pictures

Here are some recent pictures of my apartment and fun things. I think I finally figured out how to upload them so they look good... (I'm competing with Kara!)

Scott built me some amazing shelves for my kitchen! Mom, Tracy, and I installed them!

I got some cute new furniture, and am attempting to be classy!

Taylor got engaged!

And we had a wonderful engagement dinner at Farrelli's

I got a christmas tree! It looks way better with the lights off, and the next picture does not do it justice.

My first Christmas tree in my own apartment!

Recent Happenings

I just realized (after reading Kara/Rachel and Meara's posts), that I have not updated in awhile, so I decided to follow the trend and update you on my life. The last few weeks have been decently good. I turned in my final paper of the semester and now I am done with my first quarter of grad school!! I still think that it is nowhere near as challenging as it should be, but maybe that's just me...

Thanksgiving was fun-- it was good to get to spend some time with Mom and Tracy, and also see family. I played wii "dancing with the stars" on Thanksgiving with my 9(?) year old cousin, who is obviously a much better dancer then me... Let's just say, wii is HARD!

I also got some cute new things for my apartment, and thanks to Barb, Scott, and Mom (and others...), my apartment is finally looking kind of cute and put together. My heat was broken, and Scott fixed it, so I am using my heat (finally), and it is so nice to have a warm cozy apartment to come home to.

In other news, the guy at the gym has officially been promoted to "creepy guy at the gym" status... Kind of odd. He obviously does not handle rejection well.

Speaking of the gym, I am headed there right now. I hope everyone is having a fun Christmas season! I will post some recent pictures soon!