I am working on catching up. I know that some of our friends and family and family friends my not be on facebook etc etc.... well, we want this to be a place for you all to catch up on what we are up to. Along with the blog posts I am typing, I also have a page with Shutterfly that I am putting my pictures so you can not only read, but see our fun activities :)
Check them out at this link:
http://peterslifeinlove.shutterfly.com/pictures
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Christmas in Nevada City
Well, we took another trip down to the Roseville area. Tim's cousin Dan is doing grad school up in Washington as I have talked about before in the post about our Seattle trip. He didn't get to come down for Thanksgiving, but just came down to Christmas. This was going to be our only chance to see him until May.
Friday after Tim got off work we drove down to Rocklin to stay the night. Aunt Linda prepared a lovely dinner for up us and Tim's cousin Kendall and her fiance John joined us too. So nice to get to spend some time with them too. They were down at her parent's house in Santa Cruz for Thanksgiving so it was the same case for them too. Good times!
Saturday we had some lovely doughnuts at Krispy Kreme. Took a little trip to Toys 'R Us! Then had pizza at Dan's favorite pizza place that is pretty much tradition to get each time we spend time together down there. One of Dan's good buddies came to join us. Cole lives in San Fran and I guess came to stay the night.
After lunch we said our good buys and drove up to Nevada City where my Grandpa Bill and Grandma Carol lives. Mom and Dad, my sister Cara and her boyfriend were there too. We had a nice dinner, the first time for all 8 of us to be around that table together. We played find the "Elf on the Shelf" and find the pickle on the tree (a German tradition), and had our little gift exchange. There were many laughs that evening. We really enjoyed ourselves.
Everyone went home, but Tim and I stayed the night. Sunday we joined Grandma and Grandpa at their church in Grass Valley, Twin Cities. Got to meet a number of their friends that go there. We also got to see some of Tim's mom's good friends the Brattons. After all this time, I think that was my first time actually getting to meet them. Sandy has some pretty great girlfriends!
The four of us had a tasty brunch at one of their favorite places in town. Actually got to run into my Uncle Richard (Grandpa's brother) when we were leaving, they were just going in. On the way home we did a little driving around G&G's neighborhood, there is some pretty cool stuff around there. Then watched some football at the house together for the afternoon before we headed home.
We got to spend some good quality time together. Its been a while since we last got to catch up. It was nice!
Friday after Tim got off work we drove down to Rocklin to stay the night. Aunt Linda prepared a lovely dinner for up us and Tim's cousin Kendall and her fiance John joined us too. So nice to get to spend some time with them too. They were down at her parent's house in Santa Cruz for Thanksgiving so it was the same case for them too. Good times!
Saturday we had some lovely doughnuts at Krispy Kreme. Took a little trip to Toys 'R Us! Then had pizza at Dan's favorite pizza place that is pretty much tradition to get each time we spend time together down there. One of Dan's good buddies came to join us. Cole lives in San Fran and I guess came to stay the night.
After lunch we said our good buys and drove up to Nevada City where my Grandpa Bill and Grandma Carol lives. Mom and Dad, my sister Cara and her boyfriend were there too. We had a nice dinner, the first time for all 8 of us to be around that table together. We played find the "Elf on the Shelf" and find the pickle on the tree (a German tradition), and had our little gift exchange. There were many laughs that evening. We really enjoyed ourselves.
Everyone went home, but Tim and I stayed the night. Sunday we joined Grandma and Grandpa at their church in Grass Valley, Twin Cities. Got to meet a number of their friends that go there. We also got to see some of Tim's mom's good friends the Brattons. After all this time, I think that was my first time actually getting to meet them. Sandy has some pretty great girlfriends!
The four of us had a tasty brunch at one of their favorite places in town. Actually got to run into my Uncle Richard (Grandpa's brother) when we were leaving, they were just going in. On the way home we did a little driving around G&G's neighborhood, there is some pretty cool stuff around there. Then watched some football at the house together for the afternoon before we headed home.
We got to spend some good quality time together. Its been a while since we last got to catch up. It was nice!
Amazing party last weekend!
Our friends Brian and McKenzie Helvick and a fun party at their house last weekend. This was their forth year of doing it and it was a great time!
The invitation had this amazing description I just have to share with you (it explains it all):
"What's the dish? It hails from the Piedmont region in beautiful northwest Italy and is called: Bagna Cauda (BONN-ya CAW-da). It's like a fondue, for all intents and purposes, only from the heavens. It has four basic ingredients: insane amounts of garlic, anchovies, some olive oil and some love (otherwise known as, "buttah"). Its one of the most blissful thing I've ever tasted in my life, next to Mexican food and breakfast (obviously). There will be plenty of other food if you're a little skittish about the idea, but unless you are allergic to fish, you'll probably be asked to try it once... out of the respect for all Italians."
Brian has suck a way with words! Yes, the event was just as great as the description made it sound.
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Saturday, December 8th - Tim and I headed back down to Roseville, only two weeks after our last visit with Brian and McKenzie. We had an item we needed to return at Ikea and had a wonderful lunch at this place called "Five Guys" (check it out at http://www.fiveguys.com/). I think its pretty new to California.
We then went back to the Helvick's and spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out and preparing our items for the evening's festivities. We brought organic apple cider that I made 100% from scratch, using apples from my grandma's apple trees; organic apple sauce that I made from straining the cider; and cocktail meatballs (chili sauce and grape jelly).
The evening was spent hanging out with and getting to know great people. Their families joined in too and it was nice to get to spend some time with them too.
We topped the evening off when there were only a few of us left, with this wonderful desert (if you want to call it that). This amazingness is called Tim Tam slams. Cookies they call biscuits, you bight off a tiny piece of two opposite corners and suck hot cocoa through it. The Tim Tam will catastrophically reduced soon after this process is started, and the whole biscuit must be crammed into your mouth as soon as this happens or your cocoa will be filled with pieces of melted biscuit. We had a few new people to this, and so we spread the love.
We stayed the night at their place again and joined them at their church Calvary Metro of Roseville. We had a wonderful time, the music and message was inspiring. We stopped at this coffee shop called Bloom, which carries a top-notch beans from a roasting house in Santa Cruz. Got drinks and bfast there. Got lunch together after and headed back to their place for the Sunday afternoon football game.
Man! We love hangout out with Brian and McKenzie! They are amazing.
The invitation had this amazing description I just have to share with you (it explains it all):
"What's the dish? It hails from the Piedmont region in beautiful northwest Italy and is called: Bagna Cauda (BONN-ya CAW-da). It's like a fondue, for all intents and purposes, only from the heavens. It has four basic ingredients: insane amounts of garlic, anchovies, some olive oil and some love (otherwise known as, "buttah"). Its one of the most blissful thing I've ever tasted in my life, next to Mexican food and breakfast (obviously). There will be plenty of other food if you're a little skittish about the idea, but unless you are allergic to fish, you'll probably be asked to try it once... out of the respect for all Italians."
Brian has suck a way with words! Yes, the event was just as great as the description made it sound.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Saturday, December 8th - Tim and I headed back down to Roseville, only two weeks after our last visit with Brian and McKenzie. We had an item we needed to return at Ikea and had a wonderful lunch at this place called "Five Guys" (check it out at http://www.fiveguys.com/). I think its pretty new to California.
We then went back to the Helvick's and spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out and preparing our items for the evening's festivities. We brought organic apple cider that I made 100% from scratch, using apples from my grandma's apple trees; organic apple sauce that I made from straining the cider; and cocktail meatballs (chili sauce and grape jelly).
The evening was spent hanging out with and getting to know great people. Their families joined in too and it was nice to get to spend some time with them too.
We topped the evening off when there were only a few of us left, with this wonderful desert (if you want to call it that). This amazingness is called Tim Tam slams. Cookies they call biscuits, you bight off a tiny piece of two opposite corners and suck hot cocoa through it. The Tim Tam will catastrophically reduced soon after this process is started, and the whole biscuit must be crammed into your mouth as soon as this happens or your cocoa will be filled with pieces of melted biscuit. We had a few new people to this, and so we spread the love.
We stayed the night at their place again and joined them at their church Calvary Metro of Roseville. We had a wonderful time, the music and message was inspiring. We stopped at this coffee shop called Bloom, which carries a top-notch beans from a roasting house in Santa Cruz. Got drinks and bfast there. Got lunch together after and headed back to their place for the Sunday afternoon football game.
Man! We love hangout out with Brian and McKenzie! They are amazing.
Oh Christmas Tree
December 2nd, after a crazy roller coaster of emotions, rants and ethical debating we got our Christmas tree.
We had originally planned to get our tree with our bible study small group on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. There are 6 of us couples in our group and thought it would be super awesome to all go together. One couple found out last minute they couldn't make it due to poor planning and work scheduling. Then another couple pulled out, then another. Sunday church came around and we found out that only two couples could go no problem and due to homework the third couple decided holding off till the next week would be a good idea. It was a tough thing for me to agree too... I hate plans being solidly set for a while and people not keeping their plans. We did wait till the next week.
Church Sunday rolled around and as we were in the same situation as last week. Things completely fell apart. Two couples could only go Saturday, two could only go Sunday, one couple was sick and one was out of town. GOOD HEAVENS!
Our good friends who are also in our small group and the wife was in our wedding as I was in theirs; Liz and Dan were able to go. I had chatted with another couple (Shane and Emma, also good friends of mine) earlier in the week about maybe going with us and they ended up being free to go. At least it didn't fully turn out to be a dud. This was our last chance to go get our tree, so we went for it.
We have lots of National Forests around us and they have this fun deal where you can buy a $10 permit and cut a tree on their property.
We took an hour drive up Hwy 32 to Butte Meadows where everyone from our area goes. There is a National Forest ranger station just in town up there where you can get the permits. Much to our dismay, there was a sign on the door saying that they closed early due to weather. This is the only place we knew of around that sold them; the nearest place was in Chester, maybe 40 miles away. There were a bunch of other unhappy people who showed up when we did to find the same note.
Emma remembered years ago you could purchase permits at the pub in town so we hoped back in the car to go see if it was a chance they still did that. More frustration came over us when the guy behind the counter said "How do you say it? S... O... L?" How classy! Not. He could have just said sorry and not rubbed it in our face. We got quite upset.
One more cafe/pub in town and we headed over there. After people get their trees they come here to get fries and hot cocoa. Hoping that maybe someone has an extra permit we could buy from them. Unfortunately, the only person who did have an extra just sold it as we walked in the door. We were all so unhappy now. Ranting about the people leaving so early when they knew how many people were going to come up that day.
The waitress told us what had happened and we got even more angry. "Due to weather" it had nothing to do with Butte Meadows, there was no rain/snow or anything for that matter. The ladies left because of bad weather up the road on the way to their home in Chester. They should have just waited it out if that was an issue, it would have been safer and a better idea all together.
Battling what to do, we talked it out a while and decided to risk getting caught. We figured that there couldn't be rangers patrolling since the ladies in the office weren't even there. The CHP don't stop people either. If for some reason we did get pulled over we had a very good reason and we tried as hard as we could to go about it the right way. All those other people who came up late decided to risk it too, so we figured we would be fine.
We drove up the mountain and found a good spot to park and started trekking out. It didn't take too long and we found a tree. We actually had success finding trees only feet away from each other.
Mad it down the hill and back home with no problem. It was an exhausting day!
On the following Wednesday we got our tree decorated.
We had originally planned to get our tree with our bible study small group on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. There are 6 of us couples in our group and thought it would be super awesome to all go together. One couple found out last minute they couldn't make it due to poor planning and work scheduling. Then another couple pulled out, then another. Sunday church came around and we found out that only two couples could go no problem and due to homework the third couple decided holding off till the next week would be a good idea. It was a tough thing for me to agree too... I hate plans being solidly set for a while and people not keeping their plans. We did wait till the next week.
Church Sunday rolled around and as we were in the same situation as last week. Things completely fell apart. Two couples could only go Saturday, two could only go Sunday, one couple was sick and one was out of town. GOOD HEAVENS!
Our good friends who are also in our small group and the wife was in our wedding as I was in theirs; Liz and Dan were able to go. I had chatted with another couple (Shane and Emma, also good friends of mine) earlier in the week about maybe going with us and they ended up being free to go. At least it didn't fully turn out to be a dud. This was our last chance to go get our tree, so we went for it.
We have lots of National Forests around us and they have this fun deal where you can buy a $10 permit and cut a tree on their property.
We took an hour drive up Hwy 32 to Butte Meadows where everyone from our area goes. There is a National Forest ranger station just in town up there where you can get the permits. Much to our dismay, there was a sign on the door saying that they closed early due to weather. This is the only place we knew of around that sold them; the nearest place was in Chester, maybe 40 miles away. There were a bunch of other unhappy people who showed up when we did to find the same note.
Emma remembered years ago you could purchase permits at the pub in town so we hoped back in the car to go see if it was a chance they still did that. More frustration came over us when the guy behind the counter said "How do you say it? S... O... L?" How classy! Not. He could have just said sorry and not rubbed it in our face. We got quite upset.
One more cafe/pub in town and we headed over there. After people get their trees they come here to get fries and hot cocoa. Hoping that maybe someone has an extra permit we could buy from them. Unfortunately, the only person who did have an extra just sold it as we walked in the door. We were all so unhappy now. Ranting about the people leaving so early when they knew how many people were going to come up that day.
The waitress told us what had happened and we got even more angry. "Due to weather" it had nothing to do with Butte Meadows, there was no rain/snow or anything for that matter. The ladies left because of bad weather up the road on the way to their home in Chester. They should have just waited it out if that was an issue, it would have been safer and a better idea all together.
Battling what to do, we talked it out a while and decided to risk getting caught. We figured that there couldn't be rangers patrolling since the ladies in the office weren't even there. The CHP don't stop people either. If for some reason we did get pulled over we had a very good reason and we tried as hard as we could to go about it the right way. All those other people who came up late decided to risk it too, so we figured we would be fine.
We drove up the mountain and found a good spot to park and started trekking out. It didn't take too long and we found a tree. We actually had success finding trees only feet away from each other.
Mad it down the hill and back home with no problem. It was an exhausting day!
On the following Wednesday we got our tree decorated.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Me, The Health Nut
For those of you who know me (Jaime) really well, you will know that back in Freshman year of High School I first became a bit of a health nut. Health class taught us about healthy eating and its benefits. I would constantly be reading labels to the food I was eating to see what it contained. I still ate a lot of the stuff I had been eating over the years, but was now exercising my skills of label reading and trying to add in healthy food where I could and when I thought of it.
Sophomore year of high school I started running Cross Country and Track, and with that I would pay even more attention to cut out certain things where I could; sodas, things that are partially hydrogenated, etc. My mom still did most of the cooking in the house so I ate what she made, the same things I loved all the years of growing up. Thats not saying she cooked things that were bad, she actually went out of her way to make them healthier.
Married now, I am doing the cooking myself and its MY job to watch what I am making. Fortunately, Tim already was on the track of trying to eat healthier before I met him, so he is pretty happy that I am trying to continue that today for both of us. And boy! I lucked out, he is really good at trying anything that I try making; he is really easy going about that sort of thing. Naturally, I ask him what he thinks every time I make something new, I want to make sure if he doesn't like it that I change the recipe or totally cut it out next time.
My good friend Emma and I have been spending almost a year now, nearly every week if we can, in fellowship with each other. We talk about all sorts of things, but one thing that always comes around is health and how we could better improve what we eat and how we take care of ours and our husband's bodies. Emma has a lot of things she has to keep in check with her health routine, and through her sharing, it has really motivated me to seek better health.
Back in January I singed up with this great company called Meleleuca (http://www.melaleuca.com). A GREEN wholesale company from Idaho that has all natural products and are 100% a USA based. They have amazing products! We started taking their vitamins and saw a great difference. I used to get sick for what seemed to be 10 times a year, and this year I have only been sick once for only a couple of days (I didn't even hit full strength cold). And I don't think Tim has gotten sick at all!
A couple of weeks ago Tim and I went to Sacramento to visit some good friends of ours Brian and McKenzie Helvick. They made us a really nice dinner at home and I was shocked to find out what we were actually eating. They told us about this diet that they have been doing which we had never heard of before.
Paleo! http://robbwolf.com/what-is-the-paleo-diet/
Revolutionary! The big AH HAA! This diet is also known as the "Cave Man" diet. You eat the way we were originally meant to eat. You cut out dairy, grains, legumes, starches, and processed foods & sugars.
Naturally, this is a hard thing to completely jump into, but its a great goal to aim for. Taking this diet into thought, I have started cutting out a TON of the grains and starches we used to consume. Switching my snacking to nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and carrots. I feel so much better knowing now that what I am eating isn't going to shorten my life. I used to make pasta and sauce ALL the time and I always felt so guilty for home much of that stuff we ate. WOW a weight has really been taken off my shoulders!
If any of you are feeling the way I was about what I was eating and preparing for others, I would strongly recommend this to all of you!!!
I picked this book up at Costco. It is totally worth getting.
Here are some more really great cookbooks for the family and for kids:
Sophomore year of high school I started running Cross Country and Track, and with that I would pay even more attention to cut out certain things where I could; sodas, things that are partially hydrogenated, etc. My mom still did most of the cooking in the house so I ate what she made, the same things I loved all the years of growing up. Thats not saying she cooked things that were bad, she actually went out of her way to make them healthier.
Married now, I am doing the cooking myself and its MY job to watch what I am making. Fortunately, Tim already was on the track of trying to eat healthier before I met him, so he is pretty happy that I am trying to continue that today for both of us. And boy! I lucked out, he is really good at trying anything that I try making; he is really easy going about that sort of thing. Naturally, I ask him what he thinks every time I make something new, I want to make sure if he doesn't like it that I change the recipe or totally cut it out next time.
My good friend Emma and I have been spending almost a year now, nearly every week if we can, in fellowship with each other. We talk about all sorts of things, but one thing that always comes around is health and how we could better improve what we eat and how we take care of ours and our husband's bodies. Emma has a lot of things she has to keep in check with her health routine, and through her sharing, it has really motivated me to seek better health.
Back in January I singed up with this great company called Meleleuca (http://www.melaleuca.com). A GREEN wholesale company from Idaho that has all natural products and are 100% a USA based. They have amazing products! We started taking their vitamins and saw a great difference. I used to get sick for what seemed to be 10 times a year, and this year I have only been sick once for only a couple of days (I didn't even hit full strength cold). And I don't think Tim has gotten sick at all!
A couple of weeks ago Tim and I went to Sacramento to visit some good friends of ours Brian and McKenzie Helvick. They made us a really nice dinner at home and I was shocked to find out what we were actually eating. They told us about this diet that they have been doing which we had never heard of before.
Paleo! http://robbwolf.com/what-is-the-paleo-diet/
Revolutionary! The big AH HAA! This diet is also known as the "Cave Man" diet. You eat the way we were originally meant to eat. You cut out dairy, grains, legumes, starches, and processed foods & sugars.
Naturally, this is a hard thing to completely jump into, but its a great goal to aim for. Taking this diet into thought, I have started cutting out a TON of the grains and starches we used to consume. Switching my snacking to nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and carrots. I feel so much better knowing now that what I am eating isn't going to shorten my life. I used to make pasta and sauce ALL the time and I always felt so guilty for home much of that stuff we ate. WOW a weight has really been taken off my shoulders!
If any of you are feeling the way I was about what I was eating and preparing for others, I would strongly recommend this to all of you!!!
I picked this book up at Costco. It is totally worth getting.
Here are some more really great cookbooks for the family and for kids:
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Holidays begin
Its that time of year again. The weather is finally getting cold, wet and blustery.
Thursday 22nd - Thanksgiving wasn't how we originally planned it, but it was actually quite wonderful! Mixing things up after the last two years doing the same thing.
Tim and I participated in Chico's annual Run For Food. There were close to 6,000 people there piled up in Bidwell Park to support the Jesus Center. The money raised goes to provided a Thanksgiving meal to all the people in Chico who can't afford it. Mom, Dad and Grandpa Hoyt volunteered at the run. After it was finished, Cara joined us and we all went to Peet's Coffee for a light breakfast and coffee.
Around mid-day, we (Tim, me, Mom, Dad, Grandpa and Cara) went up to Redding to meet up with our cousins and Aunt & Uncle for a large meal together. Nineteen of us sat around the table sharing stories and having a grand ole time together. Hung out through the evening watching football and got to view the new house that our cousins just bought and are fixing up. Its a pretty incredible place and the work they have done on it is a vast improvement to what it was when they first got it.
Friday 23rd - We went back home to sleep for the night. Black Friday proceeded with a few good deals we got at Kohls and the most empty I have EVER seen Costco. I would have to say Chico is quite the place to be for this shopping day. Its quite mild compared to the greater Sacramento area. I could actually breath here.
We drove down to Sacramento and made a quick stop to Ikea. We picked up a new bed for the extra extra room at Tim's parent's house. Now that there are two of us couples when we stay at the house there needs to be more room for all of us. Christmas time we will be setting up the bed for them and making the finishing touches to the newest guest room. I love organizing and decorating, it is nice that I can be a help to complete this project for them.
Tim got tired of shopping, so when we were done at Ikea we headed over to our friend's house. Brian is one of Tim's great friends from college, and McKenzie his new wife of a almost half a year now. We decided it would be fun to spend some time with them, and we actually got to be their first house guests to stay over.
Brian and Tim went out to play some disc golf, as they love doing, and played until it was dark out. I went over to the Roseville Galleria to finish up my shopping. I wanted to make sure I could get discounts while there were offering them. I pretty much completed my Christmas shopping list. Really mice having it done well in advance, I don't have to think about anything except for the wrapping.
The four of us had a wonderful home cooked dinner at their place. And finished the evening at this cool place that has a large variety seasonal, local and unusual beers on tap. Got our beers, took a table and played a great many rounds of this really fun game called "Spot It".
Saturday 24th - Tim and I drove over to his aunt and uncle's house where two of the three cousins were visiting home. We hung out for a little while and had breakfast together. Short, but sweet. This was our only opportunity to see Thomas and Laura during the holidays and so had we to take the opportunity.
We got back to Brian and McKenzie's while it was still mid-morning and they were only just having breakfast themselves and so we joined them for "second breakfast" (Hobbit quote).
We hung out for the rest of the day at their place talking, eating and watching the college games. GO DUCKS! When the games were done we said our good byes and headed home.
Thursday 22nd - Thanksgiving wasn't how we originally planned it, but it was actually quite wonderful! Mixing things up after the last two years doing the same thing.
Tim and I participated in Chico's annual Run For Food. There were close to 6,000 people there piled up in Bidwell Park to support the Jesus Center. The money raised goes to provided a Thanksgiving meal to all the people in Chico who can't afford it. Mom, Dad and Grandpa Hoyt volunteered at the run. After it was finished, Cara joined us and we all went to Peet's Coffee for a light breakfast and coffee.
Around mid-day, we (Tim, me, Mom, Dad, Grandpa and Cara) went up to Redding to meet up with our cousins and Aunt & Uncle for a large meal together. Nineteen of us sat around the table sharing stories and having a grand ole time together. Hung out through the evening watching football and got to view the new house that our cousins just bought and are fixing up. Its a pretty incredible place and the work they have done on it is a vast improvement to what it was when they first got it.
Friday 23rd - We went back home to sleep for the night. Black Friday proceeded with a few good deals we got at Kohls and the most empty I have EVER seen Costco. I would have to say Chico is quite the place to be for this shopping day. Its quite mild compared to the greater Sacramento area. I could actually breath here.
We drove down to Sacramento and made a quick stop to Ikea. We picked up a new bed for the extra extra room at Tim's parent's house. Now that there are two of us couples when we stay at the house there needs to be more room for all of us. Christmas time we will be setting up the bed for them and making the finishing touches to the newest guest room. I love organizing and decorating, it is nice that I can be a help to complete this project for them.
Tim got tired of shopping, so when we were done at Ikea we headed over to our friend's house. Brian is one of Tim's great friends from college, and McKenzie his new wife of a almost half a year now. We decided it would be fun to spend some time with them, and we actually got to be their first house guests to stay over.
Brian and Tim went out to play some disc golf, as they love doing, and played until it was dark out. I went over to the Roseville Galleria to finish up my shopping. I wanted to make sure I could get discounts while there were offering them. I pretty much completed my Christmas shopping list. Really mice having it done well in advance, I don't have to think about anything except for the wrapping.
The four of us had a wonderful home cooked dinner at their place. And finished the evening at this cool place that has a large variety seasonal, local and unusual beers on tap. Got our beers, took a table and played a great many rounds of this really fun game called "Spot It".
Saturday 24th - Tim and I drove over to his aunt and uncle's house where two of the three cousins were visiting home. We hung out for a little while and had breakfast together. Short, but sweet. This was our only opportunity to see Thomas and Laura during the holidays and so had we to take the opportunity.
We got back to Brian and McKenzie's while it was still mid-morning and they were only just having breakfast themselves and so we joined them for "second breakfast" (Hobbit quote).
We hung out for the rest of the day at their place talking, eating and watching the college games. GO DUCKS! When the games were done we said our good byes and headed home.
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