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Well here we go! The drive home begins.

Ahh snow. Now I remember...

Well, a week after Mel wrote about needing to be reminded what cold and snow are like, we woke up this morning to a bit of a surprise. This isn't something you see in Texas very often.

Later this afternoon, it snowed for another 3-4 hours and we ended up with about an inch of snow on the ground.

Juno was all over this snow like syrup on a pancake. She seems to enjoy carrying snowballs around in her mouth. On our walk tonight, she kept showing a keen interest in all the snowmen standing around. Speaking of snowmen: apparently, people in Texas don't miss an opportunity to make a snowman, since the chance doesn't come around often. I've never seen so many snowmen in a single day. One of them was clearly constructed from all the snow in the entire yard.



And to wrap up, here's a little glimpse of our (actually, Mel made these stockings) minimal attempt at decorating the apartment for Christmas.

Snow? What's that?

It was 79 degrees today. Would someone please remind me what typical winter weather is like in the North? I need to get mentally prepared for the trip home....

Yeah Christmas!

(Jason kindly pointed out that I haven't written on the blog in a while....so here's my input...)

We decorated the apartment tonight for Christmas! Yay! However, there will be no Christmas tree this year. Too much hassle considering we'd get to enjoy it for less than two weeks and then it would just be here in the empty apartment, dropping dead pine needles everywhere. For we are heading home for the holidays!! We plan to divide our time between Goshen and Toledo from Dec. 16-Dec. 26. Looking forward to seeing our Texas-born dog's reaction to snow and cold - she's coming with us (should make for an interesting 19-ish-hour drive).

I shall leave you with this awesome shot of Jason on a stool. Every moment's a Kodak moment around here.