Christmas Break

Hooray! I'm finally getting around to writing on the blog again. We had a great Christmas with my family, then headed out to Seattle, WA to meet up with Ted's family. After all that traveling we got to come home for 3 days before leaving again to meet up with our friends in Illinois; Kim, Brent, and their newest addition, Ella live in Streator, IL. We rode a train there and it was a lot of fun, and my new favorite way to travel!

The day after getting back from that, Ted had to leave yet again for Nevada to do some work for a grad student in the geology department. It was a lonesome and long week for me and Brigs. But we got to spend MLK day all together biking in the warm weather and getting a lot of outdoor work done.

Ted started school Jan. 17th, and his schedule this semester seems to be a breeze compared with last semester's Calc. 2 course. He's very excited to be taking Volconology, a topic he's been interested in his whole life. Me and B have been finding all sorts of activities around town to do since the weather is too chilly to be outside. The past week we have gone to the Nature Center, Natural History Museum, and several trips to Doodlebugs (a new used kid's clothing store here in town).

I'm getting very eager for spring to get here, and last week I put up a bird feeder right outside our bedroom window. I have been attracting all the birds from the neighbors' yards, and it's fun to watch them eat and fly away when they see Milo getting ready to attack from inside the window. My goal was to get cardinals to come and I have seen many at the feeder, so yay for me! I'm now in the process of fighting off the nasty squirrels that keep knocking the lid off and dumping the seeds all over the ground.

Here's a little video from a park we visited while in Seattle: