Have yourself a MERRY little Christmas!

Sending love to you and your family! Merry Christmas!

Prom

Every year Fuqua puts on a prom. It is a blast! We all get dressed up, have a preparty, take busses to the event, shake our groove thing, and have a wonderful time with our friends. This year did not disapoint. It was a masqurade theme!

Sam's Quick Shop

This is our new find! We have driven by this place hundreds of times, but have never once even thought to go inside. Fortunately a kind bartender from Alivia's told us about it. From the outside it looks like a dirty, old quick stop. BUT...looks can be deceiving, the inside is the beer mecca. It has just about every beer imaginable. Chad's new favorite is Bell's Two Hearted.

GOTR 5K

December 11th, I ran the GOTR Reindeer Romp 5k with some of the girls in my class. One of my students asked me to be her buddy runner; I was honored! It was a crisp morning, a perfect day for a run. I was one of 1, 500 people who participated. 600 of them were girls ages 8-12. I was so impressed with the determination of these young ladies. I would have never wanted to run 3.1 miles when I was 10! The girls we all smiles and pushed themselves to run the whole time. Fortunatley we finished just in time, it started to rain just as I got in my car to drive home!

Snow!

The first weekend in December, we had our first dusting of snow. It was a truly magical day! Chad and I laid on the couch with the Christmas lights on, watched Christmas movies and drank hot chocolate. It was such a perfect day. It really got me excited for the Christmas holiday.

As you can see, I was really excited for the snow, but Chad was not as interested in taking pictures...
It only snowed a few times last year, in Durham, but I loved it. I had never had a "Snow Day" in California. I was lucky enough to have three consecutive days off; it was such a wonderful surprise. The funny thing was that the snow was not that bad, maybe just a few inches. Unfortunately the town is not equipped to handle the snow, so the schools close down.
I was hoping for snow this year, and I've been a little lucky so far. Last week, I missed one day of school due to the snow. Apparently the Head of School does not like to close down the school for snow days, so I was soooo happy we lucked out! It is such a wonderful feeling to wake up in the morning and check your email to find out that school is closed for the day. I hope we have a few more. :)
Wondering what I did on my last snow day? Well, I scrubbed the shower, cleaned out ALL of my drawers and cabinets, rearranged my closet, cleaned our apartment, did laundry, went grocery shopping, did a little holiday shopping, and made some yummy enchiladas for dinner. I think I was a little too excited to have an "extra" day!

I can't wait for our next snow day!