November 19, 2006

• A year ago, this time, I was still in Europe with Joe, meeting his family. I was going through the photos today and came across some I took near the end of the trip. It had been very cold and I woke up to see everything painted in frost. Being a California girl, I have not had a lot of opportunities to see frost, so I ran out with my camera and took these photos:

   

  

   

   

  

  In other news, we celebrated Joe's birthday yesterday. I found a place to eat that we had not been to before and it ended up being very yummy. They had the most delicious lamb chops! Megan was off at a birthday party most of the day, where she got to go horseback riding. While she was at the party, I took Becca out and bought both girls some winter pajamas while they were on sale.

  This coming week, the girls are off from school all week for Thanksgiving. They will be going to a day came on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, which I hope they will enjoy. I also need to work on a project about American Indians with Megan. She is supposed to do an oral presentation and a poster.

  Joe's mother and sister are arriving next Sunday and will be staying here while Joe and I go on a trip to Washington, D.C. for a week. I have never been there and it is part of my birthday celebration. I am really looking forward to seeing Mt. Vernon and some of the other sites. We hope to meet up with some friends while there too. When we return, Joe's mother and sister will stay a few more days and do some tourist stuff.

  I am hoping to get most of the preparations for Christmas done before the trip to D.C., because shortly after we get home from that, we are heading off again to spend a week with Mom before Christmas. I need to sort through the gifts we have and what is left to get, so I can really get organized. I don't want December to be insane!

  Anyhow, that is about all the news for now. I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

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