Christmas

Christmas Eve, Mike made me the best meal ever!  I wasn't allowed to help in the kitchen (yay!) so I cleaned up the house.

Creamy, cheesy potatoes

Delicious beef

It did make quite a mess....

I got to taste test

Enjoying a wine break

Then we opened stockings (right after stuffing them )

Hey! Get outa here I'm stuffing your stocking!

He's on the phone with his family, fyi

First gift out of the bag--a lighter for the grill

 

A storm trooper flash drive

One of the pairs of earrings from my stocking

Christmas tags in progress

Christmas Day after Mass

Santa came to our house

Mike making the BEST cinnamon buns EVER

Mike's big gifts from Gammy and from me

We all got to play with Dad's Christmas gift

The scope needed some adjustment

Mom making....something

The best vanilla bean cheesecake ever (by Mike)

It's beginning to look a little tiny bit like Christmas

We got a Christmas tree yesterday - we had just a little tiny bit of fun (see Mike, left).

We went to a tree farm and cut it down ourselves. There were snow flurries!

The place was huge, but really picked over.  We split up to cover ground faster.

This tree looked promising from across the field, peeking out behind another tree.  Too bad it was a little top heavy.

Recognize this sweater Kelly?

Before

We picked colors for our apartment and Mike has been painting all weekend.

After

Our finished tree

Dynamic

Sangia red in the dining room

Mike probably wishes I was helping instead of taking pictures.

Mike's ankle is better and he's able to drive himself now. =) He's going to physical therapy twice a week.

The day after he was able to drive again, the Honda broke down. It seems that there is a problem with the transmission. Oh boy.

My thesis was approved! The defense was way easier than I feared it would be. The presentation went smoothly and I answered pretty much every question no problem.

Last weekend was fun--Dan came to visit and we made a birthday dinner for him. Carly came and went Christmas shopping at the KOP mall (we didn't buy any gifts =/) and stayed for dinner.

Wednesday we went to wing night with Mike's coworkers. It was a good time with good conversation. We came up with a new TV show--"My Python is Longer than My Mobile Home"

Mike and I are officially registered at a church now. That feels nice to belong somewhere, hopefully we'll start getting more involved somehow.

I had a bad dream the other night and I punched Mike in the back by accident. And I mean I punched him good. I woke up to him yelling and I realized I didn't just punch the dog I was dreaming about. =(