Monday, December 22, 2008

Home Sweet Home For The Holidays


Friday afternoon after work I drove down to Mike’s for holiday break! Friday night we went out to dinner, then to a friend’s birthday party. Saturday night was his work Holiday party. Sunday we cooked dinner for his parents. I cannot express how wonderful it was to be able to spend time with him! This morning I drove down to home home where I was greeted by a cooked xmas tree (above). Sydney (dog) is guarding the tree and the house standing guard, awww, what a cute puppy!

Home sweet home…

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Weekend Full of Winterness


Friday night Amy, Mariah, Danni, and myself had a girls night out! Dinner and dancing until the wee hours of the night at the UP Front. A night of fun indeed... :)

Saturday we had a fresh dusting of 5ish inches of snow! Can you think of anything better to do than wander around town with camera in hand? I couldn’t! I needed a recovery, low-key day following last night. I was up way past my bedtime!

Sunday Amy and I walked and got breakfast at Third Street Bagel (SO DELISH!) and then walked around downtown Marquette. I can’t get over how cute this town is. The fresh snow daily covers up the dirty plow snow and gives everything a very clean, pure look. It is wonderful! Sunday night we went to the Doghouse where Amy made me wear a Steelers shirt because she s a fan and we were going to watch their game. Good shirts, good times!

Reason’s Marquette’s Winter Is Absolutely Amazing (part 1 of many!)
~Never have to scrape a car windshield! Whenever it snows, it is too cold for ice so a quick squeegee and the 2,3, 8 inches of light, powder snow just flys away!
~The fresh snow almost daily gives every morning a clean, new, sparkle. Can you think of a better way of being greeted daily than from sparkles of snow?
~The sound of the crunch of the snow under your feet everywhere you walk. This is my second favorite sound of all (first being walking on dry fall leaves and third being thunderstorms).
~There is always something to do…always.

Pictures of this weekend can be found here : http://picasaweb.google.com/Street.Jenna/MarquetteWinter?feat=directlink

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Getting Into The Holiday Spirit



What better way to get into the holiday spirit than to go to a craft fair and see the Nutcracker?! After attending the art fair at the dome this afternoon after work, Amy and I decided to go see the local production of the Nutcracker. Little did we know that one our Greco-Roman Wrestlers had one of the leads (picture above)! Another surprise was seeing the president of Northern Michigan University dressed up in a gold dress and makeup as Mother Ginger!

A wonderful, low-key night was a perfect way to end a busy busy week at work!