Saturday, December 11, 2010

Basketball & Snow

Last night, we went to the Timberwolves game with Heather, Jim and Sheena. Our friend Amara was performing a Zumba dance at half time so we went to support her. Jim's dad's company is a sponsor so we got free tickets on row 4!! They were SUPER good seats! It was such a fun experience to get to watch the game that close! We were basically directly across the court from where the Timberwolves sat! Free throw time for the Pistons



Today we had a massive snow storm/blizzard come through. It started snowing on the way home from the basketball game last night and just stopped snowing around 6pm tonight! The National Weather Service says that our city got 15.2 inches!! It's the most snow in one storm in 19 years! Luckily we went to the store last night and got stuff to make a big pot of yummy chili for dinner! The tricky part about the storm is that it's been super windy all day - wind gusts of 30-35mph! So the snow drifts have been insane! The wind blew all the snow on our back deck - poor Michael is still trying to figure out how he is going to shovel that off one day! ;)


Side view of our deck from our living room window

The top of our driveway was totally bare. See the orange pole to the left of Michael? (That helps the plows know where our driveway is.) All the snow was blown to the end of our driveway near the street. The orange pole at the end of our driveway was almost covered except an inch or two at the top that was showing!

Enjoying some baby kicks on a snowy day! :)

Snowed in! This is the snow blown up against our back door!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Happenings

We had a very fun and busy weekend last weekend! Friday night we braved a big snow storm and had a nice dinner with Heather & Jim. When we woke up the next morning we saw our fresh 9 inches of snow!

Saturday, we spent the whole day shopping for bedroom furniture. After years of going back and forth, we finally convinced ourselves that we NEED a king sized bed. Michael and I aren't the most compatible sleepers. And now that I'm pregnant and limited to only sleeping on my sides, apparently he's not a fan of me sleeping in the middle of the bed with my knees in his back. We went to 5 different places. I have to say that I don't really enjoy furniture shopping. The sales people totally stress me out and I don't like the feeling of being watched/stalked. I know they are just doing their jobs, but they really ruin my furniture shopping experience. Anyways....we finally found a set we both loved. It should arrive in the store later this week and we are hoping to have it delivered over the weekend or early next week at the latest.

Sunday, we had our friends over to watch the Vikings game - really just a reason to party. :) Michael grilled fajitas (despite the fact that the high was 15 degrees that day) and we all had a great time.

Today we got our Christmas tree and got it all decorated. It's so pretty and the perfect little size. It's so fun to think about what next Christmas will be like with our little guy possibly crawling all around! :) Speaking of which...I think I finally have felt the baby move!! I felt him over the weekend and have been feeling him every day since. At least I'm pretty sure that's what it is - that or I have some serious twitches in my stomach area. :)

Our typical snow shot - showing how much is piled on the BBQ pit :)

Amara, Sheena, Heather and me

Decorating the tree

Christmas 2010 (Michael makes me look a little underdressed) ;)

The finished product!