Study Break!

I won't even pretend to give the illusion that work is the only thing, especially when the only exam left for the term is research, which nobody had much of a clue about, anyhow. Brady, a guy in our ward and apartment complex, joined me for a morning out in the snow. The pictures may speak for themselves. If not, the snow was completely iced over from the rain, we "borrowed" a sled from one of the neighbor kids...

(sombody's hind quarters are too big for the space available)and heisted one of Kari's cookie sheets...which we tried multiple ways to make work..., and even tried different ways to slide down without a sled...

(notice our model with his "Lawn and Leaf" by Pierre Somebodyorother)Bottom line: it was totally hillarious and we can't wait for it to snow again!

I only wish we had a picture of our ride on the canoe (yes, a canoe!) down the hill behind the divinity school where we probably should have been studying!

Christmas Jig

Check this action out!

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:)

Christmas Boston Style

Yesterday we took the day off and headed North to visit the Boston Temple and to see a matinée of the Boston Pops Orchestra's Christmas Pops show. It was great to be at the temple again, and it was beautiful with the snow backdrop. We had left ourselves a window of an hour to get from the temple to the show, but by the time we got lost a million times (Boston has been nominated the worst city to drive in several times) we were a full 45 minutes late for the show!! We begged at the box office, and they exchanged our tickets to super upgraded tickets for the evening show. We spent our new-found time walking with all the other insane people on Newberry Drive, fighting the freezing weather and huge snowbanks on the corners to hit all the fun shops on the strip. We did dinner at Charley's, where we had the best bread ever . . . we ate 3 loaves! This time we were early for the show, and it was magnificent. And the seats they gave us were right on the first balcony over the orchestra! Lucky we got to see the first half, because all the traditional, spiritual pieces were first. What an incredible show!! It really feels like Christmas! We got home really late, but were able to sleep in since church was canceled because of the new snow and ice.

I Scream, You Scream...

Everyone loves a cheap date. This one is guaranteed to taste good, too!

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O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

I believe that a Christmas tree picks you, instead of you picking it. In our case it must be true, because by the time we got ours, it was so dark we could barely see anything at all! I felt like a lumberjack out there with my work gloves and saw...then I remembered the tree was only 6 feet tall. 1200 lights later, it looks pretty good, don't you think?"Timber!"First Ornament!

This ornament says, "Dear Santa, I can explain..."