Wedding Dress

I know most of the people who look at this blog are already married but maybe you know people who aren't. I'm selling my aunt's wedding dress. She's asking $500 for it. The dress is a size nine and personally I think it's gorgeous. It's got really pretty bead work done on the bodice and the train. The train can hook up for easier walking around (last picture). I think the tallest you could be to wear this dress is 5'4-5'5 (no heels). Anyway, if you know anyone short who's getting married pass the word along!

Cabin Christmas

For Christmas this year Rory and I got together with his mom and sister and rented a cabin! It was awesome!
Our not so rustic kitchen

It had a loft with two beds and then two bedrooms downstairs.

A view of the living room from the loft. I highly recommend this cabin! What a fun Christmas.

Cross Country Skiing

One of the high lights of our Cabin Christmas (for me) was that we got to go cross country skiing every day! We could just put on our skis and ski off the porch. Sigh.... bliss.

Our merry little group setting out for a nice ski.

Look how much I enjoy my time on skis! The point of this picture was that you could see the Grand in the distance. It's hard to see in such a little pictures though. (It's right above my head)
And we found a phone booth! Sadly it didn't work. But it had some interesting equipment inside.
I never did get the hang of can phones.

Ice Fishing

I learned how to ice fish over Christmas break! I even got my very own pole. Rory's mom brought us all See's candy suckers to savor while we sat around waiting for fishy bites.

Jolene with her sucker and her shrimp. She was the only one who was lucky with the shrimp.

Kathleen making a path between Rory's fish hole and mine for ultimate running between holes ease.
My first ever ice fishing fish!! What a beauty. I don't think they liked getting pulled out of the warm water and dropped into the snow.

Jolene and me showing off. What good fisherwomen we are!

Stubby Pringle

On Christmas Eve eve eve we got a visit from Stubby Pringle! He told us all about a Christmas where he helped out a family and missed a dance. This is fond Christmas memories in the making! Thanks grandpa! And the mustache was great.

Babies

Don't worry, I didn't have this baby or steal it. She's Kat's new little girl Adalynn. I was so happy to get to meet her. She's adorable! Newborns are so warm and cuddly. At least I think so. Maybe it's all the blankets they wear. Rory wouldn't hold her for fear of breaking her. It's crazy how many of my friends have recently had babies! I swear it's in the water.

New Home!

Since Rory got his new job we can finally afford to move out of mom and dad's house. I'm not sure who was happiest about that: Sam or us. We loved living with mom and dad but it sure is nice to have our own place again. And Sam's just plain happy to get his room back. Thank you so so much Grandpa and Grandma and Jake and Sara! (And Ruby) You guys were such good helpers! And, of course, a big huge thanks to mom and dad for letting us stay with you for a few months.
Our wonderful living room. This new apartment is so much bigger than our last one!
The entry way. We live in an attic.
Our weird little bathroom. It's the only room in the apartment that didn't get renovated. The retro toilet is kind of growing on me.
One of the best things about our new place is counter space!!!! Lots of it! No more cooking on the floor! And we have a teeny tiny portable dishwasher that we keep in the pantry.