Rowan in Wrapping

howdy folks! i'm sitting here with the fiesta bowl on in the background.  half of the room is sleeping.  we're in indiana visiting jon's family before his little sister's wedding, and we've been taking in a lot of college football.  football and shopping.  it's what we all do best when we're together :)  i realize that it's already past the new year, but i have just a couple of christmas pics that i just have to get in here.  then i'll move on.  promise.



i didn't take many pictures christmas morning.  sometimes it's nice to just be in the moment.  i love this one of rowan amidst the paper aftermath.



we decorated sugar cookies the week before christmas.   it's always such a mess!



no matter what they look like, they always taste amazing, no?



the floor was covered in sprinkles, but luckily one of our students just passed this along to us when he moved...





we've killed two of these things, but this is my favorite one yet.  a dirt devil powerstick that plugs in.  it's only $15 and worth every penny.  our other ones all had rechargable batteries, and this is way better just plugged in all the time.  it's like a dust buster on a stick.  awesome.



tuesday we got to chicago and spent the day at legoland with my sister-in-law and two nieces.  even though we had tickets already we had to wait quite a while in the chicago wind to get in.  they were passing out hot chocolate and lego magazines. 





chicago made out of legos.  pretty sweet.