Winter Vacation

Last weekend Chris and I went up to the NC mountains for a little vacation.  He took Thursday and Friday off work and we spent 3 days relaxing together.  On Friday, we went skiing for the first time.  We took lessons first, then hit the slopes for the rest of the day.  We had a lot of fun and didn't fall near as much as I had expected.  I wish I would have taken some pictures, but I was afraid we would fall on the camera if we carried it with us!  We made dinner Friday night and relaxed most of the day Saturday.  Saturday night, we went into Blowing Rock and ate some amazing pizza at Mellow Mushroom then walked to Kilwins for some fudge and icecream.  Before heading back to the condo, we drove around Chetola to see their display of Christmas lights.

Late Saturday night snow began to fall and we woke up to a winder wonderland on Sunday morning.  We took Miley for a walk in the snow and she loved it.  We wanted to take her off her leash, but we didn't want her running away or running out in front of a car.  Hope you enjoy the pictures!

The ski slopes (we skied down the one on the left)

Christmas tree in Blowing Rock

Pretty decorations in downtown Blowing Rock

Miley in the snow!

Welcome to our blog!

I’ve always thought that I would start blogging when we have fun news and pictures about our kids, but I’ve decided that since kids are still quite a while away I will give it a try a little early.  Who has time to blog when they have kids anyway?!  

Chris and I had a great Thanksgiving with my family last week.  We saw lots of family and ate lots of good food.  Thanksgiving dinner is my favorite meal of the year.  Every year it’s the same and full of family specialties.  My favorite is Grandmother’s creamed corn, which I have unsuccessfully been trying to replicate for years.  We also got to meet our new niece, Leighton Beck.   My cousin Sally and her husband (also a Chris) had this precious little girl on November 17.  We are so thankful that everyone is healthy and happy!

Over the weekend, Chris and I took a brief trip to the mountains to cut down a Christmas tree.  We spent yesterday decorating our apartment and tree for Christmas.  Since Miley spent the last few days at Pupsi (doggy camp while we were out of town), she spent the day sleeping on the couch.

Mother Pearl, Chris, Leighton, and me

Miley woke up just long enough to give me a look, then went back to sleep :)

Our beautiful Christmas tree we picked out in the mountains

I have so many cow ornaments that they have their own tree!