Christmas Blizzard Adventure

What a week! We weren't sure we were even gonna make it out of Harrisburg, much less all the way from Sioux Center to Menno! But we did it! We left Thursday afternoon for Sioux Center to spend Christmas Eve/Day with my family. Christmas Eve we just hung out and watched movies. Christmas Day opened gifts in the morning & then had Grandpa and Grandma Byl & Uncle Evan over for dinner. After dinner Teri & TJ went tubing behind Evan's Jeep. We got some great pictures and got to get out of the house for awhile! They had a blast! We got home and played a game & watched another movie.

Saturday morning Allen and I decided we would try to head out for Menno. We left at about 1:30 and made it there around 3:15. The roads were pretty good up until Canton. The wind was blowing pretty good and there were lots of fingers of snow on the roads, but we made it! We had fun opening gifts Saturday night with Rano & Cindy & the boys. Sunday we went to church and had the Christmas Eve program after church since the weather kept that from happening! We went back to the Kirschenman's and had a delicious turkey! Then the Jones family came from Hartford and we did a little "Hesby" Christmas there! It is so fun hanging out with Sara and Cari! We always have a blast with them. We played a game to see who got what for gifts. Then we snacked on some super nutritious Christmas candy!

We headed back for Harrisburg around 5:30 and knew we were gonna have a lot of snow clean up to do. ( I say we like I intended on helping lol!) We couldn't even get in our driveway! I hung out at Paul's house and played with Miya while the boys (Allen & Paul) cleaned off the driveway at least enough to get the truck inside so I could start unpacking. I had everything out and put away before they got done. We are so thankful that brother Paul lives so close to help out with such fun tasks!

We really enjoyed Christmas with our families and will have lots of great memories from this year! We hope you all enjoyed your Christmas' and that you got to spend it with the ones you love!

The First One

So, here it is! The first blog! I figured since I live away from my friends and family ( a whole hour ! lol) this would be a good way to keep them informed! It is Christmas time again, and we are hoping to make it to Iowa tonight and then move on to Lake Preston on Saturday and end up in Menno, if the weather would cooperate it would be great! Looks like we might be driving through some interesting blizzard-like weather to get to our parties!
Since Allen and I got married over a year ago, I have been making our house into a home. I LOVE decorating and changing colors and trying new things. About a year ago, my sister and I painted a few walls in the house. Chocolate brown and a surprising bright green. (I was going for a Starbucks green in the kitchen, ended up with more of a lime green--good thing I picked to do that on only one wall!) Last night my husband and I painted the rest of our bedroom walls Fools Gold. I was a little worried about chocolate and yellow up next to each other, but it looks wonderful! I can't wait to finish it up with the ceiling. Two different colors are going up there because there is kind of a square cut out and it goes up. I will post pictures of it when it is finished! I am also planning on painting the bathroom and the entry way soon! Then I can start putting some vinyl up on the walls!
Allen and I have been very blessed in our marriage so far and we love every minute of it. We can't wait to see what the future holds for us!
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and safe travels this weekend!