Busy Weekend!

This last weekend was a very busy weekend. But it was a lot of fun! Friday night, Brian and I had a movie night at home. We absolutely love our set up in the basement. We have surround sound, a pretty big t.v. and a blu-ray player so it's like we're at the movies!!

The next morning I went to Topeka to meet up with Heather and Hadley. They're the family that so graciously allowed me to become part of their family for a few months while I was in Texas and Brian was here in Kansas. Heather's husband, Jeremy had an interview for a residency in Kansas City. So we met up in Topeka for a few hours. It was great to see them.

This is Hadley trying on some new hats! She got to pick which one she wanted. There were some more girlie looking ones, but she chose this one. Not quite sure if it's a monster or if it's supposed to be a shark. Either way, it looks pretty cute on her! She's even posing for me in this first picture, giving me some pursing lips!! Too Cute!

After that, I hurried home to pick up Brian so we could head to Lincoln for the Husker game. Our Cornhuskers beat up on the K-State Wildcats! It's been a game that a lot of my students have been talking about. I'm so glad we won because I would have heard about it for weeks from the kids!

On Sunday we spent the day putting up some of our Christmas decorations. It took almost the entire day! Brian spent a lot of time outside with the lights and I think they look great. I'm very excited for this Christmas. We're having my side of the family out for Christmas this year. Each year it rotates to someone else and we haven't had the chance to host because we've always lived so far from home. But this year is different! It's nice being closer to home!

Sadie likes spending time outside, and she loves giving kisses!!!

Here's Brian giving me a heart attack. Luckily all the lights are up and there were no accidents!

Our NOT so wonderful pets.....

So this past week our animals have been very annoying. Sadie has gotten into this bad habit where she'll start whining in the early hours of the morning wanting us to get up and play with her. She'll carry one of her toys in her mouth (usually her duck) and walk back and forth from my side of the bed to Brian's side of the bed, WHINING! As if I don't get enough of that at school! It's also starting to get REALLY cold here and I'm not enjoying being out in the cold waiting for Sadie to go to the bathroom. Which means Brian does it most of the time. What a guy!

Then there's our cats. This past weekend we woke up at 6:25 AM to the loud sound of glass shattering from in the other room. One of our kitties jumped up on the counter and knocked a drinking glass onto the floor! And then, just today, I came home from work to find one of my nice decorative plates in pieces on the kitchen floor. It was sitting nicely on top of our cupboards, but it doesn't any longer. It now resides in a box in our trash can!!! So sad!

Here's a picture of the pieces of the plate after I swept them up.


And here's the picture of where the plate used to sit on display! Just an empty space there now!


On a lighter note, we bought a new vacuum and I love using it. So it was just another excuse to get it out! It actually picks up all of the pet (and human) hair that used to stick to our carpet. It's truly amazing!