Enter Winter

 

Well it’s been quite a while since I posted last, but Aprill has been on me to catch up; so here we go….

The Remainder of Summer

 

Summer went quick.  It was definitely hot and dry up here in the desert.  We settled in at the house and mostly stuck around town.  Aprill started training for a half-marathon she is running in February… and she has drug me along for the ride.  We’re just getting to the long stuff… right when it is turning winter, but more on that later!

 

I made it up to the mountains a couple times for some fishing.  I have a friend over in the Seattle area, so we get to meet up in the middle.  We hiked in for a few miles to a backwoods lake back in August, then did a dump camp/ kayak trip a few weeks ago.  Our success with the trout was questionable, but fun nevertheless!

 

We had a little yard sale too, to get rid of some our our extra stuff. Our friend Ashley got in on the foray as well.  We had a good turnout and made about $300 among us, so no too bad.

 

Aprill and I took dueling vacations, her to Virginia for a friend’s wedding, me to Louisiana for football.  Both good trips (minus a heartbreaking loss to LSU)

The Present

That pretty much brings us to this week.  It was Aprill’s favorite holiday, Thanksgiving!  We had a small crowd, there were 5 of us total.  But we made a huge meal of all the classics.  I got to roast my first full turkey, and we all ate ourselves retarded. 

As a Thanksgiving miracle, it’s been snowing for almost a week straight.  And been darn cold!  It’s early in the year for the weather… and it’ll be mighty old in a few months if it holds up, but it’s pretty nice for now!  The worst part though, we’ve been seasoned for decades to believe that when it snows, you get snow days.  Well, that’s not exactly how they do things here.  The pictures above are from our big 1.5 hour delay from the start of the work day! 

We rounded out the weekend with some decorating, and some hot chocolate.  Even some shopping (we have done all we can to single handedly stimulate the economy!).

So that’s it.  You are now up to date on the epic journey of the Jivelekas family.  We hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and that you have a great next round of holidays!

-Adam & Aprill