{Update}

1.Gavin had four snow days. Yes, he didn't go to school for four days due to the ice on the streets and the "cold" weather. That's crazy to me. That last time he went to school was Tuesday of LAST week. He was out for 4 days from being sick and then the day he could've gone back they cancelled school for 4 days. He is getting very antsy to go back and so am i. :)

2.Shane got 3 days off of work due to the snow and ice on the streets. Unfortunately here, we don't have snow plows, so the snow turns to ice on the streets. And everyone is locked in their homes. They don't use salt b/c nobody here wants there trucks to be ruined from the ice. Which, after seeing the damage salt creates on a car, i understand. It's been nice having shane home for those three days. He needed it and i needed it. :)

3. All of this snow reminds me how much i dislike the cold and snow. I like snow when i can go snowboard, snowshoe, cross country ski or sled. I like to VISIT snow. :)

4.We are all over the FLU now. It hit pretty bad, went through all of us, and hit me the worst. It was the most terrible flu i have had in years and years. Now we all just have a cold.

5.Update on my siblings: Holly is going back to school and working hard right now trying to become a NURSE. How exciting is that? And how lucky is she to have a doctor in the house to help her with all of her science classes when she feels like she doesn't understand?! Brion is still in South Korea. He went there after he graduated with his bachelor's in history. He first went to Europe for awhile and now he has been in South Korea for almost two years teaching english. It's crazy. As soon as his two years are up he wants to head back to Europe and get a degree in International Business. He is a smarty pants. Stephen is workong on getting his PHd right now. As part of his PHD he might be heading to California and working with NASA. He is very excited about that possibility.

6. We have been looking into bikes for muah. We went and looked at some a couple days ago. I stepped out of the car, and completely wiped out. My hands flew up above my head, and my legs were straight out in front of me. It was a classic scene from a movie. haha.

7. I have to mention how exciting it is to pay off student loans. I had no clue we could pay off as much as we have in just 6 months. It's amazing. I love seeing the loans disappear a little at a time. It's crazy thinking about all the money we have already paid off, and especially thinking about how we could have saved or used that money IF we didn't have student loans to pay off. Ooohhh, so many possibilities. We are just loving watching them SLOWLY, but swiftly disappear. :) The thought of not having those things to pay on every month will one day be amazing. :)

*i will post some pics in a little while to show what we have been doing on our time off.