Back to Bethlehem

A church near us does an annual presentation of Back to Bethlehem that runs for two weeks during the evening.  It was awesome.  Basically what they do is recreate Bethlehem and you go experience the town, people, soldiers, etc. to get a better feel for life back in the day.  I would say it's probably more exciting for kids because they have to participate in the census, "purchase" beads, bread and other goods, but it's great for adults, too.  We went with our Sunday School class one night and checked out the sights.  If you want to see the actual event, you can go to this link:

http://www.backtobethlehem.com/b2b-video/b2b-video-for-pc.html

If you want to see someone super excited to pet a camel while at the event, look no further:

Happy Anniversary!

In celebration of our anniversary with Nigel we've - yes, I got Matt to participate with this post - come up with our top ten Nigel memory list.  Enjoy!

10. Nigel's Frankenstein arms

9. Nigel in the snow for the first time.

8. Nigel snatching the Christmas turkey off the counter.

7. Nigel's destruction

6.  Nigel's first time running free in his new backyard.

5.  Halloween costumes

4.  Nigel falling into the pool.

3. Nigel looking out the window every time we came home.

2.  Insanity running

1.  Nigel vomiting in my hands on a road trip.

Unwanted House Guest

The other week when Nigel and I were in the backyard I stumbled across a visitor.  Not a welcome visitor.  There was a Copperhead snake in our backyard.  I snatched up Nigel and ran inside.  Poor, sweet, dumb Nigel.  I'm pretty sure Nigel was close to the snake and he didn't even know it. 

We had a guy come out and set traps.  He said to expect the snake to be caught in 10-14 days.  He came back two days later and he got the booger.  MADE MY DAY!  So this little lady is no longer among the living :)



Highlights of 2010!

As an initiation to the new way of keeping in touch with family and close friends, we thought a recap of 2010 would be a great way to kick it off.  It seems the best time to have started the blog would have been after getting married, but I guess better late than never!  Here we go with the reminiscing...

The year started off ringing in the New Year with lots of puppy love...

... and then riding on an elephant...



... followed by graduating (barely!) from obedience school...

... to the event of the year - getting married!...

                                   


... complete with a honeymoon to New Orleans...

... we went on a whirlwind trip to Chicago to see Josh and Sarah get married...

... soaked up some sun at the beach...

... and then gave our lists to Santa because we had been good all year!



Did that bring you all up to speed?  Cool.