Quick December Update

Well, my parents were able to come up for a quick visit last weekend. They were hoping to see snow, and on Sunday there was plenty!! We got to take Dad to the "train shop" here and found trains for him to set up around the Christmas tree like we did when we were little. Dad and José also "worked to death" (in José's words) putting up overhead lighting in our house!!! WE LOVE IT!!
My parents got to hear José preach his first sermon at North-Mar on Sunday. Listen to it here:
http://northmarchurch.com/HomeIncludes/sermons/12072008.html

Here's our latest of Diego. Wears a sweater always! He has little fine soft baby-dog hair and no body fat, so we're trying to keep him warm. He's house training (inside on a doggy pad since it's been below 40 since we got him). And he's been so much fun, entertaining us and speeding around the house. I wish I had that much energy!!

Office: Painted!

We started painting the office on Friday, figuring we'd take advantage of the long weekend. Well, Saturday we were "interrupted" with a new puppy, Diego (see previous post), so we'd been doing the finishing touches little by little. Today I finished up all the trim (including bookshelves) and it's ready for my parents' visit on Thursday! (And it shouldn't smell too badly of paint by that time either!!


We LOVE the new colors (this has room will be used as a child's room when the time comes, thus the gender neutral colors). It's bright and spring-like, which makes me smile with all the grey skies and snow and mud....