The Holidays

Ruth and I have been really busy throughout the past month and going into the Advent season. We have tried to document the past few weeks through photos. Here are just a few so you can see our apartment and what we've been up to.

Here are some pumpkins we carved for Halloween. Ruth did the two on the left and I did the two on the right. Ruth made a pumpkin for Madison and I made one for Oscar. Ruth even made her pumpkin a self portrait by adding her scar from the car accident (which happened a week before we carved the pumpkins). Unfortunately, our pumpkins started to rot quickly so they didn't last very long.

Madison and Oscar also got dressed up for Halloween. Madge was a BumbleBee and Oscar was an inmate for all the "hate crimes" he's performed towards Ruth (he pooped on her purse once). They weren't too excited about being dressed up. They don't usually wear any clothes, but lately we've taken in some hand-me-downs from cousin Wrigley (the Kimble's dog).

Ruth and I got the opportunity to host Thanksgiving with the Molls and Kimbles this year. Our apartment is small but we managed to have six adults, two kids, and a baby. It was cozy but most people were comfortable. We home-cooked everything on the menu, which included; cornbread, baked mac and cheese, asparagus, and vegetarian shepherds pie.

Here the dogs are on their very best behavior waiting for the guests to arrive.

After dinner we played an intense game of Jenga in which Jennifer, my dad, Ruth and I "beat" Jenga. We were all able to move until there were no more pieces to move before the tower fell. It was pretty wobbly and the table shaky, but we managed to move a piece round after stressful round until there were none left.

Here is a group shot before the night was over. We almost got everyone to look. :)

Now that Thanksgiving is over we have our Christmas decorations out. We didn't take the time to set up our six-foot tree since we will be moving in a few weeks, so the Zeilingas donated this table-top tree to us to use. Also, you can see our nativity that Ruth got in Africa. Each piece is about eight inches tall and it's hand carved by some people Ruth met while in Malawi last summer.