About a week before Christmas break, I had some dear friends surprise me with paying for a ticket to go home for Christmas! I decided to just tell my brother, and not my parent's... I flew in Saturday the 19th, and it ended up that my parent's were coming up for the day on Sunday, for my nephew Dylan's basketball game. I was able to surprise my parent's when they walked in the door of my brother's house! My nephew's birthday is January 6th, so we were also able to celebrate his birthday. He's really into Lego's and I helped him (or I should say, he told me what to do...) with putting together his Chima Lego's. I also was updated on all the different Lego characters!
I got my fill of snow (and the cold), as my parent's had about 6ish inches of snow, and then at my brother's in Omaha, they had almost 9 inches. I will say, it was nice to be able to wear my hoodies and sweats... something I don't have to do in the DR!
I flew back Monday, and last night our neighbor Darlene took us to across from the Monument to see the Christmas lights displays and parade. They've been doing it every night since December 18th, and goes till the 7th. The lights were incredible, with several mini shows of dancers and acrobats.
This morning Sarah and I helped our neighbor Darlene with cleaning. About a week and a half ago, her apartment caught fire, and had total smoke damage. It didn't spread to any of other apartments. She is now going through her stuff, cleaning it, and then packing it up. She's leaving February 1st to go on Furlough, and then will be back in July-- but she will not be back to the apartment. :-( It will take a lot of work for her apartment to be cleaned. We will really miss having her across from us! Please pray for her, as this is a very stressful thing to have to go through!
School starts tomorrow!
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