Thanksgiving, etc.

Greetings. My evil semester is finally over, and now I find myself in my PJs on Sunday at 2:30pm watching Lord of the Rings--this is pleasant.

In any case, Thanksgiving happened. Mom and Bill came to Pullman to visit

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We tried to go to Joseph, OR--turns out it's a long drive. We only made it 1/2way, but saw some nice scenery on the way.

It was a pretty rotten day, and ended up snowing. Hence, our snowy house (it still looks like this, which is nice now that Christmas is approaching).

Eventually, we all made our way to Eugene where we drank beer

...and where we ate


...and where a small child filled a sisu shotglass with sausage
...and where Adam practiced being an old lady version of himself
...and where we took pictures of ourselves
So that was Thanksgiving. It was good.

This weekend Chris and Sharon and their circus (2 kids, 2 dogs) came down to visit. The kids are absurdly cute. We ate, drank, and were merry.

And speaking of merriment, our Christmas tree! We look tired. We are.
Adam and Anne will be here for Christmas, so that should be fun. This is my first Christmas in 31 years that I won't be in the Keweenaw. It's Jeff's first (33 years!). Phew. It's really nice not to be worrying about travelling though, much more relaxing. We'll see how it goes.

on that note, back to tv and snacks.