Last Week

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We've done a few things in the past week 

We put an offer in on a house! They countered! We accepted! 

The weather dropped into the 70's while it was still light outside so we broke out the hammock and hoodies.

My phone fell out of said hoodie, landed just right (wrong?) and died. We save a lot of money on my pre-paid phone plan each month (THANKS KENT!)  which should translate into money saved towards a new phone when needed, but when we're faced with buying a tiny gadget for like, four h u n d r e d dollars, that will live in my back pocket, keep my butt company and eventually break, we balk. So after a few days of living on the edge without a phone, a fellow youth pastor gave us an old phone. TEXT ME.
We celebrated our first Thanksgiving away from family. And although we missed everyone, pooting around in our jammies until 10AM and not traveling with 2 little ones was definitely nice. We hosted another family + Ilse (have I still not told you about her?) and all was well. After Caris saw the first few minutes of the Macy's parade, she requested a "pretty pretty dress" and her high heels. 
"Happy Thanksgiving, Ma"

"What are all these people doing in my house?" 
 
Early Evening Thanksgiving Crash

We bought a tree 
 wore Christmas outfits to church
and a ballerina, a hipster and an elf decorated the house for Christmas
...That's what happened last week

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