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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Year 2, Week 19 and 20: The Last Half of November

Our cute little neighbors!
The last half of November has been crazy! Holidays, work, food, it has been great...but didn't have a lot of time to write, so here we are to catch you guys up with our lives around here!

Two weeks ago (17th-23rd) was a long work week for me and a Celina week for Jonathan. He has had to go on Thursdays recently for a project, so that really cuts into our time together, but it wasn't too bad!

I worked Monday and Tuesday, so my life wasn't very exciting. Jonathan did some shopping on Monday, but he worked late since they were getting ready to finish a project. Once he came and shopped he went on a run and did some dishes to keep the house in a semblance of order. Tuesday he had to go to Dublin for a meeting about his project, then he went to basketball that evening.

Wednesday I was off, so I did laundry, went to the library, orchard, bank and got to do a little bit of relaxing with Jonathan before I went to Vicki's for facials with Mom, Maddie and Vicki. We had Hungarian Goulash before I left, which was really good, and we got to watch some of our shows.

Thursday, Jonathan left for Celina. So he got to hang out with Dillon and catch up with him that evening, but it was a long day of work. I spent the day relaxing, then went and visited a friend with Mom and Dad. It was a fun evening! The next day we both worked, then Jonathan stopped at his parents to see Emily and came back just in time for me to get home!

I worked the weekend, so Jonathan packed his with a bunch of fun stuff! He helped set up the community Christmas tree with the guys at church. Check out the pictures below - it was huge! 9200 pounds, 47 feet, and it was beautiful once they got it decorated. He had a great time getting to know some of the guys who helped too, which is even more important. I took pizza home for dinner, we watched some TV and listened to some music. Sunday Jonathan went to church, did some shooting at Mom and Dad's, then we met at youth group in the evening. I actually got Subway for dinner, which was great, because you can order it online! So I just ordered it, walked in and got to youth group on time!

Game night!
Last Monday I had to work for a few hours in the morning. It was a little bit of a stretch...but we made it. Afterward I went to get groceries, came home, unpacked them and took a nap. Jonathan work, read and then we went to game night since Shem was home! It was a ton of fun, Ashton and Caleb were there also!

Tuesday I worked while Jonathan did some meal prep, went to basketball and did some cleaning. Wednesday was our Haas day. We went over in the morning, I dropped Jonathan and breakfast off and went to my doctor's appointment. When I got back, they had the breakfast burritos and baked oatmeal ready! They were delicious! We played games, hung out, watched a movie and had a great day. For dinner we got Yoder's, which Jonathan and I hadn't had yet, but it was all great!

Thanksgiving work crew!
Thursday I worked in the morning, then met up with Jonathan at Thanksgiving with the Haas fam. We played Bunco, watched football, then got the Christmas stuff out when everyone left!

Landis family!
Friday we hosted our first Landis family gathering. It was a good time! We spent the morning getting ready, making soup and setting the house up. It went really well! We had 13 people here, which is a lot of people for our little apartment! 

Saturday we went shopping, ate Moe's, then went to church and Grinder's in the evening! Sunday we slept in, ate omelettes, watched some TV, wrapped gifts, watched the Browns, decorated the house and relaxed at home! In the evening we had the tree lighting. It was a little different than expected...it was so windy Wednesday that the tree was blown down and damaged beyond repair, so they cut it up and made it into a cross instead. We still lit it, people still came and we handed out over 10 gallons of hot chocolate!!! It was so fun to see the community come out and celebrate Christ.

This week is already off and running, so we can't wait to update you guys on all that we have going on! Enjoy the snow, get excited about the holidays and I hope your Thanksgivings were awesome! We are so thankful for how God has moved in our lives this year. It has been crazy to see all that He has provided for us and we are excited to see what happens next!

Love you all!

- Alli and Jonathan

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