Year 2, Week 21: O' Christmas Tree

Well, hello there! It is quite blustery around here - but we are enjoying the lack of rain. Last week was a lot of rain and cold and yuck...neither of us were sad to be working in those conditions. It was a long week last week, but hopefully our last super long one for awhile.

Monday and Tuesday I was at work, so Jonathan kept busy around the house...and running errands for me. They were both really rough days at the pharmacy. Monday we started to run out of one of our fast moving liquid antibiotics, so Jonathan ran to the Carrollton store to pick some up for me after he came and did some grocery shopping for me in my store. It was his first time getting paged back..."Jonathan, to the pharmacy, Jonathan"...just to be asked to run to the next town over for some medications. Thankfully he was more than willing and it lasted us until our truck came in town! After he did that running for me he came back, hung out at home and watched a movie. Tuesday night he went to basketball and my rough work stretch came to an end.

Selftree!

Wednesday I was off, as usual, so I did laundry, meal planned and made a grocery list. I also slept until 11...which is very uncommon. That should tell you how absolutely crazy my two days at work were. I was completely exhausted! After Jonathan finished work we went to get a Christmas tree! It was our first live one and there is a place on the next road east of us. I went there as a little kid, but hadn't been there in awhile. So we went and picked a tree, even through the ice/rain/snow that was happening. We also had to stop at Mom and Dad's for milk and to get some weights for my truck. When we got home I made some John Wayne Casserole while Jonathan got the tree set up and brought inside. Of course, we realized that my tree lights weren't at our house, but thankfully Mom and Dad found them at their house and brought them over for us. We ended up not getting the tree decorated after realizing that we didn't have any tinsel or colored anything to wrap around the tree, we didn't have a tree topper and we only had about 30 small ornaments....so more on the tree decorating next week, for right now, we were just happy to HAVE a tree!

Thursday Jonathan left for Celina, so I spent the day Christmas shopping for him, getting shots and cleaning up the house. In the evening, I went to Mom and Dad's for dinner, then took a trip up the the farm with Dad and we hung out with Grandma and Grandpa for awhile! It was nice to get to spend time with family, especially since Jonathan was gone for the evening!

It was my weekend to work, so Jonathan got home Friday to an empty house. He went on a run and watched the Cavs until I got home. Saturday he went to see the Landis grandparents to talk about his heritage. He is trying to put together a family tree for his side of the family and they have a ton of information about it! It was such a good time. He really enjoyed learning about their history and hearing the fun stories that went along with some of the family heirlooms they have. There are some pictures included below with the stories that go with a few of the things he saw! I ordered pizza and a sub for us and picked it up on my way home. So we got to sit, watch Ralph Breaks the Internet and catch up on life over pizza/sub, Coke and chips and dip. 

Sunday was crazy as usual. I was at work, Jonathan went to church, watched the Browns, cleaned the car and then met me at youth group. The Subway app is changing my Sunday life for sure. I just order my sub, swing in there and pick it up after I change for youth group and then head to the church, eat and hang out with the kids! It is perfect! After youth group we came home, did navigators and sat up talking until about 11, which is super late for us, but we were just enjoying catching up with each other! It had been awhile!

We always love the weeks after the crazy weeks because we get to hang out with each other a lot on these weeks. Now we are just relaxing and getting ready for Christmas! Get ready for Christmas cookies, Christmas presents and Christmas trees here in the next few weeks! I hope everyone is enjoying the cold and being safe in it. We love you all!

Talk to you next week!

- Alli and Jonathan

 Peter Landis' shoes (Civil War time period)

 Civil War uniform buttons (assumed)

 Old money from England

 Old US money

 Great Grandpa Harry Landis' pocket watch in pristine condition!

Indian Head Penny - in circulation from 1859 - 1909 before the Lincoln Head penny. Jonathan's ancestor James Barton Longenecker designed the Indian Head penny.