Insta-Friday.

This week was a busy one. Good busy. Happy busy. Fun busy. The kind of fun busy that makes you think there shouldn't be any such thing as school or work. Anyway, in addition to seeing We Bought A Zoo one day and going out for Chinese food at our favorite Chinese restaurant, and enjoying Cosby Show marathons on Netflix every night, we.........

hung out with friends-- and did things like create masterpieces with Becky's leftover Halloween candy.  Yes, leftover Halloween candy-- I didn't know such a thing existed until Becky walked through our front door with a bag of it in tow.

played with all the new games/toys/gadgets that everyone got for Christmas.

donned our Kevlar's and went to Sea Life at the Mall of America.

had a cheap lunch at IKEA before tackling "the maze."

 

went for shakes at McDonalds a couple of times because it's never too cold for ice cream!

took advantage of the exceptionally warm and snow-free December and went to the zoo.  For the record, Meghan was the only one who was wearing a coat, and to this very moment, we don't know why--it was almost 50 degrees that day!

looked at Christmas lights-- this was a favorite not so much for the decorations, but because they had their lights synced to Christmas music over the radio. It was awesome.  I think we stood outside, without coats, for almost half an hour just watching and listening. So fun.

Then three hours after enjoying the synced Christmas lights, we looked out our window and saw this.  Nothing like bringing in the New Year with the first blizzard of the season!

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