Life Update - 2015 Edition

 The new year started with a visit from the Morfords and the chance to finally meet little Jack.  What a doll!

 Ryan and I also picked back up on finishing off the basement.  We settled on a color scheme, picked out flooring and ceiling tiles, got some cabinets, and got a fridge!

 Not only have I started using a paper planner today, and love it, but the highlight of this picture is that Grad School started on the 19th.  It's only been 2 weeks, but holy cow is it overwhelming!  But also wonderful, I love working towards my goals!

 Ryan and I had a one-night getaway in Wisconsin right before school started.  It was lovely to get out in the middle of winter!  I got to catch up with one of my high school best friends, hang out with Charlie, and have a date night with my husband.  Not to mention come back with a boatload of New Glarus beer!

 Seahawks won the playoff game and are headed to the Super Bowl.  They are only my fourth favorite team, but more importantly about this picture is that my sister is FINALLY an NFL fan!  She picked a team at Christmas time, after years of trying to watch football with her.  Her team is now the Seahawks, because of their awesome colors!  So it was exciting to watch that game and cheer with her. :)

 I love hanging out with my fur-niece and fur-nephew, just had to throw this pic in there.

 While my parents enjoy a lovely weekend in Arizona, my brother has been staying with us since Wednesday.  We've had a lot of fun!

Snowpacolypse 2015 has begun and we are hunkered down watching golf, and then of course the Super Bowl.  It's freaking nuts out there, but it is pretty.  I'm just glad I don't work on weekends!

Less Than 48 Hours

In less than 48 hours from the time we left our door to the time we walked back in it, we:

• Drove from Eldridge to Minneapolis w/ Mom, Dad, and Alex
• Checked in at our hotel
• Shopped/people watched at the Mall of America
• Spent about 15 minutes randomly catching up with Andy and Ashley
• Ordered pizza and went swimming at the hotel
• SLEEP
• Got some delicious breakfast
• WENT TO THE BEARS VS. VIKINGS GAME
• Drove home in the wind and went straight to bed!

It was a whirlwind of a trip, but a lot of fun...wouldn't change a thing!  I am truly a fan of both the Vikings and Bears, but I was decked out in my Bears attire so the Vikings fans surrounded us were a bit confused when I was cheering for the Vikes, haha.  But the Bears did win, which made Ryan and me happy.  And it was a good, competitive game, which I was happy about.  It was so great being at an NFL game for the first time, I cannot wait to go to the next one!

**Please keep in mind my camera is still broken, so these pictures are from my phone (not the best quality)

Transformer made of Legos!

Amusement park at the mall

Outside the Metrodome

View from our seats

Down on the field

It was packed!  Lots of Bears fans too!

Cheerleaders

A reluctant Viking fan took our picture