Two For Two

Merry Christmas to all our friends and family!!!

And FYI, we are now 2 for 2 on the winter snow storm/white Christmas thingy. Yeah, thought be could escape it by coming out West but nope. Were present for the afternoon smashing of snow up here in the Wasatch. Pretty cool for the kiddos actually!

Anyway, have a wonderful Christmas Day. We look forward to speaking to some of you later today!

White Christmas

OK, so for those of you reading the ‘Winter Blast Pummels the Northeast’, yeah, we’re sort of part of that. Started yesterday evening, not supposed to stop until 7 tonight. And I just looked out the window… yep, still snowing. I’m trying to decide if I should go out right now and take care of what’s on the ground now, or if I should just leave it for tonight after it’s all done. Now having said that, we’ve had worse storms before. There’s only about 4 or 5 inches right now, with that same amount expected by this evening, all told 8-12 total when it’s over. We are getting pummeled with calls that church is cancelled for today, and we’re the 1-4 group.

It is nice for the kiddlings though, they woke up to a lot of snow. On top of that, they’re leaving for Utah on Wednesday, so Santa came last night so they could have some Christmas at home. We spent the morning opening presents, of course Nick and Ashlee were both lucky to get the main thing they’ve been asking for since we even started thinking about Christmas gifts. So they’re busy playing right now. Becky’s busy making breakfast, and I’m ‘busy’ fiddling around on the computer.

Merry Christmas everyone! We look forward to seeing most of you in a few days. :)

If you like books…

OK, so if you’re like us (cheapskate book fiends AND/OR poor college types) you might find this useful. I found it while I was “shopping” for textbooks last summer, but it works for pretty much ANY book you may be looking for. I tried it with random books on our shelves, from novels to kids’ books to church manuals to music books. They’re all there. Just read the following testimonial: “This site saved me significant time and money when searching for alternatives to the rip-off bookstores. I’d definitely recommend it to my family members, whether they are in school or just looking for sweet deals on books!”–Justin

So if books are on your Christmas shopping list, or if you’re just greedy and want to keep all the deals for yourself, check it out. http://www.directtextbook.com/ (Chris, Josh, and Matt, I know you all wanted to get your books for next semester so you could start reading them over the break, so I just wanted to hook you up.) ENJOY!

Interview with Aunt Betty

Hey everyone.

For my Media History class, I had to do an interview with someone about how they used media and stuff throughout their life, then post it on blog. So I interviewed Aunt Betty, and here’s part of the interview:

Aunt Betty’s Oral History

On an unrelated note, she also gave me a copy of something Grandma Freeman wrote about their life during the Great Depression so that I could type it up. So here’s that:

Life During the Great Depression