this was actually a part of our advent calendar, for the last week before Christmas, jordan and i took turns writing down secret dates for one another. (here is another date from our advent calendar) jordan chose one that included making foil-pack dinners over the fire. jordan made them, but i think all he did was put in lots of veggies and some salsa and wrapped them up in foil and we placed them in the fire until they were nice and toasty. it was very good.
although we recently took down our decorations, i couldn't resist posting a few more photos from christmas, it's still january after all.
it's so cold outside, and it's no fun if there isn't any snow on the ground. come back snow.
one of the days of our advent calendar was to grab coffee walk around downtown bloomington, the heart of the downtown, 'the square', is beautifully dressed in lights for the season. i love how they wrap each branch of the trees, don't they look almost magical? be prepared, these photos were taken on my phone... but they still capture this evening well.
it was a fun evening of chinese checkers, coffee, and lights. if you ever are wanting to check out bloomington this blog has a great guide on bloomington. (also my mother just sent me her photos from christmas, and our tree is still up... so we will still be celebrating over here!)
i love these photos of our spontaneous snow fight. i felt like a little kid, and i know jordan did too, when we were at my parent's house and received all this snow. we immediately suited up and went outside and began playing. i was so cold by the end of it. i think that was mostly because jordan had thrown a snowball right at my face, if you look closely at the photos you can see just after it happened and when i looked so sad, and also just after jordan allowed me to revenge myself by putting snow in his face. and that's my little brother brandon in these photos! oh, and that first picture you will see our pathetic excuse for a snowman.
i couldn't help but to stop and take a photo of these snow covered trees.
here's to hoping the snow sticks around.
here's to hoping the snow sticks around.
we spent our evening with new and good friends ashley and kevin, we spent the snowy night going from their house for a delicious cheese spread, to upland brewery, to bring in the new year. we are thankful for friends like these here in bloomington. and for little adorable bottles of champagne.