Thanksgiving

We went to Warren's mom's for Thanksgiving. My parents came also, so Svenja got to meet both sides of our family. It was good to see our parents again. We got to see Dona's new home, which was really nice. She is doing really well, which was good to see. My parents are doing well also.

We also spent 22 hours total in a car. I am not sure Svenja was too excited about this. We split it up into two days each way and stayed with our friend Aaron who lives in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area. On the way to the family, Svenja got to go to the Mall of America. She really enjoyed that as she likes to shop, but also thought it was too big and too much. That's been her opinion of the US lately, too much...too much food, too many Christmas lights on houses, too many cars, everything too far away...

That's all that is going on around here. We are both back to work yesterday and I realized that I cannot be gone on vacation. I had three families blow up on Wednesday and my supervisor had to handle it. Warren is pretty behind at work also.

my dining room table

pictures of my future table.

Amana Colonies

Here's a picture of Svenja in front of the Colony Inn. Note the German word for "welcome" above the door.

Hello everyone

Things are going pretty well around here. We are going up to Warren's mom's for Thanksgiving. Svenja is excited to see two more states, even if they look the same as here.

We went to get Svenja a winter coat. She is used to the cold, but the crazy changes in weather that baffles her. We have mornings in the 30s and afternoons near the 70s for a week. Now it's cool all day long now.

update

It's been a while since I have written, so I thought I would update you on our family.

I am doing well, I cannot keep up with the housework, but that's what it is like when you work full time. I decided to stay where I am employed and am getting better at my job. I may even be starting to like it.

Warren is doing well, he has gotten back into woodworking. He's made some improvements with the saw mill and has been cutting up the logs in the garage. Work is going well for him.

Svenja is doing better at school, she has all Bs or As now. She is making friends and getting used to our American ways.

That's all for now.