A little bit of everything

I have a few things to blog about so I thought I would combine all the things into one giant post, so bare with me!

First of all, WE ARE GOING TO GRAD SCHOOL!!! Derek found out yesterday that he was accepted into Johnson School of Business at Cornell University! He still has three more schools to hear from though so the final decision wont be until later. We are both very excited and Derek is also relieved that he doesn't have to fill out any more grad school essays. He celebrated with some wine and this is what ended up happening.

He ended up rollerblading in the house...and spilling my water all over the coffee table. Oh well, he was having fun!

So the last couple of days the Seattle area has gotten hit hard with cold weather and SNOW! We decided to head over to my parents' house Tuesday night so that Wednesday Derek could put the snow tires on my car. We want to go to Leavenworth this weekend and the passes don't look very good. Both Derek and my dad ended up working from home yesterday so we had a fun day at my parents' house making christmas cookies, hanging out, and watching the dogs play in the snow. Peyton absolutely loves the snow! When we got home last night she slept the rest of the evening all the way through the morning.

For those of you who no my sister, you will probably picture this next scenario better than those of you who have never met her. She came downstairs yesterday upon waking in her snowpants from about 20 pounds ago, a pair a boots that seemed a little to small, and her big coat. That in general was a little suprising considering Jenny isn't much of an outdoors person. She informed us that she was going to go outside to make a snow angel. Now this I had to see! Have you seen the movie the Christmas Story with the little boys? Enough said! Here is how to make a snow angel Jenny style:

1. Find the perfect spot in the hard and hope there is no dog poop, then lay down in snow angel position.

2. Spread arms and feet back and forth to make the snow angel.

3. Finish snow angel and then lay there for a minute to try to think of a plan on how to get back up.

4. Roll over on stomach and try to push yourself up.

5. Get up on knees and then try to stand all the way up with dogs in the way.

6. Fall back over and roll down the hill a little ways with dogs in your face.

Don't worry, she eventually got up and even had the energy to go through steps 1-5 again to make a second snow angel. Thanks goodness she didn't find any poop!

Oh, did I mention that Bella loves the snow too.

Yes, that is snow all over Bella's legs. My mom spent half the day defrosting Bella. It would get so bad that she could hardly move. I guess they got about a foot more of snow last night and Bella can't walk outside at all today.