10 Word Weekend

Here are my 10 words from last weekend:
Snow Storm. Apple Pie. Microwave & Dishwasher. Santa & Reindeer. Christmas Shopping

There was a big snowstorm starting Friday afternoon.  I decided to leave work early to beat the weather and got home around 4.  John worked until about 4:30 and then had to go pick up Megan at his parents'.  Since traffic is always slower whenever there are even just a little few flurries, I knew it would take him a while for that trip.  I gave him the option of just having Megan stay the night with her grandparents but he wanted to get her.  He got home after 6, so an hour and a half from Chaska to Minnetonka back home - almost double the time but it was nice to have our little family together for the snowstorm.  Of course I was nervous the entire time he was driving.  John thought it would be funny to call me in a worried voice just to hear my reaction when he was really just turning onto our street.

Since I had a few hours to myself (very hard to come by nowadays) I decided to put together a couple small pans of apple pie bars.  My grandma gave me a bag of apples at Thanksgiving and I used my pumpkin pie crust recipe to create a very tasty treat.  After dinner Friday night John and I devoured half of the 8x8 pan of it!  The other 8x8 pan went into the freezer for another snowy day.

Saturday we all got to sleep in a little bit.  I got up with Megan and when she went down for an early morning nap I went out to shovel our patio.  I unburied the patio set and grill and we finally put the tarps over them for snow protection.  About time!  It was very light fluffy snow so at least I didn't break my back with all the shoveling.  It was actually nice to get out in the fresh air and do that.

John had to work Saturday afternoon but my mom came over and we bundled up Megan and headed to downtown Waconia to visit a few of the occasional stores to do some Christmas shopping.  Megan,bundled in her snowsuit and sitting in the umbrella stroller, had a blast as we pushed her through the snowy streets. 

Saturday night John's dad came over to help install our new dishwasher.  (John had installed our new microwave by himself on Thursday.  He tried to unhook the dishwasher himself on Thursday too and when we came home from bells our kitchen was under water!  When we stepped on the hardwood floor, water would seep up through the seams.  We soaked up as much as we could and let it dry overnight and the floor seems ok now.)  We needed a new microwave because our door was cracked and Home Depot had amazing Black Friday sales all November so we took advantage and upgraded our dishwasher as well.  I've decided that since we have an energy efficient one I will now start putting more of our pots and pans in there to hopefully cut down on some of the kitchen workload.

After church on Sunday John and I wook Megan to see Santa and his reindeer at the Mustard Seed.  Megan had fun at first until the 4-H girls started making lots of noise over the cute situation.  She didn't last long after that.

John and I were finally able to get some Christmas shopping done Sunday afternoon.  I appreciate that John likes to be a part of the gift-giving process and he has a lot of great incite and ideas of what to get people.  Unfortunately, he's been busy most weekends so this was our first opportunity.  We got home around 7 that night and then I ordered a few more things online.  I think we only have 3 more small gifts to buy and a few more to make and put together!  Let the wrapping begin!

This week will be busy for me as there is a big cookie exchange on Saturday with the women on the Lewis/Kauffman side of the family.  I have 14 dozen cookies to make before Saturday morning (technically should be done Wednesday night).  Good thing I love to bake!  Too bad I can't eat it... guess I'll just have to make more apple pie bars!