On Saturday night, Andy and I went downtown to check out the Winter Blast with our friends Jeremy and Jen. I didn’t exactly know what to expect, but I kind of thought we would be inside and outside during our visit. We ended up outside in the strong, wet snow all night! I only wore a vest since I hate all my winter coats, so I ended up soaking wet and freezing. Fortunately, I didn’t feel too cold until the end of our stay. Here’s a picture of me when we got home:

You can’t really tell from the picture, but my arms and hair are completely soaked!!

On Sunday night we attended a church superbowl party. We ate lots of good food and enjoyed the game with our pals from church. I was responsible for bringing my famous frosted butter cookies. The footballs turned out pretty good!

I read this book, in its entirety, yesterday. It is one of those books that (for me) contained a unique, life-changing perspective. I felt as though my mind was a parachute being blown open to gigantic proportions! I’m still floating through the sky today. Here is a link to chapter one. I was intrigued by the first chapter, but it definitely isn’t going to fully represent the value of the rest of the book. I recommend this book to everyone…if only so I can talk to more people about the things it addresses.

So, it’s been over a week since Andy and I took my brother to the auto show. I keep meaning to post about the experience, but I save it for work and then realize all the photos are on my home computer. Then we were so excited about our new niece that I pushed this post onto the proverbial back burner. So, here it is!

We had a great time! John Paul was thrilled to see all of the fancy cars he usually just admires on the road from a distance. He wasn’t able to sit inside most of his favorites, but it was cool to check them out face to face anyway. He did get to sit in a hummer and he got to pose in front of his new love…the Dodge Challenger (still only a concept…much to his dismay!).

I got to sit in a Jaguar and drool over a few Bentleys. I’ve always thought Saab’s were kinda cool, but after sitting in a cute blue convertable, I’m sold!

Andy loves the Aston Martin Vanquish and was unfortunately not able to get a really good look because of the dumb foggy glass cage it was in! Other than that he seemed pretty content following his “high choleric” pals around the packed arena.

We capped off the evening with a visit to Nikki’s for some killer pizza and saganaki! OPA!