Snow and Sugar Cookies

Today is the first official day of winter, and we are definitely believing it. We have over a foot of snow on the ground here in Boston! It started a couple of days ago and is still snowing this morning. Most churches are cancelled, and I'm not sure if the bus will run to work in the morning.

After Matt finished his last paper yesterday, we walked through the snow to our new friends', the Stroups', house. Chris Stroup is also studying at BU, and Amy runs the international house where they live. They have a son named Micah who is so cute! We had pizza and decorated Christmas cookies. We are so thankful that we have started making friends, and that we have had such great fun preparing for Christmas!

The Busiest I've Ever Been!

I'm watching a movie for the first time in well over a month. The day's agenda is fairly open and doesn't include typing anything but this post. After finishing 85 pages (divided between two papers) and a nearly "all or nothing" final, I can breathe a bit easier. While the upcoming week involves some necessary reading toward a paper due my first class in the next semester, I offer this post as a tribute to my wonderful wife for her graciousness and encouragement these last four weeks.

The 390 square feet in our apartment make studying a bit difficult. Shannon graciously agreed to wear earphones to watch tv...




...although this was done with a bit of loving resentment :>)



What a wonderful woman!!
We miss you all!!
-matt :>)