Finals week was busy and crazy and we are so happy it is over. :) We both felt pretty good about how we did on our exams, but being done feels good no matter what. This year we have a 3 week break and I think we can really use it. We both took our last exams on Thursday, and on Friday we had the day to get ready for our trip home. Spencer worked for a few hours, too. Saturday we flew out and arrived in Minneapolis around 7 pm.
I love going to Minneapolis. Caroline picked us all (me, Spencer, James, and Miranda) up and we went back to her house to see Michael and to wait for AnnaMarie to come get us and drop Benjamin off. Benjamin flew in earlier that day and AnnaMarie picked him up. Sophie had just barely gone to bed, so she came out to say hi. I sure love her sweet snuggles. Then AnnaMarie came and brought Spencer and I back to her house.
We kept AnnaMarie up a little too late Saturday night chatting after Tyler left for work, but on Sunday morning we got up early to help her get all the kids ready. Or at least to entertain half of them at a time. The girls were really excited to see us and as soon as I came up they asked where Spencer was. We played with them and I offered to do the girls' hair. They both hate getting their hair done, but every time I go there I offer to give them princess braids (french braids) and they love it. I remember being the same way when we'd go to the Bracket's house as kids. I loved getting my hair done by Auntie Reeny. Their braids looked cute.
The twins are so much fun right now. 9 months is great. They are wiggly and giggly, and scoot and crawl everywhere. You can get them laughing once in a while, or at least grinning at you. Jack seemed to think I was funnier than Aiden did. Church was good on Sunday. It's funny how many people (kids, teens, and adults) are so excited to hold the boys. I did get some warm snuggles from Jack during Sunday School when he fell asleep though. Aiden fell asleep on AnnaMarie at the same time and Spencer may or may not have fallen asleep, too! ;-) For dinner we went over to Michael and Caroline's and had homemade noodles! They were restaurant quality, and I was totally impressed once again by Caroline's cooking. The kids were fun.
Monday was a nice day playing with kids and enjoying family time. For FHE everyone came over to AnnaMarie and Tyler's and the kids acted out the Christmas story while AnnaMarie narrated. It was cute. On Tuesday we hung around for a while in the morning and then hit the road. I was so excited to see Dad and Christy. I love going home. It's always clean and organized and happy. I ended up not feeling well for a day or so, so we just took it easy. Not doing anything felt so nice. Our semester was so busy, and we hardly had a day off.
We did get to go visit Janny at the shop! Let me tell you, Auntie Janny is the best. She is always so excited to see us (and we're always excited to see her too!) and she's so thoughtful. She gave spencer and I a copy of The Joy of Cooking! We were looking through it and I'm excited to try some stuff from it. First on the list: baguettes! We'll let you all know how it goes. :) Thanks, Janny!!
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