Winter fun

The two cutest guys ever!

Mac is really in the Christmas spirit!

Our Christmas gift from the girls--Snowshoes!!  Great timing!

Ty opening his stocking from my parents!

Mac & his stocking!

Well, winter has hit Boston.  They declared a "snow emergency" like a day before the snow actually came.  I am not used to seeing the schools called off two days in advance.  The really freak out when the snow comes.  Not like MN. :-)   That being said, we got a pretty big storm...lots of snow.  Last night it was blowing and really pretty miserable, but today is BEAUTIFUL!  Last night we hung out with our favorite girls and helped them with their snow blowing.   After that was out of the way, they decided to give us our Christmas gifts early.  Perfect timing.  They got us snowshoes!  The crazy thing is that I ALMOST bought Ty snowshoes for Christmas.  These girls know us!  When we left their house last night, we almost had to put the shoes on to get the 1/2 mile to our house...lots of snow.  I could barely sleep last night.  I was so excited to wake up and put our Christmas gift to good use.  Finally after I got out of bed, I looked outside and--surprise--a package on our doorstep!  My parents sent Ty & Mac & I our Christmas stockings.  (Stockings in our family are very traditional...and I love my mom so much for thinking to send ours to us!!)  We sat down and tore into the package to see what we got.  Besides all the other awesome stuff, we both got wool socks, which was perfect for our outing today.  After all the excitement of early gifts, we decided to head out for a few hours at Franklin Park.  We barely made it out of the driveway, but we did make it there.  THe snowshoes are a ton of fun, and the wool socks kept us perfectly warm.  Now, we are just taking the rest of the day to relax and get ready for a great dinner.  Our friends Jake and Anna (who also moved from Rochester) are cooking us dinner tonight.  I cannot wait.  From the sounds of it, these two know how to cook.  And we already know that they have excellent taste in wine, so good food, good wine, good company, it is bound to be a good night.  Hope all of you are doing well and staying warm.