get elfed

So, our family went up to Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania to visit my uncle mike and aunt melissa, my grandparents, and melissa's family for Thanksgiving. We had a great time together, although we did determine that Eliana is officially very allergic to cats, and she pretty much lived on benadryl for the weekend;{ Nevertheless, we really enjoyed our time there, went to the National Smithsonian Zoo and various museums, and Uncle Mike took some great photos of all the events. He also elfed our children with some of the photos, and honestly I'm still laughing after having watched the video a few times, mostly because it fits our kids so well. Those of you who know Nathan, know that he absolutely would dress up in an elf suit and dance around just like this, which makes it even funnier. And Asher and Ellie could absolutely be coersed by Nathan to participate in such an activity, which makes their facial expressions all the more perfect.
The semester is coming to a close, so jon's a little busier than usual, but honestly this has been the most laid back semester so far. I honestly thought this was going to be a tougher semester, but it's been great. We are excited to travel to Minnesota and Wisconsin to visit Jon's parents and the Wahlens (friends from seminary who left us this past summer:( over christmas, Jon will take one winter course, and hopefully get in 4 weeks of full time work before the spring semester begins. Encouragingly, he will have 51 of the 90 credit hours completed on Dec. 14th!:) It's amazing how fast our time here is going.
Well, I'm going to make myself stop rambling, and go to bed.