Today life is back to "normal". Cody went back to work and I'm back to school. I really enjoyed the Christmas break but I'm glad we are back to our normal routines. I do best with routines, and Cody does not have many when he is not working. I think his only routine is to see how cluttered he can make the house... haha. It is amazing how clean the house is when he is at work... haha. I can not stand it when things are just laying around and are not in their spot. He thinks it is funny that I just freak when things get cluttered. He started his new job today. I think it will be good for him, but he thinks that he will be bored a lot. It snowed about a foot today. Everything is covered and white! The roads were clear and then it started snowing and in two hours they were covered, couldn't see them at all! It is crazy how much it can snow in so little time.
Chloe is extra clingy today, which is really bad. Her normal days she is clingy so when it is extra it is just ridiculous. I love her to death, but today I just need some time. Like right now she is laying right next, almost on, me. Even when Cody came home normally she just runs to him.. not today. She has been attached to me ALL day. She just has her days sometimes.

Love and miss you guys!

We made it back safely from Berlin. Our hotel was really nice and Berlin is an interesting place to visit. We had a good time at the party, but it was really crowded and I was kind of feeling like I wanted to punch all the people :). It was so crowded everyone was just pushing and shoving their way through, they were stepping on my feet and pushing me down... thank goodness Cody was there or I would have ended up on the ground. It was cold and snowy, which wasn't to bad because we dressed warm. But we did not plan on all the slushy snow! Our feet were soaked and frozen. I wore boots and Cody wore tennis shoes. Neither one was good for the slush. So we have decided that we need to invest into some good snow shoes. We didn't end up leaving until after 1 o'clock and finally got back to the hotel around 1:30 or so. We just walked from the hotel to the party, which was really beautiful(on the way) The snow was undisturbed and the trees were beautiful and there was a river running through. So romantic :) I was glad to get back home and get Chloe. We are at home and waiting on pizza to be delivered :) Yummo!

Well the Christmas day's are over and it is almost 2010. Wow this year has gone by really quick! We have been in Germany for over one year and it has flown by. We have enjoyed it but we are glad that the time is going by so quickly. I'm sad to see the Christmas decorations be put up, but not until after the first of the year. I have really enjoyed this Christmas year, I got to decorate and cook for just me and Cody. Although we would have loved to be with our families, it was nice to be just us three (Chloe) this year.

Tomorrow Cody is going skiing in Austria with a buddy of his. They invited me to go but I'm not really up for skiing. 1. I am sick. 2. I do not like to skii. haha.. that is the big one. We have gone once before and I did not enjoy it at all. He seems to be excited about it so I just hope he has a good time. It will give me and Chloe, mommie and me time. Then on Thursday Cody and I are going to Berlin :) Yeah I'm so excited. We got a hotel that is half a mile from the brandenburg gate. It is the place that Berlin has their big New Years Eve Party. It is the biggest outdoor New Years party in the world... pretty cool huh?!!

Chloe is going to go stay with friends of ours for the night. He is on duty for the holiday so they do not have plans, which worked out great for us so they could watch Chloe. Although, we have found a kennel that is awesome, but she is booked for the holidays. This lady has a three story home and she has one story for just the dogs that she kennels. She has a huge fenced in yard and she just lets the dogs run. She is really nice to, our friend's used her to watch their dogs. I went with her to drop them off and I felt like I would be comfortable with leaving Chloe there. We are excited because we will be able to travel more and not have to worry about what we will do with Chloe.

Here are a few pics of our Christmas decorations.

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Wow, It's been a while since I've blogged. We have been pretty busy with Christmas coming up. I love this time of year though, it is so wonderful. I can't wait until Christmas morning to see Cody and Chloe open their gifts. Chloe is taking after her daddy about trying to sneak in a gift or two. I caught Chloe sniffing her stocking and then jumped up and leaned on the wall and tried to get into it. I like that they both do this though, it makes it fun and keeps me on my toes. :) Also the actual number one reason why I am excited about Christmas is the fact that I get to celebrate with my family and many other people in the entire world that our Savior was born! I get really emotional every time I think about it, it makes me so happy. I am so thankful that we as sinners have a Savior that was born for us to be forgiven! I love it! It truly is a Christmas miracle. I hope and pray that you all have an awesome Christmas and begin a wonderful new year!

O by the way.. if you get a chance, please say Merry Christmas... not Happy Holiday :)

I finally got to put my Christmas decorations up!! Yay! It was so much fun, I love this time of the year. It is so beautiful and homey, it is just amazing! We started singing Christmas songs in church, I was really happy about that. Cody helped me a lot with decorating this year. He really had no choice on our tree because I'm not tall enough :) I think he enjoyed it though. Chloe didn't know what was going on, she kept trying to come sit on my lap when we were decorating. It was funny! We are going to try and get our Christmas lights up outside sometime this week hopefully.

There are airplanes dropping bombs today and it is shaking our house. Earlier it shook it so hard the front door came open!! It's crazy!!!

We really miss everyone, we think about you all daily!

Yay! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! I hope that everyone has a good holiday

Cody has been busy this week with work. I haven't seen him much but a 4 day weekend is coming up for the holiday weekend. We are going to our friends home tomorrow for Thanksgiving. I'm hoping everything goes well and that we have a good time.