The Mattson Family: January 2009

Of course, I'm late. :) Boy has two months just flown by! It seems like there wasn't enough time for Christmas this year.

Thanksgiving was nice. Just a quiet dinner at Mom's house with Mom, Dad, Kirsten, Billy, and Grandma.

We also went to the Shedd Aquarium to show Ian some really cool fish.

Unfortuately, we had minor tragedies in November as well. Slicky and Treebon, Ian's platys, died. We are unsure of the cause, but suspect the water quality was just not good enough for them. Slim, Bob, and Leopard are the fish we have left. Say some prayers for them! We hope to have the water situation figured out soon.

December was nuts with too much snow and way too much work! It seemed we were always working overtime and weekends that month. Maybe that's why Christmas snuck up on us! Christmas was very relaxed this year. We had Christmas morning at our house and later went to Mom's for the Johnson get together.

January so far is way to snowy and cold for my taste. It seems like I am shoveling every afternoon. And the weatherman says tomorrow will have a high of 1 degrees F and wind chills of -25 to 35 degrees F. BRRRRR. The prediction is that schools will be closed so kids don't have to wait for buses in sub zero weather. Ryan has decided to stay home since he has a dentist appointment anyway. I can only remember school being cancelled for cold once in my lifetime and that was at MTU. The actual temps were between -10 and -20 degrees C and the professor's cars couldn't start. Of course, Ryan and I found out school was cancelled after we had walked to class. Ryan's contact lenses fogged up. I thought my nose would never thaw! Boy, kids today are spoiled. Tee Hee - I sound really old now!

Now for the pictures:

Before the chaos