{Tis The Season}

Where did life go? It seems like we just got back from Thanksgiving, and now it's finals week! The time has passed all too quickly, aided by the homework monster and various seasonal activities like Christmas at Northwestern, our school's massive, amazing, five-ensemble Christmas program.

Buuut mostly homework. :)

Plus it's been so pathetically unlike Christmas around here, with the sad lack of snow and general Christmas-y-ness that its hard to realize which season we're in. Erica and I finally got our dorm decorated, but it's only a step up from a Charlie Brown Christmas tree and some purple lights. So since none of us even saw the last few weeks as they rushed by, we made a date for Sunday night (last night). We put down our books and stepped away from our computers (so that no one would get hurt), and had a Christmas party!

More than five people can fit in Megan's kitchen!

As for fare, the menu was relatively unimpressive, but delicious nonetheless. Mary's mother sent her a finals week care package that contained, among other things, a peppermint-chocolate-chip scone mix! (Thank you, Momma Cline!) So we made scones and our good friend Poppin' Fresh provided some snowman cookies. There was a wide array of drink choices, and we even had Christmas-coordinating teakettles!

Yummy scones are done!

Mary had had lots of sugar Sunday afternoon and was super hyper, but we were all pretty excited to get away from our books and have a party! Mary and I deemed ourselves the welcoming committee and let people in the door. Erica came, and so did our friend Hannah. Then we were joined by Megan's lovely roommates Kelsey and Laticia.

How many people can we fit on the Jesus couch? L to R: Laticia, Hannah, Megan, Mary, Erica, Kelsey

Our party wasn't anything fancy--we watched Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (yes, the classic claymation one!) and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Then we cleaned up our mess and went home to our books. But it was a much-need break to celebrate, even in a small way, our Savior's birth with friends. :)