Sundance and Snow

Phew!  It's been a while since I've last posted.  I'm not sure if busy is the excuse, or if it is just pure exhaustion.  Maybe it is pure exhaustion from being busy.  Not sure anymore.  Without further ado, here are the latest happenings in the Tullis household...

We made our LAST graduate school tuition payment!!!  Ahhh...what a great feeling.

Emma is becoming a great little writer.

The bathroom demolition is coming along...slowly.  I never realized how hard it is to tear dry wall off the wall.

Two little cuties...

Andy and I got out to see 3 Sundance films together (and then I saw 1 more with a friend).  We saw "Love and Friendship" (which was based off of one of Jane Austen's book.)  We also saw "Southside With You" which took place in one day and was all about Barack and Michelle Obama's first date.  A friend and I saw "Lovesong."    

The actor who played Barack Obama looked and sounded exactly like him.

Our final film was the winner of the Dramatic Grand Jury Award and this was the LONG line to get in.  It was called "The Birth of a Nation" and it was INTENSE.  It was about Nat Turner and his life as a slave and then the rebellion he led to try to free the slaves.  It got picked up for $17.5 million so be on the lookout for this film.

getting every last drop of the ice cream

A couple of weeks ago, we got pounded with snow so, of course, we took full advantage of it.

night sledding

This was the view out our front door.  We couldn't even see the road.

ski date!

This was how our recess looked at school for about a week.

Andy juggling in the annual McPolin 5th grade circus

Then, this past week, the weather turned and it has been REALLY nice.  It was just in time for our sledding  and Super Bowl party.

A chili cook-off is a must for the Super Bowl.

This is what our recess looked like this past week--kids with no coats and bluebird skies.