i'm not sure how a long trip to sodakia could've been THAT much fun, but it was! read more about it.

we had christmas at my parents' house in eagan. my youngest brother and sister were there, but my brother scott and his family couldn't make it. we had a great time. read more here!

always an epic event. it lasted 12 hours, and ended with a party in our hotel room at 4am. read more here!

we opened presents early because we had so many other xmas obligations. have i mentioned he's the best boyfriend ever? you can read more here.

neither of us have played or really been interested in video games for years. well, except for my DDR obsession. anyway, we were excited about the wii because it requires physical interaction, and is great for parties and such. it seems a lot more social. plus, guitar hero! we decided to get e...  read more

every year for the past few years, we've adopted families from the aliveness project and bought and wrapped gifts for them. we're supposed to spend $35/person, so everybody pitches in that amount and we adopt one person per participant. the aliveness project supplies us with sheets telling us ...  read more

for as long as i can remember, we've gone to my grandma's house in upper michigan for christmas. it was a nice tradition, but the weather was always terrible, and the house was always filled with kids. i think we were all glad to be able to stay here for the holidays this year. my mom got me t...  read more

matt and i had to have our christmas early, so he could go home to south dakota with his parents. it was so much fun. i got a descendents hoodie, dillinger 4 cd, naughty underthings, state of hockey flag (LOVE IT), and a pretzel ornament. yay! i gave him a uniwatch membership, red and black check...  read more

matt, cindi, and i went to the late quiz at keegan's, because it was trip-drawing night. we didn't win a trip to boston, but we did win the quiz, and got free drinks out of the deal.score!