Happy Easter!

This Easter weekend was just exquisite. Consisting of bike rides, lounging around, eating egg bake two days in a row, smiling, night time walks, glorious weather (minus early Saturday morning), giggling, and spending time with the fam. I was set aback when I realized how incredible my family is. Life is good.

To continue on with the one thing I am thankful for each day... Here I go.
I am thankful for my truly outstanding/generous/beautiful/witty/tremendously loving family of mine. 


Funny thing: I talked my grandparents into getting an iPad. My grandpa was really getting the hang of my mom's, and decided he needed one as well. It was ridiculous seeing him play with the google earth app, zooming in and out and figuring out tricks on working it. So adorable.

cuttin up some strawberries 

 pure delicious-ness 

grammy's egg bake. YUM 

crepes! 

 beautiful

 cousins!

 brunch with the Thompson's

 I think I had 97% of the strawberries

 she's basically a pro now

 love this girl

Easter Sunday bike ride/roller blade

Family & Friends are great

Gee wiz, Christmas is already over! It's sad to say, but honestly this year it did not feel like Christmas. I miss the times when I wake up at 6 am, yelling and giggling forcing my parents to awake.  I miss jumping on Samara's bed, in hope of her remembering this precious day. I miss the years when there were bites from your cookies, and a large sip of milk was left in its jar. The years when my smile would reach the top of my cheeks in excitement of all the gifts hidden beneath the tree. I miss Santa. But more importantly, I miss when all I had to do was run down the hall to Samara's room. Now she lives a state away... Although I now appreciate every moment we spend together. This year two Erics were part of the Thompson family. It's a happy time, Christmas. Everyone is all smiles and happiness. Too bad snow wasn't a part of the holidays, but it was quite nice to not be frozen when walking from the car... yes I become spoiled after these warm 37 degree days. I hope all had a wonderful Christmas!





Haha!





Playing cards! WOO! Nice gift Grammy!



Ha!







Cousins!





Lovers



Silly family.... Thanks dad...



LOVE



Merry Christmas everyone!



A little sleepy from all the excitement.



Love birds:)

As well as a holiday, I also get to enjoy a few days off from school. In the mean time, I get to spend wonderful time with the loveliest friends EVER. They're great:)

















LOVE them with all my heart.

OH and the best part of this winter break, I GOT A CAMERA!! Thank you so much Daddy!

Even though it's a brown Christmas...

Yes, sadly Northfield and most of Minnesota is without snow. This will be my first brown Christmas, and am quite disappointed, but somewhat relieved... Travels are much easier without the powder that makes us all groan when we are forced to drive 30 mph on the freeway. But hey, as long as the sun is shinning, I am utterly content. The earth seems somewhat cold enough to keep the skating rinks frozen, which excites me. Although I am not the best skater, it is still something to do around here, small town Northfield. Today, my friends and I went ice skating. It was terrific! (some photos to document the fun.. :))





we've become professionals...











Gosh she is beautiful.

It's that time of year...

Christmas is on it's way, and coming fast! I can NOT believe it's already December 3rd... It's crazy!

A few days earlier, my mom and I elf-ified the house. I was intrigued in how excited she was for these holidays to come. Yay mommy!













The snow is back once again, and today I took advantage of it. Three friends and I attempted to snowboard for the first time. It's ridiculous how much effort and balance it takes. Unlike skiing, you really need to be coordinated. On the second run, we "looked" (probably not.. but we felt like) pros! It was absolutely dreamy once the snow began to fall, and  landed on all the skiers sweeping on by. As of right now, Northfield, MN has a snow accumulation of about 3 in. It's becoming a winter wonderland in a matter of hours!



I'm counting down the days until winter break (19 days in case you were wondering...) and am so excited to see my lovely sister, Samara.

Happy Holidays to all! (Is it too soon to say that?!)