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Happy New Years

Welcome to 2005!

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You Aint Seen Nothing Yet!

Who knows how many feet fell last night - all I know is that I am happy that we put the dogs inside....I have never seen this much snow in my entire life!!! It's insane!

Our neighbors car buried in the snow - and our tree looking a little different from yesterday!

So glad we brought the dogs in! How could they have survived?! :)

Ace, up to his head in the white stuff. He couldn't walk - he had jump to get around.

Trei, buried mid-calf in the snow!                                        

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Man, just a few days earlier and we would have had a white Christmas. Oh well, guess I'll have to settle for a white birthday - never had one of those before. I got off work today at 1pm. Reno got over 12" of snow today. It's insane. Trei and I came home and played with the dogs for awhile, made a snowman, and eventually settled in our toasty home to relax. No work tomorrow :) Very happy about that. I've attached some pictures below, ENJOY!

Me

Trei and Ace - loving the snow!

All bundled up for a little fun in the sun snow!

Gangsta Trei and his homey the snowman!

It may look like I'm groping it - but I can assure you, I am very happy with Trei :)

9" by Noon

Do I really live in this place? Yes, I do - and thanks to Shauntaye I was able to get to work this morning (even though we may have been safer driving in a car with windshield wipers that work!)

I'll take pictures when I get home....

Me

4 days. . .

till my 23rd birthday :)

I Can't Even Imagine. . . .

Lord, Why?

Have I Mentioned.....

that this is my favorite place to be?

The Countdown Continues....

5 days till I'm the ripe old age of 23!!!

The Countdown Begins....

And it's exactly 6 days until I, Melissa Vossler, turn 23 years old.

It will be my first birthday as a Vossler - kinda neat :)

Can you believe it's over?

Well, it's Tuesday morning and here I am, back at work. It's another day, just like the rest. All the Christmas planning, and wrapping, and preparing, and traveling, and traditions are being stored back up for use next year. It's hard to believe that it's all over. Part of me is glad - and part of me is a little sad. I love having a reason to celebrate, and see people, and give gifts.  It seems that this time of the year is when people are the happiest - they have a reason to be excited. The rest of the year is just a regular old time with long work days and no reason to celebrate (except for a few days here and there). Well, my Christmas was wonderful - which to be honest, surprised me. As you can see from the picture - my parents made a memorial to my absense this Christmas using my graduation photo (and yes, even homeschoolers get to wear a cap and gown). It was the first time in 22 years that I wasn't sitting on that couch opening my gifts with my family. I laughed so hard looking at this picture. Only my parents would do something like that to amuse themselves...and me. Nonetheless, it was hilarious and flattering. I love them so much. Christmas morning started at 5:20 am when Trei and I received a phone call from Grandma Jean telling us that Kevin (his two year old cousin) was ready to open gifts. By the time we were out of bed and over there, it was 5:30. The next couple of hours all of us opened our gifts (Pete, Janet, Karissa, Jean, Robert, Julissa, Kevin, and I). I had such a great time - in fact, it reminded me a lot of being with my own family. Their Christmas morning ritual is almost identical to ours - which made things all the more special and familiar.  I called my family around 8am and ofcourse they were just getting up. During that conversation I started to feel a little homesick. I could picture exactly what was going on, and part of me longed to be a part of it. The other part was content where I was at. Weird. My parents were most excited about the gift Katy was about to receive - it was waiting in the driveway with a massive white bow on it - what could it be you wonder?! A new red Volkswagon Bug. After getting off the phone with them, I went back to the Christmas busyness that was going on at the Vossler home. Watching Kevin play with his toys, looking at everyone elses, admiring my own (I came out good this year!), eating cinnamon rolls, playing Trivial Pursuit DVD edition and eating lots of food made my first Christmas away from the Terrano's - the best ever. Secretly though, I waited for the phone call from my sister announcing her new gift - and eventually it came. Ofcourse I wish I could have been there...but that's life - and I can't complain, because the Vosslers are one incredible family and I am so very lucky to have them in my life.

Well, I have pictures from the morning - and I'm sure those faces occupying them won't be pleased with me - but come on, it's Christmas morning - no one I know looks very pretty that early in the morning.