I can't believe it's the holiday season already! Ron and I will be heading to Bend, OR for Thanksgiving very early on Thursday morning... possibly 3am. We have plans to get a Christmas Tree on Sunday with our dear friends, the Henderson's. Ron said we need at least a 6 foot tree. I'm excited for our little home to smell like Christmas. (I'm currently drinking eggnog in my coffee.)I have been enjoying the harvest season. I used a recipe my mother-in-law sent me to make pumpkin chocolate cookies. They are really good. I've had my fair share of apple cider, pumpkin pancakes and really anything pumpkin. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I celebrate the harvest season through eating... a lot.
Life in Ashton Hall has been interesting lately. We had 3 emergency "drill" type situations this week. Monday night we had a planned fire drill. We scheduled this early... around 9:30pm. And on Friday morning we had a campus wide lock down drill. But I guess this wasn't enough practice for the 400+ students living here.
Thursday night someone burnt popcorn and the fire alarm went off around 12:30am. Ron and I were fast asleep and he was really needing a restful night of sleep. He has been working like crazy the past week and had a full day ahead of him. I got up immediately to gear up for "being in charge" and making sure everyone was safe and that the appropriate responders were called. I woke Ron up 3 minutes into the alarms going off, shocked he was still sleeping. I told him to get up and get dressed. I left the room to get us both jackets and when I came back to the bedroom he was putting on dress socks, very slowly. I gave Ron his black fleece and told him to get shoes. It took us almost 6 minutes to get out of the building! As we walked towards the mass of students, Ron made some comment to me about being upset at what he was wearing. Apparently he didn't want to be seen in public wearing a black fleece with black sweatpants. Since this time, Ron has mentioned to me multiple times that he did not want to wear his black fleece and that I should have let him pick out his own clothes. I keep reminding him that there was a potential fire in our building and that fashion wasn't on the forefront of my mind. Plus, it's not like he looked bad.
My husband is a little silly. But these are the little reasons why I love him. You may not know this because Ron acts like he doesn't care too much, but Ron is very strategic in how he looks. Don't be fooled by the faded zip-up hoodie, he has planned carefully to make sure that hoodie matches his shoes and t-shirt perfectly. I love this about Ron. I tease him a lot but I really think he is too cute, even if he is wearing all black.
We went hunting for a Christmas Tree on Sunday and we were successful! Our friends Lacey & Eric took us to a tree farm in North Bend, WA to search for the perfect tree to decorate and place in our home. The tree farm was so fun! They had hot apple cider, a camp fire and a large forest! The family running the farm was wonderful. We liked them.
