we'll be home for Christmas!

tomorrow, we pack our car full - gifts, goodies, crafting supplies, a puppy, a weeks worth of clothes and gear, us - and head home. home. to the daytons 8th floor display and candyland. to our church. to our family and friends. to grandpas' house. to skyscrapers and traffic and stores open past 8pm and hustling & bustling and 3-floor malls and familiarity.

 

i can't wait.

life is good here in ND. we have made some friends, our house feels like a home, the stars twinkle brightly every night, and downtown is adorable and has everything we need. but it's not the place i lived for 27 years, you know? so to be able to head HOME for Christmas... it's going to be good. like soul food. again, i can't wait. 

 

team rendell has been working for a long time getting ready for this trip. cookies are baked and packed up. gifts are wrapped (only 2 more to finish tonight!). plans are made back home. we're not packed yet, but we'll get there. in fact, here's tonights list:

•  bathe the dog
• create two more gifts
• wrap said gifts, plus one more
• pack ourselves and puppy's stuff
• load the car
• sleep.

tomorrow jared's preaching at a church just outside of town, and then we'll hit the road!! ahhh, late night eating and shopping, family galore and caribou coffee, here we come!!!!!!
anna<><
(jared & nysse too)