Back To Work

So, today Matt and I officially start back to work. We have had the past almost two weeks off. Let me just say it has been so nice. We have really enjoyed just relaxing, shopping, being with family and friends. We have watched movies, played games, laughed and really do feel rested. Everyone else started back to school and work today so we figured we would too. We have our first presentation at a church in about two weeks. So we will need to work on getting prepared for that.
Yesterday, I was out with my mom and we just happened to pop into Hobby Lobby. We were scrapbook shopping and I found all this stuff that I wanted to make a simple scrapbook to take to churches and it was all 50% off!!! The scrapbook, paper and stickers were all 50% off. I got all that I needed for $20 pretty cool huh? I was excited.

Holiday Bowl

Sometimes I hate computers. I just wrote out this long sappy post but now that I clicked the wrong thing and it is all gone I am not really in the sappy mood any more. Basically I was saying OU won the hoiday bowl last night. Yeah!!! And there was this moment when I looked around and saw my family around me and everyone was happy. I said it much more elequently before but the moment is gone so this will have to do.
We had a great Christmas around here. Now we are all looking forward to New Year's. No big plans. Probably just games, food and fun. That's the Crosser tradition.

First day in Tulsa

So yesterday was our first full day in America. I woke up at 7:45 and was so excited that I couldn't go back to sleep. It was so strange to wake up and realize that we were really here! Matt got up soon after and we finished unpacking and organizing. I took a shower and called my mom and sister. My poor mom is sick! She doesn't feel very good but is trying her hardest to keep up with us because she wants to be doing what we are doing. I hope she is better soon! My mom came and got me from Greg's (where we are staying) and we went by her old house to pick up a few things that I needed. Then she took me to her new apartament. It is so cute! She has done a very good job decorating it! It is country with red and cream. I love it! She seems so happy there so that is good. Then my sister came by and we went to lunch, Taco Bueno and brought the food back to Greg's. A little while later Mary took me to Dad's so I could get the Suburban. Dad is so nice to let us use it when we are here. Back to Greg's and then it was dinner time. Matt wanted Golden Corral so off we went. After dinner I went to Wal-Mart. Let me just tell you there were a lot of options on the tooth paste isle! I am so not used to that! After about 10 minutes I picked a toothpaste and finished my shopping. After Wal-Mart I went to my friend Erin's house to see her for bit. I didn't get to stay long though because we were approaching 12 and I was fading fast.
Bet you always wondered what how a missionary might spend their first day in America huh? Well, there you go. My first day anyway.

Michael Buble

Ok, so last night was the Michael Buble concert. Can I just say I loved it!!! He is so cool! I love his music and his voice...he is awesome!! At the end of the concert in the encore he was singing the last line of the last song and all the instuments stopped, he stepped out in front of the microphone and sang the last line loud and beautiful. The whole place was quiet and you could hear him singing, just his voice...the man is good!! I loved it. He was a good entertainer too. He knew how to involve the crowd and make it fun. In the moments that he would talk between songs he could be a little edgy but his voice....the singing....would be hard to outdo. I think the only one I know of that could be better is Harry. I mean Buble is good but I would suspect that non can beat Harry.
At any rate me Matt and Josh had a great time. If you like Jazz or Swing as Michael Buble called it I would highly recomend attending a concert!!! It's a day later and I am still humming the songs. Good times!!

Christmas Tree

Ok, so thanksgiving is over. We had a great one too! Lots of food, lots of phone calls, lots of FUN!!! Yesterday was a crazy busy day, as all Fridays are. But we made it through all of our English appointments and a coffee house. I was tired by the end of the day!
Today is Christmas tree day. We are going to decorate the house today. The Roterts and Josh are still here so we will have plenty of help. the only bad part is that we have to take it all down before we leave in December. But it will be worth it to have it up.
Matty leaves today so that is kind of sad. But we have all had a really good time together.
27 days until we are going to T town!

Busy Day

So today has been a BUSY day! But a fun day too. I got up this morning and apparently got bit by the cleaning bug. I cleaned the bathrooms and I mean really good. Trust me they needed it. I also cleaned almost all the windows in the house. This is a big task requiring the ladder and patience. I am not a good window washer so they don't get cleaned often and that means when I do it (about twice a year) it is a big job. But I got it done and they look great I might add!
Then Matt and I went out and did all the shopping for Thanksgiving. Everything is bought! That means tomorrow I can start cooking!! Fun!!! We went out to one of the big stores so I could load up and when we were leaving the store I realized I hadn't gotten everything for dinner. But we had to be at the train station soon to pick up Brian and Josh so we had to go.
We got to the train station at just the right time. Picked up the guys and went home. Unloaded the car and chatted for awhile. Then the guys left to go to the airport and I went back to the grocery store to finish my shopping. The boys went to pick up Matt Hodges. He is here for thanksgiving! It is always fun to have visitors!!
This evening we had a big mexican dinner together and the guys just headed back to Perugia for a few days. It was a really good day!
30 days until we will be in Tulsa!!!!

Italian Burger King

A pic from our concert trip to Bologna to see Coldplay.

 

Hold your lighters, I mean cell phones high!!

Here are the glowing cell phones.... you can see the blue tints throughout the audience.

Coldplay Concert in Bologna

So, last week during our, Angie and my, trip to Perugia to see the Roterts and Josh I drove with Brian and Josh to see Coldplay in concert in Bologna (about two and a half hours away). It was great, on the way up we stopped at a Burger King, which is a rare find in Italy for dinner. We got to the venue about ten minutes before it started, we got our tickets at will call and made it inside just as the concert was starting. The concert was really good, however, I realized how long it had been since I had been to a concert like that when I saw everyone on the floor holding glowing cell phones up in the air instead of lighters. Then again, maybe that's just Italy. 

Thanksgiving is Coming

Thanks to those of you who prayed for my uncle. He is doing much better now. He had the surgery and was even moved from ICU yesterday. Huge steps in the right direction. I am so thankful!!
We had a great time in Perugia, as always. I even got some Christmas shopping done. I have an one on-line order to place and I will be almost done. I started really early this year because I want to have all my shopping done when we go to the states. Except for what I get Matt. I will buy his stuff in America.
I am so in the holdiay spirit. This week is all Thanksgiving plans. Matt is going to order the turkey today. I am going to clean the house and start working on pie crusts, bread and things like that that I can make ahead. The Roterts, Josh and Matt Hodges will be here in Ancona on Wednesday. I love it!!! This is so my favorite time of year!!!!