I'm offically done..

... with fast food burger joints.
I rarely eat fast food from a burger joint, like McDonalds, Burger King, or Wendy's. Today, I thought I was craving a fully loaded burger, so I stopped at Wendy's on my way to school to pick up dinner. After a few bites of the extremely over salted fries, dry bread, and over cooked chicken, I decided that I will no longer eat food from these places. If I am going to spend my money on convenience food, it will be Subway or Chick-fil-a.

Look at the wreath we made!

Dave helped me make this Christmas wreath (I say helped, but in reality he did most of it). For the past couple of Christmas' I have been looking for a holly berry wreath for above the fireplace, but they are so expensive. This year, Dave and I braved the Black Friday sales at Garden Ridge in attempts to make our own. I am very pleased with how it turned out. And, if I want, I can make it different each year. The only things we wired in place are the red berries, so if I want something different besides the white and sliver accents, well by golly, I can have something different.

Here is what it looks like with the whole fireplace. Merry Christmas!

The Norvells: 2 Rats: 0

Yup, that's my husband. Teacher by day, rat killer by night. This is him disposing of two of our little furry friends a day after we discovered them in the attic after chewing a hole in the gutter to get in. You will see two rat traps on the floor, the door to the attic in the top left, and Dave tieing up their remains for the garbage men for Friday. Gross.

Happy Halloween (a day late)

Meet "Dave, the headless teacher"

Our Jack-o-lanterns.

Skinny Steve (carved by Karen) on the left and Fat Phil (carved by Dave) on the right

Here is Dave and I participating in our church's annual Trunk or Treat. It is the second year we have gotten to participtae. 150 church members volunteer to line up their trunks in the parking lot and all the local families come out to trick-or treat. It is a safe, friendly alternative to your local neighborhood trick-or-treating, and a huge outreach for our church. Last year we had about 10 new families come to join who first came to Trunk or Treat. This year they went all out, with games, food and a gospel juggler (Sarah V, I know you are rolling your eyes at that one...I did too a little). We went through about 5 bags of candy, each containing 100 peices. It was a fun evening, needless to say. And no, I won't tell you how many of those 500 peices Dave and I ate :>).