dessert, state-lines, and snow

well well well. i must say--i had a fantastic thanksgiving. i have never eaten so much dessert in my life. pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin roll... it was all amazing.
the jetter fam adopted me for the weekend, allowing me to join them for thanksgiving and some other fun stuff--cutting down a christmas tree, for example.
my roomie and i left calvin wednesday afternoon and got to ohio later that day, stayed around for a bit, and then jumped in a different car with the rest of the fam (including their two dogs, molly (bigger dog) and mia (littler dog).) that night we made it to west virginia. i have never been to west virginia before... so another state marked off for me. i didn't get a picture of the "welcome to west virginia" sign though, so i'll just have to go back sometime. but i like the state-line between ohio and west virginia... it's over the river, and it's a sweet bridge. cool stuff.
after two nights in west virginia, we made our way back to ohio on black friday. did any of y'all go shopping? i didn't... i slept... maybe the fact that my roommate and i stayed up 'til 4am had something to do with the lack of desire for an early morning shopping spree.... maybe.
saturday was christmas tree day... and i was excited. you see, in california, we go to ralphs or something and "get a christmas tree." in ohio with the jetter fam, we went "hunting for a christmas tree." we basically walked through a farm of christmas trees, found "the one", grabbed a saw, and cut it down. soooooo cool. and this tree was massive. i got to take a few tries at the saw, but i tired quickly.
then, after my roommate and i made our traditional trip to wal*mart, i made pasta for dinner. i made the family sauce recipe... it was the least i could do for their generosity in having me over.
sunday--today--woke up early for church, packed up, and went to birt's... a general store that sells candy in bulk. this place is sweet (no pun intended). you walk in, grab a few white paper bags, a metal scooper, and start scooping up the candy you want. good times. this is also a tradition for them, so i was glad to be able to get to do that.
we were finally on our way back up to calvin... where there was a ton of snow going on. there was so much snow on the road!!! but it was so BEAUTIFUL. the trees, covered in snow... the snow had the same effect on trees as white chocolate does on those prezels we got at birt's. down-right amazing scenary.
we had driven lindsey's car, so when we got back, i saw my car all by its lonesome self, covered in and surrounded by snow... lots of snow. it was snowing so hard tonight that flights in and out of grand rapids were cancelled... hard core. i will put some more snow pics up soon.