Hockey Game

Saturday afternoon we were able to experience THE sport of the north: professional hockey. People are crazy about it. Although, our team isn't too great... We saw the Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Vancouver Canucks. It was lots of fun. We went with two couples, fellow students of Jon's. It was the boys first day of having NO homework, so they took advantage. We went to dinner downtown after the game and then saw the new James Bond movie after that. I guess we were trying to squeeze in all the fun to one day! But it was great. There are some really nice people up here. Here are some pictures and the rest are in our photo album section. Enjoy!

More Snow!

Ashley's Visit to PA

Ashley came to visit us this weekend! It was a lot of fun, although it was only a day and a half. We ran around the city, went shopping, out to a nice dinner and just sat around catching up. We were so glad to see a familiar face! Plus, she got to see snow before she left to go visit our Meme in West Virginia. We met her about 30 miles from Pittsburgh and had lunch.

 

This morning it started snowing and it hasn't stopped. It even started accumulating on the ground! We're supposed to have 3 inches by Tuesday morning. 

Winter Vacation

I received my December/January schedule today and it's perfect! It looks like Jon and I will be coming home after Christmas. We'll be leaving for Austin either December 31st or January 1st and returning to PA January 10th. A nice long visit to Austin. We will probably be buying our tickets sometime soon, so I will post the exact dates along with the flight info once we have it. We're both really excited about being home for such a long time! We hope to see you all. 

Happy 1st Anniversary!

Well today is our 1 Year Anniversary. It seems like the year has gone by so quickly. Our life has changed in so many ways. We had an amazing trip to Belize, bought our first car together, became an aunt/uncle, Jon was admitted to an amazing university, we moved across the country all alone, I started a new job and Jon is experiencing being a student again. That's a lot in one year! Even though this transition has been trying at times, and being away from home is really hard, Jon and I have become even closer since we moved here. It seems that since we're on our own, we have to really cherish our friendship and marriage. There's no friends or families house to run to when things get tough. We've been working very hard to keep our relationship strong, especially through this stressful time. We keep reminding each other that we're almost at the end of Jon's first semester, which means only one more year before graduation.  We can do anything for a year! With how quickly this semester has gone by, we'll be through this chapter in no time. 

Although we didn't do anything dramatic or expensive, we had a nice dinner out over the weekend and went to a comedy show. It was lots of fun. Today is Jon's long day of school, so I'll cook dinner and we'll relax once he gets home. And that will be how the Hartje's celebrate their 1 year anniversary!