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Winter Wonderland!

Here is a cool picture that James took somewhere along our travels up north.  The first night we were in Michigan for Eric's graduation we got six inches of snow and also got six inches two nights later...so yep we saw quite a bit of snow!  When we left Michigan and took the train to Chicago we were lucky enough to feel what a -30 degree wind chill felt like which needless to say we didn't like.  We went in a few stores while we were there and then hopped in the cab to catch our train to Grandpa's house.

Visiting With Friends In Michigan!

James and I got to stop and spend some time with Kelly and Justin while we were in Michigan also.  It was great to get to spend some time with them since we haven't seen them since the wedding.  It was Kelly's birthday this weekend also so we celebrated that with a few drinks which was fun!  With all the snow coming through the departure from there place was a little rough but after having to drive through a snow storm and stop at several different train stations we finally made it out of town and on our way to Chicago.

"Cheers" Happy 27th birthday to Kelly!

A quick shot of James and I at the bar celebrating

Kelly & Justin

James hanging out with Gracie, Kelly & Justin's sweet little Boston Terrier

Scuba Diving Galore!

Last but definitely not least James and I finished up our scuba diving certification a few weeks ago while we were in Gainsville and I haven't been able to add any pictures yet so I thought I would do that as well!  Even though it was an exhausting weekend when we went to Florida, we had a great time and really learned a lot.  We are officially certified to dive now and are excited to get to do some diving on our cruise!

A picture of James and I after our first dive

Here is a picture of what it looked like walking into Devil's Den, the second place that we dove.  We had to walk down rocky steps into an underground cavern which was a little scary but it was awesome to be able to see the underground lake!  This place was a little bit harder to be able to see but we got to swim with a few catfish and a cool turtle so we enjoyed ourselves of course!

Here we our with our instructor, Hal who we really enjoyed learning from and has been absolutely great to work with.

My first underwater picture...giving what we quickly learned was the "I need to go up" signal, not the "I'm OK" signal!

My great dive buddy!

Official scuba divers...taken after our last dive of the trip!