We were both so excited and thankful that my parents were able to come to FInland and spend Thanksgiving with us! We were able to take one little trip to a near by city Seinajoki. After that Brad had his surgery and isn't able to walk much or rather he walks very slow with his sweet crutches. We stayed home and spent a lot of quality time together and caught two of Brads teams basketball games. They were able to experience the nice snowy weather and the cold blizzard weather all in one week. We had a lot of fun and already miss them so much! They should be almost to Dallas by now. We took TONS of photos so figured this post would mainly consist of them. Enjoy :)

Mom & I explored Lapua

One of the malls in Seinajoki. 

My dad & Brad at a yummy pizza buffet.

Sara and Pia

Brads last game before surgery

Crocheted a Scarf

Last Friday I took the leap to learn to crochet and I DID IT! Needless to say I got about half way done the first time and decided I hated it so re-did it. Second time worked out much much better, but I know I will keep getting better and learning new tricks as I go along. I definitely rather spend the $4 to make a scarf then what up to like $50 to buy one. You have to pretty much wear a scarf here everyday so all these new ones will come in handy. Here's photos of my progress :)

I will definitely get some softer yarn and a thicker crochet hook the next time around.

I did 185 chains around.

Worked my way to 25 rows.

The finished product:

Now, onto completely different awesome news.... MY PARENTS GET HERE THE 25th!! About 2 1/2 weeks I get to hug their necks! They have never gotten to see where we live overseas in all the three years so I am so ecstatic they finally get to! Dad has been to the UK and mom to Spain so at least they are semi prepared, but not for this cold!

Day 7 of November and I am beyond thankful for my parents. The fact that they are willing to drop their lives and spend a fortune to come and be with us for Thanksgiving is amazing to me. They always go above and beyond for me and of course Brad since they like him better. ;) I am one happy daughter!