It's Cold Outside...

No really it is. Last night the temperatures dropped down to 36F / 2C. It was only 38 when I got in my car to drive to work. My car had ice on it and I actually had to warm it up before I could start driving. A lot of houses were dusted with ice.So this picture isn't our house but it was posted on the OC Register and our house pretty much looked the same. The heater came on this morning but it was still cold in the house. We had our first winter storm hit yesterday. It rained all day long. Jamie and I had taken the day off to get our Christmas shopping done (And we are about 90% complete, yeah!) we went to three different malls and it rained all day. Which made driving the freeways a bit of a challenge but at the same time it was fun, especially since we didn't have to really be anywhere important. Here is another picture from the OC Register of the local mountains.

I love it when the mountains are full of snow. It makes such an amazing view. So apart from the rain and cold weather we had a really great weekend. Friday was exciting because we found out the U.S. and England are in the same group in the World Cup. It's definitely going to be interesting in the Griffin house. They play on a Saturday just before lunch so it should be a lot of fun!

We had our outdoor Christmas tree delivered. Our neighborhood offers everyone the chance to purchase a tree to put in their front yard. We'll get our indoor Christmas tree this Saturday. We also made tamales on Saturday. They came out so good, my Dad's red chile came out amazing. It's just not Christmas without tamales. Two more weekends till Christmas, I can't wait :)