I'm reallllly out of the blogging mood lately. Not sure what to do to get back into the blogging spirit, but I felt the need to at least post some pics of our cute girl for the grandmas :)
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Done
Seven 100+ question tests later, and I'm done!!! I don't think I've ever looked forward to a break more than this year.
Oh to be spending time with my baby and my husband with no time limit to when I need to go study or when I need to get to bed. Yes, I think this will be a good break.
And to celebrate here are some 'dental' music videos, since this is what we hygiene students do in our free time when we're not taking 100+ question tests.
:disclaimer: I will be doing a lot more fun stuff to celebrate besides watching these videos that my professor thought were important enough to stop class and make us watch on the projector.
Oh to be spending time with my baby and my husband with no time limit to when I need to go study or when I need to get to bed. Yes, I think this will be a good break.
And to celebrate here are some 'dental' music videos, since this is what we hygiene students do in our free time when we're not taking 100+ question tests.
:disclaimer: I will be doing a lot more fun stuff to celebrate besides watching these videos that my professor thought were important enough to stop class and make us watch on the projector.
sisters
Last night I watched the 'Carrie Underwood Holiday Special'.
It was nothing special really, but she does have a pretty voice, and one bit in particular had me reminiscing about my childhood. When Kristen Chenoweth and Christina Applegate joined her for a tribute to 60s girl groups, I couldn't help but flashback to my sisters and I doing almost the exact same thing. I guess it was mostly during the song 'The Leader of the Pack" when the fond memories really flooded my mind.
We would put on the Oldies CD and make up dances to each of our favorite songs for hours and hours. We would pull helpless family members in to watch our routines, and I felt so proud when they would clap and offer words of praise (even though we were really just acting out our literal interpretation of the song rather than true choreography, which must have been pretty funny at times). Sometimes we would even do the same dance 3 different times so each person could have a turn being someone else. Hmm, that was probably more for me, as the littlest sister, wanting my turn in the spotlight. I always looked forward to coming home from school so that we could 'practice' or get started on a brand new creation.
Such special times I spent with my sisters, and memories I will cherish forever!
I couldn't find a clip of 'The Leader of the Pack' so this will have to do:
Just think girls, with a little more practice, that could have been us on that stage! Okay A LOT more practice in my case.
It was nothing special really, but she does have a pretty voice, and one bit in particular had me reminiscing about my childhood. When Kristen Chenoweth and Christina Applegate joined her for a tribute to 60s girl groups, I couldn't help but flashback to my sisters and I doing almost the exact same thing. I guess it was mostly during the song 'The Leader of the Pack" when the fond memories really flooded my mind.
We would put on the Oldies CD and make up dances to each of our favorite songs for hours and hours. We would pull helpless family members in to watch our routines, and I felt so proud when they would clap and offer words of praise (even though we were really just acting out our literal interpretation of the song rather than true choreography, which must have been pretty funny at times). Sometimes we would even do the same dance 3 different times so each person could have a turn being someone else. Hmm, that was probably more for me, as the littlest sister, wanting my turn in the spotlight. I always looked forward to coming home from school so that we could 'practice' or get started on a brand new creation.
Such special times I spent with my sisters, and memories I will cherish forever!
I couldn't find a clip of 'The Leader of the Pack' so this will have to do:
Just think girls, with a little more practice, that could have been us on that stage! Okay A LOT more practice in my case.
Monday, December 7, 2009
deck the halls
or at least trying too
I contemplated not even decorating our little place at all this Christmas, seeing as how we are going to Texas this year, and sometimes I feel like its not even worth all the effort to get all the decs out and up. Especially because we don't have the most posh decorations.
Lack of decoration funds and time to make cool ones = ugly old ones.
Then I thought of our new little baby, and felt a sort of responsibility to make her first Christmas somewhat festive, even if she is too little to have any idea what is going on.
So out came the trinkets, and low and behold, it made me excited.
My parents always share the story of their first Christmas. They had a single branch with a single ornament in a tin can as their Christmas tree. They love to laugh about it, but I can see the nostalgia in their eyes of remembering that time when money was short but their relationship grew so much stronger because of it.
So maybe even though we don't have the newest or nicest decorations, one day I'll look back on this Christmas with fondness, and remember the time when we put up all the ugly decorations while listening to Christmas music and toasting each other with sparkling cider....in plastic cups.
our lone decoration
(okay we actually have two of these cute nutcrackers)
All the fun presents (thanks to Mom and Dad Hansen)
make our tiny little tree (which was a gift- thanks R&S) come alive!
These are not ugly, but I wanted to show off our extensive nativity collection!
We have a total of 3!
One for each Christmas we've been married (thanks Mom and Dad Asay)!
#1 (don't mind Livy's jewelry all over the place)
#2
#3
I contemplated not even decorating our little place at all this Christmas, seeing as how we are going to Texas this year, and sometimes I feel like its not even worth all the effort to get all the decs out and up. Especially because we don't have the most posh decorations.
Lack of decoration funds and time to make cool ones = ugly old ones.
Then I thought of our new little baby, and felt a sort of responsibility to make her first Christmas somewhat festive, even if she is too little to have any idea what is going on.
So out came the trinkets, and low and behold, it made me excited.
My parents always share the story of their first Christmas. They had a single branch with a single ornament in a tin can as their Christmas tree. They love to laugh about it, but I can see the nostalgia in their eyes of remembering that time when money was short but their relationship grew so much stronger because of it.
So maybe even though we don't have the newest or nicest decorations, one day I'll look back on this Christmas with fondness, and remember the time when we put up all the ugly decorations while listening to Christmas music and toasting each other with sparkling cider....in plastic cups.
our lone decoration
(okay we actually have two of these cute nutcrackers)
All the fun presents (thanks to Mom and Dad Hansen)
make our tiny little tree (which was a gift- thanks R&S) come alive!
These are not ugly, but I wanted to show off our extensive nativity collection!
We have a total of 3!
One for each Christmas we've been married (thanks Mom and Dad Asay)!
#1 (don't mind Livy's jewelry all over the place)
#2
#3
snow
I woke this morning dreading driving to school because of all this snow!
Luckily I survived!
One day down and a million more to go.
Even though I hate to drive on slushy roads and scrape ice off my windshield every morning at 6am, I can't deny the beauty of seeing a thick, pure white, sparkly layer of snow covering EVERYTHING!
Luckily I survived!
One day down and a million more to go.
Even though I hate to drive on slushy roads and scrape ice off my windshield every morning at 6am, I can't deny the beauty of seeing a thick, pure white, sparkly layer of snow covering EVERYTHING!
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