Winter Term

Well, I am almost through my first week of winter term. It's going to be a lot of fun, I just know it! I am really enjoying my philosophy class. Right now, it's more history than philosophy though. We are studying "privacy" in the Constitution and what not. We have been reading dissenters from Grsiwold v. Connecticut and Brown v. The Board of Education. Anyways, I have found that you get used to waking up early.


I am also so proud that I have managed to run THREE days in a row. I know it doesn't seem like much, but it is. Today I woke up really sore, but then by the end of my shower I started to feel better. I have been working out and watching what I eat. I have been trying to eat more fruits and veggetables. I have found that with me, I need to eat every few hours, otherwise I go crazy!! I found thath Odwalla drinks are good, although you have to watch the calories in those, but they help. And I love soy nuts, and celery. Random, but it's working. I have also found that carrying around my water bottle helps work wonders too. I have cut out coffee and caffiene all togethe and am feeling pretty good.


Math is going well also. I really enjoy it. I am very happy though for this weekend. I am ready to just sit and not do anything. I MIGHT go out tonight since my friend turned 21 on Tuesday, but we'll see. I might go out and just hang out with her. Drinking alcohol definitely doesn't help with losing weight or saving money. Ahh, although I have found to have healthy stuff and other snacks are somewhat expensive also. Oh well...it's better to spend that money on food and getting in shape, than booze, lol. I'll still probably go out and take pictures and get dressed up with her.


Anyways, I have to get going to math; it's at 11. I have to drop off my brother in Union for Basketball first though, then head into La Grande for class. OMG, I bought a parking permit for EOU yesterday, it made me very excited. I also got a new student ID card so I can get into the gym, lol. So I'm seeing the cutest thing right now...my brother holding Brittney : ) Oh my goodness it's adorable. He's making silly faces and blowing raspberries at her and she's smiling. Anyways, gotta run! xoxox

2010

2010 came in with a bang! Woo hoo, New Year's Eve was definitely a lot of fun! I must say that I have the greatest friends in the world! I don't think anyone can understand it. I love Maegan and Darcy. Ooo, I am very happy to be reconnecting with Darcy again!! She is wonderful and I have missed her much. And Maegs and I, well we've pretty much been best friends since we got past disliking each other, lol. Don't worry, that was year's ago!


But yes, it was a great time! I even got to do the champagne toast at midnight. Although I must say, I still don't much care for it. I do believe it is an aquired taste. I am also so thankful for my wonderful family for babysitting : )


So tomorrow is the first day of classes again. I got back from Boise with my family and I realized that I actually had to get school notebooks! I am actually taking two classes that require paper...versus staff paper in theory. Ahh, I'm very excited. Even if I have philosophy at 8AM. Whew! It'll be good for me. A good schedule will be fabulous for all of us! Oh man, I can't wait. Well I really need to prepare Brittney's schedule for Maegan's mom :) Love you all and hope you had a great New Year's!!! Happy 2010!!!

2009

Boy what a busy year it has been! So much has happened and changed, it's hard to believe it's only been ONE YEAR. Wow, as I am thinking over these past months, I have realized everything is flowing together. I get very lost in 2008 and 2009 because I went through so many changes. I guess my year really started in late August, early September of 2008. That is when I decided that I was going to leave all my college plans and family behind in Oregon and move to the D.C. Metro area with Alan.


I had no idea what to expect or if I would like it. Also, I found out that I was pregnant within the first two weeks of being in Virginia. Next thing I knew, I was going to be a mom, and was married. We got married September 26, 2008 in the court house of Alexandria, Virginia at 12:45 PM : )


The rest of 2008 was a blur. Before I knew it, one year ago today I found out that Brittney was a Brittney, not a little Lucas : ) I can't believe it!! Exactly one year ago today I found out I was having a girl! How exciting!!! I can't believe it. Anyways, now onto more of 2009. The early part of the year was kind of a blur. I was homesick, and still had mixed feelings on having a baby so soon.


March came and I got to spend a weekend with my mom. We played "tourist" and went to all the museums and it was great. I had never been soooo excited to see my mom. I missed her so much and it just made my day to be able ot see her. Next thing I knew, it was time for Brittney to come. Whether or not we were prepared or not, she was coming!


Labor was rather strange. I had lost my mucous plug early in the morning and was pretty excited. I called and let my doctor know, but decided to wait until 8PM to call again and then consider going to the hospital. I lasted until about 7PM. A short five hours later, I had a little Brittney FINALLY in my arms, WOW.


The next few months passed fairly quickly. I adjusted to being a mom faster than I thought. It was great, she brought so much happiness to me. I got to come home in August and spend time with my family. They got aquainted with Brittney and definitely fell in love! We lost my Grandma Glena in August also. I was very fortunate to be home and make it to her funeral/celebration of life service. She was in her eighty's and was my dad's mom. It was great seeing my family and such that I hadn't seen in years.


Besides having a baby, Alan and I experienced yet another huge adjustment. Just barely a year into our marriage, he went to Afghanistan to earn us more money and hope better us. Because of this choice, I have been able to come home!! I love being back home again and being so close to my friends and especially my family!! I have felt so lost this past year without them. I miss Alan, but I know all of this is worth it and everything will be fine. My grandparents are being blessed by being able to get to know their great granddaughter. It's great! I am also finally back in school continuing my music degree! I bought my math and philosophy books today and felt so excited!


So much has happened this year. I have grown and changed so much. My family and I have finally gotten back on the right track. I feel like another year of hardships, lack of communication, depression, excitement, and happiness has come and gone very quickly. I have realized that no matter what, your family loves you. Family is forever no matter what happens. It has been reinstated that we can get through anything with good communication and love. Happy New Year's to all! I hope that everyone has a spectacular beginning to the new year. Also, I'd like to send a special shoutout to my Marian : ) May your labor and recovery be wonderful and as easy as possible. I will be thinking about you and Alexander and be sending happy, positive thoughts your way as he makes his entrance into the world in 2010. Love you both!!!

Christmas Time Has Come and Gone...

Brittney's first Christmas was a success!!! She did wonderfully. She was up at seven thirty and didn't even take a mid morning nap. She was up until almost noon!! She continued to play with all of her gifts. She even opened up some of her gifts!! Oh man, it was great being home for Chrismtas. Such a wonderful time of the year the holiday's are!!


The picture is of Great-Grandpa and Britt opening stocking stuffers. She was soooo happy and such a great baby. Oh man, I love her to death!


Christmas dinner was amazing!!! We had a prime rib roast and potatoes, and green bean casserole, grandma's Christmas pie, oh man, the list goes on and on. Basically it was great. Oooo, okay, I'm getting so side tracked and forget what I'm talking about, lol.


Unfortunately my dad is sick now. He doesn't feel too well and yea, it kinda sucks. I feel bad for him. This is the second time that he hasn't felt well this year! Wow, poor dad.


Now onto more LOST! Wooo hoo. OMG, onto other news, I MIGHT be going to the Rose Bowl...although I'm not getting my hopes up, but I MIGHT. OMG. Woooo hooo! Anyhow, watching LOST with the family :)

Good Friends

I got to see my wonderful friend Cassidy and her husband and boy Wyatt today. Ahhh, Wyatt has gotten so big! He's about 15 months old now. I saw him when he was 6 weeks old, and then again when he was about 8 months old. He is such a sweetie!


We had a fun lunch date. It was great catching up! Brittney and Wyatt had such a blast together!!! From the moment Britt saw him, she was all smiles and giggles. It was the cutest things watching them interact. Wyatt would feed her crackers and pet her and talk...oh man, they were just too cute!!


Britt is oficially like 7 months old! She is growing up soooo fast. Wow, pretty soon she will be crawling. Anyway, I have to go. Exhausted. Just wanted to share my joy of friends! xoxo

La Grande CAN be fun...

Today Maegs and I were thinking about doing something and sadly we kept coming up with blanks. See, La Grande is VERY boring and VERY uneventful--especially on a Tuesday night. Since we have no bowling alley anymore, there isn't really anywhere to hang out or chill, except for the bars. Bars are very noisy, and too expensive. Finally we decided we'd go get food at Denny's. Since it is open 24 hours, we didn't have to worry if we were there too late or what not.


We picked up our friend from high school and headed to dinner. We ended up staying there for about three hours? Basically we were there for what seemed FOREVER! We finally left about ten til ten because we decided we all wanted DQ!! Nothing like ice cream on a cold night, but whatever. Ice cream is ALWAYS good. Well we got our ice cream and sat in my car for another ten minutes debating on what to do. Finally I just started driving...


We ended up at our local park. We sat in my car for another hour just talking. Gosh I don't even remember what about. I kept looking outside at the snow on the ground thinking I wanted to go crazy and run around. After a while, Maegs and I both decided that it'd be pretty fun to be crazy and silly and run around outside and take pictures. Thus bringing us to the picture on this page. There aren't even words to describe this other than it was pure fun!!


Hanging out with good friends being silly is the best thing ever. We ran around for a good amount of time, froze a little, and laughed more than we had in a while! It is just such a great release to just run around and feel like kids again. Ahh, we are only young once, and there is nothing like finding joys in being outside freezing, taking silly pictures, and spending time with those that you love! It was our spontaneous moment of the week...although I'm sure there are going to be many more spontaneous moments this break! We definitely have a lot of fun together, thus being best friends. Anyways, I'm exhausted from our exhilarating, fun filled night. Love you all!! xoxo

Freezing to Snowing

I haven't blogged in quite a while and realized I should get back into it. I have missed blogging but have been kind of busy. I am very thankful that finals are over, I can't believe how quickly this term ended. I believe that it was a very successful term in and of itself. I can't wait to see how busy and exciting next term will be! I will be taking theory, violin lessons, chamber ensemble, orchestra, college algebra, and philosophy--politics, ethics and law. I am very excited about my philosophy class; although, it's at 8 AM four days a week! Yikes. Oh well, it'll be good for me, besides, I do have a baby now : )


Speaking of babies, Britt is almost 7 months old! Man they grow up so fast. She is such a great blessing and joy to be around. She is deifnitely full of personality and spunk. She is a very happy cheerful baby and loves to giggle and talk. She is an absolute joy and is very much like me. People like to joke how she is certainly her mother's daughter! Boy is Alan going to have his hands full when he returns if we continue on this path of her being like me. She is growing every day by leaps and bounds and it just amazes me how much you can love a little, well, chubby thing of flesh and bones. She is beautiful and I love her so much!


The weather has been crazy lately!! This past week the high has been maybe 16 degrees with a huge wind chill so it felt more like 1. Every day when I would head into town it would be around 3 degrees, burr!! Finally, it broke and got up into the twenties yesterday and it felt glorious. My friend told me I should get my snow tires soon because he heard it was going to snow this weekend. Sure enough, I woke up to a white fluffy, four inch deep blanket of snow. It was beautiful; I don't think I've been this excited to see snow in my life! Snow means that it is no longer 3 degrees; it's thirty degrees more than that, woo hoo.


I was supposed to go to another hockey game tonight, but I am battling a sinus infection and had a terrible headache. I realized that headache and hockey was a disaster waiting to happen. I have been taking a lot of sudafed and drinking emergen-c trying to get better. I don't want to spend all of Christmas break sick : (


Anyway, that is all for now. I don't have much else to report. I will do my best to continue blogging now that I have a lot of spare time. Love you all and wish you the best this holiday season!!! xoxo