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Thursday, November 29, 2007
A Very Wicked Thanksgiving...
Just kidding...it wasn't a very wicked thanksgiving. I just couldn't think of anything else catchy that encompassed everything I've done since my last blog. For my birthday (Nov 17th) my friends and I went and saw Wicked here in LA. People had said that it was amazing, but "amazing" doesn't even come close. It was fantastic. The sets, the songs, the costumes, everything is astounding! I'm hoping to go again with my mom when she comes to visit for Christmas! Unfortunately, my dad and husband are not interested at all in going. *sigh* Where are all the cultured men?! :)
Then came Thanksgiving. I was sick. That pretty much explains how I spent all of Wednesday through Sunday. Bummer, huh? But, I am glad that I already had those days off of work. I just slept. Usually I can't stand being in the house for too long, I have to get out and do something, so Dave knew that something must have been wrong with me! :) What a patient husband I have! Dave even made half of the Thanksgiving meal (since we were splitting it with another couple). He was the brawn and I was the brains, I pretty much just directed what I wanted him to do and he did it, and it turned out WONDERFULLY! I'm contemplating cooking another turkey b/c I couldn't really taste the one that we had on Thanksgiving! Sad!
Anyways, the countdown to Christmas begins, and since this will be the first Christmas we've spent with family since we've been married we are both SUPER excited! We are going on Sunday with some friends to cut down our Christmas tree. I can't wait!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Me and Dancer (or Prancer or Vixen...)
Dave and I had the greatest weekend! We went to Disneyland to celebrate my birthday. I took off Friday from work and we spent the weekend down there. It was fabulous! Dave surprised me by taking me to a character breakfast on Staurday morning. It was so neat to be eating breakfast and have the Dinsey characters randomly come over and give me a hug. My FAVORITE part was watching the characters interact with all the little children that were there. It was neat to hear them squeal with joy when they saw their favorite character.
Of course, we got to the park bright and early, because we're nerds like that. There was a sign near the entrance of the park stating that they were filming for their Disney Christmas Special. On the sign it said that they would be filming Josh Groban singing at the castle. I practically dragged Dave (actually I did drag Dave) though the whole park til we got the the castle. It was neat to see Josh Groban so close, there were only abut 50 people there. He sang Silent Night a couple times - it was beautiful. When he went to come off the stage, I sort of lost my presence of mind and may have rushed at him. :) I couldn't help myself. I got pretty close, but his body guard stood in front of him to block him from people like me! :) I'm sure Dave was MORTIFIED. :) He just stood back and took pictures.
Anyways, it was a great time. I'm so thankful for my husband. He did a great job planning this weekend.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Who knew Luther married a cowgirl?
Last night my dad got the biggest wish of his life fulfilled. He had a red-headed daughter. :) Dad, this picture is for you. Some friends of ours had a reformation party where you could dress as a reformer (or anyone else). Dave decided to dress as Martin Luther and I dressed as a red-headed...something...
This is the story. So, we hadn't thought about what we were going to wear until - oh - about four hours before the party. We ran to Walmart and scanned the aisles desperate for something to wear - anything! Pretty much everything was gone. Dave got the bright idea that he could be Martin Luther, so we ran over to the fabric dpt and got oodles of brown fabric and a rope for him to tie around his waist. We searched high and low and all we could come up with for me was a red wig. It was pathetic.
We headed home, and Dave spent the next while cutting up and sewing his "Luther" outfit, while I tried to decide what to wear. I ended up with a red flannel shirt, jeans, and a cowboy hat. I ended up looking more like the Wendy's Hamburger girl, though. Dave made a great Luther, and I was so proud of him for sewing his garb all by himself! Next time his pants need to be hemmed or a button needs to be sewn back on, he can't pretend like he doesn't know how. I have proof! :)
Monday, October 22, 2007
So, this is what's going on...
Well, it has been an exciting couple days, that's for sure! I thought that this weekend was going to be busy, but it turns out that I had NO idea what I was in for.
On Saturday I spent the afternoon at a graduate Voice Recital for one of the girls in our GAP (graduates and professionals) church group. Even though I know nothing about opera, I thought it was beautiful! She did a great job! (way to go, Sarah - if you read this!) My husband picked me up from there and we went straight to a football game that our church's school was having. They put up a good fight, but they lost. It was a great game, though!
On Sunday we did went to church like usual, however, after church I got to hang out with my good friend Holly McCarty and my friend Sherice Davis (Canty). She was in town visiting for the week and we had SO much fun together! I felt like we were 18 again! :) We went out for lunch on Sunday and then got pedicures. It was nice!
On the way back from our "Girls Day Out" we kept noticing the smoke from some fires that were burning a long ways away. We were taking tons of pictures and joking about church being cancelled that night. Little did we know...
After I got home, all afternoon I kept hearing helicopters going overhead. It seemed like there was one every five minutes. When we stepped outside to go to church we realized that there was smoke rising from the hill across from us.
We went to church and noticed that tons of people were stading outside of the church pointing up to the sky. We got out to see what they were looking at and realized that from our church property (which is about 3 miles away from us) we could see HUGE flames spreading across Canyon Country. The wind was blowing in the opposite direction from where we live, so we weren't too worried. However, there were many people that had to leave church halfway through, or didn't even come to church because they had to evacuate their homes. Many people slept at our church last night.
We went to someone's house after church for dinner and had a good time of fellowship, while still keeping the news on and keeping tabs of where the fire was. At around 9:30 pm we heard that the road that we lived off of was closed because of the fire. We hadn't heard anything at all before that time to indicate that the fire was anywhere near us, so we left right away to see if we could get home and grab a few belongings.
Let me tell you something, what I saw when we came to the intersection that was as far as we could drive was one of the most terrifying things I have ever seen in my life. The hillside that is facing our apartment building was engulfed in flames (the fire was about 500 yards from where we live). I've never seen anything like it. (I have to say that I might have freaked out just a smidge) :) Dave and I parked the car and then went on foot about 2 miles til we reached our apartment building. When we got there we packed important documents and pictures just in case our apartment building was affected. We talked to our apartment manager, and he felt that we would be safe because there were strike teams at the bottom of the hill making sure that the fire didn't jump the road. We decided to take our bag of possessions with us (just in case), walk back to get our car, and take the backroads to get our car back to our apartment building. We decided that we wouldn't leave until we heard from the authorities of a mandatory evacuation. Dave didn't want to leave me at the apartment building alone, and I didn't want him walking that 2 miles by himself, so we ended up both heading out to get the car together. It was quite an adventure. We passed several newspeople reporting about the fire, and several firetrucks. We inhaled alot of smoke (poor Dave has a sore throat this morning from the smoke). But we made it, drove the backroads to our aparment (so we'd have a car in case of emergency), and tried to sleep. It wasn't a very restful night! :)
Thankfully, this morning the wind had blown the fire away from us (so far). I am at work (I'm the only secretary that's here), though, and I keep getting phone calls about families from church being evacuated from their homes. Of the 12 fires that are going on in California right now, the one in our town has been given #1 priority. Please keep us in your prayers. There are alot of people that are being affected by this fire, and because the wind is so high it's making the fire move quite fast. Thanks for your prayers, and I will keep you all updated.
On Saturday I spent the afternoon at a graduate Voice Recital for one of the girls in our GAP (graduates and professionals) church group. Even though I know nothing about opera, I thought it was beautiful! She did a great job! (way to go, Sarah - if you read this!) My husband picked me up from there and we went straight to a football game that our church's school was having. They put up a good fight, but they lost. It was a great game, though!
On Sunday we did went to church like usual, however, after church I got to hang out with my good friend Holly McCarty and my friend Sherice Davis (Canty). She was in town visiting for the week and we had SO much fun together! I felt like we were 18 again! :) We went out for lunch on Sunday and then got pedicures. It was nice!
On the way back from our "Girls Day Out" we kept noticing the smoke from some fires that were burning a long ways away. We were taking tons of pictures and joking about church being cancelled that night. Little did we know...
After I got home, all afternoon I kept hearing helicopters going overhead. It seemed like there was one every five minutes. When we stepped outside to go to church we realized that there was smoke rising from the hill across from us.
We went to church and noticed that tons of people were stading outside of the church pointing up to the sky. We got out to see what they were looking at and realized that from our church property (which is about 3 miles away from us) we could see HUGE flames spreading across Canyon Country. The wind was blowing in the opposite direction from where we live, so we weren't too worried. However, there were many people that had to leave church halfway through, or didn't even come to church because they had to evacuate their homes. Many people slept at our church last night.
We went to someone's house after church for dinner and had a good time of fellowship, while still keeping the news on and keeping tabs of where the fire was. At around 9:30 pm we heard that the road that we lived off of was closed because of the fire. We hadn't heard anything at all before that time to indicate that the fire was anywhere near us, so we left right away to see if we could get home and grab a few belongings.
Let me tell you something, what I saw when we came to the intersection that was as far as we could drive was one of the most terrifying things I have ever seen in my life. The hillside that is facing our apartment building was engulfed in flames (the fire was about 500 yards from where we live). I've never seen anything like it. (I have to say that I might have freaked out just a smidge) :) Dave and I parked the car and then went on foot about 2 miles til we reached our apartment building. When we got there we packed important documents and pictures just in case our apartment building was affected. We talked to our apartment manager, and he felt that we would be safe because there were strike teams at the bottom of the hill making sure that the fire didn't jump the road. We decided to take our bag of possessions with us (just in case), walk back to get our car, and take the backroads to get our car back to our apartment building. We decided that we wouldn't leave until we heard from the authorities of a mandatory evacuation. Dave didn't want to leave me at the apartment building alone, and I didn't want him walking that 2 miles by himself, so we ended up both heading out to get the car together. It was quite an adventure. We passed several newspeople reporting about the fire, and several firetrucks. We inhaled alot of smoke (poor Dave has a sore throat this morning from the smoke). But we made it, drove the backroads to our aparment (so we'd have a car in case of emergency), and tried to sleep. It wasn't a very restful night! :)
Thankfully, this morning the wind had blown the fire away from us (so far). I am at work (I'm the only secretary that's here), though, and I keep getting phone calls about families from church being evacuated from their homes. Of the 12 fires that are going on in California right now, the one in our town has been given #1 priority. Please keep us in your prayers. There are alot of people that are being affected by this fire, and because the wind is so high it's making the fire move quite fast. Thanks for your prayers, and I will keep you all updated.
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