Can you see Monkey hanging in the tree?
I thought that it would be fun to dress Monkey up for all the holidays. Here's a picture of him in his Christmas hat!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Monkey
For any of you who haven't met my favorite stuffed animal, he's a monkey and his name is Monkey (pretty creative, I know). Monkey is a pretty experienced traveler because me and my good friend Rachel take Monkey whenever we go on vacations. So far, Monkey has been to Honduras, Washington D.C., all over California, Brasil, Utah, and North Carolina. He's pretty excited to be going to Florida for New Year's (and so am I!!!).
Can you see Monkey hanging in the tree?
I thought that it would be fun to dress Monkey up for all the holidays. Here's a picture of him in his Christmas hat!
Can you see Monkey hanging in the tree?
I thought that it would be fun to dress Monkey up for all the holidays. Here's a picture of him in his Christmas hat!
Picky!
Although my husband has gotten a lot better at eating different kinds of food, he still is a little picky when it comes to vegetables. The other day we got Chinese food and the restaurant forgot to take the vegetables out of the rice. I later caught David sitting by the trash can picking out every vegetable from the rice. I just had to take a picture!!!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Luminaries or Luminaros?
My family always called them luminaros. I found out when I moved to North Carolina that they are actually called luminaries. But, who cares, I still call them luminaros and at least my family knows what I'm talking about!
Anyway, onto what I really am posting about. For those of you who don't know, David and I basically live in a huge arboretum (AKA a really nice park). It is a wonderful place to live because we can walk down to the park anytime we want! It is also neat because every once in a while the city will sponsor activities at the park. The other night they lit up over 6,000 luminaros throughout the arboretum. David and I walked down so we could see them. It was so neat!!!
They also had a Scottish bagpipe band come and play. They were really fun to listen to. One of the band members brought his son along who wore his own little kilt over his jeans. He was so cute!
We got to the park right as the bagpipers were finishing. They ended the concert with the Scottish folksong that we now use as the tune to "Praise to the Man". It was so cool to listen to them play that song. David especially loved it! Here's a little bit of them playing that song.
Anyway, onto what I really am posting about. For those of you who don't know, David and I basically live in a huge arboretum (AKA a really nice park). It is a wonderful place to live because we can walk down to the park anytime we want! It is also neat because every once in a while the city will sponsor activities at the park. The other night they lit up over 6,000 luminaros throughout the arboretum. David and I walked down so we could see them. It was so neat!!!
They also had a Scottish bagpipe band come and play. They were really fun to listen to. One of the band members brought his son along who wore his own little kilt over his jeans. He was so cute!
We got to the park right as the bagpipers were finishing. They ended the concert with the Scottish folksong that we now use as the tune to "Praise to the Man". It was so cool to listen to them play that song. David especially loved it! Here's a little bit of them playing that song.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Family Pictures
Over Thanksgiving we decided to take some pictures of our small family. Here's how they turned out.
Surprise! We have a two-year old already!!!! Just kidding! Jackson just really wanted to be in the picture with us. Here are the real pictures (Thanks for taking them Courtney!).
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!
My finals are finally over and that means I have a little time to post some pictures. A couple of weeks ago, David and I went to get a Christmas Tree for Family Home Evening. It wasn't our first Christmas tree together because David surprised me with a Christmas tree last year while we were dating. However, it still was a first because, as we got ready to leave, I realized that, although my family has always bought a real Christmas tree, I had never gone with them to pick it out. David couldn't believe I had never picked out a Christmas tree, but that just made it all the more fun.
We first stopped to get some hot chocolate because it was so cold and then we went to the lot that David has been going to since he was little. It was so fun to hear him talk about his memories of picking out a Christmas tree. We looked and looked and soon found the perfect one. Since we live in an older apartment, our ceilings are tall. So, we ended up with an eight foot Christmas tree!
We came home and began to decorate until we realized that we only had two strings of lights. So, at 11:30 at night we headed off to Santa's workshop (AKA Walmart). We bought some more lights and David had to have tinsel so we bought that too (it made me think of my dad because he always loves to have tinsel on the tree). We got home, put on some Beatles music (this is a tradition of my dad and I to listen to Beatles' music while we decorate the tree), and decorated most of the tree. We finished it off the next night. All in all, it was so fun to take some time away from studying to do something for Christmas!
David was a little tired that night!
We first stopped to get some hot chocolate because it was so cold and then we went to the lot that David has been going to since he was little. It was so fun to hear him talk about his memories of picking out a Christmas tree. We looked and looked and soon found the perfect one. Since we live in an older apartment, our ceilings are tall. So, we ended up with an eight foot Christmas tree!
We came home and began to decorate until we realized that we only had two strings of lights. So, at 11:30 at night we headed off to Santa's workshop (AKA Walmart). We bought some more lights and David had to have tinsel so we bought that too (it made me think of my dad because he always loves to have tinsel on the tree). We got home, put on some Beatles music (this is a tradition of my dad and I to listen to Beatles' music while we decorate the tree), and decorated most of the tree. We finished it off the next night. All in all, it was so fun to take some time away from studying to do something for Christmas!
David was a little tired that night!
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