Funny Class

So in my Materials Engineering Class the Prof showed us this video, I thought it was pretty good. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg&feature=related

Now What?

Now that we are back it is back to school for Chris. He's finally taking engineering courses so I think he is enjoying them a lot more. I have applied to many schools and school divisions and am waiting a little longer in hopes of getting a teaching a job before I start working somewhere else. Last week we had a Star Wars Marathon and watched an episode each day until we finished the 6 episodes. Chris got them for Christmas. After we decided to watch Space Balls which I think is the stupidest movie and I will not waste my time watching that again!

Yay Christmas!

Christmas morning started a little before 6:30 am for us when Caleb and Sarah came in to wake us up eagar to tell all about the presents under the tree.

Caleb and Sarah waiting until exactly 6:30 am to open their stockings.

Matthew too excited to wait for his new car to be totally finished.

Caleb with his mom's "favorite" gift of his.

Yummy Christmas breakfast in the making. We had pancakes, cream, berries, eggs, bacon, toast, fried cinnamon apples, steak, red lead, and orange juice. Delicious!

Yummy Christmas dinner. Ham, funeral potatoes, green bean casserole, green jello salad, and homemade buns.

Caleb, Sarah, and Elizabeth with the traditional Christmas crackers.

Twas the Night Before Christmas

We spent Christmas eve and Christmas Day at the Lemon's and had a blast. They are a great house to visit at Christmas. On Christmas Eve we had traditional cabbage rolls, porcupine's, and buns, with delicious chocolate cake for dessert.

Caleb was so ready for Christmas to come! He made sure all the stockings were nicely laid out and ready for Santa.

Uncle Chris, Sarah and Matthew sporting their new pajamas from Frosty.

Aunt Valerie and Sarah

In Utah for the Holiday's

Since Chris and I had to be down in Utah for his sister's wedding over New Years, we decided to make a holiday of it and go down early to spend time with the Lemon's and James and Jamie. Despite being sick for the second half of our stay, it was fun to see everyone and we had a great time.

Sarah at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building when we went to Temple Square to see all the lights.

Elizabeth on the train.

Sarah and Jill on the train on the way home.

This ones for Caleb!

Over the Christmas Holidays Caleb and I enjoyed some time together playing with his Lego collection. He asked about which sets I had and I thought the only way he would see them was if he visited, but he thought of putting the pictures online. Well Caleb here ya go!

This first shot of the collection has almost all of it in the photo, my first ever Lego set was the Diana Boat and Dock, its in the very front of the picture, sadly I have lost some of the pieces but its mostly there. The dresser and the green tupperware container are not holding any lego just the large clear bins and the boxes. I also have a Lego table top, ontop of the green tupperware walls are built on it.

I have had this lego case since I was around 10 years old, I put some on my smaller stuff inside.

You might recognize the Star Wars lego, some of my favorite these sets are from 1200 to 1700 pieces each and in the next picture you see that they open up and there are added things inside!

These are really cool as well, the Red Bird Mach 2 Model team set I've had since I was 12 it was a Christmas present from Santa! The pnuematic crane is awesome, on the side the outriggers come out, the arm swivels and extends, and the wheels turn by cranking gears around. The truck in the middle is a tow truck, it has shocks and the pistons in the front alternate just like in a car when the rear wheels turn, the back even has a differential.

Now my ultimate lego set is found at this link:

http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=10179

It is the largest lego set to ever be sold, its around 5200 peices and around 3 feet long. I hope one day to be able to make it, even once before I have to sell it again!

Oh and Caleb, there is a train waiting for you when you come to Canada!

The Hair Cut

Chris decided to let his hair grow out this winter, and had plans to not cut it until after his sister's wedding, however that plan was kiboshed by more than one person and that fact he couldn't stand all the hair everywhere!

Before

After

I don't know, but doesn't he look like a nicer guy with the long hair??!

Chris' Favorite Thing

Chris recently really got into paintballing and has a group of friends he regularly goes with (when the weather is nice). Here is a picture he took himself, very proud of the damage that gets done.

Back Tracking

The end of 2009 was pretty busy for me so the blogging got sent to the back burner. However, I have some extra time on my hands now, so here are some updates and what we were up to at the end of last year.

Halloween! Like Taylor it is one my favorite holidays..however our decorations were not as grand as the Lemon's.

I made over 150 cookies for my students and quite the mess in our kitchen!

We had a halloween party at our place on Halloween night so we could still hand out candy (we only had like 10 trick or treators). Chris and I went as the angels from the Phillidelphia Cream Cheese commercials.

My manservant!