January

Zuri is currently obsessed with chap stick and she wouldn't let me put on my apron, so I put it on her

So far this month... It's been eventful? More busy I suppose, but the busy would be directed more towards describing Christians life. We flew back from the west coast on the 4th, got home at 3am the 5th and went right into school life the 6th.

Thanks to Cami it has so far been working with Zuri. I think the little bug had server separation issues when we first got back since she had been constantly around lots of people she was unfamiliar with which meant she would cry like crazy when I'd leave for class... She still does most of the time and it breaks my heart and I leave thinking how lame it is that I couldn't have been wise enough to just take spanish when I was a Freshman like the other kids thought to do in my class.

As a result I'm in two freshman classes with many kids who say things that get on my nerves instantly. Such as "I don't have time for this homework." "What the heck is she talking about? What's the importance of figuring out the size of a room in square feet? I'll never need that crap." or my personal favorite, "I'm so tired, I never get to sleep."

I've almost slapped a few kids on many occasions and say something to the affect of "You have no idea what 'no time' means" and you have absolutely no idea what tired is. I had one girls in my Spanish class the other day say how crazy her sister-in-law was for going to school with a baby and being pregnant..."I don't know what she's thinking." hmm.... oh well, only 5 more months!

On a happier note! Zuri is growing so fast, she's a little babbler and every so often when we're home she'll just holler "DAAADDDDDEEEE" as loud as possible, then go trotting around looking for him. It's pretty cute. The man works so hard and alll the time. He's been gone since 10 this morning and it's now 8:30.. He goes to work at 8:30 every morning, leaves at noon to go to classes then goes back to work tell 5. It's been a very very busy few weeks for him. But I am very grateful he is working for us so I don't have to. It'd be impossible with my weird schedule anyways, but still, I'm glad I can be with Zuri at home much more.

Zuri has learned from Caleb how to give a high five followed by a pound-it, which she does by putting her pointer finger and thumb together it's the girliest pound it I've ever seen, but it cracks me up every time.

The other day we got a box from Mom V. with our many gifts from Christmas we couldn't fit in our bags home. I was watching Josh and Caleb when it came and it was FULL of packing peanuts, the kids went crazy and my house turned into a winter wonderland. Cami came in and said "oh my gosh, did my kids do this to you?" nope, our kids did this and it was very entertaining to watch the destruction.

I am half way done with my dinning room curtains.

I am beginning my senior show in a few weeks...I think I know what I'll be doing. I was assigned to find the top 20 modern printmakers and in the process I have found some beautiful work. I encourage all of you to go look prints up. They aren't nearly as awesome on the computer as they would be in person (like all art), but still the process is fantastic and the work that comes from it is amazing to me. We are working on drypoint in my printmaking class right now and it is really cool how it turns out.

Zuri's hair is almost long enough for pig tails, but until then all I can do is a little topsie tail

The box madness

a little dad time and a little dance time.

I realize this is a whole lot of videos, but I liked all of them enough to share all of them :)

ALSO!

My sister is a chocolate ere for Dove Chocolate and I'm throwing a party Jan. 28th (I haven't sent out invites yet so if you want one let me know, it's delicious chocolate tastin!) There is a sweet Valentines box for sale right now so I thought I'd put a word in for it. If you're interested...Just let me know, you don't have to live here to get one!

-There are 24 chocolates in the box with six different flavors: dark chocolate mousse, passion fruit sorbet, cheesecake, tiramisu, lemon meringue pie, and cinnamon roll.
-It costs $39, that includes shipping
-It ships to the recepient on Valentine's Day
-You can send a personal message in the box (up to 60 characters)
-They are handmade right before they are shipped
-Must be purchased before Jan. 31

As Cami put it, "Basically it is the "sweetest" present for your valentine." :) If you want to participate in the challenge of getting 14 people to order it from you you get a box free ! (yummy!) I can testify of the amazing-ness of Doves, Chris and I got some stuff a few months ago (sea-salted caramels, chocolate covered almonds that were cinnamon dusted, and marshmallow chocolates and they were a-maz-za-zing. I highly recommend them to all!