Hittin' the Slopes with the In-Laws

Last Saturday Jack and Melinda took us up to the mountain for a day of skiing. I hadn't been skiing since I was probably about 17, while Trevor hadn't been since age 12 when he decided to snowboard instead. Let's just say I was a bit...rusty. I thought we might be on even playing fields having both been out of practice. But, once again, Trevor proved who the natural athlete is between us. Trevor flew down the mountain, moving side to side, looking completely effortless. His turns were sharp, his kness were tight.. I, on the other hand, was a different story. All I could focus on was staying up right on my skis...forget worrying about my form. I barreled down the mountain on my wobbly legs with my arms flailing about. Thanks to the help of the professionals I was with, by the end of the day I could at least control my arms. And I am happy to report my sore body is recovering just fine.

Here are a few more pictures of our fun day...unfortunately no action shots!

I am very thankful for my In-Laws' patience with me as I did my best to keep up.

Beware of the Bunny Hill, Jack!

All the Little Things

This morning I was in the bathroom getting ready for the day when I heard Trevor's alarm go off. I ran into our room, jumped on the bed, and said,
"Guess what today is!!"
My half-awake/half-sleeping husband quickly responded with, "um...some kind of anniversary."
Yes, Honey you are right. It is Some kind of anniversary.
It is our 6 month anniversary to be exact. I am sure there will come a day when I loose track of the months because we will start counting years. But right now every little milestone feels exciting.

So here's to our some-kind-of anniversary!

I Will Call Her Belle

For my first married Valentines Day we stayed inside, cozy in our sweats, watching the Olympics.

But, we do have a new addition to our little apartment....Trevor gave me a Daisy plant!

I have been wanting a plant for awhile. I need to practice keeping something alive, before we ever get a real pet!

Here she is...my sweet little Daisy plant.

I named her Belle. Doesn't every home need a plant named after their favorite Disney character? I seem to think so. I also seem to think EVERYTHING needs a name.

Please stay alive Belle Daisy.

Lost

For those of you who don't know, Trevor and I are kind of into this little show called Lost. So we decided to have a Lost season premiere party. Our show premiered on a Tuesday night....at 9 pm...for 2 hours. Maybe not an ideal party time. But my husband declared us "young and reckless" so we decided to have it. About 9 of our friends said they could come, and considering our apartment isn't huge, we thought that would be just perfect! Slowly...the numbers started to fall. It was just too late for some, others became ill and by the end of it all, we had 2 loyal fans come watch our beloved show with us. Did I mention this was a costume party? 


So there we were...Charlie, Claire, Locke and Dr. Chang.

Thanks James and Josh..."Live together, die alone."




My next post will be significantly less nerdy...I promise.

A New Year

15 days into the new year and already I can tell 2010 is gonna be a good one!

Reasons I know this:

1. 
   
   Winter Olympics...Trevor is about to experience more figure skating than he probably wants to!
   
   
   
2. 
   
   Last season of 'Lost'...we will finally be able to sleep at night once we know how it ends.
   
   
   
3. 
   
   March Madness...we can't get enough college basketball in our house.
   
   
   
4. 
   
   And I would get in trouble if I didn't mention...The World Cup.
   
   
   

Of course these are not the ONLY reasons...just a sampling of the 2010 goodness. We will probably come to find out that the best things that happen this year are the things we didn't plan for. And will probably be the things we do ourselves and not just watch on TV!

I can't wait to find out what those things are!

Our First Noel

Family was gathered, lots of fun was had, way too many cookies were eaten, pajamas were worn all day, games were played, guns were fired, gifts were opened, Jesus' birth was celebrated, love was 
all around us!

Cousins

Grandpa and his Grandkids

Christmas morning.....

Trevor got some coal

Perfect day for a little target practice....

we made the targets....

of course this was mine!

Say hello to my little friend!

Happy Christmas!

O Christmas Tree

We have decided to go all out for our first Christmas…and I mean all out! We have already gone through about 5 boxes of hot coco and about 500 hours of Christmas music! Last Sunday we set off on a little adventure to find the perfect Christmas tree! Our journey took us to Marysville to the Busy B Christmas tree farm. In true Heather fashion we had to look at every tree before finding the "best" one... 

...which we did.

Isn't it beautiful?! We named it Thirsty (it drinks a lot of water!)