Ski Trip - Day 1

We made it! Safe and sound...
A huge snowstorm passed through the north east early this week and it scared us, as far as traveling to West Virginia goes... but it's cleared up and left us a thick layer of fresh snow on Snowshoe Mountain. We arrived around 5:30 this early evening and settled in our condo. Then went and stood in line to rent our skis and snowboard. Then we came back and heated up two of the three deep-dish pizza's that Kibbie made us (delicious!) and now we're just sitting around the living room visiting and listening to some weird french rapper on Marie's iPod she has introduced us to. (weird)
The place we're staying is nice. Very homey. The stars are so bright. And it's WICKED cold. I think 4 degrees right now, to be exact. We brought 5 sleds that look like garbage can tops and Wes and Cam went to try them out earlier and broke one completely in half when it hit a rock. Crazy kids. Not to mention all the 80's ski clothes we borrowed from family and friends. (thanks Beth and Jimmy) :) We'll take a bunch of pictures tomorrow to show you how awesome.
Anyways, ya'll keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we play on the slopes all day tomorrow and Sunday. And for our trip home Monday. It's supposed to snow again tomorrow, which would be SO fun...
WE LOVE SNOW!
Blessings,
Katie B.
(and Mallory, Ashley, Marie Claire, Emily, Sasha, Wes, Ryan & Cam)

Mmmmmmm... bed.

I'm hesitating to get into bed because I know I won't get out of it. The hardest thing I do every day is get out of bed in the morning.
Is anybody with me? Sleeping in is the greatest!
But on days that I have the opportunity to sleep in (I LOVE THURSDAYS) I always make plans to get up early and walk with Marie or go to the Mart or Target with friends.
Why is that? When I'm forced to walk up at a certain time, it's almost impossible to; when it's my choice, I can do it no problem. It's cause I'm so unbestinkinlievably stubborn - that's why.
It's one thing that I HATE about myself. When it's someone else's idea, it's ok, then later - the same idea is mine... it's great! (That was mostly directed to/about my dad - He's always right... and I hate it. But I love it too. But I hate it.) Human nature = sucky. Glad we weren't made for this world.
Alright, to bed... and I WILL be on time to work tomorrow.
(crossing fingers)
:)

Thursday are SO GOOD.

So today is Wednesday and tomorrow is Thursday. Thursdays are my off days so right now equals stay up as late as I want... I think I'll watch a movie. Which one? So many choices. Or maybe something I tivoed a month ago I forgot about. Those are the best.
I've really grown to love Thursdays. I'm full time at Dominion, but I asked for one day a week off cause I jumped in too quickly to the 'full time' thing, and I now find myself with no 'me' time. I know you're reading this and saying 'none of us have me time' but my 'me time' is SO important and I would (am) taking a signifigant pay cut just to have this one day a week. It refreshes me for a week until my next one. I just love Thursdays. Sleeping in. Being lazy. Getting things done I can't do on the weekends. It's too good to be true. Tomorrow I'm going shopping with my good friend Beth and her baby girl Addie. Then Bekah and Isaiah Grace are coming over to play. Things I wouldn't get to do if I had a 'real' job.
Blog topic soon to come - "Why my job is the best job on planet earth" ...it's true.

Kindergarten Day

So it's "Spirit Week" here at good ole Dominion...

Today's theme is 'Kindergarden Day'. So cute right? Original and colorful. Lots of pigtales and polka-dots. Shorts and tube socks. What I had no idea about when I woke up this morning and put on the big yellow hairbow, was that I'd actually be putting on an attitude like a 4 year old. Seriously, the copier jammed this morning - and I threw an actual temper tantrum. It's all gone downhill since then. I should take the bow off but then I would have no excuse for the attitude problem.

St. Simons!!!

I really love cruise control. What a great invention! Many thanks to the one who made it up. I used it about 35% of the time on the way to St. Simons and about 75% on the way home. I'm addicted, as Emily would say :)

So Wednesday after school/work Emily and I hopped in the car and went to see the Fritchies for the long weekend. It was tons of fun. I don't know about her or them, but it was JUST EXACTLY what I needed. Four full days of laughter and fun. And well, they live at the beach... on an island to be exact. Friday it was even warm enough to slip into shorts and take the boys to play in the sand. I plan on spending every single free second I have there this summer.

Among the happenings of the weekend were: guitar hero, dying Amy's hair blonde, dinner parties, guitar hero tournament, playing in the sand, naked time (strictly for the boys - see mom's blog "all little boys love to be naked' - it's true), creating Amy a blog, funny quotes from the boys (see amy's quote of the day), more guitar hero (Emily played 'fat lip' about eleventy-hundred times with Asa, who's highest score was 75%!!! ummm... he's five), dying Amy's hair EVEN BLONDER, movie night - the illusionist (good pick, Josh!), more guitar hero, bathingsuit shopping (yikes... need a tan, and excercise), seeing Sea Island mansions, seeing Laura Kirkland and Zoe at Gnat's, and eating at Sweet Mamas - so good!

One of my favorite things Asa said was Friday night - we were playing outside and he picked up a stick and Eli yelled, "no, don't break that stick!" (as if he had some emotional attatchment) and Asa looked him in the eyes and snapped it in half and said "it's not your stick anyway, Eli... it's GODS!" Ha! I love them boys... they're so fun. Even when they fight.

Five hours is a small price to pay for the fun that is had when I see those faces.
Can't wait to go back!














My heroes...













So fun...













Beach boys.










Eli wrote his name in the sand...










Cutest in the WORLD!

Sunshine

Yesterday it was SO SUNNY.
Or maybe it's just been dark and rainy for the past like 2 weeks and I forgot what it was like to feel it on my face.
It was healing, almost.
Hope it doesn't go away.

Reminds me of a song we used to sing when I was little...

You are my sunshine
My only sunshine.
You make me happy,
When skies are grey.
You'll never know dear,
How much I love you.
Please dont take my sunshine away.

That was an overall lame post, but I'll make it up to you.

So Big

There are some NEW guitar heros in town...

Amy and the boys are in town this weekend.
They're getting SO BIG!
Asa can get like 40% already the easy level.
There's pretty much nothing they can't do... it's true!
If you dont believe me, hand the boys a golf club or soccer ball, or any ball at all and they will prove to you otherwise.
Yeah, I'm pretty crazy about them.