Hittin the slopes!

As soon as finals were out what better place to head than the mountains! Lindsey and I decided to take a ski trip with Bridgett and Bethany who are in the class below us. Bridgett is from Colorado and was kind enough to let us crash at her place. The first day on the mountain wasn't too bad. We went to Loveland Ski Resort which is near Breckenridge and Keystone. We got a hotel room that night since Bridgett's house was almost 2 hours away. However, a winter storm was coming in. It started snowing late afternoon and by the time we woke up the next day they had gotten 11 inches of snow. It was also really dang cold with the wind blowing and all. Needless to say we decided not to ski the second day and instead to go back to Bridgett's house. That night the temperature hit a record low of -17. Holy geez! Then the next day we went to Eldora to ski and it was a tropical heat wave of -2. I have never skied with that many clothes on in my life! Maybe I should stick to spring skiing!

First day on the slopes and we were pumped about it! Bridgett got her board stuck so being the good friend that I am I was trying to help her out! Bethany and I at the Dam Brewery in Silverthorne, CO. Bridgett and typical Lindsey What we awoke to on the second day. Bridgett and Bethany, they decided to ski the second day. Lindsey and I Group shot Me and Lindsey freezing our buns off on the lift! Bridgett and I waiting on Bethany...... Ohhh, here she comes....ha ha! I love this pic. The beautiful view from the lift.......pretty sure I need to live in the mountains.

Christmas Poncho

Every year the faculty from our school has a dinner for the 3rd year class. Being the goofy bunch that we are, we decided to have a tacky Christmas sweater party. The day before the party Lindsey, Caroline, and I decided to go to the thrift stores to find some good stuff. Lindsey and I found our outfits at the first place we went, but we made a second stop so Caroline could find something as funny as ours. We walked in the door and immediately saw something Christmas-y. It was hanging on the end of a rack so we walked over to check it out. It was a Christmas "poncho" and it would be perfect. We left the store without thinking anything else about it. The next day Lindsey and I and some of our other classmates arrived at the party before Josh and Caroline did. The first thing we hear when Caroline walks in the door was, "Is that a tree skirt?"........Oh my gosh, it was! Neither Lindsey, Caroline, or me had any idea. Ha Ha! I can't believe we didn't notice, I mean it totally looked like a tree skirt. Wow!

My awesomely tacky t-shirt dress!

Here is the "poncho" in all it's glory! How did we not notice it was a tree skirt?

After stuffing our faces everyone gathered around for white elephant christmas gifts!


Me, Susan, and Jodie

Caroline (notice the poncho), Stephanie, and Me

Erin and I trying to spread some Christmas cheer even though she had ditched her tacky sweater already.

Yee Haw!

After Thanksgiving, we decided to throw a going away party for our friends Becca and Erin and the little ones, Ava and Tal. They are the wives of a couple of our classmates and the kiddos. Jake and Becca moved back to Salt Lake City and Matt, Erin, Ava, and Tal moved back to Kentucky. Although Matt and Jake will return in May to finish school, their families will not be coming back with them this time since it will only be for 8 weeks. We were all very sad to see them go. Our class and their families have become quite close over the past 2 and a half years and it is weird to know that it will be coming to an end soon. It's kind of bitter sweet for us because we are happy to be finishing school finally but sad that we will all be moving on and not able to see each other as often. I guess that's just part of life. Oh, back to the party........Kat was the party planner and came up with the idea to have a western themed party so they would remember Texas. It was quite amusing I must say.

Surprise.......Erin thought it was just a surprise party for Becca's Birthday so she yelled surprise too......we had to tell her it was her party too!

Here's your sign!

Group shot....how did all these people fit in my kitchen?

Long's hat cracked me up all night.....he reminded me of Jackie Chan in Shanghai Noon!

Ohhh my, That's all I have to say! She was the greeter for the night....Scary!

Jodie and I chatting after stuffing our faces with yummy food.

Ava was the cutest little cowgirl!

Thanksgiving

I know it's almost Christmas and I am finally getting to posting again, sorry I'm a little behind. Thanksgiving break I spent at home with my mom and her family. They all drove to Clarendon to eat the big feast at her house. It was delicious as usual, there is nothing like my Nannie Caroll's dressing. It's amazing! Anyway, after a few days of being at home, I met Chris in Oklahoma City again. This time we got to catch an Oklahoma City Thunder game. It was pretty fun even though the team is not very good. All in all......a good break before finals.

The Big Texan!

So I know it's been a while since I've put up a new post, but not too much has been going on. A couple of weekends ago I met Chris in Oklahoma City. It's much easier a trip for us both to just meet half way, rather than driving 6 1/2 hours and only being able to stay for 2 days. Anyway, we spent the weekend hanging around Brick Town which was alot of fun and shopping.

This past Thursday my classmates and I went to one of Amarillo's most well known tourist spots......The Big Texan. It was Kat's birthday and that is where she wanted to go. We had the limos with the horns pick us up and everything (this was nice because it is all the way on the other side of Amarillo from where we live, we like to save gas!) As long as I have been around this area, I have never had the chance to go there and eat so it was a first for me too. It was a lot of fun and quite a feast, although no one was brave enough to try the "72 oz steak in an hour."

The awesome limos that picked us up and took us to the Big Texan.


This pic is for Chris.......when I told him where we were going he was convinced I needed to take one with the limo!

I think I might be ready to try the 72oz steak.......NOT!

Lindsey thought about it too......didn't happen! But that's how big the steak is.....GI-normous! And you have to eat all the fixin's too.....no way!

Half of the group with Kat the Birthday girl (she's peakin in on the top left)

The other half

These precious little guys sang Happy Birthday to Kat

Jodie, Lindsey, and I were trying to be scary like the bear!

Little me in the rocking chair!

Happy Halloween!!

We actually had our Halloween party last night, Oct. 30, because some of the guys in our class play in a flag football league on friday nights. Anyway, I was super impressed with all of the costumes my classmates put together this year. Everyone did a great job. All in all, it was a great night.......lots of food and Rock Band. Fun times.

Lindsey's hair in rollers = Afro

Lindsey and I were Quailman and Patty Mayonnaise from the cartoon Doug

The Cowboy and his Saloon girl aka Josh and Caroline

Ronald McDonald and the Hamburglar aka Becca and Jake

Madonna and the little fairy aka Erin and Ava

The cutest pirate ever aka Talmage Cade......he is adorable!

The Office aka Lisa, Adrienne, and Andrew

The Incredible Hulk and his scientist girlfriend aka Jeremy and Stephanie

Ace Ventura Pet Detective aka Jodie

Quailman jammin on Rock Band......I'm not very good at the drums :(

Juno and Pauly Bleeker aka Kat and Kyle

Adam and Eve aka Robert and Susan

Rockin out again.....this time on guitar = a little better

Semi Pro aka Matt

Throwing Pots

I just wanted to post this video of me throwing a pot. I thought you might actually want to see me in action. Notice at the beginning of the video there is a ridge toward the bottom, which I raise to the top. That's how you make it taller. Let's just say.......She's got skills. Oh, and there isn't any sound on this video because I have an old school camera.



And here is a picture of the final product from that video. Notice how it is shorter than it was in the video. In my opinion it is a beautiful pitcher and I will add the handle next week.