Had to find a picture with Eve in it: )

New obsession...

Phil and I got Walle on dvd when school started two weeks ago and it is now our new obsession: ) We love Wallleeee and Eeeve: ) We watch it almost every day and when we don't watch it we are talking about it. It is such a cute movie. Which led me on to see Hello Dolly! which is also a really good movie. I highly recommend both movies: )

Christmas and the break

Since I haven't been very good at blogging the past couple of months I thought I would slowly start updating everything that has been happening and then go on with what is happening now. Here are some pictures from Christmas. This Christmas we were lucky enough to have a white Christmas for the first time in my life, it was so beautiful with the snow on the trees and on the roofs. The snow created many problems for the Portland and Salem areas, but it wasn't too bad at our house. It was named the arctic blast by all the news stations. The main problem that it created for me was that since I work seasonally at See's Candy I had many snow days with no work. It always ended up either the store was closed because of the weather or my parents would have to drive me. I ended up working only about 4 days which really didn't help with the whole making money over break: ( Other than that the break was good and the weather wasn't too bad. Back to Christmas...This was the best Christmas that I have had that I can remember, we decided as a family to just stay home this year and have Christmas at our house. On Christmas Eve Gramma, Netta, and Rod came to stay the night and then we opened presents on Christmas morning, Phil came out for lunch and then Phil and I went to see the movie the Spirit. It was so nice to not be on a schedule this year and have to be at certain places and certain times. It was relaxing. Another highlight was that we got a Wii for Christmas and guitar hero, it was such a blast to play with everyone involved. Gramma beat us all at bowling, Phil taught me how to golf, and it was just so fun to see everyone having fun and playing together. The last exciting note was that Phil got me a lensbaby for Christmas: ) I was so surprised, I love it: ) It has been a real learning process for me, but such fun to see what I can create with a slight tilt of the lens. He also got me Josh Groban Awake live dvd and Gilmore Girls season one which has been really fun to watch and gives me a nice get away from school. Thank you Phil: ) Overall it was a wonderful Christmas and the best one yet: )

Here are a few pictures from Christmas...

Dad opening his present from Gus with Gus's help: )

Gramma opening presents with her pretty new red robe on. 

Silly Gus wanted to be helpful so he started to help us open presents...pretty much the cutest and coolest thing ever. He was so cute and gently with each present: )

a day in the sun...

Today was Martin Luther King Jr. Day and there was no classes so Phil and I decided to spend the day at the beach. It was so beautiful and warm for the Oregon coast. It felt so nice to just spend the day hanging out at the beach climbing the big sand hill, take pictures, and walk on the beach without worrying about getting back to school or doing anything besides spend time with Phil and relax: ) Phil also took me to dinner at the Pelican which was so good: ) We each had a cup of clam chowder and then we shared snapper fish and chips that was caught by local dory fishermen. It was so so good:) Thank you Phil: ) Overall it was a wonderful day I got to do my favorite things; sleeping in, eating yummy food, taking pictures, going to the beach, and spending time with Phil: ) I also had my first white mocha at Starbucks and that was yummy too: )

I'll post some pictures of the day soon...