Take a Hike

CAUSE WE DID!

ENGAGEMENT!

No, not mine silly! Josh Shelton, my very cool brother, is now officially engaged to, the also very cool, Amy Hall. Congrats! Applause! Throw the confetti! Yah! So, that's the last of my siblings for ya. They're all getting hitched. It all went down last weekend on their one year anniversary. Way to be, Josh! I love weddings and helping with planning. I'm sure it's much less stressful being the outsider looking in on all the action taking place, but we still get the excitement of it all! So plans are actually moving quite fast. They have the date (August 13) and the place (which sounds fabulous but I don't know where other than tri-cities).

Anyways, I'm busily preparing for tonights opening act. I'm using my killer cool sewing machine I got for Christmas (thanks mom!) to do some last minute alterations on my costume. The One Acts don't officially start until 8:00pm this Saturday night, but the dress rehersal is tonight and anyone can come for free. The rest of the dates are: February 25, 26 and March 2, 4, & 5. All the shows start at 8:00pm. I'll post pictures later with my fellow cast member and others in the show.

Little people

Isn't this little guys cute? I feel terrible that I haven't put him up on my blog already because he was born in September. He's quite a chunk and is getting bigger. This picture was taken at Christmas time. Tyler Lee Thompson

This is his older brother, Jake, who is six years old. Their mom is my first cousin, so that would make them my first-cousins-once-removed. They live in Bonners with us so I see them quite a bit. I even taught Jake how to crawl and walk!

Jake and me

Sugar, Hearts, and Chocolate

Happy Valentines Day to everyone out there. But especially my Valentine, Aaron Vizcarra. Yah! It will be 2 1/2 years that we have been dating at the end of this month. I got a nice package from my sweetie this week with lots of Little Debbies fresh from the bakery. My sweet tooth is just about rotted out from all the sugar I've had. I also got a box of chocolates from a very cute boy named, Justin (ok, so I guess I have to explain that he's a 2nd grader at the school that I work at). Such a cute kid. I actually got lots of little Valentines from the kids and it reminded me how much I loved our Valentines Day parties in elementary school.

In other news, me and some buddies (Carl and Andrew) hit up a hockey game last weekend in tri-cities. It was Canada vs. Wolfpack and sad to say the Canadians triumphed. But the good news is we got to ice skate for free after the game(sponsored by our very own ASWWC). Fun stuff! Man, those Olympic figure skaters make it look sooo eaaasy. Let me tell ya, it hurts! My feet and ankles were about dead out there.
And here's some more fun people we sat with at the hockey game: Chris, Miranda, Tyler, Erica and Alison (and there's Carl and Andrew again). Erika and Alison just got back from Guatemala and are going to be at WWC this next quarter. I just met them and they're very fun girls!

Czech gifts - THANKS!

Hey, Hey again. How cool is this stuff, huh? I recieved a package of goodies from a dear friend's students in the Czech Republic. How thoughtful. I have to say, that Em-Cat is full of good ideas. She gave her students an English assignment to write a letter to one of her friends for Christmas. From what I understand, a small something to send was optional, but most everyone brought something anyway. HOW NICE! Above (in my experimental, blue picture), I have a box of huge, thin, round waffers and a bar of chocolate from Veronika. I haven't seen anything like these waffers before. Aren't they cool looking? It looks like some royal signant ring stamp. They taste sweet and I surprise myself when I tell you that I haven't eaten them all! After all, they were addressed to myself and Aaron as were the chocolate. So, when he comes to visit in 3 weeks we'll chow down. Thanks Veronika! Oh, she also sent me a purple braclet. Very cool.

In the black and white picture I have all the letters I got, one Czech Christmas CD, and an apple Christmas ornament hanging from my right hand (it's kind of hidden). I had two other ornaments in my package, but they were glass and didn't quite make it. :( The language in the CD is quite humorous to me for some reason. I think it's because I picture Emily talking like that and I want to laugh!

An Amber/Leah Post

THESE ARE MY GIRLS! It was SUCH a surprise to see Amber and Leah two weekends ago. They drove from PUC (12 hours!) and Amber surprised me in the dorm. AH! SO NICE! So we strolled downtown Walla Walla and ate brunch at Ze Bagel. It's a great place to study and get a bagel and coffee. After that, Amber and I went to Bath-n-Body Works and I bought tons of stuff I didn't need because they were having a HUGE sale! I just think of it as backup gifts and if they last long enough, which they usually don't, I can give them for Christmas gifts, too. Good deals...Love 'em.

Speaking of good deals, I just bought this SUPER cool coat for $15. I absolutely love coats for some reason. Emily, I know you and your mom would have been very proud. You two are queens of good deal shopping.
As a side note: Good Luck SEAHAWKS! Even though I'm a Rams fan, I have to cheer for someone. They've never been to the big games so I pity them. :)

More New Years pictures...

A Billington Bash

Yes, again, yet again I am behind on blogging. This is a month old, but who cares anyway? Not I. You can pretty much tell by the pictures what we did. Played a little pong (which got a little roudy), some catch phrase, did the usual toast at midnight, and after that played Murder until 3am. Aaron and I were murderers for the last game and he tried to kill me! Can you believe that? There were tons of cool people there: Kelli Stout(she lives right across from me in the dorm), Aaron Hayes, Aaron Vizcarra, Brent Davis, Peter Lacey, James Pardee, Danelle Smith, Evan Kinnie, the Billington Family of course, Steve Morgan, Shane Schimke, Halli Younger, Devin Darrough and I probably forgot some people(sorry). It was a packed house!