Skiing with the Fritz's

A couple of weeks ago, our family went skiing with the Fritz family. It was a fun day! :)

We started our day at Perkins for breakfast... YUM!

This is out of order.. but here we are towards the end of the day. Wesley's exhausted. :)

Me & Jessica

Funny Story: Phil convinced me to go down the "black diamond" with him.. I of course fell, but I survived. Later, I went again with Jessica. It was getting really icy out, and when I fell, I slid on my side almost the whole way down the hill. I just couldn't stop! Everyone on the ski lift was like, "Whoa! Look at that girl! She must've gone 150 yards!" :) Haha. I guess I was the entertainment for the people on the lift. :)

Benj, Holly, Amber & Luke. It was their first time, and they all loved it and did NOT want to leave!

Me & Wes

Amber & Luke were skiing buddies.

Mom & Jessica.

Aww.. Phil & Jessica skiing on their anniversary!

Wes was one amazing little skier. He just went flying down those hills!

My Family -- Don't we all look so lovely!? :P



It was a pretty nice day to go skiing. Nice and warm. :) But the bad thing was the snow wasn't the best, and then it started freezing and it got pretty icy.

It was still a lot of fun.

On the way home we stopped at Pizza Hut.

After that I was exhausted for some reason...

Aunt Dawn

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUNT DAWN!! You're one fabulous Aunt!

LOVE YA!!! :)

[I have so many pictures of you, but a lot of them you probably wouldn't approve of. :)]

School

*Sigh* Oh yes.... school.

If you asked me how my first day was, I probably said something like this:
"Pretty good! I think English is going to be really hard, and Accounting will be pretty easy."

Seriously, don't ask anyone how there first day was. Try there first week or there first test. :)
I found out you don't really know anything just after the first day.


I went to school yesterday pretty excited about the classes, and thinking "I can do this!"

After my Accounting class I was soo discouraged. I didn't understand hardly anything she lectured about, and it seemed like everyone else did. And what I did understand she explained multiple times. I didn't get what we had to do for homework either.

On break, I went into the library to try and figure all this stuff called homework. That's when I ran into Morgan(Schick)! I was soo excited to see a familiar face since I know like know one there! She took Accounting 120 last year and she's taking 121 this year. She answered a few questions for me, and explained the homework. Then we went to lunch together. :) It made my day. :)

Then I went to my English class which is a breeze compared to my other. :)


I am so not used to this homework thing. I woke up early because I just kept thinking, "I've got sooo much to do, and I don't know when I'm going to do it!" I think I'm going to have to stop scheduling things on the weekends.
I started reading my chapter today, and I THINK I'm actually getting it. Such a relief. But I might go to the lab just to make sure... :)


Well, I need to go read more of it, so wish me luck... and sorry if this was completely boring to you! :) I told ya I would keep you updated! :)

New Things

It's going to be a week with a few new things, that's for sure!

• Tuesday I start ICC. I know I've already mentioned it, but it seemed so far away then. Now it's in two days. I'm telling everyone I'm a little nervous, which I am..but I probably won't really get nervous until I can't find my classroom, or when I don't know what to do. Ok, I guess I'm making a bigger deal than it is. But still. It's my first time EVER going to school. Sad, I know. And intimidating. :)

• Wednesday is the first day of piano lessons for my two new students. :) I'm very excited to teach these kiddos what I know. (Which may not be enough...)

• Orchestra starts on Thursday. This isn't really new new, but it's a new semester. :) It actually started last Thursday, but I missed it. Anyways- I got the music beforehand, and we only have 8 long and extremely hard songs! I'm not quite sure when I'm going to find the time to work on it...

So not too many new things, but still...

I just hope it all goes well this week. :)

And don't worry. I'll keep ya posted. :D

Pfaffmann Christmas

Ok, here's my last Christmas post. :)

Pfaffmann Christmas was at Uncle Rob & Aunt Lily's. We usually do an all day thing, but since it was on Sunday, we just went over after church.
Siblings.

Em & Les

Charlie Robert was born December 22nd to Jake & Janell. We were surprised that this little 5 day old came to his first Christmas! :)

I'm not sure if I've ever held a baby that new...

Holly & Toby, Dad & Josh


I got a new piano book, and I got to sightread in front of everyone... :P

It was a great day as usual!!

Schick Christmas

The day after Christmas was the Schick Christmas at U. John & A. Jeanne's. We had a big brunch which was great as usual. I just wish my coffee cake would've turned out better....


I took lots of pictures:
I love these girls..

Adalai loves Luke

Some funny kiddos.

The clean-up crew. :)

Carson is adorable!

Uncle Scott & Tate

Cute girls.

Siblings. (minus U. Bill)

The photographers

Siblings with the spouses.


I loved all the snow we got that day. The kids went sledding in the afternoon.

That evening we went to the Big Schick Christmas at the Fellowship Hall. There was hardly any one there of our own Schick family. Adam & I were a little bored after the only entertainment, Adalai left. :)


Only one more Christmas to post about! :)

Christmas Day

Christmas Day we didn't have any plans- for the first time in my life. We've always had Schick Christmas on the day, but since Grandma's gone, they decided to change it. :(

We were invited to Uncle Tom & Aunt Carol's, because they weren't doing anything either. Lindsay & Jake & Morgan came, too.
The Mom's doing the dishes, as usual..

We played "Imaginiff.." Uncle Tom made up half of the choices... :)

Morgan, Linds & Me

Checking out the neat neat scrapbook Jessica made in memory of Uncle Ted.

Afterwards, Adam & I went to Uncle Scott and Aunt Dawn's, where some more Schicks were hanging out. Jason taught these people above (+me :) how to play "Skump."

I spent the night, and Jenna, Jamie & I watched a Mary-Kate and Ashley movie for the first time in a long time. We used to looove them and were pretty much obsessed. But now when we watched one, we pretty much rolled our eyes and made fun of it. Ohhh, to be in Junior High again.. ;)


So, the day was different than our usual tradition, but it was still good. And what made it even better was the SNOW! :)

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was our own family Christmas. Hyde and Luke spent the night before, and we had a big brunch in the morning.

I'm totally out of it right now, and had a little trouble uploading these pictures. They're not in order. At all. Actually, they're pretty much in the opposite order that I wanted them to be.
To end the day, we played Cranium. Husband/Wife teams really aren't a good idea. :)

Mom made an AMAZING dinner. Prime Rib, Twice Baked Potatoe Casserole, Salad, Shrimp, Green Beans, Chocolate dessert, wine, and sparkling juice. :) I'm probably forgetting something..

Heidi(&Luke) gave me an ihome. It's so nice to wake up to music instead of a annoying beeeeeep. :)

Heidi & Luke figuring out their new laptop.

Family <3

Heidi made a really good, big brunch. That was also delicious. After we ate, we opened presents.

I made Mom a piano CD for Christmas. She had no idea... it was so fun to surprise her! I love her expression in this picture.

She's just always begged me to make her one!

Adam wanted a puppy for Christmas, so this is what he got :)

I think our own family Christmas is my favorite out of all of them. I love the traditions that we do.