our new life together

since andrew has been in dallas for almost 2 weeks without me, this is what our nights now consist of: iChat. i finally finish this term of school on wednesday, so i will fly into Dallas on thursday! I can't wait.

yoohooo

hello? Remember us? well we are still alive and doin fine. We have been busy busy......

First of all, Andrew broke his nose and got pink eye. Not so fun.... the best part? the pink eye has lasted for almost 6 weeks. It is bewildering. Andrew has become Mr. Disinfectant. It is so funny. today he was wiping down the doorknobs, keys, remotes, everything in his backpack, his laptop, etc., and that was just what I saw out of my peripherals while doing homework. This is no doubt the DOUGLAS in him. ha ha!

The broken nose actually went more smoothly than we thought it might. There was no blood after it happened in his basketball game, but Andrew's nose was all skewed to the left. Brian got a picture that I will have to track down.....

then they set it with "what looked like the back of a butter knife", reported Andrew. They numbed him with needles and jacked it over til it was straight. Add a little surgical sponge and tape, and it was good as new. He had to wear the tape for almost a week, so everyone was drawn to his poor nose.

by the way. what do you think of his haircut? I am an aspiring barber...ha ha.

Anyway, it looks good now. my favorite thing is that now when he plays basketball, he has to wear this little baby:

So now we got his nose and eyes straightened out. what a relief.... not to mention his root canal a few months ago. Poor kid.

So guess what last week was? yeah yeah, Valentine's Day, President's Day, and THE PICKUPS' 6 MONTHS! ha ha. it is amazing how fast time flies.

For a celebration, we took a trip to Santa Barbara. It worked out good because I had a lacrosse tournament that weekend too! what a coincidence. ha ha.

So we left on Friday morning and flew with the team to LAX , and drove up to UCSB. what a drive it was. gotta love LA traffic. We had a game that night, 3 the next day, and then got to rest on Sunday. One more game on Monday morning and we were outta there. It was a really fun tournament and PERFECT weather. I was sad to leave the 70 degree sunny days. I did leave with a tan, but without a voice. Andrew calls me raspy. Andrew was invited to accompany the team whenever he wanted--they loved him. how could they not? Lacrosse trips always include lots of loud music, pizza, sore bodies, and more pizza. this tournament was no exception...

a little lacrosse in action, if it suits your fancy. #8 is yours truly.

When you are a middie (like me) you run , run, and run some more. i think that's why we can eat so much pizza :)

the team at the sunny Santa Barbara.

Happy Valentines Day!!!

we had such a fun trip. Andrew was such a good sport to ride around in a van with 20 girls for 4 days. He even managed to have some fun. the beach was so nice and I think

Andrew was the MVP in the beach ultimate frisbee game.

well well well.......

Andrew has had some good intramural basketball games and their team is just climbing the rankings. Tonight I told him to score a 3 and Mr. Obedient did as told, 5 seconds later...I was adding 3 points to their score. What a sweetheart. Also i have to say I'm a pretty good scorekeeper. But with the way they played tonight, it's an aerobic exercise. the end score was 65 to 34.... what a blowout.

This one's going in the photo album.

What sentence will you hear often in our house these days?

usually, something like this:

"Today, at preschool..."

No, we don't have children...but I do spend lots of time in the preschool. I have been working in the BYU preschool for a class this semester and it has been so fun. For the first time today a kid called me "Miss Meredith" instead of "hey teacher!". That's instant gratification, ha ha.

Since it's a block class, my time in the preschool is about to come to an end. It has been a lot of fun and I have learned a lot about teaching.

See ya later alligator.

playing catch up

oops. i'm a little late, but I found lots of pictures I've never posted from last semester.

in october, we went to go visit the Seables right in time for Marcia's birthday.

we had so much fun visiting and playing with the kids.

jake rode with us in the truck. he is so cute.

jake playing air guitar

jake flexing

Aaron and Marci made the best pizza for us...

In November, we took a short trip to November for Andrew's interview with Ernst & Young. I got to hang with the in-laws, and Andrew got to hang with the big corporate yoo-hoos. Here's a little view of the hotel they put us in in downtown Dallas (doesn't show how nice the hotel was) and then a picture of Andrew before he head out for his interview. Looks like a working man huh?

Also I have some of Andrew in his intramural football season. so fun! now its time for basketball...

touchdown. he averaged 2 per game, i think.

the funny thing about flag football season is that Andrew's pants and shirts get ripped almost every game. seriously, we need a budget for new shorts and workout shirts during the seaon.

our happy holidays

our holidays were so fun. our top ten moments, in no particular order:

1. cutting down our own tree

2. gingerbread houses

3. snowmobiling

4. christmas at the cabin

5. rummikub

6. new years with doug and nancy

7. sherlock holmes (my favorite) and avatar (andrew's favorite)

8. family date

9. RockBand with Brian and the Pickups -- I can really pound the skins. ha ha

10. and, of course, presents (andrew has great taste, which means I'm lucky. and so do his parents!)

and I think Andrew would add on, Cowboys win their wildcard game --- that is, over the break. not today.

We are in a new semester and it is going well. I like many things about it, mostly that Andrew and I get to go on campus together pretty often and I have a class 12 hours a week in the BYU preschool which is so precious. Andrew is excited about his classes and had his first intramural game. they won. He is still in the elder's quorum presidency and plays basketball with the quorum too. I also started lacrosse and it is good to get back in shape.

as hiro nakamura would say....

yatta! i did it. made my very own background in photoshop. no more technical problems for this blog. ..... only took me forever.

this blog is currently experiencing technical difficulties......... sorry about the blank .

christmas decorations

yeah yeah yeah...... they're still up. The tree, stockings, wreaths, all of it. but, when you are faced with either leaving the decorations or having a blank wall in your family room (which takes up about 40% of our whole apartment) what's a girl to do? so i guess for now, the burlap stockings and christmas cheer will just have to work for january.