Plans For Christmas Break

I just got back in town after a long weekend in MD with KOTR.  I forgot my camera charger, so I didn't take any pics while I was there.  Major fail.  I had a wonderful time hanging out with KOTR and his cousins.  Now I'm just counting down the days until we see each other again! :-)

As y'all know from my lack of blogging this semester, I've been extremely busy.  Over Christmas break I don't have to do any work or schoolwork.  I have to start planning UNC Dance Marathon, but other than that I'm free!!  Since I've got so much time on my hands, I've compiled a "to-do" list to keep me occupied.

• Watch the last season of One Tree Hill.
• Work out at least 4 days a week.
• Skype with KOTR.
• Create policy manuals and volunteer schedules for UNC Dance Marathon.
• Plan a special outing for the next time KOTR comes to NC.
• Keep my blog updated!
• Begin invitation list for the wedding.
• Sleep in!!

We shall see how this goes!!

weekend.

It's been a little crazy this week, my papa's birthday cookout is tomorrow, so I came home for the weekend. My mom, dad, and sisters aren't home, right now they're in Atlanta playing basketball.  So it turns out that it's really great I came home...

My mom's mom was having severe arm and chest pain yesterday morning.  My uncle had to take her to the hospital [she's still there] and there's no one to sit with my papa.  My aunt is going to be going by to check on him periodically, so I'm going to be able to help with that.

So please keep my family in your thoughts this weekend.

On a more positive note, I nailed down a DJ for the wedding!  I have a feeling he's going to be great!

where did the weekend go?

as most of you know kotr came to visit this past weekend. it went by entirely too fast.
while he was here, we did a whole lot of nothing and it was wonderful.

he got here on thursday soon after i got out of class. earlier that morning i had started taco soup in the crock-pot so luckily we had something warm to eat [and it was quick and easy...always a plus]. i also somehow found enough courage to attempt making some cornbread. it turned out great, but then again, how hard is it to mess up a box of jiffy cornbread mix? i had a meeting i had to be at for DM, so we didn't get to eat until almost 9:00. for those of you that don't know me, the hours between 9:00 and 11:00 on thursday nights are sacred. if there is a new episode of grey's anatomy or private practice don't call me because i won't answer, and if you text me i'll more than likely wait until the commercial break to text you back. whether kotr likes to admit it or not, i've got him hooked on grey's, so as soon as we noticed we were cutting it so close to 9:00 we had the bright idea of slightly rearranging the kitchen table and the tv. i'm glad kotr was there bc the tv in our apartment is pretty heavy. he got it turned around and we were able to have dinner at the kitchen table and watch a new episode of grey's all at the same time!

on friday we had leftover taco soup, store-bought vday cupcakes and rented public enemies. it was pretty good, but i feel asleep wayyyyy before it was over [imagine that].

saturday we slept in and then drove to greensboro to watch stretch play volleyball. we went to supper with my family at ham's and let's just say that i won't be going back there anytime soon. the hostess ruined the whole experience, she was rude, loud and obnoxious. the service wasn't that great either...oh well. we came back to chapel hill and called it a night.

sunday, aka vday, possibly one of my least favorite days of the year. i'm just not big on doing elaborate things on valentine's day. kotr and i decided to have dinner and see a movie. we started out the night by swinging by the movie theater to pre-buy tickets for dear john. we ended up going to carino's and got great service [like good enough to make up for the night before]. like dummies we bought tickets for the 9:40 movie and we were done eating supper at 7:00. since it was a sunday the mall was already closed, so there was basically no where to go. eventually we ended up ordering dessert to-go from the cheesecake factory. kotr ordered a piece of blueberry cheesecake and i ordered the red velvet cheesecake. both of them were wonderful. since there was no where to go, we still had nearly an hour to waste before the movie started. so we had a little photo shoot in the car.





and the sad thing is...those were the only pictures we took all night! i really wish we had gotten someone in the restaurant to take our picture. we both looked so nice and we even matched! ...i guess there's always next year! :-) and as for dear john....wayyyyyyyyyyy better than public enemies, but i'm sure kotr would disagree.

also, check out what kotr gave me me for valentine's day:
they used to be his grandma's. the picture doesn't really even do them justice. they're the most pretty pink pearls i've ever seen!

thank you kotr for a great valentine's day. i love you and look forward to many more!

we've had ourselves a merry little christmas.

the past two days have been wonderful.

my family went to the christmas eve service at church last night. i was so happy we were able to go; i haven't been to my home church in quite a while. i've always like the service at our church on christmas eve. it's always a nice service that never fails to remind me why christmas is so important. the pastors read the christmas story, we sang a few christmas songs, and we listened to soem great special music.

after the service we headed to my grandparent's house. not only were we celebrating christmas eve, but we were also celebrating my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary. what a milestone!

The 3 K Girls and our cousins S and T

miss priss showing off the great cross necklace all 3 of us got from S and T's family

and then of course it was christmas day.......

i'm lucky that when i come home i live in a house full of teenagers and people that like to sleep, so i didn't have to wake up until almost 10:00 this morning!

miss priss opening "santa" gifts

stretch opening "santa" gifts

and me opening my "santa" gifts

the 3 k girls couldn't have asked for a better christmas.

we got everything we could have ever wanted and more!

Merry Christmas from the 3 K Girls!

home for the holidays!

...well at least for a little while.

although i've really enjoyed the winter wonderland, it almost messed up my holiday with the folks! i left school for the semester and headed to the beach for a couple of days. i was lucky enough to be able to go to the christmas luncheon the law office from the summer was having. we had lunch at travinia...it was great! i was so excited to see all of the ladies from the office, it was nice to be able to discuss being behind on our christmas shopping and reflecting on how quickly 2009 has passed. i was also able to work at medieval times on saturday night.

the winter storm left the roads at home slick, so my dad didn't want me driving home until it was safe.

the thought of me being alone the week of christmas really upset king of the road. he even offered to go out of his way to take me home [so sweet!] as he was headed to maryland. luckily the roads cleared up enough and i was able to head home on sunday morning.

this is what i came home to:

home.

my sister, stretch.

my sister, miss priss.

as you can see, we had quite a bit of snow! i can't ever remember having this much...and amazingly enough a lot of it is still here. sadly, billy bob the snowman is melting :-(

i guess stretch and miss priss will have to pray for more snow to recreate him.

king of the road has been in maryland for the past few days, and i'm so excited because he's coming to my hometown on saturday night!!! we both have to work at medieval times on sunday, but we're planning on coming back and watching stretch play basketball. it should be a very exciting week next week!

also, my family has an eventful few days coming up!

• tomorrow my mom and i are headed to independence, va to have our hair done. my hair has been past my shoulders for a few months now and that's definitely a record for me. i'm thinking i'll have at least a couple inches taken off tomorrow....but we shall see!!
• christmas eve we are going to a short church service and having supper and exchanging gifts with my mom's side of the family
• christmas day we'll be busy opening presents from one another and then i'm sure mom will make us take the christmas tree down :-(
• the day after christmas we're heading to charlotte for carolina's bowl game. my dad does business with a company that has a box suite in bank of america stadium and the company's representative was kind enough to give us tickets for the second year in a row!

on top of it all, my sister's have basketball and volleyball practice pretty much every day. i've been able to take them to their practices, but it's been tough! i have no idea how my parents do it! their practice times are always changing and i can't seem to keep the schedules straight.

i'm starting to think that spring semester needs to hurry up and get here so i can have a break!