babies, tears and chick flicks

Well not too much has been going on in the past few days.
we found out yesterday that Chris and Corrie are going to have a little girl! that is so exciting! i still can't believe that i am going to be an aunt! it's just insane! i can't wait!!
we talked to Eric online tonight (along with a couple of his buddies at casa g.) that was fun. i really miss him, i didn't know i would miss him this much. i know he misses all of us. he said so tonight. he said things have been a little hard lately, everything is so different there than it is here. it's so weird to think he is in a whole 'nother country and i am here in Texas. we have always been together, done the same things, known most of the same people, lived in the same house. and now he is just gone, having his own experiences and going places i can't even imagine. i know sooner or later things will get easier on everyone, it's just hard right now.
School started back on Monday, that's no fun. my choir concert is in one week, i don't know how good it's going to be, I'm hoping it'll be OK but theres no telling. I'm just glad that i didn't have to go out and buy a dress and stuff, thanks Nichole! lol. my spanish story is due with illustrations on Tuesday, that'll be interesting, i have to somehow find a bunch of cartoon pictures of seals that all look the same. how am i going to find those? i mean there aren't even any cartoon seals like ever. oh well i guess i'll figure something out, maybe I'll use a bear instead...hm mm....
Christmas is sneaking up on us! it's so crazy, it feels like summer just ended yesterday and yet so much has happened since then. wow time really flies. i don't know how in the world i am going to get all my shopping done in time. maybe i will just dedicate a day to shopping sometime soon!
So i went to go see enchanted on Sunday night, i am not sure exactly what i think about it. on one hand it was a typical love fantasy chick flick which i normally hate, but on the other hand it was kinda cute, i guess...nah i hated it! lol..i mean for someone who likes those kinds of movies i guess it would've been OK but i am not one of those people. lol...i never really have been. i watched hairspray the other day. ah i wanted to throw the remote at the TV. musicals bother me too. something about the fact that everyone in the whole city knows the dances and knows all the sings just really bothers me.
OK well i am officially sleepy and seeming as though i have to spend all day long at quo vadis tomorrow i should probably be getting to sleep. see you later!
~Ash~

Thank you for...

Sydni's note inspired me. i was sitting here thinking about all the things that i am thankful for and so i decided to write them down, or type them i guess (:I'm thankful firstly for God, who is with me no matter how stupid and messed up i am. I'm thankful for my parents who always love me no matter what. i am thankful for my siblings for being awesome, I'm glad that i can miss them instead of being glad that they are out of the house. i am thankful for sydni who sticks with me no matter how much i don't deserve her to. i am thankful for taryn for always being able to put a smile on my face. i'm thankful for jessica because she never fails to put someone into a good mood. i'm thankful for austin for being such an awesome friend to me through thick and thin. i'm thankful for Ginni for always being there when i need someone to listen to me without trying to tell me what to do. i'm thankful for aaron for being such an awesome "big brother" to me. i'm thankful for lauren. madi, aaron s., austin g, and elizabeth and all the other cedar ridge people for making me feel like i've known them foever even though it's only been about a month. i'm thankful for mrs. april for always opening her house up to me when i need a place to chill. and i am thankful for every single one of my friends even if i didn't mention them here cause i don't want to write a book, they all mean so much to me. i am thankful for warm beds, sundays at the tamez's house, night times, and saturdays. for my bible, my dog, hot chocolate, and a bookshelf full of books i want to read. thank you for cold weather, snow, chapstick, music for every occasion, big bear hugs, and hot chocolate on a cold winter night. i'm thankful for colorado, people who can make me laugh, a good movie, christmas lights, warm giant sweatshirts, and cold pizza. thank you for crackling fires, thick cozy socks, my cell phone, and dimples. i could go on and on but i think you get the picture. thank you God for giving me so many things to be thankful for!!

turkey and sweet potatoes

Well today is thanksgiving day. Probably the most uneventful Thanksgiving I have ever had. After sleeping until 2:15 today I didn't do much except put up the Christmas tree. I couldn't believe I let myself sleep that late, it made me very mad at myself. But oh well it's not like I would have been doing anything productive anyways.
Mom and I drove down to Ecie and Tom's house at about 4:30 and sat around watching football games and reading books, we ate, I got a stomach ache even though I barely ate anything and so I went to lay on the bed and read some more. That was nice.
I am excited to go home and put up the lights and ornaments on our tree and put our giant snowman on the front lawn. I love Christmas decorations. We got out all of our nutcrackers, we have probably about 20 of them. They are so cool. I love nutcrackers, they make me happy, along with everything anything and everything else that has to do with Christmas...lol
I miss Laurie and Mike allot. We talked to them a little while ago on speakerphone, they seem happy, but I am going to remain selfish and wish they were here with me this Christmas. I asked Mom today how much it would cost to fly them down here and she said, "About a thousand dollars," well there goes that idea ): I guess I will just have to fly down sometime...Ha ha that's funny.
We leave tomorrow for Huntsville to stay with my aunt and uncle at their lake house, which will be pretty fun, although I was hoping to be able to go shopping with Sydni before we left, oh well, things don't always work out the way I want them to.
We talked to Eric on the web cam last night. That was fun. He kept himself entertained the whole time by making faces into the camera. I miss him. I'm glad Chris and Corrie are going to be here this Christmas. I think that'll help make it not quite so hard. I wish he could somehow come up here for Christmas and then he could go back the next week, but I know that could never work. I'm kind of jealous of him actually cause he gets to be with the entire DeVries family for Christmas. No fair! I am excited about tomorrow cause I will probably be able to drive allot on the way to Huntsville. I can't wait till I have my licence. I get a car for almost exactly a month before Eric comes home to take it from me again :p Oh well, better than nothing. I'm going to learn how to drive the Hyundai soon, it's a stick shift so it's going to be very interesting to see how I do. Hopefully dad will have allot of patience...lol
OK well the bed/book are calling my name so i am going to depart for now. Goodbye.

well here goes nothing

I'm a little new to this whole blogging thing but I'm gonna give it a shot...
Well lately i have been a little bit depressed because of Eric leaving and stuff, it's been hard trying to get used to our home without him. it's so quiet around the house now, and as much as the noise he used to make bothered me, i miss it a whole lot.
i know i will get used to it eventually but it is going to take some time
i think it is starting to get better now that it has already actually happened instead of just sitting at home waiting for it to happen. i talked to him last night and so that was fun. he seems to be having a good time so far. i am so glad that he is letting god use him in this way. he sets such a good example for others to follow. i don't think he realizes how much of a role model he is for everyone he meets. I'm proud to be his sister (:
i have been trying to do things the past few days to get my mind off of it, i hung out at the walker's house for the past two days and then Sydni came to spend the night last night. but right now it's just me and mom and i don't know what to do with myself. we got a breakaway magazine for Eric in the mail yesterday. it made mom and i sad, I'm going to read it just so it doesn't go to waste. lol.
my grandparents and aunt and uncle from Arizona are coming over tonight to watch basketball and eat pizza, something tells me i will be reading allot tonight. lol.
I'm excited about tomorrow, mom and i are going to get out all the Christmas decorations, we put up the walker's tree the other night, it made me so happy. i love this time of ear so much. it never fails to make me happy. although this year will be strange to have Christmas without my brother. Chris and corrie are coming down, ii wish Laurie and mike could but they live too far away. i wish they would move down to Dallas. i miss them so so much.
i have been walking around the house today trying to figure out what to do, i think i am going to watch a movie and fill out these forms that i can send to collages to get information about them. man i am starting to think about collage. now that's freaky.
OK i am going to go now. goodbye.
~Ashley~