February 13--Matt & His Drums.

February 12---Don't Die Papa

Nana & Papa came down to Newhall for dinner tonight. It's been a while since I've seen them so it was fun to have the family together (minus a couple very special people). Papa thought he was coming down with the flu so Landon & I thoughtfully made him promise not to die *He pinky promised*

February 11---Bubbles: Our Favorite.

February 10--- Prayer in Unlikely Places

As I was walking to my dorm parking lot today I found this spray painted on a fence next to my car. I thought it was really awesome to find this at my secular, non-religious school.

February 9---It Snows in Los Angeles?

This is what the last couple of days in LA have looked like...

If you know me at all then you might have guessed that I have had a GREAT last few days.

Today, Matt stayed home sick from school
so naturally I brought him some get well goodies
and enjoyed this wonderful hail storm with him and his mom.

click the photo to see a better view of the hail---it looked like it had just snowed :)

February 8---Words by Yandon...

Landon has trouble saying his L's so everything sounds yike dis....

-"yer having a sweepover?" (this gets asked everytime I come over)
-"I don't yike you" (I get told this when I don't give him candy)
-"Pwease pass me da pwate" (he asked that at dinner tonight)
-"yiddle fewwa" (translation: little fella)
-"Yogan" (Logan)
-"pway puzzles with meeee" (always)

My Other Favorites:
"Sad times fer you"
"yer a cattywompus"
"yer dust do a circle yike dis--den do a yine yike dis..." (describing how to make the letter Q)

February 7---Dancer, Dancer, Keep Your Feet in Time and Inside the Lines

Matt's best friends' band, Abigail, played at Holy Chaos tonight along with their idols, Confide.
Confide was my first ever live hardcore show and they have remained special to me for purely sappy & sentimental reasons--the night Matt & I started dating, 2 1/2 years ago, was the night he & his friends introduced me into the very foreign world of hardcore music/dancing via Confide show.

February 6---More Polaroid Action.

Because Polaroid film has been discontinued (and the Polaroid company has now officially gone out of business) I have been searching high and low for the best prices on the remainder of Polaroid 600 film.
I lucked out today and found a pack on ebay for a ridiculous price and I'm SO excited about it considering you can't get a pack of 10 for less than $25 now (before they were discontinued, a pack of 10 was about $13 or $16).

February 5---Birthday Boyfriend.

It was Matt's birthday today and his parents, friends & I put together a surprise bday dinner for him @ The Galley. Lucky for me, it was raining and the drive from northridge was more trafficy than usual & my boyfriend got to his surprise party before I did.

February 4---Ben.

While his sisters--dressed in their adorable pink & black leotards--attended day 1 of their ballet lessons; Ben & I intensively explored the playground in our jeans & sneakers.

February 3--- if only my life were a littttttle bit more interesting

I really wish I had something a bit more entertaining for you blog readers today.
BUT, since my day was spent in classes
and my evening was spent at Starbucks writing a paper...
this is all I got for ya.
Starbucks' new London Fog is kind of delicious however...

February 2---Quaker Kate's Cookies

This weekend Kate made DELICIOUS homemade oatmeal choc chip cookies and when I stole her secret recipe from the back of the Quaker Oats box, Logan and I put the recipe to good use.
It's spirit week at Logan's school and today's dress up theme was "career day". Since Logan went dressed as a housewife, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to put her future skills to work!

February 1--- Hellos & Goodbyes

Kate came home for the weekend to attend her grandparents 50th anniversary party.
Today she departed for San Fran once again.
This is our farewell photo.


After she left, I headed to my cousins' house.
My aunt sent us to the grocery store to pick up a few things for the Superbowl game. While we were shopping, a woman walked by, staring quite rudely at me. When she realized I noticed her gawking, she asked me if Austen (age 7) and Landon (age 4) are my children....

January 31---Reunion.

I had a reunion with one of my best friends from high school, Brandon.
It's been a few months since we've seen each other so we documented it with a polaroid.

January 30---Kate Takes Nail Painting Very Seriously...

I can't talk...I was sitting right beside her doing the exact same thing...

January 29---Peace & Homework.

January 28--- Thank Goodness for Manal's Frozen Bananas...

because I am very accident prone.

I managed to smack my face against the corner of a wooden bed post tonight and cut my lid up pretty well.
Thankfully no stitches were involved in this incident and thank goodness Manal had frozen bananas in our freezer to keep the array of colors, as well as the swelling down.

January 27--- i'm not a cat person, but.....

isn't Gato cute?

January 26---It's About Time...

Thanks to my wonderful Aunt and Uncle, the roommates and I FINALLY have a microwave.
yes, I think it was about time given that we've lived here for 4 months...

January 25.

January 24---Souplantation.

Jamie leaves tomorrow morning

so we headed to Souplantation
for a final meal and goodbye.

January 23--Just Another Night at the Bollenbachers....

Our night =

>Yummy new dinner thanks to Mama B, Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, & my enthusiasm.
>Burn After Reading with the fam.
>Mama B's green robe (that is only allowed on my blog if she isn't visible in it *top right*).
>Garr in "his chair".
>Our driveway parking lot.
>Geography homework.
>The household rules that follow Padre Miguel's bedtime *top left*.

January 22---(Too) Early Goodbyes.

We recently found out that due to personal circumstances, one of my very special roommates, Jamie, will be moving home for the semester come Sunday. We're all a little at odds with this new development but are trying to make the best of it by gorging ourselves in frozen yogurt on this very rainy day.

when it rains it pours.

January 21--- Breaking Ground @ PCS

Today, Kate & I attended the ground breaking at PCS for the new junior high building (for those of you who aren't familiar--Pasadena Christian School was our elementary/junior high school).

We were reunited with familiar faces from our elementary days & thanks to Mrs B, got all the reunions documented for your blogger's enjoyment!

Mrs. Farrar-Perkins
Bomb Diggity Jr. High Principle

Mrs. Cunningham
The Best 1st Grade teacher

Mrs. Bailey
Our Elementary Principle

Mrs. Avis
Third Grade Teacher's Aide

January 20--OBAMA morning.

What's nice about having class at 9:30 AM this semester (rather than 8:00) is that the roommates and I were able to wake up early and watch an extra hour of Obama's inauguration this morning!

How amazing is it that we (finally) have our first African American president?!