Hello, World!

Today, a very nice man from Comcast came by and gave us a few TV channels and very fast internet! I am so excited to not have to use Baden's iPhone when I want to check my email at home - I can use my real computer! And here are the pictures to prove it...

The beautiful modem and router.



Google at my fingertips.



The whole setup...



Why yes, that is As the World Turns on TV. Don't judge me, I'm just excited that it's not a DVD.



This is the face of a happy girl.

Carolina Basketball

So over Christmas break, Baden and I got to go to two Carolina games thanks to my wonderful Grandparents, Papa Fred and Grandma Jo. They were the games against Albany and Rutgers, both of which Carolina won. We were so grateful to go!

Baden is a Carolina fan, and I, you know, kind of like them too :). Since they weren't playing against MY team, I could cheer for them all the way. For the first game we were in my grandparents' normal seats, but for the second game there were so few people there, we asked a security guy if we could stand in the student section right behind Carolina's basket and he said yes! He just gave us some wristbands and we were in!

Even though it wasn't a very competitive game, it was still cool to be so close to the players. I mean, Ed Davis was practically sweating ON me! I'm sure we were on TV being right behind the basket and all, but nobody saw us.



During halftime of the first game we went to, they brought out players from the local Special Olympics to scrimmage on the court. It was awesome, and crowd was cheering just as loud for them as they were during the real game. Baden and I thought it was really cool.







Security is super tight in the time right after a game. We went down to the court to take a picture, which was fine, a lot of people were doing it. But when we were trying to get back to the stairs, I had to step slightly too far onto the court to dodge a little kid and a security guard yelled, "Get off the court please!" There's just no messing around with those guys.




We had a blast! Thank you so much Papa Fred and Grandma Jo!

The Jensens

The weekend before last, Baden and I had the privilage of attending the wedding of one of my best friends, Katie Randall, to a great man named Ricky Jensen. Katie was a bridesmaid for me and i got to be a bridesmaid for her. It was the first sealing Baden and I got to watch after our own and we both couldn't help but say how much nicer and less nerve racking it was to just watch!

Katie looked beautiful and insisted that, even in the cold January weather, her short-sleeved dress kept her warm during picture taking. Her photographer was the same amazing one that took my bridals (the more artsy type we took before the wedding you know?). There are already some great pictures of the wedding (including one with me looking like an idiot) on the photographers website: http://bmwphotographyblog.blogspot.com/

At the reception, I always seemed to be stuck behind a rather tall girl, so I only got some so-so pictures. But here they are anyways! The reception was held at a party site on the grounds of Mount Vernon. While we never got a view of the real Mount Vernon, it was still really pretty!
















Congratulations Katie and Ricky!

Children's Museum

The purpose of this post is just to show off my nieces. We went to the Greensboro Children's Museum near the end of Christmas break. It was total mayhem, but I got some good shots anyways!
























Okay, okay, that basically exhausts my pictures of nieces for a while. I guess I'll have to tell you about Baden and I for a while now. Shucks...

Ketchup

...To steal a title from a friend's blog. Oh, so much to talk about, so little energy/will to blog.

Here's the thing, as of right now, Baden and I are sans internet. We used to be able to sync up with an unsecured wireless account where we live, but now it is mysteriously gone. Sad, I know, but at least it's forcing us to get our own connection which will be about 10000% faster and more reliable. As for the next few days though, till it comes, we are still using the library and such places for their free internet. So, if I could have an excuse for not blogging, I think that's a pretty good one.

Since I am trying to catch up, let's start with Christmas and work our way forward with future posts.

Christmas in Greensboro was so so so much fun. I wrote about looking forward to it back in early October, and it did not disappoint! I got to introduce Baden to the Alton family ways with the madness of the Christmas Eve party, the magic of Christmas Day brunch, and even (gasp!) exchanging gifts! Baden got a really cool meat brander from my sister that you can personalize to say anything you want. He is really looking forward to making a steak for a friend of ours with "You Suck" branded into it.

We also gave gifts to each other. I got Baden some gift money to Amazon.com so he can get dress crocs. Yes, dress crocs. There will probably be a whole post on those alone coming up. Then, he got me an awesome bathrobe (that I really wanted) and some iTunes money. Basically, our first Christmas as a married couple was really sweet!

















Is my niece a freakin' Cabbage Patch Kid or what?



More to come soon!

Picture Parade

Here is a mash up of pictures from the last few months. There's some from the murder mystery dinner (where I ended up as the murderer), the time Jenna made Katie look like a MOVIE STAR, the time we were all sad, cold, and wet at the lacrosse tournament in Boone, and Baden being sad to take off a Snuggie. Enjoy.

It's been a while...

Hello old friends! All...eh, 5 maybe.. of you that read this blog :). In some ways I feel like a lot has happened, and that not much has happened since the last time I posted. So we are going to go back to my old habit of bullet points!

-We've moved! We got an apartment in a complex called Treemont here in Buena Vista. We are extremel lucky to live to here because the rent is subsidized by the government and is based on your income. Basically, we have twice the space as our last place and only pay $144 a month. It's awesome.

-Baden is really liking his science classes and is doing well. He brought home two PERFECT SCORES from biology the other day!

-I quit my job at Joyful Spirit Cafe a couple weeks ago. The job hunt is going well, I have an interview with BB&T next week.

-Baden had his last Shenanigans show of the semester last week. It was a really good one and I can't tell you how many people come up to me afterwards and said, "Baden is BY FAR the funniest!"

-This is the last week of classes and next week is finals week. After that, we are both really looking forward to just hanging out with family and enjoying Christmas.

More random pictures to come soon!