Alaska - part one

Well, here I am in the "cold" part of the world. And, true to its reputation, it's snowed every day :) I'm having a nice a low-key time with my sister and the babies, and it has been so sweet to be with them again. Charlotte is ridiculously smart, and talks ALL the time. Taylor is just a darling rolly-polly fat baby, and I love her. Here are some pics of the girls:


We really haven't done much this trip, which has been so nice. My one big excitement (aside from Pammy and the babies of course) has been getting my hair cut today. It's really different and I'm not quite sure how I feel about it yet. I'll put pics up later.
We also saw a house burn down yesterday. It wasn't anyone Pam knew, but it was still horrible. It was her birthday and we got up early for the best latte I've ever had while we were on our way to watch the bald eagles being fed on the beach. We also watched the movie Enchanted, which is just ridiculous, and had to say goodbye to my mom and "second mother" Connie.
Pam and I grew up with Connie's family, and we both miss them all a lot. Our little sister Julie is getting married in May - which makes me feel SO old since I've known her since she was four! So, all of us are going to try to get out to Michigan for the wedding. There are a lot of people there that I haven't seen in years, and would love to catch up with.
Otherwise, I think my husband is doing OK without me. He had quite the exciting St. Paddy's day, but I'll leave that to him to share. :)
I'm really tired so I'll leave this as is, despite probably being really poorly written.
More later...

I do have a crush...

Here is the object of my affection... don't laugh:

We are going to see them in May.

Oh, and yes, Jeff approves. ;)

Could the nerdiness be any more blatant?

I had a moment of enlightenment the other night. I'll tell you the context: Jeff and I had gone to this hole in the wall little card shop called Ancient Wonders in Tualatin to play magic with a few friends. After several group games we decided that we would go up the street to Applebees to get some food. We ended up staying there for several hours with a bunch of people we'd never really met. There was one other girl there. Of the 10 of us 4 of the guys (including my husband of course) were coloring on the children's menu.
Yet in the midst of this I realized that I really liked these people. They were all very smart, quick witted and happened to enjoy a lot of the same things that I do. We were talking about sci-fi books, anime, magic of course, life experience etc. It amazed me that people who the world would look at and totally discount as having anything valuable to add are some of the most interesting people to spend time with. I never really had included myself in this group of "nerds" before, but I'll be damn sure that I'd rather spend time with them than arrogant people who refuse to see beyond the superficial. I had a really good time, and left really happy.
I would like to officially announce that I am thrilled to be a slightly weird, nerdy person who loves anime, sci-fi, magic the gathering, and video games! Bring it on.

P.S. I'll post some pictures the next time I go to the shop.