Flowers!

Did I mention that Husband Man got me flowers the other day? He wanted to get them for me over finals week of last semester (to celebrate my last 18 credit semester!) but we were going to Utah right after finals so I wouldn't get to enjoy them. So he got them for me after we got back!

By the way- the flowers had a sticker that said "NOT EDIBLE" on them. That was weird. But also made sense, because they have dye in them so that they turn colors.

Easter was really fun! In the last post I told you we took pictures, (and if you want to see a goofy movie of us you can go to the sister blog,) and I got to see all of my family and Husband Man's parents too!

And I got my Easter basket from my mommy! Only one of the boxes of peeps came in the basket, though- the rest came from other people who were given peeps and they don't like them. Husband Man eats them, though. I don't like that they put granulated sugar on the outside- blech. No peeps for me.

In other news, I'm watching a few plants for a couple of friends. The cactus belongs to one gal, and the orchid and the bush belong to another. I'm not sure why they asked me to because if I inherited my mom's green thumb then I haven't discovered it yet!
But... at the same time I'm thinking of getting a plant for myself! Hm....
I'm not sure if the plant from last year will grow again, but the irises by the steps are coming up. Hopefully they put out flowers soon!

This semester is going well so far... to be honest, I really just want to be done with school! I'm so sick of it! I honestly don't think I'll be like those people who graduate and then say, "Well now I miss it!" I'll be super excited to be graduated.

Husband Man's older sister and her family are visiting this weekend and I'm so happy! I love it when family visits!! Woohoo!!

Semester "Spring" Break

Good-byyyyye 18 credit semesters! Bahahaha! I gave them to Husband Man, so while he takes 18 credits, I'm going to take a leisurely 14. I've already had issues with a couple of my classes, which is SO lame, but I'm going to get answers whether people want to give them to me or not! Take that!

Between semesters was pretty fun, though! Over Easter we went down to Utah, where my baby sister got her prom dress and where all three of us got together and partied it up!

One thing my parents wanted to do was to take a picture of us in our fancy dresses. My dad really likes this picture of us girls (as in he ADORES this photo) and we thought maybe we could do an updated version...

(The order in this picture is not the same as the little girl one, ps)

This is about how the entire thing went. Our eyes were closed, we were being goofy... hahaha!

 And of course posing by the trees got lame pretty quickly so we all ran for the playground!

 Ok, here's a serious one. Husband Man thought that I could take my wedding dress and do a shoot like this. The idea is that when Meema gets married that we'll do another shoot with her and I in our wedding dresses, and then eventually there will be all three of us in wedding dresses! Another updated version of us sisters!

 I LOVE MY MOMMY! This is one of my favorite pictures. I love my sisters so much! You can tell that we're all related, but we're all different and you can tell that too!

Seriously we had so much fun! My mommy brought me baked goodies and my Easter basket (although she said I have to keep it now... I cried a little) and I got to spend the weekend with them! We also saw my aunt and my grandpa (Mom's dad) and my uncles and it made me so happy!!

Husband Man and I stayed in Utah for another two days, and we went to SLC and walked around both of the malls and around the temple, and I got to go clothes shopping and get a few new shirts! And we went to A&W which was super tasty. And then we came home and he worked a bunch of night shifts... The only sad thing is that the semester starts tomorrow and I'm SO not looking forward to that.

I can't wait to see my family again next month!!

Happy Easter!

I'm so grateful for the resurrection of our dear Lord and Savior.

I'm also grateful for my parents and husband, who have thoroughly spoiled me this Easter.
And I'm grateful for the hot tub last night. It was glorious. No more classes for a week! Huzzah!

"Death and Transfiguration"

So I'm in the symphony orchestra on campus, and it's so awesome!! We've played some pretty awesome things in the past, like Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (which was cool for me because that was my second time playing it, but the first time on trumpet), Brahms Academic Overture, Hanson's Romantic Symphony (that one is one of my super-favorites!) Tchaikovsky's First Symphony... We've played a lot of really good literature.

Our first concert was normal- we played Borodin's Polovstian Dances and the overture to Prince Igor. Our second (set of) concerts was the Sacred Music Project.

But this last concert was the greatest of them all. We started by playing Brahms Tragic Overture, and that was really fun... there's so many great moments in that piece. We then finished the concert (it was a short one) with one of Richard Strauss's symphonic poems- namely, Death and Transfiguration.

It. Was. AWESOME!!

If you haven't heard this song, or any of Strauss's symphonic poems... you need to! Your life will be so much more complete after hearing it!! It has such a huge orchestration and the sound and the complexity... it's SO good!! And we played that concert darn well! That was the best brass section I've ever been part of in orchestra.

I'm so glad I'm a BA. I went to a trumpet recital last Saturday, and it really reaffirmed what I thought I already knew- I don't want to be a big solo performer. I really don't like solos as much as symphonies, and I never have. The bigger the ensemble, the better. I ADORE giant orchestras, and giant symphonic songs for giant orchestras.

Go listen to Strauss! Now! I command you!