Finals

Well today I took my finals. I was SO nervous!! I got started around 3:36 and had 2 hours to finish 2 tests. With a 15 min break between each one. As I started I felt like I was going to get it done sooner then the 2 hour mark. After I read the tests I wasn't so sure. I got the the first test okay but, when it came time to start the second test I was trying to find the answer's in the wrong book. :) Once I realized what I had done I rushed to finish the test. I was so frustrated at myself for making that mistake. I had wasted time trying to find the answer's in the wrong book! Well once I was finished I was a bundle of nerves. Now the wait to see how I did. After I finished I headed to our meeting hall to help with the meal April was doing. Yummy Chicken Salad sandwiches with fruit salsa and chips. Dessert was very good chocolate chip cookies. It was sing night but April didn't want to take the boys since it was going to be at the Bradley's house. With the boys being sick so much right now it wouldn't be good. So she came over to our house. :) I'm just hoping that I get a good grade on my finals!!! Daddy's in CA right now so we are praying for him while he's there. That everything will go smooth and someone will quit being a pain. 

Busy Week

 

Well I have been pretty busy this week. Monday I worked a half day for the PE teacher @ Meghan's school. Then Tuesday & Wednesday I worked for one of the Special Education teacher's at Meg's school. Thursday & Friday was the 5th grade overnight field trip to Camp Carter. I went with Meghan and had a blast!! We got to do a lot of outdoor stuff. (i.e: Hiking, Horseback Riding, Canoeing, Aquatic Study, Archery, Skits, Getting Burned, :) and lots of other fun things.) 

Then today we met Shawn, April, Ethan, and the boys at the Fort Worth Zoo. It was sooo cute watching the older 2 boys run from one animal to the next. Logan was interested in EVERYTHING he saw! We packed a lunch so we could eat while we were at the zoo. The boys couldn't wait to get back to the animals. Oh and the piggyback ride thru the zoo. We had a fun day as always. 

This next week doesn't seem like it will slow down anymore then last week. I have to take finals this week plus work so it will make it more fun. :) Oh well that's life.

Brittney

SPRING BREAK!!!

I know for most people Spring Break is a time to rest up, I seem to keep going no matter what time it is. I have enjoyed keeping busy, but slowing down at the same time. Monday I went with the Tarwater's down to the river for the day and had a BLAST!! We ended up going back to their house and my family came over for dinner. We had Sausage w/ Corn Tortillas, Watermelon, and Corn on the cob. It was sooo good after being outside all day. Tuesday was a kinda bad day. I didn't feel like eating healthy so, I had a lot of junk food and then went and got Panda Express for dinner instead of cooking something. So yeah I was lazy. Today Parker, Meghan, and I went to the BRICK for swim class and had a good time. We came home and I got started on my last test before finals, after eating lunch. I was excited about the grade I got since it's a timed test. I'm not sure what we are doing tomorrow but I'm sure we'll think of something. :)
It seems like this week has just flown by, as always.
Hope everyone has had a good week and that you are enjoying the break.

Brittney

Back To The Real Life.

Well I'm back... I must say even though I was dreading going to Switzerland it wasn't that bad.  The Lanes and I left DFW at 5:45pm and flew all night over the ocean. At 10am we were landing in Spain. So yeah a long flight. Some of the flight I slept thru but the majority of the flight I was awake. The guy next to me had his work spread out in the seat between with the light on. So it made it way harder to sleep that night.

We had a LONG layover in Madrid, Spain, about 7 hours which was awesome!! I had my first bus & metro ride while in Spain. Which I will say was kinda neat. It was kinda weird being underground and seeing everything zooming by though. We walked about 10 miles that day, I'm guessing. When we got back to the airport we had enough time to get something to eat before getting back on the plane. From Madrid to Zurich it was probably about 3 hours. So it was really late when we landed.
We took the shuttle bus to the hotel and checked in. I was feeling REALLY homesick already (PLUS overly tired.) so, I bought Internet access at the hotel so I could chat with my family. I wanted to do Skype, but for some reason in Europe it doesn't work. So I just chatted on Facebook with my Mom. When I got done chatting it was 4am. I still had to take a shower and so it was probably around 5 when I finally got into bed. 

We had made plans, when we checked in to meet at 8:30 in the lobby so we could get going to Wengen. So knowing that I had to sleep really fast! Well, I got up at 8 and headed down to the lobby expecting to see the Lanes already there waiting for me. I couldn't have been more wrong. :) I sat down in the lobby and waited for about 3 hours. Lucky for me there was a continental breakfast so I enjoyed the food and the Cappuccino machine. Once they came down we headed back to the airport to catch the train.

Well... one of MANY trains. I don't think it would have been so bad if it wasn't for ALL the bags. It got hard lugging the bags in and out of the trains. When we finally got to Wengen I for one was VERY happy. The Vogel's met us at the train station, and then it was UP to the house we went. We had a light snack then sat around and visited. 
When we woke up the next morning it was snowing!! It looked sooo pretty. That day we went down and walked the "main street" of Wengen. It was neat going into all the little shops and seeing all the different restaurants. The  ski school area was so cute to see. The kids were cute to watch.
The 20th Dany had a Hockey game so we went down to Keisen and saw the Vogel's house.

Rosemarie & Solame couldn't come with us because of the size of their car. So it was just Martin, Dany, Paul, Miriam, and I. While we were waiting for Dany to finish his game, we went and had dinner with a family the Vogel's met. When we were done, we went back to the Vogel's to wait for Dany.
On the 21st I got to go skiing for the first time. It was SO MUCH FUN!! I only fell a couple times and each time all I  could do was laugh. That night the ski school put on a show so we came back to the village after dinner to watch. As we were watching, Martin kept telling me to watch them so I would learn how to ski the right way. 
On the 22nd we went up to the Mannlichen. It was really windy up there!

The Vogel's went skiing and we continued on to Grindelwald. We shopped for a few hours, had lunch, and then went by train to Kleine Scheidegg. If I thought Mannlichen was windy it was worse in Kleine Scheidegg. We were 4,571ft. below the Top of Europe. So we were pretty high up. The next day we were heading back to Zurich to head home. We made a stop to see Martin's family. It was so nice to meet them. 

We got back to the hotel at around 10 and went right to sleep. The next morning it was back to the airport so we could fly home. We flew from Zurich to New York then from New York to Dallas. 

The flight out of New York was late because it got held in Dallas, so we got home a hour later then we were supposed to. It was SO nice to see my family when we got the the baggage claim area. I enjoyed my trip but it was nice to be home.    
       

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SWITZERLAND

Well I'm going out of the country soon. To be exact we leave in 19 days. I was given a opportunity to go with some friends of ours, and to be honest I wasn't sure about going. BUT my parents talked me into it. So now I'm going. I'm getting more excited as it gets closer but still kinda scared about going. We will be gone 7 days and so it's not a long trip which is probably a good thing. I have a chance to go skiing for the first time in my life but I'm not really sure I will do it. I will be at 6 weeks recovery time by the time we leave, but I'm not sure I want to risk it. One thing I do know it's going to be FREEZING!!! I know now that I really am a California girl. I don't like being cold. We have a couple awesome layovers. On the way there our layover is in Madrid, Spain and on our way back in New York. So that will be cool too!  Pray for me that I will be a good example and that I will have fun.

Brittney

Update

Well I had my last visit with the surgeon today. He said everything looks good, and released me to do my normal activities. I just still have to take it easy. He said to keep up watching what I eat. So that's nice to know.