Dates of the Month: January

The second week of January, Matthew and I did not go on an official date. However, I had a fantastic SISTER DATE with two of my sisters at my apartment while Matthew studied and read at his parents' house. It was sooooo much fun. If you are wondering about how my sisters and I get along, just look at this picture.

Now sing "Sisters, sisters..."

We played this game:

The best part was when we narrowed the murder down to the three characters we were playing...

We watched this chick flick:

Oscar Wilde: The New Nicholas Sparks?

We ate this yummy food:

Serving size: Whatever size your stomach is

And we talked about these things:

BOYS

movies

books

food

BOYS

looks

family

BOYS

love

clothes

BOYS

relationships

TV

BOOOOOOOOOOOYS

It was very therapeutic. And gossipy. And girly. I love my sisters so much and can't believe they are old enough to be a young single adult ward already! They're both going to go to college this year as well, which is even crazier. On the plus side, if they go to BYU, we'll be more likely to run into each other and meet up for lunch and go out to movies and for ice cream together and squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For the third week of January, we opted for another group date, this time with Matthew's family, who took us out to eat with them at Golden Corral (Wasn't that nice of them?). Okay, okay, so it was actually all in honor of Matthew's youngest sister's birthday, but we definitely took advantage of the opportunity to scarf down free vittles and ignore school and celebrate with carrot cake and presents afterward at the family homestead.

Here's a picture of our drinks at the restaurant. Everyone got water except for ONE PERSON, who recklessly, luxuriously ordered a lemonade.

 

Can you guess who the guilty party was?
 

Here's a hint...

I am particularly jealous of this scarf that was one of the presents:

It's like a popsicle and a rainbow and a furry pet all in one!

For the last week of January, we guest-ushered for (and thus got to watch for free) Dance in Concert at BYU. Highlights of the evening were:

Me recognizing at least five of my students and a girl from a Spanish class over two years ago

Matthew recognizing two of his cousins

The trampoline in the first number

The second number called "Life is a Bench," with a lot of shenanigans involving moving around, under, on top of, and between two benches

Costumes from "Life is a Bench" - very Huck Finn

Making out with a really cute guy during intermission...

The final number, where everybody wore a short wig and bright clothes and walked around like they were Carmen Sandiego

Finishing the evening by watching Whose Line is it Anyway? and snuggling and ice cream.