Well, this post is going to be boring. I dont really have any pictures to put on here this time. The one i wanted to put on is of my sister and I at halloween of '89, but it wont' load. Oh well.

The weather here is insane. Right now, the ground is covered in white, but its not snow. Its ice and frozen rain. While walking to class today, it felt like someone was poking me on the head and in the face with little needles. Conveniently, Ball State sent a campus wide text message that all night classes had been cancelled precisely 3 minutes after my night class started. So, we had to stay for about half of it.

There really isnt much going on around these parts. Zaide has become completely obsessed with his mirrors, so that he wont come out of his cage if they are anywhere near it. I have to take the mirrors and hide them so he wont bite me. I think were going to wean him off of them. The behavior is probably due to his coming into "maturity", because he is also obsessed with dark spaces (for nesting, I think).

In about a month, we will be moving across town to a very cute house. Its also really cheap, so yay! Well, thats about all. Sorry its been a while.

Love,
Mallori and Nathaniel

SuperBowl!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are all doing well. Things are great here in Muncie. Nathaniel has recently gotten back from his 4 day trip to Pennsylvania to visit his Grandma and Aunt. He had a great time out there. I am continuing to forge through this semester of classes, and that's not too fun. Yesterday I spent the morning at the Justice Center in Muncie because I had Jury Duty. I didnt get chosen for the Jury box, but to be honest, it was all a very interesting experience. I learned so much about our Justice system, and I actually wish I would have been chosen. The case was Neglect of a Dependant resulting in bodily injury, which aparently is a class C felony. I wonder how it turned out.

Last sunday I went over to our Pastor's house (Kevin and Jill DuBois) for a superbowl party. It was a lot of fun, and I'm glas the Giants won (even though I'm not much of a football fan). Here is an adorable picture of Jill and Malachi.




This is a picture of my friends Michelle (front) and Rachel (back)



Kevin wouldnt let me take a good picture of him...



This is Jill and Heather



I put this picture on here because this is their cat, Grace. Mom and dad, you may remember this cat because shes the tiny little kitten that we found underneath the house a few summers ago. She is one of the most hilarious cats Ive ever met. When I took this picture, she had been chasing a tape measure all over the house.



well, thats all for now. Hope to hear from you all soon!

Just some Randomness

I know that it may seem like we post a lot of pictures and things of Zaide on here, but believe it or not, hes pretty much the most interesting thing in our lives right now.

Lately, things have been pretty calm. We may be moving soon, however, into a house across town that a friend of Nathaniel's family owns. She bought it for her nephew to live in while he was in college, and he has recently graduated and moved to florida. Its a cute little place, and it has a lot more room than we currently have. Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures of it soon.

I have recently purchased a set of Conga drums so that i can learn them for when Nathaniel and I start leading worship at Touch of Fire. We're pretty excited, but learning takes time, and I find myself trying really hard to be patient and learn it thoroughly. Nathaniel is doing great on his guitar, and we are beginning to build up a good repertoire of songs.

Other than that, nothing much is going on, and so I found these couple of funny pictures of Zaide to post in the meantime. I hope you enjoy them!

Zaide loves to play in the cupboard above the sink when I wash dishes, but sometimes he gets a little bit clumsy around the glasses.... (dont worry, i wash any glasses that he crawls around in)



I think you can probabyl figure out what this one is...
Yep, something spooked him into a flying frenzy, and he flew smack into the glass door. Their feathers naturally create water repellant powder, and it left an imprint of his wings and body. If you look closely, I believe you can even see an imprint of his little crest. I left this imprint on the window for a while because i thought it was so funny.




I hope you have enjoyed these pictures. We love you all!

Just a Quickie...

So, by popular demand, I am publishing this very short post because people have been asking to see this picture. It is a picture Ryin drew while staying at our place about a week ago. In case you can't read it, it says "By Ryin A." in the top left hand corner. Then, it says "I like to go to the park" after that. Keep in mind, that he did this all by himself. No one was helping him write or draw any of this, and we ended up finding it in his room later. After the sentence, you'll see two people standing in a box. The first one had what appears to be a "D" on top of it, and the other has an "R". Pay close attention to the large, triangular shaped beard and the moustache, plus the curly hair on top, and I think we can all figure out that that person is Nathaniel. Ryin calls him "Uncle Dafaniel" which is where the "D" came from I believe. I cannot decipher what is underneath the box except for Ryin's name.

Anyway, I thought this was adorable, and I think all of you will as well. We love you all!

What a Weekend!

So, obviously, I will not be able to post videos on here, since i have tried multiple times with different lengths of videos and nothing has worked. I really thought those last four would go through since i could preview them and they worked correctly. Oh well, we will just have to settle for the pictures until we get a new computer.

Well, what can i say about this weekend? It was quite interesting. On thursday, Nathaniel and I made yet another trip to our beloved Perfect North Slopes for another fun day on the slopes. The weather was PERFECT, as was the snow. It was the best day of the year for snowboarding so far this season. Here is a picture of us before we went:



And another:



And this is us after 5 straight hours of snowboarding:



Ok, not really. :) Actually, this was after 5 hours of snowboarding:



This is a pretty picture of the slopes at night. They were making snow at the time, which caused it to look a little foggy.




So, we picked up the boys (Ryin and Adan) for the weekend, expecting to have a lot of fun sledding and going to a new place called "Eatza Pizza" (which is kind of like chuckie cheese). Plans changed, however, when we got a real dose of Parenting 101. At 4a.m., Ryin came into our room and vomited all over the floor. The poor little guy was up all night making trips to the bathroom. Needless to say, we didnt go sledding. Even if we wanted to, the snow had melted by then anyway. We spent all of saturday trying to entertain them while staying home so Ryin could feel better. I must say, he was quite a trooper through the whole thing, and only complained once or twice. When we put them down at 8p.m. the next night, Ryin was asleep within minutes.

The rest of the weekend went much better. We took them to church with us in Greenwood, and they behaved pretty well during children's church. Then they had a great time playing games at Eatza Pizza- until it was time to leave, that is. Our next lesson of parenting was never to let the children choose their prize when you only have enough tickets for about 10% of the toys in the display case. They threw a royal fit because we couldnt get them what they really wanted. I ended up picking out some things, and once we got home, they were perfectly happy with what they got: 1 sun tattoo and 3 pieces of candy each.

The boys had a lot of fun playing on Nathaniel's video game chair. Here are a couple of pictures of them:






Well, I think thats all for now. Please Please Please leave your comments. I love reading them! Love you all!

For the Birds

Happy New Year! Well, obviously, since my last video attempt didnt work out, I am dedicating this post to Zaide via some recent videos I took of him. Hopefully these will work since they are much shorter than the last video i tried to put on. Everybody cross your fingers...

This is Zaide playing on the floor.


And this is him flipping his favorite mirror.


Thirdly, this is him sneezing at himself in the mirror. Notice how he throws his head just like we do. :)


Finally, this is his favortie game of peek-a-boo.


I hope these work! Happy New Year, everyone!
P.S. dont forget to leave your comments! I really enjoy reading them.

Merry Christmas!!

Merry christmas everyone! It has been a very interesting one for me. This morning, we went to nathaniel's coworkers' house for a yummy christmas breakfast of eggs, bacon, cinnamon rolls, muffins, and fruit. Nathaniel had to work at 1:00, so I have been spending the day doing a paint-by-number, cleaning, and relaxing. This past weekend, Nathaniel and I spent a couple of days with the Diener/Martens side of the family. It was a great time for family and relaxing. This first picture is (left to right) Kelli (my sister-in-law), Kazzye (Nathaniel's cousin's wife), and Kurt (Nathaniel's cousin). They have an ADORABLE Chiuahuah named Stella. I'm not a dog person, but she is the tiniest, sweetest, most adorable dog I've ever met. For some reason, I have fallen in love with her, so I got a couple of funny pictures of her. (I think if you gave her wings, she could be a bat) Lately, things have been a lot of fun. We have been enjoying the break from school by doing some of our favorite activities. We got another chance to go snowboarding, and this time, it was a lot better. It had been pretty warm, so the ice melted into a granular, spring-like snow (which is my favorite). We took some pictures and video, but there isnt much to see because its so far away. Hopefully, we will get some better ones to show, but until then, this is all we have. This is me on the ski lift. Fascinating, I know... This is Nathaniel snowboarding down one of the easier slopes. See if you can pick out which one he is.
Well, that's all for now. Keep checking back for more pictures and updates, and thanks for reading! We love you all!