Walk, Walk - Waddle, Waddle

Boyd has been dreaming of this day for years

He Looooves Penguins 

He has this penguin named 32

Looks just like the one below. 

Took it to college with him. 

Ask one of his old roommates, they will tell you all about 32

The Cincinnati Zoo holds a Penguin Parade in the winter

You, yes, you can walk with the penguins!

Before the waddle waddle walk we got to visit with them

We can hardly contain our excitement!

It was also a big day for me as well. 

I HATE birds. 

They flutter in your face and can poop on you any second. 

I got a chance to hold a Kia bird. 

It took all my will power not to scream and flap my arms and run away from this thing. 

It wasn't so bad after all.  (and I didn't get pooped on)

Go to the Cincinnati zoo in the winter. It's a lot of fun!

Living in a van, down by the river

Have you ever watched the SNL sketch with Chris Farley where he is a motivational speaker who lives in a van down by the river? If you haven't, go google it. now. seriously. 

This year we felt a bit like our friend Matt Foley. With traveling so much around the country and having to be at hospitals in record time we spent many a nights sleeping in our car because we didn't have time to pull over to a real hotel and sleep for a full night. Plus, as students we have to  try to save some pennies as we go along our journey. Ever wonder why bums sleep in card board boxes? Because it's so much warmer! No joke. Our friends were moving and sent some boxes home with us from Texas in January. Boyd put them up in the windows to block the lights. Between the boxes and our hats, gloves, boots, jackets, and blankets we stayed warm the whole night. We have tried the same technique with sheets and pillowcases up in the widows. While not quite as effective as the boxes, they still had a fun tent feel to them. Like camping. . . . 

This is one of those moments I bet my parents are real proud of me (said with sarcasm) 

Ghettolicious!  

Christmas Catch Up

 Christmas Eve was filled with these cuties 

Josh got to play baby Jesus 

 Flo was a wise (wo)man bearing gifts of . . . tissues

Shepherds 

 Miss Heidi Lou got to be Mary 

 Alice, the Angel 

 Good ol' shepherds in their bath robes (I'm guessing Boyd is the manger)

New Bills family tradition: Jammies on Christmas Eve.
Wait, but in the Bills family you DO NOT open presents until Christmas morning!
Well, that rule was quickly broken

And then you have your other traditions,
like watching the Penguins of Madagascar Christmas special.
Until Grandma says it's time for dessert

Isaac was left all alone.
We thought he just didn't hear Grandma. So Boyd and I yelled his name and told him to go get dessert to which he replied "I already had a treat." What a good kid.
 

Christmas morning I woke up to:
the kids watching the Muppets Christmas Carrol

You know that excitement?
and you know your toes can't cross the line until certain thing happen like:
Aunt Allison taking your pictures
having to eat breakfast
and just point blank waiting for everybody else to get up.

Boyd got his Legos

And we both got these awesome poppers that shoot balls. Seriously so fun!
How old are we?

I got hair towels, which are quite possibly one of the best things know to woman kind

Boyd seriously spoiled me with this beautiful necklace and matching earrings  

We gave this gift to Kelly, who just happens to be a Pediatric GI Dr. ha ha ha

Christmas might have been a little too much fun, especially for Ginger puppy.

December Doings

In December we:  

Saw Wicked! 

 With some of our favorite people 

Went to a Monsters hockey game 

Went to a white elephant and dumped this on someone. (I thought it was funny) (so did they, luckily)

Made some ginger bread men with these cute girls

 Mine survived the massacre. 

(also did not pick up the chocolate chip, raisin, sprinkle disease that was so wide spread)

And we

Decorated our tree. With lots and lots and lots and lots of lights  

Boyd snapped this as I was running by. 

He said I looked photoshopped in 

Then he said he wanted to be photoshopped in too 

Thanks for being my model, always. 

 Smiles just like his mistletoad 

We finally got a hidden pickle for our tree this year. 

German tradition: Hidden pickle. Whoever finds it gets a treat. 

 ahh, I love decorating.

Notre Dame in November

 Way back in November, yup, it's been that long since I have update this blog, 

we went to the BYU vs. Notre Dame game. It was a ton of fun and we had a blast with our good friends. 

 Playing mexican train with these guys in our teeny tiny hotel room was a riot, Secretly knocking on the doors, and pictionary that included "ice, ice, baby"  are some of our fond memories. We had so much fun spending time with these guys and we sorely miss them.

 Look who we ran into! Some of our favorite people. 

 Did I mention that it was like below freezing cold? Well, it was so so so cold. I was seriously wearing 5 shirts, plus a jacket. Not to mention snow pants. I spent the whole game bundled up, watching through my tiny peaky hole.