Kill da Wabbit, kill da wabbit!

Just kidding. :) We're not actually killing rabbits... (if ya know what we mean). Christian was just thinking about Elmer Fudd one day and was singing this song, and he suddenly realized what he was saying. We thought it was funny. Here's the clip in case you have no idea what we're talking about with "kill da wabbit". Hooray for "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxiv3CBMS4M

Anyways, we were pretty boring this week, so we don't have a whole lot for you, but we'll give you what we can.

Christian had his concerto finals this week! He wasn't too happy with his performance, and didn't end up being selected for the "night of concertos" in March, but I am still very proud of him for even making it to the finals! :)

For work, Christian had training in Photoshop. They didn't do a lot of photoshopping stuff, it was just the basics. The second half of the class is this week, and they'll be doing more of actual photoshop. He still enjoyed it though.

On Friday after I got home from work at around 7:15, we were going to go to the temple. We got ready, got dressed, ate dinner, and headed up there around 7:50. We thought there was an 8:20 session, so we thought we were okay, and if not we were planning on doing initiatories. Come to find out, we walked up to the temple and saw that it said "closed" by the recommend desk. Augh! So instead of just going back home, we decided we'd make the most of our trip up there, and we sat in the waiting room for a while. We were planning on it being just a ponderous time where we could think quietly. But there were some people in there who started talking to us. There was one man who offered Christian a job doing beta testing for a program that he designed. Christian wasn't interested, but the man insisted on giving him a business card and told him to call him. We probably won't. There was also a very precocious boy about 12 years old who talked like he was 16. It was kind of funny seeing it, actually. He'll be a businessman when he grows up. He was telling us all about how he was going to be a video game programmer. How many little boys want to do that when they grow up, and how many of them actually end up doing it? Oh well... let him have his dream, right?

Tonight we went to Karisa and Jim Clemens' apartment to play Catan. Karisa is very pregnant and due in a couple of weeks. We're so excited for them and their new addition to the family. It was fun to play with them and get a perspective of where we'll be someday (who knows?). Almost everyone I know my age is either pregnant or has a baby. It's so fun to be able to see all the cute little babies all the time! And the mommies about to pop.

I forgot to mention in my last post that I finally have a calling! I am the ward choir pianist. And Christian is the choir director (awww!). So we can do our callings at the same time! The only problem with this situation is that if I'm playing at the piano, I can't sing in the choir. And we don't have very many people in our choir. Sometimes I try to sing from the piano, but it takes a certain level of concentration and I'm not sure that I'm quite that coordinated. We have about 8 or 9 people consistently in our choir, which isn't bad I guess. About 2 per section, sometimes 3 in one.

Our recipe this week is Tater Tot Casserole. Stop judging. It's actually good. Try it.

TATER TOT CASSEROLE

1 lb ground beef

1 can cream of mushroom

1 lb frozen tater tots

1 cup cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 350. Brown ground beef, drain, and spread in the bottom of a 9x9 baking dish. Spread the cream of mushroom over the ground beef, and cover the top with tater tots. Bake 30 min. Sprinkle cheese over the top, and bake until cheese is melted (not usually more than 5 min). It's pretty yummy, and kids will eat it. Usually.

Love you all!

Brit and Chris