we are really lucky to have a tennis court right by our apartment.

Madeleine Albright

On Monday, Evan and I had the wonderful opportunity to hear from Mrs. Albright. It was fantastic. what happened was that we were thinking that, while we are still on vacation (Evan doesn't start work for another two weeks), we should take advantage of some of the cool things about DC. One of the things we decided to do was try to get into some cool university lectures. Both Evan and I loved attending these at BYU, and I miss university life sometimes- all those great minds surrounding you etc. So we asked our friend David (who is in the Georgetown Masters of Foreign Service program) if he knew of any cool lectures going on and if we could get in to any of them.

Turned out David's boss Madeleine Albright happened to be speaking this week and he got us awesome front row seats. With our names on them and everything. I mention this part because I am always the one NOT sitting in the special seats.

I. LOVED. IT. We metro-ed over to Roslyn on the blue line (which is just one block from us) and then took the free shuttle bus to campus. The event was held here in Gaston Hall. Which was so pretty. I LOVE old buildings. I secretly wish I had grown up as one of the student characters from Dead Poet's Society.


The speech she gave was mostly about her new book titled "Read My Pins" containing her personal antidotes of her experiences as Secretary of State. Really great 20 minute talk. Then a 40 minute question/answer session that was equally enjoyable. I really love her. She makes me want to be more informed about international relations. To that end, we purchased one of her books called "Memo to the President Elect" which I am learning a lot from. I love the way she writes- at least in this book, she is very conversational. I am not the best reader, but this book, while very informative, is easy to follow. Great Day!

I want this whole thing. Except the dogs.

When I saw this picture in some online home design magazine somewhere I fell in LOVE. I want to be them. I don't really want dogs right now. But maybe I will change my mind. I LOVE the movie Marley and Me. Except it made me want an actual dog even less than I already did. But anyway- I love this picture.

Evan's Hair

I love Evan's hair. It's got this cute little wave thing going on. Pictures of him from when he's a little kid are funny because he didn't like his curly hair, so he would like PASTE is down to his head (PASTED DOWN BOWLCUT) to straiten it. He had a fro thing in High School. When we started dating, I started cutting his hair for him. This is something I like to do. In fact I had aspirations for hair school but my dad wouldn't let me. so I just cut my friends' and families' hair. Anyway- I learned to cut hair by going to the salon down the street when we lived in Holland and just watching. With his hair, I cut it on a sharp angle. This allows him to have a wavy longer hair cut instead of a supper curly one or a buzz. Another nice thing about his hair is that, since it's wavy, everything blends pretty well which means he never looks like he has a choppy haircut (unlike me at the moment who has to curl it everyday to hide the haircut-sad). I cut his hair two days before we got married. And took pictures.

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