First vAcation of 2010

We spent a couple of overnighters up in Bear Lake two weekends ago. It wasn't freezing but yowzer's it was cold. My sis & her family weren't able to come :(, but my brother's family and my parents came up with us. We hung out in our conzy condo, watched movies, played games, we took our four-wheeler down to the icy lake, and also did some rad tubing at the golf course. One night my dad shared a bunch of stories from his childhood-cherry bombs and messing with the neighbors, it opened him up so much more for me and I'll remember it forever. I can't wait to go back up, I'm thinking sometime in February after my birthday. I'm suprised at how fast time is already going, we're through with January; February is always so short (even though it's only lacking a couple of days) so before we know it spring will be here. This I'm happy for. But until then...if it's going to snow, just snow already so we can get it over with! If it were up to me it'd stop snowing now until next winter, but I know we need the water so let's get on with it!

The Beautiful catails

I'm standing on top of the lake right now!

Where the waves froze. It was so awesome.

Tubing with the little ones, Kin, Cam, & Code.

Jon and I on the tube.

My life, you electrify my life

Jon. I've never been the best at showing my appreciation, hence what I'm about to post. My husband is amazing. I met Jon when I was fifteen years old, we instantly gravitated towards one another and due to a circumstance became wonderful friends at first. It wasn't long after we were close that we realized what we had was much more than a friendship. Classicaly he gave me butterflies whenever I saw him and eventually this drove him to become my boyfriend. :) I can't say our relationship was easy, no one's is; but we always had so much fun together. Years rushed by and life for us changed, we got married and marriage didn't solve every problem we had either, but I truly feel it brought us closer to what we are meant to be for each other. We are again at a crossroads in our relationship and can't wait to become parents; I know Jon will be an incredible father once it's at that time in our lives. I want to dedicate this post to you, Jon, you are my light and my rock, you are everything in this world that I need you to be. My soulmate.

I love you.

I can't wait to indulge on the journey we will share together. The journey we call life.

p.s. We still have so much fun together.

Should it mean something to me?

So I need your opinion.
How serious should you take your dreams?

For example should I find any significance

in dreams I have about someone who has passed away?
I'm just interested in what you might have to say.
In the meantime here's a great quote for sharing:

"Happiness is only real when shared." -Christopher Johnson McCandless

Love Hollie Katina

Ma muse, ma mélodie, je t'aime.

I've never been one of those people who hates any one genre of music. Don't get me wrong there are tunes that I am not fond of, particularly rap. But even so, there are still some rap songs I will jive to. If someone were to ask me what style of music I prefer, I don't think I would honestly be able to answer. My love for music is not because of who's behind it, it's from what I hear. One must allow the words and especially the melody to enter your soul. There are times that I love the lyrics because of how I can relate and other times when the words make no sense but the melody is utter bliss. I do not play music and though I wish I did I am still an avid music lover. My hope is to one day learn how to play an acoustic guitar; a strum from those strings could make any female melt and feel helpless to whatever its operator's requests might be.

I'm offering a tribute to all the wonderful music that I love. My favorites fluctuate by week and mostly just by my mood. When I'm feeling melancholy I typically tend to lean more towards melody. Rogue Wave-Eyes, The Shins-Black Wave, DC4C-Tiny Vessels, Damien Rice-The Blower's Daughter, Jon Brion-Theme to name a few. When I'm ready to dance and sing along Lady GaGa is a recent favorite. Since I was about thirteen I've been a sucker for Blink 182, they have a special place in my heart and could do no wrong in my eyes. I am very affectionate towards my dinner music-a topic I'll have to touch base on in another blog. I promise.

The best thing about music is the ability it has to take you somewhere extroadinary. We've all experienced the feeling, for me it only lies in certain artists or songs. There are songs that can make me cry or ones that can make me smile and feel warm inside. It's incredible.

I feel priviledged to have such a fine tuned relationship with music. It's one I won't ever give up.

Music: je t'aime. I love you.