Merry Christmas!!!

Hello Everyone!! :)

I'm packing up to go to Alabama tomorrow morning very early and wanted to say Merry Christmas! I'll be uploading pictures of Christmas and my visit with the Kerstetters once I get back.

(: Paige :)

Grades and Christmas break!

Family at Evie's Dedication on Sunday!!

Good face. Ha!

Me and Mati when we went to the Singing Christmas Tree at Capitol Christian with Barbie last Friday. Before we stopped at Burger King and had to wear the hats :)

My cutie niece!!!! I think I'm in love :)


Hello :) Since so many of you have such a deep interest in my grades I thought I'd post them instead of having to let people hear through the grapevine!

Biology with a lab, C+
Public Communication, B
Beginnings, pass
Aerobics, A
Health, A
Philosophy B+
Exodus/Deuteronomy, C

So far Christmas break has been so relaxing! I've been able to catch up on sleep, and finally relax with no worries. I'm really looking forward to Christmas, then going to visit the Kerstetters!!! All to say, this is a very exciting month :)

Good luck on that last minute shopping!
Paige

Sick :(

group at Dom's

the girls before we went

suitemate kimberly and myself, and our awesome glasses 8)

girls on 4th floor

suitmates :)

twirl/jump amazingness

becca and me being.. becca and me :)

the beaaautiful elli (who reminds me of rebecca gafner!)


Hiii everyone :) Just wanted to give a little update. I am sick.. lame! It's the whole cold, stuffy, grossness that's going around here. I'd held out for so long not getting it! So now I'm sleeping a lot and trying to not let it get really bad.

Last night my friend Dom had a Christmas party at his house which was a lot of fun! It was so nice being in a HOUSE! I can't even tell you!! His mom made tooons of cookies and fudge and hot chocolate and we went and looked at Christmas lights. It was a nice break from being in the dorms all the time!

I'm really ready for this week to be over, and it to be Thursday at 3 when Megan and I drive back! Tomorrow I have a speech to give, my speech final, as well as my health final to email in. Tuesday is my Bio final which will be quite intense. Wednesday I have Exodus/Deuteronomy and Thursday I have Philosophy. All to say, I've got a busy week!

Ok, I need to get on stuff. Have a good week and I'll see most of you all SOON!!!

Finals...

Last weekend we went to downtown Pasadena for dinner (about 15 minutes away) and ate at Johnny Rockets. :)

At Johnny Rockets

Our pyrmid :)


BOO on finals! I know most of you have experienced this before, but they're HARD! So yeah, I'm spending so much time working and studying and trying to stay sane in the midst of the chaos of ending the semester! I'm SO looking forward to coming home!!! Can't wait to see the changes in Evie, especially now that she's smiling!
Hope you're all doing well! :)

Merry Christmas almost!!

Oh, and it's been really funny wearing a short sleve shirt and capris when it's December! Especially because Devin is in SNOW! Ha...

Love you all :)
Paige

Weekend fun and new hair :)

Hello! So Dad brought two of my friends and seniors in the youth group, Buck and Kelly, down for a preview weekend at my school. We had a fun time and Dad and I were able to hang out and have fun :) This picture is taken in the GAP store in a shopping center I'd never been to but LOVE called Victoria Gardens.



Also, earlier this week I got my hair cut, so this is my extremely happy face showing off the new hair :)



Today I have a paper to write on Skepticism. Tomorrow one to write on a passage in Deuteronomy (FUN! or not..) and then Tuesday I leave for ALABAMA at 5:30pm! I'm SO EXCITED!!!!!!! It seems like ages since I've seen Devin last! Even if it was just a month ago.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone! I'll post pictures of the trip when I get back!!!! :) :)

Donner Family Trip!

Hello! I had such a fun time this past weekend at Donner with the family! Barbie picked me up and we drove up. It was so nice being with everyone!! This week is going to FLY by! I'm so busy with a speech today, a bio test tomorrow, philosophy paper thrusday and an exodus/deuteronomy paper to do before Thanksgiving! So YES family, I do have homework! Every day!!! But who wants to post pictures of that?? :)

Ok, have a wonderful day everyone!

Birthday Festivities!

Just wanted to let you all know what’s been going on in my life!

Schools been going really well. It’s been interesting balancing the never ending social events and never ending schoolwork. This last week I had an ammmmazing birthday! Thank you all for the wonderful cards, presents, and amazing cookies (Barbie!) I got a beautiful necklace from Devin too. I’ll attach a picture. On Thursday, my actual birthday, I had such a fun and relaxing day. I woke up to my roomie singing happy birthday in her morning voice (always entertaining), got plenty of texts and calls, came back to my room after a few texts and my roomie had decorated the room with balloons and streamers. How nice! That night some friends and I went to Arcadia about 25 minutes away to Cheesecake Factory for dinner. SO fun! And once again, I was sang happy birthday.

Friday I worked, napped, and went to a dinner event for my dorm called My Tie. Everyone who went was all dress up and the guys wore ties. We all met in the lobby and the guys placed their ties in the middle and each girl had to take one then find their guy. We ended up driving in groups about 40 minutes outside to Universal Studios to the Buca di Peppo right outside on the City Walk. I sat at a table of about 20 people. It was pretty cool because I didn’t know anyone at my particular table so I was able to meet new friends. And once again, they sang happy birthday!

Saturday was BEACH DAY! A part of my hall (Fourth West) went to a beach in San Clemente and relaxed for the afternoon. The water was pretty cold but after running around it felt nice. I’ll attach a picture of that day too.

So overall I’ve had the most eventful weekend yet! It has been an amazingly fun birthday weekend and I’ve felt so much love. I am SO excited to go home this weekend and see the fam… and EVIE! Brooke’s been so wonderful about sending me videos and pictures I can watch and look at over and over.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Update!

Hello family & friends :)

So a little update on how I've been and what I've been doing! School has been going amazingly. I'm meeting a lot of quality friends and it really feels like home. I found a church today. It's called Glenkirk Presbyterian (sp?) Church and my suitemate Kimberly took me. I really, really liked it :) This picture is from outside the church. I loved the cross cut-out!! I guess it's a popular spot for wedding pictures.

The workload has been really tough lately. I'm just trying to get through this week and I think I'll be good :)

My birthday is on Thursday the 4th. Yey! I'm going out to dinner with some friends. Then on Saturday my hall is doing a beach day and a football game that night. The next weekend I'm driving home with some friends and will be able to visit and see little Evie who is getting so big!! :) :) :)
(theodgersfamily.blogspot.com for pics)

Devin and I are doing awesome. 51 days until Thanksgiving where I'm going out to Alabama! I couldn't be more excited :)

Alright, I've got so much going on. I'll try to update more frequently :) :) Love you guys so much. I never really knew how much I valued my family, church, home, dog! ha, until I don't get to be around it.

Evie's first bath:

http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/mrsodg/Photographer%20Preg%20Shots/?action=view¤t=f5f75b48.pbw


SHE IS TOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~:)

Day 3 with Evie!!!

Hi family and friends!!

Today was a busy, busy day for us! Evie got cleared to come home so at 3 I came over and relieved Mom. It took us a while to get cleared, finish packing up stuff, feed Evie.. etc. etc. Josh had went earlier and gotten the car seat professionally installed because it seemed loose and so he took Evie and made sure she was securely fastened. Brooke and I were walked out by a nurse and off we went!

We stopped by Raleys to get her perscriptions and some fresh fruit/veggies. Then the FOUR of us came home! I got to video Evie's first time in her new home :) OF COURSE we went through the garage first and she got to officially sit in the Bus Josh has so amazingly put together! Then we went inside and unpaked and got all settled. At about 5 Evie was ready for food so that started our whole routine again with pumping/feeding/taking pictures.

Brooke was really tired this afternoon. Hopefully she's already gone to bed for a good night's sleep. Mom came for the wooonderful dinner Mary Ellen made and was staying for the night. I'm going to be back there at 8 tomorrow morning so mom can come home to work.

I know all of you may laugh who have had a newborn around.. but MAN are they work! Ha. I guess I didn't realize the extent of everything!

I am so in love with this baby. Like... you have no idea! Especially since I have learned her temperment, what she likes (basically being snuggled and hearing Josh's voice), how to change her the fastest without getting a cry, her few expressions, her little chubby cheeks...

I don't want to go back to school! I would stay here forever just taking care of her. Buuut I guess that's Brooke's job and one day I can do that for myself :)

Alright.. I am SO tired! I'll hopefully update tomorrow after Day 4!!! :)

-Auntie Paige

Day 2 with Evie!!

She's doing great! I was able to take over for mom as she went home, showered and had a little nap. I played nurse and took care of Brooke and Evie the afternoon. SO amazing. I wish I could be here every day... in every moment of her life. But, I guess that's Brooke's job =D

And might I add... Brooke has been the BEST mother, laborer, tired person EVER! I have not heard ONE complaint other than discomfort, she says please an excessive amount and isn't demanding. WOW! i am so lucky to have such an amazing sister!

I'M AN AUNT!!!

Yes, that's right folks, Evelyn Paige Odgers, who we lovingly have nicknamed "Evie" (pronounced "E-V"), was born today, September 17th at 12:22pm. Weighing 7lb, 9oz and 19in long. Yes, even at 3 weeks early!!!

I made it to the hospital at about 12:30 pm in time to see Josh and the nurse wheeling her into the nursery. Then I got to go inside the room and hold Brooke's hand through some tough stiching =(

Brooke did AMAZING and from the moment I got there to tonight when I left she was joking, in good spirits, and even said she could do it again if she needed to. WOW! That sounds like a woman who had an epidural!!! ;) The pictures couldn't be cuter, and let's face it, that's what you all want to see!

I'll be in Sacramento until Sunday afternoon mostlikely.. so if you're here HOLLA at me and we can try to get together!!

Oh, and a big shout out to Liz Rice who graciously waited for me outside, cheered with me as I ran up, and brought me in at lightning speed! =)

A little update for you all...

So I haven't blogged because nothing amazing has really happened lately. School's been fun and the workload seems much more managable now that I've started it (you were right Jackie!!). Every day I feel more and more blessed to be at this awesome school and have seriously the BEST family and friends.

Oh, my friend Anna from home (who is leaving to go to Haiti for 9 months to work in an orphanage on THURSDAY!!) visited me and Megan this Friday-Saturday. When she comes back from Haiti she'll be enrolling in a university so she did a long weekend of visiting all her friends and checking out their colleges. Please please please be praying for her saftey! It's reported that 50 americans each year get kidnapped in Haiti.. and I'm not sure how many more go there!! Plus being blonde and blue eyed she sticks out like a sore thumb! So let's all pray for her protection =)

I can't think of what else to write. I got to get out last night and go shopping with Becca to get some jeans, etc. that I needed.

I can't wait to come home and see (most of) you!!! I have a feeling it's going to happen sooner than not!

For any Cosby Show fanatics you'll understand my reference to "push her out, pull her out, waaaaaaaaaaaaaay out!"

LOOOVE YOU!!

Paige

Week 1 down! Fourteen more to go!

Meg, me, roomie Becca
Before the dig-in!
Mmmmmmmm! Delicious! And I saved half for lunch today.
Being silly=)

So it's Saturday afternoon and I just finished compiling all of my syllabi from my classes and am hit with the reality of the amount of work I'm going to be doing!

I switched my Exodus/Deuteronomy class because it wasn't going to teach or challenge me enough and now I'm in one that's like bible bootcamp! Eek! I guess that's what I wanted!!!

My roommate has been so wonderful to be with. Having her here really makes the school feel even more like home. Today was the first day we did laundry.. and the first time I've used quarter machines to do laundry. It took FOREVER! But now I've got fresh clothes to put on =)

Last night Becca (my roommate), Megan and I went out in celebration of finishing our first week in college! We were about to go on the 210 freeway, missed the exit, and while going over the overpass to turn around saw every car STOPPED as far as the eye could see. Thank the LORD we did not get into that mess! I guess we can no longer abide by the "Oh it's seven, traffic's probably cleard" mentality! Instead we ended up going to BJ's Brewery and having a faaaaantastic meal, and of course, pazuki (sp?) ice cream & cookie dessert. YUMM!!!

Ok, now I have to go actually START this work I so carefully organized.

Love you bunches!

First day of class!

Hello all =)



My first day of offical school has been wonderful so far! I got to sleep in and go to chapel at 9:30. It was AMAZING! The gym was packed and worship couldn't have been any better. Our president Jon Wallace spoke and really had a powerful message about Romans 12:21. Check it out =) Then Corinne walked me to my next class, Health, which I really, really liked! Our teacher is really passionate about taking everything you learn and applying it to our lives. Our first assignment is to find out my family's health history (hint hint, someone wanna email me that info?) and we're going to use that information to better prepare ourselves to combat or prevent following the trends of whatever health issues there are. Ok, I'm going to go to lunch with Corinne then go to my Public Communication and Exodus/Deut. class. I abbreviate Deut. because I really have no idea how to spell it. Let's just be honest here =) Thought I'd keep with the tradition of the first day of school picture:



Love you all! Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Paige

Oh, and as for a major (answering Grandma's question) I'm labeled Undecided but I'm pretty sure I'm going to do Christian Ministries and then maybe Interior Design or Fitness/Nutrition or something like that =) Still not totally sure though.

Finishing Orientation weekend...

Relaxin' on the bed =) My bed and desk! It's so nice and fluffy!! Thanks mom and dad =) and Brooke and baby =)
Football game vs USD. We were HORRIBLE at first but ended losing by like 6. It was still a fun game =)
View of my room =)

So here are some more photos! I'm having a grrrrreat time! The fam left this morning which made me sad once they were gone. I'm ok though now. Actually, I'm really tired so I'm going to take a nap!
My friend Megan and I are going to go get some hair dye for her and a few things for myself then head over to a local church that has an evening service.
I got a job at the Cornerstone Cafe which is the coffee shop on the main campus (there are two a few blocks apart) which I start on Tuesday! Craziness..

Alrightie, love you all!
Paige