DH

Dental Hygiene is my life. At one time it was show choir, another time it was boys. One time it was my best friends/roommates, another it was cooking. This time? It's dental hygiene, and let me tell you.. it's the most exhausting life I've had thus far. I started school a mere week and a half ago and I'm already sleep deprived and behind the game. I can't complain though, I feel SO cool every time I don my royal purple scrubs, put my hair up in a bun and put my "Ashley K. Dental Hygiene Student" name tag on. I can't help but fantasize when I'm a second year and get to sprinkle my wisdom on the scared/frantic first years. 

This last Saturday our whole program went to the Yankee Dental Convention in South Boston. It was AWESOME and so professional and I felt like the coolest/most special person on the earth. I realize I've only done a semester of Dental Hygiene thus far but my knowledge has grown exponentially and I seriously can't believe how much I already know. I start seeing Real Life PATIENTS a week from tomorrow. Of course Scott will be my first patient (even though he quite frequently asks "can't you practice on someone else first so you don't hurt me?" every time I say no... no I can't) I'm getting SO excited (and really nervous too). I can't believe I've already progressed this far that I'm really working on mouths. It's exhilarating to say the least. 

I LOVE the girls in my program. We hang out every day all day and it's the BEST! When we first started the program, the second years would always say "no one else really gets it except for us" and now I know why they say that because it's so completely true! Sure, Scott sees me stressed and overwhelmed but doesn't understand it all like my sweet girls. I'm so lucky to have met such wonderful people here. They are to good to me.
Anyways, there wasn't really a point to this post except to say that I love dental hygiene, I love my friends I've made, I love Boston, I love my teachers, I love teeth, and I love life. 
Love Ashley

NE Aquarium

Today was AWESOME!! We recently got library cards and figured out that with these said cards, we can get free admission to things around Boston! The BEST! Free is probably my favorite word. SO! Since I start school tomorrow, we thought we'd take advantage and we went to the New England Aquarium today! We took the train there which is always amusing and started on our quest. We:

pet sting rays!! this is scott. he was much more brave than i was (naturally) but i did manage to pet one or two.

saw jelly fish. i have an odd fascination with them. i think they are so beautiful and can't quite get it my brain that they're alive! you can see right through them, how are they even functioning?!! God's creations are truly truly amazing!

in front of the penguins! they were soo darling and hilarious. we watched them probably for a good 30-45 mins.

SEALS!! this little guy jumped up to take a picture for me! i love him, he was so funny/energetic.

incredible fish everywhere we looked!

the most gigantic sea turtle!!! we were like little kids following it around and laughing/pointing whenever it did anything.

it even came up right next to scott's face and looked in his eyes. it was the BEST!

a second round with the penguins of course.

and a second time with the seals too. this time the seal was squeeling at scott.

at the train station on our way home

All in all it was a FABULOUS day!! We're now home heating up soup and cuddling up in bed because.. it's freezing. It snowed last night. Just a side story real quick-- on Sunday we had the missionaries over to dinner and we didn't want it to be to cold for them (we rarely ever turn the heat on) so we got home from church and turned on the central heater (which we've never done before here) and guess what it told us... our apartment was LITERALLY 54 degrees. FIFTY-FOUR people!! Needless to say, we heated it up to 68 and it was glorious. Anyways, hope you had a fabulous day! Love you all!
Love The Keller Fam

Crafty

While I was home, mom and I indeed got crafty. Here's some of the crafts we did:

This is a valentine's door hanger. It's adorable and took loads of time puffy painting the little hearts all over the tree. Sadly, it was to big to even fit into my suitcase so, my door is bare and mom has two. 

 My baby quilt!! I got the fabric for this quilt literally like 2 years ago and it's just been sitting around. I'd work on it here and there when I would have free time but, over this break I finally finished it!! I love it. It's so beautiful and cheery &wonderful!

 I embroidered this pillow. I found the pattern online for free and it looked easy enough so I had a go at it. It was nice to have something to do while we watched cake shows at night and was simple enough to finish in a few days! It's a pillow, so I'll be stuffing it and sewing the seam up in the next few days. I love it and am so proud of it.

the back.

I'm now back at home with Scott. It's good to be back but, let's be honest, I miss the warm house, good food, shopping and attention but.. what can a girl do? School starts Wednesday so I better get my head in the game!! 

We went shopping yesterday at a new supermarket a little farther away from our house but boy was it worth it!!! The prices were AWESOME! I was going CRAZY all over those deals and we now have cupboards full of cans (hello food storage!) and a fridge stocked with yummy food. I was really hating shopping here because the prices are so outrageous but, Market Basket is where it's AT and my love for grocery shopping has returned. 

We went to the public library last night. Scott got Fodor's Travel Guide-Boston and New England. He's been making a list of things for us to do this summer and if any of it pans out, we're going to have an adventurous/wonderful/awesome summer!! I love living out here, there's so much to do and explore, it's the best!

Well, I must go. It's 1 pm and I still haven't eaten breakfast. Have a wonderful day!

Love The Keller Fam

last week

the last week or so we:

had homemade cafe rio-- everyone loved it of course.

played lottttttts of games

and ate lots and lots of yummy chocolate chip cookies

went to village inn for breakfast after yoga 

hung out in p.j.'s.... a lot.

took down the christmas decorations after yoga one morning

i turned TWENTY-THREE! that morning, i woke up to this beautiful sign ^^^ from my sweet husband. we then went to yoga where i couldn't do half the poses because i felt like throwing up. when we got home, i was NOT feeling good and took a long nap. we had planned on going out for chinese food for my birthday, but i ended up throwing up all night with the stomach flu. it wasn't the BEST birthday, but scott did make me the sweetest coupon book that i love so much &can't wait to use. he is the best. 

overall, it's been a fabulous trip so far! scott left yesterday which was sad, i wish he was still here. mom and i have been doing crafts &having fun without him though. i'm finally finishing the baby quilt i started like 2 years ago!!! all i have to do is the binding tomorrow and it will finally be d-o-n-e!! i love being home.. i'm kind of dreading going back to boston but, at least i can look forward to seeing scott :) i hope you're all having a fabulous day! love you!

love the keller fam