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For the record, Aaron has been warned. My mom told him I had a sixth sense about presents. Yes, I was the child that snooped for my presents around Christmas. My sister and I even had our own version of The Twelve Days of Christmas where each of the twelve days before Christmas we got to ask each other a question about the presents we were exchanging. Now I love the anticipation before the day arrives and trying to guess what my gift is, but if I find out before, it's somewhat of a let down because my anticipation for the surprise has been killed. As an adult I no longer snoop (although Aaron might argue), but I have developed a sort of sixth sense for knowing what I'm getting. For Christmas this year, Aaron and I went shopping together for our presents so we knew what we had gotten each other. The week before he became somewhat secretive and I became suspicious, but knew better than to pry. I woke up one morning and announced I was cleaning the basement. He asked if I was goin...

Born the day before me, Emily and I get to share our birthday parties, at least for a few more years My dad holding one of my two new pairs of boots. I needed two brown pairs, short ones for pants and tall ones for skirts : ) Now I just need to convince Aaron to get me a bigger closet. I'm picturing Em sharing a cake with me and sitting on my lap when she's 17. Might not work Blowing out the candles on our cake

Emily had her 4th birthday on March 13. She had a sleepover at her grandma's and then we had a party at Nana and Papa's to celebrate. She went on a treasure hunt to find one of her presents. This was her face when she saw her new bike!

Here's a little bit about us. Anica's answers are in orange and Aaron's are in purple. What's his/her name? Aaron John DeHart. I haven't come up with any good nicknames for him yet. Aaron's kind of hard and he doesn't ever do anything stupid so . . . Anica June Munsee Lang DeHart. That pretty much covers them all. Mommy is what she is known as around the DeHart household. How long have you been together? 1 year and 5 months. Married for 9 months. For a long time. Especially if you count from the time i had to start convincing her that we were together. How long did you date? We were engaged at 6 months and married at 8 months. Apparently not long enough because she didn't realize how poor i am. How old is he? He seemed so much more mature when we were dating, now that we're married he really acts like he's 24 : ) It works both ways, when we were dating, she seemed so youthful and fun but as soon as we got back from the old honeymoon she real...

Right now I'm reading The Brontes: A Life in Letters by Juliet Barker. For any of you who have read Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights. the authors Charlotte and Emily were sisters who grew up in a very talented family. They did not have very much by earthly means, but all of the siblings had active imaginations. This book is really interesting because it is a biography based on the letters written to correspondants throughout their lives. Most of the letters are written by Charlotte to friends and to her publisher. She and her sisters wrote under male aliases. I think it's neat that so much of their history was written through their letters. I find it a little sad that we don't correspond as much with letters. I always loved having pen pals when I was little and wrote to whoever would write back. I have kept almost all the letters I received and love the character shown through my friend's and family's handwriting.

For all the Emily fans out there, I have to tell a funny thing I overheard her say. She was sent to clean her room one night before we went to Aaron's basketball game and wasn't making much progress. She kept asking me to help her, which essentially means do it for her. I told her no and that she was big enough to clean it up by herself. As I walked in the other room I heard her sit on the floor with a big sigh and say, "Who am I kidding? My mom is right, I am a pain!"

As a Bachelor of Integrated Studies major, I have been working on my Capstone project. What this means is I have to tie my three areas of study (Art, English, and Telecommunications) into one big final project. Since I hope to work for a magazine one day, I have decided to create a magazine spread on women who have overcome obstacles and are now working towards an education to help fulfill their dreams. I am writing the stories of 4 different women, photographing them, and creating a design layout for the spread. I'm really excited for the finished product, but I will be even more excited when it is finished. : ) I am in the process of interviewing the women, and what a rewarding experience it has been! There are some amazing people out there with some very inspiring stories. When I complete this project, I plan on submitting it to a couple of different magazines for publishing considerations. I met with a beautiful woman today who was in the civil war in Sierra Leone, W...