And to begin. . .

Well, we've done it. We are now officially on the bandwagon. Something we usually try not to do since we pride ourselves on being "original"- at least until we find something we think is cool that everyone else has already discovered to be so. Oh well. :)
So, I'll give you a quick tour of the Badger Den.

There's Ryan- a history major at BYU who is the world's biggest kid at heart (who lives in a pineapple under the sea, Ryan? Come on, who is it?). He loves the rugged outdoors, but that comes second only to reading. One of his greatest goals is to someday own a book collection roughly the size of the Library of Congress, and suprisingly we just might make it, especially at the rate he's bringin' home the books lately. He's got about a year and a half left here in Provo and then (so far as our plans hold out) he'll be studying at Nebraska State. Apparently their Lewis and Clark/Western Expansion classes are pretty sweet.

The youngest of the Badgers is Reese, our up and coming daughter who will soon turn 1. Wow, that's a year that definitely flew by. At the moment she's tuckered out from a morning of playing at the park where she ate dirt and bark and a few blades of grass but somehow seemed all the happier for it, grinning at me through her dirt-smeared face. She's a little social butterfly that LOVES people- anyone at all (this excepting those of you who are her obvious favorites- you know who you are, wink wink). And lately she's learned how to scowl, which is a bit disconcerting for Ryan and I for two reasons. First, premature wrinkles on baby smooth skin is just plain sad, and second, no one should be made to feel that inferior by someone who isn't even one yet. :) But seriously, she's wonderful. I can't even imagine life without her, she just makes it all so much better, and we definitely laugh more than we ever did before she came along. Yes, yes, I definitely recommend having children. :)

Then there's me, Molly. Most everyone that knows me knows that I'm ridiculously into anything culinary. My latest fetish? Cupcakes. Who knew that such a wide world existed? I know I didn't until last week when I spent a few hours in Barnes and Noble trying to decide just which book(s) I would be taking home with me. Other passions include France- food, language, anything, as well as writing (which is why I'll probably be the one you hear from the most), and even though I'm not good at it, I find plants and flowers to be wonderful things. If I had a green thumb and could keep even one of them alive (our cactus doesn't count) I'm sure I would find them even more wonderful.

Hmmm.... I feel as though I'm rambling. I have to be honest and say that that is most likely what you're going to get reading this blog so if you can't handle that, if you really need to read things that go somewhere, from someone who gets straight to the point then this is probably not the place for you. I have to admit that the prospect of rambling has got me a little excited, because I believe that the poignant little somethings you find hidden in a pile of rambles are sometimes the best things you'll ever find.