Random Pictures from the past year.

I finally got all the pictures off my camera from the past year and decided to put them on. I didn't get them on here in order but it's way to much work to try to switch them around on this stupid thing so just pretend. K?


This is a drunk bunny in the elevator on our cruise ship. We went on a cruise in May and stopped in Catalina. We went with our friends Brittany and Brady. More pictures from this trip further down.

This is last September to Bridal Veil Falls. By the time we got there is was too dark to see it. Those are the breaks. :)

Eric EARLY Christams morning showing some leg. We got up at 2:45 AM to open presents. Neither of us could sleep so we got up. No reason not to.

Lily was a good sport and got up with us too. Her present from Santa was a package of these mice. She loves them!

This was my cool toy from Eric. I got a Nintendo DS with Super Mario. It took me about a week to beat it. It took Eric about 2 days. I beat it first though.

This is Eric trying out his new mummy bag. With a grape I stuck up his nose because he couldn't move. Can you blame me?

The Crack in the Wall on our first backpacking trip together.

Coke World! Eric likes Coke and I like Eric. It works out. We stopped in Vegas on our way to California to get on our cruise ship.



Catalina Island. Getting some drinks from far away places. One was Sangria and the Orange one was from Russia and had Soviet Union stuff on it.... I don't understand either.

At the front of the boat with my root beer float sucker. YUM.




On the boat. Possibly in the club.

Ruby's Cafe at the end of the Huntington Beach Peir in Huntington Beach, CA. BEST FREAKING BROWNIE SUNDAY. Just FYI.





Yellowstone with the Keele family at the end of May. We saw 4 bears!

At a waterfall. I look fat in all my layers. But I'm not fat. A nurse at the health fair told me I'm not.





This is Luke with Eric. They were grooms men at their friend Weston's wedding in September.

My first pot roast! I'm such a good wife. Sometimes. Also in September I believe.

The Little Things

Ten little things that make me terribly happy:

1. The sound of flip flops on a summer night

2. When the audience in a movie theater claps at the end

3. Root Beer Popsicles you can split in half and share

4. Baby necks

5. Water Fights

6. Hot Chocolate + Wool Socks

7. Eating breakfast on the porch in the sun

8. My kitty following me around purring

9. Eric sneaking cookie dough

10. Getting the high score

Inspired by the rockstar diaries

I'm with the band.

Last night Eric played with his band at the Muse on University Ave. in Provo. As his wife, I got to be on the guest list and tell the guy making everyone pay $5 that I was with the band. I never thought that one day I would say but I love it! Eric is quite an amazing guitar player (according to people who would know) and he's so fun to watch! It's a very different kind of crowd and I think I got high just from standing next to people but the people watching was very interesting. There was this one guy with one of the bands (A total screamo band which I hate but you have to admire the talent.) and I think he was trying to mosh or something but he was kicking and throwing elbows and Eric had to stand in front of me for protection. He stayed away from Eric. Eric could kill a man. That guy was nuts. I wish I got a picture of him.
I only had my camera on my phone so the pictures aren't great but good times anways.

Can you see my ear plugs? An abolute must! A huge thanks to my mother-in-law for those!

Jumping

Ok, I see a lot of amazing videos come through my work email box but I HAD to share this. It's one of the most incredible things I've ever see!! It's a bit long but oh my heck! It's a big group of girls dancing with jump ropes meets gymnastics. So awesome!

http://soonereyo.blip.tv/#1826380



Follow the link. :)

Yeah I know the picture is strange but I like it in some way...

Life. Mine and Others.

So I've just read the most awesome blog ever. My friend Kalli showed it to me. This girl is living in NYC with her husband and she has the kind of life from a book. Seriously. She's working as some kind of stylist and just graduated from Julliard. Her husband is a Columbia University grad. They are most fashion forward couple on the plant and they do the funnest stuff! She also makes her own headbands and sells then and was featured in Glamour magazine. She gets all these ideas from magazines to decorate her apartment and such too. She's my age!

Seriously, I don't know if I'm motivated or just depressed. She is an over achiever. I want to be like that!

I've made a small list of things I would like to improve on so I don't feel so lame.

1. Get ready every morning including at least mascara.

2. Try to be more creative with my time.

3. Blog more often about random small things so I have a journal.

4. Play more.

and I totally stole one of her ideas...

She and her husband and trying to find the best burger in NYC so I asked Eric if he would like to do something similar in the state of Utah. I haven't seen him this excited since Christmas. :) I'm going to make a log and we are going to keep track of where we have been and rate the burgers with a 5 star rating system.

{p.s. If you would like to see her blog it's http://taza-and-husband.blogspot.com/}

I want a divorce (not from Eric)

I hope this doesn't offend anyone but I found some of it insightful and all of it hillarious. :)

I want a divorce
By John J. Wall


Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists, and Obama supporters, et al:

We have stuck together since the late 1950's, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know, we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but, sadly, this relationship has run its course. Our two ideological sides of America cannot, and will not ever agree on what is right, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile, chalk it up to irreconcilable differences, and go our own way.

Here is a model separation agreement:
Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that it should be relatively easy. Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.

We don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and the military. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore, and Rosie O'Donnell (you are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them).

We'll keep the capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart, and Wall Street. You can have your beloved homeless, homeboys, hippies, and illegal aliens. We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's, and rednecks. We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood .

You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us. You can have the peaceniks and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.

We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values... You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, and Shirley McClain. You can also have the U.N. But we will no longer be paying the bill.

We'll keep the SUVs, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon you can find.

You can give everyone healthcare, if you can find any practicing doctors. We'll continue to believe healthcare is a luxury and not a right. We'll keep The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the National Anthem. I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute Imagine, I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing, Kum Ba Ya, or We Are the World.

We'll practice trickle down economics, and you can give trickle up poverty your best shot. Since it often so offends you we'll keep our history, our name, and our flag.

Would you agree to this? If so please pass it along to other like minded liberal and conservative patriots, and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you ANWAR which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.



Sincerely, John J. Wall
Law Student and an American

P.S. Also, please take Barbra Streisand & Jane Fonda

Love Means Nothing in Tennis

This was our first Valentines that we've ever spent together and it was so great! Alas, I did not take any pictures but I'll do my best to describe it.
First, we slept in! Aw so nice. It had been a while. Then we headed out to Denny's for breakfast because we were both to lazy to cook anything. It was packed, by the way. I've never seen it so crowded! It was fun to sit together and wait though. I'm starting to really appreciate the times when we are forced to wait together because we just sit and hold hands and talk about nothing specific and it makes me feel reconnected every time. He really is my best friend.
Anyway, after breakfast we helped my parents go pick up a fridge for their basement. Well, Eric helped. I went for the same reason my mom went; to look at furniture. After getting that safely installed in my parents basement, I went to get some groceries. I grabbed a bottle of sparkling cidar (which I don't love but it's still awesome for holidays) and when I got back Eric had everything all set up!
He pulled our mattress into our front room and set it up. He also lit all the candles he could find (poor guy, I'm always moving stuff to places he can't find it) and he had ordered chineese food! I love chinese!
He hooked up our laptop to the TV and we played classic nintendo games and then watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. (Well the last half, we started it the night before but we are getting old or something because we fall asleep before finishing anything.) It was like a slumber party! Anyway, it was exactly what Valentines should be in my opinion.
Thank you for a great day Honey Buns! Love you!

*note: Eric did get me See's chocolates but we couldn't resist and we ate them the night before. We each get half of every one so we can be sure to taste everything.