...And Then There Were 4

11/30/2008

11/29/2008

Our Freedom - to live and worship how we please.

The Restored Gospel on the earth - this knowledge brings so much happiness and joy eternal.

My Husband - what can I say? He's PERFECT for me!

My children - I love them more everyday. They teach me patience, humility, and love on a level I never would have known without them.

Food and Home - the abundance of healthy food the Lord always provides for us and for helping us to feel "at home" wherever we are, as long as we're together.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - to start the Christmas season off and make everything feel safe, happy, and care-free again...even if it is only in our little world.

Happy Thanksgiving!

11/24/2008

100 Things ...check back in a year and I will have 10 more in bold print

100 Things
Copy and paste it into your blog and then just bold the things you've done!

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own

11/22/2008

Extra Cheese to go with your Twilight, Ma'am?

{Barf}
TOTAL let-down! Bella and Charlie were pretty right on. Edward, yuck! I hated him in the previews but kept hearing how we'd love him by the end of the movie. Not so much. Waaaaaay over-acted. Alice was okay but horrible haircut. (I thought these vampires were supposed to be the most beautiful creatures and have eternity to find a haircut that works for them. This one didn't work for her.) Emmet and James were exactly what I had imagined. Jasper looked like a baaaaaaad wanna-be model. Like he belonged in the movie Zoolander Carlisle was just "ew!" And I could have probably dealt with the bad character choices had there been any amount of plot building or character building. No suspense, no love, no depth, no excitement. My Favorite part? The prom scene...by far. {sigh} I did want to be Bella at this moment...not gonna to lie. Oh well. I'll still go see the next one. ...Shauna?

Why I Love Utah

1. Family - yes Mom, you come before the cheap gas :) And I know I said I wouldn't take a picture of you. Well, I only got half of your head.
2. Cheap Gas!!!
3. The Majestic Mountains that will forever call out to me.
4. I get to play our grand Civil War-era Steinway

11/20/2008

Ignorance Really Must Be Bliss!

Because I sure as shootin' ain't feelin' any bliss.

11/12/2008

Have You Seen This?

Maybe my humor is sick. But there are just so many things that are wrong with this!

Holy Whale

And yet another reason I don't like the depth of the ocean. I can't see what's beneath me!

11/01/2008

We Did Our Part...

Did You?

10/30/2008

We Love the Seasons in Utah!

Porter's first real encounter with a pile of perfectly jumpable leaves...don't think he'll be coming out anytime soon.

Afton's first encounter...she was terrified.

So here's the aftermath from a burst eardrum...

not much to see but enough for me.

Poor girl. I did everything I was supposed to. She made it throught the first flight take-off and landing. Second flight take-off, and then on the descent she was nursing a bottle when it happened. I felt horrible.

10/26/2008

Can You Guess the Theme?

We celebrated Halloween at our church's Trunk or Treat. I like these events because they are safe and contained. We have games and such in the gymnasium, and then we head outside where everyone has decorated the trunk of their car for the kids to go "trunk or treat"ing. Luke was told he belongs on the cover of "Pirate's Magazine," arrrrrr...I agree.

So here are "Porter Pan and Aftonbell" up close. Bought the Pan outfit. Made all but the wings on Afton. :) Yeah, you read it right! You still can't see Afton's costume in it's full glory, so maybe I'll just stage another photo.

Fun at Point Lobos

Our friends, Rowdy and Diane, paid us a visit and we were fortunate enough to spend Friday evening and Saturday morning with them before they headed back to San Diego. We went to Point Lobos Saturday....(thanks for the suggestion, Shauna)

And this is what we did Friday :)

10/21/2008

Biking in Monterey

We've found our new favorite way to exercise and explore Monterey with the children!

(S.H.- you really need to break down and get a bike. Even if it's a banana seat with a basket and streamers :)

FHE with the Hollobaughs

The Porter, Owen, and Drew Monsters

Witchy Fingers w/ Monster Munch

Luke aptly named this "The Human Monster"

We had a fun, surprisingly relaxing evening carving pumpkins...don't have a good photo of the actual event but you can google "pumpkin carving with kids" and I'm sure we covered it:)