Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Picasa Pics
If you're interested in seeing some recent pictures, I just posted some on our picasa site.
Learning is fun
Emmalynne's latest thing is anything that has to do with her mouth. She learned how to blow raspberries into the air and amazed herself with that for about a week. Then she figured out from that point, it wasn't too hard just add a little saliva and spit. It gets worse. It took her a bit to move to the next thing: slurping her spit back in! She spits, slurps it in, spits, slurps it in...etc. In addition she thinks its neat to blow air out of her mouth right around her two bottom teeth. Typically she gets this almost whistle sound. But yesterday she actually got a real whistle! She'll have to teach Carman how. The worst part of this whole spitting, slurping, whistling is that I cannot get it on video. Anytime I pull out the camera she forgets what she's doing and goes right into smiles. Well, either smiles or grunts demanding she get a turn to play with the camera. Someday I'm going to catch it on video and share it!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Nothing better to post
Once upon a long time ago my friend Tiffany put this on her blog. Recently I've been wanting to post something but can't think of anything. This made it easy. I tag anyone who wants to post on their blog but can't think of what to say.
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Nope, but I was named by my sister.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Its been awhile. It seems like a couple months.
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? No. I like girly handwritting but haven't been able to accomplish it.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Rotisserie chicken
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? No, just kid.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I guess it depends which other person I was. If I didn't like nice people, I wouldn't like me.
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? I try really hard not to.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No way.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Multi-grain cheerios.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Usually.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Blue Bell-any flavor but vanilla with strawberries.
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? If they're a boy or a girl. Except for this one person that I saw at the Provo DMV. Never did figure that out.
15. RED OR PINK? Red
16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My teeth.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Carman
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST? Yep
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Blue jeans. No shoes.
(there is no 20)
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The hum of the computer.
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? mahogany
23. FAVORITE SMELL: yummy dinner
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My brother Jason
25. DO YOU KNOW THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? It wasn't sent to me persay, but I know the person I borrowed it from. But if you were sending it out, would you actually send it to someone you didn't know?
26. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU LIKE TO WATCH? Pretty much any if its live.
27. HAIR COLOR? brown
28. EYE COLOR? I believe hazel is the term for greenish bluish brownish
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No. I used to wear glasses until I lost them.
30. FAVORITE FOOD? Currently it'd be fish (weird)
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings.
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? 1/2 of The Truman Show
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Blue
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
35. HUGS OR KISSES? If they're from Carman or Emmalynne, I'll take them both. Otherwise hugs will do sufficiently.
36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Cookies
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? The bored person within you
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? The way-too-busy, can't-believe-I'm-even-reading-this person.
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Just the scriptures.
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? McKesson
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Nothing
42. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Happy Emmalynne
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? earth
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Yes
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Cheyenne, WY
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Everybodys but Tiffany. I already read hers.
48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER? He was my super-duper home teacher in our BYU singles ward.
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Nope, but I was named by my sister.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Its been awhile. It seems like a couple months.
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? No. I like girly handwritting but haven't been able to accomplish it.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Rotisserie chicken
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? No, just kid.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I guess it depends which other person I was. If I didn't like nice people, I wouldn't like me.
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? I try really hard not to.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No way.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Multi-grain cheerios.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Usually.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Blue Bell-any flavor but vanilla with strawberries.
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? If they're a boy or a girl. Except for this one person that I saw at the Provo DMV. Never did figure that out.
15. RED OR PINK? Red
16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My teeth.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Carman
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST? Yep
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Blue jeans. No shoes.
(there is no 20)
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The hum of the computer.
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? mahogany
23. FAVORITE SMELL: yummy dinner
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My brother Jason
25. DO YOU KNOW THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? It wasn't sent to me persay, but I know the person I borrowed it from. But if you were sending it out, would you actually send it to someone you didn't know?
26. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU LIKE TO WATCH? Pretty much any if its live.
27. HAIR COLOR? brown
28. EYE COLOR? I believe hazel is the term for greenish bluish brownish
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No. I used to wear glasses until I lost them.
30. FAVORITE FOOD? Currently it'd be fish (weird)
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings.
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? 1/2 of The Truman Show
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Blue
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
35. HUGS OR KISSES? If they're from Carman or Emmalynne, I'll take them both. Otherwise hugs will do sufficiently.
36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Cookies
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? The bored person within you
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? The way-too-busy, can't-believe-I'm-even-reading-this person.
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Just the scriptures.
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? McKesson
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Nothing
42. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Happy Emmalynne
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? earth
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Yes
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Cheyenne, WY
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Everybodys but Tiffany. I already read hers.
48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER? He was my super-duper home teacher in our BYU singles ward.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Vacation Pictures
First stop: A&W's
Everybody loves rootbear.
Entering Georgia? Nope! This big peach is in South Carolina.
Atlanta Trip Pictures
What a long drive!! 
Uncle Jason even let Emmalynne chew on his watch later that night.
Striking family resemblance?
Here they are at the "aquarium."
Friday, March 6, 2009
Snowed in...
We've had a great couple of weeks. Last weekend was the most eventful. My brother Jason happened to be working out of Atlanta so Carman and I thought we'd take a little weekend trip to go see him. We were hoping to be able to go to the Atlanta temple but we weren't able to make it before the last session. Instead, we got there just in time for a few errands and dinner. We went to a Mexican restaurant that was really good. Emmalynne had a lemon. I was excited for the sour face and was disappointed that she never made one. I guess she thought it was just like an orange. Uncle Jason hadn't seen Emmalynne since November and boy has she changed. She liked playing with him. He, like a good uncle, thought she was the cutest little baby ever.
Sunday morning we got up to go to church but left a little late. Since Jason had lived in the area before he took a "short-cut." As soon as he mentioned the short-cut, I was worried. Just as he was finishing explaining why this route was so much shorter, the road dead-ended. Some short cut. After a moment of being flabbergasted, he realized he'd missed a turn and we headed back. We laughed it off now that we were on the real short-cut. Jason told us that the road ahead would take us right to the church. It was just then that we saw the road barracaid with the big sign that said, "bridge closed." Once again, we turned around. Needless to say, we were late for church!!
When we got out of church it was snowing the biggest flakes ever and all of the kids were running around like wild children raised by monkeys. We ended up getting 2 inches. Sure, it may not sound like much snow to those of you out in Utah but Atlanta hadn't had a single inch of snow in 9 years!
Carman had school and work on Monday and we had decided we'd leave at like 2 in the morning to head back home. The snow pretty much ruined that plan. The snow storm took our exact route home and Charlotte was expecting 5-8 inches. We waited until 8am on Monday and headed out. On the 4 hour drive home, which took 6 because of the weather/people who can't drive in snow, we counted 65 cars in the ditch! On the radio I heard that a semi had jack knifed in S. Carolina at 1:30 in the morning and the interstate was closed until 8:45 am when they opened one lane. We were sure glad we'd waited!
Seriously though, who gets snowed in in Atlanta?? I had wondered if Carman's work would call him crazy when he called in to tell them he'd be late coming in because he'd been snowed in in Atlanta, Georgia! I don't even have any proof because my camera battery died before the snow ever came. I was so disappointed. However, I do have a few vacation pictures I'll put up later when I'm on my home computer.
Sunday morning we got up to go to church but left a little late. Since Jason had lived in the area before he took a "short-cut." As soon as he mentioned the short-cut, I was worried. Just as he was finishing explaining why this route was so much shorter, the road dead-ended. Some short cut. After a moment of being flabbergasted, he realized he'd missed a turn and we headed back. We laughed it off now that we were on the real short-cut. Jason told us that the road ahead would take us right to the church. It was just then that we saw the road barracaid with the big sign that said, "bridge closed." Once again, we turned around. Needless to say, we were late for church!!
When we got out of church it was snowing the biggest flakes ever and all of the kids were running around like wild children raised by monkeys. We ended up getting 2 inches. Sure, it may not sound like much snow to those of you out in Utah but Atlanta hadn't had a single inch of snow in 9 years!
Carman had school and work on Monday and we had decided we'd leave at like 2 in the morning to head back home. The snow pretty much ruined that plan. The snow storm took our exact route home and Charlotte was expecting 5-8 inches. We waited until 8am on Monday and headed out. On the 4 hour drive home, which took 6 because of the weather/people who can't drive in snow, we counted 65 cars in the ditch! On the radio I heard that a semi had jack knifed in S. Carolina at 1:30 in the morning and the interstate was closed until 8:45 am when they opened one lane. We were sure glad we'd waited!
Seriously though, who gets snowed in in Atlanta?? I had wondered if Carman's work would call him crazy when he called in to tell them he'd be late coming in because he'd been snowed in in Atlanta, Georgia! I don't even have any proof because my camera battery died before the snow ever came. I was so disappointed. However, I do have a few vacation pictures I'll put up later when I'm on my home computer.
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