Thanksgiving trip to STG.

Since Blair has actually started to post a few things, I must clarify that this is not Blair making this one. And onward we go with some pictures of trip over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Here is Joely (cousin), Debbi (Blair's Mom), Blair, and Amber (sister) getting

ready for their Black Friday adventures (on Thursday night).

Friday was our day on the lake; glass and a dry suit led to Blair having

her best winter surfing experience to date.

I tried out my wet suit in the lake (51*, not too much coolder than the ocean), and it did the trick. Also giving me the freedom to complete another 360; its been a while.

The outside temp was 44*, but luckily there was no wind so we survived. And only my

dad and Troy were with us so it was a quick trip. Well worth it.

It was kinda weird to be back to the place we've called home for so long, and be visiting, or vacationing. Our trip was cut a little short since we came back Saturday morn, only to watch USC blow it against Notre D@me , (we still got your back RoJo). But we beat UCLA, so all is not lost. Fight On!

Date Night @ D-land

One thing that we have loved about living in Southern California is going to Disneyland! We bought annual passes and have already used them multiple times. We decided to go to the happiest place on earth last night, thinking the cool weather might keep some people away.

This is Tyler and I rockin the Captain EO glasses. This 3-D video was brought back to Disneyland as a tribute to Micheal Jackson. They still use the same video that they made in 80's.

There was absolutely no line at Splash Mountain. I guess not a lot of people want to enjoy this ride at 9:00 at night. I have to say that this ride is a lot more fun when it is dark outside.

It was fun to see all the Christmas lights that were up. I especially liked seeing the castle.

LDS academy of dentists' service project

The service project was picking up trash at the beach. I didn't get any pictures of that though. We all carried around our own garbage bag and wore gloves (the kind you would see in a dental office haha). The beach was fairly clean already, but most of the trash consisted of cigarette buts and pieces of styrofoam. A bon-fire was then started in which we used it for warmth, to barbecue our hot dogs, and roast our marshmallows.

Tyler cooking our dinner

The sunset was beautiful

This is the pop chugging contest
(The picture looks better on my phone.)

That was the first time that I have ever been to a bon-fire on the beach, and it was so much fun. Even though I went home smelling like smoke and my feet were freezing because I was wearing flip-flops, I would definitely do it again. It was also fun to have my parents come with us since they were here for the weekend.

new patio decor

I finally added a splash of color to our patio

Preview clip of Ellen show for tomorrow

Blair's costume for the Ellen Show

I went to the taping of the Halloween episode for the Ellen Show today. This episode will be televised on Friday. I was selected as one of the top ten costumes! A HUGE THANKS to Emma Jane for her creativity and skills!

Midterm celebration

Caramelized apple night at the Luker's.

Navajo taco night

Backyard rainbow

Tige Owners reunion at Lake Mead

Grandpa w/ Anners

Mid afternoon glass, well, almost glass.

Blair practicing her surfing, getting ready for the ocean.

First post from phone.

A Little Olympic Commentary...

Olympics are here, and we were watching the men's short program last night. If you've seen one, you've seen 'em all. Are they required to do their routines in the exact same order??... Start off the show with 3 jumps, or sets of jumps, then skate around for a couple minutes zigging and zagging throwing their arms in all directions. How 'bout a jump after the 20 second mark of your program? And what is with Scott's guttural sounds? During and after the skating. The only words that can describe what he is thinking is ugh, or oooo, or ahhh. Or after the Russian dudes amazing waving of arm his aaaaaaaa, I think he was trying to indicate that he was speechless, but a simple "I'm speechless" would have done the trick, instead he felt the need to ''aaaaaahhhh" for about 30 seconds after the program. Also after a 19 yr. old kid eats it on his first jump or two, and their comment is 'Its over', I keep expecting the next phrase to be 'He should just skate right off the ice right now because he has no shot, just give up and quit humiliating yourself'. Or at least that's what I hear when I hear the tone of their "Its over". Last note, apparently 'having a quad' is quite an feat for these men. I have a revelation for them, I have 2 quads, but I can't even do a double toe loop, or a sow cow(sp?). I don't know how they run, or walk, with only one quad, but I suppose that's why they are Olympians and I'm not.

USC...

No this is not about USC football. And yes the music change was made because I was accepted to USC Dental School!! Dream come true. School starts in the fall, so we have some months to prepare. I also got accepted at Temple, but we are headed to LA. Happy New Year, 2010.