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Mormon Dodger Night-

2011-07-24T22:39:00.000-07:00

We spent Friday night at the Dodger game, along with Mormons from all over the Southland. 'Twas an enjoyable evening of Dodger Dogs, Nachos and more conversation with our friends than actually watching the game (though can you blame us? the Dodgers stink right now).

Our chauffers for the night, the Phillip's. Our night started off great, no traffic (we are only 5 minutes from the stadium anways), and as we were pulling up to the parking booth the car next to us offered us a preffered parking pass... for FREE!!! Yes, please and thank you (the less money we can give McCourt the better, I already paid way more than I had to for the tickets). The little guy had on a sweet Ethier onesie, sandly he blew right out of it, see next..

Cassy asked to hold Jordan, and as soon as he sat on her lap he proceeding to relive himself of his previous meal (or two). Unfortunatley for Cassy the diaper was no match for "the explosion of the night" and, well, you can kinda see the ramifications (post clean-up). She was a very good sport about the incident, and we all had a good laugh.

Yes, we were WAAAAYYY up there, row JJ is exactly the top row of the reserve section. We figured that we were above to top of the foul poles, but the railing behind the seats provided a nice head rest and we could stand up without concern for anyone's view being obstructed.

From our penthouse seats we had a great view of the parking lots, which were basically empty. This picture shows only one big lot that wasn't even ever opened for people to park in (there were others, also). Obviously this shows that people just aren't going to the games. No one wants to go and support Frank McCourt, and for good reason (dude is more than dumb, and I'll leave it at that). I'm in the 'no support' club, which is why we haven't been to more games. If I could be guaranteed a free preffered parking pass every time I went I'd be more willing to buy the $1 ticket on Stub Hub (seriously though, we can get tickets for $1, McCourt you're a disgrace).

World Cup Notes...

2011-07-17T14:55:00.000-07:00

So, around the 80th minute of the match, while Blair was painting her toenails we had this conversation:Blair: "I want a shootout"
Me: "So, you want Japan to score?"
Blair: "No, I want a shootout"
Me: "Well, we are winning, so Japan has to score before we can have a shootout"
Blair: "OH NO! Nevermind, I don't want them to score, I want us to just win, I forgot we were ahead"

It was the next minute (the 81st) when Japan scored their first goal, so Blair jinxed the first goal, you can blame her.

Then, in the second OT, after Hope crashed into her own player and Japan was setting up for the corner kick, I said: "They better not score on this corner, because Solo is hurt now and we'll lose if this goes to PK's" Probably 10 seconds later Japan scored and Blair exclaimed "You jinxed it!! I'll take the blame for the first one but the second one was all your fault!"

As we went on to see Solo's injury wasn't much of a factor in PK's, since we couldn't put the ball in a decent spot on goal (kinda the story of the whole game). I'm calling it a choke job.

Another thing, Ian Darke seems like a knowledgable announcer but maybe he should recognize he's not announcing the game to a bunch of Brits. Lose some of the British slang phrases, and adopt a couple American phrases, Thanks.

And one more, Paraguay was playing Brazil in the Men's Copa America (currently in PK's and Brazil is choking) at the same time as the Women's World Cup Final (I was flipping back and forth between the 2). I wonder what would have happened had Brazil's Womens Team made the WC final. What game would the country watch, or would they alter the times of the games, (I imagine they were kind of pre set), I can't imagine they would want both teams playing at the same time. It didn't happen, so it doesn't really matter, just thinking out loud. And
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GANA PARAGUUUUUUAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! Brazil makes exactly 0 PK's and Paraguay advances in the Copa America... and my mood has done a 180 (I am officially over the women's loss). Aguanta Paraguay!!!!!!

Carmageddon... Yes please!

2011-07-16T20:14:00.000-07:00

So, the 405 (or a 10 mile stretch of the 405) has shut down for the weekend. We've been hearing about this for at least a month now, on the news, at shool/work, and on signs flashing on every freeway up and down the west coast (reportedly people in Oregon were told not to travel south this weekend). For us, this wasn't really much of a concern since we don't really go to west LA very often (even less to 'the valley'), so the advice to stay inside or 'stay in your neck of the woods' wasn't going to be an issue for us. But of course, Blair's doctor's appointment gets scheduled for ... July 16, the 1st day of Carmageddon, and I have an Ayuda dental clinic in Tustin, so I can't go with her. Needless to say, she was excited to attack Carmageddon on her own, "NOT'. She had to be at the Dr. office between 8 and 10 AM, so she had planned on leaving around 7:30, so I sent her a text at around 9:30, and her response was "The best I have ever seen:) it needs to be Carmageddon all the time!" So it is safe to say the general public stayed home and off the roads, and Blair had a very easy trip to West LA.

Espana pequena

2011-07-10T21:29:00.000-07:00

We had our first taste of Spanish food yesterday. We enjoyed the Patatas Bravas, but the Paella not so much, but it was a fun experience. We all got a free flan and Daisy showed us how we are suppose to eat it, although this flan wasn't quite as inhalable as we'd hoped...

(and the video doesn't seem to want to work, lucky you Daisy)

It was way better than my attempt!!
Now I have finally updated the blog.

Thanksgiving trip to STG.

2010-12-04T23:12:00.001-08:00

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

2010-11-20T18:42:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-14T14:57:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-06T14:59:00.000-07:00

I finally added a splash of color to our patio

Preview clip of Ellen show for tomorrow

2010-10-28T20:13:00.000-07:00

Blair's costume for the Ellen Show

2010-10-27T21:02:00.000-07:00

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

2010-10-22T21:09:00.001-07:00

Caramelized apple night at the Luker's.

2010-10-06T21:49:00.001-07:00

Navajo taco night

2010-10-02T10:49:00.001-07:00

Backyard rainbow

Tige Owners reunion at Lake Mead

2010-09-27T21:02:00.001-07:00

Grandpa w/ Anners

Mid afternoon glass, well, almost glass.

Blair practicing her surfing, getting ready for the ocean.

2010-09-27T20:05:00.001-07:00

First post from phone.

A Little Olympic Commentary...

2010-02-17T11:51:00.000-08:00

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...

2010-01-02T18:38:00.000-08:00

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.

Paraguay Pictures

2009-12-14T20:05:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from our trip to Paraguay, this was in mid October, so yeah I'm a tad late in putting this up. Y que? Anyway these pics are in no particular order.

Here is an asado, or barbeque. Even Blair agrees that they know how do a good BBQ!!!
Yes, I loved having fresh fruit constantly at my disposal, its too bad is wasn't guava or mango season.
The ruins of Trinidad, they are very well preserved.
I don't think I have ever been so excited to see asphalt in my entire life. And the fact that goats are standing on it is just icing on the cake. The steering column in our vehicle broke in a city surrounded by horrible dirt roads, so in order to leave we got to a paved road as soon as we could, it was a longer distance but a shorter travel time. This was as close as Blair got to drinking some terere, though I had my fair share, and brought home a few kilos home for good measure. Iguazu Falls. Amazing spectacle of falling water. Our time there was enjoyable, and peaceful, it was the coming and going that was the really eventful part.
Here's a good example of what traffic is like, motos everywhere!!
Here is the 2nd time we changed tires leaving the falls, this was the spare, we had a jack but no tools to use it, nor a lug nut wrench. We stopped in front of a hotel, where we borrowed tools, and a coco stand, where we avoided the attention of the police, which was good since we didn't have Brazilian visas.
This was the best part of the trip... for me, I'm not sure about Blair. Being able to see, talk and spend time with people I served was definitely the most rewarding part of everything. I never thought I would see these people again, it was so worth it.
A Big Pig
Hamburger and Hot Dog... street vendor style... Mmmm.
A butterfly that was fond of me.
At the zoo there was only a chain link fence between us and the crocs, so we got a nice pic, up close and personal. Way to show some teeth crocy.
Our 2nd and last flat. It was only 5 km from the airport on our way out of the country, so nothing too stressful. This time our jack was the problem, only lifting the vehicle like 2 inches, so we had to wave down a guy in a truck who could help us. And we made our flight in plenty of time so all was good.

Quick Update... I can see...

2009-09-04T13:37:00.000-07:00

Which in and of itself isn't anything new. But the fact that I no longer use no objects, such as curved glass, to enhance my vision is new. I'm now in the process of putting about a gallon of eye drops daily on my eyes so the corneal flaps can heal. So far I am pleased, 20/15 vision in one eye and 20/20 in the other, kinda annoying, but they said the other eye could get better. The procedure was quick albeit a little uncomfortable, then again I've never really enjoyed poking and prodding my eyes so go figure. So, now I can see.

28 years in a row...

2009-07-28T15:43:00.000-07:00

We had our annual Lake Powell trip this past week. 66 of us invaded a little cove in Gunsight Canyon. This was our setup...

We played some basketball, I'm pretty sure I threw this one down, right in Kirby's grill (ha, yeah right)

A lot of wake surfing, this is probably our most preferred activity, easy and fun, can't ask for much more than that.

A little early morning skiing, sometimes a little too early morning.

Put on happy faces when we had to pump gas.

And were default champions of the Rook tournament (since the loser's bracket didn't get played out, and we were the only team without a loss).

Still Catching Up...

2009-07-14T21:37:00.000-07:00

Celebrated Blair's B-Day Bowling.

She shares her B-Day with my lil' bro, Troy, turning 16. You need to grow out your mustache Troy.

Then we went up the the Manti pageant with Blair's family, that was my 1st time and it was great!

Our next adventure was being 'Platoon Leaders' at our Stake's Youth Conference, that was quite fun, it was like being kids again, we were mistaken for the youth multiple times (enjoying it while it lasts).

Made our 1st trip (of the year) to Lake Powell 4th of July weekend, and we made it up to Rainbow Bridge, quite a nice anniversary getaway, (3 years of bliss!!!!!!!!!)

What's going on (past edition)

2009-07-01T17:51:00.000-07:00

After Graduation we went to a Brian Regan show at Tuachan,
made a couple trips to the lake, w/ terere!!

Had to put down Kramer due to renal failure,

and in his memory I styled my hair.

Planted a garden, watermelon, strawberries, peppers and beans....

the first fruits.

Blair went to Girl's Camp,

where she claimed it was cold.

Oh yeah,... We graduated!!

2009-05-05T21:16:00.000-07:00

From the University of Dixie State. Blair got her Bachelor's in Nursing and I received my Bachelor's in Biology. We got to walk through the "D" together, that was cute, well, judge for yourself.
Here we are by our flags before the ceremony...
The ceremony got a little tedious, so we found other things to do while waiting...
You can tell how much she likes it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a picture of us with some of our friends that also graduated.
I'm glad that I'll never have a class with any of them again....... Not because I didn't enjoy having classes with them, but because it means I am done at Dixie State University College of Utah in the South. Booyah!! and we graduated Rebels, not some communist army (Red Storm).

Well, looky here...

2009-04-24T09:36:00.001-07:00

Yep, that would be my wife Blair, student of the Semester, for the Nursing Department (BSN). I'd say its been a long time coming, she works so hard (and stresses out way too much) and it is all paying off as she will be graduating next week with her Bachelor's in Nursing, at the same time as I am graduating with my Bachelor's in Biology. Good job hun, you deserve it. I'll take you out to In-N-Out to celebrate.

Just Sick...

2009-04-24T09:30:00.000-07:00

What is more wrong? A girl with her armpits unshaven .... or The Booz with his partially shaven ...

I think it is The Booz, and here is my Boozer armpit hair poem...
Shave it all or let it grow, but don't ever give us the partial show.

Mama Debbi's BDAY!!

2009-04-16T15:19:00.000-07:00

It was Blair's Mom's birthday yesterday, she turned........ yeah, I'm not that stupid, you'll have to get that from someone else. Anyway, we enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Cafe Rio....
Then she opened some presents in the parking lot since we were all going our separate ways afterward....
Blair got to go to work from there, while I got to celebrate Mother-in-law's birthday at Foreigner with my own mom and this rowdy bunch...
I didn't mean for Erin to be in so many pictures but she just had to poke her head in with her mom and that boy she was with, Chad. And the picture doesn't Brady's fro and beard justice, nor could he keep his eyes open for any of the pictures. Its okay Brady, just keep smiling. Mom and Jody were like old (I mean young) groupies, dancing in the aisles and trying to grab the band members, while Becky was entranced by the lead singer's wardrobe, stop staring. Becky did get Mick Jones' guitar pick, I don't think she'll ever know what to do with it, but she has it anyways. The show "Felt like the First Time" that I had been so close at any Tuachan production, 4th row!!!! And it was definitely "Cold as Ice". But by the end everyone was "Hot Blooded" and Mom's "Double Vision" went away enough so that she could get us home safely. Corny jokes, but I don't care. It was a fun night we got home just in time to see James Loney draw a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth to win the Dodger's 4th game in a row.

Happenings...

2009-04-05T14:05:00.000-07:00

So Blair brought home some cookies from work ....
She really can't expect me to eat something out of that bag, can she?
I didn't end up eating it, she did, and she is still alive so either the bag really was clean or she has just built up an immunity to that stuff since she is always around it. I wasn't taking any chances.

Tagged...

2009-03-24T21:37:00.001-07:00

8 Favorite TV shows
1. USC Football/Dodger/Laker/Raider games (my only ‘appointment’ TV)
2. Sports Center/Baseball Tonight/CF Gameday
3. Everybody Love Raymond
4. Prison Break
5. Whose Line Is It Anyway
6. Seinfeld
7. The Cosby Show
8. Documentaries on History/Natl. Geo/Animal Planet/Discovery

8 Things I did yesterday
1. School
2. Work
3. School
4. Work
5. Ate leftovers for Dinner
6. School
7. FHE
8. Sleep

8 Things I look forward to
1. To hear ‘Yes’ from USC
2. Softball games
3. Summer (trips to the lake)
4. Weekends
5. Finding that next cool bug
6. Going home each day to see my wife
7. Graduating from Dixie
8. Harmon's getting its next shipment of Dragon Fruit

8 Favorite Resturants
1. In-N-Out
2. Taco Bell
3. Carl's Jr.
4. Applebee's
5. Red Lobster
6. Ernesto's
7. Jack In the Box
8. Dairy Queen

8 Things on My Wish List
1. To hit a home run (over the fence) in softball
2. Go back to Paraguay, with Blair
3. Have Lasik
4. For my strawberry and watermelon plants to produce fruit
5. Consistently land a 360 wakesurfing
6. For my centipedes and scorpions to live in harmony
7. The Lakers, Dodgers and USC (Football) to win championships this year
8. An endless supply of fruit

8 People I tag!

No one in particular. Feel free to respond as you feel so inclined.

A Model of Consistency...

2009-03-05T21:15:00.000-08:00

Consistently inconsistent that is. It appears I am unable to post within 2 weeks of when an event has occurred. But its my blog so I can post whenever I want.
Valentines Day recap: Blair worked the night before Valentines, so at midnight I brought her some In-n-Out for her 'lunch' break (which is about as far away from lunch as you can get). I had cleaned the house (downstairs) and left out some roses for her along with some mini cadbury eggs (combining holidays; I kinda like it), so she would have somethin' nice to come home to @ 7 in the AM:
So she came home and woke me up all happy like... I think I just rolled over and went back to sleep (that's still a little early for me). When I did finally wake up and go downstairs for breakfast I was met with this:
That would consist of a box of Rice Krispies TREATS and a box of Little Debbie Valentine brownies (red frosting isn't as good as regular fudge, but.... still good). The hearts on the cabinets added a nice girly valentine's day touch to the whole scene, but I was pleasantly surprised (Blair has done a good job of surprising me recently: ex. the surprise Birthday Party). So that was V-day morning, Blair worked that night again so this was the extent of our day.

The day before Valentine's Day actually brought some good news....... I got invited to an interview at USC Dental School ("Fight On!"), which took place Feb. 27, and I felt went very well (hopefully the admissions staff felt the same way). It was crazy thinking about the possibility of going to SC, a school I have dreamed about going to since before I can remember (I tried not to think about that while I was at the school, so as to not psych myself out). Now we are just waiting to hear back, which could be in a few weeks (if it is good news) or longer. That night we went out to dinner with Jeremy and Brieann to Sparks Stonefire Grill on the Huntington Beach Pier, very very VERY good food. We took our camera but the battery was dead so I don't have a picture, just waiting for Brieann to post it on her blog so I can swipe it from her (I didn't expect to be the first to post about this HUGE event Brie). So that is what has happened around here, Adios.

Randon Q's...

2009-02-10T09:50:00.000-08:00

Answering questions seems easier than coming up with random things so I'll answer these.
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Not officially, though my parents got the idea of Tyler from Ty Cobb. Come to find out his real name was Tyrus and not Tyler, but we do share the same birthday.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Never, too manly to cry. It was this morning when I woke up and Blair didn't leave me enough milk for my cereal. I cried until the liquid was high enough I could finish.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yeah, Love it.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Probably beef, since I have a lot of burgers for lunch, but if you are talking thin sliced deli lunch meat I'd say turkey.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Not that I know of.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Who is asking these questions? I'm probably too cool to be friends with myself, to be honest. I'd probably think I was a tad goofy and look down upon myself. Or I'd be super jealous of my good looks and quick wits, so I'd might hate myself as well.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? NEVER!!!!

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yeah.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Yeah I would.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Just one? I love Rice Krispies TREATS and Cookie Crisp, but lately Fruit Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles have been on sale so I've been eating a lot of them. And Blair doesn't like any of those so I get the whole box to myself, something I have dreamed about ever since my first sibling was born.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? not consciously, but I'm sure there are times when I do. But that's nowhere near my weirdest organizational habit that I have.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Nope, I don't think, I know I'm strong.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Sweet cream from Cold Stone, Pralines'n Cream from Baskin Robbins, or a chocolate dipped vanilla cone from DQ.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? If they are ugly or beautiful.

15. RED OR PINK? Pink, see #12.

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I can't find an antiperspirant that actually works.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? I miss having John in one of my classes.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Well, I don't want it sent to me per se, but they can blog it.

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? White

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Fruity Pebbles.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? La Oreja de Van Gogh

22. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Half black half white, then I could know what its like to be Obama.

23. FAVORITE SMELLS? A wrestling room.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My dad, but I've texted my wife more recently.

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? No one sent this to me.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Football, Wrestling (not fake), Basketball, Baseball, I like watching all of them.

27. HAIR COLOR? Brown

28. EYE COLOR? Whats up with all these racial questions? Blue

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? You mean, do I have bad eyes? Yes, I do, sometimes contacts sometimes glasses.

30. FAVORITE FOOD? Fruits: Mango, Dragon Fruit, Guava, Strawberries and Watermelon.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Twilight, any other movie isn't even a movie.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Braveheart, I saw it for the first time last weekend on TV when Blair was at work. I recorded it then made Blair watch it with me again the next night. Nowhere near as good as Twilight though (sigh).

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? White, I am very conscious of coordinating colors, see #19.

34, SUMMER OR WINTER? It is winter right now, I've seen a lot of people get this one wrong. But I enjoy summer far more.

35. HUGS OR KISSES? Are these my only options for affection? I would be miserable. But since there are far more people I would hug, and not kiss, I'll say hugs.

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Brownie with vanilla ice cream, again aiming towards the mulatto theme.

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? I want John, Kent, Jeremy and Kirby to do this, not their wives, I want to see them MAN UP and make a post on their blog.

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Probably Kent, John at least admits he reads blogs, Kent says he doesn't even know how get on his... blah, blah, blah.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Downstairs: To Draw Closer to God, Upstairs: Articles of Faith, With Blair: Book of Mormon, we are trying to do the 60 day thing.

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Don't use a mouse, at home at least. At work I think it is some GeoEnergy thing because Global Warming is killing us all and we all need to stop breathing, because with every breath we put more CO2 into the atmosphere, I just raised the oceans by 0.00000002 cm while typing this sentence.

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? College Basketball and The O'Reilly Factor

42. FAVORITE SOUNDS? I could get myself in trouble with this question, I won't. I like Dr. Allen's laugh. Or the sounds of Spring cause then I know its time to go catch bugs.

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? I guess the Stones, but I'll take Zeppelin or Van Halen over either, if I'm staying Classic Rock.

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Buenos Aires, Argentina, that was just the airport, Paraguay if airports don't count.

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Yeah, you know those boogers that are way up there, I can get them without waiting until tomorrow.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? I wasn't officially born, it was more like I was ripped out of my mom's belly, and that happened in a hospital room, kinda boring I know, I thought so too.

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Jeremy's, Kent's, Kirby's and John's.

The Giving of Thanks...

2009-02-03T16:13:00.001-08:00

Turkey Bowl, Flag Football turned into ... half-contact football, but resulted in no trips to the ER
Human clue, probably the game of the night, though 'do you love your neighbor?' was close
Adult content during said game of human clue, watching Justin, Randy, my dad and Mikeee give each other lap dances drew a couple laughs.
No School, any break from school is a reason to celebrate
Knockin' Courtney out! tackling each other in the dark can lead to people cracking their heads on the floor, Ouch!
Sucking back on the Martinelli's, we bought a 12 pack from Harmon's and I drank most of them
Great food!! The Shaw's prepared a great spread, I especially love the twice baked potatoes
Invertebrate Zoology, even being away from school couldnt't keep me from thinking about this
Victory! As in USC's victory over Nueter Dame (38-3).
I couldn't contain my excitement for Twilight!! My head is still spinning from the unstable camera though.
No alarm clocks... 'nuff said.
Going shopping.... not so early in the morning. This somewhat goes along with the previous line.

Nothing..

2009-01-31T11:53:00.000-08:00

I'm just sick of seeing that BYU picture every time. Maybe I'll do an end of year update sometime... then again maybe not, considering the fact I've been saying that for over a month now, meh.

Too bad for BYU...

2008-11-22T20:42:00.000-08:00

My condolences to all those BYU fanatics, better luck next year. Now Utah is going to its 2nd BCS bowl and BYU has been to ... I forget ... How many? ... Oh yeah ... zero. It ain't no thang the Vegas Bowl is fun... that's where BYU will end up. Right? I really don't care. I actually did want BYU to win but it certainly doesn't break my heart to see them lose, especially with all those interceptions, that was pretty funny. Anyway, Fight On! Let's have a Fiesta! (wink, wink)

A Quicky

2008-11-14T10:38:00.000-08:00

We made a trip down to California to take a tour of the USC Dental School, we got to watch a little bit of class, meet some students, teachers and others. It was a good time. We had a couple of hours to just walk around campus, and one of the people we saw was Taylor Mays. We walked right by him and I said to Blair, "That is Taylor Mays.", Blair said "Was he the one knocking all those guys out in the Cal game?", Me - "Yeah", Blair - "I can see why/how." So it is fair to say he is a big kid. Later we were hanging out if Heritage Hall looking at the Heisman Trophies, and Rey Maulaluga comes walking by. I said 'What's up Rey?' and he responded with a 'How's it going?' He didn't look so scary in a T-shirt and shorts, but his hair was all over. So those were some highlights of the trip.

Halloween Party

2008-11-09T10:09:00.001-08:00

This was the first time that I have dressed up for Halloween in a long time. Here are some of the costumes that were at this killer party with us.....

These \/ were the hosts of the party.... Great Hosts!!

I don't think I need to explain any of the costumes, they are all pretty easy to get, if you need help, leave a comment and I might get back to you, but we might have to schedule an appointment (I'm pretty busy). We all then went bowling in our costumes, which was quite an adventure in and of itself. I haven't beat my wife in a long time ..... in bowling. Since like before she was my wife long time, and this night was no different (dressing up like a superhero didn't give me any super bowling powers), she won again, but I didn't feel so bad because she beat everyone else too! Down 28 pins going into the 10th frame and she bowls a Turkey to beat Kent by 2 points (sorry Kent, she's cold blooded like that). She was just a little excited.

Fight On!

Quick Summer Review

2008-11-06T17:26:00.000-08:00

We went on a cruise with friends: Jeremy and Brieann, and had a great time.

We were able to watch the NBA playoffs, the Lakers were in the middle of falling behind against the Spurs at this point, only to come back and win... ...then lose.

The waves at Cabo were fairly large...

This bus appeared to have some problems following the road signs...

We took a trip to San Diego with Blair's family and made the usual stops: Sea World, The San Diego Zoo, and the beach. Here are some pics from Sea World.

And one from the beach... Real nice Blair!!!

And this is what we traveled in... Quite the ride!

After San Diego, it was immediately off to Lake Powell for our annual family vacation on the house boats. Again it was a great time pictures wouldn't do it justice even if I had any. After that vacation we were off in a motor home to Northern California to my Grandparents 50th Wedding Anniversary Party, which was a huge success. Again, no pics. So that was our summer in a pine nut shell. Guess I'll be back around March to post about the Holidays.

Another Video

2008-07-05T21:58:00.000-07:00

I think it is funny, judge for yourself.

Happy Anniversary!

2008-07-01T22:42:00.000-07:00

Well today was our 2nd Anniversary, how exciting. I got some new blinds, they are the coolest blinds that have ever graced the Sageview Townhomes. Here's a couple pictures.
Yes, that is a giant map of St. George. How cool is that? The first one was taken during the day, so that's why it is so bright. Anyway I know what you're thinking, did he make that himself? And the answer is yes, well I didn't draw the map, but as far as turning it into blinds, yeah, that was all me. Blair has wanted blinds since the day we moved in (like a year and a half ago), we just never went out and bought them. And I was kinda getting tired of the neighbor lady peeking over the wall and watching me walk around our kitchen naked (kidding, its actually more than just one lady). Anyway, now they can find some other guy to peep at cause our back sliding glass door is officially covered. I think that she will love it, at least she should be surprised, even though I did warn her, I don't think she thought I was serious. My wife is so good, she is up at Girls Camp right now, which totally gave me a free pass to forget that today was our anniversary, but I didn't, July 1st, is kinda a hard date to forget, I mean it is basically the midpoint of the whole year, that helps me remember it at least. So she is at camp cause she is fulfilling her duty and sacrificing our day for her girls, it's okay though, since we already celebrated our day with our cruise to Mexico in May. After thinking about this camp deal I think that she might have planned to be gone on this day so that there was no way that I could ruin it, I couldn't say something stupid, or forget dinner or anything, I almost went up to camp, but then I thought better of it, I'll just let her plan go through. And if that really was a plan then it was a great one, but if it wasn't then it was just a dumb thought by me. She really is wonderful, and I wish I could've spent the day with her. She does so many wonderful things that I would have to retitle this post 'The Never Ending Post'. And since this day is about 'us', and the commitment that 'we' made, I feel obliged to fill in for her and share her thoughts about her husband. His qualities aren't so endless so I'll list them all. He is wonderful, strong, handsome, helpful, courteous, a wakesurfing 360 champion, energetic, calm, cool, collected, determined, wise (way beyond his years), smart, intelligent, caring, sensitive, understanding, a great listener, strong, humble (extremely humble), did I say very strong. Well that's about it about him. And that's about it for this post, a little long I know, get over it. Adios, rohayhu che amor.

The 360

2008-06-30T16:02:00.000-07:00

Finally landed the 360.

So Nice...

2008-05-02T13:30:00.000-07:00

Finals are over, so I can relax, sort of. I'm taking the DAT in two weeks so I should probably hit the books some more. Then its off to Mexico on a cruise for some real R&R. In 'n Out has officially opened in St. George, I'll just say I've been a few times already, it is so nice to have it so readily available, soooo nice.

Fisrt Post

2008-05-02T00:23:00.000-07:00

K, I'll get this out of the way here's the first post. And that's all its gonna be nothing else to it.