You can write one for Lisa or Scott.
1: As a comment on our blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew one of us a little or a lot, anything you can remember!
2: Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's fun to see how many people have memories of you and its always fun to bring them back.
**If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, leave a memory anyways!!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Men vs. Women
I found this online and thought it was funny. Enjoy.
NEWS BULLETIN - Men and women are NOT alike. Sure, you thought you already knew that. But now we have proof! After countless hours of surveys and studies on the following topics, these facts have emerged:
Relationships:
* When a relationship ends, a woman will cry and pour her heart out to her girlfriends, and she will write a poem titled "All Men Are Idiots". Then she will get on with her life.
* A man has a little more trouble letting go. Six months after the break-up, at 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday night, he will call and say, "I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life, and I’ll never forgive you, and I hate you, and you’re a total floozy. But I want you to know there’s always a chance for us".
Maturity:
* Women mature much faster than men. Most 17-year-old females can function as adults.
* Most 17-year-old males are still trading baseball cards and giving each other wedgies after gym class. This is why high school romances rarely work.
Hats:
* Women look good in hats
* Men look like jerks.
Comedy:
* Let’s say a small group of men and women are in a room, watching television, and an episode of "The Three Stooges" comes on. Immediately, the men will get very excited; they will laugh uproariously, and even try to imitate the actions of Curly, man’s favorite stooge.
* The women will roll their eyes and groan and wait it out.
Handwriting:
* To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chicken-scratch.
* Women use scented, colored stationary and they dot their "i’s" with circles and hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in their "p’s" and "g’s". It is a royal pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she’s dumping you, she’ll put a smiley face at the end of the note.
Bathrooms:
* A man has at most six items in his bathroom - a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn.
* The average number of items in a typical woman’s bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.
Groceries:
* A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes to the store and buys these things.
* A man waits till the only items left in his fridge are half a lemon and something turning green. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter that the Clampett’s car on Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the 10-items-or-less lane.
Going out:
* When a man says he is ready to go out, it means he is ready to go out.
* When a woman says she is ready to go out, it means she WILL be ready to go out, as soon as she finds her other earring, finishes putting on her makeup…
Shoes:
* When preparing for work, a woman will put on a Mondi wool suit, and then slip into Reebok sneakers. She wil carry her dress shoes in a plastic bag from Saks. When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress shoes. Five minutes later, she will kick them off because her feet are under her desk.
* A man will wear one pair of shoes for the entire day.
Cats:
* Women love cats.
* Men say they love cats, but when women aren’t looking, men kick cats.
Mirrors:
* Men are vain; they will check themselves out in the mirror.
* Women are ridiculous; they will check out their reflections in any shiny surface--mirrors, spoons, store windows, toasters, Joe Garagiola’s head.
Garages:
* Women use garages to park their cars and to store their lawnmowers.
* Men use garages for many things. They hang license plates in garages, and they watch TV in garages, and they build useless lopsided benches in garages.
Movies:
* For women, their favorite movie scene is when Clark Gable kisses Vivien Leigh for the first time in "Gone With The Wind".
* For men, it’s when Jimmy Cagney shoves a grapefruit in Mae Clark’s face in "Public Enemy".
Jewelry:
* Women look nice when they wear jewelry.
* A man can get away with wearing one ring, and that’s it. Any more than that, and he will look like a lounge singer named Vic.
Menopause:
* When a woman reaches menopause, she goes through a variety of complicated emotional, psychological, and biological changes. The nature and degree of the changes varies with the individual.
* Menopause in a man provokes a uniform reaction--he buys aviator glasses, a snazzy French cap and leather driving gloves, and goes shopping for a Porsche.
The Telephone:
* Men see the telephone as a communications tool. They use the telephone to send short messages to other people.
* A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours.
Low Blows:
* Let’s say a man and a woman are watching a boxing match on television. One of the fighters is felled by a low blow. The woman says "Oh, gee, that must hurt."
* The man doubles over and actually feels pain.
Directions:
* If a woman is out driving and she finds herself in unfamiliar surroundings, she will stop at a gas station and ask for directions.
* Men consider this to be a sign of weakness. Men will never stop and ask for directions. Men will drive in a circle for hours, all the while saying things like, "Looks like I’ve found a new way to get there", and, "I know I’m in the neighborhood. I recognize that White Hen store".
Admitting Mistakes:
* Women will sometimes admit making a mistake.
* The last man who admitted that he was wrong was Gen. George Custer.
Offspring:
* Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and favorite foods and secret fears and hopes and dreams.
* A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
Dressing up:
* A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage answer the phone, read a book, get the mail.
* A man will dress up for: weddings, funerals.
David Letterman:
* Men think David Letterman is the funniest man on the face of the Earth.
* Women think he is a mean, semi-dorky guy who always has a bad haircut.
Cameras:
* Men take photography very seriously. They’ll shell out $4,000 for state-of-the-art equipment, and build darkrooms, and take photography classes.
* Women purchase Kodak Instamatics. Of course, women always end up taking better pictures.
Politics:
* Men love to talk politics, but often they forget to do political things such as voting.
* Women are very happy that another generation of Kennedys is growing up and getting into politics, because they will be able to campaign for them and cry on election night.
Laundry:
* Women do laundry every couple of days.
* A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were hip about eight years ago, before he will do the laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside out, rent a U-Haul and take his mountain of clothes to the laundromat. Men always expect to meet beautiful women at the laundromat. This is a myth.
Weddings:
* When reminiscing about weddings, women talk about "the ceremony".
* Men talk about "the bachelor party".
Socks:
* Men wear sensible socks. They wear standard white sweatsocks.
* Women wear strange socks. They are cut way below the ankles, have pictues of clouds on them, and have a big fuzzy ball on the back.
Toys:
* Little girls love to play with toys. Then, when they reach the age of 11 or 12, they lose interest.
* Men never grow out of their obsession wih toys. As they older, their toys simply become more expensive and impractical. Examples of men’s toys: little miniature TV’s, car phones, complicated juicers and blenders, graphic equalizers, small robots that serve cocktails on command, video games, anything that blinks, beeps, and requires at least six "D" batteries to operate.
Plants:
* A woman asks a man to water her plants while she is on vacation. The man waters the plants. The woman comes home five days later, to an apartment full of dead plants. No one knows why this happens.
Mustaches:
* Some men look good with mustaches. Those men are Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds.
* There are no women who look good with mustaches.
Nicknames:
* With the exception of female body-builders, who call each other names like "Ultimate Pecs" and "Big Turk", women eschew the use of nicknames. If Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah and Michelle get together for lunch, they will call each other Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah and Michelle.
* But if Mike, Dave, Rob and Jack go out for a brewsky, they will affectionately refer to each other as Bullet-Head, Godzilla, Peanut Brain and Useless.
NEWS BULLETIN - Men and women are NOT alike. Sure, you thought you already knew that. But now we have proof! After countless hours of surveys and studies on the following topics, these facts have emerged:
Relationships:
* When a relationship ends, a woman will cry and pour her heart out to her girlfriends, and she will write a poem titled "All Men Are Idiots". Then she will get on with her life.
* A man has a little more trouble letting go. Six months after the break-up, at 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday night, he will call and say, "I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life, and I’ll never forgive you, and I hate you, and you’re a total floozy. But I want you to know there’s always a chance for us".
Maturity:
* Women mature much faster than men. Most 17-year-old females can function as adults.
* Most 17-year-old males are still trading baseball cards and giving each other wedgies after gym class. This is why high school romances rarely work.
Hats:
* Women look good in hats
* Men look like jerks.
Comedy:
* Let’s say a small group of men and women are in a room, watching television, and an episode of "The Three Stooges" comes on. Immediately, the men will get very excited; they will laugh uproariously, and even try to imitate the actions of Curly, man’s favorite stooge.
* The women will roll their eyes and groan and wait it out.
Handwriting:
* To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chicken-scratch.
* Women use scented, colored stationary and they dot their "i’s" with circles and hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in their "p’s" and "g’s". It is a royal pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she’s dumping you, she’ll put a smiley face at the end of the note.
Bathrooms:
* A man has at most six items in his bathroom - a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn.
* The average number of items in a typical woman’s bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.
Groceries:
* A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes to the store and buys these things.
* A man waits till the only items left in his fridge are half a lemon and something turning green. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter that the Clampett’s car on Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the 10-items-or-less lane.
Going out:
* When a man says he is ready to go out, it means he is ready to go out.
* When a woman says she is ready to go out, it means she WILL be ready to go out, as soon as she finds her other earring, finishes putting on her makeup…
Shoes:
* When preparing for work, a woman will put on a Mondi wool suit, and then slip into Reebok sneakers. She wil carry her dress shoes in a plastic bag from Saks. When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress shoes. Five minutes later, she will kick them off because her feet are under her desk.
* A man will wear one pair of shoes for the entire day.
Cats:
* Women love cats.
* Men say they love cats, but when women aren’t looking, men kick cats.
Mirrors:
* Men are vain; they will check themselves out in the mirror.
* Women are ridiculous; they will check out their reflections in any shiny surface--mirrors, spoons, store windows, toasters, Joe Garagiola’s head.
Garages:
* Women use garages to park their cars and to store their lawnmowers.
* Men use garages for many things. They hang license plates in garages, and they watch TV in garages, and they build useless lopsided benches in garages.
Movies:
* For women, their favorite movie scene is when Clark Gable kisses Vivien Leigh for the first time in "Gone With The Wind".
* For men, it’s when Jimmy Cagney shoves a grapefruit in Mae Clark’s face in "Public Enemy".
Jewelry:
* Women look nice when they wear jewelry.
* A man can get away with wearing one ring, and that’s it. Any more than that, and he will look like a lounge singer named Vic.
Menopause:
* When a woman reaches menopause, she goes through a variety of complicated emotional, psychological, and biological changes. The nature and degree of the changes varies with the individual.
* Menopause in a man provokes a uniform reaction--he buys aviator glasses, a snazzy French cap and leather driving gloves, and goes shopping for a Porsche.
The Telephone:
* Men see the telephone as a communications tool. They use the telephone to send short messages to other people.
* A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours.
Low Blows:
* Let’s say a man and a woman are watching a boxing match on television. One of the fighters is felled by a low blow. The woman says "Oh, gee, that must hurt."
* The man doubles over and actually feels pain.
Directions:
* If a woman is out driving and she finds herself in unfamiliar surroundings, she will stop at a gas station and ask for directions.
* Men consider this to be a sign of weakness. Men will never stop and ask for directions. Men will drive in a circle for hours, all the while saying things like, "Looks like I’ve found a new way to get there", and, "I know I’m in the neighborhood. I recognize that White Hen store".
Admitting Mistakes:
* Women will sometimes admit making a mistake.
* The last man who admitted that he was wrong was Gen. George Custer.
Offspring:
* Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and favorite foods and secret fears and hopes and dreams.
* A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
Dressing up:
* A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage answer the phone, read a book, get the mail.
* A man will dress up for: weddings, funerals.
David Letterman:
* Men think David Letterman is the funniest man on the face of the Earth.
* Women think he is a mean, semi-dorky guy who always has a bad haircut.
Cameras:
* Men take photography very seriously. They’ll shell out $4,000 for state-of-the-art equipment, and build darkrooms, and take photography classes.
* Women purchase Kodak Instamatics. Of course, women always end up taking better pictures.
Politics:
* Men love to talk politics, but often they forget to do political things such as voting.
* Women are very happy that another generation of Kennedys is growing up and getting into politics, because they will be able to campaign for them and cry on election night.
Laundry:
* Women do laundry every couple of days.
* A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were hip about eight years ago, before he will do the laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside out, rent a U-Haul and take his mountain of clothes to the laundromat. Men always expect to meet beautiful women at the laundromat. This is a myth.
Weddings:
* When reminiscing about weddings, women talk about "the ceremony".
* Men talk about "the bachelor party".
Socks:
* Men wear sensible socks. They wear standard white sweatsocks.
* Women wear strange socks. They are cut way below the ankles, have pictues of clouds on them, and have a big fuzzy ball on the back.
Toys:
* Little girls love to play with toys. Then, when they reach the age of 11 or 12, they lose interest.
* Men never grow out of their obsession wih toys. As they older, their toys simply become more expensive and impractical. Examples of men’s toys: little miniature TV’s, car phones, complicated juicers and blenders, graphic equalizers, small robots that serve cocktails on command, video games, anything that blinks, beeps, and requires at least six "D" batteries to operate.
Plants:
* A woman asks a man to water her plants while she is on vacation. The man waters the plants. The woman comes home five days later, to an apartment full of dead plants. No one knows why this happens.
Mustaches:
* Some men look good with mustaches. Those men are Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds.
* There are no women who look good with mustaches.
Nicknames:
* With the exception of female body-builders, who call each other names like "Ultimate Pecs" and "Big Turk", women eschew the use of nicknames. If Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah and Michelle get together for lunch, they will call each other Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah and Michelle.
* But if Mike, Dave, Rob and Jack go out for a brewsky, they will affectionately refer to each other as Bullet-Head, Godzilla, Peanut Brain and Useless.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Campfire Craziness
Well, the weather is getting nice and cool outside, and before long, it will feel too cold to go camping. (Though I've done it several times, I'm not a fan of camping in the snow...especially with kids).
Anyway, we've spent the last 2 weekends up in the Mountains with our little family, and also our siblings. The first weekend we cooked hot dogs, and the second we made schish kabobs, which were fabulous, along with Todd's really good Potato Salad. It was great fun for everyone.
It was still really cold up where we were, so the kids had to be dressed really warm. Seth was in several layers with blankets and all wrapped up in my baby harness to keep from getting cold. He basically slept the whole time. Crystal loved her warm outfit, but surprisingly got bored of the campfire scene after an hour. Maybe next year she'll appreciate it more. It was great fun, and because we were in cabins, we got to watch a scary movie at night and a funny movie in the morning, which made the camping experience complete. This is my favorite time of year to go hiking too, cause it's not too hot anymore. We need to do that before it gets too cold.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
My daughter the spazz
My daughter is just as nuts as I am.
She sings and dances all over the house, and it's second nature to hear her singing as background noise all day long.
Last night when I was making her bedtime chocolate milk, she was singing and dancing in the kitchen while she waited, and instead of just tuning it out like I usually do, (because she does it all day everyday), it occurred to me that I would really miss her little songs and dances when she would grow out of them. She's a funny kid, and I love my little nutbar. So I busted out the camera and took a tiny clip of what she does all day long for the rest of you to enjoy. Note that she finishes her musical numbers with the word "Yeeah!" at the end...
She sings and dances all over the house, and it's second nature to hear her singing as background noise all day long.
Last night when I was making her bedtime chocolate milk, she was singing and dancing in the kitchen while she waited, and instead of just tuning it out like I usually do, (because she does it all day everyday), it occurred to me that I would really miss her little songs and dances when she would grow out of them. She's a funny kid, and I love my little nutbar. So I busted out the camera and took a tiny clip of what she does all day long for the rest of you to enjoy. Note that she finishes her musical numbers with the word "Yeeah!" at the end...
Monday, September 8, 2008
"So what have you guys been up to?"
People ALWAYS ask that question, and so for ANYone who cares, here's a small little everyday life preview at home.
Seth:
Seth gets bigger everyday. It's fun having a big baby for a change. Here he is looking like a sack of potatoes sleeping in the recliner...his favorite place to sleep.
He smiles more and bigger every day. We love to hear him coo and watch him smile at us.
Crystal:
People always ask us how Crystal is adjusting to being a big sister. She's absolutely crazy about him. She loves him and has immediately assumed the role of nurturing big sister and protector. When he's in his car seat she refuses to leave his side. Here she is watching him in the car seat like she does everyday.
She loves to be outside, and has recently discovered playing with grasshoppers and watching The Wizard of Oz. She wants to be a princess for halloween (of course) and she and Lisa do everything together.
Here she is eating chips while we watched the Eagles game on tivo yesterday (note the orange doritos mouth):
Lisa:
Lisa loves being a mom. Though some days are harder than others, the adjustment from one kid to two isn't nearly as difficult as she thought it would be, and hasn't intimidated her at all since he's been born. There are days where she actually thinks its pretty easy, but that cause she built it up in her head to be a harder task than it actually turned out to be...something she does all the time. It helps to be madly in love with your children. Here's a picture of another common everyday scenario, Lisa sitting with both kids on the recliner at the end of the day:
Scott:
Scott is loving his job, his wife, and his kids. He comes home in a good mood everyday cause his job is the greatest. He loves to "sit at home" with his family on weeknights since they're all the company he usually prefers. He's also the happiest man alive with Football season being back, and the Eagles winning their first game 38-3. We now sit as a family and watch the Eagles games every week, and we're all pumped for the rest of the season. Here he is sitting in our throne during yesterdays Eagles game with Crystal on his lap:
Seth:
Seth gets bigger everyday. It's fun having a big baby for a change. Here he is looking like a sack of potatoes sleeping in the recliner...his favorite place to sleep.
He smiles more and bigger every day. We love to hear him coo and watch him smile at us.
Crystal:
People always ask us how Crystal is adjusting to being a big sister. She's absolutely crazy about him. She loves him and has immediately assumed the role of nurturing big sister and protector. When he's in his car seat she refuses to leave his side. Here she is watching him in the car seat like she does everyday.
She loves to be outside, and has recently discovered playing with grasshoppers and watching The Wizard of Oz. She wants to be a princess for halloween (of course) and she and Lisa do everything together.
Here she is eating chips while we watched the Eagles game on tivo yesterday (note the orange doritos mouth):
Lisa:
Lisa loves being a mom. Though some days are harder than others, the adjustment from one kid to two isn't nearly as difficult as she thought it would be, and hasn't intimidated her at all since he's been born. There are days where she actually thinks its pretty easy, but that cause she built it up in her head to be a harder task than it actually turned out to be...something she does all the time. It helps to be madly in love with your children. Here's a picture of another common everyday scenario, Lisa sitting with both kids on the recliner at the end of the day:
Scott:
Scott is loving his job, his wife, and his kids. He comes home in a good mood everyday cause his job is the greatest. He loves to "sit at home" with his family on weeknights since they're all the company he usually prefers. He's also the happiest man alive with Football season being back, and the Eagles winning their first game 38-3. We now sit as a family and watch the Eagles games every week, and we're all pumped for the rest of the season. Here he is sitting in our throne during yesterdays Eagles game with Crystal on his lap:
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Para mi amigaza del alma, Veronica:
Bueno, quiero dedicar este espacio en mi blog solamente para la Hermanita Veronica Rojas.
Aunque nunca fue una compañera mía durante la misíon, fue una gran amiga, y siempre estará en mis pensamientos. Discúlpeme, amiga mia, por no poner una foto con nosotros ahí abajo con mis anteriores compañeras. Tienes que saber que el tiempo que pasabamos jugando y charlando en la misíon es un gran recuerdo para mi, y estoy muy muy feliz porque aúnque hace mucho tiempo desde esa exeriencia misional lo qual fue tan lindo, sigo en contacto contigo, y pues la amistad que tengo contigo es una gran bendición.
A veces pienso que deberíamos ser compañeras en la misíon aunque no aconteció. Podría ser que el presidente se eqivocó de una manera o otra? jajaja!
Te quiero mucho amiga Veronica, y nunca nunca ovidaré de ti, porque eres una compañera del corazón. ok? Sonríe siempre.
(This post is dedicated to Hermana Veronica Rojas, who asked me why she wasn't incuded in my pictures of old companions. Even though she wasn't a companion of mine, she certanily should have been, as she was and is one of my best friends in the mission.)
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Labor day 2008
For labor day we went and spent the night up at Kaysville last Sunday to celebrate labour day with more Itris. It was fun.
We played games all night. Including Apples to apples, Battle of the sexes, and the Newlywed game.
Lisa on the couch with Seth
Jason & Rachel, Todd & Megan, Dan & Kelsey
Julia & Jonathan, Jenny, Aunt Jill & Brian, and Jason's profile up close
The next morning we ate Gourmet French toast made by Todd. (For the recipe, click on the link labeled "In Your Kitchen" on our sidebar on the right.)
Then we watched a movie and played a few games of volleyball. A bush/tree started growing in the middle of the backyard (due to improper removal of a tree stump) so the boys had to remove it before setting up the net. Which they did.
Megan was nice enough to watch little Seth while we played. (Thanks Megan!) Here is a picture of how they looked when we came back inside.
It was a fun time and it was great to spend it with family! Happy labor day everyone!
We played games all night. Including Apples to apples, Battle of the sexes, and the Newlywed game.
Lisa on the couch with Seth
Jason & Rachel, Todd & Megan, Dan & Kelsey
Julia & Jonathan, Jenny, Aunt Jill & Brian, and Jason's profile up close The next morning we ate Gourmet French toast made by Todd. (For the recipe, click on the link labeled "In Your Kitchen" on our sidebar on the right.)
Then we watched a movie and played a few games of volleyball. A bush/tree started growing in the middle of the backyard (due to improper removal of a tree stump) so the boys had to remove it before setting up the net. Which they did.
Megan was nice enough to watch little Seth while we played. (Thanks Megan!) Here is a picture of how they looked when we came back inside.
It was a fun time and it was great to spend it with family! Happy labor day everyone!
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