Two nights ago Kirby and I were falling asleep and somehow we got on the topic of tongue twisters. Naturally, we went back and forth challenging each other to various tongue twisters such as "Peter Piper," and "Rubber baby buggy bumpers."
Eventually there was a longer pause between us and then we both said simultaneously:
"Grace has Bob's dead wife's heart!" (That's a tricky one--try it!)
And then Kirby said "Checkmate!"
I believe he meant "Jinx!" :)
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
My Little Homeless Husband
Yes, we are still alive. I've been super busy lately with photo shoots (four this past weekend and three the weekend before) so I haven't had much time to post on here. But this was just too cute, and I couldn't resist. Plus--it doesn't take much time to post a hilarious picture of one's husband. And then it will be back to editing photos... Same ol', same ol'...
Isn't he cute? This is the blanket he's crocheting. And it's.. maybe a fourth of the way there? We're excited. :)
Isn't he cute? This is the blanket he's crocheting. And it's.. maybe a fourth of the way there? We're excited. :)
Sunday, October 5, 2008
My Hair
So. Back in the day when I "spiked" the back of my hair up, I had SOOO many people come up and ask me how I got my hair to stick up like that. Well, my friends, I finally have an answer that is so much shorter than explaining that my hair is extremely thick and naturally curly, etc. etc. etc. I thoroughly plan to print this out, business card style, so I can just hand it to people. If, of course, I ever do something fun like that again. (It'll happen. I have no doubts. I'm already feeling cabin fever coming on with my more conservative look.) I'll simply say, "Well, let's put it this way. This is what happens if I blowdry my hair upside-down." Then I'll smile and walk away. :)
Monday, September 29, 2008
CALIFORNIA!
So, back in the day, as in the last week of August before school started, Kirby and I took a road trip to California with our friends Mark and Amy. It was a blast. We took Mark and Amy's car (Mazda 3) as opposed to our older and less-comfy-for-the-back-seat-sitters Mazda Protege. The highlight of the trip was probably this:
But the whole trip was amazing--that oughta tell you just how good Wicked was! :) But let's get back to the beginning, shall we? And I should warn you--there were many favorites (as in... over 100, I think) and so I combined many into one image. If you want a better view, click on the image and it will enlarge nicely for you.
We began our adventure, well, in Utah. But the first place we stopped was in St. George for the night. Since we only had five or six hours left to drive, we went to Zions with our beautiful host--Amy's sister-in-law Ashley. It was gorgeous.
We had to be selective in the lookout spots we went to since we didn't have all day, but one of the spots we chose was the Weeping Rock. You can't tell from this picture, but there is water constantly dripping out of the top. And there are Ashley, Amy, Mark, and Kirby walking away!
We also saw this: A million-year-old nutcracker! Preserved in stone! :)
Two of these pictures weren't actually from Zions. Can you tell which ones?? The one of Mark on the stairs is when he reenacted a scene from The Princess Bride. Impressive, really.
This rock was on the trail to the Weeping Rock. It was split in half by a tree root! (Just in case you can't tell exactly what it is...) I personally think it looks like PacMan.
Warning signs can actually bring more danger...
These pictures are from the hotel. TMNT, and the reaction from a piece of fudge. One is from Disneyland (the giant ball--the highlight for Marka and Kirby) and one is from Zions. It wouldn't fit in the pictures above. :) Kirby is demonstrating his ninja skills. A.K.A. doing the water thing from The Count of Monte Cristo.
FOOOA! :) This one is worth looking at big-style. Even if it is just to see the "F". Mark is in that one--can you see?
In line for Space Mountain, trail mix, cupcakes, laughing, and a soggy foot. Priceless.
We met Wayne Szalinski (yeah. I had to look that one up) in 3-D fashion!
After a bit of confusion on the part of our husbands, we finally got this photo op sorted out.
The magical road that never ends! :)
This is the "Rocks" montage. I figured they all went together, right? Kirby and Mark had to go through an exhiliarating rock climb to survive. We found out how tough it is to be a bug (barely survived that one!), got yelled at for sitting on a rock wall (FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE GET OFF THE ROCKS!!!), and were refreshed by plummeting walls of water. Ah, glorious mist.
Yeah. I cheated a little. But they're really bad quality, and we bought the Splash Mountain one. Couldn't resist. Amy is trying to PRY her eyes open. :) And see the fake water? How it looks like it's splashing AWAY from us? Well, think again. That all went on Amy. Please also take note of the Buzz Lightyear scores. It was a sad day.
Did we enjoy the gift shops? What makes you ask that?
This was taken right after splash mountain--mostly to document the fact that Amy's only dry parts are her crotch region and the backs of her knees. Oops! Sorry Amy. (She was the smallest, so naturally she had to sit in front!) :)
We only spent two days in the parks, which ended up being perfect. The next day we relaxed the whole day at the hotel--bought Kirby a new wallet (he made sure I put that in there)--and then we drove over to L.A. for dinner and WICKED!! We parked in the underground parking for a mall, and then went up to see what they had in terms of food. It turns out 10 Years Younger (TLC) was being filmed at that very mall and we became part of it! Okay, so we just stood there for 15 minutes waiting for the "unveiling" of the lady, after which we cheered. But by that time we were hungry enough that there was no way we would be waiting around to guess how old she was. So if any of you watch that show (because I don't) let me know if you ever see me and Kirby at the reveal. I doubt we will actually be on camera, but you never know! We took off the the California Pizza Kitchen pronto.
Ironically, right around the corner (on the same block!) was the Chinese theater with all the handprints of Hollywood's best! AWESOME. We also met two batmans, two jokers, Robin, Jack Sparrow (who we saw having a smoke with the Terminator), Shrek, etc. etc. etc. The joker was really nice.
Then--WICKED. Oh man. So cool. I knew most of the music (okay, so all of the music they put on the soundtrack) but it was so amazing to actually be there and hear it in person. On the soundtrack you think, "Wow. Really good voice." But when you see an actual person pumping it out live--indescribable. If any of you ever have the chance--GO. It is worth every penny!
Friday was our last day. We spend the morning at the Newport Temple. We got there a little early, so naturally we took some pictures. :)
And some more pictures...
Lots and lots of pictures...
And that night we finished up in the hotel pool. Classic moments in here, lemme tellya.
Saturday morning we ventured home--no stop halfway in St. George this time! There was a lot of this happening...
But meanwhile... Kirby was rockin'. That's my man.
But the whole trip was amazing--that oughta tell you just how good Wicked was! :) But let's get back to the beginning, shall we? And I should warn you--there were many favorites (as in... over 100, I think) and so I combined many into one image. If you want a better view, click on the image and it will enlarge nicely for you.
We began our adventure, well, in Utah. But the first place we stopped was in St. George for the night. Since we only had five or six hours left to drive, we went to Zions with our beautiful host--Amy's sister-in-law Ashley. It was gorgeous.
We had to be selective in the lookout spots we went to since we didn't have all day, but one of the spots we chose was the Weeping Rock. You can't tell from this picture, but there is water constantly dripping out of the top. And there are Ashley, Amy, Mark, and Kirby walking away!
We also saw this: A million-year-old nutcracker! Preserved in stone! :)
Two of these pictures weren't actually from Zions. Can you tell which ones?? The one of Mark on the stairs is when he reenacted a scene from The Princess Bride. Impressive, really.
This rock was on the trail to the Weeping Rock. It was split in half by a tree root! (Just in case you can't tell exactly what it is...) I personally think it looks like PacMan.
Warning signs can actually bring more danger...
These pictures are from the hotel. TMNT, and the reaction from a piece of fudge. One is from Disneyland (the giant ball--the highlight for Marka and Kirby) and one is from Zions. It wouldn't fit in the pictures above. :) Kirby is demonstrating his ninja skills. A.K.A. doing the water thing from The Count of Monte Cristo.
FOOOA! :) This one is worth looking at big-style. Even if it is just to see the "F". Mark is in that one--can you see?
In line for Space Mountain, trail mix, cupcakes, laughing, and a soggy foot. Priceless.
We met Wayne Szalinski (yeah. I had to look that one up) in 3-D fashion!
After a bit of confusion on the part of our husbands, we finally got this photo op sorted out.
The magical road that never ends! :)
This is the "Rocks" montage. I figured they all went together, right? Kirby and Mark had to go through an exhiliarating rock climb to survive. We found out how tough it is to be a bug (barely survived that one!), got yelled at for sitting on a rock wall (FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE GET OFF THE ROCKS!!!), and were refreshed by plummeting walls of water. Ah, glorious mist.
Yeah. I cheated a little. But they're really bad quality, and we bought the Splash Mountain one. Couldn't resist. Amy is trying to PRY her eyes open. :) And see the fake water? How it looks like it's splashing AWAY from us? Well, think again. That all went on Amy. Please also take note of the Buzz Lightyear scores. It was a sad day.
Did we enjoy the gift shops? What makes you ask that?
This was taken right after splash mountain--mostly to document the fact that Amy's only dry parts are her crotch region and the backs of her knees. Oops! Sorry Amy. (She was the smallest, so naturally she had to sit in front!) :)
We only spent two days in the parks, which ended up being perfect. The next day we relaxed the whole day at the hotel--bought Kirby a new wallet (he made sure I put that in there)--and then we drove over to L.A. for dinner and WICKED!! We parked in the underground parking for a mall, and then went up to see what they had in terms of food. It turns out 10 Years Younger (TLC) was being filmed at that very mall and we became part of it! Okay, so we just stood there for 15 minutes waiting for the "unveiling" of the lady, after which we cheered. But by that time we were hungry enough that there was no way we would be waiting around to guess how old she was. So if any of you watch that show (because I don't) let me know if you ever see me and Kirby at the reveal. I doubt we will actually be on camera, but you never know! We took off the the California Pizza Kitchen pronto.
Ironically, right around the corner (on the same block!) was the Chinese theater with all the handprints of Hollywood's best! AWESOME. We also met two batmans, two jokers, Robin, Jack Sparrow (who we saw having a smoke with the Terminator), Shrek, etc. etc. etc. The joker was really nice.
Then--WICKED. Oh man. So cool. I knew most of the music (okay, so all of the music they put on the soundtrack) but it was so amazing to actually be there and hear it in person. On the soundtrack you think, "Wow. Really good voice." But when you see an actual person pumping it out live--indescribable. If any of you ever have the chance--GO. It is worth every penny!
Friday was our last day. We spend the morning at the Newport Temple. We got there a little early, so naturally we took some pictures. :)
And some more pictures...
Lots and lots of pictures...
And that night we finished up in the hotel pool. Classic moments in here, lemme tellya.
Saturday morning we ventured home--no stop halfway in St. George this time! There was a lot of this happening...
But meanwhile... Kirby was rockin'. That's my man.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Ugh
I'm not exactly what you would consider a "girly-girl." Or maybe I am. But lets just pretend for a bit that I'm not. :) Occasionally, though, I get the urge to jump up and down on my tippy toes squealing "Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!" (I have actually done this in my sleep--ask Kirby about it!) I had one of these momentary lapses just a few moments ago.
So, an hour or two ago I felt something funny in my left ear and thought in a panic,
"ACK! I'm being invaded!!!"
There wasn't really anything exciting after that so i forgot about it. But then I stuck my finger in my ear a minute ago to scratch an itch and there was something big in there! Not huge, but bigger than your usual crusty earwax blob. I wanted to scream, but didn't. I flicked a bit, and it fell onto my desk. It was a strange little thing. Kind of reddish in color. I'm actually not even sure if it was a bug. But if it was, it is definitely dead now, which testifies to the incredible bug-killing capacity of our earwax!
So, an hour or two ago I felt something funny in my left ear and thought in a panic,
"ACK! I'm being invaded!!!"
There wasn't really anything exciting after that so i forgot about it. But then I stuck my finger in my ear a minute ago to scratch an itch and there was something big in there! Not huge, but bigger than your usual crusty earwax blob. I wanted to scream, but didn't. I flicked a bit, and it fell onto my desk. It was a strange little thing. Kind of reddish in color. I'm actually not even sure if it was a bug. But if it was, it is definitely dead now, which testifies to the incredible bug-killing capacity of our earwax!
Family Scripture Study
Me: "And after they had been cast into prison many days without food, behold---"
Kirby: "You're gonna be pop-uuuuu-lar..." (from the musical Wicked)
Naturally, I waited until he was finished.
Me: "And after they had been cast into prison many d---"
Kirby: "It's not about aptitude! It's the way you're viewed! So it's very shrewd to be..."
Again, I waited until he finished.
Me: "And after they had been cast into p---"
Kirby: "Very very pop-uuuuu-lar... like me! LAAAA LAAAA... LaaaaAAAAaaaah Laaaah..."
Small pause...
Kirby: "I have musical Terets." :)
Kirby: "You're gonna be pop-uuuuu-lar..." (from the musical Wicked)
Naturally, I waited until he was finished.
Me: "And after they had been cast into prison many d---"
Kirby: "It's not about aptitude! It's the way you're viewed! So it's very shrewd to be..."
Again, I waited until he finished.
Me: "And after they had been cast into p---"
Kirby: "Very very pop-uuuuu-lar... like me! LAAAA LAAAA... LaaaaAAAAaaaah Laaaah..."
Small pause...
Kirby: "I have musical Terets." :)
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Earwax
I learned something new and amazing tonight as I continued my medical transcription course. I learned what the purpose of earwax is...
It serves as an insect repellent!
Which, really, makes sense! THANK YOU, Heavenly Father, for thinking of the little things--namely bugs and spiders--that would love to crawl inside my warm, vasculated ears to lay their precious little eggs. THANK YOU for my brilliant body that produces its own bug repellent to keep that from happening!
I have heard the spider statistic many times--you know, the one about how many drowned spiders we end up ingesting by sleeping with our mouths open? Yuck. But still--that's just eating them. They wind up in your stomach and are digested by hydrochloric acid. Woohoo!
But the thought of a spider crawling into my ear and laying its eggs----AAAAAGH! I shudder to think of it! It is still weirding me out. And yes, thanks to my new knowledge I know that will never happen, thanks to my earwax--and yet.... the thought still makes me want to curl up in a ball and cry.
Uuuugghuuugh... (that is the sound of a shudder...)
It serves as an insect repellent!
Which, really, makes sense! THANK YOU, Heavenly Father, for thinking of the little things--namely bugs and spiders--that would love to crawl inside my warm, vasculated ears to lay their precious little eggs. THANK YOU for my brilliant body that produces its own bug repellent to keep that from happening!
I have heard the spider statistic many times--you know, the one about how many drowned spiders we end up ingesting by sleeping with our mouths open? Yuck. But still--that's just eating them. They wind up in your stomach and are digested by hydrochloric acid. Woohoo!
But the thought of a spider crawling into my ear and laying its eggs----AAAAAGH! I shudder to think of it! It is still weirding me out. And yes, thanks to my new knowledge I know that will never happen, thanks to my earwax--and yet.... the thought still makes me want to curl up in a ball and cry.
Uuuugghuuugh... (that is the sound of a shudder...)
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