Wednesday, December 16, 2009

What we've been up to!

It's been an amazing month! We put up our Christmas tree sometime in November and have been enjoying it almost every night since.

We went to St. George for Thanksgiving and had a blast. We shot shotguns and rode horses and went shopping. I just love hanging out with family.

I went to the Festival of trees. I saw a Betty Boop tree that reminded me of my Grandma. I miss her everyday, but a little more this time of year. I also saw a tree for little Lulu, whom I adore and haven't even met yet.

I got the COOLEST sweater from Courtney and I love it - makes me happy!

We made gingerbread houses.

I had THE TIME OF MY LIFE at my work party. I got to get all dressed up and danced the night away - SO much fun!

We went to the Low Doe Country Christmas Show. We got to see Bombshell, Santa, Bucky Covington and Phil Vasser. Great Show!

We celebrated Cody's 22nd birthday.

We went to dinner at Trio for our staff party - in our Christmas sweaters. Very fun night! Love these girls...

I've been watching my awesome dancers perform. They are darling and do so well.

We gave our friends their gift and they gave us ours. We are so lucky to know Weston and Christa - amazing friends and amazing people :)

I hope the holidays are bringing everyone joy and LOTS of laughter. This is such an amazing time of year. I am in awe at the things I see, the people I know and the love I feel...












Friday, December 4, 2009

They Walk Among Us.. .. ..

It's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.

These aren't all of them - but a few of my favorites!

1. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

2. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.

3. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."

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4. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline, but he plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.

About Me

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We have been married for over 8 years. In those 8 years we've lived in Taylorsville, St. George and Cedar City and now have our first home in West Valley City. Brian is currently a pharmacy technician and attending school to become a pharmacist. He loves the outdoors: hunting, camping and 4-wheeling. He's also taken up some interest in backpacking. Stephanie is working as an independant contractor doing photography, data entry, graphic design, cleaning, finances, etc. She is also an admin for Zions Securities. She is still teaching at Clayton Productions, has her own photography business (Wood Photography) and a little craft business (Woodn't You Know). (website http://wood-photo.blogspot.com or www.myspace.com/woodphotography). Stephanie is also attending WGU and hopes to have her degree finished by the end this year. Stephanie loves scrapbooking, movies, poetry, photography, bike riding, dancing and the outdoors. We're loving life and living it to the fullest we can!