Another Favorite Commercial

This one has been out for a long time. I always tried to explain it to my French students but most of them had never seen it.

Old Home Videos #3

I just like the first part on this one with the big airplane hug! This was a couple Sundays ago when we had a picnic at the park.

Old Home Videos #2

Here is another old favorite back when we lived in the Turpin's house in Bountiful. I love his laugh, and I think it's so funny when he discovers that the camera is taping him.

Old Home Videos #1

This is an old video taken at the Taylor's home last January. Sam is a dancing fool!

Happy Wedding Lara and Dave!

We just got back from a quick trip to Utah over the weekend. Chris' sister Lara got married to Davey-Gravey. The sealing was great, the family BBQ was delicious, and the reception was a lot of fun. They are now honeymooning in Hawaii.
Sam with Uncle Bruce
Lara throwing her bouquet
Lara's friend, who she helped convert in Canada, caught the bouquet.
Monday we went to the Gateway Mall and played in the fountains while Grandma Valerie did some shopping. Sam wasn't too impressed and didn't want to run around with the other kids.

And here is a little bit of video from our trip. Some of the wedding parts aren't very good because it was getting so dark, but I felt like we still needed to document it, so here you go.

Vote for Mary!

Hello all my blogging friends. My cute sister is a finalist in a summer fun photo contest (and currently is in 2nd place out of 400) and she needs your vote. Go here and vote for Mary Elizabeth #15! And if you're interested in a fun giveaway, visit her blog.

Weekend Visit Videos

I forgot to post some video I took from when my family came to visit (most of it was taken at the Future of Flight museum). Enjoy!

Grammar Snob

Thanks John for finding this blog--The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quatation Marks. I love it and it makes me laugh! Though I wonder how some people are able to leave high school without understanding such a basic grammar concept. Come on, people! It's not that hard!

Haircut

Sam finally got a haircut! We thought we should probably do something since his aunt's wedding is next week.

Before

After

We had one of our friends cut Sam and Christopher's hair. They were both pretty shaggy. It was quite the challenge to keep Sam still during his turn.

"Disinfect to Protect"

I'm pretty sure none of my readers are old enough to remember what I'm about to post. Any ladies out there around in 1939 to experience this? I thought it was very interesting.

My Newest Projects

I had heard from a couple people of a computer program that can turn blogs into a book. It's called Blurb and I'm really excited about it. About two years ago I started typing out my mission journal to eventually turn it into a book to keep for posterity. So I began to transcribe it into Microsoft Word, intending to eventually include all my pictures with their appropriate entries. I only got as far as three weeks into my MTC experience. Now that I've discovered Blurb, I am excited again to make my book. I think it will be easier this way. I am transferring my mission journal into a blog (however, it's a private blog for now), and I am including all my pictures so there will be one concise record of my mission. I am so excited for it, however I have a feeling it will take me quite awhile because I wrote pretty frequently on my mission (unlike Chris who doesn't have much of a mission journal--how sad!).

I have also decided to make a new wedding album with this program since our original album's binding is falling apart. It also lets you add stuff from your computer (it doesn't necessarily need to be from a blog) and I'm really excited about this one too. Luckily our wedding photographer gave us all the negatives (really, they're files since it was with a digital camera--does anyone use regular film anymore?).

I think Blurb should pay me for the advertising I have done here!

A Great Weekend

We had my dad, brother, and his four oldest kids come visit over the weekend, and we had so much fun having them. Sam was so happy to have his cousins back to run around with. Sam went without his regular naps so he could play with everyone the couple days they were here, and miraculously he was never very cranky (usually he gets pretty bad if he doesn't get his full amount of beauty rest: 10-12 hours at night and 2-3.5 hours in the afternoon).

Grandpa and Sam at the petting zoo looking at the bunnies.

Sam and a goat.

Meghan and Mr. Bill Boeing

Me and Bill

Laptop party!

As I write this Sam is still asleep. I just hope he doesn't wake up and expect to play some more with his cousins. He will be very disappointed! And Kierstin who has been here all summer will be leaving us in 2 1/2 days and then Sam will be stuck with just Chris and me. I hope he doesn't get bored. Luckily we'll be down to Utah in less than 2 weeks for some more family fun!