Im alive

Sorry It has been so long. I wrote a big long story about what I have been up to about a week and a half ago and then the computer crashed before I got to post it, I was pissed and avoided the dumb thing.
I am due Aug 19th and feeling the growing pains, not only in the stomach but the ass and thighs as well. I even have relief society arms. Any tips from those that have been there? I still run 3-5 miles 6 days a week and nothing helps. I guess it's a lame genetic pre-disposition. Other than that I can't complain to much it's been a rather easy pregnancy. Other than the time I passed out at work and my co-workers called 911. I had a vaso vagal episode. Apparently when the baby pinches of the Vegas nerve you don't get enough oxygen to your brain and you pass out. I knew something wasn't right so I hooked myself up to the heart rate monitor at work and watch my blood pressure drop. Just before I went unconscious it was 84/44 (normal being 120/80). The last thing I said was don't call 911, I was thinking for financial reasons of course. I was out for about 4-5 min they say, long enough for the fire engines and ambulance to arrive. Talk about embarassing!
Danika Richmond is AWESOME! I lived there after hygiene school and worked for Dr. Carlson the dentist in that town, he is the coolest! Good luck with the move, I to get attached to homes, but was ready to move from Midvale after the last big robbing we took. :)

Onion Article

Period Suppression Pill OK'd

The FDA approved Lyrel, a birth control pill that stops the monthly menstrual cycle altogether. What do you think?

Chris Jawoerk,
Marketing Director
"This is unfair—when will they come up with a pill that keeps my genitals from bleeding."

Alex Lau,
Sous Chef
"This could potentially ruin daytime television's entire sponsorship model."

Baly Sniderman,
Admissions Clerk
"I've already figured out a way to stop the menstrual cycle altogether: 14 consecutive pregnancies."

Low Gunn

Matt accepted a job in Logan this morning. Spanish teacher at Mount Logan Middle School. I have really started to love our house here in Ogden ( even though we have been robbed and had lots of drama in our neighborhood) I still love it here and it is kinda hard for me to move away. Matt says I will love Logan. A lot of you have lived there and gone to school and so I thought maybe you could help me get more excited. It was really cool that Matt got the job because Spanish positions are really hard to get there because they are hardly ever open and so when they do there are lots of applicants. Hurrah for Matt!
Also Snow Canyon won 3A baseball state champions last weekend. Adam (the last Gunn boy) was MVP. It was really awesome and all the Gunns were there (accept Zack on his mission) to watch the end of the the Gunn Family Highschoo baseball days. I really think Spencer was there too. It meant a lot to the family.

We taught him the correct terminology for ALL his body parts

Asa really likes to draw. Every time he shows me his picture and says " Mommy, I drew a (?)". Sometimes he draws airplanes, sometimes circles. He's also into saying words as loud as he can and very quiet. Any word, anything he sees, he'll YELL. He likes this song I sing him and at the end he screams BOOM BOOM. Then, he says "A LOUD BOOM BOOM". Then he'll say "a quiet boom boom". And, so on.
About a week ago we were sitting in church and he was drawing during the passing of the sacrament. He drew a circle and instantly said "look mom, a circle". As he was saying this he sort of fell and elongated the circle with the pen. He looked at it for a minute and said "a PENIS". Then came the scream of the word "PENIS" and "A LOUD PENIS" "a quiet penis" "PEENNISSS" and again "A LOUD PENIS". Keep in mind the reverence of sacrament meeting.

The best use for a treadmill I've seen

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Treadmill+dance

Check out what one of my co-workers showed me on youtube. Kinda long, but pretty funny. Beats running on the things...

conference quote

i just read elder joseph b. wirthlin's talk from the priesthood session. i really liked this part:

"I urge you to examine your life. Determine where you are and what you need to do to be the kind of person you want to be. Create inspiring, noble, and righteous goals that fire your imagination and create excitement in your heart. And then keep your eye on them. Work consistently towards achieving them. "

i have a hard time getting past the dishes, laundry, mowing the lawn....etc. so this is motivating for me.

Book Club for Virgin Bloggers

I liked Heather's suggestion that we have our own little blog book club. So, here are the books that were voted on by the girls in my book club, in case you want to read along with us.

May "Dearest Friend" Lynn Withey

June "The Alchemist" Paolo Coelho

July "My Sister's Keeper" Jodi Picoult

August "Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China" Jung Chang

September "The Cloister Walk" Kathleen Morris

October "Tom Sawyer" Mark Twain

November "The Beggar King and the Secret to Happiness" Joel Ben Izzy

December "Crossing to Safety" Wallace Stegnar

January "The Book Thief" Marcus Zusak

February "Walk Two Moons" Sharon Creech

If there is a book that doesn't interest you, we could just make some suggestions of our own and read that one instead--for example, the book for August doesn't appeal to me personally--if everyone feels the same way, we can throw out some other titles and vote which to read on.

As far as discussion goes, I can post some of the questions that our discussion leader poses or you can post your own and we can all comment with our thoughts, insights, etc.

I can post the synopsis of these books if you're interested.

What do you think?

Lili Anderson

Last weekend I attended two conferences here in St. Louis put on by Lili Anderson and her husband. Wow. She is a great speaker--entertaining and inspiring--I learned SO much in just a few hours about the role of women/mothers and men/fathers, the foundation and importance of the family, the plan of salvation, having an eternal perspective...and a bunch of other good stuff.
She teaches at BYU and also speaks at Women's Conferences, Stake Conferences, devotionals, etc. Have any of you ever heard her speak?

For you Utahns, she puts on frequent seminars in Draper (price is a little steep for my budget) or you can go to her website and buy her presentations on CD. I'm going to buy the 3-CD set (it's only $25). I've heard two of the three presentations on the CD's but it's something that I need to hear over and over, plus I want to share it with my parents and siblings. Some of the PowerPoints from her presentations are online, but they don't make sense if you don't hear her insights/stories that go along with each slide.

Anyhoo, maybe you can talk your hubbies into getting you the CD's as a Mother's Day gift--I highly recommend it.

Poitiers

We are heading to France in a few months. Wellz has the opportunity to do a semester abroad through SUU's graduate program. The school is in Poitiers which is close to Paris. Poitiers itself seems so awesome and the more we find out about it the more excited we get. We are getting a two bedroom apartment because we expect a lot of visitors. Come if you'd like, please.


These places really do exist and are going to be within a few minutes of where we are going to live:

La Rochelle

St. Cirq Lapopie

Villa Eza
(We think this is pronounced just like Asa, even cooler)

Chateau Chenonceau

Also, we are looking for someone nice, honest, and trustworthy to occupy our house while we are in France. We'll be gone one semester starting in July/August. Know anyone?

Luck for Lacey

First Name	Middle Name	Last Name
2	9	4
4	9	4
12	9	4
22	9	4
6	11	4
22	11	4
5	12	4
12	13	4
12	19	4
15	20	4
12	21	4
16	21	4

According to this Chinese chart you need to name your baby with the following number of letters. It insures that your baby will be lucky.

Your last name has four letters so that is taken care of. Any combination on the chart for the first and middle names will work. Here's an example:

(6) + (11) + (4)= Everet Maximillian Farr

(5) + (12) + (4)= Boris Michelangelo Farr

Oh, and if you choose either of these names...I win.

Sorry is a sorry word

Here's a super secret site that will make you want to buy tons of gear you had no idea you needed. The products are sweet, the shipping is fast, and returns are so easy. Now, I've been debating posting about this site since it is so super secret. I mean, I sort of want to keep it to myself. Only one item is displayed at a time until it is sold out. I don't know if I want the competition. But I'm feeling a little guilty about the comments on my cell phone habits. Please accept this super secret site as my apology. I really love you all and can't imagine a life without any of you in it. You are my everything.

Finally!

Now maybe I can get something done!

Dream Jobs

Does anyone want to test out their dream job? Here's a site that lets you take a Vocation Vacation.
Wellz chose the cheese maker. I haven't decided. What would you choose.

PS- Danika, isn't it your birthday? Sorry, I don't remember the exact date but I'm pretty sure it's today. If it is your birthday I hope all your wildest dreams come true. Or, at least your wildest dream job (maybe the truck driver or any of the wrestling jobs perhaps?)

baby gender

i had a dr. appointment yesterday. the nurse didn't know i didn't know. she reads from the chart, "so you're having a boy..."

i'm still afraid to get my hopes up.

(not my ultrasound)

America's Finest News Source

A few years ago while visiting New York City I came across THE ONION. It's satire at it's best. It's like normal newspapers but way more funny. Check it out and add it to your daily, weekly, or monthly reads. Here's a few examples of my favorite articles:

Cool Dad A Terrible Father

Taco Bell's Five Ingredients Combined in Totally New Way

Warning: The "F-Bomb" is occasionally dropped.

Rhodes House circa 1993: a trip down memory lane

Every time I see this commercial it reminds me of Sarah and her sisters--in fact it might even be actual footage from the Rhodes household. The guy in the middle would be a brother in law--probably Todd.
I remember how at any moment they would all totally burst into perfectly synchronized and choreographed dancing. and how Sarah and Em came up with a sweet "handshake" that actually was more of a 5 minute long dance. "Buh-buh-buh-buhBaby--Don't forget my number." Sarah, do you and Em still have that one memorized?
I'm sure that, even today, if anyone were to ask Sarah to do the "Pepto Bismol dance" she and all her sisters could get up and do an excellent rendition while chanting, "nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. YAY! Pepto Bismol!"
Kate, if you do end up with a house full of girls at least you can be happy knowing that, amid all the drama, you might have hours of pure dancing entertainment. Hopefully, you've already taught your girls the "using your leg as a guitar while jumping off a chair" move--which in my mind is YOUR signature move.

the new angie

which one is it?

To Air Is Human

Katie wants her girls to grow up to be "pro something" so they can make bazillions of dollars while doing something totally fun and totally awesome, while making a difference and changing peoples lives for the better. well, I found something that fits that criteria perfectly:

Air Guitar World Championships

http://www.airguitarworldchampionships.com/EN/programme/high-altitude-training-camp.html

A few choice quotes from the website.

• As usual, the contestants welcomed everyone to join in as they played their guitars along with the song Rocking in the Free World. Air guitarists believe that all the bad things disappear from the world when everyone plays the air guitar, you know.
  


• What Air Guitar is all about, is to surrender to the music without having an actual instrument.

There is even a camp where you get one-on-one training from former champions and you can attend such seminars as: Principles and Philosophy of Air Guitar, Maintaining Your Instrument, and Advanced Choreography. There is also a written exam.

Last years' winner, "The Destroyer," did a stunning performance combining air guitar with...wait for it.... The Robot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj05ibkdd_0

Last week I got a Joan Jett rocker-chick haircut--so I think this is the logical next step to stardom and eventually world domination (buwahh ha ha haaa). Start saving your money now for a trip to Finland in September, I'm going to need a massive fan club if I'm going to go all the way.

Hazel Lee Gunn

Baby Boy Names

here is a list for lacey. all these names have either an "a" or an "r" (to go with farr).
anders
ansel
asher
axel
brant
calvin
cash
charles
denver
dexter
ender
ezra
grant
grayson
halvor (hal)
henry
jarek
jaron
maddox
marcus
maximos
oliver
orson
oscar
rex
rocco
romeo
samson
samuel
sanders
slater
steinar (this is for chad, it means rock warrior)
sterling
stewart/stuart
suck chin (this was really in the book, what the...?)
tafton (taft)
talvin
talmadge
tavish
tavor
thor
topher
trevor
trey
xavier
zachary
zander
zavier