Reminder

Just a reminder in case you haven't read The Alchemist yet-there is still plenty of time to get through it before we discuss (we're aiming for July 14-ish). It's short and easy to read, so if you haven't checked it out/bought/ordered it yet-do it today!

Question: what do you think would be the best way to discuss? I could post all the questions at once and you could comment on the ones you want to. Or I could post them one at a time and when we've said all we want to say on the matter, I could post the next one. what do you think?

Rusty's Learning to Listen

This clip is from Elizabeth Town. It's one of Asa's favorite.

toddler artist

this will be asa. he'll draw the ninja turtle with a penis.
http://offsprung.com/dadsmacker/2007/06/06/it-would-not-surprise-me-if-in-twenty-years-he-clops-off-his-ear/

Geranimo!!!!!!!!

My nephew went to Havasupai for scout camp last week. He just graduated from HS, he is really tall, and good sense of humor, and played receiver for the football team. I thought I knew him. I did not think he would ever be someone who would jump off the top of Havasu Falls. 110 ft. waterfall that is covered with signs at the top saying don't jump or you get fined $500. But he did! He said he just wanted to look over the edge. But after he did that he pondered to himself about how that would be to jump off the top. Then he said out loud to his buddies "I'm going to jump" they thought he was kidding until he started making his way to the edge again. There are lots of littel pools of water at the top so it was kind of tricky footing. When he was almost to the edge ond of the mossy rocks did crumblu under his foot and he said "that kinda scared me". Then he got to the edge and saw that everyone was cleaing out of the pool pretty fast. It looked clear so he jumped. At the last moment his fingertips came out a little bit and the force of the hit bent his wrist back really hard. When he came up he was yelling Yah and a wave hit in the mouth and he started choking and everyone thought that something had happened. But no he is fine but his wrist area little sensetive. Some stranger got it on video and sais he would email him the clip. I will post it when I get it. Oh yeah he didn't get fined.

A little piece of Heaven

Ogden just became a little bigger piece of Heaven with it's new Adventure mall. WE went to check it out this evening for FHE. We watched a couple of people in the wind tunnel which was really cool. I blows air at you like 180 mph and you go shooting up in the air and then you can come back down and just do tricks and stuff. They say 3 years old and up but Abe would not do it. Then they have this indoor wave that you can surf on. There is a Costa Vida right next to it so you can eat your dinner and watch people surf. Which would be cool for me if I was the one eating but not so cool for me surfing. There is also the tallest climbing wall in Utah adn all of these three things can be seen through huge glass windows from outside. There was also glow in the dark mini golf, bowling, and arcade with bumper cars. A huge movie theatre that has a food court so you can choose your dinner which can be eaten in the theatre on a tray that hooks into your seat. Awesome. Dinner and a movie put into one to save money on the baby sitter meter. We will be moving up to Logan June 27th. If you want to come check it out and stay the night here with us do it before then:)

Stuff

For all those out there that don't live to far away or just might be in town my baby shower date is June 23. It's a Saturday open house from 11:00 to 1:00 at my mom's house. I'd love any excuse to see you guys!
Angie how does one pronounce Terje? And what does it mean?
So I hiked Orderville Canyon over the weekend. Anyone else done that canyon? It is beautiful! 12 miles with the last 1/2 being in water. It meets with the Narrows several miles up. We had a good time! My boss Dr. Ott and his wife went. They are so cool I feel lucky to work for such a great guy! Even is there is un-necessary office drama. 11 females in the same building day after day takes its toll. So far I have been able to stay out of it. Anyone else have the same experiance at work? I think some ladies invent drama to make the day go by faster or something.
Kate you planning on the Payette trip the end of this month? I can't wait!!! Don't worry we will have a raft for the fat ladies. :)

Book Club part 2

Has anyone read/started reading the book for May? (Dearest Friend) I've had a hard time getting into it and quite a few of our book club members have called and expressed concerns about not reading all/any of the book. Have you had the same problem?
Our club meeting is tonight and we'll discuss the book even though many of us haven't made it all the way through. I think it will still make for some interesting discussion.
I was thinking--if any of you have read the book--i'll post the discussion questions on Monday and we can all give our input then. That will give you the weekend to get a little more reading done so you can contribute if you'd like. Hopefully it won't be super boring--I don't want everyone to quit after only the first month. Up till now every book we've read has been pretty awesome so hopefully in the future the books will be a little bit more engaging.
Oh, one other thing. My sister, Jaci, is a fan of our blog. She stops in and reads because she thinks we're funny and cool sometimes. She never comments because she says she feels like "an intruder and a spy." But she is going to be reading the books along with us too, so she may want to comment occasionally-so don't be alarmed.

holy. crap.

have you seen this before?

Happy Birthday Heather

it was yesterday, right? sorry i forgot. we were camping.

The Mitchell's in Europe

Ashlynn is home from her trip to Europe. If you haven't been following her blog you can check it out here. She went to a lot of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. She and her husband were gone for almost three weeks. Ashlynn is so super cool and stylish. I'm sure you all know her. She grew up in St. George (morning side). I hung with her sister Erica Allen in High School and her other sis is Jenny.

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.