Erin will love this...no, Dad will love it more...

Okay, while we're all waiting for Dad's annual post about the big road trip, here's something for ya. About a week ago, I had the MOST hilarious dream!! Seriously, I woke up laughing. Here it is: Aislinn and Erin and I were over at Evan Wilder's house for dinner. We were younger than we are now, and Erin was running around in her underwear first, and then all of a sudden had a pair of tights on. The tights were really saggy and wrinkly, like elephant legs, so Aislinn looks disapprovingly at her and says, "Fiona doesn't even wear those anymore!" (Thanks, A.) In my dream, I thought, "I don't remember EVER wearing those..." Then Mom and Dad come in, carrying some stuff for the dinner. Mom takes one look at Erin in those tights and says, in that voice she uses in those um...rare moments when Dad does something silly, "David, why in the world did you give her your tights?" And Dad, in the voice he uses when Mom uses HER voice, wearily says, "I didn't give them to her, she must have gotten them out of my drawer."

Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!! Okay, it's not as funny written down as if you were THERE, but still... I couldn't stop laughing!! I woke up at about 4-ish just cracking up, and then poor Z woke up and I told it to him, but he didn't think it was quite as funny as I did for some reason...I think he was kinda tired. I just could not stop laughing. It was great. I tried to find a picture of either Erin or Dad in baggy tights to illustrate this post somewhat, but amazingly, there are none. At least in my possession...

Things you only hear in Utah...

Today as I was coming home from work, a radio dj (on a normal radio station) was talking about something or other, that I wasn't really listening to, until he said "it's kind of like when you're sitting in sacrament meeting, and it's fast and testimony meeting, and you keep feeling like you should get up, but you just keep ignoring it until the meeting is over..."

It made me laugh, because you only hear stuff like that on the radio in Utah...

His Last Stand...

So, This morning, Marcus and I were randomly discussing General Custer, and trying to decide where his last stand took place. I was way off, guessing the Arizona or New Mexico region (I think I got that idea from a Louis L'Amour book DAD!) while Marc thought it was farther north, in the plains area. So, of course, we googled it, and found out that it happened exactly 132 years ago TODAY!! Well, yesterday and today, in June of 1876. I would type more about what happened, but that would probably take a while, so I'm just going to post a link to wikipedia! So, click here to find out more about General Custer and his last stand at Little Big Horn.

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Today is Mom's **th birthday! (I won't mention the real number here on the internet...) Happy Birthday Mom! Thanks for being such an awesome mother and for always doing so much for us. We love you!

UT drivers joke...

As shared by my BIL, John...

A man was being very closely tailgated by a woman on Foothill Boulevard in Salt Lake City. Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the intersection crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman slammed on the brakes and really leaned on the horn. She opened her window, stuck her hand out and made that familiar gesture, all the while screaming in frustration as she missed her chance to get through the intersection before the light had turned red.

As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tapping sound on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious SLC Police Officer. He ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the Police Station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a cell.

After a couple of hours, another Policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the Arresting Officer was waiting with all her personal effects. He said, "I'm very sorry for the mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping the guy off in front of you, and cussing a blue streak at him. I also noticed the 'Choose The Right' license plate holder, the 'Families are Forever' bumper sticker, the 'Follow Me to Sunday School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Angel Moroni emblem on the trunk."

"Naturally, I assumed you had stolen the car."

Happy St Patrick's Day!!

Well, I decided that someone should do a St Patrick's Day post. Unfortunately, I have nothing exciting to report for the day. I hope that everyone remembered to wear green...that is, of course, very important. Here is a Wiki article on St Patrick, just to refresh your memories. Technically, it is no longer St Patrick's Day here in Brussels, but we'll let that slide. The day did provide me with an excellent excuse to wear my favourite green shoes. They have been retired from regular use, as they are falling apart, but St Patrick's Day gave them a bit of a reprieve. I will include, in this thrilling post, a picture or two from my most recent trip to Ireland, as it seems fitting (also, I am wearing exactly the same thing in the pictures as I wore for St Patrick's Day).

Happy Texas Independence Day!

In celebration of Texas Independence Day we made some extremely yummy Cookie Monster cookies (thanks, Aislinn) and decorated them accordingly. Since we can't actually share the yummy cookies with y'all, we thought we would at least post some pictures, so you can see how creative and artistic we are...