Wonderful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxlwYP0HNdc
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Three MUST-SEE Videos
Ok, so here are three video clips that everyone should see, you won' regret it:
1. First, John McCain at the Al Smith dinner in NYC last week. One of the funniest things, I have seen in awhile. Both candidates do a "roast" of one another. You can even see Obama laughing hysterically at McCain....I even heard someone say he was a little nervous to follow McCain, after what a great job he did. This made me like the Old Maverick a little more.
2. Second: Howard Stern Show interviews Obama supporters in Harlem on candidates Policies. This is just sad, and frustrating. That's about all I have to say about that.
3. Third, Tina Fey and Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live: Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.
Happy viewing!!!
1. First, John McCain at the Al Smith dinner in NYC last week. One of the funniest things, I have seen in awhile. Both candidates do a "roast" of one another. You can even see Obama laughing hysterically at McCain....I even heard someone say he was a little nervous to follow McCain, after what a great job he did. This made me like the Old Maverick a little more.
2. Second: Howard Stern Show interviews Obama supporters in Harlem on candidates Policies. This is just sad, and frustrating. That's about all I have to say about that.
3. Third, Tina Fey and Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live: Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.
Happy viewing!!!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Grandmother does NYC
About five or six months ago, I called my sweet grandmother and told her that I had a dream. I wanted to take her to New York City. Last Christmas she had mentioned in conversation that she had never ever been to New York....several months later Whit and I were discussing this and saying how that was so sad, bc NYC is one of our favorite cities ever. There is just nothing like it. So Whit encouraged me to talk to my grandmother and see if she would be up for a "grand-daughter lead" trip to NYC.
She was was totally game! So, we made our flight and hotel arrangement and all the plans were in the works. I made reservations at this cute little B&B on the upper west side two blocks from the Park, its called the Hephzibah House and is available for people to stay who are in full time or part-time ministry. I had stayed there with my friend Amy Marie during our fellows program and had a great time! Its close to everything.
I was getting so excited about the trip. I have been to NYC over a dozen times now, but its always so special when you go with family. A couple years ago I went to NYC with Whit, his mom, Karen, and sister Clara......it was an absolute blast to go with them. So, I asked Karen (Whit's mom) to see if she could take Columbus day off of work and join us. She did and it was a complete blessing to have her there and she is such great fun!
Grandmother (from Dallas) and Karen (from Spartanburg, SC) decided to fly into DC on last Friday, they would spend the night with us in Friday and then we would leave early Saturday morning, drive to New York and then come back Monday after breakfast.
Everything we did was great fun, but I think my favorite memory happened on Sunday. We had a great brunch and then walked over to Central Park, we were walking around a little bit when grandmother saw the rikshaws.....these bicycles that have seats in the back and these guys pedal them around for you. Grandmother was getting a little tired of walking so said she would treat us to a ride through the park. We had the nicest driver and we kept laughing hysterically as he would huff and puff and pedal us all around NYC. Such a funny sight!!! We pulled out of the Park, bc I had aksed the driver to take us over to Pier 83 for our boat tour. We were going along on some of the side street, when things began to look famliar, right as I was saying "Um, guys, I think we are about to...." the driver took a left and what do you know?!....We are driving down Broadway, right in the middle of Times Square with all of the Taxis, cars and buses all around us.....US, in our little RIKSHAW! Too funny!!
here is a re-cap of our activities:
Saturday: Arrive in NYC and check into hotel
-Cab down to pier 17, south street seaport and stand in line at TKTS to get cheap tickets to that night's performances on Broadway, our tickets to Gypsy were only $30!!!
-Walk over to China Town and shop along Canal Street
-Walk over to Little Italy and feast on some of the best Itallian food ever!
-Cab over to Times Square, walk around
-Walk over to the St. James Theater on 44th and Broadway, see Gypsy
-After the show we got some ice cream in Times Square and then headed back to our hotel
Sunday:
-Get up and grab some yummy brunch on the upper west side
-Walk over to Central Park
-Take a rikshaw through the park, Times Square and over to Pier 83
-Take a Liberty boat tour to Lady Liberty, past Ellis Island and city scape of Manhattan
-Cab down to World Trade Center, take a look through the Winter Garden
-Cab back up to Rockefeller Center, walk around and then go all the way up to the viewing dock at "Top of the Rock"
-Stroll down 5th Avenue
-Take a look into St. Patrick's Cathedral
-Cab over to the Meat Packing district to make our dinner reservations at The Spice Market
-Walk over to Pastis to grab dessert
Monday: grab breakfast, walk around/shop a little, drive back to DC!
The drive into the city....me with the directions...
Entering the Lincoln Tunnel~~
At the lake in Central Park....Boat House across from us...
View of City Lights, at Sunset, from "Top of the Rock" (viewing from top of Rockefeller Center)
Karen, in the Winter Garden, overlooking 9-11, World Trade Center Construction
Sail Boat and Lady Liberty
Grandmother on the Lady Liberty Boat Tour down the Hudson River
View from the boat
Karen and me on the Rikshaw in Central Park
All the ladies and the blessed Rikshaw
The Look on Grandmother's face as she is riding through Times Square on the rikshaw
Times Square
The Streets of NYC
Times square at night, after seeing "Gipsy" on Braodway!
She was was totally game! So, we made our flight and hotel arrangement and all the plans were in the works. I made reservations at this cute little B&B on the upper west side two blocks from the Park, its called the Hephzibah House and is available for people to stay who are in full time or part-time ministry. I had stayed there with my friend Amy Marie during our fellows program and had a great time! Its close to everything.
I was getting so excited about the trip. I have been to NYC over a dozen times now, but its always so special when you go with family. A couple years ago I went to NYC with Whit, his mom, Karen, and sister Clara......it was an absolute blast to go with them. So, I asked Karen (Whit's mom) to see if she could take Columbus day off of work and join us. She did and it was a complete blessing to have her there and she is such great fun!
Grandmother (from Dallas) and Karen (from Spartanburg, SC) decided to fly into DC on last Friday, they would spend the night with us in Friday and then we would leave early Saturday morning, drive to New York and then come back Monday after breakfast.
Everything we did was great fun, but I think my favorite memory happened on Sunday. We had a great brunch and then walked over to Central Park, we were walking around a little bit when grandmother saw the rikshaws.....these bicycles that have seats in the back and these guys pedal them around for you. Grandmother was getting a little tired of walking so said she would treat us to a ride through the park. We had the nicest driver and we kept laughing hysterically as he would huff and puff and pedal us all around NYC. Such a funny sight!!! We pulled out of the Park, bc I had aksed the driver to take us over to Pier 83 for our boat tour. We were going along on some of the side street, when things began to look famliar, right as I was saying "Um, guys, I think we are about to...." the driver took a left and what do you know?!....We are driving down Broadway, right in the middle of Times Square with all of the Taxis, cars and buses all around us.....US, in our little RIKSHAW! Too funny!!
here is a re-cap of our activities:
Saturday: Arrive in NYC and check into hotel
-Cab down to pier 17, south street seaport and stand in line at TKTS to get cheap tickets to that night's performances on Broadway, our tickets to Gypsy were only $30!!!
-Walk over to China Town and shop along Canal Street
-Walk over to Little Italy and feast on some of the best Itallian food ever!
-Cab over to Times Square, walk around
-Walk over to the St. James Theater on 44th and Broadway, see Gypsy
-After the show we got some ice cream in Times Square and then headed back to our hotel
Sunday:
-Get up and grab some yummy brunch on the upper west side
-Walk over to Central Park
-Take a rikshaw through the park, Times Square and over to Pier 83
-Take a Liberty boat tour to Lady Liberty, past Ellis Island and city scape of Manhattan
-Cab down to World Trade Center, take a look through the Winter Garden
-Cab back up to Rockefeller Center, walk around and then go all the way up to the viewing dock at "Top of the Rock"
-Stroll down 5th Avenue
-Take a look into St. Patrick's Cathedral
-Cab over to the Meat Packing district to make our dinner reservations at The Spice Market
-Walk over to Pastis to grab dessert
Monday: grab breakfast, walk around/shop a little, drive back to DC!
The drive into the city....me with the directions...
Entering the Lincoln Tunnel~~At the lake in Central Park....Boat House across from us...View of City Lights, at Sunset, from "Top of the Rock" (viewing from top of Rockefeller Center)Karen, in the Winter Garden, overlooking 9-11, World Trade Center ConstructionSail Boat and Lady LibertyGrandmother on the Lady Liberty Boat Tour down the Hudson RiverView from the boatKaren and me on the Rikshaw in Central ParkAll the ladies and the blessed RikshawThe Look on Grandmother's face as she is riding through Times Square on the rikshawTimes SquareThe Streets of NYCTimes square at night, after seeing "Gipsy" on Braodway!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Baby Bella
No, not real babies people, puppy babies!
After many years of prayer (kidding, kinda) and lots of persuasion on my husband's part (to our landlord), Whit surprised me and coordinated the pick-up of the cutest chocolate lab puppy in the entire world. Our wonderful landlord, let us put down a deposit in exchange for a little puppy. We are so thankful, I have been wanting a lab for YEARS now !!!
We found Bella at a breeder in Southern Virginia, and I went to go pick her up last Friday. She is just today 8 weeks old, she was the only girl in a 8 puppy litter....she had 7 brothers! It was a little bit of a hard transition at first, you could tell she missed her mom and brothers, not to mention living on a farm. But, we can tell she is getting more and more adjusted everyday and her little personality is coming out!
I took Bella to the Alexandria art festival this weekend, and it was a mob scene....EVERYBODY and their dog (literally) wanted to come over and pet her and hold her. Alexandria is such a dog lover city....most of the stores let dogs come in and even restaurants have sections aside for dogs.
I kinda forgot how needy puppies are at the beginning, needless to say, Whit and I are a little sleep deprived. But we love her so much~~~
Its fun, to scratch mom's face!
Look at the camera!
I just put this in there bc I love her chocolate lab water bowl i found :)
kisses!
My two favorite things...
New chew toy, love her blue/green eyes...
Scratching....
After many years of prayer (kidding, kinda) and lots of persuasion on my husband's part (to our landlord), Whit surprised me and coordinated the pick-up of the cutest chocolate lab puppy in the entire world. Our wonderful landlord, let us put down a deposit in exchange for a little puppy. We are so thankful, I have been wanting a lab for YEARS now !!!
We found Bella at a breeder in Southern Virginia, and I went to go pick her up last Friday. She is just today 8 weeks old, she was the only girl in a 8 puppy litter....she had 7 brothers! It was a little bit of a hard transition at first, you could tell she missed her mom and brothers, not to mention living on a farm. But, we can tell she is getting more and more adjusted everyday and her little personality is coming out!
I took Bella to the Alexandria art festival this weekend, and it was a mob scene....EVERYBODY and their dog (literally) wanted to come over and pet her and hold her. Alexandria is such a dog lover city....most of the stores let dogs come in and even restaurants have sections aside for dogs.
I kinda forgot how needy puppies are at the beginning, needless to say, Whit and I are a little sleep deprived. But we love her so much~~~
Its fun, to scratch mom's face!
Look at the camera!
I just put this in there bc I love her chocolate lab water bowl i found :)
kisses!
My two favorite things...
New chew toy, love her blue/green eyes...
Scratching....
Bowling at the White House
I know, sounds weird, huh? But, yep! I definitely went bowling at the White House! My good friend Jeni, was able to secure two extra spots on a special trip to The White House bowling alley, so she asked me and Kimberly to go. We had a GREAT time.
Now, before you get too impressed, The White House bowling alley is not the most impressive in the world, its only two lanes, located in the basement of the White House, which President Truman had installed while in office. There were all these cool old photos of former Presidents and first ladies carrying their little bowling bags and heading over to the bowling alley, so amazing to think about how many important people have bowled there. I think I remember on Thanksgiving several years ago when the news reported that the Bush family was partaking in a very competitive bowling game at The White House on Thanksgiving day.
Also, and I really can't believe we were able to do this, but we brought a couple pizzas and some beer into the White House to complete our bowling experience.
File one away for the next truth or dare game: I have brought beer and pizza into the White House, past the Secret Service, and through security in October of 2008 :)
Jeni, Kimberly and me in front of the Truman bowling lanes
Practicing my form.
About to carry beer and pizza through Secret Service security at the SW gate of the White House
another shot....
me and kimberly
in front of the W pic
Now, before you get too impressed, The White House bowling alley is not the most impressive in the world, its only two lanes, located in the basement of the White House, which President Truman had installed while in office. There were all these cool old photos of former Presidents and first ladies carrying their little bowling bags and heading over to the bowling alley, so amazing to think about how many important people have bowled there. I think I remember on Thanksgiving several years ago when the news reported that the Bush family was partaking in a very competitive bowling game at The White House on Thanksgiving day.
Also, and I really can't believe we were able to do this, but we brought a couple pizzas and some beer into the White House to complete our bowling experience.
File one away for the next truth or dare game: I have brought beer and pizza into the White House, past the Secret Service, and through security in October of 2008 :)
Jeni, Kimberly and me in front of the Truman bowling lanesPracticing my form.About to carry beer and pizza through Secret Service security at the SW gate of the White Houseanother shot....me and kimberlyin front of the W pic
One-Shot Antelope Hunt
So, I am always a little nervous to talk about hunting, bc some people can be really offended by it, but this is such a hilarous/cool story, I had to share:
About 6-8 months ago, my Dad called me with some exciting news. Due to a late drop out of one of the contenders, he was asked to join a team of 4 to compete in the "One Shot Antelope Hunt" in Lander, Wyoming in the middle of September. The One Shot Antelope hunt was started back in 1940 as a duel between Colorado and Wyoming.Twenty four contenders are given one bullet and one chance to kill an antelope. There is a time limit as well as many rules as to what constitutes a correct kill and shot. Included in the 24 contenders were, my dad, the Governors of Wyoming and Colorado as well as the head of the NRA. :) There is a lot of pressure to get your shot, and you don't want to be "that guy" that missed the antelope.
The night before the hunt they have a little ceremony sponsored by the Shoshone Indians.....apparently my Dad became "blood brothers" with them and they blessed his bullet. I think this whole thing is so hilarious, but I don't think my dad has been more excited about anything is his LIFE.....I was so nervous all day Saturday when the hunt was going on.....that afternoon Dad called Whit and me an gave us the good news.....he got his Antelope in one shot! He was only hunting for 16 minutes or something like that. I would also like to note that the head of the NRA did NOT get his antelope :) Enjoy the pics!!
My Dad and his "blood brothers" the Shoshone Indians
The scoreboard, notice the governors names...
closer pic of the scoreboard
The Kill
My dad, his antelope and his guide
About 6-8 months ago, my Dad called me with some exciting news. Due to a late drop out of one of the contenders, he was asked to join a team of 4 to compete in the "One Shot Antelope Hunt" in Lander, Wyoming in the middle of September. The One Shot Antelope hunt was started back in 1940 as a duel between Colorado and Wyoming.Twenty four contenders are given one bullet and one chance to kill an antelope. There is a time limit as well as many rules as to what constitutes a correct kill and shot. Included in the 24 contenders were, my dad, the Governors of Wyoming and Colorado as well as the head of the NRA. :) There is a lot of pressure to get your shot, and you don't want to be "that guy" that missed the antelope.
The night before the hunt they have a little ceremony sponsored by the Shoshone Indians.....apparently my Dad became "blood brothers" with them and they blessed his bullet. I think this whole thing is so hilarious, but I don't think my dad has been more excited about anything is his LIFE.....I was so nervous all day Saturday when the hunt was going on.....that afternoon Dad called Whit and me an gave us the good news.....he got his Antelope in one shot! He was only hunting for 16 minutes or something like that. I would also like to note that the head of the NRA did NOT get his antelope :) Enjoy the pics!!
My Dad and his "blood brothers" the Shoshone Indians
The scoreboard, notice the governors names...
closer pic of the scoreboard
The Kill
My dad, his antelope and his guide
Lizzy gets married!
The first weekend in September, Whit and I headed down to Austin, TX (home sweet, home :) for the wedding of my dear friend Lizzy Zimmerman and Stanton Newman. Lizzy and I have known each other since high school days and then went to UT together, she was a bridesmaid in my wedding and I was honored to be one in hers....she is such a dear friend and I have so many wonderful memories over the years! So thankful for you, Lizzy! Also, Stanton's family has been family friends since as long as I can remember, we went to the same church since we were born and grew up at all the church functions together. It was a BEAUTIFUL wedding, and I am so happy for them!!
Me and Shannon (Stanton's sister) at the bachelorette party!
Bachelorette, Lizzy on south congress!
loved the yellow flowers...
Bachelorette and maid of honor, Molly!
Lizzy and Stanton at the rehearsal dinner
beautiful bride!!!
leaving the driskoll hotel!
Laurel, Me, Whit and Amanda at the rehearsal dinner
me and tori in our bridesmaid dresses!
Me and Shannon (Stanton's sister) at the bachelorette party!
Bachelorette, Lizzy on south congress!loved the yellow flowers...Bachelorette and maid of honor, Molly!
Lizzy and Stanton at the rehearsal dinnerbeautiful bride!!!leaving the driskoll hotel!Laurel, Me, Whit and Amanda at the rehearsal dinnerme and tori in our bridesmaid dresses!
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