Crazy Socks & Writer's Block

Today, was my mom's birthday. One of the most important days in my book by far. I was glad I didn't have to work today and was able to see her for a little while. Every minute counts with people you love. I have a pretty great mom, and am glad that I was lucky enough to take on a lot of her traits. Like her love of cereal for instance. There's no way I can possibly write down all the things I admire and love about her, so I'll try to get a few. She's very strong, in so many ways. I only see part of what she goes through, and she keeps going. She's faithful. She's always thinking of creative ways to get her scripture study in, and always has answers for my questions. She's always learning more and trying to be better. She's smart. She knows about so many different things like sewing, 80's bands, photography, and how to rake leaves faster. (You run the lawn mower over them.) She always says thank you, even for the little things like doing t...

Funny story. A few days ago I was reading all the blogs I follow like I usually do. And of course I read  Jana's  blog and read about how she had won the Liebster award. I had no idea what it was, so I read her post full of fun facts, and for everyone I kept nodding my head going, I DO THAT TOO! Then today I re-read her blog, and realized that she'd nominated me for the Liebster award as well! It was a very exciting moment. Thank you! So I guess this is how it works, I think, I'm new to this whole thing. I totally just stole this off Jana's blog ;) "The Liebster Blog Award is given to bloggers by bloggers. It is a way to acknowledge each other and say 'you're doing a great job.' It is for blogs with 200 or less followers, so it's also a great way to spread the word about smaller blogs & get them more readers/ followers! When you receive the award, you post 11 random facts about yourself and answer 11 questions from the person who nominated y...

I asked Sammy for his version of what happened two years ago, and this is what he said. He makes me laugh. :) So, two years ago on a regular day my junior year of high school, I was kidnapped. Yes, kidnapped. I remember everything very vividly. The night before October 22, 2010 Kylee Wiechman and I were texting each other. She was asking me a series of random questions. What would I do if someone legitly kidnapped me, whether I like ice cream or not, and other questions. And of course being the guy I was, I did not think much of it. I thought she was just asking me silly questions for the heck of it or to get to know be better. The next day, I got out of I think it was physics, and not expecting anything I just walked my way towards the lunchroom. But, in the middle of the hallway as I was walking I suddenly couldn’t see anything. My sight was blacked out by someone pulling a blindfold over my eyes. I still have that same blindfold today. I was startled and was like oh this h...

2 years ago and one day, a very important event happened. Me and my two best girlfriends kidnapped Sammy and took him to Coldstone because he hates ice cream. I always laugh thinking about that day, and just remembered in the shower this morning that it happened two years ago, and one day. (I can remember because it was one week before his birthday, another important event in our history.) It went down like this. Kelsey and Noellyn had class with him right before we all had an off hour. I got out of gym early and practically ran over to their classroom, ready to go. When the bell rang, my heart was a racing! Kelsey and Noellyn joined me in the convenient location where we looked like we were just talking, but could watch Sammy exit the class. He took his sweet time getting out that day, I remember that. When he did walk out, he was with his best guy friend. Dang it. The three of us followed closely behind as they talked and walked. Sammy dropped his friend off at class. It was go tim...

Remember Night at the museum? Yeah, well museums are fun during the day too. Sammy and I were in need of a fun date after the past few weeks, so to the museum we went! It was on our summer bucket list but we never really made it. Until this Saturday! It was a great date! Especially since both of us have been learning so much and were able to apply our knowledge at the museum. I had great fun telling Sammy if the skeletons were boys or girls and showing him their versions of the same bones we have. He taught me alllll about Egypt and such. I was quite impressed. It was a great day of being silly. Poop!  One time a friend asked Sammy and I why our relationship works so well. I said it's because we can talk about poop. Hahaha! Seems like he's giving up the Coke. My deer in the headlights look Posing with the lynxes. They're my school's mascot! Kisses for Jacob.  Sammy posed with Hugh Jackman and brother, in wolverine form of course. ...

Guess what! It's political season! You know what that means. Lot's of arguments and facebook posts and inner RAGE! But it also means. . . . Awesome political videos! If you're in need of a laugh, here's my favorites! Enjoy! Mister Romney's Neighborhood VP Songified  I want this on my ipod.  What Jim Lehrer Should Have Done  The end is the best part.  And what would political season be without SNL?  Presidential Debate VP Debate Hope you enjoy these as much as I did!

About a month ago I wrote  this . Just wanted to give an update, I now know they are all from the same species, and that first impressions are rarely right. It also surprises me how accepting people are. I say hey, I'm not doing this, and that's it. No other questions asked. Isn't going to be used against me at a later time. The one interesting thing is that it usually takes over an hour to eat dinner every night, because the guys all get about three different plates of food, dessert, and then make abstract art with the napkins. Pretty sure all my digesting gets done before I even think about leaving the table at night. Remember back in middle school, when it was funny to pour everything at the table into a drink and look at how disgusting it was? Well that's what happened at dinner tonight. It was a mixture of kool aid, coke, ice cream, beef stroganoff, mushrooms, and a healthy dose of salt and pepper. One of the guys was triple dog dared to drink it, and chickened o...