As we should all know, the BYU football team does the Maori haka before every game. On a BYU sports message board I frequent, one of the posters found this video, and I think it’s pretty darn sweet.
The missing photos
Becky was printing a bunch of photos to put in some albums when we came across this one. It was taken 1 January 2004, at 12:07am. The poor little boy couldn’t hold his drink and passed out before the ball dropped. Becky remembers us all piling our party stuff on top of him for the picture. He didn’t even budge.
Free Slurpees for Justin’s Birthday!
In honor of Justin’s birthday, I’m treating everyone to free Squishees, er, I mean Slurpees!!
Actually, this year, 7-Eleven is celebrating its 80th anniversary by following the tradition of offering consumers free 7.11-ounce Slurpee drinks for free. Birthday cups will be available as well. The past few years, 7-Eleven has been giving away free Slurpees on 7/11 but this year they’re doing more.
A news release sent out this week promotes the chain’s birthday, noting that a loaf of bread cost 9 cents, a gallon of milk was 56 cents, a dozen eggs cost 46 cents, and ice was sold in blocks rather than bags when 7-Eleven opened its doors in 1927–little more than an ice dock.
$20 to the person who can visit at least 7 or more 7-Elevens AND finish all the Slurpees!
Happy Birthday Justin!!
4th of July
Check this out. Twice now I’ve gotten photos up pretty quickly. Here’s our set for our Independence Day activities.
 |
| 4th of July |
Our day included driving out to Kehoe Farm in Clinton, MI. It’s owned by one of Jere’s coworkers and her husband. We enjoyed good food, games, a performance by Gordo the Magician, and what Ashlee had been waiting for all week… pony rides! Ashlee got to ride 3 or 4 times I think, including the last ride of the day where I guess the pony got to run just a bit.
We didn’t go to any fireworks this year but that’s fine as we have three neighbors (across the street, down the street, and behind us) that seem to be competing more and more each year for who can put on the most spectacular display. Our neighbor down the street is usually the best, he’s been doing it the longest. They always host an all day barbecue at their house for the whole neighborhood capped off the the fireworks display after dusk. I think I decided we really don’t ever need to go anywhere as the fireworks on our own block were just as good and the parking is even better.
We also lit our small fireworks and played with sparklers and finger poppers. The kids had fun, got to stay up late, and I even zonked out before midnight. So, enjoy the pics.
What is the world coming to?
So I’m reading through my New Music Tuesday email from the iTunes Store, and I noticed that the latest Hannah Montana offering is the #1 album. Are you kidding me, there’s not enough other stuff out there? I guess I didn’t realize that there were that many Hannah Montana fans out there. I mean, I figured there were some that actually watch the show, but enough to get a #1 album? Wow, good for Disney?
And here come the comments, “She’s got such good music, good show, roll model, blah, blah, blah.” Spare me…
It’s a girl!
Hey ya’ll!
As you should have guessed from the title, we found out that we’re having a little girl! That will be four nieces in a row since Nina. And there will be more nieces than nephews.
Anyway, here’s some pictures from the latest ultrasound. Hover you mouse over each thumbnail to see the title, and click the thumbnail to see/download the larger image. Enjoy!
Modern day lingo
No, I am not talking about an updated, modern day, 20 cow movie. I’m talking about how the kids of Nick’s generation are already hip to the latest internet lingo. Nick knows that the word for putting something up on your blog is a ‘post’. And that a blog is a place you can record things that happened, thoughts you had, opinions, and such. Well, at this evening’s FHE, Becky talked about the word ‘remember’ and how President Kimball mentioned it was one of the most important words in the dictionary. When she asked what was something we could do now to help us remember something in the future, Nick said, “We could post it in our journal.”
Michigan Challenge
In an almost unprecedented move, I’ve actually posted some pictures within 24 hours of taking them. We went to the Howell balloon festival yesterday (officially the Michigan Challenge Balloonfest). They’ve got a ton of shows, events, exhibits, a carnival, etc. We’ve gone before, but we’ve never stayed for the evening festivities, mainly including the balloons ‘glowing’ after dark and the night time jump by some skydivers. So we decided yesterday to go later in the evening so we could catch the after dark stuff. Luckily, as you can see from the pictures, we ran into another family from the ward so the kids were able to entertain each other while waiting.
|
| Michigan Challenge 2007 |
Pictures are up!
bex blog update
For those of you not keeping track (and why aren’t you), Becky has posted a couple of updates to her blog since we’ve been back from AZ. One of them has a few pictures from our adventures in the month of May. And not to fear, I am going to work on getting her 72-odd AZ pictures posted online soon for all to peruse.