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The life and times of some guy, a Lady-Friend, a Little Dude and a Little Sis.

Archive for August, 2008

Naptime Subdues Woman, Child

Sunday is officially nap day. It’s the only day of the week MC will take a nap (on purpose) and the only day Joshua seems like he’s ok taking one without a fight. My resistance to naps continues to this day, which is how I snapped this pic. The light was a little low, so …

Quotables: (SURPRISE!)… Joshua

So we’re teaching Joshua about prayer and how Heavenly Father can help us when we ask for things. “So if your face falls off, you can ask Heavely Father and he’ll put it back on for you.”

Joshua was out shopping with Mari-Catherine and they came across a “measurer”. Joshua measured up to be 38″ and …

Pineview Terror Contemplated After Silent Monsters Revealed.

Apparently we weren’t aware of the imminent danger we were all in when we went wake boarding up at Pineview a week or so ago. We were literally inches away from the jaws of death– defying aquatic dismemberment to its very face! See, whilst we laughed and frolicked in the balmy waters about the boat, …

Temple here we come!

Hello hello all you lovely vinton descendents out there. I just wanted to tell you that today me and Luke met with the bishop and we passed the first part of a temple recommend with flying colors. So this tuesday we will see the stake pres and get the final ok on going …

Lagoon: We came. We saw. We got some pics.

So yeah. Lagoon wasn’t as bad as it had been described to me (which was on par with Mos Eisley — a wretched hive of scum and villainy… and lameness). Surprise! It wasn’t too bad at all. Of course, I couldn’t go on most of the rides thanks to my itchy vomit trigger (the relatively …

Quotables: Joshua… who else?

We’ve had a bit of a monsoon around here lately, which has made some cool rainbows. We saw one the other day and pointed it out to Joshua, who nonchalantly added, “Jesus made that for us.”
We were at Lagoon yesterday for a Dunkley family reunion (as my first Lagoon experience, it wasn’t as bad as …

Our Mind’s Tellin’ Us No! And So Did Everyone E-eeeelse!

So fine. Everybody wins. I called the Vespa dealership yesterday and had them refund the money we put down on that sweet, sexy, peppy window to freedom and happiness: The Vespa GTV 250.
So, in memoriam, we bid thee farewell:
Farewell, discontinued and rare Aviator Gray paint scheme. Farewell, countryside picnics. Farewell, open-aired freedom. Farewell, Sunday afternoon …

Facebook Surprises Dan. Gets Shameless Plug.

So we all know about MySpace*. Icky. Loud. Gaudy. Yucky. Trashy. A showcase for the sad state of affairs American youth find themselves in. I like MySpace about as much as I like finding fresh cat poop in the garden.
I have, however, belatedly come to appreciate MySpace’s scrubbed and polished cousin: Facebook.
You know… Facebook? The …

My Mind’s Tellin’ Me No! But The Vespa! The Vespa’s Tellin Me Ye-eeees!

Last Friday, Mari-Catherine and I took a peek at shortening our life expectancy via scooters. We’ve been bumping the idea around for the last couple years, but with a Cache Valley summer of approximately 2.5 months and the rest of the year reminiscent of Antarctica (but with crappy drivers instead of penguins), we passed. This …

Somebody’s got a Giiiiiiiiiirlfriend!

Ok, so their age kind of places an emphasis on “friend”, but whatever. Joshua and his little pal Ella have been nigh inseparable the last few weeks, ladling wildly generous moments of “Aaaaww! So cuuuute!” over recent trips to Bear Lake, Pineview Reservoir and even jumping on the tramp.
For example: The other day they commandeered …