Snowboarding and Pigs

Lately Logan and I have had this fascination with piglets. It started a while back when Staci sent me an e-mail about a tiger who raised piglets because her cubs died. Well here and there we've had encounters with pigs and now we fancy them and hope to get a few one day. (our future pet list is getting quite long).
We went to the Warren Miller snowboarding movie this week. You pay 13 bucks a ticket and go to the movie. In your program there is a free pass to the Canyons in Park City thats worth 80 bucks. The people in the movie were nuts. I have no desire to jump out of helicopter and snowboard but I am quite fanatic about snowboarding cautiously. We welcome snowstorms and are counting down the days till we get to go. USA! USA!

October Fun

We dressed as a car hop and burger boy this year for Halloween. We won most creative costume at the ward party. We attended the pumpkin walk, always a good time. I also took my preschool class there. I got to wear my roller skates to work on Halloween. It made me quite resourceful.

We also went to the homecoming game against Fresno State. That was a disappointing game. We were ahead until Fresno magically won with 2 seconds remaining. I randomly decided to dye my hair. I felt I did a good job considering my lack of training.


We decided to paint pumpkins this year. I don't why we haven't been doing that all along. It was much easier than carving. We decided to just share a pumpkin so my half was a harry potter kitty and Logan's half was a gangster vampire. It turned out quite freaky. We love fall and especially Halloween. But with it done and over I can begin to listen to Christmas music and get ready for the season.

Ugly

I decided to make my blog ugly. I'm still working on it.

Private

Hi friends,
Well I've decided to be paranoid and make my blog private. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you, especially if you don't have a gmail account. I want to make it private pretty soon so just post your email address on the comment board or you can e-mail me at spickett315@hotmail.com so I can add you to the list. Everyone is invited, I just want to know who my audience is. Thanks!

WEEZER

So finally the concert came! It was on Tuesday night so we felt pretty cool being rebellious and hanging out on a weeknight. We put on the Weezer tee's I made (again compliments of Mysha), cranked a Weezer CD and headed south to the E center. I don't who was the moron that put the E center in West Valley, but it is quite a trash hole. The concert began 7:30 on the dot with Tokyo Police Club. They were as good as their name implies. Next was Angels and Airwaves. Not bad, but we definitely could have done with out his profanity between songs. And finally glorious Weezer graced us with their presence. They are such amazing performers. Their songs are great live-just like on CD. Rivers, the lead singer, was hilarious. He had a mini trampoline he would jump on from time to time as well as a soccer ball to kick around. They came out wearing the white jumpsuits from their music video Pork and Beans. They all took turns playing the instruments and singing. They brought 30 Weezer fans with them who play instruments to play the music to Island in the Sun and Beverly Hills. Everyone had their part. They played the music, Rivers sang the lyrics and we sang HipHip or the chorus to Beverly Hills. It was such a bonding experience. We had so much fun screaming along to their songs. We couldn't stop smiling. They said they're coming to concert again next year and we'll be there! I've added some pics and video. I want to apologize now for my rancid singing. I know I'm absolutely terrible so don't feel bad for me. The concert was so loud so I couldn't hear how bad it was, but my camera seemed to pick up just me singing. It's bad so prepare yourself.

We were going for punk rock but we just look gross
They had a big poster of Weezer that you could stick your head in and be part of the band.

They started the show in their "you tube" jumpsuits and eventually switched to a jogging outfit. As for the bag on his head- I have no idea
Note the mini trampoline
Again I apologize for my horrific singing. I ruined all the nice footage I recorded. Dang my vocal cords.

The Greatest Show on Earth

Mysha and I came up with this great idea a while back to kidnap our husbands and abandon them at the circus. Well our plans partially fell through and we ended up just taking them to the circus. I tried to be sneaky about it, but Logan kept "accidentally " figuring things out. He didn't know we were going to the circus, but he knew more than he was supposed to. We left Saturday afternoon. First we stopped in Sardine Canyon for a picnic. Circus animal cookies were for desert. Then we continued south. We parked by the gateway. They still couldn't figure out what we were doing even after many hints. There were signs posted all over town for the circus and crowds of people carrying all sorts of circus paraphernalia but they were still clueless. Finally Jason put two and two together. It was so much fun! The highlights were definitely the elephants, tigers, the goats riding mini horses, and the rebel riders.


The picnic. Mysha opening the circus animal cookies. A creature hiding in the field. . More circus cookies. I also posted another shirt I designed thanks to Mysha ( she does most of the work).

LEAF BUG!

We have a vine that covers one side of our house. I noticed that one of the leaves was a little out of place- turns out it wasn't a leaf after all, but a leaf-bug! I 'm not sure what its actually called but I say its a leaf bug ( a leaf turning into a bug), Logan says its a bug leaf ( a bug turning into a leaf). Either way its nuts. We were fascinated by it. I wonder if it changes colors for fall?

TAG

10 years ago I was:
1. in 7th grade
2. it was my first big year in the high school before they had built the middle school.
3. ugly- at least I had just gone from glasses to contacts
4. lets face it, I was just weird

5 things on my "to do" list today
1. feed the ducks!
2. go to church
3. have FHE
4. make marshmallow popcorn
5. read calvin and hobbes

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. ice cream!
2. junior mints
3. popcorn (caramel, butter, marshmallow, you name it)
4. chippies and salsa! or nachos
5. grapefruit (something I swore I'd never eat until Logan got to me)

5 things I'd do if I was a millionaire:
1. abuse my power and become evil
2. move out of this apartment! (our recent ordeal is the bathroom sink is clogged as well as our neighbor's sink. When they flush or plunge- stuff comes up our sink- words can't express)
3. burn this apartment
4. travel and buy a pet otter or lion
5. pay for Staci and Scott's law school

5 jobs I've had:
1. florist and cashier at a drug store
2. mowed lawns!
3. worked for my dad- excavation
4. worked at a swimming pool
5. preschool teacher

5 places I've lived:
1. Gunnison
2. Ephraim- just outside of Gunnison
3. Logan
4. Gunnison
5. Gunnison

Tag:
1. Mysha (yeah right)
2. Mrs. Stacy Gillins
3. Seidi
4. Staci Jackson- make your self a dang blog
5. Diana (have you done this already?)

We are the champions

We ran our first 5k on Saturday. Running is my challenge and I'm proud to say I've done it. Logan on the other hand runs like a horse- it was a breeze for him. It was lots of fun. I hope there are plenty more races to be run.

Something New

After many requests from my fans, I have decided to post something new (now get off my back about it). A lot has happened since I last wrote so I'll have to give you the compact version.

Thanks to my good friend Mysha, I have been able to follow my life long dream of becoming a fashion designer. Okay, I didn't know I had this life long dream until about a month ago and its not really a dream but it sure has been fun. Here is a shirt I conjured up.


We attended Bear Lake Raspberry days (ironically never eating a raspberry). Our snickers shake was delicious though.




We had a blast from the past in Gunnison and rode the Clarion Loop. It was Madee and Lafe's first time and they did well!


We also tried golfing for basically the first time. It was pretty pathetic at first but we caught on quick and by the end I even got a double bogey!


I enjoyed every minute of the Olympics and I couldn't help but force my preschool children to love the Olympics too so my theme for one week was the Olympics. It gave me an excuse to watch clips online and talk about Michael Phelps while at work. We even had our own opening and closing ceremonies as well as a medal ceremony.

And finally, Labor day weekend started off with a little Lagoon on Saturday. I think the rides make me a lot more nauseous then they used to but it was still a good time. We even tried the new Wicked which was my favorite by far. The weather ruined what was supposed to be a long camping trip. We got to eat the famous Bruce Burgers and my delicious cobbler. Logan and I stayed the night, which we probably wouldn't have if we knew what was coming. It poured and lightening and thundered the whole night.
Here we are eating our lunch at Lagoon in the glamorous parking lot. I'm not sure what Hannah is doing in this picture.

My Paradise!

We recently got back from Lake Powell- the greatest place on Earth. It was so nice to get away. I know what your thinking-"What to get away to the heat, is she crazy?" As a matter of fact I'm not. Our house boat had A/C which is more I can say for our apartment. It even had a hot tub and satellite  two more luxuries we rarely enjoy. We went with Logan's family and our friends the Powells. We stayed about five days. There was plenty of card games (scum), delicious food, wake boarding and tubing, napping, and lizard catching. The trip was perfect.

We had some trouble when we first left. We had to leave at 2 a.m. Tuesday morning in order to get there in time. It wasn't too bad until the other car we were traveling with got a flat tire just outside of Richfield. So Logan and I took the car back to Gunnison to switch cars. Thusly the drive ended up being about an eight hour drive. Logan fell asleep at the wheel a couple times.

I think this was Logan's favorite part of the trip- catching lizards. I caught two lizards at once!

My favorite part was the wave runner! I'm a Cruella Deville driver.

Logan looking for more lizards.