Mom and Dad? or Del and I? Tough call....

Thank You Elaine - you captured my future
....ok shut up....basically my present life.

You know you're an idiot when....

.... this is the only book you can find to learn Spanish.


I was actually kicked out of Beginning Spanish at Utah State! I couldn't understand the professor as he yelled at me in Spanish and waved his hands towards the door! Little did I know that college Spanish requires 5 years of High School Spanish and the only words I could say were 'Taco Bell', and 'Salsa' and those don't even count as Spanish words. Never the less - if I keep visiting my local McDonalds for the next two years as Ryan serves his mission - there is NO DOUBT I will speak fluent Spanish, AND know what the hand waving was all about from my sad, Spanishless College years at USU. You think that Lupe' Bererra and Jess Moreno would have taught me something besides kissing - but then again - that's another entire 'idiots' book in itself. Hola - wait is that like Aloha - where you don't know if your saying hello or good bye? Wait - isn't you say hello and I say goodbye a Beetles Song? .... look at the kitty....look at the kitty.... someone get my pills! (Ryan you are going to be able to rrrrrrrroll those rrrrrrr's I just know it!)

Get your teeth sharpened....

....you'll need it to be able to blast through those screaming teenage girls. I'm going to go while they are in school so that the 12 year old person next to me isn't believing that Edward is 'real' and is in love with them as she sits there in her prom dress with their "I'm on Team Edward" shorty shirt on over top the dress. I just want to see Jacob... (just seeing if you're paying attention) I'm giving it a "turkey and provolone on toasted wheat, mustard, mayo and lettuce, hold the tomato, fries and could I have fry sauce with that, and a refill in my mug, and throw in a medium popcorn with extra butter and napkins, and a box of Junior Mints to share with Ashley and Mandy" kind of movie.

Got Spider?

Here's hopin' that your costume is ready to go and that it can easily have the spidie-insidie wiped off easily. Me? Oh heaven sake - Grandma just wants to eat those toes. What a good sport Drew was on his First Halloween pictures. Auntie Ashley and Mommy Bethany were great "Ready Set Go" ers. As for the future..... FYI ..... Kiddie Kandid require appointments on Saturday and Sundays..... which left our cute tigger exhausted from bouncing and 'gerrrring' until about 4:00 pm. Never the less - I believe that Pre-Trick or Treating is called for? Dust off Hocus Pocus!

The Best 2 years.....

....begins December 31st, 2008!
You are going to be a great Missionary Ryan!

Please put mission call here....

Matt: Did it come?
Mandy: Are we having pizza?
Ryan: Is it there?
Bethany: What time are we opening it?
Ashley: We don't mind eating at 8:00....
Grandma: Is this a good news call?
Del: Am I coming home early?
Mike: I have a spine....
Ryan M.: Wait - do you even know my phone number? (I dare you to call it!)
Andrew: Mamamamamamam
Mom: OK, you're killin' me here....
Postal Chick: I almost didn't dare deliver mail here today after what I delivered yesterday....see previous post.
Heavenly Father: In my own time..... but not today...... (but yes, you have grown a foot or two, just be patient... and know I love you)

What time does the mail come on Fridays?

Flowers in the Mail

I love my mom. She is so creative and so thoughtful in every way (preempt to a really funny story of which she'll kill me for telling) And she's beautiful and kind and generous. Ok - here's the story. Today we are waiting for 'The Mission Call" and the Postal woman (I love her) brought me not a package from the Church of Jesus Christ - but a Box from my Mom. Now I just spent the weekend with her and I'm thinking - hum - what did I leave there? I brought the box in - after telling the Postal woman that TOMORROW I would really like to know where Ryan will be spending the next 2 years of his life ..... tomorrow perhaps. Back to the box. It was squishy. I opened it as careful as I could because the box was starting to fall apart. It smelled musty. Inside wrapped carefully, gently and packaged perfectly were the 3 potted plants she wanted me to have. Fall Mums - my favorite - were desperate for air, sun and well, not water - because it looked like they had enough of that. After laughing for about 2 hours - and sharing the story with my kids - and having them laugh for hours - I stopped and thought about it for a moment. First - can you only see the look on the guy's face that might have had to scan that? Second - how lucky am I that I have a mother that loves me so much that she wanted me to have the last 3 fall mums from Home Depo (she didn't think we had one where I live)(The Salt Lake Valley?)(heck I can go steal them from people's yards if I need to!)(I think Elaine has some...). Lucky me to receive flowers in the mail from my mom. I think that the world is a better place because she is in it. I promise mom, that when you die - I will do you hair, your make up, and I will plant fall mums on your grave. (please note that we joke about this all of the time...)(purple lipstick)(hair ratted)(big earrings)(fall mums) I love you mom! Remember the cute kitty I saw while I was visiting? PLEASE DON'T SEND IT IN THE MAIL!!!! (I can just steal the neighbors)