Summer Lovin'

The hardest part about taking a trip to Huntington is eventually having to come back to P-town. But will that always be the case? Maybe not. Only 5 more months until we gather our belongings and move elsewhere... back to Orange County? Only time will tell. All we know for sure is that the past week at the beach was a blast.

Fair parking $5. Fair entrance $8. Carny games $15. An 8 ticket ride $4. A deep fried twinkie that will most likely stop your heart from beating... priceless. (don't worry, we did not really eat one)

They should have called this ride... "The ride that last a minute too long and gives you an amazing headache."

Seth told us about this awesome place in town that serves coconut french toast for breakfast. Anybody who knows Natalie, knows that all you have to say is coconut and breakfast in the same sentence and Nat is all about it. Well turns out that the Hawaiian cafe didn't really have coconut french toast like Seth promised... it was just a trick to get us to come to breakfast. Grrr.

A friendly game of football on the beach... minus the friendly. Forth and one...to kick or to stick, that is the question.

Beck loves his cousins... but sometimes just needs a little mama in his life. (Nat loves this one because Beck is reaching for her) :)


Smithy's Wedding Reception...
and where are the moms?...

oh i see.

Waiting for the Bride and Groom.

Sean and Brooke. Newport Beach Temple. July 27th, 2007.

What?!?! Smithy is really married! Welcome to the club buddy. Now multiply and replenish.

Baby's first plane ride. Jet Blue flight from SLC to LB.

Nat's it.

Thanks for the tag Clark and Chelseabug!

Four jobs I've had:
1. Tony Roma’s Hostess- home of the endless slab
2. Movie Extra (see “Like Mike”- be jealous, I was thisclose to Lil’ Bow Wow)
3. Summer BYU Sports Camp counselor
4. Ebayer (I’ve sold three things so far! But have bought oh so much more…)

Four movies I can watch over and over:
1. The Family Man
2. 9 to 5 (Rylander sister classic)
3. Clueless
4. Life is Beautiful

Four places I have lived:
1. Trudy Lane, Huntington Beach (still miss it)
2. Helenbrook, Huntington Beach
3. Miss Flo’s House, Hopkins Village, Belize
4. 9 different addresses in Provo

Four favorite TV shows:
1. Reruns of 90210 (guilty pleasure)
2. Reruns of OC (another guilty pleasure)
3. Reruns of Dawson’s Creek (okay, what else am I supposed to do when I feed the baby?)
4. LOST (24 has been replaced)

Four places I've been:
1. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
2. Tikal, Guatemala (The ruins are one of the most amazing things I’ve seen)
3. St. Lucia
4. Ogallala, Nebraska (Now that’s a place not many can say they’ve been)

Four favorite foods:
Currently they are…
1. Grilled Wild Salmon
2. Waldorf salad, with vinaigrette and blue cheese dressing
3. Sink peaches (so juicy you have to eat them over a sink)
And always a staple…
4. Pina Coladas

Four websites I visit daily:
1. Lots of blogs
2. gmail.com
3. ebay.com
4. anthropologie.com

Four places I'd rather be:
1. At home, playing Scrabble and watching a movie with Clark
2. South Coast Plaza
3. In clothes without spitup on them
4. Anywhere with the ocean

Four blog buddies I want to tag:
1. You are all off the hook.

Tag! Clark's it.

I've been hit, so here it goes...

Four jobs I've had:
1. HSS (Huntington Surf & Sport) – (Just pretended that I was really good at surfing to fit in)
2. Andrew Boyack Wedding Photography Assistant (Went to random weddings, occasionally changed the camera backs with new rolls of film, and flirted with the bridesmaids)
3. Dental File Destruction Manager – (Managed and oversaw the utter destruction of thousands of outdated dental records… just me, the files, and a really slow shredding machine)
4. Wedding dress salesman – (enough said)

Four movies I can watch over and over:
1. North Shore (“When are you going to stop calling me a Barney?…When you’re not a Barney anymore, Barney.”)
2. Tommy Boy
3. Office Space (TV edit)
4. The homemade video about a thief who stole a special ring. (“Lying on the couch…. hey mom, I swear I didn’t hit Wendy!”)

Four places I have lived:
1. Huntington Beach, CA
2. Provo, UT
3. Friendswood, TX
4. TBA

Four favorite TV shows:
1. The Office
2. The Simpsons
3. Man vs. Wild
4. Lost

Four places I've been:
1. St. Lucia (when there is a sign posted with a picture of a sea urchin on it… it doesn’t mean “come run into the water here”.)
2. Chicago (Garret’s Carmel Popcorn anyone? yum)
3. New Castle, England (“Don’t worry Dad, we don’t need to book a hotel right now, we’ll just find one later.” oops)
4. Quebec (Parlez vous Anglais ? Merci beaucoup!)

Four favorite foods:
1. Sushi (Happy Sumo)
2. Caesar Salads
3. Cafe Rio
4. Whatever Nat makes.

Four websites I visit daily:
1. My favorite blogs (see list to the side)
2. www.gmail.com
3. www.blackboard.byu.edu
4. www.natisthebestwifeinthewholewideworld.com

Four places I'd rather be:
1. Home
2. The beach
3. The river
4. The beach

Four blog buddies I want to tag:
1. Natalie
2. Drew Larkie
3. Suzanne (time to start a blog sista’)
4. Seth Braithwaite

The Giggles

Mama's Boy

Beck loves to look at himself in the mirror. He fits right in with the rest of the family.

4th of July.

Well this year's 4th of July celebration was a joyous occasion. We slept in, ate Mexican food in celebration of the fact that we don't have to live in Mexico to enjoy delicious Mexican food, and we taught Beck how to safely light a firework.

Wendy and Abram introduced us to the best place in Provo to watch Stadium of Fire. We camped out on the lawn behind the BYU visitors center (where Abram works). It was perfect, not many people, a beautiful lawn, comfy blankets, and it was on a hill with a perfect view of the stadium.

I decided it is impossible to take a good picture of a firework. The camera makes them look pretty wimpy. The show was quite impressive though, over 35 min of amazing high-budget fireworks.

Beck was fascinated. Here he was trying to figure out how much potassium perchlorate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, and dextrin the engineers must of used to produce such a vibrant blue.

Fireworks 101: The Sparkler.

Wendy, Abram and Sam joined us to watch the show.

Who knew Abram liked sparklers so much?