Midnight...NO, 12:01!

Yes, we went to Barnes and Noble the night of Friday, July 20th in anticipation of the release of Book 7 at midnight. For Book 6 we made our appearance in costume, but we were on vacation in San Diego and couldn't be bothered for this night. It was a lot of fun, until it wasn't. It was late, it was relatively cold, it was standing in a line with blue wristbands and a yellow ticket that said "3" (that would be code for 3rd in line.) The good thing about cell phones? Everybody has the same time. So, when all of our cell phones hit midnight and we all started hootin' and hollerin' we expected the door to fly open...nope. Thus began the great 12:00 or 12:01 debate. Just when does July 21st begin? Midnight, yes? Is 12:00 the last minute of the day and 12:01 the first minute of the day? I contend that no it is not, the day begins at midnight. Well, the doors opened at 12:01, we got our book about 12:20, snapped this picture and drove back to Grandma's. For those who are interested, Ike finished the book by Sunday around 11:30pm. He was panicked that some random kid was going to yell out the ending while he was still reading. I'm still working on it.

OWEN!!!

A hug from Brick AND from Grandpa Kent!! What a lucky Owen!

My kids LOVE their cousin, Owen!!! Their other cousin, Cara, is only three months old...not a lot of enthusiasm about her yet, but I'm sure its coming. We had a great time at Uncle Kent and Aunt Gloria's pool while we were in San Diego and the boys kept us all laughing.

Ok Kristin

Here is way too much information about me, I wonder if anyone will be surprised about anything?

Four Jobs I've Had:

1)Waitress-several different places (people are way too serious about their food). Highlight of this job: Black Forest Inn - $50 tip for agreeing to stand on a table and sing "Tomorrow" - it is worth mentioning that these two retirees were regular customers and friends of the owner and I was not wearing a skirt.
2)Bank Teller - Provo, Utah (if you thought people were serious about their food, they are insane about their money). Highlights of this job: a) Working with Kent - a nut who constantly sang the theme song to "Gidget" Wait til you see my Gidget, you'll want her for your Valentine... b) working drive-up - you would be amazed at what people will do while sitting in their cars believing nobody can see them - one way mirrors people. c) the time that Jennifer Sutton came in panicked because somebody had taken $3k out of her savings account - after reviewing the tapes of the transaction - the culprit turned out to be Jennifer Sutton (her brother's new wife of the same name) to this day I have never seen or heard a more creative tirade - I did learn a LOT of swear word combinations that I had not previously been aware of.
3)Penguin's Yogurt Shop - Long Beach, CA - Right down the street from CSULB, I loved this job. I took an 8 hour class that taught me how to make all the pies and cakes. So much fun. Highlights of this job: Swapping "product" with the guys at Togos and the guys at the pizza place in the same strip mall. (I just read that back and "product" refers to yogurt, sandwiches and pizza).
4) Heather and Holly Bergstrom's Nanny - La Jolla, CA - Highlights of this job - Have you met Heather and Holly? Also, Carol and Bob are hilarious- we could have had quite the reality show going with this crew.

Four Movies I can Watch Over and Over:

1) The Notebook
2) Lonesome Dove (technically a miniseries, I guess)
3) Girls Just Want to Have Fun
4) The Pirate Movie

Four Places I Have Lived:

1) San Diego, CA
2) Santa Rosa, CA
3) Provo, UT
4) Prescott Valley, AZ

Four Favorite TV Shows:

1) Real World/Road Rules Challenge (but not Real World or Road Rules)
2) Grey's Anatomy
3) The Office
4) and my new favorite...Flight of the Conchords

Four Places I've Been:

1) All over Mexico
2) Every state from Colorado west
3) Disneyworld!!
4) Niagara Falls (both American and Canadian)

Favorite Foods:

1) Pizza
2) Orange Juice
3) .com rolls from Sushi Ota
4) any and all bread products, Sourdough probably tops this group

Four Websites I visit Daily:
I don't think I visit any daily, but several times a week:

1) www.kylebrandt.com (you can't start from most recent, go to the archives and read his very first posts first, he's an acquired taste, but he is hilarious)
2) all the Nelson blogs
3) msn
4) googlemaps or mapquest

Four Places I'd Rather Be:
I'm good where I am, but I would happily go to...

1) Yosemite
2) Any really good swimming lake
3) Donovan's
4) Anywhere there is a really good, interesting conversation going on

Thanks K, this was fun.

Fireworks from Poolside

Ike really liked the Pina Colada's by the pool. He was on the lookout for the next three-son attack.



So, the final consensus was that watching fireworks without having to get out of the pool is really the way to go. The National Vietnam Helicopter Pilot reunion was in full swing and they put on one of the best firework displays we've seen. Ike and I remarked that we really weren't sure whether Clint would have more fun talking with the Vets, or would the Vets have more fun talking with Clint

DUCK!!!

So, we went to the Marriott Desert Ridge to celebrate the 4th of July!!! They decided to have duck race and so we watched as 100 numbered ducks were hurled into the lazy river.
As the ducks rounded the third corner, we saw another pack of ducks enter the scene. I think they heard there was a duck race and prizes and wanted to join in. They were disqualified when they wouldn't let the officials number their bottoms.
#25 came in FIRST PLACE!! Ty was the big winner. #25 took a commanding lead from the beginning and the peloton was never able to muster a successful attack. We figured Ty was a lock, the prize even had his name on it.

HOLLY GRADUATES!!

On June 19th, Holly graduated from La Jolla High School. She will be attending UCLA in the fall. Go Bruins!!

San Francisco!!

Yep, we went to San Francisco! Gorgeous Day for a ferry ride over. Why yes, that is San Quentin in the background, we've been riding this ferry with the boys since they were little and we always enjoy waving to the prisoners if they happen to be out in the yard...well, we wave at the blue jumpsuited guys, not the orange jumpsuited guys.

This picture was taken at the Boudin (sourdough) Factory tour. The boys had a ton of fun tasting all the bread and taking the "What kind of bread are you?" computer questionaire (Ty- sourdough baguette; Brick- also a sourdough baguette; Dallin- Dark Rye...I have no idea what this means). I do know that we hit Ghiradelli Square soon after and that there Ty was a cookies and cream waffle cone, Brick was a two scoop hot fudge sundae, and Dallin was a traditional banana split. (Grandma Lorna and Mom split a concoction that was too rich too finish which would be the first time either had encontered an ice cream they could not finish).