Lovely Layla

I know I am biased but look at her...

I thought Kyla, Elise, and Olivia were just the cutest girls in the world.  And then Isaac was the most adorable (as long as you don't take the Wii away from him), and now Layla.  I guess it's just their Auntie's blood running through them!

Dear Santa-

I know Christmas came early this year with the whole Bush out- Obama in thing, but here is my official list: 

Poseidon Undersea Resort ($15,000)

This looks like the most fabulous vacation in the world.  It's located in Fiji, the resort offers guests private plane transport from a Fijian airport to the "Mystery Island" where I can stay in this underwater hotel, and even use the submarine they have for exploring the reef.  $15,000 sounds steep but for all that, I can't afford not to!

Tepee $2,200

How cool would the next Pope camping trip be in this thing.  No bear would dare mess with people who are so one with nature that they stay in a tepee, even if it did cost $2,200.  

Home Pro Racing Video Game Simulation System $4,000

Okay I know I only just started playing Settler's online but I am obsessed so I might be headed over to the dark side, you know, the one with all the gamers!  I say that in a whisper because I really don't want that to get out, mostly to Taylor.  But since I am now a gamer it's only natural for the next step to be this.

Floor Piano $250,000

Just like the one in BIG!  Price is a little steep, but it also includes a one-hour dancing session with the FAO Schwarz choreographer. Can you really put a price on that?

Scallywag Sloop Pirate Themed Club House $18,500

I know I am probably too big to even get my right leg in this thing but this is probably the coolest playhouse in the world. I must have it, please oh please Santa.  I'll even share it with Isaac. 

Range Rover $ 96,600

Six months ago I would have been crazy to ask for a $96k gas guzzler, but soon they are going to be paying me to take gas so it's perfectly sensible. 


Arrested Development

I know Santa you were thinking finally a reasonable gift, like a DVD, but not from me!  I was wondering if you could talk to the head guys over a Fox and see why they hate the world so much that they would deprive us of this magnificent show.  It did nothing but bring joy and happiness to all who watched it, and then some evil guys (who I can only imagine smoke Cuban cigars and have handlebar mustaches) decided they wanted to just take it away.  The world deserves more!

Jesse Lacey- (there is no price tag for his magnificence)

This one may not be at the store Santa, but if you could just wrap him up for me I would be most appreciative. 

Santa, I know this list might seem a little excessive in the midst of a financial crisis, but I promise I have been ever so good this year.  I even made the Dean's list!  Stop laughing Santa, yes I am still in school, and no I am not going to be a doctor, still working on the first degree. Merry Christmas!

Chelsea Lynn

Twilight Fever!

A couple of years ago I read the first Twilight book and was not a fan. I thought the idea of teen romance with that much intensity was ridiculous, Bella was pathetic and needy, and this Edward guy was soooo annoying with all the hand holding and face caressing, I thought I was going to puke. I got swept away in this excitement of the movie coming out- maybe it was the two posters hanging in our living room- so I went and saw it and I absolutely loved it!! Most people are talking about how cheesy and stupid the movie is but I thought it was really good, and I give it two thumbs up. (My opinion definetely matters) I think I just like the movie because of the uber-dreamy British actor who plays Edward with crazy hair who plays the piano and guitar. Don't base your opinion on the picture above, in real life, serious dream boat. (Me and fourteen year old girls have so much in common). So because I liked movie so much I decided I should finish the books. I am almost done with the third and again I am getting a little sick of these characters. Enough already with the "you are the love of my eternity" and "I can't live without you". I mean if this was real life and Edward was really saying to Bella "you can't go see Jacob without me watching" she should either tell him to shove it or punch him! And if Bella really can't function whenever Edward isn't around she should get a life, not go flying off to Italy to find him. I mean even I feel smothered by their relationship. Everyone knows this kind of love has a maximum shelf life of only 24 months before it expires. But I am still curious where this Stephenie chick is going so I continue to read hoping that she introduces a new character who encourages Bella to think for herself, get a degree, not revolve her life around Edward or Jacob, and have a life outside of just one boy. Alas, according the the book sales (25 million) I am alone in my thinking. Hey even I will read all four so I guess Stephenie Meyer did her job. Plus I may not be the best person to give out love advice. Let's hope it ends better and please Alexie, don't kill me in my sleep!

Silver Lining

I've always been a glass half-full kinda girl- okay that may not be entirely true but as I filled up my car today I may have found a tiny perk to this economic crisis...

I really never thought I would see gas at $2.39 a gallon again.  Now if we could just fix that silly little stock market.  Good thing I voted for Obama to come and fix all my problems.

Snowboard Season is Here!!

Boreal is opening tomorrow!! As much as I hate Boreal because it is always crowded and never has any good lifts open, I love how close and cheap it is. The last two years I have missed out on the snow and this year I am going to re-dedicate myself to the sport. One glorious season up at school, a friend and I had season passes to Targhee and we went all the time. Here are some pics of my amazing season...

(went off the tiniest jump you could imagine and landed on my wrist wrong)

(Some kid darted right in front of me, he then landed right on my face)

(my leg decided to run into a tree)

Good times!! Can't wait to see what damage I can do to my body this year. And I don't have health insurance so that will really add to the excitement.

Witchy Witchy Screamy Screamy Happy Happy Halloweeny!!!

Our delicious treats: The traditional Taco Soup and Ghost Cupcakes 

that Briana says are too hard to eat but Elise seems to be doing just fine!

Our amazing Pumpkins!!  We were just going to do Obama but I was worried my mom would smash it in the street so we decided to be a little more bipartisan and we included McCain.

This one is my favorite and no one can see who it is.  I feel like it is soooooo obvious!  Isaac guessed Uncle Jerry so if that's what you are thinking you are wrong!

And our amazing costumes!  Well, everyone else's amazing costumes.  I was dressed as the boring Auntie this year.  I put on Lindsey's other cheerleading outfit from the good 

ol' days and I just couldn't do it.  I think I was scarred from 

last weekend.  The girls were the cutest pirates I have ever seen.  

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!

Bad Decisions

We all know I can make bad decisions (see post for proof), sometimes they can be small like that time I bought those shortalls (Don't worry I took them back) or they can be a little bigger like sleeping through Biology all semester and then being surprised when I fail.  This weekend was full of bad decisions and of course I have documented them all for you.  The first was at the pumpkin patch with the family.  Layla was crying and you should all know that when my nieces and nephews cry it kills me and I will do anything to make it stop.  Case in point, Layla crying with no pacifier because it fell in the gross petting zoo.  Auntie Chelsea can fix that...

(Don't judge me- You weren't there, you don't know!!)

Then Saturday night was the Spazmatics.  I'm so sorry for what you are about to see, I cannot believe I actually went out like this either....

Lastly, while at Bishop's Pumpkin Patch we had to get their famous Pumpkin Cake.  It is so delicious, obviously you can tell how good I think it is..

It's okay though I'm eating an apple right now so I'm sure that evens it all out right?  Well at least the "bad decision weekend" is over.  Gotta run and finish off that pumpkin cake...Oh crap!

The Things Dad Loves More than His Children

Dad decided in the wake of this economic crisis to "accidentally" buy another car on Ebay. This one at least looks a tad bit better than the Porsche. It is a 1956 MG Magnette and it's gorgeous. For the past 18 years we have had two of these puppies (mind you they don't look anything like this one) parked in the backyard with him saying he is going to fix them up "someday". Logan even got so far as to take out an engine but that's as far as it got. So now that he has one all done you would think it's time to get rid of the two junkers out back, but oh no...now he needs those for parts. Our backyard is slowly turning into a junkyard with all the cars (Datsun, Porsche, 2 MG's) plus the Bultaco's (too many to count as Dadio keeps sneaking more in when we're gone) and I'm sure our neighbors are thrilled with another car in our driveway (That's 5 cars for 4 people). We used to joke (deep down we know it is absolutely true) that Dad loved his Bultaco Metralla more than us kids, but now he has two "children" that we can never measure up to. Anyone want a ride come on over, he loves to show it off.

Click on this assignment from my english class and see if you can tell me which one is mine.

Needless to say, this is Taylor again...

We're having a fire! ...sale

Taylor is learning so much at college:

So imagine your minding your own business one night, trying to fix yourself a BLT when you are so very rudely interrupted by an extremely loud obnoxious noise. Well this happened to me on the night of the 32nd and as i cooked my bacon the smoke wafted a bit into the family room thereby setting off the fire alarm. Remembering my days back home i waved a pillow at it to try and get it to stop but to no avail. As it continued i started to notice a large amount of people outside and as i stepped outside i came to realize that not only our apartment's alarm was going off but the whole building complete with strobe lights sending many into seizures. My room mates and I knock on the manager's door but no one answers so we sit outside for 20 minutes waiting for the fire trucks to come and save us. Eventually they and the police did come (the policeman made some rude comments about not being able to make bacon where i made some very witty remarks about; the police, bacon, pigs and pig noses, but i won't repeat those here). Once it stopped i finished making my sandwich putting the undercooked bacon meaningfully in; meanwhile, all my roomates got about 12 dates all together feeding like leaches off the experience taking advantage of the fact that 50 girls were there, wondering who started the fire. And amongst cheers and songs started like "Taylor started the fire! it was always burning, the world was turning" Taylor cries a single tear....

I would hate jeans too!

Taylor has always had quite the aversion to jeans. He wouldn't even wear them until just recently and I think that was only because after much work on my part, (with a little help from Nordstrom) I made him realize that they match almost everything therefore the dressing himself part of his day, that much easier. Brie and I were looking through some pictures and we may have discovered where his hatred came from.

(In case you were wondering those babies absolutely are high wasted, pleated, and have an elastic waste.)

Another Saturday Night and I a'int got Nobody...

Since the beginning of time our family has been dressing up for no apparent good reason. We either dress up in 80's and head off to Kmart for some classy pictures (see above), or we would do a workout/music video for Marissa's boyfriend while he's was in the Navy (we pray it's not on youtube or our children may never recover). Mind you this was 15 years ago, and here are some pictures of last night...

Please help us- there are not enough psychologists in the Sacramento area for these problems!!!

Chelsea, always a bridesmaid, never a bride:

The Blushing Brides:

I take the bouquet toss incredibly serious:
We then decided it would be a genius idea to switch over to the 60's:

Now it was time for the 80's. I was having a hard time comprehending the design aesthetic from this era.

Clearly, the only thing left to do is jump around on the bed:

I know there are many questions after these disturbing pictures.

Why do 25 & 30 year old's have the time to dress up in play clothes and don't they have better things to do? We don't have either.

Why have we acquired so many useless articles of clothing?

This is nothing, we've got an attic full, and Lindsey has acquired quite the collection of her own that she keeps at her house. And useless? Oh I don't think so, these clothes have been used for 80's parties, high school dances, music videos telling your husband you are having his baby, or the annual Pope/Lawson Christmas program (Yes we are still doing it).

And lastly I know you are asking how can I still be single when I am clearly so amusing and fun? That my friend is a mystery that may never be answered.

Come join us next time!!