Welcome To Our World: September 2010

2010 Reads

Birthmarked ***
The Wet Nurse's Tale ****
Mockingjay **
State of Fear ****
Founding Brothers ***
The Great Train Robbery ****
Eat Pray Love ****
The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance ***
The Weight of Silence ****
The Book Thief ***
The Tender Bar **
Enna Burning ***
Look Again **
Raven Stole The Moon **
My Fearful Symmetry ***
Olive Kitteridge **
Little Bee ***
Have a Little Faith ****
Half Broke Horses ***
There Is No Me Without You ****
The Art of Racing in the Rain *****
The Madonnas of Leningrad **

2009 Reads

Catching Fire ***
The Joy of Funerals ***
The Blue Notebook **
How Starbucks Saved My Life **
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close ***
Chains **
The Hunger Games ***
Finger Lickin' Fifteen *
The Help *****
Recovering Charles ****
The Girl That Played w/Fire ****
Sarah's Key ****
The Graveyard Book **
Broken **
Bull's Island ***
Love Walked In ***
My Stroke of Insight ***
Handle With Care ***
The Pact **
My Lobotomy ***
Each Little Bird That Sings ***
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ****
Nineteen Minutes *****
Like Water For Chocolate **
The Next Thing On My List ****
Interpreter of Maladies ***
Clear As The Moon ****
The Fire ***

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

...You Might Be Colton

If you eat five bowls of cereal for breakfast...you might be Colton.
If you have over 12,000 songs on you ipod and actually listen to them...you might be Colton.
If you have 9 1/2 toes...you might be Colton.
If you have ever had to ask why your "ABS" came on...you might be Colton.
When asked how many siblings you have, if you have ever answered : 1 whole, 1 half and 2 steps...you might be Colton.
If you can order off the dollar menu and still spend over $10...you might be Colton.
If your favorite television program is "Web Gems"...you might be Colton.
If you frequently buy video games and beat them the same day...you might be Colton.
If you have ever been awarded a certificate for scoring in the top 10% on the science section of the ACT, but you struggle writing a complete sentence...you might be Colton.
If your hair has been every color of the rainbow...you might be Colton.
If you refuse to wear flipflops...you might be Colton.
If the tailgate of your Xterra is covered in random stickers...you might be Colton.
You you have never bought a random sticker...you might be Colton
If you can text, read and listen to your ipod at the same time...you might be Colton.
If your best friend dates all your x's...you might be Colton.
If you have ever told your prom date "This is what I am wearing, if you want to match me."...you might be Colton.
If everyone thinks you are your mom's favorite...you might be Colton.
If you are the best Brazilian missionary ever...you might be Colton.

HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY!!

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Remember when I went on vacation?

I had really good intentions to blog all about my cool Baltic vacation...oops, doesn't look like that is going to happen. Maybe I should just blog about my favorite unconventional parts.

Let me start with an explanation as to why this is my favorite. Several years ago, while traveling with Cassidy and some high schoolers through Europe, I was introduced to the "There's your boy/girl friend game." To play this game you find the wackiest, most inappropriate person you can and then exclaim to the person you are with "There's your boyfriend." Digital technology has actually allowed us to take this game one step further as you try to take a picture of them (preferably with them!)

This dude deserves two pics, one with both me and Brian. Really, can you get any better than a drug addicted, skin head cutter? I think not! (I was a little bit afraid of him.)