Monday, June 21, 2010

There is something to be said about my dad. He is the collector of... EVERYTHING! dice, buttons, race cars, Mc Donald's happy meal toys still in it's wrapper from decades ago. You name it, he probably has it tucked away somewhere in our garage. For years now he has been saying he collects these toys for when he has grand children, and although that may be true, I believe this obsession goes deeper than what has been said.

About a week ago, my dad went to a distant relatives house for a birthday party. I believe this little boy was turning seven. Once home, my dad starts raving about how awesome this party actually was. He starts going on and on about the Nerf gun wars. yes, I said Nerf gun. Ever since then, my dad has been writhing with the sheer thought of owning his own. And so it was on thursday of last week that he received his very own Nerf gun. The anticipation grew with each tear of the wrapping paper. He could see the neon colors connecting with his eyes, but to his dismay, this was not the gun he had been hoping for. It was truly a Nerf gun, but this gun he had received was a peasant gun compared to the one he had been dreaming about. Sure it shot relatively well, and it had all the right colors and darts but but it didn't, wouldn't, and could not hold a candle to his first love.

two days later, at father's day, there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes. Would my family fulfill this dream of mine, he probably thought. Yes! It was on June 20th his dream came true. The VULCAN EBF- 25 was everything he could have hoped for.

Aaand they're back...



okay so they've really been back for about a week now but I had to share some images to make up for all this lost time. The night after they had gotten back from they're honey moon, my family, some friends, brandon and clair, and Rachel's sister kim went over to their condo to eat dinner with them and watch them open some presents from the wedding; there were lots.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Wedding Recap

Aren't they lovely?!!...

image credit: Tyler Gipe

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Wedding woe

My brother's wedding was so much fun! I wish I had taken pictures, but in all the craziness I simply did not think of it. Sad, I know. hopefully someone soon will send me some I can share with all of you.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

wedding tomorrow!!!


Hurray! My brother is marrying the one he loves tomorrow at 4:00 pm.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Suburban plus rope plus jeep equals tow-truck

All I'm gonna say for now is, I'm tired of men who think they can just disrupt my life and yell at me. Especially the policeman from tonight's escapade.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

700 bones

Earlier this evening, about ten to nine, I left my house to buy a cup of coffee for my dad. Once ordering the necessities, and pulling up to the drive through window, I hear my radio start getting all squiggly sounding. yes, squiggly. While the drive through attendant is handing me my order, I hear my engine start to rev and growing increasingly louder as i sat there. Just as it was my time to pull away from the window, my car dies. hmmmm.... I look at the drive through attendant, knowing there are three cars forming a line in back of me, and say, " my car just died!"
She yells for some someone inside to come help and two wonderful men come out to push me out of the way of the drive through. To make matters worse, I left my cell phone at home. One of the wonderful men takes out his iphone from his pocket and lets me call my dad. Once off the phone, that Same wonderful man comes to my car window and says with such a sensitive and compassionate heart, " JUST DON'T TAKE TOO LONG. WE KINDA NEED THIS AREA."

"Oh! okay! yeah, let me get out of your way... are you kidding me?" I probably would have started crying at this point but i am the champion of breaking down. Been there, done that. My dad finally shows up and squares me away. Hurray for daddy!

coffee and accouterment - 6 dollars
alternator- 700 dollars
spending time with Jesus and getting out of the house- priceless