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IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT!

First, I'd like to thank Em for giving us a fresh reason to blog. Then, I'd like to thank Larissa Wilson and the good staff at Hiawatha High and Colleen Gild at Paxton High for their assistance and innovative ideas. This is quite an undertaking. Here's how Dan, Julia & kin stack up:

Dan=Bad Poetry Day (Well, enough said).

Julia=Cukoo Warning Day. BTW, I believe this is the only one where further clarification is provided..."it will be a wet summer if the sound of the cukoo is heard today." (I can roll with that, works for me).

Nathan=Pistol Patent Day--Samuel Colt. (The boy does like guns I guess).

John= National Columnists Day. (Hopefully its in the genes).

Liza=I am in Control Day. (They've got that right!)

Young Family Days

Rob: Mother Goose Day
Debbie: Blame Someone Else Day
Tanner: Defy Superstition Day
Alyson: International Banana Festival
Cosette: National Chocolate Chip Day
Maxwell: Machine Day
Thomas: Kitchen Klutzes Of America Day

...and ours...

Doug's- National jelly bean day (now it all makes sense, Doug loves jelly beans!) Also April is the Uh-Huh month
Amber's- Stay out of the sun day and compliment your mirror day. July is National baked beans month, so in lieu of that we should all eat baked beans every day in the month of July next year. Hopefully August is national cleanse your body month.
Leah's- National toasted marshmellow day. Great! Baked beans followed by marshmellows.

Alice,
Doug says you can write him as the hero in a story any time! Your story was awesome...good job!

OK-HERE ARE OURS...

Dave--national crown roast of pork day --My personal favorite :)
Leslie--national crab races day -- this does not indicate anything about my temperament.
Matt--Threading the needle day-- this could be a new wrestling move...
Lindsey--Take it in the ear day-- HA HA HA!! What the heck?
Katie--National Plumm Pudding day-- need we say more?
Ellie-I want you to be happy day-- Ellie makes us ALL happy :)
FUN idea Emily... thanks!!

Weird Holidays! What's yours?

Hey Everyone-

In lieu of National Absurdity Day I thought I would give you guys a list of absurd holidays! Go to the link and check out what holiday you are born on. For instance my birthday is on National Potato chip Day and Mom's birthday is National clean out your fridge day! And right now, mom is actaully cleaning out the fridge. Miracles do happen!

Then I thought it would be fun for everyone to post what day their birthday falls on!

http://library.thinkquest.org/2886/INDEX.HTM

Also, here is another one with funny holidays based around food.

http://www.tfdutch.com/foodh.htm

have fun!

-em

EXCELLENT STORY ALICE!!! YOU ROCK!

My Waterfall Crash by Alyson Young

I could see the cold, raging water turning white as it flew over the edge of the waterfall. “I’m going to die!” I thought as I was speeding down a river bouncing and swaying on a tube in Lava Hot Springs.

My Uncle Doug, Aunt Amber, my older cousin Kendy, and my younger sister Cosette and I were all crammed on an inner tube like sardines in a can. We all screamed as loud as we could as the cold white waterfall swallowed us up like we were lion’s prey. At that terrifying moment, I remember thinking franticly that I was going to die along with all of the other frightened people on the bouncing tube.

As soon as the tube hit the bottom of this six foot waterfall, it flipped over like a pancake on a grill and I was pushed under the icy cold water. “I’m dead,” I thought. But it turned out that the river wasn’t deep and my knees scraped the bottom. I remember my knees getting hot and stinging as the rocks scraped my skin and left a cut. But there was another problem. My body couldn’t lift itself up!

I could hear small, muffled voices above the water. I realized that I might be under the tube that was now sitting upside down on the surface of the river when I felt a strong hand grab my arm and lift me up. I was looking at my uncle Doug when I came out of the freezing water. “Are you o.k.?” he asked with a relieved and happy face. Man, did I feel lucky!

We all tried to jump back on the tube like fish out of water because we were so pooped. We were laughing really hard as we finally started down the river again. “Let’s do that again!” my cousin said jokingly. We laughed at her funny comment.

I looked down at my bloody knees, all beat up and cut. But I didn’t care. I was just happy to be alive and on the tube where I knew I was safe with the people I love.

Leah's growing!

This is a typical Leah face, she is getting so big and CUTE! She's starting to smile tons and coo back at us, she is definitely the highlight of every day for both of us! (I don't know why this is blue and under-lined)I don't know how long this went on but Leah just played next to Doug while he slept one Sunday afternoon, she just loves to be next to people, esp her Dad.

Good Choice

I really think that going for the tool set was a good choice. I looked at the website for that cabin and it turns out that the place is a single family residence so you wouldn't want that. It only has 20K sq ft. The nice thing though is that you'd get a good deal despite the asking price...I learned the other day that there have only been 7 homes in the U.S. that have sold for over 20 million. The point I'm really drivin' at is that you'd probably get about 9 million off or so. I think that's a deal.

And if anyone wants to get me anything for Christmas, I'd like a high mountain desert or even a low land desert...basically I just want to frolic in the open space and maybe even step on a catus. Yup, that sounds good.

Doug

Zephyr Cove Place

Yeah, I thought you'd get me something like that ... I guess I could paint it to make due if you still want to get me that -- whatever, you're the one giving the gift! I could get used to the NV side.

The fact of the matter is that beggars can't be choosers. I really would be happy with just the Dewalt set or the Dewalt table saw. Heck, I'm just be glad to be getting anything. It's your call.

-Dan

I was thinking you wanted a place between Vegas and San Franscisco

Dan, I was going to get you this place in Lake Tahoe,

		lake side view
		$29,950,000 Zephyr Cove, NV, United States Bedrooms: 8 Bathrooms: 11 full	Amenities Deck/Patio Granite Countertops

But I guess you would rather have the Dewalt drill. The realtor told me this place in Lake Tahoe is pretty peaceful. Oh well.
(p.s. The price listed is the original price and not the price tag intentionally left on the clearence item)

Gift Ideas For Dan

Of course, there are a lot of you who have been saving now for months... in preparation of gift shopping for me.

You really don't have to give me much this year--but if you so feel inclined, here are a few gift ideas for me--you can do whatever works best for you, I'd be happy with any (or many) of these: DeWalt DC900KL 36-Volt Lithium 1/2-inch Cordless Hammer Drill Drill/Driver Kit
Price: $449.00 (See pic--it ships for FREE on Amazon, so that helps).

OR ...

DEWALT DW746 10" Woodworker's Table Saw (Saw Only) List Price: $1,980.41 Price: $949.00 You Save: $1,031.41 (52%). It's on sale!

• 1200 square feet of sod, delivered
• Antique China Cabinet, preferrably Mahogony
• 6 months of our mortgage paid
• 1 month of our mortgage paid
• 1 week of our mortgage paid
• Baseboards and crown molding for our entire home
• Marble slabs from Mexico for our entryway
• 24" Travertine tile for the kitchen
• Paint--about 5-10 gallons of Botany Beige, 5 gallons of Olive Fog
• Leaf blower
• Weight bench/set ... (gettin flabby ;)

I've been looking for a lot of this in the free section of Craigslist.org, but to no avail. So, here's some thoughts--if you have any questions let me know.

-Dan

Hello From Fort Collins!!!

Howdy--Doody everyone. I thought I would make an attempt to fill you in on us! Mark and I just got back from a splendid time visiting Mark's parents in Puerto Rico, and cruised around the Islands they are in charge of. We actually got to scuba dive in Aruba and Curacao--it was beautiful. We got back just in time for Halloween! The kids were all sugared up! Halloween was spectacular of course--cause it was Cheri's b-day, but also because Josh and Maddie truly brought in the loot! They cruised the whole neighborhood--and now we are all sick! Needless to say, The cougars stomped CSU and we all were there with our faces painted! j/k It was awesome at the end, CSU gathered around center field in a circle to pray, and when BYU saw this they all made a circle around them. The whole stadium was quiet--then of course they went around and gave high fives to all the fans--which I might add almost covered the entire circle and then some( CSU fans ducked out before the game was over). It was cool to be a part of. Anyway that's what's going on in Fort Collins. Happy Day! Remember who you are!! mark, cosi, jmza---- by the way--I have a fair share of memoirs from the homestead too--but my list is just too long to share--

Late-breaking News From San Ramon

Debbie vs. Tanner
(Tanner has grown almost 2.5" since moving here.)

Halloween in San Ramon

John the witch

Cosi and friend...friend's hair is real

Max and Tom with booty

Tanner and friend

Dan and the boys at ward trunk or treat

Julie causing trauma to Liza

So where are the pix of Spencer and Sam? RICH?!

So you got ants in your pants! You have to click on the time of posting and the pictures will come up.

BOO!

As you can see Spence was Steve McQueen from the Great Escape. Sammy was the innocent little bear that bites heads off people who pinch his cheeks--and yes both types of cheeks.
So Becky what is worse--the "holy" gloves; my sports card collection; or Heidi's three sets of Cheerleading outfits. All I am saying is atleast the gloves are small. Thanks for the update. We continue to keep you guys in our prayers.