Lucky for you, I am here to save the world!

Last night after Jaymee and I ate dinner we sat down to watch Wife Swap and Supernanny...like we do most Wednesday nights. After sitting for about 5 minutes I was bored and couldn't sit anymore. So I got my camera out and put it on the back of the couch and hit record...this is how it all started:


Jaymee had no idea that the camera was on...or that I was going to jump over her! I did this several more times but it eventually got boring so I tried something else:


That didn't end up being as fun as I had anticipated so I asked Jaymee to sit on the couch so that I could use the love sac to further my collection of acrobatic tools. When she got up she had a great idea to make a skit. After many failed attempts and LOTS of laughing this is the finished product:



I know that I cannot expect everyone to find this funny, but I do believe there are a few of you out there who know me well enough to be able to appreciate this humor/boredom. At least we've matured a little bit...four years ago we were dropping phone books on our feet for entertainment! Enjoy!

Ninja Bloopers

That really hurt my hand when I punched the glass head!

This one is extra funny. Notice my face, several seconds after I drop the glass head it rolls onto the tile in front of the fireplace. When you hear the noise of the glass hitting the tile I make a really funny face.


Again, more really funny faces. I forgot the lines and couldn't remember what I was supposed to do in this one. At the beginning I could not stop laughing, and then when I finally did I couldn't remember what to do! We're funny!

Flat Stanley's First Ski Day in Utah...

Saturday Flat Stanley went skiing and took his first trip to the mountains. He loved it. He couldn't believe how big the mountains are. We took these pictures of him from the top of the mountain where there is a restaurant, that is where Flat Stanley took a break from skiing to have some lunch. He had a fun day and went off of some REALLY big jumps!

Flat Stanley sees some of Utah

Flat Stanley came to work with me today. He was so excited when he saw pictures of Eli and his family hanging at my desk.
On Saturday Flat Stanley will be going skiing at Snowbasin so today he wanted to go shopping for new skis. I took him to the world's largest online outdoor retailer, Backcountry.com, to find the perfect pair of skis. Stanley couldn't believe all of the awesome outdoor gear that they have at Backcountry.com.
That's Stanley trying to pick out his new skis for Saturday. With all of those cool skis it was really hard to choose which ones he wanted. He ended up picking the green and pink ones on the left. They will be really good for going off of big jumps.
After he got his new skis, we took Stanley to the State Capitol building.
This is another picture of Stanley at the Utah State Capitol building. That's him playing around inside the "U" of Utah.
While we were showing Stanley around Temple Square he met these really cool sister missionaries. They were excited to find out that he's a Mormon. The sister on the left in the black jacket is from Houston, Texas so she and Stanley have a lot in common.
Stanley really wanted me to show him the Family History Center where I was finally able to find out how to contact Eli's mom.
Stanley was so excited to see the Salt Lake Temple! He was really glad that he got to see it at night when it is lit up, he thought it was very beautiful.

6 years ago in February of 2002 the Winter Olympics were in Salt Lake City. This gigantic picture of an ice skater is downtown and Stanley couldn't believe how big it was.


Finally, we took Stanley down to the Channel 2 news studio. He got to see the weather man through the window and he thought that was so cool! After he saw the studio it was way past Stanley's bedtime so we went home and put him to bed.

Flat Stanley arrives in Salt Lake City

WELCOME TO UTAH, FLAT STANLEY!!! Today when I got home from work I discovered the arrival of an expected guest. He was patiently waiting for me to pick him up from the mailbox and was accompanied by the following letter from one of my most favorite little guys:

Dear Brooke,
In school we read a book about a boy who got smashed by a bulletin board. His name is Flat Stanley. He wanted to go on a trip, so his family mailed him to California.
In class we made Flat Stanleys. I am mailing my Flat Stanley to you. Please take him somewhere with you and then write back and tell me where he went. If you take photographs or pick up postcards, please send them also. I will take Flat Stanley back to school and share his adventures with my class. There is not a time limit on this activity, so if you have a special trip planned, you may want to wait to take Flat Stanley then.
Thank you for helping me with this project. I wish I were flat so I could fold myself up and visit you.

Love,
Eli

Awwww, my little Eli. He is Julie's (my cousin) 5 year old son and one of the cutest 5 year olds EVER! Since Flat Stanley just arrived today and has spent a long 6 days traveling to get here he needs some rest. Tonight we had a pizza party to celebrate his arrival and now we're relaxing so he can rest and be ready for a big day tomorrow. He says he is really excited to see all of the cool things here in Salt Lake City!

More birthday party fun...

The only small complaint about our perfect house is that sometimes there's not enough space. L-R: Joey, Cindee, Haydee(the mexican), Jaymee, and Annaleesa. All of our chairs were full and most of the floor too as we ate dinner together and enjoyed each other's company.Hahaha, this picture is good for a laugh. It totally looks like I'm farting on her and although that would be characteristic of me...I AM NOT! If you know Annaleesa, you understand how much she likes her personal space. I am obviously invading it in this photo and at the same time she is trying to avoid having her picture taken. The poor girl is having her personal space violated in so many ways. Annaleesa, I'm sorry, but it sure was fun, wasn't it!?
Then it was present time. I got Jaymee the "shirt of the month" from Backcountry.com. This month it is a good one so I thought that she should have it.
After presents we had a mad Guitar Hero battle. It was a lot of fun. I definitely took the award for longest note streak: 298!!! That's insane!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAYMEE!!!

Jaymee's birthday is this weekend but since she will be out of town we threw her a surprise birthday party tonight. She was totally surprised and had no idea, we got her SO good!! This is a picture of her surprised look...



Carly made her great chicken and of course it was a hit, as always. Please take notice to the Las Vegas oven mitts. They are a souvenir from Jaymee's most recent trip to Las Vegas last weekend.
Jaymee and I were in charge of cutting the bread and somehow it ended up in a knife fight. Nothing is boring with the two of us!

President's Day in Island Park

For President's Day weekend I went o Island Park, Idaho with my roommate Jaymee and her family. Saturday, while the guys went on a long snowmobile ride, the girls ventured into West Yellowstone to peruse the shops. Jaymee and I could find mischief, even there! Naughty fox.

While there, I found a boyfriend. I couldn't talk him into coming home with me though. He just wouldn't move! We still keep in touch via the Pony Express.

When we were leaving the cabin on Bill's Island to go to West Yellowstone we saw this moose just walking down the road. Well, it was walking until we all saw it and rolled the windows down and started screaming. You'd think we'd never seen one before. Well, we later found out that we actually scared the poop out of it...right there in the road where we first encountered him he had dropped a few little pebbles. It was quite the experience for but us and him.

The night nobody was home...or were they?

It's March now and spring is in the air here in Utah. The sun is shining more and temperatures are beginning to warm. Yesterday Jaymee and I took advantage of the beautiful day and the warm temperatures and took our longboards to Ogden in hopes to visit the Patterson's. At least if we got there and they weren't home we could ride our longboards, right? We got there and knocked on the door, no answer. It was almost 7pm and still light outside (thank you daylight savings) so we decided to longboard on the great hill near their house...they could be coming home soon. After longboarding for a few minutes Jaymee remembered that I still have a HUGE bucket of sidewalk chalk in my Jeep and had the great idea that we should leave them some art and a message. So we started drawing. At one point we both had to use the bathroom so bad that we drove to the Taco Time just up the street to use the restroom. When we returned to finish the driveway masterpiece we thought they may have come home while we were gone so we rang the doorbell again and gave the door another good knock, no answer. So we spent another hour...or two...finishing our beautiful work of art and all the while holding on to the glimmer of hope that they would soon come home.
The note we left them read: John & Cindy-
We came to Ogden for some ninja training. After brushing up on our skills we thought we should come to see you because we've missed you. We're sad that you're not home but we know that you are probably out fighting evil with your superhero powers. We love you! Brooke & Jaymee
P.S. The dry cleaner called and said your capes are ready.

After lots of waiting and drawing and laughing, we lost hope around 10:00 and went home. This morning I got an email from Cindy thanking us for the driveway art and also telling us that the entire time we were at their house they were home, in the basement, watching a movie with lots of caramel popcorn and treats, and wishing they had someone to share it with! Next time I think we'll knock on the windows. :-)