Organizing

So right now I am working on organizing all my digital pictures. I like to have them organized by year, month, date. For example a picture taken on June 16, 2007 would be in the . . . nevermind, you don't care.

The point is, while I've been organizing, I found some fun pictures to share. Here they are in chronological order, of course:

This is me and my first college roommate Natalie Nielsen. We lived in 503 U-Hall of Deseret Towers. Goodbye, dear old DT. I'll always remember the fun times we had. This is a rare shot of me actually studying. Not my strong suit freshman year when I discovered instant messaging, email, and Napster. This is either 12 September 2000 or 9 December 2000, but I think it's September.



Me and Lyndsee at the Salt Lake Olympics. We are in a snow globe! And we are figure skating! How cute. This was during our "Spring Break," the only one we ever had at BYU. The school gave all the students a week off during the Olympics so they could volunteer, but we just went and checked out downtown SLC. 21 February 2002



So cruel and yet so funny. This is still one of my favorite pictures of Mason. Maybe Ashley can help me out with the date . . . .
Update: Ashley (who admits her son is OCD) informed this picture was taken 21 August 2005.

Mason the Munchkin man

My sister, Ashley and her son, Mason were here to visit for the last week. It was fantastic! I wish they could be here all the time...or I could be there all the time (I think I like that idea better). I already miss them. Here are some pictures of the fun we had!

I watched Mason while Ashley went to Super Stampers with my mom. This is us making our Moari warrior faces. Intimidating, I know.

Silly faces. Mason always laughs when I cross my eyes for him.

Mason is learning how to use the camera. We're practicing checking the display screen before taking the picture and not putting fingers over the flash.

At Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in front of SHOUKA STADIUM, home of Shouka the killer whale. See my Batman cape?

We did lots more stuff but I don't have the pictures on my lappie yet. Check out Ashley's blog for the full story. http://toddandashleybraun.blogspot.com/

Book Tag

This is my favorite tag I've see yet! Ashley, this one's for you.

Directions:
1. Pickup the nearest book, or one you’re reading that contains over 123 pages.
2. Go to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence.
4. Post the 5th sentence.
5. Tag five people.


"Meg asked, 'What happens to you—all of you—if I Name the wrong one?'"
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle





Tag: I don't think anyone reads this blog yet, so if you read this and there is a book near you, you're tagged.

Hi Hi

Fueled by a late afternoon nap and a rare dose of caffeine, here I am, at 3am, finally starting my very own blog.

So, let's start with the bad news...
Current letdowns:
1) So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 is over. This show is one of my very favorites! I'm so sad it's over for the year. I must say I am very surprised at the results. I was really expecting Katee to win, so I was astounded when she was eliminated second of the final four. I'm so glad they decided to invent a $50,000 prize for the "first place girl," so that she didn't go home empty-handed. The whole season was pretty amazing and I was way excited to see dancers from previous years return for the final performance.

And now the good news...
Current excitement:
1) Ashley and Mason are coming to visit next week!
2) Seussical the Musical today.
3) Dashboard Confessional concert October 11.
4) Our Book of Mormon musical is finally complete (thanks to Kelsey's gargantuan editing efforts). It is great! For one of our Family Home Evening activities we were assigned to make a video of a Book of Mormon story. Our group (me, Kelsey, Krystal, Julia, and Dana) decided to do it about Abish. She is one of the very few women in the Book of Mormon and her story is pretty cool (see Alma 19). We took some creative license and filled out the two or three verses where she is mentioned into an amazing musical interpretation (also starring Rusty as King Lamoni and Sam as Ammon). The premiere is scheduled for August 11 and advanced screenings are already drawing rave reviews from critics. Stay tuned for the Internet World Premiere of Becoming Abish!