Trapeze Try-out

My tight-rope-walking circus rat is trying out to be a trapeze artist... much to my dismay

No rats were seriously injured in the making of this {accidental} video

Christmas is coming! Christmas is coming!

I'm usually the one to make sure I wait till after Thanksgiving to listen to Christmas music. Every Thanksgiving I would load my ipod (or bring cds back in the day) with Christmas music to Utah for Thanksgiving, so I was prepared for the ride home. 

But this year, I just can't do it. I want Christmas season to be here now!

A few weeks ago I was on pinterest and saw some Christmas wrapping paper with different Christmas carol lyrics on it. I think it was still the middle of October, but I was a dead man after that. There's no going back, I'm ready!

Then this morning I woke up to a few inches of snow outside my window.

Then I looked out to the parking lot to see a rascally squirrel shivering for warmth cuddled up to someone's car tire.   It reminded me of "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose;..." why I made that connection I will never know. But I collapsed under the pressure.

It's November 16 and I just started listening to Christmas music. And i'm totally okay with it.


What are your top 5 favorite Christmas songs?

It's the {Little Things}

Do you know what time it is?!?!?!?!!?>!?

9:10 11/12/13

Today is a good day. 

These are a few of my favorite things

In random order:

• 1.    The Arizona Diamondbacks
• 2.    The Gospel
• 3.    Memories
• 4.    Photos
• 5.    Recording memories: journaling, scrapbooks, pictures, videos, mementos, etc
• 6.    The Book of Mormon
• 7.    Psychology –
• 8.    ALL learning, education & knowledge
• 9.    Good books on rainy afternoons
• 10. My family
• 11. My extended family
• 12. Social media
• 13. Jewelry
• 14. Arizona rain storms
• 15. Clean sheets
• 16. Good friends
• 17. The smell and feel of the dishwasher right when it finishes running
• 18. The prophet
• 19. Sports rivalries
• 20. Technology
• 21. Laughing
• 22. Temples
• 23. Malcom Gladwell
• 24. Digital cameras
• 25. Rummikub
• 26. My testimony of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• 27. Stripes
• 28. Brain functioning
• 29. Arizona
• 30. The atonement
• 31. Pinterest
• 32.  Chocolate cinnamon bears
• 33. Family in general. Not just mine (see #10&11), but just the concept of family
• 34. Nature
• 35. Little kids

Awkward and Awesome: Halloween Style

You know those awkward and awesome posts? I kinda like 'em. I think they're pretty funny so i'll give you a little teaser into my awkward and awesome life to keep the suspense raging.

It's called Awkward and awesome: Halloween Style - A look at my most awkward and most awesome Halloween costumes.


Brace yourselves.

Awkward:

2001. I don't think my 10 year old self realized I was dressing up as a naked person...
But I think Matthew's costume takes the cake for the Gunderson family most awkward costume ever... (Beating my bubble bather and the one time Rachel was a piece of gum under a chair... and we don't even know what he was) Clearly this was a bad year for us.

Awesome:

2009. The stick figure. Bast last minute costume of my life, we rocked that party.

And here's this year. Halloween started Saturday night with our ward party and then a few other costume parties around the Burg.

2013. Ms. Frizzle. I was pleasantly surprised at how many people knew and appreciated who I was.. even with an evil looking Liz on my shoulder. And in case you're interested, The Magic School Bus is on Netflix :)

And just for kicks... my first ever doughnut-eating contest...

Was a fail... Rosie the Riveter beat me (She can do it :) bahahaha) And I didn't want to get chocolate frosting all over my teeth!

Assignment Photobombs

On Sunday, Sierra needed to take some pictures for one of her assignments (With homework like that, maybe I chose the wrong major after all...).  Kristen, Georgina, Kellie and I all decided to accompany her.

This was our result.

I'm sure glad I have the opportunity to live with these people. We rarely have a dull moment. They're awesome! 

SNOW in SEPTEMBER?!

Well the caption says it all... it's like I don't even have words to explain. 

It's just wrong... 

 

On the bright side, it's worse 5 minutes to the north, east, south and west of Rexburg. There's still hope for this pocket that is Rexburg. We're still hanging on............... Let's at least make it to October before it sticks. And if we could just wait till November that would be awesome, December, even better. January? I would be ecstatic! 

Here's to hopin' 

:)