Travis- the 4th installment

As many of you are aware, I have a couple of little series in my blogs. One of these series happens to be pictures of Travis looking rather silly. So today I bring you a picture of Trav I put together a few years ago but it should become a new Christmas tradition. Can anyone tell who Travis is impersonating?

This is SO embarrassing!!!

In Canada they have a show like American Idol but they call it Canadian Idol. Watch this clip! Poor girl it is so embarrassing!!!

Click here to watch video

Not Another Student Poll!!!

I know- sometimes I am indecisive, but I just can't decide how to cut my hair! Currently Paula is up in the polls so I guess Sandra is out but I saw a movie with Kate Beckinsale in it and I thought her hair was really cute! (but no highlights for me) So again I come to those who really care about me- the Jr. Highers!!! I need your help! What do you think now? The Paula, the Sandra, or now the Kate! This time I promise not to add any more celebrity haircuts- just these 3. Click here to see the Paula, and here to see the Sandra.
Help! Please post a comment!

More Gaming Fun!

Now I know you all want the PS3 or the new Wii but this game I'm giving you isn't available at your local Wal-Mart. It's only available here- on my blog!!! (well and the website I got it from:). So enjoy and let me know what you think!

Click here to play Carrie the Caregiver
You don't have to download. When at the website Click on "Carrie's Career." Don't download but then click on "Continue." Then have fun!!!

Marine Corps Ball!!!

We got to go to 2 different ones this year! That was great since Jim has been gone the last 2 years and we hadn't been to a ball since 2003! The first one was in Las Vegas at the Tropicana hotel. After the ball we went to see these dueling pianos. People put in requests and the piano guys sing and play back and forth- its really fun and everyone sings along:)

The second ball we went to was at Pechanga in Temecula. The general was at this ball so there was a live marching band and the ceremony was even grander then normal. We had a great time doing dinner and dancing.

Let me tell you a bit about the ball. It is a party celebrating the Marine Corps birthday- the day and year that they came into exisitence. They start by bringing in the flag with a full colorguard. THe play the National Anthem and the Marine Corps Hymm. The flag is then retired (taken to the back of the room and set in a stand and the cake is escorted in. The senior guy there cuts the cake and a piece is given to the guest speaker, then the oldest Marine present and then the youngest. It's all pretty cool. There is a lot of tradition and symbolism in things. Like they set this table for POW's and MIA's and everything on the table means something from the size of the table to the sliced lemons on a dish- very cool stuff:)

Here is my super cool dress that I got on Sale!!!

We had such a great time!

Happy Veteran's Day!!!

Well many of you know it was Veteran's Day this weekend becasue you got a holiday from school. Did you also know that it was the Marine Corps' Birthday? Yup, the Corps turned 231 years old on Nov. 10- which is older then our country!!! Every year they have a grand ball to celebrate their birthday. My husband and I got to go to 2 of them this year!!! I will have pictures up soon. Everyone gets dressed to the nines and there is this cool ceremony. I'll explain all that in a later blog- this one I wanted to share some cool Marine stuff with you- so enjoy!!!

Hippies-ness

Wow, ya'll- I can't believe we won!!! What an exciting time! It was so close at the end that I wasn't sure whether we pulled it off or not but somehow we did! And now we get a free trip to magic mountain!!! So awesome! I hope everyone had a fun time- despite the outcome, we knew from the beginning that only one team could win. I just can't believe it was us!
Yay!!!
I liked sporting the sweet tie-dye. How many of you made your own shirts? They looked awesome!!!

Another Student Poll

Ok, so this last weekend I was cleaning my house and watching Miss Congeniality and I realized that I really liked Sandra Bullock's hair in that movie (after her makeover) so now I am torn on which haircut. Since I was an idiot and accidently erased most of my last poll's results about the Paula Abdul haircut, I thought I shoud try again since my mind is at an impasse. So now the question is: 1. go with the Paula Abdul (she has bangs) 2. Go with the Sandra Bullock (no bangs) 3. Leave my hair as is.
Help!!!
ps- for Paula look see Sept 27 Blog.

50 First States!

An intellectually stimulating game!!! I remember having to learn all the states and their capitals in 7th grade- so that was awhile ago for me but I did not bad on this little quiz:) Give it a go- see how geographically minded you are!

Click HERE to play!!!

You won't believe it!!!

I got this cool story from my aunt- check it out!!!

"In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set oftriplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in thepregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size,they died shortly after birth. The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly startedto decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into adepression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve. After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce tothe mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only "orphans"that could be found quickly, were a litter of weaner pigs. The zookeepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops??Take a look........ you won't believe your eyes!!"

Student Poll

Ok ya'll- I need some help. I can't decide how or if I should cut my hair. I am thinking I like Paula Abdul's hair- not the short little pixie thing she had going on but the longer style with the layers? Know what I am talking about? Anyway- what do you think- should I go for that cut, leave my hair the way it is (I have layers now but its more towards the end of my hair), or let it grow really long and get rid of the layers? Leave a comment and let me know!!! Thanks!

Here is a picture of my hair currently:

Travis part 3

Well I have a couple of series that go on throughout my blog- optical illusions, peanut butter and funny pictures of Travis. We all love Travis- he is a wonderful boss, but he is also a silly guy. This picture is actuallya video clip if I can get it to work. Niki showed it on the weekend for her talk. We were playing Sharks and Minnows where the person in the middle or "shark" has to keep his or her eyes shut and everyone else has to try to swim across the pool or in this case spool, without getting caught.

What is funny about this is that there is no one in the pool but Travis. It was the last round and it took forever for Trav to finally get caught so he would have to be it. So we decided to pull a little prank on him and the rest of us got out of the pool. So he is jumping and splashing around trying to tag us but there is no one in there. Just watch- it's pretty funny. He finally opened his eyesand was like "you guys" but he knows it was all in fun:)

For old funny pictures of Trav check out the June blogs and the November blogs in to the left.

Optical Illusions, part deux

I love Optical Illusions- they are so cool!!! I actually wrote a blog about them before (part 1), you can check it out if you like under my June blogs. Anyway, I have some new ones that are pretty nifty. Have fun twisting and tweaking your sense of reality. Just goes to show you can't always trust you eyes!



If you take a look at the following picture , it is not animated. Your eyes are making it move. To test this, stare at one spot for a couple seconds and everything will stop moving. Or look at the black center of each circle and it will stop moving. But move your eyes to the next black center and the previous will move after you take your eyes away from it. You can see the illusion better if you click on the image to make it larger:)

Are the purple lines straight or curved?

Click on this one to make it larger as well- works better!

The Coolest Dog Ever!!!

I love the pups!!! Probably because they love you no matter what. They are so excited to see you when you come home. They get stoked just when you say their name and tell them what a good doggie they are. Even when they do something bad and you have to yell at them, all they want to do is win back your approval. Dogs are great! Check out this clip of an awesome pooch!!! Sometimes it takes a bit to load so be PATIENT!!! Click on the play arrow at the bottom of the screen (not the one in the middle) and then just wait for the video to start:)

Super Sweetness!!!

Ok- I know I have a series of "sweet" things, but notice this one is preceded by the word "super" and it sure is!!!! Cat emailed me the video and I thought I would share it with all of you. A couple of questions to ask yourself while viewing: Where did they get all those treadmills? Did boys really choreograph this? How long did it take? How did they remember it all? And finally- Why?

Enjoy!!!

Click HERE to watch video

Another Sweet Game (pun intented)

Its called "Cake Mania" and that it is. You have to bake and frost cakes, keep your customers happy and collect money. It is really fun and challenging. Make too many mistakes and you might not reach your baker's goal of the day!


Click here to play!!!

p.s- you don't have to download the game to play. A trial version is available if you just press "play" :)

Sweet Game

Miniture golf is actually the only kind of golf I have played- I love it! Such a blast. This game has some interesting holes. It takes a bit to understand how to putt but read the instructions and you shouldn't have any problems. I was doing great until the last hole! Let me know your score, post it- remember lowest wins!!!

Click HERE to play!

Dirty Feet

I can't stand having dirty feet. I mean I can put up with it for awhile and I enjoy dirty activities- like mud day at Camp Sugarpine, but I don't like my feet to stay that way. In fact I can't sleep if my feet are dirty. There is just something that drives me nuts about even the thought of sticking dirty feet under the sheets- ugh! At Whitewater I would have my wet wipes right by my bed so that at night, when I was ready to get in my sleeping bag I could sit on my bed and wipe my feet down pretty well before sticking them in bed. At home even, if I feel my feet are dirty I will stick them in the sink and wash them off. I've been told it is kinda a funny sight, me standing at the sink washing first one foot then the other. But oh, as that water and soap runs over my foot taking off all the dirt and grime from walking around a dirty environment, it feels just heavenly and I can sleep in peace.

Stupid Videos

Since so many of us will be away at camp I wanted to leave some fun things for those of you who stayed behind to do. So check out these videos, they are pretty sweet:) I can't figure out how to stop the auto play so just go through and pause them all and then watch 'em one at a time- sorry!!!
Remember TNL is back on the 25th!!!

Kitty Cat


Great Skate


Good Robot

Happy 4th!!!

I love fireworks- they are so great! I always feel so patriotc when I am wearing red, white, and blue, listening to "God Bless America" as the fireworks are perfectly synchonized with the music. It's so cool. I feel like a little kid again.



Not to take away from the 4th because I love celebrating our independence day- wonder how BBQ became the official food of 4th of July. Like turkey at Thanksgiving, you have to BBQ on the 4th of July. Anyway, that is a total tangent- but back to what I was saying. . . not to take away form the 4th but I must say that Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Celebration fireworks show is the most spectacular I have ever seen. Just had to throw that in there:)

Where did June go?

Wow- I can't believe that the 4th of July is a week away! That is insane! I am still trying to get into the summer mindset- I mean summer is here. In a few short weeks we will be leaving for summer camp and then before you know it, the summer will be over. Summer always goes by so quickly it seems.

I just wanted to throw the eagle picture in my blog because I think it is really cool and really patriotic for the fourth.

This other picture I will have to explain. First, we had mild thunderstorms today after an insanely hot weekend. What is up with the weather!?! The thing that is driving me nuts is that I don't know because I don't have the weather channel anymore. Yes, I know, I am a geek- I love the weather channel. (to find out more about the weather channel check my November blogs) In fact I don't have cable at all right now and what I miss the most isn't saturday morning cartoons or CSI, it is the weather channel. Pathetic. Anyway this is a cool shot of some crazy weather so there it is.

Optical Illusions Part 1

I love optical illusions. I find it so fascinating and such a good reminder that we can't always trust our eyes. These few pics I have today are just a couple of the optical illusions that I have. I find these sidewalk painting to be really fun though. You see it is all a matter of perspective.

Life is so often like that. As Christians we get angry, feel hurt, or are afraid of what other people say they believe. We shouldn't though. We have the truth of the Bible which we can look through to then see truth. We don't have to be afraid or angry about things that come up in our culture. We just need to realize that people who aren't Christians don't see things the same as us. They can't. Until they accept Jesus into their lives they have spiritual blinders on as it were. We see things with Jesus, they have to look at the world without Him inside of them. They will have a very different perspective. I'm not saying we should keep this an "us vs. them" sort of thing, no way! God wants everyone to see things in the light of His truth. I'm saying that we as Christians don't have to be afraid of what others say and we need to be patient with people who don't know the truth- they can't see God's truth because their perspective if off- like looking at one of these pictures sideways. Becasue it really is all a matter of perspective.

It's Time!!!!

I was thinking earlier today- you know, it has been awhile since we have had a silly picture of Travis (I'm sure you all were thinking the same thing- for the other silly picture look in the November blogs). So without further ado, here is our wonderful JH pastor looking rather silly:)

Wow the Vikings!

What an incredible T-Series!!! It came so close at the end but the Vikings are going to Wild Rivers. I hope everyone had a great time- I know I did, although I am ready to put that snakey-crown thing away for-ev-ver! I'm really stoked right now because I made the Top 5 Blogs on Scottie's page of goshness- super sweet!


Just one more thing about Ultimate 4 square- it is the greatest game ever invented and I think Ash could whoop just about anyone:)




Ash in action at the SALT Retreat

Who Got Game????

Click on picture to view video courtesy of BJ


Wow- Last night was incredible!!! The competition was fierce and yet the Vikings still pulled out a victory. However, only several hundred points separate last and 1st. I can't wait to see what the scores will be like once attendance is figured in- it really could be anyone's game!!! How exciting!!! Pirates, Ninjas, Mobsters and Vikings- who is going to win The Battle next week?!? Who is going to Wild Rivers?!?! Who really wants it?!?!? We shall see. . .

Mobster Spirit

I must say- I am so impressed with the Mobsters! I gotta give a shout out. They wrote me a little book and had a bunch of Mobsters sign it. They filled a basket with everything blue, from birthday candles to painted popsicle sticks. A today, what do I find in my Inbox? A poem written to me from the Mobsters. Keep up the spirit- you are doing great! Keep it up for next week and you can win Spirit again!!!! And all you other teams- get the spirit going like the Mobsters and next week will truly be a battle for the Spirit Sword!!!