Happy Valentine’s Day!
Love Exposed by Matthew Nicolaysen
This photo was my brother Matt’s entry into a photo contest at BYUI for which he won first place! I think it is so creative and I’m so proud to have such a talented brother!
As part of his prize he won a very cool gorillapod. I’ve added this to my mental wish list, although I don’t know if it would get much use. I haven’t tried anything creative with photography for a while… When I saw this I also thought about my friend Stephanie in Texas who has a goal to take at least one photo every day this year. What do you think Steph?
Heartfelt Messages
As a kid I loved playing Mad Libs on long family trips. What better way to get a laugh than to stick words like “toot” or “snorkel” in a random story? With these easy forms, now I can fill in the blanks for even my personal and social obligations. Nice!
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Hannah has mastered the mouse and loves to play Holly Hobbie and Polly Pocket games on the computer. She also likes Caillou although we never watch the show on TV because the kid is so whiny it drives me nuts!
Sabrina is content for now watching Hannah play. Having just one computer in the house has become a bit of an issue. So many people use it now. We may need to make a sign-up sheet so that everyone gets a turn.
Can you get any cuter than Sabrina taking her “Baby Pupul” for a ride on the horsie. She yells, “Wee… Ha!”
Read MoreKung Hee Fatt Choy!
Happy Chinese New Year! When I was in high school my family tagged along on a business trip with my Dad to Hong Kong. It also happened to be Chinese New Year which was especially fun. We learned all about the traditions and enjoyed the many decorations, and the public dragon dances.
It is considered good luck to have a dragon dance at your home or business. I remember seeing a dragon dance in a mall and thinking it was so fun. The dragons have an elaborate head which has expressive eyes that can show emotions. The body is a long train of fabric and several guys stand underneath it to work the body.
Red represents good luck and many people give each other little red envelopes with money inside. I think it’s similar to our valentines day in that way. Every year is represented by an animal and 2008 is the year of the rat. Many people don’t really know the year they’re born because nobody asks how old you are. They just say, “I was born in the year of the dragon (that’s mine).” The celebration is 15 days long and I remember sitting in our hotel room watching fireworks on the final day of Chinese New Year. There were barges out on the water where the fireworks were shot from and it was a beautiful show. Great memories!
GO VOTE!
I saw a fun little piece on how the delegates work for these primary elections on Good Morning America, but I can’t find it on their site, so this one will have to do. The whole thing gets pretty complicated, so it’s nice to have a general idea of how it all works:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=602OSqjSSDY
Delegate Counts for Candidates at CNN
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