Hannah and the Marshmallows
On Saturday, our ward had its annual Corn Roast at Corona Del Mar Beach. We all had a blast socializing and playing in the sand and the waves. It was also a chance to try out the new video camera that Amy got me for my birthday (or more accurately, let me pick out). It’s a new kind that records to a little SD memory card instead of to a tape or dvd. One of the benefits is that it’s way easier now to get video onto the computer and then uploaded to YouTube. This will hopefully mean we’ll use the camera more and have lots more clips to share with everyone (You’re just going to love it!). To start us off, here’s a little clip from the Corn Roast. It was a cute moment when Hannah was working on her “S’mores Kit” that the ward provided. Enjoy!
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2vTCcEQ0hQ
Read MoreRomney’s Top 10 Excuses
At the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C. the other night, Mitt Romney gave his “Top 10 Reasons for Dropping Out of the Race.” I thought they were actually pretty funny and worth reprinting for anyone that missed them. They are:
10. There weren’t as many Osmonds as I thought.
9. I got tired of corkscrew landings under sniper fire.
8. As a lifelong hunter, I didn’t want to miss the start of the varmint season.
7. There wasn’t room for two Christian leaders.
6. I was upset that no one had bothered to search my passport files.
5. I needed an excuse to get fat, grow a beard and win the Nobel prize.
4. I took a bad fall at a campaign rally and broke my hair.
3. I wanted to finally take off that dark suit and tie, and kick back in a light-colored suit and tie.
2. Once my wife Ann realized I couldn’t win, my fundraising dried up.
1. There was a miscalculation in our theory: “As Utah goes, so goes the nation.”
And for a little more fun, I found the Top 10 List that aired on the David Letterman show back in February that gave their top 10 reasons Mitt Romney dropped out. You’ll have to let me know which you think is better. Here’s the David Letterman list:
10. Harsh Midwest weather was murder on his split ends
9. Wants to devote more time to his rap persona P. Mitty
8. Polls show public doesn’t want a president who looks like a casino greeter
7. Just couldn’t compete with the Ron Paul juggernaut
6. Unveiling a new line of honey-roasted romnuts
5. That b****** Zogby had it in for him
4. Apparently America is not ready for a white male president
3. No Number 3—writer suffering from Mitt withdrawal
2. There was that little problem of nobody voting for him
1. Lost all of his money betting on the Patriots
My Angel
Here’s what I love about Amy:
- When we were dating, she said “I love you” first.
- Even being married and having a baby, she still finished school and got her degree before I did.
- She’s better with money and budgeting than I am (I practically have to order her to buy stuff for herself).
- When I had a sales job in college, in the middle of winter she bundled our baby up, put him in the stroller and walked and talked with me as I delivered flyers around the neighborhood.
- When she’s happy her eyes get all sparkly.
- When I got accepted to law school in North Carolina, at first she cried about moving across the country, then she got to work and took care of getting our house all packed up and drove with our kids in the minivan while I followed behind in the truck. What a trooper!
- When I spent an entire summer as a hermit studying for the bar exam she would handle the kids all day and would always come quiz me on stuff whenever I asked, and at night after I got back from my prep class, we would just lie in bed and listen to audiobooks until we fell asleep.
- Also while I was studying for the bar, Amy took on the task of finding us a house in Southern California without any help from me. She ended up finding us a great house in a neighborhood that we just loved.
- Amy is currently the room mother for both our school-age kids’ classrooms and the assistant den mother for our son.
- Every day after school, she makes sure homework gets done, violins get practiced, chores are finished and dinner’s on the table.
- Amy calls me at work just to check in with me and tell me she misses me.
- In the evening after the kids are in bed, we’ll put on a movie and Amy always snuggles up to me on the couch and hands me the remote.
- When Amy wanted to learn how to make movies on the computer she had me show her where the movie editing program was and what I knew about it (which wasn’t much). Within an hour, she had put together a movie on her own, added a soundtrack and figured out features that I didn’t know about.
- Amy always looks stunning. She doesn’t need makeup or any fancy hair products. From the minute she wakes up until she falls asleep at night, she looks gorgeous.
Amy, you’re the gutsiest, hottest, sweetest person I’ve ever met. Happy birthday, babe!
Read MoreAre You Paying Attention?
I came across this video shortly before Amy and the kids left on their trip. I showed it to them and we all thought it was really interesting. Watch it and take the test. Let me know if you came up with the same thing I did when I first saw it.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4
Read MoreValentines for All Occassions
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