Hair!

I've been wanting a change for a while, so I convinced Jessica to give me a cut and color.

Before:

Ok, so I was out camping in this picture, so it's not the best one, but still...

During:

Without a doubt, I have the best radio reception in town!

After:

Blonde!

Because I haven't colored my hair in a while, it's really bright in this picture. It's faded slightly now that it's been through a few washings. I love it!

I also found some pretty, easy to do hairstyles here and here from I am Momma, hear me ROAR! She has a ton of really cute stuff that is definitely work checking out!

Flaming Gorge - only 3 more days of work!

I am so excited! I have been waiting for this trip for such a long time!

I'm also freaking out, because, let's face it, I'm sure I'm going to miss something. Fortunately I have saner heads involved when it comes to food, so I won't spend $50 on fruit rollups and forget something crucial like chicken. I'm planning on going shopping through my mom's pantry for part of our foodstuffs, and we'll head to costco, where she will be the only one allowed to put anything in the cart. We'll see how that goes!

In other news, our cars are almost fixed! The Sentra's strut issues will be fixed tomorrow, and I'll be taking our rodeo in to get the gear shift welded back on. Yes, this is the same gearshift that we were supposed to get fixed when I broke it off in December. We've just had a screwdriver stuck in there for a temporary fix, but I'm getting sick and tired of it. Plus, it's the one we're actually taking with us, so it's important that I can stand driving it.

On the trip we will probably be listening to New Moon, at Alan's request. He's watched all the movies with me, and wanted to know all the details that are in the books, but not in the movies. We've listened to Twilight already, and Alan is DEFINITELY on team Edward ~_^ Funny that he's chosen a side, while I'm still comparing the two. Ok, I take that back, he's primarily on Emmett's side, because he think's that Emmett is the best character, but I digress...

I have been really worried about my camera on this trip. I ordered this lovely bundle for it, which should arrive today! Our poor camera has been out of commission for months, because we haven't been able to find the battery charger. I really want to take it with us on the raft, but I'm afraid of getting it wet. Thus far the best idea I've found is a somewhat awkward one, but if the military does it to protect their guns (pun not intended) why not? I also figured that I could get some colored ones for some cool filter effects ^_^

Kaiti and Kyli are planning on coming with us on the trip, so that should make it even more fun. It'll be good to have some young blood with us until Marianne and Joe arrive. We've got the tents and such all ready, though I'm gonna get all of the extra tarps in case of rain. I'm hoping it won't be too bad, but the 10 day forecast gives me cause to worry.

I'll update with pictures when I get back!

Designer sweatshirt tutorial

I LOVE this hoodie idea from Alisa Burke! I can't wait to make one of my own!

Aliens!

This little jem has been floating around my head for a while now.

For hundreds of years we have observed the world around us and made assumptions about other life on this planet based on those observations. We see two animals making exaggerated movements towards each other, followed by intercourse, and we assume that the prior movements were a mating dance or courtship ritual. We see two of the same species year after year, and we assume that they are monogamous. We see a group of the same species living together and assume that they have a social structure.

Have you ever wondered, if an Alien came to our planet to observe us, what they would say about our species? We try and believe in true love and romance and all of that, and yet the alien would observe humans cheating on their spouses, and all the divorces, and then just to throw their minds for a loop, you have things like polygamy and same sex couples and transvestites, and prostitutes. It would be really hard to give a broad spectrum sexual classification. Would Vegas, with it's drive through weddings, be considered our courtship grounds? Would they wonder at our courtship rituals, varying from huge elaborate weddings, to picking up someone in a bar? Realistically, would they say that those who spend more time going through the elaborate courtship ritual stay together better?

Additionally, their assumptions about us would change depending on where in the world they were observing. Comparing the human that live in the US to those that live in Asia or some other country would be like comparing a house-cat to a tiger in the societal and environmental differences.

What do you think aliens would say about us?

Photo Dump Day

I should have done this a long time ago. After all, I have this nifty card adapter thing that jessica borrows on a near daily basis (I love you Jessica!) and it's about time I use it.

Ooh Pretty!

So here are all of the pictures that have accumulated on my phone as of late.

A pretty rainbow outside of work.

Playing cards with my siblings. Kaiti and Kyli decided to give me buns.

From the back...

My wedding ring all shiny after the amazing work done by Kay Jewlers.

LDS missionaries at Gunnies looking at the rifles

Work boredom in the form of plastic bubble potato heads.

You can see my candy-cane light and ice decorations behind him.

Side view of his lovely lips.

This one's story is a little bit longer. Alan and I decided that we wanted to go to strawberry reservoir fishing, so we gathered up our stuff and convinced my brother Daniel (Pictured above) and Alan's dad to come with us. We fished for a couple of hours with no luck. Daniel and I became bored, and noticed the crawdads in the lake, and decided to catch them. So with nothing more than a net and very quick fingers, we caught over 30 of them! Our total when we came home? No fish, 30 crawdads. This is the trophy picture we took for Daniel's fishing patch for scouts, to prove he did catch something, and I believe he caught both of them with his BARE HANDS! Way to go Daniel!

So you think you can dance, Gold's gym style.

Alan and I were working out the other day when what to my wondering eyes should appear...

Ok, I know you probably cannot see that very well, (I was trying to be inconspicuous, and was taking the picture over Alan's shoulder) but it's Ryan, from last season's So You Think You Can Dance. And here is the hunky close up picture of him.

I had no idea that Gold's had such regular celebrity appearances. Needless to say, I will be going back more often ~_^

Birdie!

I was in the breakroom today getting lunch, when I came across this little guy sitting by the window. He looks like he's a baby Peregrine Falcon, probably born this year sometime. It looks like their next is right above this, so he probably fell about 20ft.

Fortunately my dad knows some falconers, so hopefully they'll be able to come and either get him back to his nest or take care of him.