Feeding the Hungry

Mitchell's bread making frenzy + our getting tired of only eating bread = a near death experience. As I walk to class I can't help but notice the many ducks on campus. I see cute little children feeding these ducks and secretly I have always wanted to do the same. Mitchell and I were left tonight with not too much on our agendas ... wide open ..... so we grabbed one of our hundred loaves and ran across campus to the duck pond.

It all began very innocently... a few ducks here ... a few ducks there ...

Mitchell eventually had to put a mote between him and the hungry beasts .... and then all heck broke loose ....

A mean pack of geese surrounded us. Hissing and squawking filled the air. I was honeslty scared for our lives. I was convinced they would attack our faces and disfigure us for life.

Us vs. the geese
It was a fight to the death ... and we were left standing in the end.

If we learned anything from this night it would be ... never go to the duck pond without your trusty beekeeper suit.

Fillmore Farms Bed and Breakfast

We have been living together in our spacious 450 sq ft apartment for almost 2 months now and finally got our first visitor. My brother Morgan drove in from Colorado and decided he'd stay his first night here with us and check out our new place. We made pizza when he got here, then hung out and ate ice cream and later that night we even made cinnamon rolls. Erin went to bed a little early since she had been awake since 3:15 am! And Morgan and I stayed up a bit later and talked and laughed and such.

I crawled into bed about midnight and Morgan had his choice between the love seat, the tile floor or the lovesac.... So naturally he picked the lovesac.

And later he picked the couch.
And then he thought he'd try the floor.

Eventually my trips to the kitchen woke him and the first thing out of his mouth was our very first review... "worst nights sleep of my life, i woke up at least 50 times and my back is killing me and its SO hot."

The invitation is open to you all, come on by and stay a night. You'll never appreciate your own bed more. And i'll even bake for you.

If I Had a Nickel ....

If I had a nickel for every time my mother has asked me since being married: "Have you bought any dishes yet?" ... Mitchell and I would be able to comfortably retire to Aruba. The answer has been a consistent no... until today that is. Up until today we had been using 4 old plates Mitchell's sister, Mirien, had given us and some plastic bowls my parents have had since the 80's. We gathered up the gift cards and headed off to Bed Bath and Beyond.

I naturally gravitate to the yellow clearance sections of any store. I strongly dislike paying full price for anything. And lo and behold ... I spotted this beauty of a deal. A chip? Is that all? Pu-lease. I can deal with a chip. Final cost: $25.98 not too shabby.

For once in my life Bed Bath and Beyond did not let me down miserably ...

Along the journey Mitchell and I ran into a wide assortment of exotic snuggies

And WAAA ... LA! Black dinnerware .... no need to ask anymore mother dearest, your favorite children are eating in style

The sweet smell of VICTORY!!

This week Erin and I hit a mini-milestone in our marriage. We have now been married for 7 weeks. We didn't do anything special to celebrate the momentous occasion unfortunately, but this milestone was made sweeter after a small victory last night.

I was recently called into a brand new Elders Quorum Presidency (I'm the Secretary) and since we didn't all know each other too well we were all invited over to the Presidents house to have a little Barbecue. And being a vegetarian barbecue's can be a little interesting, we ended up bringing our own veggie burgers and it wasn't too weird, i don't think we were completely rejected for it. We started out in kind of an awkward huddle as people got to know each other and soon we ran out of the typical small talk things to say that i really hate anyways. The viruses and bacteria in the meat were finally all cooked out and we could begin eating. After dinner we played a game of pirates dice that lasted far too long. And then moved things inside to play the LDS version of the Newly-wed game, called Celestial Companions. It was actually a lot of fun and everyone really started to open up and joke and laugh. And the victory came at 11:30 that night when we realized that we had won the game (against people who had all been married at least 3 years) and we had new friends, and we had stayed up later than we had in about 3 weeks. So overall it was a good night.

And as to not disappoint... i have a few pictures of morphs from my side of the family...

Milan and his wife Rachael... this one is my favorite

My Parents...

My sister Monette and her husband Aaron...

My Brother Morgan and my sister Melayna....

Thanks Morgan for sending all the pictures, i couldn't have done it with out you.

Would You Like to Supersize That?

My brother Max, has been in Spain and Italy for the past 7 weeks or so. Mitchell and I thought it would be fun to get together and throw a little welcome back party for him....we could get together, have some quality bonding time, eat food, and look at some Europe pics. We thought we would welcome Max home with some American food ... and what could be more American than McDonalds?

But you might want to take a closer look ...

Those aren't just any ordinary burgers ... those burgers consist of cupcakes, brownies, icing and a few sesame seeds to top it off. We made sugar cookies and cut them to look like french fries. I even had the audacity to walk into McDonald's and ask them for some containers. They were a little suspicious to say the least.

I know a lot of you may be thinking ... bread, Sasquatch cakes ... and now cupcake hamburgers?! I promise you we don't just sit around all day and bake ... we do hold jobs and go to school.

Max may not look too impressed but trust me, he was downright giddy with delight

Mitchell conquering the Big Mac

I would like to give credit to Bakerella for this creative masterpiece.

And Then There Was One

The other day i stumbled upon a program i had got a while back that takes two faces and makes them into one. Its pretty impressive the quality of the face but also quite scary. We took some pictures yesterday of Erin's parents and her brother and then I had a little fun with them. The glasses are best merged with another face with glasses, and toothy smiles are best merged with other toothy smiles. Here is what we came up with..... These are all 50% of each person, you can see the facial features are a mix of both people and everything else you can see as semi-transparent layers on top of each other.... ENJOY!

Erin and I, from our wedding pictures

Erin and I from the ones taken last night.

Steve and Jan.... this one is probably my favorite

Erin and her Mother

Craig and his Mother

If any of you would like me to combine your pictures just send me an email with some pictures taken head on with a neutral wall as a background.

Sasquatch Siting

Nothing says Happy Father's Day more than a Sasquatch cake. Cake blueprints were sketched, materials were purchased and precise measurements were made in order to guarantee the perfection of this cake. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know some of you are thinking this cake looks like a big ape. We researched and studied many a bigfoot drawings .... you try making a realistic Sasquatch cake, it's harder than it looks. A lot of blood, sweat, tears, milk and powdered sugar went into this cake. We love you Dad!

We needed Craig to smile for us ... and this was his pathetic excuse of a smile. He claimed to "not know how to smile."

Mitchell caught this wonderful candid shot of Craig ..... with a real smile.

Pearl stache