Annie is cool.

Even though I'm doing basically nothing (at all) to help my fellow struggling neighbors during this lame recession (I know- I'm a terrible person, I'm sorry), I'm so happy to know that other people are.

This evening I walked out onto my porch and saw a copy of the Sugar House Journal lying there on the ground, just waiting to be picked up. I have never read a copy of it in my entire life. Ever. Like- I usually pick it up and throw it at the neighbor (like I said- terrible person). But for some strange reason (boredom, probably) I decided to open it.

And there, on the front page, was a picture of our friend Jesse (Annie's husband) and their 2 kids. FRONT page. I've never been on the front page of a newspaper. Of course, I've never done anything very noteworthy, either, so I guess it makes sense.

Anyway, from reading the article I learned that Annie & Jesse have grown lots of produce this year and have given their excess to neighbors in need of food. They went as far as to put up flyers and everything. I think you should read the article [click here]. It's inspiring.

Thanks for helping out people in need, Annie! We need more people like you & Jesse in the world :)

Maybe I'll help those in need by giving all of Justin's junk to the D.I.

Another year

Just like every year, my birthday was on the 11th. Yay me. And it doesn't really matter how old I am. All that matters is that I'm still in my roarin' twenties.

What did I want to do for my birthday?

Me: Hey Kennedy- daddy is working tonight, so you and I are going to do something fun for my birthday.
K: Really?!? What???
Me: Well, after we finish our dinner, we'll go to the store...
K: Uh huh.... [big smile on her face- bouncing up and down with anticipation]
Me: And we'll each buy ourselves a new puzzle, and then we'll come home and do them!!
K: ..... oh. [apparently a puzzle isn't what she considers "fun"]

Luckily, when we arrived at the store, she was very excited to choose her very own Hello Kitty puzzle.

I may have just outed myself as a nerd, but I think doing a nice, big, 1000 piece puzzle is a great way to celebrate another passing year.

Love.

Here is the sweetest thing ever:

Message.wav - Kennedy

Dumb building.

Whatever the season, whether it be summer or winter, my office is usually 10 degrees. Below zero.

So I have to use one of these:

and, as silly as I would look, at times I have been tempted to purchase one of these:

As I was deciding what to wear this morning, I thought it might be smart to wear something similar to this:

so that I wouldn't be freezing my A off at work.

Well, I get to work this morning. And it is abnormally warm. Way too warm. Apparently big huge expensive downtown buildings can't handle the Day Light Savings' time change, so they freak out and turn the thermostat all the way up to 100 degrees. I have been sweating all day.

Around 2:00 this afternoon, an apologetic e-mail was sent to everyone saying it will be fixed by tomorrow. Screw you, work.

Goblins and a mummy

I am giving you a fair warning that this post will be long. And full of pictures. I'll try to keep the captions to a minimum. But there's no guarantee.

Alright. You are hereby warned.

As most of you have heard, my wonderful brother and his super awesome family are moving to Costa Rica (WAAAAHHH!!!). So in order to spend as much time with them as possible before they move, we, along with my dad and his family, decided to go on a short but sweet family trip to Goblin Valley (near Moab, UT).

When we arrived at the hotel, we pulled faces in the mirror. Since that's what you do at hotels.

(I think Justin's faces might actually be more entertaining than Kennedy's.)

And the girls were allowed to jump on the bed, for once.


The next morning we headed on over to the valley of the goblins.

What is there to do in Goblin Valley? I'm glad you asked. You can:

Explore secret caves.

Pause to hug your favorite cousin.

Search for those elusive goblins.

Find a comfortable bed to nap on.


Discover a throne and exclaim "I am queen of the goblins!!!"

Hold a nearby hand.

Take a picture of yourself to prove to everyone that you were actually there.

Quickly run TOWARD the goblins because a scary voice behind you is yelling "gobba-gobba-gobba-gobba!!".

Family trip: successful.


This next segment really deserves its own post for 2 reasons: 1) it is completely unrelated to previous topic and 2) because I said so. But oh well. It's not getting its own separate post.

I present to you.... Kennedy the Mummy.



For some reason she's not as scary from behind.

What is happiness?

It is one of these:

and then one of these.

And folks, I am happy.

Kennedyisms

I'm skipping over the part where I make excuses for why I haven't blogged in a century.

*skip*

Alright- on with the good stuff. And I've also included a few of Kennedy's more recent drawings for your enjoyment.


K: Mom- what does "abajo" mean? In spanish?
M: It means "down."
K: Ok. Mom?
M: Yes?
K: You're goin' ABAJO.

Watching the cartoon "Kai Lan"
K: That Rintu boy sounds REALLY handsome. I'll bet he is.


Gma: Kennedy, can you guess what I'm going to be for Halloween?
K: Hm... a vampire?
Gma: No
K: A devil?
Gma: No. I'll give you a hint. I'm going to wear black, and I'm going to wear a hat.
K: A princess?
Gma: No...
K: Hm....
Mom: Kennedy- its starts with a "W"
K: A WINDOW!!

Alright. Now if all of you would please take a look at this picture. Pay particular attention to the figure on the right:


More particularly, his nether regions.

This was our conversation:

K: Mom- what do you think THAT is? [pointing to the small square dangling in between the legs of said figure]
M: Hmm.... I don't know... is it... a cracker?
K: No. These three have clothes on, but THIS boy doesn't [pointing, again, to said figure]
M: Ok. Is it a hand?
K: No, mom. He's naked.
M: It's a boy?
K: Yes. And that thing is right HERE. [pointing to her nether regions]
M: Um... alright. Is it a penis?
K: YES! It IS a penis! Good job, mom.