Monthly Archive for March, 2007

Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handy

I found these on the internet and thought it might bring back some fond memories and laughs! I read through them and was laughing so hard I had tears streaming down my face…..

*Whenever someone asks me to define love, I usually think for a minute, then I spin around and pin the guy’s arm behind his back. Now who’s asking the questions?

*If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let ‘em go, because man, they’re gone.

*Instead of having answers on a math test, they should just call them “impressions”, and if you got a different impression, so what? Can’t we all be brothers?
*Children need encouragement, so if a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way, he develops a good, lucky feeling.

*Laurie got offended that I used the word “puke”, but to me, that’s what her dinner tasted like.

*If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you’ll look like a dummy, and people will try to catch you, because hey, free dummy.

*It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

*One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. “Oh, no,” I said. “Disneyland burned down.” He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.

*A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. “Hear that?” you say. “That’s dynamite, baby.”

*Too bad you can’t buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak everybody out.

*I wish I had a Kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula AND Superman away.

*Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.

*Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: “Mankind”. Basically, it’s made up of two separate words - “mank” and “ind”. What do these words mean? It’s a mystery, and that’s why so is mankind.

JJ and Shadow

Every time JJ is working in the garage Shadow likes to be outside.  I often come out to find Shadow sitting watching her JJ at work.  This is a picture of the two and of JJ’s latest puzzle.

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Shay and Tonts say Hi to CMP

When ShayAnn and Tonya came to SLC for State they took a minute to come and say hi to the crazies working at Cook Martin Poulson. It was fun to see them.

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More of Shay at State

Here are a few more pictures of Shay at state. I just want to tell her again how proud I am of Shay and how much I love you.

……..READY……………………..Set………………GOOOO!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR FAITH

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I remember when you were born and how cute you were. You are even more beautiful and very smart and fun to talk to now. I hope you have a really fun Birthday weekend. Love you tons.

Grandma Cook’s Birthday Party!

Well, it was a night of partying at Grandma Cook’s house!  We called to invite her out to eat and she opted for take-out and staying in!  We ate and played….what else…Rummikub!  “Uncle Shaner”, as Sam calls him, got the duty of keeping little Sam entertained and Sam enjoyed every minute!  Thanks, Uncle Shaner.  Alas, Emma is VERY sick so her and Andy missed out on all the fun.  Here are a few pictures.  Enjoy!

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ShayAnn swimming

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ShayAnn is the best swimmer ever!!!! Her relay team took 3rd and receive a metal for STATE! Next year we will live at U of U because she will qualify in every thing. We had a wonderful time in SLC thanks to all of our family. We stayed at Kim’s on Thurs. and played with them some on Friday. Thank you for the wonderful time. Friday night we stayed at Kathy’s and played games with family and played on Saturday with Kat’s family. Thank you for the wonderful time. ShayAnn and I went to theAquarium on Saturday and had a wonderful time. We also went to Cook Martin and Poulsen to check out the view. Thank you EVERYONE for your support in my daughters talent I love you all. Even you Sandy and agian I am sorry that I miss comunicated about Thurs. pick-up.

Why Can’t Mormons Send Flowers?

Check out this familiar TV show asking the same question over at YouTube.com.

Bear Lake Condo

I just want to update everyone on the condo. I talked to Lisa Avie and we concluded the scrapbook party will continue to be in October. It will be the week of October 9th. Due to this, both condo’s will be up for grabs May 1st. Also, the only remaining summer weeks are as follows: May 29th for the big one and September 11th for both condos. I’m very sorry to those who have not scheduled as of yet but you know the saying: first come first served (or be the one to control the schedule). Also if there is a summer week you would like to go up but it is booked let me know and I will give you the name of the person going up and we can see if there would be room for both families.

I also noticed that we have both condos over conference weekend, which is the week of March 27th. As of yet no one has scheduled them, so if anyone would like to take advantage of them, call me and I will get you scheduled.

One other note: If you were lucky enough to get a summer week this year enjoy it and don’t feel slided if you don’t get one in the summer of 2008. Thank you and let’s all remember it is a privilege, not a right, to go to the condo. And thanks to Father and Mother for sharing!!

What It’s All About

It’s easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of always wanting. I find myself swept up in this quite often. Wanting a better house, nicer car, new clothes, gadgets, more money and pretty much everything and anything to keep up with the Joneses. And then you get socked in the gut with what is really important.

When your three-year-old son says, “Dad, you have the coolest car” on a day when you’re ready to drive the same 180K tin can into the nearest tree. Or when your daughter writes about you in school during a week when your worrying about your career and future.

The two page “story” Emma wrote below touched me beyond words. It just goes to show that children are angels and messengers from Heaven. That somebody, not just dumb luck, is watching over us with love, despite our shortcomings and failings. And it also goes to show the power of archiving this to the web, so when Emma is 16 and thinks I’m a total idiot, I can show her what she thought of me when she was eight.

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