Brother/Sister Bonding Week: Day One

I brought my brother back to Utah with me. Logan and I spent four days playing in the mountains, going to museums, going to Transformers 2, and eating burgers and hot dogs. It was so much fun to act like a 12 year old!

Our first meal in Provo was a J Dog. Logan thought that the special sauce was heaven sent, and I can't say that I disagree.

Then we went for a walk around BYU. We went to the art museum and then walked across campus to meet Steven at work, where he gave us a tour of the fish and turtle tanks downstairs. Ewwwww...
That evening we went to go watch cousin Jackson play a baseball game. After the game, I made the very bold decision to take Jackson, Relish, and Logan back to my place for a slumber party. We watched Bolt, had popcorn and rootbeer floats, and I am pretty sure that I went to bed before they did AND woke up after them.

Brother/Sister Bonding Week: Day Two

Tuesday was our outdoorsy day. We went up to Park City and met Natalie for lunch and a little alpine coaster action.



On our drive back to Provo, Logan and I stopped at Sundance to take a little ride on the chairlift and look at the mountains where his dad used to be a ski instructor. Logan was more interested in squirting all of the squirrels with his water bottle (OK, maybe I laughed at that too. More than I'd like to admit).


Our next stop in Provo Canyon was Bridal Veil Falls, where our Mom and Dad got engaged. Logan loved climbing on the rocks and I stayed at the bottom with my feet in the cold water, calculating how long it would take to drive to the hospital when he fell and cracked his head open.


After all of this we were both exhausted, so we went home, ordered a pizza, and fell asleep in front of the tv.

Brother/Sister Bonding Week: Day Three

I had to work on Wednesday, so Logan went to Seven Peaks with his cousins. That evening, we went to a bbq with family and then off to Transformers 2, but in between all of that we went to the Bean Museum.


Logan took the "Do Not Touch" signs very seriously, and was very concerned with my lack of respect for the museum. But then I took a silly picture with one of the signs and he felt peer pressured to do the same. That's what big sisters are for...




Our sister Sydney thinks ducks are disgusting, so Logan was super excited to see a whole wall of stuffed ducks. Because that's what little brothers are for...

Despite growing up in a conservative household, Logan has learned a thing or two from me. Like the fact that our carelessness has lead to global warming, which has led to the melting of the polar ice caps, which is causing the polar bears to drown. I like to think that I'm leaving my mark on future generations.

{Please NO comments on me wearing a baseball hat. Spending a week with a 12 year old boy apparently made me think it is ok to dress like one.}

Brother/Sister Bonding Week: Final Day

On our last day together, we went to lunch at Marley's, which has the best sliders and fries ever.








I also introduced Logan to one of Utah's favorite art forms: small scale replicas of famous stone structures.

There's mini-Stoneghenge in Orem...

...and mini-Rushmore in Liberty Land....

...and a mini-Sphinx with the face of Joseph Smith. Gilgal Garden, ladies and gents. Run, don't walk.

Then we went to Temple Square, mostly because I felt like my mother would kill me if the only LDS culture I exposed my impressionable young brother was the JS Sphinx.

(Logan loves geneology, and the doors to the Salt Lake Temple were designed by a Pingree relative-- an "I don't know how many greats" grandfather)

And then we were off to the airport. Such a fun weekend-- come back soon, Logan!!!

Dad Day

....Also, I am home because this weekend is a two-for-one deal:

Happy Father's Day!

Me and Dad

Casual Dad

Fancy Dad (heeeeeey, yellow tux!)

Fifty is Nifty

I am home in Idaho celebrating my favorite Mom's birthday (...and scanning the entire Pingree family photo archives, get ready for a whole lotta vintage).

Things that are also 50:

The Day the Music Died
Susanna Hoffs
Alaska
John McEnroe
The Japanese 10 yen coin
Barbie
The anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's death
Flavor Flav
The Prime Minister of Norway
Perry Farrell
Ben Hur
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in NYC
Disney's Sleeping Beauty
Robert Smith
The HIV virus
Ryan Stiles
The Twilight Zone tv series
Eliot Spitzer
Burl Ives' "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar

This Is Why We're Fat

If you haven't already, please take a few moments to visit one of the best websites ever, www.thisiswhyyourefat.com. This site is a favorite around my office-- we love to crowd around a computer and scroll through the pictures, commenting on which ones are the most revolting and which ones look downright delicious.

This last saturday, I was on my way to the farmers market when I got a series of emails from Natalie. The emails were as follows:

Subject: This is why Em's fat

Subject: This is why Michael is fat

(no subject)

So I responded with my own images of food related debauchery...

Subject: This is why Steven is fat

Subject: This is why I'm fat
sidenote: the Provo Farmer's Market now carries a local version of the Bluth Banana! I prefer mine with milk chocolate and sprinkles