My old friends!

Oh I've missed these guys. My top favorite book characters growing up.


Babar the elephant

Tintin!


Le Petit Prince


Astérix and Obélix

and Muzzy!


What were yours?

dusty scooter

I rode the scoot for the first time this year. All I can say is that we couldn't wipe the gigantor smiles off our faces for the full 10 min ride.

Floating Moment.

Every once in a while life is perfect.
For that moment everything feels so good from head to toe.
Kendis and I have claimed those moments in life:: Floating Moments::
They are rare and unexpected but you know exactly when they are there and you can't help but remember them forever.

Our first floating moment started because we were literally floating in the ocean. We found a leaky blow up basketball hoop in the yard of a purple house in Cayman pushed off to float in the aqua-blue crystal water that was the perfect bath temperature. Kendis had the base and I laid on the hoop and we drifted away into the most floaty moment of our lives. It's hard to describe the perfection of that moment, we were as light as air, the breeze cooled us down like those battery-powered pocket mist fans, the sound of water was so soothing, we talked about life and had no cares in the world. But moments like that can't last forever! As soon as it had come it was over with large needle-like drops of rain stabbing our skin, stabbing our perfect moment to it's death.

Floating moments don't last long, but rain cannot stab the memory or impact of them! They make life make sense.
More floating moments:

Eating hershey's kisses on top of NYC in pink chairs.
Sneaking Häagen Dazs Vanilla ice cream in the middle of the night w Kelsey
Exploring a black coral castle in Kauai
Riding bikes through the provo river trail to the duck pond and having a picnic
Discovering fluffy land on scooters for the first time
The Enchanted forest after the perfect snow storm
Walking through Rome for the first night and looking up at the Vatican wall with first italian pizza
Soccer game in Minori with the whole town, American Boy playing
Minori Minori Minori
Honeymoon suite on the top of Minori
The leather man's shop in Minori
Playing piano in the rain at Dante Alighieri
Experiencing a fig for the first time
Eating dinner in the country of Tuscany with the family from my big fat greek wedding
Mama luigia's zucchini pasta
All of mama luigia's food
Soaking up sun in the Piazza Del Campo for the last time
Watching Karli eat an apple with perfection in the Piazza Del Campo
Realizing for the first time that I know a city in Italy like the back of my hand
Looking at a finger on a dimple on the thigh of Persephephone on the Rape of Persephephone by Bernini for a full 15 minutes
Tasting real gelato for the first time
Stealing grapes from a vineyard in Corniglia, Cinque Terre after climbing 400 steps, twice
Once again floating in the crystal clear ocean of Cinque Terre after hiking through an ancient trail
Confirenze Generale in the little church under an apartment building, everyone cheering for the temple in Roma
Discovering antique markets in Arrezzo
Eating warm rice pudding in the countryside of Tuscany
Seeing my family for the first time after 3 months
Elder Ballard coming to our stake conference
The first feeling of summer
Driving in Karli's yellow bug through Provo with a crystal lite, coca cola, dr pepper & pina colada slushy
Dancing in the kitchen with only 30 tiny candles lighting the room
Staying up til 4am talking and laughing so hard with tears rolling down the face.

just to name a few.

Never to be seen.

I found some old ads that never got to run in the newspaper where I work, they were so much fun to make,
we were all quite disappointed they didn't run, so here's their moment of glory for all the world to see!

happy trashy

Grinning garbage bags from Japan! I would be a garbage woman in japan just because of these guys.