Fleet Week 2007

Quintessential Reno Guy

This weekend we spent some time in Reno, and after much searching found what we believe to be the "Quintessential Reno Guy"! First of all, he was driving one of coolest Ferrari's ever built straight from 1982. Second, he was sporting what appeared to be a well groomed mustache as well as sun glasses he stole from a "Top Gun" movie set. Third, he was in some kind of blue spandex vest with matching blue gloves. Let's not forget his stylish matching blue choker!

At first we were somewhat taken back by the trendsetting style of this chic metrosexual guy, but later agreed that he was probably on his way to a senior citizen facility to drop his drawers to show off a matching blue thong.

P.S. This guy was NOT camera shy!

WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER

(the actual AP headline, this is a real story)

Linda Burnett, 23, a resident of San Diego, was visiting her in- laws
in Los Angeles and, while there, went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries.

Several people noticed her sitting in her car with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed, with both hands behind the back of her head.

One customer who had been at the store for a while became concerned and walked over to the car. He noticed that Linda's eyes were now open, and she looked very strange. He asked her if she was okay, and Linda replied that she'd been shot in the back of the head, and had been holding her brains in for over an hour. The man called the paramedics, who broke into the car because the doors were locked and Linda refused to remove her hands from her head.

When they finally got in, they found that Linda had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head. A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat, making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head. When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She initially passed out, but quickly recovered and tried to hold her brains in for over an hour until someone noticed and came to her aid.

What about Shepard Fairey?

If everyone hates Anthony Micallef (two people whose opinions I don't regard as important), what do you think about Shepard Fairey? Just kidding you two. No seriously though, I don't care what you think. Just kidding.

Check out the detail below (see the signed check in the collage):

Anthony Micallef

So if you haven't heard, Marielle and I have had some fun buying art recently. Ok. I have had some fun buying art recently. I just got this print in, and I really like it a lot. Marielle on the other hand hates it! So my question to anyone who has no life and actually looks at our blog is: Do you like my Bomber Girl (majority rules here, sorry Marielle)?

Happy Belated 4th of July

So it's a month late but I'm just getting around to posting our exciting pictures! We had a great 4th and celebrated it with friends and family. We went to Piedmont's 4th of July parade and then had dinner in the park with Heather, Mayra, Jentri, Shane and Scott. We missed Jeff and Harriet but hopefully next year they will join us! We watched the fireworks from the hill up by our house. It was pretty cool because we could see 5 different firework shows all at once. Here are some pictures of our day....
A sweet Rolls Royce at the Piedmont Parade.

Uncle Sam showed up for the parade, as well!

It was a super hot day! Brody wasn't too happy about the heat!


This is our friend Anthony's truck. He's fixed it up and it looked awesome for the parade!


Sam and Shane look really intimidating!

Belly Pics

Some people are really anxious to see the progression of my belly. So, with no further adieu, here are some pictures of my belly!

Weekend in Utah

We flew out to Utah over the weekend for Sam's cousin Zac's wedding reception as well as Colby's mission farewell. It was a fun time to spend with family. Here are some of the pictures...
My brother-in-law Jeff loves taking pictures of himself....



We flew out to Utah over the weekend for Sam's cousin Zac's wedding reception as well as Colby's mission farewell. It was a fun time to spend with family. Here are some of the pictures...

Morgan's Graduation Weekend

Ok this is like a month late but who really reads this blog anyway? We had a great weekend in Reno for Morgan's graduation from high school. She is so beautiful and so grown up! I can't believe it! Congratulations, Morgan! We had fun meeting Sarah's new boyfriend, Mike. He is a really nice guy and we all like him! Here are the pictures of the fun weekend!

Crazy Lips

My buddy Shane showed this one to me. Check it ou!

Fire in Our Backyard

When we came home from work yesterday there were about 5 helicopters above our house. One of them was on the ground in the park that we overlook from our balcony. Turns out there was a fire right in our backyard, but it only burned about an acre before it was extinguished.

Say hello to our baby!

Hi everyone! So this is what our baby looks like right now. Sam and I both think it's a boy but we aren't finding out. We had the ultrasound today and it was really cool- the baby kept on touching its face and squirming around. It was kicking it's legs like CRAZY! It's so neat to see that this actually is a little baby-our little baby inside of me. It makes it so much more real to see what it looks like!

Boy or Girl?

This is what I look like when I'm pregnant

So it's offical. I'm totally pregnant and it's starting to show! So I'm 18 weeks and due October 25th. We aren't going to find out what we're having- we want to be surprised. We have not thought of any good names! If anyone has names they want to let us use, please let us know! I'm happy that I finally look pregnant and not like I ate too much for lunch.

Brody

Last night I had all the young women over to our house for our weekly activity. It was a lot of fun-especially for little Brody. I don't think I've ever see him play so hard in his whole life! I thought this was a funny picture of him resting between playtime with the girls- with his tongue out!

Jamaican me CRAZY!

There was no way I was going to write a blog about going to Jamaica without writing Jamaican me crazy. I think that's totally hilarious. Anyway, we just returned from Jason and Katrina's wedding in Jamaica. IT WAS AMAZING! We wished that our trip could have been a little bit longer, but we were able to do so many wonderful things on our short 4 day trip. We went sailing, snorkling, swimming in our infinity pool, and kayaking. Here are some pictures of the gorgeous place we stayed, Round Hill...





Ok so this place was obviously rediculously gorgeous. Look at that view from our room! We were so lucky to have been in such a beautiful setting.
Jason and Katrina were married on Saturday in the most beautiful setting looking out to the ocean. It makes us so happy to see two people who are so incredibly perfect for one another! Here are some pictures of the festivities...








We had a great time at the wedding and can't wait to go back to Jamaica again sometime soon!

This girl's got CAKE!

So I'm pretty sure by now that everyone knows that we are going to be parents! The due date is October 25th-I have yet to take pictures of my expanding profile, but once I do, I will post it. If anyone has any good ideas for exciting names that will sound good with our last name, please let us know!
Here's a funny story that I have to share. I drive a couple of my young women home after our activities every week. I love taking them home for two reasons: 1. I love being around them and learning more about them. 2. The conversations we have in the car are hilarious. Here is our conversation from last week....
Christian: "Marielle, I have something to tell you"
Marielle: "Okay..."
Christian: "Ever since you got pregnant, you got cake!"
Marielle: "What do you mean, 'I got cake?'
Christian: "Ya know, junk in the trunk!"
Marielle: "I still don't know what you are telling me!"
Christian: "Girl, you got a ghetto bootie!"
Marielle: "(Outraged) WHAT? A GHETTO BOOTIE! HOW RUDE! I DONT HAVE A GHETTO BOOTIE!"
Christian: "Yes you do. Girl, it's a good thing. Sam is going to want to walk behind you everywhere you go just so he can check out your bootie. He is going to like you so much more now that you got cake!"
Marielle: "Christian, that's not a good thing to have a ghetto bootie."
Christian: "Yes it is! Every girl wants a nice ghetto bootie"
Marielle: "No white girls wants a ghetto bootie. Period!"

So that was our conversation. It actually is pretty funny. These girls tell me exactly what they are thinking. Sam, how do you feel about ghetto bootie? I guess it comes with being pregnant!