I like to do things too

So, Tara and I flew to Californ-I-A this morning and it has been a pretty relaxing day. I'm glad it has been pretty relaxing, 'cause we had some friends over the night before while we were packing and such and we didn't end up getting to bed until 2am! That isn't the worst part. We had to be up at 5:30am to finish packing and getting ready to leave for the airport. All in all, it was worth the late night episode.

While everyone puts posts about the "best book in the world".... I think it is called Twilight. Well, here is my post about the best game in the world.. Call of Duty 4, or sometimes known as CoD4. I know what you are thinking... "those stupid video games.. blah blah blah.." I"m just gonna leave it at that... I don't want to get in trouble.

Moving on....

Before we got to Cali, Tara kept asking me, "what are you going to do for a week without your xbox!?" Well, I don't have my xbox, but I can sure dream about it and remember the good 'ol times. So this blog is going to help me remember my good times. This goes out to you CoD4. Thank you for keeping me sane while the Twilight hype hopefully starts to wind down.

We Are Everywhere!

This morning I've been sitting in front of the tv enjoying the Olympics. I sometimes can't help but get choked up watching these athletes put in everything they have to earn a medal. A lot of them have sacrificed quite a bit to be in Beijing to represent their country. After watching a recap the U.S. relay team winning yet another medal, sending Michael Phelps to break the record for most medals won over a career, I felt that little knot in my throat. Well up next was the women's basketball. Not really my thing, but I figured I'd check it out. Well the announcers were talking about the different teams, the United States versus New Zealand. They started talking about how the New Zealand team was really at a disadvantage today, and I thought well of course they are! They're playing the U.S.! But it turns out that the reason they were at a disadvantage was because two of there starting players were sitting out today, and not because of injury. The announcer said that the two were members of the Mormon faith and that they were sitting out today because it was a Sunday and they were honoring their beliefs. Well my little knot in my throat got bigger and even caused my eyes to well up. I thought this was just amazing on so many different levels. It just goes to show that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints really is a worldwide religion and that I can flip on the tv and watch something completely unrelated to the church and see two women standing for what they believe in. I also was honored and inspired to see these two women continue to honor their beliefs and the Sabbath day in all aspects of their lives. They're at the Olympics! I mean, how often does that happen to someone!? For some it's once in a lifetime and for most it's everything they have worked for. And yet, these two women on the New Zealand team knew what the most important thing was to them and chose to stand as a witness even when they could have easily flown under the radar and just played anyway. Kudos to these women and for the example that they are to the entire world!

"My apologies" - Chad's side of the story.....

So, I thought this whole "apology" below was to me..... until i finished the post. I guess I really can't complain, 'cause if I was able to have a day off while Tara was at work, I would just play video games, play my guitars, watch a movies, watch tv, be bored, maybe check the mail.. I am good at cleaning the house... But at least I would go to the store and buy toilet paper!!!! out of all these important things... Toilet paper is the most important! That is all I have to say.. so now I am off to go buy toilet paper, 'cause everyone who knows me know I need toilet paper!

My apologies

Once again I am enjoying a leisurely Friday at home since I'm now required to work on a 4 ten's schedule. This morning as I lay in bed while Chad was getting ready, enjoying the fact that I didn't have to wake up at 5 am to get to work, he lovingly informed me that I "needed" to do laundry today and I "needed" to go buy toilet paper in addition to my plans of scrubbing our nasty bathtub today. Well guess what!? I'm not doing it! I'm sitting on the couch, watching Spongebob Squarepants and messing around with our blog. Well in the process of changing things up a bit I somehow deleted our friends and family list. So if you're a regular visitor to our blog and your link is missing on our page, please let me know so I can fix it!