Captain EO on You Tube

So Marthe and I got talking about Captain EO the other day and I did a google search to see if anyone has posted the movie somewhere. . . they have.

You can now watch the short movie on you tube.

So if you are dying to delve into a bit of nostalgia. . . .do a search for captain eo on you tube and enjoy. Now all our spouses can get more insight into why we are so wierd.

U2 - New Album Commentary

U2 Has a new album. I downloaded the album the other day. . . I had to convince myself that I didn't need the actual CD. Usually I buy the CD, rip the songs to MP3 and then store the CD in my closet. I'm running out of storage space now. . . so I realize now that downloading songs is probably the way to go. I can always burn the MP3s to a CD if I want. But most of the time I will just listen to them on my iPod.
Anyway, the new U2 album reminds me of Zooropa. When U2 came out with their landmark album Actung Baby and went on tour, they wrote the songs for Zooropa while they were on tour for Actung Baby. The result was an album that sounded a bit like Actung Baby with some other experimental numbers.
I think No Line On The Horizon will be more successful than Zooropa, but it sounds kind of like the previous album and it has several songs that are more experimental.
The main single, "Get On Your Boots" reminds me a mix between "Vertigo" and "Wild Wild West by the Escape Club". It is probably my least favorite song on the CD. There are a few songs that are more raw and were done in a similar vein as songs from the Unforgettable Fire album. . . most likely because of using the same bunch of producers. The result is a pretty unique, yet very U2-sounding album. It will take longer for it to grow on my than How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, but I am liking it.

I forgot to post this earlier, but it is official. I am now a licensed architect in the state of Utah. It is a good feeling to finally get the actual license. Thanks to all of you who helped me get to this point.

A Few More Pictures and Some Comments

Spencer got stitches a while back. He was goofing around while getting out of the car and met a part of the car that was a bit sharp.





















Sadie does all sorts of funny things. This particular day she decided to walk around and show off her legs. She walked around like this for about a half hour.
















Tommy always has more energy than the rest of our family combined. . . can't you tell.
















Mark is a very happy kid. He is doing great in school and is a good helper for Marthe. The other day he vacuumed the front room for a quarter. He had never vacuumed before, and was a bit hesitant. But he ended up enjoying it.
















Sometimes they get tired. . . It is rare enough that we took this photo for evidence.
















We're lucky to still have them around with all the sharks around.

Kids to Funny Things

So this was too funny not to share quickly.
Marthe got Sadie out of bed the other day and she came downstairs and had breakfast etc.
Sadie was walking around funny. . . but that was nothing new, sometimes she just likes to walk funny. . . especially in the morning after breakfast when she's in a good mood.
Anyway, eventually it was time to get dressed so Marthe took her upstairs to get her dressed.
She started taking off Sadie's pajamas when she felt something in each foot of her footy pajamas.
She took off the pajamas and . . . surprise. . . a binky in each foot. Somehow she had stuffed both binkies down her jammies before Marthe got her out of her crib. Her pajamas were not unzipped at all, so she must have just stretched the neck out and shoved them down and eventually they worked their way down. . . one in each foot.
We got a pretty good kick out of that. I have to wonder if she didn't want us to take the binky away, so she was hiding them. Usually when we get her up in the morning we take the binky from her. So I wonder if she thought she'd get away with it. . . . .or she just found a hole where she could stick something small and there were only two things small enough to fit in the hole. :)

Yummy

I made this for an activity days leader meeting I had. I've always wanted to try making one and look how yummy it turned out! I was so excited. Maybe one day I'll make one for you too.

Here's a link to the recipe I used. I did use different fruit. Well you can see what I did different from the recpie. Try it sometime. It's YUMMY!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/fresh-fruit-tart-recipe/index.html

Marthe

Updated Pictures

Here's some updated pictures for you guys of the family.
Enjoy!