Must ALL good things come to an end?

We had a wonderful at-home vacation! Lisa, Byron and Ella came to spend some time with us, including but not limited to Thanksgiving!! I attempted my first thankful feast . . . some of which will be repeated . . . . and some . . . not so much. I will preface the next story by proudly proclaiming that when Ella was about one I taught her "where her crown is" precisley because every little girl is a princess. Since then she has figured out that a crown is an acutal product and she soon realized she didn't have one. Well after telling her that she would be coming on an airplane to see Aunt Trish and Uncle Mike she was very excited to find her "wost cwown" with "aunt Twish"

This was actually a great 'ice-breaker' because she surprisingly ran right up to me at the airport gave me a big hug and in a very troubled tone told me her crown was lost and if I could help her find it! I luckily was prepared and had a cute little pink crown waiting in "her room". adorable.



One of my favorite things was when Ella would get excited she would yell "yeah, ya-hoo, yipee!!" over and over again and kick her legs! it was soo funny! In her cute little voice, I'm glad we got part of it on video. She was very excited to see the dolphins at sea world, if you look close you can even see the baby. Even though it may be a rip-off I love feeding them!!! And who doesn't get excited when a dolphin/whale breaches the water or does a flip? We could see the shows over and over and I still get all excited! At the shamu show the whale did a flip and Ella said "do it again!" classic.
We were also lucky enough to get some up close and personal time with the baluga whales! Thanks again Valerie!! You are the best!!

I'm pretty sure this is all the snow we'll be seeing while in Texas and I am A-OK with that!!The one bad thing about Sea World was that I found out that I apparently am on the "Naughty" list. Good thing Christmas came early at the Allsops, cuz it looks as if I'll get nuttin for Christmas :)

Aside from Sea World we also went to the river walk and the Alamo (which was PACKED), played frisbee golf, ate lots of great food and delicious ice cream, and lost drastically at canasta. I'll have to practice up before the next tournament.

The highlight of frisbee golf I would have to say was Michaels disc landing in the only puddle of water/mud on the course . . . . and then going in after it (the discs were borrowed). Never a dull moment with Michael around. He makes my life enjoyable!

It was hard to get back to work today after such an awesome week!! We feel really lucky to have had as many visitors as we've had in the short time we've been away from home and family! Yet I'm not willing to turn anyone away just yet!! Thanks to the McMurtrey's for making our thanksgiving FABULOUS!!! We can hardly wait til next time!!

New San Antonio Pictures with Byron and Lisa's Visit...

Well so far we have had a great time with Byron, Lisa, and Princess Ella! She seriously is sooo funny! We have gone to Sea World today and that was a blast. We were really excited to see the Shamo show today because it was the Christmas special. While on our way to the show I found another thing I am thankful for Thanksgiving. Duct tape is amazing!



I guess there were two Shamo shows that we went to today.....

We saw this truck on the way over to Sea World. As we all know the elections are now complete. Texas is a red state as everyone knows.....and Texans aren't afraid to show it. Apparently this is directed towards the next administration!


We are currently living in an apartment complex and just resigned for another seven months. We are looking for a new house to move into once the seven months are complete. We are told that the light blue house will be available then. Here is to hoping that we move up in the life of luxury!!!! We would be soooo lucky if we could get this place! Also apparently you have to have a felony to move into one of these amazing trailers, so I will have to get started on that. I'll take any recommendations from anyone!

Some of you may know I got in a car accident awhile back. I was at fault. It was unforunate that it happened however we were able to find a cheap solution to fixing it! I really think it looks great. The cool thing is now Trish can get in the car like they do in the Dukes of Hazards! I'm thinking about doing the same to the other side of the car. I'm also thinking about getting a CB radio as well. My CB name probably would be "Bubba Love". She won't wear the Daisy Dukes shorts so I guess that means I have to wear them..... I'll post pictures later!

Back to Byron and Lisa's visit! While we were coming home from Sea World today we noticed someone was having trouble with their truck. With the spirit of giving/serving we both pulled over to help out. Byron being a good guy went to lift the truck up while I thought I would see if he could lift the truck with me on top of it. Byron has some amazing gluts by the way! He lifted the truck with no problem. Well I got bored and started throwing rocks and trying to see if I could hit the logs supporting the truck. I missed quite a bit and hit the guy a couple of times, he didn't think it was funny specially when I eventually knocked one of the logs down. I think he was thanking Byron and I, as he was waving good bye with a crow bar chasing us but I couldn't tell because I was running away from him. It feels good to perform service.

With Christmas coming up I feel like I really need to find someone and help them out. You know there are people out there that say they ran out of gas and go and get beer or something instead. I found a guy that you know what, tells the truth. It is so refreshing to find someone like this. So I actually went out and got him what he asked for, too bad it was Odoul's!!!!! I couldn't really understand him because he was missing so many teeth. I don't think he was too happy it was Odoul's though. He did some how mention/sign/mumble/and show me that he was actually on his way to Elko, NV. So I gave him Chad and Melissa's address and phone number. I told him you guys could help out with the teeth and that he could stay a couple days with you, hope you don't mind!!! Merry Christmas!

I'm just kidding I didn't get him any beer! Honestly though he is coming to Elko and he is planning on staying with you Chad and Melissa.

We are having had a fun time with Byron and Lisa. I'm sure Trish will also post a blog about all the fun stuff we did with them. I wanted to give everyone a behind the scenes look though. Well I'll talk to you all later!

Here's to a big electricity bill

Ah, our Christmas tree. I actually really like our little set-up. These three small trees have between 5 and 6 strands of lights ( i lost count) equalling somewhere between 500-700 bulbs. ( all but one work ). If you look in the daylight it looks like green plastic wires instead of green plastc needles. And, we acctually have more ornaments than our trees have branches so only our favorites made the cut.

This was my project yesturday . . . . welcoming the christmas season. I blasted christmas music all afternoon, lit a yummy holiday candle and got to work. I love, love, LOVE Christmas lights. This really helped put me in a fabulous mood and i'm sure this is going to be a good rest of the week!!! We are getting very excited for my sister to come and be witness to my botching our first thanksgiving dinner. Ok if this thanksgiving isn't a good one i'm in trouble. I've ordered everthing but the potatoes, gravy and stuffing. Hopefully Rudy's won't let us down!!

I also thought I'd share my thoughts on the long awaited Twilight . I had pretty low expectations but the anticiaption got the best of me and I went with Michael to the theatre to wait in line with every other 13 year old within a mile radius. Michael complained that we were the oldest ones in the theatre but I didn't care. I was a little disappointed in the shade of lipstick they had edward wear, and his hair was a little ridiculous too. Like an elvis impersonator or something. All in all it was a good film but by no means even in comparison to the book. I did read that it grossed 70.6 million dollars (14 of those came from us thank you very much!) where the article also stated "teen girls rule the earth" HILIARIOUS!! Still I can't wait for #2 and I want it on DVD for my birthday :) so I guess I liked it more than I thought.

Here is for the future win!!!

My two week fast will end tommorrow with a win over Utah!!!! Just kidding, no, but seriously I'm done with my fast! Anyways here is to hoping we win tommorrow and make it three years in a row!!!!

I saw this and thought it was hilarious!!!!

IF I were pregnant . . . .

This is what our children WOULD look like:

What do you think about my little new baby Boy Allsop?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?




What do you think about my little new baby Boy Allsop?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?

Fair skin, freckles, sweet little smiles, i'll take. I even get that the shadows on our pics gives the impression that we do not have blue eyes. But, where does the red hair on Mr. Imaginiary baby come from? ( I tried a diff pic and they were NOT cute and actually kind of frightening . . . not encouraging )
I might add that 'little trish' looks an aweful lot like my neice megan, cute right?

BYU vs. Utah week!!!!

Well this is the week that all BYU and Utah fans wait for. It doesn't matter if we lose every other game as long as we beat Utah, then it was a good season! A lot is riding on this game. If Utah wins then that means that they will probably go on to a BCS bowl. Which would mean that the Mountain West Conference would get some added credibility as well as BYU would get some extra money by Utah being in the BCS bowl, that is distributed among the conference. But you know what I don't care about that, Go Cougars!!!! When we beat Utah we will be the Mountain West Champs for another year in a row!!! If Fresno State beats Boise, according to some experts there is a chance that BYU could be in a BCS bowl!!!!! I'm willing to take those chances any day!!!!!

Quirks

Here is a Tag titled the 6 quirks of Trish:

1. I like things symetircal. Balanced. There was a quilt someone was making in the store today and they only had three of the four sides of a star. What was supossed to be the fourth side was a solid border. Drove me NUTS!! When I eat colored candies like m&m's or skittles I eat evenly by color and evenly distribute which side of my mouth I use to chew them. If one foot has a scratch I have to scratch the other as well my claim is otherwise i'll walk crooked. etc. etc. etc.

2. I like the dishwasher loaded in a very specific pattern. I like specific dishes in very specific places in my dishwasher. Like it will only clean my large plates if they are on the right side or something. Speaking of dishes, I have to wash right to left.

3. I always shave my right leg first.

4. I always turn the radio down as before I shut the car off (and tried to do so the entire three weeks I was without a radio when it was stolen- I kept reaching for the non-existant knob)

5. This one is pretty normal but i'll share anyway: I do not like my foods to touch. I usually eat all of one item then to the next and so on and I rarely drink during the meal. Liquid refreshment is an after thought. I often don't put a drink on the table for dinner and Michael (ever so kindly) reminds me to do so.

6. I like to sleep, as scott would say, "burrito style" I like to be completely wrapped up in covers. Thus the phrase wrapped like a burrito. Also often wrapped inbetween my legs so my skin doesn't touch. I tell Michael either he has to sleep right next to me or far enough away the covers can cover my back. NO AIR. It's cold and I don't like it. Michael claims this causes me to be a blanket hog and I have since replaced tucking the covers under my body by surrounding myself (I mean that very literally) in pillows. Michael often refers to my new method as a barrier. So be it, at least he has his blanket. My only exception is if I get hot I can stick my right foot out of the 'burrito'.

I guess I'll have one more . . . . I like to be tagged but I don't necessarily like tagging others (I'm kind of the same with forwards) who really likes to be IT anyway. So, if you want to do it. do it. :) I would love to hear more of YOUR quirks, I just won't call you by name.