Don't worry everyone. Its NOT MINE! My little sister is Jacki is pregnant! She's at 10 weeks now and is finally proclaiming the glad tidings to fellow bloggers everywhere so I thought I would help spread the news. As you can see in the ultrasound the baby looks more like a circus peanut than a human being, but I still think he/she is beautiful. The baby is due October 25th. I can't wait to be Auntie Aubrey!
New York City, here we come! After weeks of looking for the best deal, we finally found a hotel for our vacation to New York this week. (Talk about last minute!!!) Thanks to Hotwire we found a great 3.5 star hotel in Times Square at a great price. I'd like to take this minute to say a personal thank you to my brother-in-law Mark for introducing me to this great site. I'll definitely be using it to book my future vacations and weekend getaways.
This year the Messick family did Easter a little different. Ever since Grandpa Messick retired, Grandma Messick took the liberty to retire from her job too...in the kitchen. So, this year for Easter, instead of going to Grandma & Grandpa's for a honey baked ham, potatoes, jello salads, and everything else that goes along with the Easter feast, the Grandparents took everyone out to for some delicious mexican food at EL Adobe de Capistrano Restaurant in old town San Juan. Now, I've always liked the traditional homestyle Easter meal, but what a treat to mix it up with an authentic mexi-meal. In the words of Miss Allie Hobbins "I could eat mexican food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner." Yes, I LOVE mexican food!
Someone on my mission once told me that "Spring is God's apology for winter." Now, every time I see a tulip, I feel God's love. I think that's why the tulip is my favorite flower. Happy Spring!
A little over a year ago I met this guy…we’ll call him Matt for the sake of anonymity. So, Matt and I met at a friends house one night and we really hit it off. We started talked about what we did for work and realized we were in a similar industry. There was some definite flirting going on and from what I could gather, a mutual interest. Long story short, he got my number, asked me out for lunch, met me for sushi, enjoyed each other’s company, said our good-byes, and then…well…as usually goes with my dates, never heard from him again.
Last night as I watched episode one of this season's The Bachelor, Tristen posed an interesting question. "What would you do to get the first impression rose?" For those of you that watched the ridiculousness that went down on the show last night, know that this is a difficult question. I guess to answer the question fully, I might have to cross off all the things I wouldn't do to get the first impression rose.
Years ago when I was serving my mission in the northern city of Warroad, Minnesota I knocked on the door of an Irish woman by the name of Pam Swan. Pam was an interesting character. The kind of woman that made you smile inside everytime you heard her name. She was known around town (everybody knew everybody in this little town) as the flower lady. Not only was Pam Irish, but Pam had a green thumb! Her garden was unbelievable. When standing in her front yard you felt as if you'd been transported to the garden scence in the movie Alice in Wonderland. She had daisy bushes that were 6 feet in diameter and sunflowers the size of your head. It was a sight to see. One day after a gospel lesson, Pam told us she had a present for my companion and me. She walked us out back to where there was a little patch of clovers hidden among a forrest of shrubbery. As she bent down and wrestled with the little spot of green I heard her whisper "Ah-ha. There we go." As Pam stood up she had in her hand two green four-leaf clovers. I was so excited and so was Pam. With her cute quirkiness she said "Sisters, these four-leaf clovers are for you. May they always bring you good luck!" All these years later I've still held on to that special little clover and it continues to bring me luck. The luck of the Irish!
Taking a break on our boards.
Taylor, Kristin, Peter, me
Lookin' good kids.
Watch yo back Taylor, I'm gaining on you!
Trying for a few extra style points.
Tristen and Peter using a less conventional way to reach the bottom. Hey, it worked.
The elevator ride back up to the top floor.
I've been riding old faithful here since my days at BYU-H. She's sure been good to me.
There are so many other blog worthy pictures (and videos) that I hope to post a little later...like Peter and Taylor actually longboarding and spooning down all 5 floors, as well as a sick video of Taylor's wipeout! Until then, hope you enjoyed these.
"It wasn't that I had so much free time; it was just that unlike my married friends with children I had very little to show for it. In fact, if I added up all the time I spent setting up the first date, choosing what to wear, meeting for drinks or dinner or cofee or brunch, coming home not sure I was into him, but wanting him to call anyway, getting the call, anticipating the second date, choosing what to wear again, going on the second date, deciding I kind of liked him, going on a third date, deciding I really liked him, going out a few more times, fantasizing about our bike trip to Italy, getting more serious, feeling happy to be alive, wondering if things were getting weird or whether it was just my imagination, obsessing over why things didn't work out, chastising myself for not trusting my instincts in the first place, loosing a week or four to mild then extreme depression, slowly feeling better, vowing to forge ahead and not getting jaded, starting the whole process over again, I could have gotten my M.D. Read all of Proust. And written an opera. In German. Twice. Thats what I wanted to say when these women asked me what it was like to have so much free time."
I think it kind of resembles the new Aston Martin. (The body style, not the sticker price!)
Just wait til you seee it driving down the road. You'll drool.
The interior is what sold me on it. I sat in the passenger seat as my boss pressed the start button and the engine just started purrrrrring. It was like a lullaby. Ugh! So hot!
And then, as the car was starting, the drive control you see above popped up out of the center console as the air vents simultaneously opened on the dash. One of the girls watching exclaimed "Its like Inspector Gadget." I think all cars should come fully equipped with these little toys.
So be on the look-out cuz these babies are sure to be popping up all over southern California. Mmmm! I love it! 
