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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Mama Mia!
A while ago Trav and I decided to make our own pizza at home for dinner. We went to Winco and got some pizza dough, sauce and toppings. We had one round pan but we had two pizzas we wanted to bake at the same time. We didn't have a pizza stone, so Trav called his dad and asked him what the best way to bake a pizza was. He told us to just put it on the rack in the oven. However, he thought that we were baking a frozen pizza... and this is what happened:
The pizza dough drooped down between the cracks and as it baked, it actually baked around the wires on the rack. We had to pull the whole rack out and then cut the pizza off of it! Thankfully, we now have a pizza stone that Trav's parents lent us (thanks!) so hopefully there will be no more droopy pizzas in our future.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Disneyland!!!
A few weeks ago, we decided that since we had a long weekend we would go down to visit my brother Robbie and his family in California. They had this great idea that we should go to Disneyland while we were there, so that's what we did, and it was WAY fun.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Pi Day 2011
Yesterday was Pi day (3.14), and in celebrating the tradition, another spherical pie was brought into the world.
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| The bottom crust |
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Vegas, baby!
As the holiday madness started winding down, Trav and I decided it was time to take a little weekend getaway to celebrate the coming of the new year. We both got bonuses from work, so we thought it would be fun to go spend a couple of days in Las Vegas. We booked our hotels a few days before, which was not a good idea, because if you want to stay anywhere near The Strip on New Year's Eve and not have to pay tons of money and struggle to find anything that's not totally booked, you have to reserve your hotel at least a month or two in advance. We ended up staying in Henderson, which is about 15 minutes or so away from the strip.
When we got to our hotel room Friday afternoon and turned on the TV, we saw a clip on the news about the preparations they were making for the celebration that night. It wasn't until then that we learned that we had chosen to go to what was actually the largest new year's celebration in the world! We hurried to our car, drove to the strip, and managed to find a parking spot just before they closed down the roads to traffic.
We still had 7 hours to kill before midnight, so we wandered the strip and explored the different casinos for a while. It was fun just walking around and seeing all the sights, even though it was a lot colder outside than I expected. No wonder they said it was the world's largest, because it was packed with people! And we definitely saw a fair share of interesting intoxicated people. There were tons of cops everywhere though, and Travis is pretty well trained at throwing people to the ground, so I felt pretty safe.
At midnight we went outside and they showed a countdown on a bunch of the big screens. When they reached zero, fireworks were set off from the roofs of five different hotels along the Strip. It was pretty neat!
On Saturday we slept in and went to a big outdoor mall next to the strip. We spent several hours there and still only saw about half of it! I got some new clothes and we walked around and got some really delicious frozen yogurt. There was also a theater there, and we went to see Voyage of the Dawn Treader in 3D. What a fun trip!
When we got to our hotel room Friday afternoon and turned on the TV, we saw a clip on the news about the preparations they were making for the celebration that night. It wasn't until then that we learned that we had chosen to go to what was actually the largest new year's celebration in the world! We hurried to our car, drove to the strip, and managed to find a parking spot just before they closed down the roads to traffic.
We still had 7 hours to kill before midnight, so we wandered the strip and explored the different casinos for a while. It was fun just walking around and seeing all the sights, even though it was a lot colder outside than I expected. No wonder they said it was the world's largest, because it was packed with people! And we definitely saw a fair share of interesting intoxicated people. There were tons of cops everywhere though, and Travis is pretty well trained at throwing people to the ground, so I felt pretty safe.
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| The Strip |
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| Inside The Mile Mall |
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| Paris! |
This is the castle that Travis took me to dinner at the first time we went to Vegas before we were married, over two years ago.
Our hotel the 2nd night had a sweet casino on the bottom floor, as well as a bunch of restaurants.
At midnight we went outside and they showed a countdown on a bunch of the big screens. When they reached zero, fireworks were set off from the roofs of five different hotels along the Strip. It was pretty neat!
On Saturday we slept in and went to a big outdoor mall next to the strip. We spent several hours there and still only saw about half of it! I got some new clothes and we walked around and got some really delicious frozen yogurt. There was also a theater there, and we went to see Voyage of the Dawn Treader in 3D. What a fun trip!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Halloween Rap
Travis and I had a lot of fun last year making our families do the Monster Mash, and we decided to continue the fun this year with the Monster Rap. Enjoy!
Jo's Family:
Trav's Family:
Justin, Lisa, and Ella:
Tera, Nate, Tanner, and Joce:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Jo's Family:
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Trav's Family:
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Justin, Lisa, and Ella:
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Tera, Nate, Tanner, and Joce:
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Monday, October 18, 2010
One BIG ride...
Last Saturday was a grand adventure. It was possibly the last (or one of the last) Saturdays this fall that was clear, warm and sunny. Jolene and I traveled to Lagoon for a late anniversary getaway along with my brother Justin and his wife Lisa. We spent the day riding on some of the rides, going through the zoo and just lounging around enjoying the sites and different attractions.
We left in the morning around 9:30 and got to Lagoon right about when they were opening. Because we were there first thing we were able to go on many of the roller coasters and rides before many people showed up, which meant that the waiting time was almost nonexistent.
Going through the zoo was a ride, literally. We hopped on a little train that circled park of the amusement park and went through the zoo. The coolest part was when we were passing the tiger's cage and one of the tigers kept growling at us. It didn't look too happy at all to be there and not happy to see us, well at least Justin. :)
Being so close to Halloween, the park was decorated with fake ghosts and goblins and many employees were dressed up as scary creatures. They call this Halloween theme "Frightmares". Added on to the regular rides and attractions were extra Halloween attractions like haunted houses, games and even a corn maze. We had fun going through different haunted houses. They had one that was very dark and almost impossible to see while inside and they used different lighting effects and special effects in their horror scenes. There was also a haunted house that you walked through wearing 3D glasses and they used many different colors and images that looked 3 dimensional. The people in this haunted house were dressed in the same colors as the walls so they were almost impossible to see until you got really close to them and they moved.
We saw many cardboard cut outs around the park that we stuck our heads in and got pictures with. They turned out to be pretty amusing ones too.
After a day long full of rides, scares, ice cream shakes and amusement, we met up with some of our old friends from Brookings, Adam and Rachel. They with their 3 little girls talked with us for awhile and got caught up before we decided it was time to head home.
On our way home we stopped and ate at a Thai food restaurant called Thai Drift. This was honestly the best Thai Food that I have ever eaten. I got a dish called the pumpkin curry and Jolene got the pad Thai.
It was great to take a day to have fun and spend with Justin and Lisa. This was their first day since there 2 year old daughter Ella was born that they spent all day away from her. I think it was good for them to get away, but they were ready to get back to her at the end of the day. (Thanks mom for watching Ella all day!)
We left in the morning around 9:30 and got to Lagoon right about when they were opening. Because we were there first thing we were able to go on many of the roller coasters and rides before many people showed up, which meant that the waiting time was almost nonexistent.
Going through the zoo was a ride, literally. We hopped on a little train that circled park of the amusement park and went through the zoo. The coolest part was when we were passing the tiger's cage and one of the tigers kept growling at us. It didn't look too happy at all to be there and not happy to see us, well at least Justin. :)
Being so close to Halloween, the park was decorated with fake ghosts and goblins and many employees were dressed up as scary creatures. They call this Halloween theme "Frightmares". Added on to the regular rides and attractions were extra Halloween attractions like haunted houses, games and even a corn maze. We had fun going through different haunted houses. They had one that was very dark and almost impossible to see while inside and they used different lighting effects and special effects in their horror scenes. There was also a haunted house that you walked through wearing 3D glasses and they used many different colors and images that looked 3 dimensional. The people in this haunted house were dressed in the same colors as the walls so they were almost impossible to see until you got really close to them and they moved.
We saw many cardboard cut outs around the park that we stuck our heads in and got pictures with. They turned out to be pretty amusing ones too.
After a day long full of rides, scares, ice cream shakes and amusement, we met up with some of our old friends from Brookings, Adam and Rachel. They with their 3 little girls talked with us for awhile and got caught up before we decided it was time to head home.
On our way home we stopped and ate at a Thai food restaurant called Thai Drift. This was honestly the best Thai Food that I have ever eaten. I got a dish called the pumpkin curry and Jolene got the pad Thai.
It was great to take a day to have fun and spend with Justin and Lisa. This was their first day since there 2 year old daughter Ella was born that they spent all day away from her. I think it was good for them to get away, but they were ready to get back to her at the end of the day. (Thanks mom for watching Ella all day!)
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Graduation
A little late in coming, but here are some pictures from my graduation in August. Thanks to everyone who helped me along the way and for everyone who came to support me!
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