Sam's hands

Sam came to work with me today. He didn't feel well and we tried school but it was a no go. After he got here he snuggled down in my bosses recliner and watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. After that he began to feel a bit better and he helped me with some scanning. He loves to use the scanner after we had done the word he scanned his hands and we photoshopped them together. I think it turned out very nicely. Then he started to feel sick again so he is laying down in my bosses office watching CareBears. We will go in a few minutes after I send out a report that must be sent at a certain time on Friday.

Sam is such a fun boy. I am glad he came to work with me today. He got to meet some of my friends (I love to show him off!) It is nice that today is a good day for him to come. I like having him so close. Well I am off to check in him. I think he is asleep actually. That is when you know that he is sick.

Well we are off for our vacation. Hope you are all having a wonderful July!!!

Mosiac Me...

Here are the instructions:
1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
2. Use only the first page of results, and pick one image.
3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into Big Huge Lab’s Mosaic Maker to create a mosaic of the picture answers.

Onto the questions and my answers:

1. What is your first name? Elizabeth - I typed in my name and this photo is titled Elizabeth and I thought it looked really cool. Very Goth. I liked!

2. What is your favorite food? Orange chicken - no I don't eat baby chickens but isn't that the cutest picture I love it! Sooo cute.

3. What high school did you go to? Hamilton Southeastern High School....home of the Royals. The far left is cut off but there was a person with a Royals sweatshirt and you could see it really well so red and blue!

4. What is your favorite color? Blue - So I was debating and debating and I couldn't decide between blue and red so I typed in blue and look at this beautiful picture that I got with a hint of lovely red. I very much like this photo.

5. Who is your celebrity crush? Christian Bale - Honestly some things never change. I have loved him since Newsies, Swing Kids, Little Women, ... ooh so fine. And now that he is a hot superhero too yum gotta love that!

6. What is your favorite drink? Diet Coke - I actually have been trying to get off the carbonated drink train but man it is hard to jump off a caffeinated train!

7. What is your dream vacation? India - I would honestly LOVE to go there and see all the color and smell all the spices. Really it was a toss up between India and China (I liked the India picture better!)

8. What is your favorite dessert? Brownies with ice cream - I am a simple girl, give me a simple dessert.

9. What did you want to be when you grow up? Writer - I wanted to be a writer - I love that ink picture. I still want to be a writer and I am working on it ... honestly!

10. What do you love most in life? My Sam - When I typed in his name this was one of the first pictures up such innocence and beauty just like my boy. I love him more than words can express.

11. What is one word that describes you? Imagination - I love to imagine and tell stories and when my life has been rough I have been able to imagine it getting better and look what happens when you believe - I love that rose so delicate and beautiful gets my imagination rearing to go...

12. What is your nick name? Liz - simple easy to remember. I don't think the picture is simple but you will definitely remember it. It is funny and fun and I love it.

That was really fun.

Boy was I WRONG!

So did I have it wrong or what first I thought there was a bottom three but they only put two people on the hot coals. So I was right I guess about who would be in the bottom but was I seriously wrong about who was sent packin'

First the group number was way cool. I love that Bollywood stuff. I love India. I want to go there someday so it was fun to see the whole crew dancing. I thought Mia's was a little strange. The girls looked really washed out, I know that was the point but I am a vibrant color kinda person I have decided. The guys routine was so fun. Sam loved it. But he was confused about the five guys named Mo thing. It was funny.

The choice of the guys (to me) was just plain hard. I thought they all were great and gave 110% but I really thought Mark was going home. I am sad that Gev is gone. I really like him. He added a lot to the show. I am glad that he will be on the tour.

The real surprise for me was Kherington. Wow. I know that I haven't really liked her but I thought for sure Comfort was going home again.

Crazee. Well let's all tune in next week :)

A Second Chance...

So at the beginning of last night's show after the whole name calling thing Cat points out that there were only 9 dancers and asks "did anyone notice who was missing" and honestly I did not know. I was like ummm hint please. Come on out with it Cat. So it was Jessica. Hmmm no wonder I didn't even notice. So she broke her ribs sometime ago and finally went to the doctor and she has to sit it out for the next four weeks. That is sad. Cause honestly she would have been eliminated tonight either way so whatever. But the surprise, surprise news is that they bring back Comfort. She is one lucky chica. She is excited and blown away and really so is America. Ok well good luck Comfort let's get on with the show.

First I will talk about the couples and then the solos. So as SYTYCD veterans you will know that now that we are down to the top 10 partners change every week. Kinda exciting! First up Courtney picks Joshua. Their first number was good I liked it but the second number was so fun. I thought (especially Joshua) was amazing. That was a seriously fun dance.

Next up my not-so-favorite-girl and my favorite guy and ummm what just happened? It was actually painful to watch. Two-step ... who knew that was the dance that would crush Kherington and Mark. But it was bad. And painful. Even Nigel said he was willing it to be over so it could end for them. Not good. Then their second dance was ok, Nigel hit it when he said it was technically great but after you checked off all the boxes you were still feeling blah. I think Mark does an awesome job when he is given a character or a story something to play up but when Tyce said just dance (I got nervous right then!).

Twitch and Comfort umm doing ballroom? Oh boy. The judges were not impressed but I was ... I thought they did a really respectable job. They are hip hop people. Anyway I did not think the judges harshness was called for ... BUT their second dance hip hop with Dave ouch! That was so cool. I loved seeing two excellent hip hoppers gettin' buck. Wow did I just write that it doesn't seem right but you SYTYCDers know what I am talkin' about ... It was WAY good.

Now onto some real awesomeness. Katee and Will. Talk about a match made in dance heaven. They are both such amazing and strong dancers. I loved both of their numbers but the Broadway number for me was the best. It was so fun and lively. Loved it. The Pasa du was great as well. They are amazing.

And to round it all out Chelsie and Gev. I really liked their numbers as well. The judges were a little hard on Gev but I think they really pulled it out. Gev and Chelsie are both so dang cute. And that Jive whoa Chelsie but Gev kept it up ... he was there he did it! I liked it.

Now to the solos. I think it is hard to make predictions from solos but I will just say that I thought Chelsie, Gev, Mark, Twitch, Katee, Will and Joshua hit their solos right on. (yes that is all five guys - I love them all!) The others were ok. No one was bad but at this stage no one should be.

So who do I think America will send home. Sadly I think Comfort's number is up again. Poor girl. And I think Kherington and Courtney will be in the bottom with her. As for the guys your guess is probably better than mine. I think the bottom might be Mark, Gev and Twitch ... no Will ... no Joshua ... no I have no idea ... with who going home? I have no idea. Maybe ... Mark?

Let's all tune in tonight to see who gets cut... Oh and I talked with some friends and we are going to get tickets and have a girls night out and go see the tour. Should be some serious fun!

Ride the Reading Wave

So guess how many books I have read in the last few days? Go ahead ... guess. Well here they are: The Secret of the King by Rachel Ann Nunes (which I have actually read several times to Sam but is a GREAT children's book.) I love the story of the two kids who just want to help and they think the only way to help is by joining the army and then learning how they have skills that the king needs. We like reading this book.

The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts (a novel for kids between 8-12). I had a friend encourage me to read this book. I wasn't so sure as I am not really a children's book reader but I loved it. We are all different sometimes it is easy to see like silver eyes and others it isn't I hope Sam will read it when he gets a bit older.

The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau (a young adult book) that I really enjoyed. I got this book in the sci-fi/fanstasy section but I haven' figured out the sci-fi/fantasy part but that didn't stop me from really enjoying it. It is about a girl and boy who live in Ember a city that is always dark and the lights are failing and the choices they make to save the day. I have the second book in the series on hold. Maybe it will be more sci-fi-ish but even it it isn't it will be a great book. Then I read Paragon Walk by Anne Perry (a mystery novel). I loved the first one and this was good too just not as good.

And to round it out The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings (a fantasy fiction novel). I love reading Eddings. I love his characters and the families he creates. This was a little slow getting started but it was great once I got into it. If you like fantasy you will love this book.

You may ask you self why so many book in the last few days. My answer: July. You may ask what has July got to do with it? And I would answer work ... or perhaps that lack thereof. July is the month that all by bosses retreat, leave, vanish, disappear. So I bring a book just in case. I have gotten up to date on all conference reports, cleaned out my desks, updated my folders, recreated my job 'bible', finished three projects, done two other peoples jobs (they are on vacation) and I still am bored. AND it is only July 15th. I need to learn how to be less efficient. It would help if one of the jobs that I taking care of while she is vacationing actually had a few things to do ... she does 10 week letters, letters that we send to presidents before their conferences, but do you know what is 10 weeks away ... GENERAL CONFERENCE ... no 10 week letters. Alas!

But I have been having fun. Don't feel too bad for me. I have read five books in the last couple of days. And I have played around with digital scrap booking. And I am almost done with my prep work for the novel I am going to write for NaNoWriMo in November.

And I am taking all of next week off so I better get all my play time in now cause July will be over before I know it. Sometimes my job is like a raging white river and then it slows down to a trickling stream but before I know it that raging white river is going to be sneaking up on me and before I even hear the roar of the water I will be in the thick of it again .. HA! How is that for imagery ... hmmm back to my book Song in the Silence by Elizabeth Kerner ...

Pirate Pool

Saturday I picked up Sam and his friend Hunter from school a bit early and we headed over to the Davis County Recreation Center which has on outdoor play are we like to call the Pirate Pool. Sam was really excited to share this place with his friend. It is always more fun with a friend. Sam and Hunter played in the pool for about an hour and a half non stop.

Avast me hearties!

Gazing at the pool I made them get out. Sam said he wanted to stay in the Pirate Pool forever.

After the pool and while we were waiting for Hunter's mom the boys got to try the climbing wall. Both had a great time. Sam says he hopes he gets to have Hunter come play again soon.

Smores

Sam and I had a great time a couple of weeks ago at my brother's house. Above Sam and his cousins are having fun. Down below are a couple pictures of us with smores ... hmmm so yummy. Yes I am holding two smores one was Sam's that he sucked all the marshmallow out and it was kinda gross. But I did eat.

Here are two little angels that were born just a week apart (or less maybe I can't remember).

And here is the house that Sam was jumping off...

We are going back for the 24th should be fun. Sam and his cousin are going to sleep outside!!