My Favorite Things

I got one of those fill-in-your-answer emails the other day. Usually I'm not big on "forwarded" emails, but I am a sucker for the question-answer ones! SO instead of sending the email around and possibly irritating someone :) I'll just post some of my answers here. And of course I'd love to see all of your anwers too!
1) Real Tree or Artificial? fake
2) Favorite Christmas Song? O Holy Night... and Adam Sandler's Chanuaka Song!
3) What is the most annoying part of this season? I originally said the Christmas music that starts in November, but I just got back from doing some shopping and have changed my answer to: PARKING LOTS!!!
4) What was your favorite Christmas gift as a kid? I got a discman when I was 11/12. (and my first CD was Boyz II Men) yes. I'm serious.
5) Favorite Christmas Tradition? My family started going to look at the Christmas lights on Christmas Eve, and then would go to Burger King after.
6) Do you own a Nativity Set? - yes. My gramma gave it to me. It's identical to the one my mom had when I was growing up. (but my set's wise mans head has not been broken off like moms! :)
7) Do you have a theme for your decorations? Curtis and I buy ornaments from places that we go.
8) Favorite thing to eat at Christmas dinner? Pecan pie.
9) Travel or Stay home? We travel to our parent's homes.
10) What do you want for Christmas? To buy my niece lots of presents!
.....only 19 more days until Christmas!!!

She's Here!!

Ella Rose Hamilton was born 11/26/2008. 8 lbs. 12 oz. We went to see her that evening and to my surprise she wasn't as tiny as I was expecting! Carina is doing well (minus sleep). Ella Rose has her entire family wrapped around her little finger!!!

Red or Blonde?

Consider this practice for the upcoming Election!!!!!! Cast your vote on the poll!!

What's in a name??

Carina's baby shower was on the 4th. I think it turned out great! (if I do say so myself)

The menu was "Olive Garden ala Dad Stout" He made 3 soups-I didn't know which one to start with! The guests each scrapped a page for the baby book-first bath, first Christmas etc etc.

A special thank you to all of my helpers-especially Kelsey who was my personal SLAVE!!

Carina got TONS of clothes-"larva"won't wear the same outfit twice!!!

-you probably want an explanation about the "larva" thing: Carina and Kevin are keeping the baby's name a secret, so we have to call her something. I think they were calling her "Puddle-butt" for a while, but Carina thought that nickname might be traumatic. So Carina (who's family nickname is "Bug") wrote me an email a while back, and she signed it "Bug-and larva"

I love it! Our families humor is warped but awesome!

Oh Darn! The T.V. Broke!!

So wednesday is Curt's day off. I called him from work just to say hello. I asked how his day was going. This was our conversation:
Me: Hey babe! How's your day going?
Curtis: Well this morning I was watching tv then all of a sudden it made a wierd 'pop' noise, and then went black."
Me: Aw man! So I guess we'll have to move the Ti-Vo box to the tv in our room, so we don't miss our shows.
Curtis: Well.....
Me: Well, What?!?!
Curtis: I kinda already got a new tv.
Me:
Curtis: it'sHDandflatscreenand1080pandtheyhookeditupalreadyandIgotareallygooddeal!
Me:Don't tell me how much. I don't want to know.....
P.S. Survivor is awesome in HD :)

Getting to know- ME!
10 years ago I:
1. was 18
2. enrolled at Ricks College (now BYU Idaho)
3. finally decided I wanted to major in Psychology
4. weighed 20 pounds less than I do now
5. drove a 1988 Toyota Pickup

5 things on today's "to do" list:
1. go to Joann's and buy fleece for blankets
2. marinate the chicken for dinner
3. continue to wash the dog's blankets
4. call Carina
5.wash my car

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Cheeze it Mix
2. Nectarines
3. Sour Cream and Chedder Ruffles
4. pickles
5. pistachios

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. build our house at the lake
2. travel travel travel
3.in vitro
4. give an equal amount to every member of my family to do whatever they want with
5. get Curt's corvette finished

5 places I have lived:
1. Hickman, CA
2. Rexburg, ID
3. Laie, HI
4. Salida, CA
5. Stockton, CA

Five jobs I have had:
1. Janitor
2.Macy's clerk (yuck!)
3. Waitress at Perko's
4. Waitress at Olive Garden
5. Correctional Case Records Analyst

I tag...
1. Tangi
2. Jana
3. anyone else that wants to play

Everyone else reading this!
Rules:Each player copies and pastes my answers to their blog and then answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you've answered the questions on your blog.

Funny random stuff...

Yeah... it says "caution! Cat barf!"

Dude!?! Where's my blog?

Yeah- I'm not that tan anymore.....

So I really have nothing new or exciting to write about....

I've been on the computer for like 2 hours trying to change my blog skin, but unfortunatley I am WAY too retarded to figure out how to do it.....oh well. Anywhoo...

The Touareg should be out of the shop any day now (they've had it for over a month-small fender bender yah right!) Not like we'll want to drive it much- Hello $3.90 a gallon!!! Yikes! And if the Governator has his way my paycheck won't even be enough to make my car payment. Anyone who thinks we could survive on $6.55 an hour is on DRUGS!!

***ok. I'll stop now***

Oh yeah, I'm going to be an aunt! (That's Auntie Amy to you!) Carina is due November 16th. I guess if I can't be a mom, I'll just have to be a kick-butt auntie! I guess that has it's perks-no 2 am diaper changes! tee hee!

So is everyone enjoying their summer? Hurry up-it's almost over!! :(

Gizmo's Famous!!

Gizmo made it onto Stuffonmycat.com!!! (I'm such a proud mommy!)

People can comment on the pictures, and someone wrote him a poem:

Haiku on my cat

I have a Gizmo

that changes channel for me

Have a remote, too.

Here Fishy Fishy!

We brought snorkel gear with us (can you say rental equipment EWWWW!!!) And found some fun places to see awesome fish!
One day we went for a drive around to the southern side of the island. We checked out a waterfall that was pretty big, and then said "I wonder where all the water comes from." We went through the chain-link fence (put there for this very reason) and followed the river. Curt climbed some vines on the way! We ended up at a smaller waterfall area that had deep clear pools all around it. Curtis was the only one that went swimming, he said the water was great, but it felt a little cool for my taste! After bushwacking our way back to the car-seriously- we drove to Waimea Canyon. Big hole in the gound. Don't get me wrong, glad to say that I saw it and it was big, but....I was glad to get back to the beach.

The Beach

We found an awesome beach in Princeville called Hideaways. It's hard to find & hard to get to but it's well worth it! Each time we went, there were never more than 10 other people there. One thing that cracked me up was even though the terrain was so crazy-there were still chickens there. (For anyone who's not familiar with Kauai there are chickens everywhere! We got to watch a monk seal come up and take a nap on the beach, and the snorkeling was awesome!!!

We're BACK!!

After weeks of planning, and (impatiently) waiting we made it to Hawaii. And just like that (*snap*) it was time to come home! In the interest of my hands well-being, I'll break this up over a few days (plus, long blogs can get well, long) So with out further adu.... Hawaii 2008!

Whew!

Trip's back on! Got new airline tickets! 23 days and counting.....

Wah!!!

A little "gripe session" if you will. So if you don't want to hear it-STOP HERE:

I had a countdown at my desk- 39 days till Hawaii.....until today. Unfortunately our flight was booked through ATA airlines who just declared bankruptcy and cancelled all flights. I've started gathering info from any airline that services Hawaii and it looks like for a fee (think 100 per person per flight=$400) we could get another flight. But that's only if you wait for standby. (at least they don't make you pay until you get a flight) Southwest may be our only hope, but I have to wait until the 7th to call........ SO...... if anyone happens to work for an airline/travel agency/therapist let me know. I was SOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to our trip. At least we saved our receipts for the snorkel gear.

Gizmo...

Gizmo is our newest member of our family (he will be 1 on April 11-he shares his birthday with Dad Stout!) He's awesome! Daddy just got him a laser pointer and he LOVES IT! He chases it until he's out of breath (it's soooo funny to hear a cat wheeze!)

Gizmo's hobbies include, chasing Prissy, chasing Star, shedding and tearing up toilet paper!!

Prissy

Prissy is our "old lady" of the house. Curtis rescued her from his old job at the gravel plant in 1997-ish... She USED to be a tiny little thing, but when we started giving her real cat food(i.e. in a can) she grew...a lot! She spends her days sleeping on her cat tree daddy built for her, and she spends her evenings sleeping next to the floor heater in our room!

Thor

Thor is our male pit bull who is 6 years old. You've heard the term "Man's best friend"? Well Thor takes that to a whole new level! He follows Curtis around everywhere! When Curtis is in the garage working, Thor is right there. If Curtis is vegging on the couch, Thor is right there to snuggle with him. Some of Thor's hobbies (besides following daddy everywhere) are: Sleeping, playing with Star, swimming and eating "yum-yums"

Star

Star is our female pit bull. She's about 10 years old, but still full of spunk! Her hobbies include sunbathing, swimming, and chewing up ropies!

The First Post

I am suffering from a severe case of writers block...so I'll just start putting up pictures and maybe something will come to me!