I love my family.

They are goofy and silly and just make me laugh.

I am sworn to secrecy to not share the other photos that were taken in the little photo shoot.  But take my word--they are fall out of your seat funny.  Dad was being ornery and and making the silliest faces.  

(And did you notice a blurry beige head?  Yep, that's right, Abby just had to be in the photo too.  One of these days I'll get her to pose in our family photos, but she was getting some loving so that wasn't going to happen.)

31 Cents

(Please excuse horrible phone picture)

It was 9:45PM.  Dad was watching tv in the bedroom.  Mom was in the shower.  I was checking facebook.  (Excitement of a college student.)  I saw someone had posted something about Baskin-Robbins having 31 cent scoops today.

O.M.G.  

For those of you who don't know--Baskin-Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream is my all time favorite!  So in my excitement I ran into the bathroom telling mom we just had to go!  Two seconds later I realized that it was almost 10 at night and Baskin-Robbins might not be open.  So I searched for their webiste, found their phone number, called and asked...
...How late are you open?
            Till 10.
...Are you participating in the 31 cent scoop night?
            Yes...  But only until 10.
...Ok...Is it one scoop per person?
             3 scoops per person present.
*Click
We had 15 minutes!  So the 3 of us got into the car and headed to the ice cream store.  Dad didn't have shoes on and mom's hair was wrapped up in a towel.  (Thank goodness our Baskin-Robbins has a drive thru!)  We made it just in time with 6 minutes to spare!
 
$3 for 9 scoops of Baskin-Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip (a.k.a. the green kind) ice cream.  Yum!  What a perfect way to finishing 2 of my 4 classes this semester!  Perfect way to start my summer!

Beautiful Disaster

The last few days I have tried my hand at shaped bokeh.  I've read many tutorials and tried many variations and my photos are still not coming out the same.  It has lead to a lot of frustration.  I wish it would just work the way I want it to.  But things don't happen with a snap of your fingers.  Guess that is life though...

However in my attempt I have gotten a few photos that have somewhat turned out.  In the mist of my frustration here are a the ones that I do like.

*****

Last night I was up late talking to dad.  We were trying to figure out the correct way to pronounce 'bohek'.  So we googled it and this is what we found online--it lead to many, many laughs!

'bouquet' or 'bow-kay' 

'book-uh'

'iceberg-as in silent i,c,e,b,e,r and g'

I think I will call bokeh iceberg for now on!

Note: Most people say it like the first 2-bouquet or bow-kay, and someone who speaks fluent Japanese said it this way so I guess that is the correct pronunciation.

Randomness

I finally uploaded some photos from my camera to my computer so I apologize for all the random ramblings...

In case you didn't believe me when I said we got a lot of snow...we did!  This was in the Target parking lot during one of the first snowfalls we got...and I thought this was supposed to be a light winter?!

I've been taking a ton of photos of these tulips I bought last week.  I thought it would be fun to document how they change each day.  I only missed one day.  Luckily they hadn't really changed the from the day before.  More on that later....

The night before my birthday, my family and I went to Macaroni Grill.  We go there every year for my birthday since it's my favorite restaurant.  As we were paying for our food and getting ready to leave, mom had said, "Happy Birthday!" Our waitress overheard and she turned around and asked who's birthday it was.  I told her it was mine and she said, "wait a minute!"  A few seconds later she returned with this piece of cake.  She said they were out of chocolate so she got lemon.  How did she know that would have been my second choice anyway?!  For anyone wondering, this cake was phenomenal!  SO much better than the chocolate (and I like chocolate!), I would recommend it to anyone who likes lemon even just a little bit.

Can you tell we LOVED it?!  YUMMY!

Family photo at my 22nd birthday!

This was on my real birthday, on the 4th.  When I was little my dad used to get these ice cream clowns every year for my birthday.  (They had to be the green kind a.k.a. mint chocolate chip.)  Somewhere over the years the tradition got lost, but this year it made a comeback.  I know it may seem kind of funny or childish, especially for turning 22 years old, but it brought back such good memories of my childhood.  A time when things were much different than they are now (and I don't mean that because of the many years that have passed).  I am so glad I associate these ice cream clowns with my dad.  It is something I know I will never, ever forget and I hope we continue to tradition again!

The cake mom made and decorated for me the day after my birthday.  Enjoy!

How Many Numbers Do You Know?!

While trying to guess a security code on dad's old breifcase..
We were guessing for a while and weren't getting close.
Me: How many numbers are in the code? Four?
Dad: 3
Mom: 4! (she was guessing too.)
Me: Dad just said 3!
Dad: (Laughing)

A little later...we still weren't getting close even after dad told us the first number.
Me: Is it a number we know?
Dad: What number do you not know?! (More laughing.)

Good point.

In my defense, it was 1am when we were having this discussion and I meant if it was a number that is significant to our lives. In the end I ended up guessing the number!