HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

O.K. Tonya and Adam should totally do this! woooo!!! watch video hilarious. though i think i've already shown this.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeoi16lScf4

HELOOOO!!!

O.K. Since noone else will do it, I guess I will have to. Tonya and Adam are getting married!!! This is the greatest news since Ryan and Rachel got there navigational system. Well my work is done I fell a lot better. WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

I Won!

Last night at my work Christmas party I won a Magellan Maestro 4040 GPS for our car! Its super nice, worth around $400, and we'd actually really been wanting one. It was a pretty good night. I'm falling more and more in love with my company every day that I work here.

Snow Glorious Snow!

Its snowing! Our first snow of the season, we're so excited!

P.S. Brandon, that last one is too gross for words.

oh thats dirty...both of them.

11 days til christmas break!!!

This made me laugh...

I Found Tramp a Mate!

I went looking for the M&M site and found that I think is different than the one you used, but I did it and couldn't resist posting it cuz it's too awesome. This is me as an M&M...

C-mas drawing

YES i am up for that, I actually was just mentioning it to someone the other day..brandon maybe. If you want me to do it I can, or just let me know who I have but I'm definitely down for doing gifts that way again this year. Word.

Christmas

Lots of short messages today...is anyone else up for drawing names for christmas gifts? in other words, we draw a sibling's name and get a gift for one sibling...i think that would be better now that there's 7 of us.

M&M

If I were an M&M...I got the link from Christian's wife Emily, it's pretty funny...

THAT'S A LOT A NUTS!

administration

This is your administrator speaking...for pictures, you click the picture link at the top of the message box where you're typing in a message. click browse, select a picture and then open or just hit enter. after the picture is on there, you have to scroll down the picture download page and click on upload image. the pictures have to be in jpeg format. also, sometimes if the pictures are too large a file, it takes a long time and doesn't work. so try shrinking the size of the file, kinda like posting a picture on myspace. good luck in the future "thegirl". Also, a quick shout out to mom and dad...we look forward to your participation!

Airhead party of 1

So i'd forgotten how to post a blog, that's why it's been so long since i have. My bad. Back to school for 3 more looong weeks and then finally home for the holidays (and new mexico for a few days to meet adams family). Thanksgiving was a lot of fun, being with lots of family, relaxing, doing some fun stuff, and of course being with adam. I shouldn't have too too much to do to finish off the semester, one of my classes will kick my toosh but the rest'll be a cinch i think. I'm really excited for christmas, people are putting up lights around here and it's freezing which isn't so great usually but sure puts me in the christmas mood! For some reason the whole uploading pictures thing wouldn't work, so for pictures check out my facebook-there's a couple of sarah and randall's new baby too! Love to all!

Funny!

This is to everyone escpecially ryan! Just for making this blog.Well go to this http://youtube.com/watch?v=mlYkIJVguCU everyone will enjoy this! see ya.

Angry

so uhhh rach you thinkin about choosing the devils wife huh, just kiddin, if you think it is correct than thats your opinion! but if that does happen i will disown you as my sis, just kidding, wooo im on a roll!well thats all for now, bye da family.

Our Thanksgiving

So as you may have heard already, Rachel and I had a great Thanksgiving. We enjoyed four days and three nights at "Paws and Reflect" cabin in Shenandoah. We had nice scenery, a hot tub, and lots of time to rest and relax. We fully intended to hike everyday and sleep a lot, but we ended up replacing the hiking with eating! A sure formula for a great vacation! Thursday, Rachel made us a beautiful Thanksgiving feast for two with: home-made mac-n-cheese, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, and topped it off with a roasted mystery bird (we're still not sure if it was chicken or turkey). After the meal, we went in to the cute little town to see August Rush, which was a great, heart warming movie. We finished off with some pie and ice cream, some board games and hot tub. We sure missed family, but we had a lot of fun just the three of us...

A warm welcome to tyler

hey ty! welcome to the blog. sorry to hear about your head though. it happens to the best of us when you subscribe to the world of shower break dancing. maybe simply singing in the shower would be less dangerous, or wear a helmet...

Shiny Red Hot Pants

I cut my head open in the shower this week. it feels great to be in california again and be able to skate in my red hot pants. im still single and drowning in the shallow waters of the dating world. i haven't been on a double date in over a year but that's not counting the 2 homecomings and backwards dance. also, i think tannor got me sick... word.

JUsty

this is my first post on the board so yah......Akwerd silence

No Lobbyists For Me!

Before everyone starts speaking about me in hushed concerned voices, I'd like to state that I definitely do not support Hillary Clinton. Turns out her campaign is primarily funded by lobbyists and special interest groups and that is NOT okay with me! I want a president who is supported by and beholden to the people, not extremists on either side.

So, even though he didn't appear on my list, I'm a Barack girl all the way. He refuses to take money from special interest groups, even when it means that his campaign isn't as profitable as Hillary's. And, he's an idealist, and so am I, so I love him.

If you can't tell by now, Ryan and I are wanting to feel more connected to everyone since we're far away on the East Coast, so we'd definitely love to hear from you guys more, as Ryan has so clearly stated. Ha ha. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

Also

I have had some pretty fun, interesting things happen lately, but I'm holding that information hostage until everyone posts something...

Come on...

If some of you havn't started yet, you now have a reason! I know someone's got something to say about Rachel having Hillary Clinton on her list!

My Line Up from Glassbooth.org

1) Bill Richardson 2) Joe Biden 3) Hillary Clinton

Who should you vote for?

There's a cool web site that you can go to and answer some questions and it'll match your opinions with what top three presidential cantidates your opinions are most similar to. It's cool cuz you don't know who you're matching with, you just honestly state your opinions and it tells you who's views you like. Follow this link, it only takes about 5-10 minutes: www.glassbooth.org. After you do it post on here who your top three were... Mine were 1-Mitt Romney (funny huh, no joke, no bias), 2-Joe Biden (whoever he is), 3-Barack Obaba (don't tell mama).

Unhappy

I would like to express discontentment with the following individuals who have not as of yet contributed much to the family blog: Dad, Mom, Tonya, Tyler, Justin, Tanner. Lift up your voices my friends, and you shall be heard!

My drawring

So i had a request to start posting some of my art homework. So this is one of the first assignments i did. We were just supposed to draw something organic in ink. So, naturally i chose a lizard. All in all it took me about 14 hours to complete and the finished size is about 2'x2-1/2'.

Shenandoah

Rachel and I had a great Saturday. We went to Shenandoah National Park, which is a long, skinny strip about 150 miles long or so, about an hour and a half away. We had heard that Virginia was at its peak of fall colors (from mom), so we went to drive around a bit and have a little hike. Not only was the drive up there gorgeous, but the hike was great too. It was a little overcast and a bit chilly, which made it even better. The town just at the base of the mountain was great too, just one small street with a bunch of little mom and pop shops. We found a little family run diner that served home made black berry cobler and hot chocolate...and almost ate there. Overall, it was beautiful, and I'm pretty sure we'll be hiking and camping there much more as they have some backwoods camping that you have to backpack too, waterfalls, rivers and all; we just scratched the surface this weekend. It was a romantic, being gratefull for where we live kind of day. We might even spend Thanksgiving there. Anyway, it was great, you'll all have to come visit next fall and we'll take you down there. Here's a few pictures I took there. Unfortunately about 15 minutes into it the batery died! They just don't do it justice still...

Also

Also, hey brandon, you should post stuff like that picture you sent to mom of your drawing, show it off for us all to see...when did you start drawing like that? It looked good from the phone picture.

Exams Part Deux

So, yes I finished my second set of exams! Follow this link to see how it made me feel... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cavFoyYJwPQ. I havn't gotten the grades back yet, that's tomorrow, but the important fact is that its over. I took a couple days off, had cinammon rolls for breakfast, grilled a t-bone steak to perfection along with some asparagus, then washed it down with some gourmet root beer. My next exams aren't till finals before Christmas, so I'm free to enjoy the next few weeks. I also had an interesting day in anatomy lab. we started dissecting the neck so we had to undrape the face. the eye lids shrunk back and the skin around the mouth shrunk leaving the eyes open all coudy and the mouth open with the teeth showing. I think I might see that in my dreams for a long time, it looked like a zombie. The eyes feel kinda like weak ping pong balls...

Bored on a Saturday Night

Not much to report for Ryan and I. We've had a boring couple of weeks as Ryan has been preparing for his second set of exams. He studies all the time, and I try to keep myself busy with work and friends. I still miss him during these times though.

My job is going well, I work in a department primarily focused on investments, acquisitions and finance. Right now I am learning a lot about the finance aspects which is pretty interesting (and never something I thought I would be doing) but I'm hoping to get more involved in the acquisitions and investments in the future. All in all I really like my job (despite the occasional annoying co worker) and I'm happier here than I've ever been with a company before. There are a lot of younger people like me, which keeps things fun. If you want to know where I actual work, check out http://www.avalonbay.com/

We are still in love with DC and are enjoying Fall right now. The Fall here lasts a lot longer than it did in Colorado or Utah. The leaves have been changing for about a month now, and still probably have another month to go before they are all gone. Winter doesn't really start here until December from what we hear.

Ryan is at the libary tonight, so I am maybe gonna go to a movie with a friend. Just for fun I am attaching a few pics of our place.

Mel and I went to the Haunted Mill the other night, it was raining and cold hence our jackets. 

Also, can we not put pictures on this site? It would be cool if we could get a little family album or something.

Yes!

So I just talked to the administration guy again and he told me that my semester override went through on monday and he hadn't called me yet. So I get to stay in the Winter! Thats good news, and thats all.

Haloween

I got really depressed yesterday when I left studying at the library to see people all over in their costumes going to weekend haloween parties. Our first exam is on Haloween, so I don't get to participate, it's tortuous! Anyway, Brandon, you could use my costume idea if you want, I was going to go as a slutty male nurse...

Oh yeah.

Also, I teach mission prep class and its awesome. My little freshman think i know all there is to know about missionary work. 

And here we go...

Ok so i figure at some point i should post something on our family blog. I read tonya's and it pretty much summed things up, but i guess there are a few particulars that i could talk about. I am having a pretty stressful semester due to a lot of unknowns with my next year or so of school. I'm planning on transferring schools to the UofU and to do so i have a few pre-requisites to finish up as well as my AA in general studies so that i wont have to deal with generals wherever i end up. So for the last month and a half I've been running all over campus trying to find the one person that could "ok" my being here during the winter semester (because I'm on a summer/fall semester track). Anyway, it turns out that i finally found that man (he is the chair of a review board that deals especially with appeals such as mine) and with his signature and two others that i am hoping will think that i have a case as well, I should be able to stay in the winter and get all the classes that i need for a  possible transfer. So thats what's been on my plate this semester, its a little stressful but at least everything else is going really well with no complains. Its still nice and warm outside here, the grass is green and there are still a few leaves on the trees. I'm just trying to figure out what Melanie and I should be for Halloween. Any suggestions?

Daily Recipes

Recently I'd been feeling a need to add some variety to my recipe book. So I went to the Better Homes and Gardens website, www.bhg.com, and signed up to receive daily recipes in my e-mail. Its been really fun so far, and I've gotten lots of really great recipes from them! Just thought I would share that with you all, so if any of you are feeling a need for new recipes, this is an easy way to do it.

tonya's message

Hey hey family I gotta admit I'm still not sure how this whole thing works, and how all our blogs connect to each other and all that...BUT I'm continuing on in faith that it'll all work out in the end. Sigh. A quick note on life as me: Oh that we all could live in Rexburg, Idaho! I know, I know it's so much more glamorous than Virginia/D.C. and San Diego but don't be too jealous, it's a sin. It's chilling down, it's snowed a couple times but hasn't stuck so all is well. For those of you who might not know (such as grandparents should they read this) I am Relief Society President in my student ward here, so along with that, classes, and hours spent on the phone each day with Adam, I'm a pretty busy lady! All the above is going well however, and I get to go home in 10 days for Dave and Jackie's wedding, to see the fam-diggity, and of course Adam so I'm counting down to that right now. Life is as usual, can't say there's too too much excitement. My classes are mostly all pretty great. I officially love my major and am tickled pink that I've finally found something I really enjoy and can actually say I like going to class every day and doing my work for them--for the most part, they're not all a joy, don't get me wrong. I have discovered a new passion for reading (mostly children's literature at the moment of course) and usually put off all else so I can do so. My roommates and I get along alright. Although they're not my usual crowd, we do get along and sometimes have fun within the apartment. My friends have all ditched me on account of boyfriends/girlfriends/they all live on the other side of campus...SOO my cell phone is literally my life-line to all humanity and sanction outside this blessed state. That's my life in a nutshell, I miss you all, and I hope we can all keep track of this thing and keep it updated!
Love, Ton

Tonya is here!

Hey family my blogs can be found at:

www.tonyamcbeth.blogspot.com

Ch-ch-check it out!

Other blogs...

Mine and Ryan's blog, which we just started today, is located at http://randrrailroad.blogspot.com

My family started a blog a couple of weeks ago and its been a lot of fun so far! Its such a great way to keep up with what everyone is doing so I'm really hoping everyone will get involved. This should be fun!!!!!!

The Beginning

Let this be the first of many posts for this blog! I hope we will have at least one weekly post from each member of the family (i.e. updates, pictures, etc.)...let the games begin!