Super Stetich Bros.

We found this mushroom growing on the lawn of our apartment complex near our covered spot where Lisa parks her car.



Lisa thought maybe if she ate it she could become Super Lisa, growing to twice her size and gaining the ability to smash bricks with her bare hand (but only while jumping upward).

No, seriously though, this looks like Amanita muscaria, a mushroom regarded not only as somewhat toxic, but hallucinogenic. Looks like it's gone now; I wonder if somebody ate it....

Actually, now that I think about it, it does look like that mushroom the bear cub eats in the 1988 movie L'Ours. I remember seeing this movie as a kid, though it was billed in English as The Bear. As is generally the case with about anything you can think of, somebody was good enough to post a clip of this to YouTube:



Ah, that brings back the memories.

Thanks Mom!

So Nick's mom gave us this awesome Kitchenaid stand mixer for our wedding. It's one of the huge nice ones. 6qts, 575 watts. Yeah, pretty sweet. Anyway, we busted it out the other day to try it out. Our first attempt - mashed potatoes. This thing had those potatoes smooth and creamy in no time and they were delish. Two thumbs up from me. We tried it out on cookie dough last night too. Nick said it was amazing. Here's a pic of our new toy in action:

Rise And Shout The Cougars Are Out!!!

Tomorrow is the big game. The one we've been waiting for all season. Both teams are good this year. Utah is undefeated, BYU has lost only one. Will Utah end the season undefeated or will the two teams end with the same record? Tomorrow it will be decided. It will be a great game. I only wish I could be there in person. Or even watch it on TV. I hate "the mtn". I guess I'll be listening to the game via ksl online radio.



Rise and shout all loyal Cougars and cheer our boys in blue on to victory!

GO COUGARS!!!!

Happy 1 Month Anniversary!!

Well, it's been a whole month. We can't believe it. In some ways it feels like the time has flown by, but then again it feels like a long time has passed since we were relaxing on Waikiki soaking up the rays. We know it has been a long time coming but we finally have pics of our big day. These are only from the happenings in Utah as we don't have any digital images fro the reception in WA. Nick is in charge of the honeymoon post, so you can bug him if that doesn't get up soon. We hope you enjoy some of our favorite moments from our special day. Also we plan to upload video from our ring ceremony, cake cutting, first dance, etc. So be looking for all that. Thanks to all of you who were there for us on this special day. Special thanks to our photographer Sherry Ward. We loved our pictures! Everything went perfect as far as we know, thanks to all of you. We love you! Enjoy the slide show: