ode to brent and mallory

i have i catch Brent and Mallory in the nature habitat this show them doing some kind of trible dance

Blairs back to blogging

as you probably now by now Maren is particly king of the blogs but no more i might not blog every day by mine will be more interesting. ya maren i went there. so let me share with you some of my videos.

Update

Hello everyone! I just thought I would let you all know what has been going on. Nothing singularly is worthy of its own post so I thought I would just catch you all up at once.

1.) Brent is currently engrossed in finals. I have not talked to him about just about anything else since before thanksgiving break. I have no doubt that he is doing amazinginly well but we will not officially find out until late january when grades and rankings come out. He has two more final exams. One on Tuesday and the other on thursday.

2.) I am also slowly finishing up this semester. I plan to submit one of my finals today, and then take one monday tuesday and wednesday. I think I will do fairly well on all of them, well I don't forsee any major issues but you never really know. I am hoping to achieve all A's this semester but honestly I am not sure I care if I recieve a B in one or two courses.

3.) So as most all of you know the company I work for is down sizing... well going out of business. This has been happening for a while now so I am not surprised and have been expecting to be let go for a while now, this, however, has not happened. Yesterday I was pulled into my supervisors office and she asked me to stay on through next January and increase my hours a little. Well I am kinda done with the job and have made arrangments to start T.A. ing for Prof. Lott 20 hours next semester which should cover all of our needs but I said yes. I figure it is better to use that extra money from that month to save up for a harder time or even better, put it towards brents law school fund. Regardless I will still be working with Icon until the mid or late January time.

4.) Brents football team did make it to the championship game but they lost. I did not go because it was ten degrees out and I am intelligent, but brent told me that to win the championship they would have had to beat the team twice because they were undefeated. He also told me that right before the game they over heard the officials saying that they had to make sure Brents team lost so they would not have to work on saturday. I think that would have been very demoralizing and I am sure Brents team would have had a much better shot if the refs had been decent.

5.) Ericas Wedding in on Saturday. I have been helping out here and there but not a ton. I am excited and this week should be really good for her! Brent is really excited that he gets to eat at Tacano's and that we get it all for free makes him even happier! It should be a great time but I am ready freeze for pictures!

6.) WE GET TO GO HOME! Brent and I are both getting very very antzy about leaving for christmas break. Thanks to somewonderful sisters in our ward we have substitutes for our class and then we have a friend who is willing to watch Caliah while we are in Arizona! Well I should get to homework but hope you all enjoyed this!

My blog!

Okay everyone! Mon suggested as a Personal Progress project I should blog every week. I think this is a great idea and I will start right now! SO as we all know today was Blairs birthday! Yay! But he isn't having his birthday dinner tonight so I'm not going to blog about it! Instead I want to blog about a funny e-mail I got and read to Mom, dad, Toren, Audrey, Blair and Cj. They were laughing so hard! It is really true. I think this story is true for Frisbee Baxter and Itty-Bitty (our dog, our other dog, and our cool cat) Here it is!

From a Dog's Diary

8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!



From a Cat's Daily Diary...

Day 983 of my captivity.
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.

They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.

The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.

Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear in to their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a 'good little hunter' I am. Bastards.

Th ere was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of 'allergies.' I must learn what this means and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded.

The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now.......

That was funny wasn't it! I loved and I will start the blogging next week too!

Dear Braden

Dear Braden,

You were blessed in church today, and we just wanted to let you know how sad we are that we couldn't be there. I'm sure your mom has told you that we're living in Ohio right now (along with Aunt Mallory and Uncle Brent). The rise in gas prices made the cost of plane tickets skyrocket recently and we just couldn't afford it. Don't worry, though, we'll be at every big event in your life after this. Even though we haven't had a chance to meet you yet, we also want to let you know that we love you very much and you will be spoiled very well by us. Look forward to that!

Love,

Aunt Audrey, Uncle Toren and Cousin Bax

For proof of how sad we are, just check out the picture below:

Two New Additions to The Huntley Family

Hello All!!! Great News we have two new additions to our family! Both are equally loved, of course, and both were long over do! The first of our exciting additions is our brand new, used portable dishwasher!



It is a portable dishwasher that we got from a nice little couple that have been using it for a little under a year. It has a counter top on it so it will also provide it more places to cook. All we need to get is the proper hook to go on our faucet and then we will be all set to go. Hopefully this will make living in our tiny apartment more appealing.

Here is the outside of the diswasher. It is a pretty good size and now we are hopeful that our dishes will actually start looking clean again.

Finally our SECOND addition to the family is our brand new kitty cat! She is only 8 weeks old and is white with black accents. We went out and despite a lot of criticism we were able to purchase everything for her for only 15 dollars! This is her!!!

We haven't been able to name her yet, Brent is set on naming her after Felix Hernadez, A mariners pitcher, but then says that felix is "To catish" and I put my foot down when he came up with Hernia.

She is extremely playful, we were able to afford some toys. This is her cat nip toy which she cased all over the living room for at least twenty minutes. She is half seimese so she will stay very slender her whole life.

She is still pretty shy and timid around us but she is wasming up very quickly. We are playing with her a lot in hopes that she will sleep with us tonight. The girl who had her before us said she she likes sleeping under the covers so I am pretty excited about it! Infact I just looked over and she is cuddled up on brents shoulder... even though he acts like it was all my decisions he will end up having a special relationship with her... I have a feeling he will attempt to teach her baseball at some point! If you have any name suggestions just let me know!

Weekend in Pullman

Well, thought I'd better post a bit about our weekend at Blake and Maren's (and Braden) in Pullman, WA. Like all good Oregonians, we headed out the Wednesday of Spring Break to visit Blake, Maren, and Braden. It turned out to be about a 5 1/2 hour drive from Portland. The drive was worth every minute as the most adorable baby was waiting to greet us when we arrived.

Honestly, I've seen cute babies before, but Braden takes the cake. Easily the cutest baby I've ever seen! Probably the cutest I'll ever see...at least until the next grandchild is born. :) Each morning, I was fortunate enough to get some alone time with Braden as mom or dad brought him downstairs when Blake headed off to work which allowed Maren to get a little sleep. Needless to say, once everyone else got out of bed, I had to take turns with Braden. It was hard to leave after only a few days.

We really liked Blake and Maren's home. Virtually brand new and a nice size for their growing family. Kudos to Blake for picking out a complimentary yellow and blue to paint their family room. Who would have thought that he has the design savvy in the family?

I was 14 the last time I was in Pullman to visit Uncle Bill and Aunt Colleen when they were Bill was completing his undergraduate degree. I didn't remember much about the town and Washington State University. The school seems bigger than I remembered and the town smaller. Although it clearly has grown since the "old" days. We visited the WSU campus and went to the bookstore and Ferdinands which is the equivalent as the USU or BYU creamery. Delicious ice cream! During our stay, we drove over to Moscow Idaho which is only 6 miles away from Pullman. The University of Idaho is located in Moscow. Two state universities located just 6 miles apart.

Thanks to Blake and Maren (and Braden) for a great weekend. I look forward to going back sometime after it warms up a bit and the wheat is growing in the Palouse.

Dad