we are funny

i was going thru old emails and found some classic bits i thought were funny or worth keeping..

i sat with grandpa twice over the few days and he brought up the temple (with rachel) both times. 

i think he was glad he went.

i said, "so you think that will be your last time going?"

he said, "yes!  but come to think of it, i said that last time."

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an email of thanks to cousin bryan:

just a follow up... since the kindle showed up, my 4th grader (eric) has been reading like crazy. i had never been able to get him interested. his reward for reading a book on the kindle, is that i would buy him another one.  he and i would like to let you know that he has just graduated from the special "reading lab" and is now in a regular reading group with his class!!! thank you thank you! we love them. Eric and Beth ps. he is on his 5th book in 2 days"

Good Morning Beth

Bryan cried when he read your email. He cried again when I told Joy. He cried again when he shared the news with Bernyce, his mother-in-law. He was still emotional when he told me about it. You email will be a Christmas present he remembers for a long time.

Scott

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vivian in response to a pinterest suggestion from me:

"i have seriously screwed up so many things with mod podge (ok at least 2 things).  i might hate that stuff."

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ack.  sorry mom, it won't open on my computer.

will you cut and paste it into an email to me?

that will work.   or at least the part about resisting darkness.

but the whole thing is good too..

beth

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carrie's olympic thoughts:

"Theo, on sportsmanship: "If I could punch that guy in the face, would it slow him down enough so the American would win?"

 "Just discovered- Beth would make an AWESOME Olympics announcer.  Particularly with her ability to make things really exciting off the top, and then let you down easy at the end:  "Whoop!  A great performance by xxxx!  What an Olympian! Now of course he didn't have the technical elements of, say, the Russians, and there's no way he's making the finals, but truly, spectacular! What a wonderful experience for him!"  Plus, she would never do those awful in-your-face after the wreck interviews.  heck, i think we should just let Beth judge the Olympics.  "

Why is it that cross country skiing with a gun on your back makes you so much sexier than regular cross country skiers?"

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this is how my conversation went with tim this morning..

t - sssooo did you ask me what our direct tv password was last night or was i dreaming?

b- no  i did.  carrie needed it to watch some olympics

t - i log in too from my phone, i wonder if they will call us on that

b- oh!  um, carrie has a .. thing on her phone that makes it think it ... is in the us.

t- a "thing"?   wow.

b- yeah.   a .. um.. magic thing.

t- (mocking me)  does it have sparkles when she logs in and get longer when she lies?

b - (me, pouty) nnnnooo.  she has to lie to log in...  duh.

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"i've got an awesome sweater baller in mind. (never thought i'd type that sentence)"

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"I was drinking the cold pie water with Gwen and missing you guys."  - vivian