GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ally and Lisa both went home for the evening.

We both brought back sombreros.

Without collaborating.

All dawgieees go to Heaven 2

Last Friday da crew picked Sarah up from the Salt Lake City international airport. We had a pretty mean sign with a pumpkin (for All Hallows Eve) and a pick axe (for them Colorado Miners). We also had a child-with-ice cream shaped balloon. Ally accidentally hit a woman in the back of the head with that child-with-ice cream shaped balloon, but that's a long story. False, we just told you the whole thing.

N-E wayz, we took some pictures at the airport, but we don't have them. A traveling businessman did ask us if he could take our picture on his Blackberry because we looked "so cute." We said yes, so he did. Perhaps we could get him to electronically mail that photo. cha, right. We had to compete for welcoming space with a family waiting to see Mitchell arrive home from Japan. We understand two years serving the Lord is a long time, but not everything's about you. just kidding (jk)

After we succeeded in leaving the airport parking lot, we headed to Yogurt Stop, where we made some yogurt concoctions a whole kindergarten class would have loved, and which happened to suit our tastes as well.

For Saturday we made some reservations at the Mayan. Natalie made the call to reserve those reservations. We believe her words were something like "..and, can we have a table right up close to all the action?" As a result, we found ourselves seated directly at the base of the largest fake Mayan cliffs in all of Salt Lake County. Perfect. The Mayan doesn't have good food, or great service, or a nice environment, and it's weird to have jungle-y dressed people offer to make you balloon animals, but it feels like home. If we were Mayan.




We apologize. We don't have enough blogging experience to know how to rotate this video, but we think it's worth it. Like, how hard is it to turn your head? Gosh. The dive is cool and stuff, but we like how you can hear Hannah say, "Oh my gosh. He is ripped!" Listen for yourself.

A woman was standing extremely close to the divers - enthralled, no doubt. Who can blame her? She ended up getting a wall of water to the face after a diver landed not-so-perfectly straight in the water. Luckily, a Mayan employee was there to comfort her.



After the Mayan, we went to the Dickson residence where we had a impromptu birthday party, which is really the best kind of birthday party you could have.



On Sunday, we had a final get-together in the Hanks' basement. It was fun.


No, but seriously, it was.

Lisa told Hannah she would never let go. They're still in the basement. (not really!)


This picture wasn't taken with a self-timer placed on the fireplace if that's what you're thinking. We wanted all that empty space in there.

now, I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger

Sometimes we do this.

It's called X-treme Wall Sits. Not really. We just barely called it that. Say what you want about the ladies of David John, but our thighs will be hard as rock one day.

niagra falls, or an alligator eating a hippo

Our toilet broke. Or, if you're a glass-half-full type of person, it's working more than it should.

We called maintenance. They were closed. Can you believe they close before two in the a.m.?

(erica, ally, lisa, chelsey)

We decided this had to be fixed, so we called the University Police. We calmly explained the situation, ending with the statement, "We're afraid our toilet is going to explode." It's true, we were afraid. After our toilet had been continually flushing for 34 minutes, Jeff came to save the day.

(jeff)

Jeff asked us what we were doing up so late. It's a little hard to sleep three feet away from a rushing river. Chelsey asked what he was doing up so late. Fixing our toilet. Oh. Right.

Note: We are not idiots. Our toilet isn't the normal kind, with the tank on the back. And there was no way to turn off the water. Okay, Dad?

when in doubt, bump it out

Lisa and Brittany, another DJ lady, wore the same thing but opposite. Don't believe us? Check this out.

But we could have PhotoShopped that.

In other news:

Economics has really got Ally down. They say that the best way to study is to teach someone else. Ally has no one to teach, so she can be heard whispering sweet economic terms like "scarcity" and "marginal willingness to pay" into the ears of this guy.

He's a great listener.

Holla-Days.

It turns out that we both sleep talk.

Case 1: Sunday night. Lisa slept talked, conversed actually, with Ally who thought it was funny to ask her questions. Lisa went on to talk about the next day's events. She also said things like, "We can do this!" Lisa thinks it was all in preparation for her American Heritage test that Monday.

Case 2: Ally was peacefully sleeping while Lisa crawled into bed after a late night of reading. It was 2 a.m., Tuesday night. Ally rolled to her side and asked, "Does your Dad get a lot of Easter mail?" Ally continued with a question about the amount of letters Lisa's brother receives. Mid-sentence, however, she awoke and realized what she was doing. The next fifteen minutes consisted of laughing, calming down, then the other started to laugh again, followed by laughing-tears, then relaxing, and laughing again. A vicious cycle. Much like homelessness.

Case 2 1/2: That same night. Ally woke up to Lisa talking again. But really, who knows what she was saying?

On another note,

When Ally gets impatient with her Economics homework, Lisa likes to turn on some appropriate work-out music and make Ally do jumping jacks and high-knees at the same time. We also like to switch it up with some Tae-Bo punches, lunges, squats, and Ally's signature dance/workout maneuvers: all in that one song. We're really mastering effective study habits.

Something Greek

A Few Noteworthy Things:

• Ally's family uses coasters now. Times change.

• Jim Morgan burnt a hole in his zip-off pants with the acid he was using to clean the pool.

• Six hour naps are possible. Don't let anyone tell you any different. You just have to work at it.

• College Shenanigans is the new Myspace.

• Visiting hours conflict with The Amazing Race.

• This weekend felt like the movie 'Now and Then.' Except it didn't include Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, or Christina Ricci. But otherwise it was just the same.

• We love the Standard Seven and family.