i love worms

Tyler & I have finally been released from our prison sentence, I mean calling, in the nursery. Apparently we haven't learned our lesson because we are now Cub Scout leaders; specifically the Wolf Den. Duhn! Duhn! Duhn!

All kidding aside, I think it will be fun. This past Tuesday was our first official 'den meeting' & of course only two boys should up, one of which was 20 minutes late. Awesome.

The theme for this month is 'Leave Nothing but Footprints Behind'. Even the church is 'going green'. Anyway, since dad BAILED on me (just kidding Dad!), Tyler came up with the brilliant idea of ripping off Erin (thanks Erin!). We made a worm compost with the boys (at least with the 2 that showed up) and then in a couple of weeks we'll do a den meeting at our house to use the worm compost in our garden (which also adds an item on our to do list: build a garden). Anyway, it was a lot of fun with the boys and they loved seeing the worms. We then had dessert of oreos, pudding, and gummy worms. Clever, I know!

i love the wii

So, we had family over for the weekend and Andrew wanted to play Super Mario Sluggers on our Wii. Little did he know that we were recording him, it was awesome and hilarious. Way hilarious. Check out the videos.

i love lists

The Rules: you answer the following 12 questions about yourself

01. What is your first name? (alison)
02. What is your favorite food? (kung pao)
03. What high school did you attend? (community college high school)
04. What is your favorite color? (orange)
05. Who is your celebrity crush? (christian bale)
06. Favorite drink? (dr pepper)
07. Dream vacation? (backpacking in europe)
08. Favorite dessert? (frozen yogurt)
09. What do you want to be when you grow up? (a mom)
10. What do you love most in life? (familia)
11. One word to describe you? (stressed)
12. Your Flickr name? (a.knotek - not easy to find)

want to play?: type your answer to each of the above questions into flickr's search. using only the images that appear on the first page, choose your favorite and copy and paste each of the url’s into the mosaic maker (3 columns, 4 rows)... enjoy!

1. brick wall alison, 2. kung pao chicken, 3. Austin High School, 4. Orange, 5. Christian Bale, 6. Drink Dr. Pepper!, 7. Barcelona, 8. Frozen Brigadeiro, 9. who are you?, 10. ellos, 11. focus, 12. 440977

i love live music

Last week Tyler and I went our first concert as a married couple, and the first concert I've been to in....a long time. It was Tegan & Sara and Death Cab. We went mostly for Tegan & Sara and I must say, they were pretty great. Their set wasn't very long, and we got there kinda late, so we missed some, but what we saw was so so so good. I really enjoy them. Death Cab was okay - they played a lot of new stuff that I haven't listened to. When they did an encore they played all the old stuff that I love - so that was awesome. Tyler took this picture of Tegan & Sara with his cell phone...not bad for a phone.This is our house! Or, our maybe house. We are in escrow (again) but things are looking good thus far. The inspection went well and there are no major problems with the house. We actually are getting a MUCH better house (at least once we clean it - it's GROSS). Our estimated close date is May 19th -- so hopefully nothing goes wrong before then. We have our fingers crossed.

i love lists

A: ATTACHED OR SINGLE?
Attached.
B: BEST FRIENDS
the fam
C: CAKE OR PIE?
chocolate cake or dad's apple pie
D: DAY OF CHOICE
Saturday
E: ESSENTIAL ITEMS
carmex (i have 3 that i keep in the house, one in my purse, and one on my desk at work
F: FAVORITE COLORS
green, brown, orange
G: GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS?
gummy bears
H: HOMETOWN
stinky vegas
I: FAVORITE INDULGENCE
sleeping in on saturdays
J: JANUARY OR JULY?
january - its a little chilly, but i'd take that over the 110 july temperature
K: KIDS?
we've only been married like 8ish months people, give us some time
L: LIFE ISN'T COMPLETE WITHOUT...
those you love
M: MARRIAGE DATE?
july 14, 2007
N: NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS
3 sisters, 0 brothers, 1 sisters-in-law, 4 brothers-in-law
O: ORANGES OR APPLES?
apples
P: PHOBIA OR FEARS
loosing tyler...in a myriad of ways that i always conjure up in my head until i am near tears. i can be neurotic sometimes -- oh, and lately i fear us not finding the right house, we are on our seventh, SEVENTH!!! offer
Q: QUOTE
the power which resides in him is new in nature & none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried - emerson (cross reference that to d&c 58:26-28)
R: REASONS TO SMILE
a clean, organized home, beating tyler on the wii :)
S:SUPERMAN OR WONDER WOMAN?
Wonder Woman.
T: TAG 5 PEOPLE
I don't even know 5 bloggers! ha! (besides my sisters, which erin already tagged!) i tag mom & jessica l.
U: UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME
i have killed all of our pets. ok, so they were only fish - but total: 17 fish...2 betas, 3 angelfish, & 12 little ones i cant remember. (tyler says its not my fault, but he has a beta at work that someone gave him forever ago & his is just fine) maybe i SHOULDNT have kids..
V: VEGETABLE
corn, green beans, asparagus, tomatoes, avocado
W: WORST HABIT
i wear my emotions on my sleeve and i HATE it
X: X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND?
just x-rays & an echo on my heart - not fun as a missionary: the guy totally had his hand up my hospital gown all over my chest...awkward
Y: YOUR FAVORITE FOOD
lately, tuna sandwiches from capriottis
Z: ZODIAC SIGN
scorpio