Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Sadness all around...

Does anyone else feel like they're suffering from the blues due to an overall lack of posting? Well I do, so I thought I would create a post with some suggestions for possible future posts.


This is us at Disneyland last year. We love vacations!


Remember how much fun we had shooting Kevin on Christmas last year?


We love decorating for Christmas. This is the Christmas tree in our apartment this year. It's a little cramped, but I think it was well worth it.

Happy Posting!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Gobble


I know what you're thinking, and I agree. There definitely should have been two more gobbles in the title of this post. Thanksgiving has come and gone now, and we haven't posted in a while, so naturally a Thanksgiving recap is the perfect solution. Dinner was delicious, and despite Mindy's predictions, no one turned into a cat. Afterward we played Rockband, and as is to be expected: it rocked! I wouldn't be surprised if Shawn started a Police cover band. The rest of the night was spent sitting, slouching, or otherwise finding a position that would accomodate the extra mass aquired. We watched Run, Fatboy, Run and I hear there was more Rockband. All in all, a pretty good Thanksgiving.

Now for some pictures

Aren't these two just so darn cute?

We named our band Triptofann (Shawn spelled it this way as to give us more of an edgier feel), in honor of the sleep inducing chemical found in Turkey.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Boring Rhymes with Snoring

Ever since we got back from Alaska, all we really do is go to school, occasionally study, and work. We'll occasionally spend some time with family, depending on what type of meals are being offered at the time. We've seen our friends, so we know they're out there. For the most part, though, we haven't done anything overly exciting. Because of our drab existence, we haven't posted. However, in honor of those with far more interesting lives than us, at least if you're measuring based on number of posts, here is a post. Now you know the lives we lead, and we'd appreciate it if you would post some comments about how much you love us and how funny we are and how you wish you could spend some more time with us.

To keep with tradition, we must include pictures.


Is anyone surprised?



Would you let this guy near your kids?


Tuesday, September 16, 2008

So you want to hear about our summer, eh?

After much anticipation, we have officially arrived back home in Logan. Now I know what you're thinking, and yes, for once, we were the ones anticipating our arrival. We sure did miss this wonderful little valley of ours. Now that we're...um...settled???, we decided that we should share a few more of our adventures in Alaska. To do this, however, we need very few words. We have uploaded nearly 500 pictures onto a website that I will conveniently post here on our blog. All you have to do is click on it, or maybe copy and paste it, and you will be able to see the pictures. Hope you enjoy looking at some, or if you're really bored, all of them.

Also, because we think this is really cool and don't want anyone to miss it, we're posting this video of a bear doing some fishing. Hope you enjoy.



Sunday, July 27, 2008

Once upon a time...

So here we are in Juneau. Who would have thought that after all this time, we still know how to type? We've had plenty of adventures, lots of rain, we've worked a lot, and it has rained a lot. We've seen bears, whales, and rain. All in all, we're having a pretty good time.

One of our favorite places we've been while in Juneau is the Mendenhall Glacier (the big chunk of ice in the background). The day we took this picture was one of the sunniest we've seen, not that that's hard to do, and we even got a little red in the face that day. The glacier is frequented by black bears, and we were lucky enough to wrestle some one night.
The picture above is us enjoying fireworks on the 4th of July. They do the fireworks show at midnight, because that's the only time it's dark enough to do them. They shoot the fireworks off of a boat in the channel, so it was really pretty. There's also huge mountain ranges on either side of the channel, so it sounds like someone is just firing off canons. They even had a few that didn't really put off any light, but they made a huge boom.
Last of all, this is the view from our apartment. We live in a tiny, one-bedroom apartment on the eleventh floor overlooking the Gastineau Channel. The view is great, it's not very often that you look out the window and don't see a few cruise ships in port. Sadly, however, this view is very different from our current view. We have been blessed with 28 straight days of rain. That's right, not one of those days did the sun shine for more than about ten minutes. We're still having a blast though, and more importantly for those of you who have begun to wonder, we're still alive.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

We're alive...

That's all.



Happy Birthday Ashley!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Welcome To Juneau


We arrived in Juneau last night at around 10:00. Now, 12 hours later, we're rolling out of bed. We just thought we'd share this picture from our window in our hotel room. We don't have an apartment yet, so they're putting us up in a hotel for these first few days. We're going to take in the sights today, and then we'll start work tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Breakin' Records

We, the Ford family, are breakin all sorts of records these days. The one we would like to highlight at this time is 2 posts in 24 hours. Now we know it's not much, but we're pretty happy about it. This post is actually dedicated to a few different people. First and foremost, I (Jon) would like to dedicate this post to the Andersons who made this all possible (you know who you are). Also, if anyone sees this who knows someone who has a similar addiction, my heart goes out to you. Secondly, Ashley would like to dedicate this to Tofu lovers everywhere.



Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Juneau Where We Are Going?

As many of you already know, we recently got offered an internship in Juneau, Alaska. After giving it some thought, we accepted the opportunity. We figure that this is the only time we'll be able to just drop everything and head off on an adventure, given the fact that I'll be a college grad come December, so in 18 days we'll be boarding a plane for Alaska. For those of you who are curious about what we'll be doing, please continue reading. For those of you who aren't, please scroll down, click on the post a comment link, and dazzle us with your wit.

The internship is with a company called Del Sol. Their products all change colors when exposed to the sun. As such, their stores are located in areas that are typically visited by tourists. Juneau happens to be a popular destination in the Alaskan cruise industry. Our main responsibility will just be working in the store in Juneau. We're pretty excited about this, and we imagine that we will meet our fair share of crazies, and be able to tell lots of interesting stories. In the event that we can't, we'll simply make things up and see how gullible our family and friends are. Aside from the retailing, the managers do a lot of marketing with the cruise ships, and I hope to be able to help out in this area.

That's about all we know about the internship at this point, so we hope you'll be excited for us and wish us luck.

Friday, March 28, 2008

Ahhhhhh....Memories

In honor of Kurt and Bonnie's recent wed, I thought that I would share with everyone some of the more memorable moments from their blissful day. So please, enjoy.


Here is Ashley and a relative, who's identity has been hidden for MY protection,
outside the Temple (sorry Ash)


Becca and Derek have apparently been letting James experiment with drugs

Shawn - strikin a pose
Bart - trying...

Young Love???

I think they saw something exciting...or scary?

And of course...


The End

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Thank you Mr. President

We'll admit, before blogging we had a hunch that people love our witty humor, and for the most part just can't get enough of us. Now that we've published our first post, that hunch has been confirmed. We just had no idea that people would be begging us to post again. So without further ado, here is a recount of our latest adventure...

In order to properly pay tribute to our past presidents, we hopped in the car with Julie and headed to the South to visit our Spanish brother San Jorge (you might know him better as St. George). We hiked, we ate, we watched movies, and we just sat around. It was as if our former president's said, "No, thank you for all you've done. We really appreciate it." It sure was nice of them. It really helped us to appreciate the true beauty of a 3-day weekend.












You'll notice that the picture of Ashley and Julie doesn't have a caption, but if it did, it would read:




Tricks that we can do and James can't

(Sorry Bec)

...so I guess it does have a caption.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

The First of Many...


Howwwww. Seeing how this is our first post on our first blog, we thought that we should include howwwww grateful we are for all the people/things that made this post possible. First off, we'd like to thank our new computer and the blessed internet that made it all possible. Next on the list is the children we don't have. They're our inspiration for all we do. And last but not least, in no particular order: Maceys, the Native Americans, President Bush, Hillary Clinton, the black guy, Shawn, all our former pets, The National Council for Disease Prevention in Third World Countries, our Moms, James, the IRS, evolution, the Japanese, Pffff Changs, and above all, each other. Thanks for your support and remember that a waterfall is nothing more than a bunch of drips.