My Mosaic

Here is a fun game with a mosaic as the outcome. Here is my mosaic. Follow the directions below for your mosaic.



So here is how you do it:

1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. 2. Using only the first page, pick an image. 3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into big huge lab's mosaic maker.
http://www.flickr.com/search/
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php (choose four columns and three rows, also choose individual URL's)

Questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your nickname.

Have fun!!

I've Been Tagged!

So my darling cousin Maggie tagged me and asked me to share my quirks. If she wasn't so darn cute, I would just ignore it, but anyway, here goes:

1. I sleep with my feet out of the covers. I can't stand to have hot feet. Matt finds it odd, however, since I shared this quirk with others, I have found a sisterhood! The majority of the ladies in the Irvine Stake YW Presidency when I was there had the same issue. People would have had a good laugh if they came into our cabin at girl's camp. I had great camping tips, like sleep on top of your sleeping bag with a sheet on you so your feet can still stick out.

2. When I have to set my alarm, I check it at least twice before I am able to go to sleep. I am not sure if this is a quirk or more of an OCD issue. I blame faulty alarm clocks. I guess I just have trust issues when it comes to counting on a device that lasts at most 10 years.

3. So Maggie, I may not have your "PA" issues, however, I go out of my way to NOT use public restrooms. I don't care how clean they are, it is just an issue with me. I have been known to go home with a full bladder on many occasions. Matt doesn't get this one either - however, how could a man understand public restroom issues? They have it a bit easier - I think we can all agree to that.

4. Is this one a quirk or a pet peeve?? Or are they the same?? I hate people snapping gum and chewing with their mouth open. Nothing sends me screaming into the night like those noises. I can't even explain how on edge I get when I hear that.

I am sure I have many, many more but I am afraid to ask for fear of finding out what people think I do that is quirky!! Poor me.

My turn to tag.....I tag Kristen, Jaime and Shonda. Shonda - you can e-mail yours if you want because I know you use your blog for higher purposes. XOXOXO!!!

Do you know the way to Monterey....

Alright, so the song is actually San Jose and not Monterey, but I am lacking any creative juices at the moment. Last week Matt had to be at a parole hearing in Soledad, so we tagged along and stayed in Monterey.

The aquarium was amazing. We spent most of the day there just in awe. Unfortunately, we had very few sea otter sitings, which was a bit disapointing, but a great time was had by all.


We had a lot of fun exploring beaches and tide pools on the 17 mile drive and Point Lobos.


This is the Lonely Cypress. It is an amazing sight, however, Kendall was more interested in the squirrels.


This looks like an ordinary surfing picture. What you can't see is the shore which is very rocky and dangerous. I'm not sure how they get back on shore when they are done. Also, it was in the low 60's out so I can only imagine the water was unbelievably cold, not to mention they were wearing hoods with their wetsuits.


These are sea elephants hanging out on random beach. They are huge and smelly, but fun to see.


Matt surprised us with tickets to Hearst Castle. It is amazing how money doesn't necessarily buy taste. This was very gawdy and ornate with all kinds of mixed styles, but very fun to see.


The outdoor pool at Hearst castle:

Lockharts in the house....

Matt's brother Brett and his family were in town for a wedding and it was fun to have them stay with us (even though we were out of town for part of the time). We love these cuties:


Here is Logan, warming up to us.
Here is Kendall with Taylor, who is just a few months older.


Sammy didn't really want her picture taken, but I can't resist her cute little face. We had a fun story time together on Saturday night.

Alexa and Maelen posing for the camera.


Maelen once again - this time posing with Parker.

All I Want for Christmas.....

OK - so it's not her two front teeth, but Kendall did lose her first tooth. Well, actually not so much lost as pulled out by her dad. Matt turns into his dad, the dentist, when he sees a very loose tooth and must pull it. Kendall was thrilled to have FINALLY lost a tooth. This blog has been pretty much Kendall-centric lately, but that is because she is generally the only one home. Maelen has been gone all summer between Girl's Camp, Field Hockey Camp, EFY and Youth Conference. And Jared would probably file emancipation paperwork if I took pictures at his baseball camp. He was perfectly happy to be dropped off. So instead, I will put a picture of him doing what he loves best. Unfortunately I was never camera ready when he was actually up on the board, so this will have to do:

I Love the 80's...

OK - so this may be my last blog entry because Mike may kill me for posting this. Could we be any more 80's? This was taken at a family reunion at a cabin in Lake Arrowhead. I love the Varnays with the neck strap and if I am not mistaken, Mike is wearing some sort of ska type pin with his ABC style shirt. And what is with me wearing pearls with a polo shirt? I LOVE IT!!