"Just so there's no confusion, in spirit prison there probably won't be pineapples." -Jeremy, Sunday School Instructor

Hello to the world! These images didn't upload in the order that I wanted them to, but I'm too tired and lazy to fix it. Aren't we so cute pregnant? I just woke up from a two and a half hour nap, and I'm regaining my strength so that I can go help set up for the banquet tonight. Banquet and ghost stories from this cool story telling guy! Whoo hoo! And I get in free because I'm in theatre council. Good deal. So the guy I just quoted just walked into our house. How strange. He's Jenny and Eileen's home teacher apparently, and I really like his sense of humor. It's very very dry and sarcastic, so you can't really tell if he's being serious or not. I think it's raining.

This is currently my profile picture on Facebook. I know, I started a Facebook. But I deleted my myspace account because I hated it. Facebook is a little better. This was the crazy hair night, but it settled down a little. I like wearing the little poncho. I have the most amazing story to tell you! This is a ransom note that we got last night from our dear friend Brett. I'll include the scriptural references.
As you may have noticed, a certain prized possession of yours has gone missing. This is a mere retaliation. You have been mercilessly holding a certain valued piece of china hostage for nearly 2 months. Our people will no longer stand by actionless. We demand a prisoner trade, but that will not be enough. We simply demand an increase to make up for the time that we have spent lacking. The dishware must needs be returned in a similar state in which it arrived, full. You must realize that we bear you no malice. Our intent is only that justice be served. Your possession will be returned only AFTER receipt of the china plus a full restitution for emotional damages. Alma 60:6, 35 and 36 (but not the first sentence)
"And now behold, we desire to know the cause of this exceedingly great neglect; yea, we desire to know the cause of your thoughtless state."
"And behold, if you will not do this I come unto you speedily; for behold, God will not suffer that we should perish with hunger; therefore he will give unto us of your food, even if it must needs be by the sword. Now see that ye fulfill the word of God.
I seek not for power, but to pull it down. I seek not for honor of the world, but for the glory of my God, and the freedom and welfare of my country."

This is us in our sexy pose. Vaughn pointed out to me that I look like a Japanese anime character, and I find that I cannot disagree. But is that not BRILLIANT? It was the most amazing ransom note I've ever received. Liz is working hard on a very good response, which we will give with the desired dishware with a tower of rice krispies on it. Along with an invitation to join me and Jenny and Brad on a double date. What fun.

This is Garett being extremely attractive in The Jacket. I tell you, it does something to you. But I just realized that I have to go help with the banquet now, and since I have to walk all the way up to the Hinckley (I was going to describe it as "freakin," but that just seems wrong right next to the word Hinckely), I should probably go. I hope you enjoy these pictures and I hope your lives are going well, as mine generally is. Love to all! Shalom

Oh yeah, and this is us being the Hawmps Hookers. Well, mainly me, showing a bit of leg there. You know you'd pick us up.

"I was going to go to bed early tonight until we decided to get pregnant." -Shanelle Baxter

That statement is not to be taken literally. So this is what we did one Monday night when we were quite bored. Jenny put the squishy in her shirt and she looked absolutely amazing! We walked over to Davey and Brad's to see if Davey was home but only Garret and Brad and this random girl (it was a little awkward) were over. It was funny though because we all walked in holding hands and leading Jenny along. But then we took pictures (which was hard because we were laughing so hard) and then we all decided to get pregnant! So Nelli and I put stars in our shirts (which was also difficult because we had to tie down the little star arms) and started wandering around looking for someone to show our tummies to. Of course, the night that we do something totally crazy is the one night that no one came over. So we tried to think of people that we could go visit and got the amazing idea to go over to Curtis', because he's the sort of person who would totally go along with it. So we waddled over to his apartment and on the way we had a strange encounter with a young man walking down the street. He asked us when we were due and we said around the end of October, about Halloween. He laughed and said "Oh, I'm a little flustered," crossed the street, and started playing the harmonica. How delightful. Upon reaching Curtis' apartment, we found that the only person was home was a roommate that we didn't know. The following conversation ensued.

Us: Hey, is Curtis home?
Roommate: Um, no.
Us: Because he scheduled a yoga session with us at ten tonight.
Roommate (nervous laughter): Curtis doesn't teach yoga!
Us: Well, I mean, since it's with pregnant women, he might be a little embarrassed about it and not like to talk about it.
Roommate (completely didn't believe that we even knew Curtis): Sure. How do you guys know Curtis?
Us: He's our yoga instructor! And he did make up on Jenny for his class.
Roommate: Well, I know he is in a makeup class. Here, I'll call his cell.
awkward silence where Roommate leaves a message on Curtis' phone
Roommate: He's not answering his phone.
Us: Oh wait, he's at rehearsal! How could he schedule a yoga session when he has rehearsal! How inconsiderate! We should go talk to him about it!
So we left, leaving Roommate to doubt our pregnancy. How rude. But really funny. So we went and found Curtis and he came out of rehearsal and died laughing, but as we expected, he went along with it and apologized profusely for missing our appointment. Liz came out too and we made her night, fortunately. She thought it was incredible.
After leaving the Kirkham, we wandered around campus for a while, talking loudly about weird cravings and how many children we've had. Oh, and side note: during our adventures we made sure to get weddings rings and display them wherever we went. We managed to get together with Tim and Curt (different Curt) and Garret, and revealed that they were Curt's children. All of them. As we were all Curt's wives. He was a little weirded out by that, but soon went along with it. What fun guys we have across the street. We ended up going back to Curtis' to schedule another appointment, and he was actually there that time. But Roommate (bless his gullible heart) said to us, "Hey, I'm really sorry for not thinking that you guys were actually pregnant." We did nothing to enlighten him, but I think they got it after us girls and Curtis talked for a while. But then right before we left, Curtis calls out, "So call my secretary, we'll reschedule. I think we'll start with some basics, like breathing exercises and basic postions," and Roommate (same one!) says "Wait, you really do yoga?" I think he got it when we just laughed at him. Poor guy. But I think that was pretty much our evening, except that we all sat around being pregnant for quite some time, just because we could.

So I just had an amazing fabulous reality. I also have many other stories to tell, including the one where we had the amazing lightsaber war that lasted more than an hour, which included blood and many bruises, but that will have to be for another time when I can get the pictures from Jenny. But back to the fabulous reality. Liz and Kyra and I were all sitting on the couch on the porch when Kyra realized that it was curfew so she went to leave. As she was walking down the sidewalk a random guy comes up to her and says, "Hey, where are you going?" She replied that she was going home, and he answered with, "Well, what am I supposed to do then?" She said that he could go make out/cuddle with us on the porch, and he said OK, and walked up the steps and wrapped his arms around us. After asking our names, he continued to embrace us and informed us that his name was Tad and he was from Arizona. Then when our RA came and told him that it was curfew and that he would have to go home, he adopted this weird accent and talked about "where he was from" and how the rules were different there. Then he just walked away. How strange and amazing. I also bounced for Comic Frenzy tonight and that was so much fun. There are a lot of new people but it's still hilarious. What fun.

I was just going to tell one more story, but I completely blanked and forgot what it was. Oh yeah! Last night Liz, Nelli, Jenny and I stayed up till 3 in the morning reading balderdash cards and laughing at what they said. We found the HAWMPS! one and the one with dunkle (orginal HAWMPS! jokes) and so we placed them up on our shrine, which currently consists of: three railroad spikes, one small collection of little BMW bugs, one Santa Barbara candle, one Mr. Potato Head, one stuffed bunny, one broken (alas! but that's another story) Sting, and one Garret's lightsaber. What fun. But we discovered fun words like "whisterpoop" and I finally found out what a hodad really is. It was amazing. And now before I repeat the same thing, I think I'll leave you all to your fun and games and head for bed. I love and miss you all and I hope that your lives are going well. Love to all! Shalom!