Happy Birthday Kari Lin

Kari Lin Winert is turning 22!!! Shelly and her husband gave Kari this awesome painting. She loved it and couldn't wait to show it off at the office. She is amazing and funny and we LOVE having her around.

Have a happy birthday Kari Lin!

These guys say/sing it all.

Paper and Glue

Today was craft day at General Services. I had a project that I wanted to get done, and Kari joined in. This may become a weekly activity if we can think of new projects. Feel free to offer ideas.

This is me working on my animal print zoo invitations.

Kari really liked my ideas.

The final product.

We were playing with the self timer on my camera. I bet you can't tell, but we were trying to have a serious face. But you can't be too serious when you work at General Services.

Full Time

Kari and I spend a lot of quality time together.

Today I asked Caroline to take a picture for me with my camera. She hesitantly took the camera and said, "I don't know how to take a picture." Shirley was standing there and replied, "Point and shoot."

Grandma and Krabby (Some of the nicknames Jess was trying out for us.)

Haha. I don't think she wanted me to take any more pictures.

This is Kari taking a break from gchat so she could do some work. On Friday, Kari was excited about the PacMan game on google's home page. One of the times she was playing it she let out a yelp that rang through the halls. She clamped her hand over her mouth as Jennica and I laughed.

Kari and I have been studying for the GRE. I think it's almost time for me to start administering vocabulary drill every morning.

Let it Snow?

I'd like you to note the date. That's right, May 24th. It's basically summer. It's time for bonfires and camp outs, vacations and outings. But mother nature still has a few tricks up her sleeve. This morning I woke up to this:

Not too bad, you say? That's what I thought. It was inconvenient, but not too bad. Nothing we haven't seen before. I'm sure you all know that Utah has eight seasons. Winter, Sprinter, Spring, Sprummer, Summer, Fummer, Fall, and Finter.

After I cleaned off my windshield I paused to take this picture of the already accumulating snow. The snow was very wet and heavy. It took a little bit longer then usual to drive to the MTC, but I made it to the office just in time to open the window. Kari, on the other hand was late. I felt bad for her, and hoped she'd found a ride or something. At ten after Caroline and I started to worry. Kari usually called if she was going to be late. I'm not sure what we thought happened to her, but we were relieved when she finally walked through the door. She was covered in slush and soaked right through. It took her at least half the day to dry off. Well, it didn't take long before the radio started crackling with work orders about broken branches. The most notable was the tree by the mail room that had been completely uprooted.

This is a picture of it after they had cut some of the branches off.

This is the view from the entrance. It was a close call. Another few feet and it would have hit the building.

The poor flowers were looking so happy until this morning. Now they look downright depressed.

These are some branches from another tree by the mail room.

It pulled the grass up with the roots. All in all, it was pretty exciting.

A Witty Saying Proves Nothing

At GS we often find ourselves hearing and saying humorous things. Of course we did not want to forget the funny things we have said and so we created a "Quote Wall" which we taped to the side of our microwave. It was perfect, until we realized that missionaries kept reading our quotes! It gets pretty annoying to try and explain to them what our quotes mean. And so, I have taken it upon myself to remove the quote wall and put the quotes on the blog instead. I will try to offer explanations for as many quotes as I can. Keep in mind, I was not here for all of them and therefore do not know the story behind each one and some are just funny without an explanation.

Mean Volunteer: "Elders!! Where are you going?!" (She wanted to yell at them for being in 1M on New Missionary Day)
Elders: "Mexico!"

"I don't know you. Let me feel your earlobes" -Gretchen

"That's my pineapple! Step off!" -Julia (During Mission President's Seminar)

"I have a problem... I found a baby in my room" -Elder

Janae: "So.. How are you guys doing?"
Julia: "Not good."
Jessica: "I know! Me neither! I'm doing so bad."

"You're right. I don't know you. I got you mixed up with someone who is nice and has manners" -Crazy FB Stalker

Senior Sister: "Follow me, Dear"
Senior Elder: "I'll follow you all the way to the Celestial Kingdom"

Janae: "Guess what I'll be doing in 24 hours?!"
Julia: "...well... that's between you and him..." (The day before Janae got married)

Elder: "He likes you!"
Kari: "I like you too!"

"I had my wallet stolen by Satan. I don't know how he got in my room!" -Unfortunate Elder

Julia: "I like your hat!"
Brother Littleford: "Does it make me look sexy?"
Julia: "Sure does."
Brother Littleford: "I gotta get me another one then."

"Watch out Elders! She has the Swine Flu!" -Julia

"A stranger likes me" -Kari (I was trying to quote Tarzan "A stranger like me")

"My mama is a big woman" -Davey

"Don't watch World Trade Center. It's sad. I mean, I knew it would be, but still" -Kari

"My comp. wants to know if General Services covers hugs. Do you give hugs here?" -Elder (fyi-GS does NOT offer hugs)

"I've never cuddled with a hometeacher before..." -Gretchen

"I should get a Spanish Tutor... Maybe he'll be cute. Can you imagine?!" -Jess

"And the departure date is... 2 years" -Jess

"Do I need an identity to cash a check?" -Elder

"You get enough action. Your life is like a Soap Opera" -Caroline (to Julia)

"Don't even trip on it!" -Crazy student Janae TAed for

"Man, do you know who I'd marry if I was a girl? Michael Phelps!" -Elder

There you go. Those are some of the crazy things we have said. I'm sure there will be plenty more!! Here at GS nothing is taboo.