tickle me what?

So at dinner Lee said that the new Tickle Me Elmo starts hiccuping when you tickle it too much to which Devin replied Yes but soon it will say...


"Stop it! I'm telling the principal."





"That makes my tummy feel funny."



"That's my special area."



"You'd better have a good lawyer."



Oh what the media has done to us.

In response to Ashlee

If you were on a deserted Island what would you bring?


First question: What 5 movies would you take with you? (not what are your 5 favorite movies, but what movies would you take on an island to watch over & over)

1. Sabrina with Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond

2. Pride and Prejudice A&E version

3. Emporer's new groove or Mulan can't decide

4. Moulin Rouge

5. Scrubs Series

6.. Cast Away (so I could watch for tips of what to do...okay not really because I can't have six)

Second question : What 5 things would you take with you? (you don't need to bring a VCR/DVD player to watch the movies)

1. Devin

2. Scriptures

3. An stove/oven combo

4. A knife of some sort

5. My bed

Third Question: If you had to pick 3 stores to shop at & only 3 stores to shop at, which stores?

1. Target

2. Stinkweeds

3. Costco

A long hard look at the Fletcher weekend. (I was going to say Fletcher weeked at a glance but the post got too long.)

Now that the new weekend awaits I thought I ought to blog about last weekend.

Friday is a fairtastic day. Reidster, Bubs, Annie ,Devin and I planned on going to the state fair to do some serious eating, people watching, and demolition derby observing. Pretty much be as white trash as possible.

We learned ten important new things at the fair.

1. Everyone hearts orange chicken as much as we do




2. Goats=Fun


3. As Annie said, "Look that goat has a faux hawk." So goats have faux hawks



4. Satan sucks (these are the kind of cars at the demolition derby. This one was the most amazing by far)

5. Cotton candy is messy and Laura can eat a whole bag by herself. Now that's talent.




6. Devin and I look like a gay couple when we kiss. We were making fun of fair PDA when annie took this picture only to find out that we look like two boys kissing. Apparently my hair CAN be too short...who knew. (and devin looks funny when he fake kisses)



7. Devin stares down my shirt waaaayyy too often.


7 1/2. Bubs is ALWAYS TEXTING. Look at her in EVERY picture. Her phone is glued to her hand. We promise we like you, just put down the phone.





8-10. My family is really good at the ugly face game, but we already knew that. The blogging world on the other hand did not.

Bubs is too cool to play.

The demolition derby was very fairtastic. For those of you who don't know about these, they go like this. There are four heats where like 5-10 cars go out and try to run into each other. The last car still running wins.

First the contestants come out and they sing the national anthem. The contestants are really amazing. It's too bad I don't have a better camera.


Then they start the heats. The heats last like 7 minutes. The cars that can't move at the end of the heat get towed out and the people can try to make them run again during the other heats.


The finale is when all the cars come out and the all crash into each other until only one car is running. It's really classy.


Cautions: It gets really smoky and its kind of loud. But its always worth it because inevitably a car will catch on fire. Amazing huh?

Happy Halloween

As you can tell we here at the Fletcher/Jones house get overly excited for Halloween. As Amanda says, we haven't missed our mom so much as now that it is Halloween time a.k.a Sandra's fav. holiday. Maybe my halloween decorations have been up since September 15th. Yes I do realize that is longer than most people's christmas decorations stay up.

Devin also loves halloween and will be planning his costume for next year starting tomorrow. Hence why we have a costume party every year for his b-day in april. some people have christmas in July to tide them over until the holidays. we have halloween in april to get us through the year.

Here are this year's costumes.

I'm sporting Cruella Deville this year even though I have been her before because my Dad found me this fantastic new coat and we're poor. Feel free to rate us on how we did.

Laura Cruella


vs. real cruella


Devin is a perv. Okay not really but he really looks like one. He's Dick in a Box from the SNL sketch with Justin Timberlake. Obviously he is the hilarious one of us two. I think his costume came off rather well and it also cost zero dollars. yay us! (of course he did consider wearing this to the ward party. i told him it wasn't allowed.)

Devin and the box
Justin and the box

poor bubs

julia is often the target of me being a jerk to her. what can I say, we are six years apart and she is full of high school attitude these days. therefore every now and then we may have some tiffs that include louder than normal voices followed by getting over it and getting along quite well. But all in all I kind of torture her a lot as shown in the following...

Making her go first when we took pictures with the crocodiles. she looks nervous.



when I attacked her with sea weed in San Diego.


these are her "evil eyes" which seer your soul with hatred. I kind of get them a lot from her. and I'm sure I will be receiving them soon once she she's the pictures I put of her on this post. Oopsies!


I would put more pictures but she might kill me as is for the sea weed pictures. So next time you see bubs you know to feel sorry for her because of her mean older sister.

quetizzle

Alright this post is only a week late...I'm catching up.

So what's a gal to do when her favorite gas station attendant is leaving for Iraq to fight instead of manning his usual post at the local QT where he was her best friend from junior year on?

Throw him a party of COURSE!

Therefore Saturday night Devin and I could be seen at the QT on baseline and greenfield saying goodbye to our dear friend Todd S.



There was about a million kids who showed up to say see ya later. Devin and I provided the cake with the inspiring message Happy Birthday Timmy on the top. It was a fantastic time. I'm a little more than ticked because I forgot to take pictures of everyone. I am lame. (also forgot to take pictures of my ward halloween party extravaganza that has been the culprit for my non blogging status.) Anyways needless to say we laughed, huggged, and said tearful goodbyes to Todd who is shippin out soon. He will be sorely missed. I honestly believe QT business at that location will be going down because of his departure because we now have no reason to stop in.

Poor us Todd is gone. If you would like to see updates on how Todd is check out the facebook group Todd S. is king of the teenagers.

As Devin so appropriately stated. "We all know Todd S. from QT on Greenfield and Baseline. He is the go to guy for everyone between the ages 15 and 25 in the Mesa/Gilbert area. He is essentially the bartender for kids who can't drink and kids who don't drink. He also knows when to cut you off."

Todd S.,
We Heart You.

I feel loved

So I guess I'll end my year long hiatus of no blogging and repost. I apologize.

In other news...


Monday October 15th (yes I do realize this post is two weeks late. i've been busy.) I got an amazing surprise.

Set the scene: My morning classes were canceled because it was fall break and we meet an an elementary school. Therefore I was at my mom's house per usual in the morning helping Annie get ready. Bub's on the other hand was in tears at the computer desk because she lost her typed up 150 literary term definitions overnight that she stayed up until 2am writing. So being the good (not having to go to school) sister I am. I sat and started typing.

Event: I get a phone call. From one Vicki Sherwood (one of my favorite people on the planet who is always willing to give me a break from boredom when I am vista and talks to me for an hour. talks such as these always lead me to wanting to be a better person. amazing lady period.) She asks me if I will be at my mom's house for a while. I will in fact be there for another hour or so. Not thirty minutes later Vicki Sherwood, Stephanie Romney, and Peg Moffat show up on my door step with a delectable surprise (like them coming to see me wasn't enough).

They surprise me with this...


They then related their painstaking story of getting me the plate holder. Apparently after seeing my blog they decided they would try and find me the plate holder. The last day of their recent trip to California they went to a mercedes dealership. They went to the parts department and it was closed, so they braved the dealer's lot just so they could get it for me! The vulture salesman gathered but they were determined and managed to get out of their with just the plate holder and no new mercedes.

It looks so cute on my car. I'm a little bit obsessed with it and point it out to everyone.

I think they deserve more then ten points don't ya think?

Now Devin and I's cars are in heart because they say fletcher jones.

They sleep together...
They get their morning fill up together...

They are in heart as I am in heart with my license plate holders. Thanks so much girls! Aren't they so cute and thoughtful? You really made my morning and many other of my mornings when I walk out to my car and see the Fletcher Jones. Devin might be just a little sick of me say, "Hey devin look, it says fletcher jones on my car like me!" But he'll get over it.

You girls are amazing! Thanks for making me feel so loved!

elder henry b. eyring

things we learned from and about elder eyring at the institute dedication

1. his grandparents were ranchers in Pima, AZ
2. grandpa taught him he didn't have to believe anything that wasn't true
3. taught that the holy ghost will lead us to truth if we just try to live a good life and retain the spirit
4. his grandparents were so poor that his dad joined the ROTC in college (at U of A) because the uniform was free and he didn't have enough money to buy clothes.
   
5. his dad blended science and religion by simply searching for truth in everything.
   
6. we should pursue truth with vigor and at the same time be a child of God to receive blessings
7. institute is a place where people come and the holy ghost is present. it changes lives. it add another dimension to our lives.
8. we have divinity within us. we need to cultivated it through our learning. we need to study the word of God as we study at our universities.
9. we need to make time to meditate and ponder on the questions man has asked since the beginning of time

what we do for conference

1. Make vampire teeth out of candy corn



2. Color some humanitarian projects




3. Hung out and eat food (or ice)