Wat u can get me for Christmas YAY :)

If anyone is wondering wat to get me for christmas i want money. I prefer cash but i will take a check. And no i am not going to buy drugs just lots and lots of sugary carbinated caffine drinks called Monster. I neet at least enough to buy 20 to last me about a week. That will be all thank you. Oh and just in case you dont have a sence of humor i was just kidding. About the monsters not the cash. :)

NUAMES

Hi, I have not posted a blog in a long time so here is a quick review my school. This year for high school I am going to NUAMES (Northern Utah Academy for Math Engineering and Science) it is am early college school. Next year I will attend college level classes at Weber State and I plan on graduating with my associates degree. Just so you know how small my school is there are only 11 portables that make up NUAMES, there are only about 300-400 kids in the whole school, that includes 10th 11th and 12th grade. WOW that's tiny. Our mascot is a Nighthawk. We are the NUAMES Nighthawks. Everyone wanted to be the NUAMES Nerds but the administration said NO! It is the best school in the world because it is so small everyone knows everyone, that means no clicks. YAY. Well ill post more about NUAMES l8r bye.

Jose and the Golden Pin of Eternal Glory

One day when Jose was playing X-box he heard a noise coming from his closet. When he opened the door a magic chinchilla said, “Jose, you are the chosen one.”

Then Jose said, “What the freaking heck are you doing in my closet?!” Then the magic chinchilla told him all about how the evil penguin, Gladys, stole the Golden Pin of Eternal Glory from the museum of random valuable things, and how he kidnapped the presidents pet snail, speedy. The magic chinchilla also told Jose that he could fly while holding a bagel, freeze anything with his mind except for newspaper, eat anything no matter what it was, and talk to pencils. Then the magic chinchilla burst into flames and was gone forever.

Jose spent the next few weeks mastering his abilities. When he was sure he had them all down he filled a backpack with 3 packs of bagels, food, water, and a picture of the chinchilla that gave him his destiny. He flew into the air and when he was over the great country Arkansas he dropped the bagel and fell about 27 feet onto a cow. The cow turned out to be the one who was supposed to show him the way. When the cow got him safely to the Kinko’s factory the cow burst into flames and was gone forever.

When Jose got inside he saw a suspicious group of penguins standing in the corner watching him carefully. Then one of them pulled out an M16 and tried to shoot him. He just barely escaped into the basement and locked the door when they busted down the door and ran in. As they came into the room Jose stepped on a trapdoor that led to the super cat’s hideout. Jose had heard about the super cat, but he thought he was only a story. The super cat said to Jose, “You are Jose and I am super cat, I made a teleporter that will take you strait to Gladys’ top secret headquarters in Wal-Mart.” Just as super cat pushed the teleport button he burst into flames and was gone forever.

When Jose got to Wal-Mart he went up to an employee and asked him where the evil penguin was. The man said, “Oh he’s on isle 7, but don’t touch his hair.” Jose said thank you and went immediately to isle 7.

When he got there, Gladys said, “How did you find out where my top secret headquarters were?!” Just as Jose was about to freeze the evil penguin he realized that Gladys had on a body suit made of newspaper. There was nothing Jose could do. Then the penguin ran away.

While Jose was searching for Gladys he ran into a pencil, he asked the pencil, “Have you seen this penguin?” While holding up a picture of a penguin with long shaggy hair.
The pencil simply replied, “I don’t have any eyes stupid.” Then out of the corner of his eye Jose saw the penguin run into the girls bathroom. Jose cornered Gladys in the bathroom and noticed that he had the Golden Pin of Eternal Glory and the president’s pet snail in a cage. All of a sudden the evil penguin had a seizure and the newspaper fell off. Jose grabbed the Golden Pin of Eternal Glory, Speedy, and flew out the window.

Jose returned the Golden Pin of Eternal Glory to the museum of random valuable things, returned Speedy to the president, won the Congressional Medal of Honor, and returned home still not knowing why there was a chinchilla in his closet.

Vacation Part 1: The Wedding

In another post I said we would get some photos of our recent summer vacation on the web. Well, things got away from me and I never did post more photos, but now the wife and kids are out of town (HALLELUJ....cough cough...umm..I mean...gosh, I sure do miss them just to death - whew..nice save Chad..heh heh)

...ANYWAY

Here are the long awaited photos. I am sure that droves and droves of you, our loyal readers (all 3 of you) were checking back daily to find out what we did on our trip. Well, here ya go:

First off, Jordan and Emily went to work with me the day we left.

Here are Jordan and Emily pretending to be useful.

In all fairness, they actually did some work...here Jordan was working on a spreadsheet...Emily was working on her Nintendo DS...hard work to be sure!

More...
We went to Reno to start out because one of my best friends, Chris Palmrose (here in front) was getting married and asked me to be his Best Man (for whatever reason, I think he may have been drunk =).

(above, from left to right: Tim, Phil, Chad, Dennis I think...can't remember... I am just terrible, Kenny, and Chris)

The kids squinting.

Mom and dad.

Beauty and the beast.

Jordan just heard about the cake! Boy is he excited...

Excited? Not so much..

As you can see, Glynna was very excited to dance, especially since as Best Man I had no choice. You can also see that I am good at faking that I am enjoying it.



Quality father-son time.

Coming soon...part 2...

Ripstik

Ripstik is one of the best inventions in the world, aside from tv and corndogs! For more detailed info you can go to http://www.ripstikusa.com/. A ripstik is like a skateboard scooter hybrid. It has two wheels like a scooter but no handlebar.

It is made of two platforms that are connected by a spring loaded center bar. I love my ripstik and I can almost ollie on it. It’t extra hard to do tricks on, because it only has two wheels that spin around. Well that’s all I can tell you about ripstiks.

First Videos from the new Digital Video Camera

We got a new video camera. It is a JVC Everio hard-disc-drive camera (no tapes, no disks, just download to the computer). Here are a couple of videos. I am also trying to learn how to change video size in the computer because these short videos at native resolution are over 100 mb big. Wow.

Yeah, I know...woohoo...real exciting to watch the kids sitting on the couch. Hey, give me a break! I have a new toy and MUST MUST MUST play with it. It is a compulsion. Better than shoplifting anyway.

Okay, here is another one, this one is Jordan and Glynna working on my birthday present. I INSISTED on building it myself, but they insisted even harder that they wanted to build it as it was my birthday present. I am decidedly against giving WORK for gifts!

So that is it for now. Look for more fun videos in the future, and probably a few boring ones as well. IF we ever get the house clean, we will do a video tour for everyone who has not been able (or simply DOESN'T LOVE US ENOUGH) to visit. =)

All About Vetteman93

Hi, I am Jordan aka JJ aka vetteman93. I like candle light dinners and long walks in the park. But who cares about that! No but seriously, I do like dinner. Well let me tell you all about the most important person I know, ME, I like to play guitar hero. I own #2 and 3 and I can play all songs on medium and I am working on hard. I don't mean to brag but I can beat my dad at PingPong also known as table tennis. I love to play basketball even though I am not very good at it. I can make a three pointer and I am a good ball handler but thats just about it. I am pro at bowling on the Wii and I love tennis. I love to play Halo and Call of Duty 4 on xbox 360. I own a van and I think it is the coolest thing ever. I have my learners permit and love to drive every where. I especially love driving now because I don't have to pay for gas. I listen to every type of music besides opra. I can do the mocarana in 10 seconds. I love to play racing games like Gran Turismo and Corvette Racing. Smallville is the best show period. Hillary Clinton is insane, and I wish Mitt Romney didn't drop out of the race. Chess is the best board game, and I can finally solve a rubix cube. I like to play bloons tower defence and onslaught on the internet. The best videos on youtube are Muffins, My hands are bananas, and Charlie the unicorn 1 and 2. I Hate High School Musical and Zack Efron. Mr. Woodcock is a hilarious movie and it isn't real. My dad is spoiled because he has to have the best everything when it is brand new (and the most expensive.) Corvettes are the coolest cars ever invented and I would love to own one some day. Peas are discusting. My hair looks better when it is long. Ms. Applonie is the craziest unmarried middleaged woman I have ever met. My best friend in the entire world is Zack Mattheus. And his mom is really cool but not as cool as my mom. Sushi is the best food ever, I don't care if you disagree, but if you have never tried it then you don't have room to talk. Iron man is awsome. I like to watch spongebob square pants and if you don't like it you are crazy. Miley Cyrus, Ashley Tisdale, Salena Gomez, and Miranda Cosgrove are hot.

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and I am proud of it.

More...I love swimming. Maximum Ride is the best book series ever, well it's behind Harry Potter. I have a PSP and it is way better than a stupid Nentendo DS. PS3 is dumb. Xbox 360 is the coolest game consol ever. The Matrix trilogy are the best movies ever. I love to play Manopoly but nobody else in my family likes to play it. Fernley, Nevada is the best city in the entire world times two. I have my own cell phone with unlimited texting but not unlimited munites. I will give you my number if you ask really nicely, and, if you are a girl, if you are cute too. I will give you a hint to my number: 14 is the day my mom was born on and 29 is the day I was born on. If you can guess it from there, you are a genius. I can't skateboard but I am really good at the Ripstik. I want to get above a 4.0 gpa for high school. I am going to be an oncologist. That is a doctor who specializes in cancer stuff. I am going to the Northern Utah Acadamy for Math, Engineering, and Science, aka NUAMES. It focuses on getting an early start in college. Thats all I can think of at the moment so good buy and I am sure you will hear alot from me in the future.

Welcome one and all...probably just one.

I wanted to kick this off myself, since I created it and all. I thought long and hard about having a blog site where my family could maintain a presence on the Web and provide for family (quite a few) and friends (at least 1 or 2) who are spread far and wide to get a glimpse of the happenings in our lives.

Therefore, welcome to the inaugural edition of the Todd Blog. We are the Todds (there are 6 of us) and these are our Blogs (likely to be 6 eventually, but don't hold your breath).

Let me introduce everyone:

First, and most importantly, there is....drum roll please....ME!!

Not.

Let's start at the top, see if you can guess the order of appearance of our bloggers.

1. Glynna (aka...has yet to pick an aka....wife, mother, picker of the nightly restaurant)
2. Chad (aka LogGrad98...creator of the almighty blog, eternal smart-alleck, picker of the t.v. channels)
3. Jordan (aka...has yet to...well, you get the idea...eldest son, newest driver, hence frightener of the mother)
4. Emily (ditto...eldest daughter, star of stage and screen, resident singer)
5. Duncan (again...youngest son, irritant to the eldest brother, collector of random things - but mostly knives and things found by the train tracks)
6. Analysse (same...youngest kid, otherwise known as the Spoiled One, and Irritant to All...although she is dang cute)

So that's the gang. We enjoy driving around the country, although recently it is cheaper to, well, do almost anything else. This year we went to Reno, Las Vegas, Hoover Dam (or Darn as the kids insist on saying), the Grand Canyon, St. George, and back home again.

We also really go for movies, so watch for our reviews. And, as you guessed I am sure from Glynna's brief description, our most favorite past-time is making restaurant owners RICH RICH RICH (again, watch for reviews). As a group we love chinese buffets, McD's (of course), and...best of all...SUSHI. Even Emily, who hates fish, will eat sushi.

See? How bad could it be.

That is enough to get started, I guess. I will let all the others introduce themselves in time (and probably force any of them that waits too long =), and give your their aliases...because I insist on aliases for all!

Bu-WAH HAH HAH HAH!!