My Favorites Tag

Haven't you just been dying to know more about me? No?

Oh well, here it goes anyways...

3 Favorite Last Purchases

1. Shoes. flat, black w/ red flowers, shiny
2. Tongs ... to cook with and I just love them
3. Ice Cream Maker ... it is wonderful!

3 Fears

1. Christian dying (mostly b/c I just watched "P.S. I Love You")
2. Spiders
3. Never being able to have children

3 Favorite Movies

1. Zoolander
2. Baby Mama
3. Horton Hears A Who ... too funny!

3 Facts About Me

1. I graduated with a BS in Food Science in April
2. I'm trying to learn Norwegian, though very slowly
3. I am absolutely baby crazy ... sad but true

3 Things I haven't done yet

1. Seen a shooting star
2. Found a job ... since my last job ended over 3 weeks ago
3. Been to Mexico, or gone on a cruise ... two things I hope to combine sometime soon

3 Things I cannot live without

1. Sleep
2. Chocolate
3. Shoes

3 Things on Today's list

1. Prepare for job interview on Friday
2. Watch Bones @ 7 pm
3. Convince Christian that he IS ready for a baby :)

3 Favorite Dishes

1. Cafe Rio Pork Salad ... yum
2. Shanghai Wings from Chili's
3. Most pizzas from California Pizza Kitchen

3 Places I have lived

1. Provo, UT
2. Benicia, CA
3. Petaluma, CA

3 Favorite TV Shows

1. Bones ... I think its actually an addiction
2. The Office and I'm so excited for the season premiere this Thursday!
3. Lost

3 Last Places I Traveled

1. Benicia, CA to visit my parents
2. Houston, TX for last Christmas with the in-laws
3. Norway for our second wedding reception (with England as a side-trip)

3 Favorite Desserts

1. Ice cream, preferably accompanied by a banana and drenched in hot fudge, whipped cream, nuts, sprinkles, or in other words, a banana hot fudge sundae (now i miss double rainbow)
2. Cheesecake (any kind from the Cheesecake Factory)
3. Chocolate Cream Pie (a la mode, of course )

3 Things I would buy if Money weren't an issue

1. A gorgeous new house
2. Puppies! (and yes I realize these 2 are the same as my sister's but it's true)
3. a whole new wardrobe, along with enough shoes to fill my beautiful walk-in shoe closet in my new house

3 Wishes

1. To have a baby, asap
2. Have a nicer, larger apartment
3. Be done with school ... and by that I mean Christian

3 People I tag

1. Anyone who actually looks at this ...

Houma, Louisiana

Ok, so here are a few pictures that I got from my New Orleans trip. Actually, all these photos are from our side trip to Houma with the LDS members who own a Oyster Processing Facility there. They took us out to there "fishing camp" out on the bayou, where we spent the night and then went fishing the next day.

So this was one of the boats we took out. Here we are leaving the city and heading down the bayou.

Here are some fishing, shrimping, oyster boats along the side of the bayou.

Sunset

Some of the other "fishing camps" along the bayou.

One of the 35 lb fish someone caught. It's pretty ugly.

A fish we found caught on an alligator trap, swimming around with a buoy stuck to it. I forget what its called but they look like they have an alligator's mouth.

A sandbar/island we stopped at out in the Gulf of Mexico.

It was covered in pelicans.

These babies hid on the ground while the mamas flew around above us. It took us awhile to see that there were these little guys hiding everywhere. You couldn't see them if they were just lying in the sand but this one didn't realize he's lying in a pile of stuff the wrong color. They were pretty darn cute.

Some more of the fishing camps along the bayou.

Here is the camp we stayed at. They bought it after Hurricane Katrina. It was pretty nice. Two bedrooms, air-conditioning, satellite tv. It was pretty fun.

Here was my first and only fish (I stopped after I caught one). A little catfish. They chopped it up and stuck it in the crab cages.

"The Miane Lobster Game"
This was at the Seafood place we went to dinner.

One of the many (and I mean MANY) plates of boiled crawfish, shrimp, and crabs.
We also had raw oysters, grilled oysters, crawfish gumbo, fried alligator, and the list goes on and on. There were about 10 people there and enough food to feed at least 20 people. It was insane and quite gross, if I might add.

And here is me at the dinner table trying to fill up on the non-seafood items, such as vegetables and lots of them. I did try almost everything (except the raw oysters) so don't be too disappointed in me.

Here is the whole BYU group that went to Houma. Here we are in front of the Oyster Processing Facility after our tour. The company is called Motivatit.

And that's it. I don't have any pictures myself because I forgot to bring my camera so when/if I ever get anymore pictures of actual New Orleans, I'll post those too.

Zoo Photos

Here's some of the pics from our trip to Hogle Zoo.

The White Alligator

Meerkats

Some kind of monkey with some sweet hair

The elephant show

"I want to move it, move it..."

A weird kind of lemur (sleeping with his head up, tongue out, and arm extended... funny)

Penguinos!

Mama and baby giraffe

Family Picture

Well, when Christian's family came to visit we went to Lagoon and during the day ended up taking photos at one of those amusement park photo shops. This is the best photo that we ended up with (the others I don't like as much because we had just come off some water rides and lets be honest, I just looked gross).

The Zoo

Well, we finally made it up to the Hogle Zoo in SLC. I've been wanting to go for a while, probably since last summer. I just like zoos. It was fun, though definitely smaller than I thought it would be. I guess the only zoo I'm really comparing it to is the San Francisco Zoo so no doubt it's smaller but oh well. It was still fun. We took quite a few photos and videos, so I'll eventually post those. If I were to guess I'd say Christian enjoyed the meerkats the most ( I swear he stood in front of their window for at least 15 minutes). I probably enjoyed all the little monkeys the most, they're pretty hilarious to watch. Though the white alligator, the elephant show, and all the orangutans were fun too.

Oh, before I forget (if I ever can) while we were watching a kangaroo we began to hear a fairly loud groaning noise. We followed the noise down to the other end of the cage and witnessed this giant tortoise (450 lbs, ~5 ft long) hump his female counterpart. All I can say is, Whoa. I mean, what zoo trip is complete without watching some animal hump another?