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Halloween Party ’08

October 27, 2008 By 6 Comments

Last year for Halloween Kristie and I did a pretty funny Britney and K-Fed parody. This year we decided to reach back to the classic cartoons of my childhood for inspiration…a big shout out to all those that survived the 80′s and remember Papa Smurf and Smurfette:

smurf costume

papa smurf costume

smurfette costume

Here we are with Michael Phelps/Barack Obama:

Some of the rest of the gang. (Yes, that’s a S’more on the very left)

After we made some funny movies, we headed over to Hanna’s for food and the after-party. Here’s perhaps my favorite shot of the night:

Smufs costume

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTIE!

October 27, 2008 By 3 Comments

Today is Kristie’s birthday…which also marks one year ago today that we got engaged…man, time flies.

I knew we’d be busy all night with the annual Halloween party we always go to…so I made sure to get up early to prepare the classic breakfast-in-bed. Which may or may not have included equal parts chocolate and real food…a “breakfast of guilty pleasures of champions.”

I love you, baby…happy b-day!

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Battle of the Bands

October 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment

imagine dragons

Saturday night Kristie and I went out to dinner at Macaroni Grill in Riverwoods to kick off Kristie’s pre-birthday celebration. After dinner we headed over to the Smith Fieldhouse for BYU’s annual Battle of the Bands. We were there primarily to support and enjoy our buddy Dan Reynold’s band the Imagine Dragons. Of the 8 bands that were selected to play, Dan’s band was by far the best act…and apparently the crowd agreed cause they won the whole thing. They’re a really creative indie outfit with some great songs. Here’s a shot of us after the show:

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Chili Cookoff

October 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Kristie and I were in charge of organizing our ward’s annual chili cookoff activity. It turned out really well, and we got to be two of the three judges. I’m proud to declare that I didn’t accept a single bribe…can’t vouch for Kristie though.

We had a total of 12 chili’s enter the contest. The judges got a sample of all 12 while the rest of those gathered got to experiment as well. After much deliberation we chose the winners of three categories: Spiciest, Most Original and Best Overall. We made these kickin’ red chili prize necklaces for the winners…I wish I took a picture of them–they were rad.

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Bet you can’t do this

October 23, 2008 By 2 Comments

Kristie and KC doing some pretty rad stunts:

It’s crazy how difficult this stuff is…they make it look easy.

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Halloweenish Group Date

October 23, 2008 By 1 Comment

This Saturday we got a few friends together last minute for a fun night out. To keep with the season, we tried a Pumpkin Curry from Bangkok Grill, picked up some pumpkins for carving from our new fav farmers market and watched Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands. (Somehow Tim Burton is always Halloween appropriate, no matter what film.)

Here are a few pictures of our work:

Perhaps the coolest pumkin was Jeremy and Kedra’s creation (not pictured, cause pictures didn’t do it justice). They carved it from the inside so the outside skin was never broken, but emitted a faint, eerie light in the form of a twisted face. Very creepy.

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Black Thursday

October 16, 2008 By 2 Comments

BYU football lost to TCU…got manhandled, actually. Adios, BCS bowl dreams. The only thing that kept today from being “Tom’s personal sports purgatory” was the fact that the Red Sox came back from a 0-7 deficit in the 7th inning to beat Tampa Bay and stave off elimination. It’s a good thing too, I might not have been able to get up and go to work the next day. If we lose to Utah and the Sox don’t take the pennant, maybe that day will qualify.

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Brownie Points

October 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment

A while back, my buddy Nathan and I began hatching a plan to treat our wives to a surprise ladies night spa/shopping spree. The whole thing went down like this:

On Saturday, I told Nathan’s wife, Kendra, that I was planning on doing something special (a surprise) for Kristie and that I was going to need her help. I asked her to find an excuse to get Kristie up to Orem where she would need to deliver an envelope at a specific time. She agreed and set it all up. What Kendra didn’t know was that Nathan was in on it too, and the envelope she was delivering to Kristie contained a note from each of us to our wives, including a two-hour day spa massage/jacuzzi package and some cash to offset the alarming downward trend in consumer spending that’s fueling the meltdown of our precarious situated global economy.

So when Kendra handed over the envelope they we’re both totally taken by surprise by its contents. They had just enough time to get dinner before basking in two hours of luxury at the spa, which, I imagine, had rooms full of Swedish masseuse extraordinaires with names like Sven and Olaf, waiting on you hand and foot. If you’d like, you can read Kendra’s account here, which includes actual details (not just speculation) and a few pictures.

I’m learning fast that these types of overly-romantic gestures pay serious dividends. Woot woot.

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BYU Homecoming Weekend ’08

October 11, 2008 By 1 Comment

Homecoming was a blast this year…I’ll let some pictures do the talking.

On Friday night we went to a BYU cheer alumni dinner and connected with some good friends we hadn’t seen in a while. Here’s a great shot of April, Sandy, Kristie, Heather and David “Grant” Grant:

The next morning was the homecoming parade. Since Kristie had to be there with her squad, I decided to come along too, and we rode the entire thing on top of the Cosmobile along with a raucous party of Cougar United friends.

After the parade we headed off to Lavell Edwards Stadium where the Cougars were facing off with the UNM Lobos. As part of homecoming weekend, they had the Cheer alumni come out on the field at halftime and perform. I ran into a couple of the old-school Cosmo mascots who did a bang-up job dressing for the occasion and maintaining their secret identities:

And here are a few pictures from the half-time event:

Kristie looked awesome up there. If it weren’t for her herniated disc, she wouldn’t have anything to do with this alumni business for at least another year. She’s grateful for all that she got to do in three years, but it’s  tough because the injury happened right when she was at the top of her game. It takes some crazy athleticism to stunt like she does.

BYU won the game in a hard fought battle. Still undefeated…but they’ve got to start stepping it up if they want to finish 12-0. Go Cougars!

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Grandma Hiller’s 80th

October 6, 2008 By 1 Comment

Grandma invited us the the Asian Star for her birthday dinner and was surprised by the huge number of family and friends that showed up. We had a terrific time, and some terrific food (killer walnut shrimp). We ended up with a boy’s side of the table and a girl’s side as well. It may or may not have been due to cooties.

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