Random Acts of Goofiness

This and That

Where to start?  Hmmm . . .

Well . . . most of you are on facebook, except for my dear blogging friend, Amee (who sent me the cutest Halloween card that was perfect for me), . . . but I still am going to post a couple of the pics I put on there. 

Cole was sick the night we were supposed to go to Palmyra's Halloween party.  Matt told me to go without him, he said he would stay home with Cole, so like a good wife  . . . I did.  lol 

Amee, here is a senior pose for you.  I don't quite have it down like you. 

PALMYRA'S HALLOWEEN PARTY

I have a non-alcoholic beer in my hand.  This was pointed out to me on facebook.  Don't worry, it wasn't mine.  I was holding it for the photographer.  I don't drink beer because I think it tastes good . . . there would be no reason for me to drink a non-alcoholic beer.

This next one seems to scare people, but I think it is funny.  It's Nacho Libre!

FAMILY

I also recently took some photos of my SIL's family. 

 PIONEER WOMAN COOKS
 
I was so excited to get PW's cookbook in the mail last week:

It is gorgeous on the inside.  I believe all of the recipes are on her site but it is so nice having them in a book.  I made this for dinner, please forgive my crummy photo . . . but I was hungry.

Yeah, it doesn't look very appetizing . . . but it was. 

The best things were the onion strings.  I would definitely make them again.  The meatballs were pretty good. I know, they look disgusting, but really, they were pretty good. And the mashed potatoes were yummy but I still prefer mine.  I linked the recipes in case you are interested.  Her pics definitely look more appetizing than mine do!

Back to Halloween . . .

I had my very own emo for Halloween.  No, not Elmo.  Emo.  Yep, if you don't know what that means or is . . . then you are old.

Yep, the jeans are a little long, he definitely has the skinny legs for skinny jeans though, and he is wearing my size 8 tennis shoes!  lol 
 

He wore the same jacket two years ago for Halloween:

 

It is a pretty cool jacket.

I was hoping it would fit me.

I tried it on.

It fits.

Kind of.

Sort of.

I just might be an emo next year!  :)
 

Today's Thoughts by Kristi Smith

I need to get rid of some "stuff".  Why do we need so much "stuff"? 

Think I need to live with less so I can have more. Yup, stole that from Oprah.  Because, of course, she lives this way.  ;)

I have figured out that I can't figure out anybody but me (that's mine).  And if I could figure me out I would be doing really well.

I wish I had a bunch of brothers and sisters and we all sang in the barn together.

I think too many people pretend to be happy and too many people complain too much.  I want a happy medium.   Am I complaining?
 
The sun makes me happy, the rain makes me inquisitive.

I think a lot of people like me but very few know me.  If they knew me, would they like me?  Screw them if they wouldn't.  Hee-hee. 

Seriously, guacamole is better than sliced bread.

I love my parents to pieces, I hope they know that.   My mom let me dress like this for Halloween instead of being a pretty princess:

 

After reading Today's Thoughts . . . it probably doesn't surprise you that I wasn't a pretty princess.

Carlie's 1st Birthday

 My niece, Carlie Rose, celebrated her first birthday yesterday! Although I didn't get any good photos of her loving family.  Or of her walking.  And she just started walking two weeks ago.  :(    But I did get these photos and I think she looks pretty darn cute in them!!!  Looks just like her mommy!

I think a couple of these need to be cropped differently, but I am too lazy to go back and do it right now.  So just try to deal with it.

I kept trying to get a photo of Carlie and her brother, Carson, together and this is what happened . . .

 

Grandpa Mike came to help out but this is still what happened . . .

Man, our family makes cute babies. I don't even think I am partial.   :)
  
 
   

Happy 1st Birthday, Carlie!!!

 

  

Family Photo Shoot

New Orleans is going to have to wait because I took some photos of a family this weekend and I told them I would get them up here so they could see them.  They want to surprise their mother with some photos for her birthday.  Remember that I am an amateur, don't really know what I am doing, but I really enjoy taking photos . . . that is for sure!  :)

Think I need to edit the grass out of the front of this photo.

Love this one!

So cute.

I am afraid I made her look too old, but not sure how I did that!  But she is GORGEOUS!

LOVE these next two.

Happy, happy, happy . . .

  

 This is what most of the family photos look like . . .

There are better ones than this BUT at least one person has their eyes closed in every photo!

  Cute little boys:

Love her red hair.

Cutie patootie:

 Beautiful, very photogenic . . . even though she didn't want her photo taken!  

Another one that looks too old for her age, but she had taken her hair down and the wind was blowing and she is just so pretty!  :)

Did I mention I took over 600 photos???  lol   I have a really bad habit of taking 20 of the exact same shot!

Hope you like them!  :)

Update:  Tonya, I cropped these two a little more just to get closer and get the grass out of the photo, let me know what you think.

 

   

Next Stop: Destin, FL

DESTIN, FLORIDA  2009

 

When we arrived in Destin it was raining really hard and the skies looked as if they would never clear up, but as soon as we got into our hotel, the clouds went away and the sun came out!

And remember, we were celebrating . . .

 

That says 15 years!  We could barely get one written before it was washed away.  

I loved the seagulls. 

 

  

Soooo cute!

The sunsets were so pretty!

I think most of you know that I rarely wear shorts, so these shorts have been around for awhile.   I sent this photo to Kendra showing her how silly these high waisted shorts looked and she said that I should say that I wear them to rebel against the ridiculous low rise jean trend.   WHICH I THOUGHT WAS HILARIOUS!  Problem is . . . I am a fan of the ridiculous low rise jean trend!  lol 

  

Matt and I went parasailing which was amazing . . . and TERRIFYING!!!  I really had no clue how high we would be up!  This was our view:

Yep, that is our boat down below that rope!

Gorgeous view though!!!

Here is our captain's view:

Taking some dips.  Small ones, I had a camera on me!  Took my cheap one up and left my good one with the captain.

Back on the boat, thankful to still be alive!

 

Wasn't the pool pretty at night?

I wish I would have gotten a photo of the umbrella boys that opened these up in the mornings!

I would go back there in a heartbeat.  Even if I have to wear high waisted shorts every day and expose my skinny little bird legs . . .

LOVED IT!

NEXT STOP:  NEW ORLEANS

 

Then I was walking in Memphis . . .

For our 15th wedding anniversary, Matt and I took a little trip to celebrate.  We spent the first night in Memphis.  We headed straight for Beale Street after we got there but I didn't get any good photos.  This is it:

 

The next day we headed to Gus's Fried Chicken.  We followed directions on the GPS and took Lamar Avenue, which we later would learn is one of the most dangerous streets in the US.  Then we went into the Whitehaven Wal-Mart and I was definitely out of my comfort zone.  We also later learned that going into that Wal-Mart was probably not the smartest place to go when you're a tourist.  Thankgoodness, we safely made it to Gus's Fried Chicken.  It is a "little hole in the wall" place but there was a nice line of people outside waiting to get in.

 

My boss had told me that they were supposed to have the best chicken in Memphis and I would have to agree.  Even though it was the only place we ate chicken in Memphis.  The fried pickles were even better than the chicken!

 

Next, we took the monorail to Mud Island:

 

 

 

Mud Island was one of the locations used in the movie, "The Firm" with Tom Cruise. 

 

My photos of Mud Island aren't very good, it was way cooler in real life. 

 

I took a photo of this couple, I have no idea who they are, and I apologize that it is a crappy quality photo.  I told them I would post it on here.  So "Hi" whoever you are!  :)

 

The Mississippi River:

 

 

 

Next Stop:  Graceland.

 

We weren't allowed to use a flash inside the house, but I was pretty pleased with how my pics turned out.  And you know that doesn't happen very often.  :)

 

This is the staircase that Elvis would come down.  We were not allowed to go upstairs.  Apparently not many people went upstairs while he was alive and they wanted to respect that. 

 

Dining room:

 

Love this tacky room:

 

 

I told this story on facebook but I am going to tell it again on here . . . I was wearing the provided headphones so I could listen to the story of Elvis as I walked around on the tour and I started talking about this guest:

 

And Matt leans over and says, "Kristi, you are talking louder than you think you are!" 

Damn headphones!

I laughed, the lady next to me laughed.  I think we all were thinking the same thing, I was just saying it OUTLOUD!

Now I know my dad is disappointed that I blurred her face . . . Dad, believe me, she looks much better this way.  lol   Not only did she wear her Easter dress to Graceland, so did her mother.  And they enjoyed blocking everyone's view of the front of the house so they could get some pics.  Needless to say . . . I snapped away!!!  :)

I would have been crying when I got up to the gravestone but I had just finished laughing about my big mouth.  

 

If you get a chance to go to Graceland . . . GO, I think you will enjoy it.

Just remember . . .

if you start to talk about other guests . . .

remember that you are wearing headphones . . .

and you are talking louder than you think you are.

 

NEXT STOP:  DESTIN, FL