Random Art.

Jeff and I made this amazing work of art for my 2 dimensional design class. Be impressed, be very impressed. We dipped rubber bands in paint and shot them at a blank sheet of paper. It was great fun, and a great mess.

We've Got Rhythm...well, sort of.

Martha Graham once said, "Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion." I'd say that by that standard, the Evensen family is a collection of truly great dancers.

Saturday night, while making a cheeseball for the baby blessing on Sunday (more on that later) we had a little Shaun Barrowes playing, and naturally this turned into a little dancing in the kitchen.

Now, earlier that week I had googled Stephanie Birkitt after reading about her relationship with David Letterman. This led me to this video of her dancing -



- so of course, I began doing that dance move - I mean, how great is that? Then I turned and saw my dad doing what appeared to be the same move. This led to a couple of "Are you...?" "Wait, is that...?" back and forth between us a few times.

I mean, I figured I could say, "Are you doing David Letterman's ex-lovers old boyfriend's dance move?" But how awkward would it be if he had no clue what I was talking about? I mean - there was no real way to explain it if he hadn't seen it, so perhaps that would have been a dance-mood killer.

Well, it turned out he was doing the same thing! He had come across the same video while "researching" Birkitt - great minds google alike.

So thank goodness - rather than killing the dance mood, it led to lots of laughter and another round of the "Letterman's ex-lover's ex-boyfriend's dance move".

Everyone can do it! Here is Mom and I -


I believe it has now been inducted to the collection of family dance moves - which includes the following:

Any of the moves seen in this segment from A Charlie Brown Christmas -

Favorite moves include those demonstrated by Freida, Shermy, and Linus. There was this one Christmas Eve (not too long ago, mind you) that we turned on the movie and watched this part over and over again, dancing along as a family.(The over and over again part was courtesy of Christian, who ran up to rewind it every time we finished. And hey - once that music starts, you can't help but dance.)

Another classic move is one brought to us from Dad's high school days. It goes a little something like this -


A recent addition has come from Nils, who explains it this way - "You go up to a group..."
Unfortunately I don't have a photo to share. But it's an easy one! Just put both arms up in 90 degree angles. And...you're done. You can choose to pulse with the music some if you'd like.

And of course, the classic dance move that started it all. This dance move originated with Daniel at a Mariners game in the summer of 2006, I believe. Here Dad, Mom, and Anders do it at the Mariners game this last summer.


I'm sure Martha Graham would be very impressed.

Freddie

Isn't my nephew the cutest thing?

Type Writers.

My little brother Christian has lately become fascinated with type writers. He likes to write little stories and poems on my mom's old type writer. On Monday he showed me this 'poem' that he had written. The 'd' key no longer works, so he decided to substitute the 't' in for it, but the rest of his spelling errors are non-intentional. It turned out really funny and ironic, though I'm sure he didn't mean it to. :-)

1,000 Days.

Today marks 1,000 days that Jeff and I have been together.
We were dorky and figured that out a few weeks ago, and I put it in my phone as an event on the calendar. And then forgot about it. But today it popped up and reminded me - so here we are! And now we get to celebrate!
This was us..1,000 days ago -

(See Jeff's necklace? I convinced him to stop wearing it not too long after that...)
We thought about taking a picture of us today - to compare, but um...we both look really scroungy today since we've just been cleaning and getting ready for going back to school. So we're going to pass on that for now.

A baby, a wedding, a vacation...

Lots of exciting things have been going on for Jeff and I in the last two weeks. :-)
First, My brother and his wife had their first baby! Fredrik Gustaf Evensen came on the morning of August 12, weighing in at a whopping 9 lbs 14.5 oz. He is absolutely adorable, and it's been really fun to see what a Scandinavian Taiwanese baby looks like. :-D Lots of lovely dark hair on him, and an adorable little face. I really want to take pictures of him, but haven't had a chance yet - so I stole some off of Daniel's facebook...hehe...


Then, on the 18th two of our good friends, Katie and Blake, got married. Jeff and I were really happy for them, and it was wonderful to be able to celebrate with them. I've known Katie since Kindergarten, and we always enjoy spending time with her and Blake. She looked beautiful, and so happy.









It was so fun to be able to see so many old friends.


Then on Wednesday, Jeff and I decided to trek out to California to join my family, who was vacationing in Disneyland. Once again, Cole and Shannon were gracious in allowing us to crash at the condo - especially when we called to tell them we were there and gave them quite the shock - somehow we'd had a mis-communication and they thought we were coming next week! Now that is the mark of a truly good host - when they can still welcome us and act totally excited to see us. ;-)
We spent Thursday at Disneyland and California Adventure with my family, which was a blast. Friday we spent playing around in San Diego, finishing up with dinner and games with Cole and Shannon. Saturday we went down to LA for a while, and had some great pizza at BJ's with my Aunt Marianne. It was so much fun to get to visit family, and Mickey Mouse too.

All the walking every day was really hard on Christian's hip. He was constantly begging anyone (especially Nils) to give him a piggy-back ride.


Waiting for the Aladdin Show -

Christian and I took the jelly fish up after discovering he was about 2 inches too short for the Maliboomer - a real disappointment for a boy who wasn't scared of any ride - no matter the height or speed.

Space Mountain is still our favorite...

The excitement was contagious.

Jeff had never been on the teacups before, so we went together and just about made ourselves sick trying to spin around as fast as possible.


Mickey on my shirt and next to me.

You can't tell from this picture how drop dead tired we all were at this point. In fact, Jeff and I couldn't even make the drive home to San Diego that night. We ended up sleeping for at a rest stop on the side of the road - a new adventure for us.


Unfortunately, our little point and shoot camera died while we were at Disneyland. But I stole this picture of Marianne and the boys off facebook.


When we were trying to decide whether to go or not, Jeff remarked that since school would be starting on the 31st, this was our last time to be irresponsible. Somehow, I don't think school will stop us from being irresponsible...but who knows. ;-)

Seattle Vacation

Jeff and I are still alive, believe it or not. ;-) We've been having a really fun, busy summer.
We took a vacation up to Seattle for my mom's family reunion in the middle of July. We had a really great time seeing my family and running around doing different activities.
Here are a few pictures. There are a lot more in an album I created on facebook, so you can check that out if you are interested.





Hiking up on Mt Rainier


Enjoying a delicious dinner at Salty's with Anna and Bob, courtesy of my uncle Lars.


Um, that is the Seattle skyline behind us. I promise. I know it is really blurry.





We went to a Mariners game. They lost. Badly.

My husband is crazy. I tried to tell him how cold the ocean was going to be, but it didn't even phase him.

We went to Forks! Jeff played gameboy the majority of that excursion. Such a lit
tle town...with nothing going for it except Twilight. This is Bella's truck, parked at the information center.

Roasting marshmallows at my grandparent's cabin, located on the Quinault Indian Reservation.


The whole family!