Here's Ashley's color, do you agree?

What's Your True Color?

My Result: Black

Your color is black. The color of night. Serene and mysterious, black conjures up images of elegant evening gowns, dashing tuxedos, and gleaming limousines. Traditionally a symbol of success, black also represents power and an uncompromising demand for perfection. Not surprisingly, you tend to set challenging goals for yourself and do whatever it takes to achieve them — your strength of character is second to none. This unfaltering determination, along with your natural elegance, impresses people. But keep in mind that your personality might be intimidating to some. Try to temper your demanding side with a little softness — trust us, it won't kill you. Overall, though, black is the color of professionalism and achievement, which means it's clearly the color for you.

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A color test. Do you agree?

What's Your True Color?

My Result: Yellow

You're yellow, the color of joy and energy — two things you definitely bring to everyone around you. It's hard for anyone to be sad or lonely in your presence; your sunny disposition and cheery outlook just won't allow it. The warmth of your personality shines through in the kindness you show friends and family (and strangers, too). Always ready with a lighthearted joke or heartfelt compliment, you know how to make people feel good about themselves, so they can't get enough of you. Yellow is a warm and inviting color for a warm and inviting person — you!

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Adam Scott Nunn!!!

Well we have another nephew to announce. This is Baranie's fourth child. Her other kids were there as well to help support. Below is what Baranie posted on her blog.

"It's a Boy! Adam arrived January 10, 2008 at 6:12pm. He weighed 6 lb 14 oz and is 20" long. He was greeted by his older siblings and it was Clara who announced that it was a boy."

You can view her pictures by clicking on this link...

http://nunnsnotes.blogspot.com/2008/01/adam-scott-nunn.html

Google Reader

A few months ago I found Google Reader (Thank you Deanna and Todd). Then today, I saw Amy post on her blog telling everyone about Google Reader. So I decided I should as well.

I can't tell you how great it is for anyone who has multiple websites they like to read throughout the day. It's especially helpful for keeping track of all your friend's blogs. I read news websites, sports websites, comedy central clips, and blogs daily. It keeps everything in one spot, and shows you any updates on the sites that you want to check up on. This way you don't have to continue checking each and every individual website. Go to Google Reader (That means click on the underlined words) and set up your own account. This will make your life so much easier and quicker. Let me know if you have any questions.

On a side note, I recently started a new club for cool people like me called the "Hulkamaniacs!" Unfortunately, my wife refused to acknowledge my existence because I was "too cool", and the club was disbanded before I could recruit any more members. Sorry if I got any one's hopes up there... maybe in the next life.

Happy New Year!

HAPPY 2008!!!

So we flew back to OreGON on Wednesday after Christmas and although we both love our jobs, we had a hard time getting back into the swing of things with just two work days left in the week, but not to worry, we partied hard starting Friday night!! Mom and Dad and the girls drove back to Cali on Friday, but stopped in Reno so the girls could jump on a plane to come spend the weekend with US for New Years!! I haven't packed as much as we did into one weekend for a long time, but we loved every second, except for the last part....

Saturday morning I took the girls to go get manicures at a random nail place just outside Newberg. Well, it is interesting how extras get added in without you realizing it till they charge you an arm and a leg at the end...lol. I'm apparently not versed enough to ask how much each additional thing costs. There is a hilarious comedy skit on YouTube done by Anjelah Johnson about getting your nails done and Brie memorized it and performed it for us after much convincing...you'd think after knowing what to expect I wouldn't have let them get away with extra charges!
(DON'T FORGET TO PAUSE THE MUSIC SO YOU CAN HEAR THE VIDEOS).



I'm sure there are some who can COMPLETELY relate to this...if not, it's all good, don't worry about it. :)

The finished product..."Flowas only fai dolla moh! I do fo you! Fench ti only fai dolla moh!...PER PERSON! When I was told to pick a color, I didn't know WHITE was going to cost EXTRA...all in all though, it was so funny that I didn't even bother to make a scene. I just kept thinking of Brie's skit the whole time...a great way to start a funfilled weekend! Fo SHO!

I don't remember whose hands these are...Brie are these yours? :)



So, for one of Dallas' stocking stuffers, I bought him one of those remote control helicopters from Brookstone and he and the girls went nuts with it. They actually learned to control it quite well, but this picture was taken BEFORE that happened and Brooke flew it right into my hair. No big deal, except for the propeller KEPT SPINNING until it got all tangled in my hair!! I was completely understanding, can't you tell?



Saturday afternoon we decided to visit the Pittock Mansion. It was the home of some early Oregon Pioneers who contributed much to the growth of Portland...ask Brooke for more details...she's the one that did the report on them. It was pretty foggy and rainy outside, but we still got a great view of Portland from the hill.



The Pittock Mansion had a theme, "A Fairy Tale Christmas," so each room was decorated with a different fairy tale theme. Since Brie is playing the Queen of Hearts in her school play, we took a picture of her in the Alice in Wonderland room in front of the Queen. (I'm glad we didn't see I Am Legend until a couple days later, or this situation might have been a little more disturbing.)



Left: Me just being dramatic. There was a fence there and I was pretending to lean over it, but you can't see it, so it makes it kinda lame. Right: Brie and me in front of the back side of the mansion...Dallas suggested that this field would be awesome for mud football...very true, very true.



So after we went to the mansion, the girls and Dallas were great sports as we drove around Vancouver looking at ellipticals for sale on Craig's list. I finally found the one I wanted and it works GREAT!!! This is a picture of what Brooke did to Brie after an hour of being bored. Then the other picture was when they'd finally had enough! It's ok though, they woke up in time for us to go to National Treasure 2 that night!

Sunday we went to church and then pretty much vegged most of the day. We probably should have been less lazy, but instead we watched four movies. heehee. :)

Monday morning Dallas and I got up early and I went to physical therapy while Dallas picked up the elliptical, and the girls were still sleeping when we got back! We were going to go horse back riding with a lady from our ward, but her son broke his leg that morning, so that was out...instead we went to a matinee of I Am Legend. Good movie. Strange, but good. Will Smith is HOT! We then drove to the Woodburn Outlets to shop, not realizing they closed at 6 and we got there at 5...So....we just randomly roamed around Target, Fred Meyer and Papa John's before we came home to play games till 2008! I got my butt kicked at Phase 10. It's amazing how fun it is when I'm winning and how absolutely painful it is when I'm losing. Especially playing with two more COMPETITIVE SIMMONS girls. We had a good time though. In Newberg everyone shoots off fireworks on New Years. It was Sawwweeeet! We went outside thinking we were cool with a bunch of little poppers and snap guns, and our neighbors blew us away with their REAL fireworks...the bigs ones they use on the 4th of July...it was awesome!



I know. Random. This is the only picture we took on Monday. The girls thought this Smart Car was awesome, so they took a picture and this lady thought we were crazy! Duh! Everyone knows that.



Just kidding, I forgot about this picture. So we took TWO pictures on Monday. Actually we took several of the same scene, but these were the best ones. This is the couch I want. I just have to figure out how to make the corner wall in my living room longer or the couch shorter so that it fits like it's supposed to. :)

Tuesday morning we woke up and went to Lincoln City on the coast. We lasted for approximately 10 minutes on the beach. FREEEEZING, but beautiful. We obviously lasted long enough to get some cute pictures.







So as we are walking back to the car, Brie spots this glass ball. When we got in the car, we noticed it has an official number for you to call and register it. Apparently some organization hides these on the beach and when you find them, there's a "Finders Keepers" sticker on it and you register it as an official keepsake of Lincoln City. Cute idea, eh? Brie didn't want it to break traveling back to Cali, so she left it with us.



Brooke had this great idea. Let's grab the most random things we can find in Old Navy, put them on in the dressing room and take pictures. My first thought was, "C'mon, seriously? Lame!!" Then I remembered doing the exact same thing with Jill Hacker way back when, only at Target...lol. Craziness.



Yay for little sisters. Well, not so little anymore, but it's fun to have them come and hang out. I can't believe Brooke's 12 and Brie's 13. Time flies way too fast!

So, here's the big finale. I decided to make some soup for dinner for everyone at like 9pm Tuesday night...
Because my manicure had already started peeling off, the girls and I repainted our nails while we watched watched Balls of Fury with Dallas. So...because my nails were wet, I was trying not to mess them up, opening my can of Progresso Minestrone. Well...the little self opener deal kinked the lid instead of allowing me to pull it off in a nice easy motion. When it folded, my right middle finger got in the way. It was weird because it felt like I smashed my finger in a drawer really hard, so I didn't look at it. Then....the STING!!! I kept saying out loud, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt. I'm good. No big deal, no worries." Yeah, that doesn't help. After "discussing" with Dallas for like 15 minutes, HE won and we went to the ER to see if I needed stitches. I felt lame. Who cuts their finger on a can of soup like that? I mean really?




So here are pictures of my finger about an hour after the bleeding had "stopped." I figured I'd just need a good ole butterfly bandaid and I'd be good, but the doctor gave me four shots and 3 stitches. The best part was that he stiched the last stitch through the crease of my finger (which I personally think was on accident) and said, "Now, there's a stitch in the crease of your finger, so don't straighten if for 10 days, till you come back to get the stitches out). OK...no problem. I really thought it wouldn't be a big deal. You don't realize how often you need to straighten your middle finger. (Hey now. I know what you're thinking. I don't straighten it for that purpose!)
Really, in writing this, it's just fun to be dramatic. It really isn't a big deal. At least it wasn't my left hand...I can still write, I have all my fingers and I am almost 100% functional.....so here's the finished product...



Besides the resemblance to a sausage link, I think it it looks pretty good, don't you?
HAPPY 2008 EVERYONE!! Let us know how you are! We miss and love you all!

"Mehwy Chwismas!"---Aidan Simmons

I hope everyone had a GREAT Christmas like we did!!! Dallas and I met my parents and sisters in Utah to spend Christmas with Dustin, Rachelle, Aidan and new Baby Matty! It was one of my most favorite Christmases so far. We even got to talk to Heath in Argentina for a couple of hours on Christmas day, which was the best part of it all. Brian and Lindsey were generous enough to let us stay in their AWESOME house in Lehi while we were there, and we had some great fun watching a bunch of clean flicks movies with their 92 in screen and rocking out on their Wii Guitar Hero. See below for videos of mom and dad rockin out. LOL. But, first of all, here are pictures of Christmas with the fam.

We definitely had a WHITE CHRISTMAS. I do miss SEEING the snow. However I do not miss BEING in it one bit!!




Christmas morning...Matty was obviously the best part (besides Aidan calling us at 7am saying, "Mehwy Chwismas!!" We were in close quarters, but it made Christmas morning that much more fun.



Aidan has some impressive sign language skills. This is his official sign for "COLD".



Salsa was cold, so we bought her a coat. :)

Salsa is the best dog ever. We keep trying to convince my parents that they want to give her to us. She came along for the festivities and entertained us well. The next picture is of Dallas opening up his sweet Stephen Colbert book from Dustin and Rachelle (and Heath:)

Dad scored with presents this year and Brookie is a natural with Babies. Aidan evidently likes to help with dishes and I'm sure he showed Brie how to wash them correctly.



"Bwie Gramma and Bwook Gampa" (aka my parents) got Aidan a fun digging tractor for Christmas, he spent forever just moving it around and was satisfied without even having to dig anything up.



I posted the one on the left for purely selfish reasons because Aidan says, "Where's Ashwey and Dawas?" at the very end, and it's the best! (Prior to that, he is singing, "Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman....but he kind of trails off as he sees his new bike from Santa and says "I wanna ride on dis"). As for the one on the right, the Simmons family corrupted Aidan while we were there. Although he picked up, "Dang it!" from his Daddy Dustin before we arrived, once he said it in front of everyone, we couldn't stop laughing, which was no help to his mom in trying to train him correctly. So this is of Brie corrupting him and encouraging him to say "Dang it!" so we could get it on video...it was hysterical! Hopefully Rachelle can repair the damage quickly. :)



Here's Papa Bear with little Matty. I think we've got pictures like this with every kid/grankid. My dad's the best.
The girls like to take pictures now, so posing is very important. I secretly ruined this one on purpose, but it was fun! :)



ROCK ON!!!!! I lUUUUUV IIIIITT!!
Dad's facial expressions beat mom's by far, but the video of mom rocking out takes the cake. Sorry it's sideways, I'm too impatient to figure out how to rotate it correctly.

Ashley sent this email to me, and said we should post it for everyone. She says that she is the epitome of the "why?" question in life :)

Why, Why, Why?

Do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?

Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough money?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, 'It's all right?' Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, 'That hurt, you stupid idiot?'

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

And my FAVORITE......

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.