Family Poll

I've started a new poll, so that all of the family can vote for whether they think it will be a boy or a girl. The poll is scheduled to end the day of my appointment when I will find out! So get your votes in while you can, and no cheating...........

Baby Lola!

Well, Twinkie, here is a picture of baby Lola! I'm glad you and I are both on the same page, routing for a girl......I still have about 6 weeks before I find out what I'm having. But yeah, I'm 14 weeks along! Hooray!!

Our Dad, the Geeky Paleontologist

Well, guys.....having a totally geeky dad is starting to totally pay off! Congratulations Dad on graduating from a lowly Assistant Professor to an all-worshipped Associate Professor!!!!! That is so exciting! Now you can be as mean to your students as you want and they can't do a thing about it........its every Professors dream. I figured dad would not want to brag about the fascinating resesarch he is doing, so I will do it for him.....

As you all know, he has been involved in some pretty exciting research recently. There is an article on the discovery channel website that outlines his recent publication on flesh and bone eating insects that feed on dinosaur bones! I find it to be quite fascinating. And although we kids used to complain incessently about having to spend our family trips out in the hot desert quarries of Utah digging up dinosaur bones, instead of a normal family vacation to Disneyland, I must say, we are all very proud of our geeky dad! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You can find the article here: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/05/08/dino-flesh-bug.html

P.S. Dad, I attempted to pick a photo of a Camptosaurus from the internet....but I know how displeased you will be if it is not anatomically correct, so if the dinosaur is depicted all wrong, let me know and I will find another...........!

More of Sarah's Idiotic Moments

Well, here are a few conversations that went down yesterday at work:
Lunch Conversation

Coworker: I think Sarah would make a really good cat burglar
Me: Maybe, but what would I do with all the cats?
Coworkers: (laughter erupts..........)
Me: Really, though guys. I don't like cats all that much.
Coworker: Are you being serious?
Me: Yeah, I really don't like cats.

Later in the day.......

Me: Hey guys, come check this out. Some lady wrote on her mail slip that her address is Puerto Rico, USA. What was she thinking? Isn't that hilarious?
Coworker: umm...........not really. Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States.
Me: huh? Then why isn't Puerto Rico in the "State Song"......"ALA.....bama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado......." (I proceeded to go through the song through the P's....)
Coworker: speechless

Don't worry guys, I still have my job. And Jason made me vow last night that I would try really hard to restore the integrity of our family name.

sorry mom this is the most recent picture as of two minutes ago

This is the most recent Britt Family Picture. It was taken in December 2006. As you can see we are missing one great son-in-law, Jackson. He married Celeste August 2007. Our family has grown and continues to change each year.

Crystal (bottom row, third from the left) is currently living in New York with her Aunt Jeanne and Uncle Dan and cousins, Danielle, Nick and Nate. She has been there since September 2007. She is working for Pearson Publishing in New Jersey. She appreciates this opportunity and has had some fun times with her extended family.

Celeste (bottom, second from left) and Jackson live in Logan, Utah. Jackson is a student and works in his fathers' law firm. Celeste continues to work at Miller Beef. They just recently went through an apartment fire. What a mess and an inconvenience. Thank goodness they had renter's insurance. Jackson is now the Utah State Student Body Vice-President. Hurray for the Aggies! Sarah and Jason (top right)are in Columbus, Ohio. He is finishing his second year of dental school. Sarah works for Ohio State in the pathology department and teaches aerobics in the evening. They have their own blog at jasonandsarahnelson.blogspot.com. They are so much fun and have so much going on. We really miss them. Bonnie (top left) works for Ken Garff Nissan, a car dealership. She is doing great. She is planning on moving to New York this April. She will be working with her cousin Danielle and living with her sister. She has an account on FaceBook where she posts some of her crazy adventures and pictures of friends and family. Ben (bottom right) has changed the most. He is 5'10" and a sophomore in high school. He is driving and loves the guitar and begrudgingly continued his piano lessons. He is a remarkable young man.
Ariel (bottom left) is 13 and in 7th grade this year. She continues to play the piano and loves to dance and sing. She is the most sought after babysitter in our ward, and is making some great money. She is a great example for everyone. This picture is of just the kids. I love how happy they all are.
The bottom picture includes our dogs. Crystal has Kyla. She is the cutest pooch ever. I call her my grand-dogger, even though technically they all are, Kyla has won my heart.

Ellie is Ben's dog. He has had him for 2 1/2 years. He is really smart and well-trained. He is an indoor dog only because he jumps all of our fences and loves to run. We have not found anything to keep him in.

Jonesy is Bonnie's dog from Grand Junction. He is getting old and grey, but a great dog, nonetheless. Well, that is a brief introduction. We also have a cutie-pie, Jazzy-Fay that lives with us. I will post her picture next blog.

Funny Story

I had a bit of an embarassing experience at work on friday. So, I came out of the bathroom and you guys all know that sometimes it takes me a while.......and one of my friends at work asked me what took me so long. Without really thinking, I said "I'm just an anal wiper......" Everybody started laughing so hard, and it took me a while to realize what I had said. So then I tried to correct myself and dug myself into a deeper hole....."I mean, everyone is an anal wiper.....but I am anal about wiping.....you get what I'm saying...right?" This is yet another embarassing moment I will never live down. Notice I decided to pollute our family blog with this story rather than my own. I figure I've said enough about my "issues" on my other blog......

Our First Post

Well guys, here it is. The moment you've been waiting for! Our very own Britt Family Blog!!! It is going to be great. Remember when we wanted to paint the words "Britt Family Expedition" on the cheeselog? That is the inspiration for our blog title. All of us can post pictures, or comments about things going on in our lives. It will be a great way to keep in touch, and I promise, blogging can be contagious. Of course, I added my own blog site to our list of friends, and we can keep adding as we make more blog friends. Oh, and sorry Dad, I couldn't find any plain black backgrounds. I thought you might like this background with the earthy tones, hopefully it will remind you of being out in the quarry digging up those dino bones! Let me know what you guys think!