Bobblehead Stella

A Plethora of Images

New dress, new headband. Headband is now lost. It hasn't shown up in her diaper.


Stella put the yellow one on herself, so I added the rest. Look closely: there are two bottom front teeth.


The most perfect bunch of grapes I've ever seen. Nature did it, I promise. Paint a picture before I eat them.

Our Alma Mater

Here we are enjoying the exterior of the new alumni building at BYU. I bet it's quite nice inside, but we didn't get to see it. Don't make the mistake of going on a Saturday.

"Gimme that. You don't know what you're doing."

Not a Fan of Uncle Sam

I forgot to mention Stella's short-lived love of parades. On the Fourth of July, she went from this

to this

in about fifteen minutes.

The Upstills in 2-D

We've been Simpsonized!

A World Without Dr. Dorian

The TV show Scrubs announced they are moving to ABC and are going to do at least one more season. Zach Braff confirmed this on his blog but said this would be his final season. The producer of Scrubs and ABC said they may continue the show without the main star. To that I say WHAT?! No offense to the other actors, but Zach is what makes that show; he gives the show its mojo. If they continue on with this plan, it will be like


the Simpsons if Homer left or
Curious George books without a curious little monkey or
a movie that Samuel L. Jackson doesn't curse in or
a Where's Waldo book without Waldo or
the Hobbit movie without Peter Jackson being involved or
a Many Faces of Stella post without Stella.

It just wouldn't work.

That's $38 I'll Never See Again

My friend Nikki says that some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue. And some days you're the statue on eBay. In May, I bid on and won a birthday present for Kincade. (I can't say what it is because I'm still planning on buying it for him.) I waited for the package to come in the mail. And waited. And waited. It never came. The seller e-mailed me a few excuses over the weeks and then finally stopped responding to me at all. I got fed up and opened a dispute with PayPal. Today, I found out that although PayPal decided in my favor, they were "unable to recover any funds from the seller's account."

If you think what eBay member Kimberly Boone did is lame, go ahead and let her know at jbkb53@yahoo.com.

The Many Faces of Stella Upstill Part III

Shocked

Mischievous

Goofy

Chillin'

Tickle Me Stella

An Ugly Tradition

As a lifelong Jazz fan, I would like to welcome Kosta Koufas to the Jazz family of big, non-attractive, white centers.

First came the 7'4" former grease monkey giant, Mark Eaton, who may be the best looking of the bunch.

Mark's heir-apparent is a really big boy from Kansas named Greg Ostertag. Looks are deceiving in this case; in the middle of his NBA career, Greg gave his sister one of his kidneys.


Greg's backup for a couple years was Jeff Foster, his nose, and his lack of talent.


The Jazz now go overseas looking for big, non-attractive white guys. They found Mehmet Okur in Turkey. (Turkey must not have a lot of attractive males because this guy married a former Miss Turkey.)

Once again, welcome to the family, Kosta.

The Child Within

We took Stella to a water fountain in St. George, but I think Paige enjoyed it more.

Almost the Best of Both Worlds

The next time you travel in a plane, be sure to strike up a convo with the people near you. If you do, you might find out that you're sitting next to someone who works in concert promotion and books shows for Aerosmith, Miley Cyrus, and American Idol, among others. He could ask for your business card and call you a few days later to offer free tickets to a concert, such as Stadium of Fire. At least, that's what happened to my dad. Thanks to him and concert promotion guy, we spent July 4 at the LaVell Edwards Stadium, where...

we felt patriotic

and watched a group of blue men

and screamed along with other twelve-year-old girls.

5 Highlights from Our Southwest Vacation

1) We went to my cousin's wedding in Mesa, Arizona. One of us was a bridesmaid.


2) Here is the wedding videographer who looked just like Kincade's dad, Rich. Finding him was definitely the best part of the trip.


3) Uncle Russ's cat was afraid of Stella; this is the closest he dared to venture.


4) We waded in the manmade creek next to the St. George, Utah, tabernacle. Two inches of water can surprisingly be tons of fun.

5) Tuacahn's outdoor amphitheater in St. George is one of my favorite places to see musicals. We saw The Sound of Music and Les Miserables, which were both awesome. Marius and Eponine, shown below, were pretty hot. Good looking, I mean...although they were probably a little sweaty too.

Throne Among Thrones

Do you think the toilets in heaven are like this?