From James, Patrice, Baby, and Diesel the pouting reindeer
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Happy Halloween!
After great thought, and a lot of practice, Patretus finally mastered her Halloween pose (since it wouldn't be quite right to call it a costume at this point).
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Baby Skeletor.
Isn't she scary?
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Baby Skeletor.
Isn't she scary?
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Rounded to the nearest tenth Top Ten.
It's been a while. In fact, it's been FOREVER! Needless to say, it was time to update the world on what was going on with Team Gordon. So here it is... drumroll please. We've decided to throw together a Top 9 Events of the last 7 months. I mean, round numbers like 10 are so overused. . . and frankly, overrated, and this certainly has nothing to do with the fact that no matter how hard we tried, we could not come up with one more thing to make it an even ten. Nine is so close to ten anyway, so who's even counting?!
In any case, enjoy.
9. The Move: On Febraury 9th, 2011 we decided to pack up all our things and get out of the snow of Utah and into the sun! We moved to AZ where I was able to live it up on the golf course, running old men for all they're worth, which was less lucrative then simply collective. Turns out a long drive in AZ wins you a pair of dentures. Though you wouldn't believe what those are worth on the black market down here...
Diesel took the move pretty hard, and just seems to be hating life. :)
8. Les Miserables: Patrice's mom surprised us with some tickets to see Les Mis in June. No pics to share from this one, but it was INCREDIBLE! Though evidently they don't think kindly of crowd members standing up and singing along... What can I say? The beating of my heart echoed the beating of the drum!
7. San Diego: The entire Erb clan took a vacation to San Diego in June and had a blast! Most of the time was spent hanging out on the beach playing whiffle ball, paddleball, and volleyball. We also went to Sea World, and FYI sitting in the Soak Section isn't nearly as fun as it used to be as a kid, though it was the perfect cover-up after wetting myself with excitement during the dolphin show.
6. Grand Canyon: My brother Joe and his family were moving from Texas to Sacramento so we met them in Flagstaff and made a trip to The Big Ditch. It was a first for me, and it was an unbelievable experience. Joe and I decided to get adventurous and go beyond the railing, though you couldn't pay enough to go that close to the edge. As you can tell, I can see the view just fine from 20 feet back.
5. Coaches Gordon: Patrice got hired as a JV volleyball coach at her Alma Mater, Ironwood High School. I also started coaching JV football at Valley Vista High School (Go Monsoon!). It makes for some pretty long days for both of us, but we are both loving it! Coaches Gordon have thus far amassed a combined 8-3 (.727) record, which begs the question: where would these teams be without us? No answers please. :)
4. Un Nouveau Prof de Francais: After applying for tons of jobs in AZ, I finally was able to land one! That's right, I am finally putting my PE degree and English teaching minor to work by teaching.. French? Oui. Le Francais. Valley Vista High School in Surprise, AZ decided to take a chance on a PE teacher with no experience to take over teaching French. So far it's been... interesting. It's a lot more work than I ever anticipated, but I am starting to get my feet under me. I haven't put anybody's head through a wall.. yet. Small victories!
Patrice insisted that I get my picture taken on my first day. Le nouveau prof de francais est si beau!!
3. Bandon Birthday: My dad's 60th birthday was in September and we concocted an elaborate scheme to make it his best yet. Thanks to some help from Joe's high school buddy, we were able to surprise my dad at Bandon Dunes, where we played all 4 courses over two days (no carts allowed at Bandon Dunes). Pacific Dunes is ranked as the second best course in the country by Golf Magazine, and it brought us all to our knees. My iPhone's camera could only capture a piece of how amazing the courses were, and words can't really describe what an amazing weekend it was.
2. Gold Cup 2011: It just so happened that the same weekend we went to San Diego the Gold Cup Final was in Pasadena. The prospect of Mexico vs. USA in the final was too much to pass up so we went with Patrice's brother, Todd and his wife, Kristin. The final attendance count was somewhere around 93,000 with maybe 10% of those fans cheering for the US. It looked promising when the US went up 2-0, but Mexico proved too much in the end, winning 4-2. At least, I think that was final score. We didn't stick around to the final whistle, choosing to sprint to our car instead of becoming celebratory piñatas for the 85,000 less-than-sober Mexico fans. Run for your life, gringo! :)
1. Patretus: That's not a type-o. You read it right. Patretus. For those who haven't heard, Patrice is pregnant, due mid-March 2012. We are pretty freaking pumped about it, to say the least. After some time, we decided that we couldn't really refer to it as "Baby" since it was more fetus than baby, so we decided to start calling it Patretus which may or may not stick when it's born. After all, Patretus Gordon has a ring to it...
In any case, enjoy.
9. The Move: On Febraury 9th, 2011 we decided to pack up all our things and get out of the snow of Utah and into the sun! We moved to AZ where I was able to live it up on the golf course, running old men for all they're worth, which was less lucrative then simply collective. Turns out a long drive in AZ wins you a pair of dentures. Though you wouldn't believe what those are worth on the black market down here...
Diesel took the move pretty hard, and just seems to be hating life. :)
8. Les Miserables: Patrice's mom surprised us with some tickets to see Les Mis in June. No pics to share from this one, but it was INCREDIBLE! Though evidently they don't think kindly of crowd members standing up and singing along... What can I say? The beating of my heart echoed the beating of the drum!
7. San Diego: The entire Erb clan took a vacation to San Diego in June and had a blast! Most of the time was spent hanging out on the beach playing whiffle ball, paddleball, and volleyball. We also went to Sea World, and FYI sitting in the Soak Section isn't nearly as fun as it used to be as a kid, though it was the perfect cover-up after wetting myself with excitement during the dolphin show.
6. Grand Canyon: My brother Joe and his family were moving from Texas to Sacramento so we met them in Flagstaff and made a trip to The Big Ditch. It was a first for me, and it was an unbelievable experience. Joe and I decided to get adventurous and go beyond the railing, though you couldn't pay enough to go that close to the edge. As you can tell, I can see the view just fine from 20 feet back.
5. Coaches Gordon: Patrice got hired as a JV volleyball coach at her Alma Mater, Ironwood High School. I also started coaching JV football at Valley Vista High School (Go Monsoon!). It makes for some pretty long days for both of us, but we are both loving it! Coaches Gordon have thus far amassed a combined 8-3 (.727) record, which begs the question: where would these teams be without us? No answers please. :)
4. Un Nouveau Prof de Francais: After applying for tons of jobs in AZ, I finally was able to land one! That's right, I am finally putting my PE degree and English teaching minor to work by teaching.. French? Oui. Le Francais. Valley Vista High School in Surprise, AZ decided to take a chance on a PE teacher with no experience to take over teaching French. So far it's been... interesting. It's a lot more work than I ever anticipated, but I am starting to get my feet under me. I haven't put anybody's head through a wall.. yet. Small victories!
Patrice insisted that I get my picture taken on my first day. Le nouveau prof de francais est si beau!!
3. Bandon Birthday: My dad's 60th birthday was in September and we concocted an elaborate scheme to make it his best yet. Thanks to some help from Joe's high school buddy, we were able to surprise my dad at Bandon Dunes, where we played all 4 courses over two days (no carts allowed at Bandon Dunes). Pacific Dunes is ranked as the second best course in the country by Golf Magazine, and it brought us all to our knees. My iPhone's camera could only capture a piece of how amazing the courses were, and words can't really describe what an amazing weekend it was.
2. Gold Cup 2011: It just so happened that the same weekend we went to San Diego the Gold Cup Final was in Pasadena. The prospect of Mexico vs. USA in the final was too much to pass up so we went with Patrice's brother, Todd and his wife, Kristin. The final attendance count was somewhere around 93,000 with maybe 10% of those fans cheering for the US. It looked promising when the US went up 2-0, but Mexico proved too much in the end, winning 4-2. At least, I think that was final score. We didn't stick around to the final whistle, choosing to sprint to our car instead of becoming celebratory piñatas for the 85,000 less-than-sober Mexico fans. Run for your life, gringo! :)
1. Patretus: That's not a type-o. You read it right. Patretus. For those who haven't heard, Patrice is pregnant, due mid-March 2012. We are pretty freaking pumped about it, to say the least. After some time, we decided that we couldn't really refer to it as "Baby" since it was more fetus than baby, so we decided to start calling it Patretus which may or may not stick when it's born. After all, Patretus Gordon has a ring to it...
Friday, February 4, 2011
Sitting in the airport
Right now I'm sitting in the airport waiting for a flight that was supposed to leave at 7:05. . . it's now 8:43 and it's scheduled to depart at 12:25. Pretty much I have a lot of time on my hands and no reason not to blog. I should have a lot to write about, but I just went through my pictures and found a few that are pretty cute that I meant to post but never did. Here they are.This is Diesel in his Halloween outfit. He's a bat. . . and he LOVES it (as you can see).
We went on a drive through Provo Canyon back in November and decided to get out and take a few pictures. Well, Diesel would not stop squirming around so the first picture turned out like this:
And the second one turned out like this:
He wasn't very happy after that.
James and I went to Hawaii with my parents (which was awesome, even though I never blogged about it). I laugh every time I see this picture because they were both such good sports about the flowers behind their ears (which I'm not entirely sure was even my idea in the first place). We went to the PCC, Pearl Harbor, the USS Missouri, and the North Shore. James and I also ate at Ted's Bakery (3 times in 2 days). Their chocolate haupia pie was delicious.
I've been watching a lot of old home videos lately, and I'm just going to be honest. I was the cutest little girl in the world. Seriously. Don't you think so?
Last one I promise. Diesel puts up with so much from me. I put his ears back in a ponytail and I think he looks like a samurai.
That's all I have for now. And it's only 9:15. It's going to be a long night.
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