A New Post, But Quick-like!

I am sad that I haven't posted in a while, so I am updating. It has been nuts around here, but in a good way! My whole family came up for Christmas, which was fun, and will get some more attention later. My Mom and brother Preston are still here. Preston is moving to Provo, and we are so happy about it! My mom is just staying until Jan 9th, to help out me and Preston get settled in our new roles.
I also got to see my aunt Emily for an afternoon, which was so much fun! She is pregnant with twins, and is getting so big! She also took some pictures of Finn, which I cannot wait to see! (And Emily, if you are reading this, I also want all the bad photos. And you don't have to edit them.)
And to end, some new pictures of Finn. He is getting much more chunky, which is weird, but also fun. It's strange to think that he is still smaller than most people's babies when they are born. I can't imagine having to give birth to a baby that big! But I guess I will get a chance to later. Hopefully not.
Grandpa and Finn taking a snooze together!
Grandma and Finn. She is loving this!
Daddy and Finn. Finn loves to sprawl out. How he can sleep like that, I have no idea.
Mommy and Finn. This has to be one of my favorites. He was sleeping with his hand up like that.
Finn is getting a little chunkier, huh? And he looks so much like his dad!
I love this picture of Finn! He is such a sweetheart! He has a huge mouth, huh? I think he might get it from his mom. Poor guy! :)

Dillon Eye vs Amanda Eye

So, you all know that I have this strange fascination with taking photos of my eyes. Well, I was doing some self-portraits of my most lovely (or close to it) feature while Dillon was here, and he wanted to join in. And we found out something very interesting- nay- HILARIOUS! Now, keep in mind, this was pretty late and we had all been suffering from sleep deprivation due to too much partying...
This is my normal eye. Okay, I know it's looking not-at-the-camera, but it is normal in every other sense of the word.
Dillon's first eye photo. I was like- Dillon! What the crap have you got your eye mostly shut for?
This is the second one. I am beginning to think maybe that's just how his eye IS...
This is his eye opened as wide as he can possibly get it. Wait a second- this still looks a little droopy to me. Let's see how I do...
(Okay- this is still just a slightly opened eye. I just raised my eyebrows a bit). How can we possibly be related?
This is Dillon pulling his eye all the way open. I am pretty sure my droopy eye is more open than this...
Dillon's eyelid inside out.
Dillon's eyelid inside out again....


And this is a video I took of him showing his normal eye and then him opening his eye up as wide as he can. So great! And weird... Everyone does know that I'm weird, right?

Dillon, Jason, and I at Trafalga!!

Dillon, Jason, and I decided to make a trip to Trafalga, since they have an amazing deal. Seriously- it's amazing. Trafalga is like a miniature golf, arcade, go kart, batting cages, all-around family fun center in Orem. We started out with miniature golf indoors, on a cool black light course. It's the best course there, but always pretty crowded. I did remember to take photos- yay! Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures for the rest of it. Oh well. Also, these photos are kindof blurry since I didn't want to ruin the cool black light effect with a flash. After that, we did another round of golf outside. Then we got some Dippin' Dots.
Then we did the arcade, and Lady Luck was definitely in residence! It started with me. I was playing Deal or No Deal (which is basically like the TV show). You can win minimum 1 ticket and maximum 400 tickets. And they let you see which briefcase has the 400 tickets and then shuffle it around. At first you think this is great, but I promise, it's impossible to follow. I must admit, I am pretty horrible at it. I tend to just want to play it out until the bitter end. For example- last time I played two games, and only won 11 tickets. Sadness. But this time, I won 40 my first game, and then, AMAZINGLY, I got 400!! I totally picked the right briefcase! Wah-hoo! Jackpot for Amanda! So I run off to the boys to brag, and lo-and-behold, Dillon hits his jackpot!! It was a wheel of fortune game where you try to stop the light on the free spin and then hope for 500 tickets. And he got it! And then immediately after, he got two 300 spins in a row! Holy Cow! And THEN, Jason got HIS jackpot! It was insane! He was doing a light stopping kind, and he wasn't even paying attention, and whammo! 568 tickets! Yeah- the guy had to come replace tickets on all of our machines. So we ended up with a grand total of 4, 300 or so tickets. It was awesome! Jason and Dillon got lots of stink bombs that they took on a scout campout. Apparently, it was way worth it just to see the looks on the guys' faces!

The Joys of Dillon

So, one of the things that I love best for when Dillon comes to visit, is all the free music. He is a bit of a music guru, and he LOVES to introduce people to new stuff. And, lucky, lucky me, I get tons of mew music every time he comes to visit. Last year, I got 27 new cds. No joke. 27. And I still haven't listened to some of them all the way through. This year was not quite as fruitful, but here's the list of goods (in alphabetical order with Artist first):

The Almost- Southern Weather
Anberlin- Blueprints for the Black Market
Anberlin- New Surrender
Blue October- Foiled
Death Cab for Cutie- Narrow Stairs
Death Cab for Cutie- Transatlanticism
Eve 6- It's All in Your Head
Ill Scarlet- EPdemic
Metro Station- Metro Station
Owl City- Maybe I'm Dreaming
Owl City- Of June
Paramore- Riot
Plain White Ts- Big Bad World
Relient K- Two Lefts Don't Make a Right But Three Do
Secondhand Serenade- A Twist in My Story
Shinedown- The Sound of Madness
Sugar Ray- The Best of Sugar Ray
Sugarcult- Lights Out
Three Days Grace- One-X
Three Days Grace- Three Days Grace
Unwritten Law- Here's To the Morning
Unwritten Law- The Hit List
Weezer- The Red Album

So, this year I only got 23 albums. Plus some random songs. So, yeah. Aren't you jealous? Oh- And he gave me like 90 new Apps for my iPod Touch. Yeah. It's awesome. (Oh- the photo is him explaining to Jason why the Bronco doesn't work from the manual.)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Slash Dillon

Dillon is in town, visiting for his Spring Break. I think my parents are frustrated with him. I think this is either the 2nd or 3rd year in a row he has come to visit me for Spring Break. My parents try to bribe him with all these amazing vacations that they can all go on, but Dillon would rather visit me. Oh yeah- it does make me feel really good. Even though I am sure he likes Jason better. Who wouldn't? Jason takes him bowfishing and shooting and all sorts of cool guy stuff. And me- I take him to the grocery store. Yeah. I would like Jason better too. I thought I would post a few pictures of Dillon, so that you all can be jealous that my brother (17 years old) would rather hang out with me than take a tour of the east coast or go to California. Yeah.
Dillon when I was in High School. I am guessing maybe 8-10 years old.
This is from last Spring Break when we went to the lava tubes. It's a cool place.
This is Dillon harassing my cat. One of his favorite pastimes.