Friday, November 16, 2007

"An Adam & Cheri Moment"

This past Sunday we went to my parentals for some good old fashioned Sunday Dinner which is always enjoyable as it is usually the only time Ad and I get to see the fam :) As we walked in the following converstaion insued:

Me: Hey Shellster! How have you been?
Shelli: Ugh, its been a rough week...
Me: Did smoke come out of your stearing wheel?
Shelli: (now laughing) What! SMOKE came out of your stearing wheel!(now...the whole family is laughing)
Me: Yes...little puffs of white smoke coming right out of the stearing wheel. Now what happened to you?
Shelli: Let's just say that we had an 'Adam and Cheri Moment'
Me: OH dear what happened!?

Shelli then proceeded to tell me that they had some random and expensive misgivings that week totalling $1100. After hearing Shelli's sad tale, I couldn't decide which was more sad...her week or the fact that unfortunate events have now been labeled "Adam and Cheri Moments". To be sure we have had our share of 'moments' and thought hey for laughs we'd share some of them with you (notice how pretty much all of them are about our cars!):

1) OUR ultimate Adam and Cheri moment to date was our near death experience with Cottonwood Towing. Our radiator inconveniently went out on our way to go camping and so we used our good old AAA to be towed down the mountain. We waited for over two hours for the tow truck...which apparently could only go 12 mph up hill. When the tow truck arrived it had smoke coming out of it and the aroma of burning clutch filled the air. We had to wait for 30 minutes to cool off the tow truck!!! Anywho...so when we went to load on the blazer, it was bigger than the tow truck and the front wheels of the tow truck began to lift off the ground...we somehow got it loaded...but it was a TIGHT fit. Our adventures sadly didn't end there...The seatbelts didn't work and as we came down the canyon, the driver informed us that the emergency brake wasn't working... As we came out of the canyon and onto a busy road that leads to the freeway entrance the driver informs us that the breaks are completely out and we are heading for the red-lighted intersection and the tow truck doesn't have a horn!!! By a pure miracle we zoomed through the intersections barely missed cars and running into a fence! Due to all of the swerving through traffic and onto grassy knolls, we came to a stop. After the freaking out stopped, we had to unload the blazer, and wait for 2 tow trucks. One for the tow truck and one for the blazer. I am still bitter if you can't tell!!! I know our Heavenly Father was looking out for us--when I think back on it I am amazed that we made it through alive!

2) Our latest experience of smoke coming out of our stearing wheel.

3) The ever constant clicking nose that should only happen when your turning signal is on, has for the past year, been a constant fixture of background noise...

4) On a hot August day as Adam and I were leaving my parents home we heard a crackeling and popping noise. We looked around and couldn't figure out what it was until we both turned around and saw our side-rear/back window spontaneously combust! Shattered class...fabulous eh?

5) 4 weeks ago as I was sitting in the kitchen doing some homework when I saw a little puff of white smoke...I looked around trying to remember if I had lit a candle and turned back to look at our dishwasher that had smoke billowing out of it! Talk about random...needless to say our 40 year old dishwasher died.

6-10) In less than a year Adam and I used up not only my AAA tows (4) for the year but my parents as well! Luckily they gave Adam a membership that restocked us for the rest of the year.

"Adam and Cheri Moment"
Use: (adj.)
Definition: An unfortunate event resulting in untimely LARGE expenses, possible bodily harm, and spontaneous combustion of any type of mechanism...car, dishwasher, etc.

Stay tuned for more Adam and Cheri Moments to come...

Friday, November 9, 2007

Catching Up :)

Dang we look in Spandex!!!

Hello to all :) I thought that I would give everyone some updates on Adam and I starting with the month of October! First, our friends The Martins hosted a Halloween ShinDig and so Adam and I gathered up some INCREDIBLE Costumes! (Adam really loved the full body spandex with built in muscles! Needless to say I owe him one!) The party was tons of fun filled with delish soup in bread bowls, frothing drinks, a costume contest, and a most adventuresome scavenger hunt! It was truly good times!

The next event was the WitCHes NiGht OUT! For those of you not from Salt Lake, each year Gardner Village (a shopping place with rustic/shabby chic shops) hosts an event called "Witches Night Out" and almost everyone goes dressed up in their most ellaborate witch costumes to shop, walk around, eat scrumptious homemade goodies and dance etc... Well one of the funnest things is that the entire place is decorated with these awesome Witches, my mother and my sisters go each year but unfortunately I have never gotten to go till now! Here are some of the pics:

The Pump Shack:Me and the little Ma :)
"Witch Way???"

Our Little Witches Group: (My sister Shelli and some of my neices :)
****The following Saturday Adam and I went to Kelly & Bryant's (my friend from Vienna) wedding reception at Millcreek Inn :) She looked so amazing and it was so much fun to go and see some of my fellow Vienna friends :) I think October was the record for getting together :) We went to dinner earlier in the month as well! Such good times :) I miss them all!!!

Me and the Gorgeous Bride:

Im sure your all wondering how much more I could say!!! LOL well I do have more :) Last week we went to my newest neice's baby blessing! I am so excited for my cute sister Cindy and her hubbie! I can't get over how adorable little Bella is!

Dont you agree!!! ?


Well I feel as if that is plenty for now!!! Love you all and miss you all!