we make lemonade out of limes.

here's how we celebrated st. patrick's day:

1. unloading the dishwasher and steaming up

taylor o.'s hipster glasses. 

2. drinking green jamba juices that look really 

gross in this picture. #instagramproblems

3. making this rainbow cake:

here's the thing with this cake.

it was disastrous. 

we were just about to hang up our aprons

and motherly qualities for good,

but then we decided to just cover the thing

in really sticky cream cheese frosting.

why run from your problems

when you can just hide from them?

or in this case, hide the problem itself. 

turns out, everything turned out alright.

after a very intensified effort,

we found something green to wear,

ate a little end-of-the-rainbow cake,

and saw a pretty weird movie.

call it, "a day of luck."

or don't. your choice.

walking through the forest.

hello all.
we're still in jerusalem.

we just got back from a week in jordan,
and it was a really neat experience.
the jordanian people are some of the nicest,
if not the nicest, that we've encountered
here in our travels around the middle east.
amman, the jordanian capitol,
is large, clean, and has a hoppin' night life.
wednesday night, we had the opportunity
to enjoy a little dining american-style,
and enjoyed some live music.
lots of creed, hinder, and nickelback covers.
and the surrounding locals loved to hear
about our non-smoking/non-drinking ways.
they were happy to hear that as muslims,
the weren't the only ones.

we also ran into out friend from high school.
what the?
what are the chances?
well, the chances don't really matter,
because what happened, happened.
and it happened.

we've got some finals and essays and
field trips over the next couple weeks,
and then we head out to galilee for 2 weeks.
and.....we only have 47 days to go.
what the?!

even though israel doesn't really celebrate
the cool american holidays, like halloween,
thanksgiving, and christmas,
you don't have to worry about us.
obviously we'll be taking matters into our
own hands.
except, we don't really like halloween,
and probably won't do anything about that one.
except maybe eat.
so, basically, nothing different from
any other day.

but we've heard some rumors about a mean
thanksgiving feast that mahmud is cookin' up
for us american losers.
maybe even with freshly-caught turkey.
and...cranberry sauce?
we'll keep you posted.

'tis the season.
(you know how we are
about the season.)

---taylor & taylor.

true to your heart.

happy father's day.

also, is this backwards?

"okay" is usually on the left, right? (ha, pun).

no, but seriously. is this some slight,

but distinct and important,

difference between macs and PCs

that we've just never noticed?

call us crazy, but it would seem we've been

compoogled.

compoogled: like, a mix of "computer" and "fooled"

and..."google" ?

whatever. it sounded better off paper.

or, off the computer screen.

now we're just rambling.

bye.

the lucky one.

photos of the week:



taylor b. was in the library late friday night

studying for her last final with karissa urry.

no one else was.



in other news, we're sure y'all heard about the provo tabernacle.

you've probably seen this picture too.

it is a true christmas miracle. amazing.


anyway.

we're home for the holidays.

it was a long finals week.

time for books and movies and treats.

and lights and music and naps.

it's the most wonderful time of the year.



now we're just dreaming of a white christmas.

---taylor & taylor.

deep like the grandest canyon.

guys. thanksgiving break is all but here.

1. our pre-thanksgiving is feast tomorrow.

since the french don't celebrate thanksgiving,

we decided to send taylor o. out with a bang.

grocery shopping for the feast was a bit of a mess tonight,

but grocery shopping is always a bit of a mess for us.

2. no school. for almost a week.

3. reading. traveling. working. relaxing. eating.

happiness.

4. it snowed today.

it's snowing right now.

we heard the city got dumped on.

provo is a little behind,

but what else is new?

but guys. it snowed today.

it really did.

and we had a snowball fight.

and we loved it.

it's going to be a good holiday season.

it won't be quite the same with out these guys,

but it will be great nonetheless.

we love that---taylor & taylor

and months to go before i sleep.

hi everybody.

quick game:

"on this day in 2009"

on 13 november 2009,
we snapped this photo:



it's called, "yellow truck at gas station."
cool right?
wrong. so, so uncool.
quite possibly the most uncool picture ever taken,
which is saying something,
because i'll bet there are a lot
of uncool pictures out there.

we didn't post this picture to
to point out how lame we are, though.
it's to show you how far we've come.
every picture has a point,
and this one is no exception.

..
..
..

anyway.
it's the weekend again.
doesn't it seem like the weekend was just a week ago?
yeah. to us too.

but really, time is going by quickly.
it's already the 13th of november 2010.
exactly 10 months ago, our friend ben left on his mission.
and in pretty much 6 months,
our brother and friend, thatcher, comes home.
and there is 1 month of school left.

on that note...
we've already filled our holiday schedules.
one of the scheduled activities will
clearly be remaking our
"baby, it's cold outside" music video.
that's obviously a christmas tradition.
we've also been compiling our christmas-break
reading lists; they're coming along nicely.

taylor b. is ever close to her vegetarian goal,
which means thanksgiving is fast approaching,
which means: PARIS.
that's where tay o. will be enjoying the holiday.
yes, yes. she knows.
the french don't celebrate thanksgiving.
so what? they don't make the rules.

speaking of rules,
it's about the time of year that we make more of them.
every once in a while,
we catch ourselves doing things that
should be against the rules.
but you know what they say,
"you break it, you buy it."

that should be a new rule.
it's a good one.

well, that's all for now.
much love and peace and joy
and rainbows and smiley faces
and unicorns and kittens,

---taylor & taylor.

you can laugh if you want.

yesterday was National Running Day.
wanna know how we celebrated?
not by running, if that's what you were thinking.
you may have not noticed, but taylor o. had a little oopsie daisy..
(see previous post).
taylor b. has a small demon living inside of her IT band.
it lives!

on the bright side,
yesterday was also "Yell 'Fudge!' At the Cobras in North America" day.
to be honest, we were stumped on how to celebrate that one.
but we did have some choice memories with some choice pals.

taylor o. sang in her first college concert yesterday!
yipeeee.
she did gahrate.

also, we decided to change the blog around.
it's summer now, after all.


"wanna go and meet a random?" ---taylor o.
"do i look like i want to go and meet a random right now?" ---taylor b.

we love that---taylor & taylor.

we could make a cake easily.

tomorrow = two, ten, twenty, ten.
or 2/10/2010.
or febuary 10th, 2010.
or 10-02-2010.
or febuary tenth, of the year two-thousand and ten.
or febuary the tenth, in the two-thousand and tenth year of our lord.

anywho,
we're celebrating.
with whom you might ask?
just ourselves.
maybe karissa if she comes over to work on economics.
but it's a celebration, nonetheless.
with lot's of homework,
and lot's of, yes, you guessed it:
cookies.

in a sense, tomorrow shouldn't really be
different from any other day.
but we don't like to look at it that way.
after all, we need all the holidays we can get.

plus, who doesn't love a holiday with numbers and food?
it's like the more mature version of PI DAY,
because it doesn't actually have to do with math.

"vanilla?" ---taylor b.
"uhhh. no. twist." ---karissa urry.

we just love that---taylor & taylor.