High School- like fifty years ago!

I knew Kira would like it if I filled this out cause I always give her a hard time about them...

1. Did you date someone from your school? Two, to be exact.

2. What kind of car did you drive? 1989 BLUE Geo Metro, then a 1998 White Jeep Cherokee, and then a 1994 Red Pontiac Grand Am.

3. Did you pass your driver's license test on the first try? Yup.

4. Were you a party animal? Not really. I just liked to hang with the posse.

5. Were you considered a flirt? Uh... yeah... Voted biggest flirt of the senior class, but I didn't agree.

6. Were you in a band, orchestra or choir? Choir. We were the best!

7. Were you a nerd? I still am a big nerd.

8. Were you on any varsity teams? I was on the football team junior year, but I was more interested in girls. Also, I was a varsity track and field runner since I was a freshman. I have some state medals to prove it.

9. Did you get suspended or expelled? Those things really happen to people?

10. Can you still sing the fight song? I think our song was kind of lame, so I never learned it. I would rather just cheer. We made up our own cheers a lot.

11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mrs. Goeken, Miss J, Mr. Francis, Sheffler

12. Where did you sit during lunch? Depeneds. Usually, We went somewhere to pick up food and then we would come back and sit in the senior hall next to the Tiger tile. But senior year, I had a lot of meetings during lunch.

13. What's your school's full name? Idaho Falls High School

14. What was your mascot and colors? Tigers. Black, orange and white.

15. Did you go to homecoming? Go? I was in charge of homecoming week, and Whitney was in charge of the dance. I took one of my best friends, though, and we had a blast!

16. If you could go back and do it all again, would you? Oh yeah! High school was the bomb! I would bring my wife, Kira, back with me though, and we might have too much fun! We wouldn't get anything done.

17. What do you remember most about graduation? I remeber that Larkin and I were hangin out like the whole time!

18. Where did you go on your Senior Skip Day? I am pretty sure we had a senior trip to Lagoon.

19. Were you in any clubs? Oh yeah. I was in German club, Key Club, I was Vice President of Rinky Dink club, in Jones club, I was the homecoming co-chair. Ski club.

20. Have you gained some weight since then? Nope, I am actually a little less than I was when I graduated.

21. Who was your prom date? Well, I think I will count just the commencements. Sophomore Year- Alyssa, Junior Year- Rachael, and Senior Year- Whitney

22. Are you planning to go to your 10 year reunion? Depends of if I am in the area. I may be in school in a far away land.

23. Did you have a job while in high school? Yeah, I worked at the Idaho Falls Country Club, baby!

Kira is the Hotness!

So, along with her new job and school starting and everything, Kira and I have done a little bit of back to school shopping. This blog is devoted to her because she looks so good in all of her new clothes! I mean seriously, how could everyone not love her when she looks like this all decked out for work! I am so proud of my girl, Kira! She is amazing!

I love Kira's hair, and it is so fun when she does it all fancy schmancy! She looks stunning!

I tried to treat Kira to a fun dinner at a new place... Didn't work out. So, now i am making up for it. I love Kira! I will forever! She is the best! She is my favorite! Kira, I love you!

Congratulations to my beautiful wife, Kiry, because for our thorough Thursday this week, she obtained a job! Not so surprising because she is amazing!

I love my beautiful Wifey! Good luck at the new Job Kira, and again congratulations! You are my favorite!

Book Review - New Moon

So, I must say that my idea of the second book for the Twilight series was tainted going in. Despite that i enjoyed reading the first book, so little happened other than the constant swooning over the perfection of the male vampire body that I thought it would be difficult to read the same thing for much longer. Much to my dismay, the beginning of New Moon threatened to prove me right. Then, just when I could not take another blush or another description of racing hearts, Bella Swan's life changed forever, and the book got better. Things happened. I was so excited. I read, this time actually interested to see some action from the characters, something more than just the occasional fear of something happening. Although the fight scenes were still not up to par as far as what I was hoping for, the action kept my interest, and I found myself once again entertained. And I am actually looking forward to the third book, which my wife claims will provide me with the action that I am hoping for. I trust that it will not disappoint.

We love you Grandpa Cook!

On Thursday the 21st of August 2008, my grandpa passed away of a major heart attack after a day of driving around visiting friends around cache valley, one of his favorite activities. Kira already wrote a great blog in his honor and she found some great pictures of him. I probably will not o as well, but I really just want to show how much we will miss him.
In my entire life, I have never met a tougher, grittier man than my Grandpa Cook. He was by far the hardest worker I know, and I learned so much listening to his stories of his times in the forest service and all of the great projects that he worked on that helped to shape Cache county into what it is today. From his love of the outdoors and his time in construction and his time in the forest service, possibly no other person knew so much about the canyons and rivers and general areas around Cache Valley. However, the greatest thing I learned from him was the great love that he had for family and friends. No one could leave him without getting a sincere invitation to come back, and he was amazing with kids, even Anna who hates all men. Funny, fun, and loving, and always telling the best stories about his life... That is how I will always remember him. I will miss him very much until I see him again. He will always be loved and remembered in my home.
Holding Anna. I think nobody (girl or guy) won her over as fast as he did.

Obviously, he is telling one of his stories. His amazing experiences give great examples of how we should all try to live our lives.

He gave so much to his family, showing so much love to my Grandma and everyone else in his life.

He had an amazing memorial and funeral and is buried now in the Hyde Park cemetary with his family.

Anna playing games with my dad at the funeral. Maybe my grandpa was there helping my dad along, cause this was the best play time he has ever had with Anna.

So, tonight was FHE and Kira and I had a goal setting for the semester and Cupcake Decorating party and later we are going to watch a movie! This post is just an undate before we continue our grand night together! Anna will join after her nap, too.

We began the night with a stop at a new place we had never been. The bacon on my burger was good and the strawberry shake was ok, but the prices were high and the selection small and the food overall was mediocre. Probably not a place we will go twice.

Us in the car!
The conclusion of our tic-tac-toe with frosting on cupcakes game. Tie!

Our two plates of cupcakes... Kira's on the left and Tim's on the right.

Kira's cupcakes look way better than mine.

My cupcakes. Mostly little messages about Kira.

We got playful after the game. See my pile of frosting on the little one?

We had a blast! It was so cool! Our best FHE so far, I think! we have had so much fun lately, and it will keep on going!

Book Review - Twilight

After months of being hounded by every female in my family, I caved and broke open the cover of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series; the first book, of course. I was on my little vacation to California and found myself alone whilst the rest of my family slept in, all together in the living room. Across from me on Neal and Angie's shelf, I saw the first three books of the series, and I gave in to my boredom, picked up Twilight, and I read... and I read... and I read. I completely understand why women are so drawn to the story that Meyer has put together. She has somehow found a way to make a book enticingly descriptive and picturesque, and perfectly romantic for every female young and old, and at the same time keeping the book devoid of conflict and exciting encounters until the last few pages. Even near the end, right when I thought I was going to get a seriously manly portion of violence and fighting, Meyer somehow evaded the action sequece, and moved on to the conclusion. Though I found such an ending highly anticlimactic, I found myself, all in all, entertained by the first book, and I think I will continue reading the series. As my wife explains it, "The last book was the original story she had in mind, and she needed the first three books to set up the storyline." That sounds exciting!