READ THIS - BLOG MOVING

Lisa and I have finally agreed (you'd think there would be a term like prenuptial or something) that we should use the same blog. For this, we've moving to http://joshandlisamoore.blogspot.com. Hopefully we're agree on a non-frilly yet "cute" blog. This is my last post from here. Oh...and those following this blog, please move your following to the new blog, links from your blogs/sites, and references in Google Reader. If you go to http://draft.blogger.com, under basic settings, you can import and export blogs that made this really easy.

Thanks for reading and commenting - it makes me feel great!

Cardboard Forts

We've been living the life of cardboard houses lately. Well, at least the kids. We saved the cardboard boxes from the playground equipment and have been forgetting about them downstairs in the basement. Here are a few fun shots.

Our Favorite Things

There are always a few things that are standard for our family. One is our love of Wheeler Farm and feeding the ducks (and the kids running away from the geese).

Natalie enjoying showing off her legs are strong enough to stand.

Tanner's four pieces of bread (to give to the ducks) went straight in his mouth.

Evidence of Lisa's yummy cookies we took to the farm.

Tanner and his buddy Grandpa.

Happy customers.

Sydney's Photo Studio

For Christmas last year we got Sydney a Fisher Price camera. For several months she enjoyed it, until Lisa made the full adjustment from our point and shoot to her digital SLR. Now, Sydney, photographer extraordinaire, is really enjoying making photography fun. From not covering the lens with your finger, getting the object in the viewer, centering it in the viewer, she has really become better at taking pictures. Here are a few from the last time we emptied the camera (of 400+ pictures). Here's some of my favorites if you're looking to use Sydney's Photo Studio:

Any good photographer enjoys self portraits.

Invididual Shots.

Family or group shots.

Landscapes.

Stake Conference

Stake Conference was great! The general session Lisa and I have a harder time getting stuff out of as Sydney and the twins take up a lot of our attention. However, last night the Priesthood leadership and the adult session (thanks Mom and Dad for watching the kids) was awesome! I really have a great love and respect for President Smith. He has a way of reproving with sharpness with love following thereafter. He makes you want to change and to be happy with the prospect of doing so, regardless of what difficulties it may require. Anyway, President Smith shared a story in today's general session about these spiders that can breath underwater by taking air with them down. The link points to National Geographic that calls these the equivalent of scuba tanks. The purpose of the story was to help us understand when we leave our home and enter in the world, we can take our environment with us.

The Divine Institution of Marriage

If you haven't read it yet, it's a must. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints released a document called The Divine Institution of Marriage. Despite your beliefs or feelings on the subject of same-sex marriage, it serves you best (including members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) to read this.

I appreciate their love and kindness in treating this delicate issue and those involved with deep, personal feelings with such respect. The intent is not to deny privileges of housing, insurance, etc., but to respect the sacred nature of marriage between a man and a woman.

Google Reader

For some reason, I feel I've already posted about this, as I love to tell everyone about this tool, as it saves so much time. Everyone checks several blogs, news sites, etc. as frequently as several times a day. Why check them if there is no new content? Or better yet, why not have a tool tell you when there's new content? For fear you think the tool is too hard to use, someone made a video trying to convince friends and family how easy it is to use, and how helpful it is. Since it's web-based, you can access it anywhere. Watch this movie, then thank me later. Once you're wise and knowledgable about Google Reader, add http://joshuatmoore.blogpost.com and http://backpackingutah.blogspot.com so as not to miss anymore enjoyment :)

Guru of all sorts

So I was updating my hiking/backpacking blog yesterday when I realized I needed a cool logo at the top. I thought I could just whip up something in Photoshop. Then, after fifteen minutes or so, I asked Lisa if she could help. Sure enough, the guru of all sorts helps me with feather, font shadowing, etc. I don't know how you can know so much about so many different things. She can do much better than what I did, but I'm glad for the help learning.

Thanks, and love you Bean!

Funniest jokes in a long time

So as much as I don't like forwarding anything to anyone, I just had to post these. My friend sent me these:

HANDY HOME REMEDIES

1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. The blockage will instantly remove itself.

2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.

3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink.

4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.

5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.

7. You only need two tools in life - WD40 and Duct Tape.
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

8. Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

Thought for the day:
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES. THEY'RE NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING, BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN YOU PUSH THEM DOWN THE STAIRS.

Labor Day fun

On Monday, we had mom and dad out for fun and dinner before they needed to head back to babysit for Matt and Ann. When the doorbell rang, Sydney yells "Grannnnnnndpa!" They're so great with the kids, they love them so much. Lisa made some really great hamburgers and Mom brought her world-class sweet rolls. We had such a great time. We love you so much! Here are some pictures.

Four Must See Pictures

After going to a wedding reception downtown, we went for a walk around Temple Square and took pictures. The first picture is unedited, the individual shots are Lisa's work. With characters like this, how can you want to play with anyone else?

Currently Lisa's laptop wallpaper. Makes me laugh and smile every time. The faces say everything.

Sydney is awesome. She's obedient, loving, a cutie, such a little Lisa, a wonderful future mom. She has her moments, but when she starts the demo song on our digital piano that she always wants to dance with me to, I just melt. She knows when I'm sad and she knows what she can do to make me feel better. I don't know how to compliment her better.

Tanner...what a ham. He's hilarious, loving, knows how to make you laugh, and just a handsome devil. He pretends he can be on his own and take care of himself, but always needs a good hug or snuggle. He gets all the attention from the ladies and he's only 15 months. 15 months!

Natalie's a spitfire. She might look small, but has non-so-silent power. She has class-clown written all over her face. She knows she's cute and learns daily how to better acquire what she wants. Sometimes that's being hilarious, being in the way, or sometimes using her super power (not taking naps). However, you can see her loving nature by how she loves her puppy (stuffed animal). Since she doesn't walk yet, she squeezes her puppy in-between her legs to take her with him crawling.

Here's what happened...

You've got to love it. The tv show Monk (on USA) is just plain hilarious. If you haven't seen it, you need to. If you have, check out this wiki on Monk. You'll find your favorite episodes recapped with great quotes. You'll even find that your vocabulary and phrases have changed to be like Monk. Just this morning over the phone, my father-in-law was saying "here's what happened...". Lisa and I have been catching up on the current season on demand. Laughter makes everything better.

Minions...I Mean Followers

I'm sure I'm not the only one who wonders who reads their blog. Sure counters, maps, etc. are fun, but Blogger has come up with a really cool thing called Followers. For the blogs you follow you can add yourself using your blogger name/image, or choose to follow anonymously. The fun thing about this is you can see all the cool people that think your blog is cool, click on them to see their profile/blogs, etc. When you log into your dashboard you can see your current followers count.

Anyway...if you haven't got the hint, click the "Follow this blog" on my sidebar. It will add it to your Google Reader (VERY cool), etc. You can even follow blogs that aren't on blogspot/blogger.

Lack of experience

There's nothing more harmful to Obama's presidential run than the comments members of his own party, his selection for vice president, and himself. To take Biden as v.p. for his foreign policy and long experience, they should have had him as president, as it's not something you learn on the job, or are able to sit down with a committee or have a meeting in critical times. Economic woes, I'm all for having the brightest minds coming up with solutions over time. Watch this video:

Meetinghouse locator

So you've seen the church's meetinghouse locator. You put in your address and it tells you where the closest one is. They've now stepped it up a notch. If you put in your address (or if you're on vacation, a general vicinity of where you'll be staying, it will let you choose to use either Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth (2d/3d beta) to locate all meeting houses nearby (street, satellite, hybrid views), tell you what the ward names are, and what time they're meeting. I don't know about you, but walking into an unfamiliar ward on vacation or just after moving, it's nice to say "I'm trying to attend the _____ ward, that starts at ____.", it'd make me more comfortable.

Check it out.

Obama on Iraq

Wow. I was reading about Obama choosing Biden as his VP, and came across this video. It's longer, but it's amazing how honesty doesn't mean much to him. Check this out:

What are your four?

Responding to Okie's blog.

Instructions:
Copy the questions and then answer with your lists of "four"...either reply in comments to this post or on your own blog and link to it in comments.

A) Four Family members: Lisa, Sydney, Tanner, Natalie
B) Four people who e-mail me (regularly): Coworkers, Lisa, Facebook, Nick Galieti
C) Four of my favorite places to eat: Macaroni Grill, Chubby's, Rodizio Grill, Carl's Jr.
D) Four places I would rather be right now: Kauai, Paris, hiking with the family, gazing at the universe
E) Four people I think will respond: Lisa, Mo, Wende, Jenny
F) Four TV shows I watch over and over: Star Trek, Monk, Lost, did I mention Star Trek?

Another Sydney Moment

So I had the tune to the cartoon movie Robin Hood stuck in my head this morning. Tanner always laughs when I whistle it, just like the start of the movie. This morning I was whistling it, and as soon as I was finished, Sydney said "Let's watch a movie!"

During dinner this evening, I still had the tune stuck in my head, so I told Lisa "Watch how easy it is to get Sydney to want a M-O-V-I-E" and proceeded to start whistling. As soon as I was done, Sydney said "whatever he's [me] trying to do, it isn't working."

The Office

You've got to be excited for the next season of The Office. Hopefully they'll keep it clean this season.

Beijing 2008 - Link to 4x100M mens free relay video

The Olympics have been really great this year. It's been fun following Michael Phelps, but just watching the high level of competition has been awesome. Swimming, beach volleyball, it's all been great. But you have to enjoy when the French say "The Americans? We're going to smash them. That's what we came here for." for the 4x100m free relay. Down by a full second on the last leg against the most vocal of the French, beating the world record by almost four seconds...

Enjoy the awesome replay here.