The Finlinson Family

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Pink or Blue!!

Hey Girls!

Check this website out and tell me if you think it is for real! Do you really think it could be accurate? Do you think it is worth the money?

Check it out!

www.tellmepinkorblue.com

Monday, June 11, 2007

We are so excited to finally share our good news with you! It has been really hard to keep this secret for so long! I have no idea how people keep good news a secret! Drum roll please.... I am now almost 9 weeks pregnant with twins! Can you believe it! Sometimes it is hard for me to really face reality that I am pregnant and having not one but two babies. If it were not for all of the nausea and all day sickness it would not seem real. How in the world am I going to be able to handle two babies- I have no idea!

That is all for now....I have lots of stuff to post and write about from May! I will post again soon!

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Stay Sane

20 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity :

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.
4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In."
5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write "For Smuggling Diamonds"
7. Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With The Prophecy."
8. Don t use any punctuation
9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.
10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat with a serious face.
11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."
12. Sing Along At The Opera
13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme
14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play tropical Sounds All Day.
15. Five Days In Advance , Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You're Not In The Mood.
16. Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Bottom.
17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won!, I Won!"
18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot, Yelling "Run For Your Lives, They're Loose!!"
19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go."

How many of you would like to do #1? I think I will be doing that during my lunch break tomorrow! Ha!

And please from now on call me Rock Bottom.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

What is the money calf?

Every Easter the Finlinson and Fox families gather with other extended family members to participate in a special event called the Money Calf. I know you are all asking yourselves, what in the world is the money calf? I asked myself this same question over four years ago when Rob and I were engaged. The money calf is an event where the family gathers at Aunt Jo and Uncle Mike's indoor arena to compete for money. The special part about the event is where the money is located. You see, the money is duct taped to the horns, body, and stinky guacamole tails of steers. Once the money is securely fastened the steers are let loose in the arena. We all line up at the opposite end of the arena until the signal is given! Ready, set, and go! We all run around trying to get the money off of the steers! This event can be dangerous, and people have been injured. My first year participating, I was still try to impress my in-laws, and I gave it everything I had. I walked away with $15 dollars and a missing finger nail. This year no one was injured- thank heavens! Rob swears the steers are getting bigger every year! This year we walked away with no money....better luck next year! Possible earnings in this event exceed $400.00! You can see why we try not to miss this event! The pictures below really do not give the event justice! The only real excitment this year happened during the kids run (they use baby calfs instead of steers), one of the calfs ran out of the arena!