The Prices

Let's face it...

2011-08-01T09:42:00.000-07:00

I am a terrible blogger. I just have a hard time with it. Without children to blog about we walk that fine line of keeping a blog to "show off" all the fun stuff we do. Which is what married life without children should be like in my opinion. JD and I have really been able to live it up the past three years- and I would not trade one second of it for the world.
That being said, I could not be happier about entering the next stage of life. JD and I are

PREGNANT WITH TWIN GIRLS!!!!

Those four little words have completely changed my life. The first reason is obvious- I am blowing up like a balloon. And not just any balloon, one of those really stretchy ones that you think will pop if you keep blowing any further, you know what Im talking about? Instead of being on top of each other, they are sitting side by side. So I am growing in ALL directions! I am 5 months and I am the size of a 7 month pregnant girl. Luckily that means that my girls are growing and are right on track!
Here is the three of us at 20 weeks!

Since there are 2 babies in there, we are considered a "high risk" pregnancy so we get an ultrasound every time we go in. And I cry every time one of their blurry little pictures come up on the screen. As early as 10 weeks, our shy little one has been seen sucking her thumb. And our other little one is a already a diva. She loves the camera, as you can see below. (She is definitely my daughter)

Yesterday's ultrasound showed off their acrobatics. There is not very much room in there so they are kicking and pushing each other already. I have just recently started feeling them. The doctor said thats because instead of kicking me, they may be kicking each other. We saw baby A stretch her legs out and push right into baby B's back. At just 16 weeks old the babies are aware that they are not in there alone. They are already ganging up on me though. I have been throwing up non stop for the past 5 months. JD keeps saying that these girls are grounded as soon as they get out!

These babies, aside from marrying my sweet JD, are the biggest blessing in my life. As I kneel every night in prayer I find myself scrambling for the proper words to express my gratitude to Heavenly Father for Sending these sweet girls to us. How could I ever pay him back for this? How can anyone ever doubt that there is a God? I dream of the day when I get to hold my babies for the first time. Only a few more months now...

The California Coast

2011-02-01T09:48:00.000-08:00

JD and I have been wanting to take a drive up the coast of California ever since we got married. We found ourselves with a couple of days off in December and decided to do it. So instead of sitting down like the adults that we are, and mapping out our route; we just got in the car and starting driving!
Our whole trip was made possible be Ellen Degenerous. Just a week before our trip JD and I got tickets to her 12 days of giveaways and she provided us with everything we would need! Rolling Luggage, a digital GPS, video cameras, $300 gift card to starbucks, $1,000 to shutterfly, a new LG vacuum, and two 3 night stays at the new Cosmopolitan Hotel in Vegas complete with $500 spending money and free treatments at the hotel spa! THANKS ELLEN!!Back to the trip, we had to first battle through the LA traffic. JD and I are obsessed with a place a little north of LA called Thousand Oaks. (A couple months before we saw Brian Regan at a theater in Thousand Oaks and we have not been able to stop obsessing over it- we love it- and hope to live there someday!) After oogling over our future residence, we make it to highway 1. If you have not taken this drive before, we would recommend it to everyone. It is truly breathtaking.
Our first stop was in Santa Barbara. One of my best friends went to College here and used to rave about it. It is such a quiet little beach town. Everyone rides their bikes everywhere, and everyone waves hello to everyone. Very cute. This is Downtown Santa Barbara. One of our favorite stops, and one that we could have spent the whole day at was Solvang. It is a cute little Danish town, further in from the coast. The drive out there feels like you are the only person on the road.

Solvang is the epitome of what you would see in a movie. It is quaint and peaceful. They have a downtown with cute little shops (lots of specialty stores) and Solvang has the BEST Chocolate. Those Danish people have really figured it out!We went to lunch at the famous Solvang Restaurant. The Danish are famous for this little pastry called the Aebelskiver. It is moist and fluffy and served with toppings such as fruit, powdered sugar, chocolate and caramel. They are AMAZING!
We said goodbye to Solvang and made our way up the coast. I have been telling JD about this little gem called The Madonna Inn. It is a tiny little hotel in central California. It is gaudy, and loud, very pink and I love it. This hotel has theme rooms and from what I hear they are pretty amazing. It is a hot spot for honeymooners and celebrities!One of the most alluring things about this place is their bathrooms, particularly, their men's bathroom. Instead of urinals, they have a huge fountain. It is motion sensored and every time someone steps in front of it a waterfall begins to flow- and you pee into it!This picture is perfectly PG rated, I just wanted you to see how excited JD was. Is there anything more awesome than peeing into a fountain!?Our Next stop was in Cambria, California. Back in the early 1900's there was a wealthy newspaper mogul named William Hearst. He found a place in the middle of nowhere, up on a mountain and built a castle, literally, a castle. It is state owned today and open for tours- and it is unbelievable. There is no comparable wealth in today's day. This first picture is small but it is a panoramic view of the estate from the bottom of the mountain. Hearst Castle has 56 bedrooms, 61 bathrooms, 19 sitting rooms, 127 acres of gardens, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, movie theatre, an airfield, and the world's largest private zoo. It's total square footage is 90,000. You would not believe it unless you saw it.JD and I just barely made it in time for the last night tour- which is awesome because it is like 2 day tours combined. It took us 3 hours and we only saw a fourth of it! This is the main tower.The outdoor pool is one of its most breathtaking features. It is gigantic and beautiful. I cant believe it was someone's house!This is one of his guest houses. This house alone has 7 bedrooms in it. It is south of the main house. William Hearst used to host all sorts of celebrities out his castle.
Most of his rooms were built around the ceiling. The ceilings are works of art. Many of them were flown in from all over the world. Here is one of them.I could go on and on and on about this place but I will let some of the pictures do the talking.

The last stop on the tour is the indoor pool.You can see in this one. The detail on the walls and on the bottom of the pool, thats REAL gold!
Our next stop was in Monterey Bay. Beautiful!We heard about the Monterey Aquarium and how amazing it is. It is one of the largest in North America.Please don't flash the flamingos.JD is obsessed with fish so I could do an entire post on the aquarium alone, but I have probably already lost most of you I'm sure. So, if you're still here, come with us to San Francisco!
Unfortunately, we caught San Fran on one of its very common rainy days. Here is what we could see of the Golden Gate Bridge.We went to Alcatraz Island.I am usually not one for touring this kind of stuff. I would rather be on a beach or eating at a cool restaurant. But Alcatraz was very interesting. And you don't have to stay with a tour group. You have your own headset and you can go at your own pace. That's my kind of touring!This was considered the scariest prison of its time. Famous inmates consisted of Al Capone and Robert Stroud, AKA The Birdman. There were many escape attempts but only 2 succeeded. They never did find them.The rain had started to fall so we sought shelter at a restaurant on Pier 39. Some very fresh seafood for JD and tacos for me, perfect!And of course a stop at At&T park, en light of our new sister- in- law who is a Giants fan! Home of the defending 2010 Champs. My Aunt and Ucle, Julie and Dave, live in Pebble Beach. Their house is ALMOST as nice as Hearst Castle!! They live in a California State Park, so there is an entrance fee to their house! Luckily, we were on "the list." They are the sweetest people in the world and we had such a ball with them. They showed us all around downtown Carmel and we ate dinner at this little french restaurant where we couldn't pronounce anything on the menu! This is downtown Carmel. It is adorable!And for you golf fans, Im sure you recognize the Pebble Beach Golf Course. This is where the 2010 US Open was held. Famous people such as Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake are members at this course. Here is the lodge.The Pebble Beach Course sits right on the cliffs of the ocean. Well, we sure came back with a bang didn't we? We haven't blogged in almost a year and then I bombard you with pictures! We are so blessed that we are able to take lots of trips like these. It will be fun to go back and do it again someday and see everything that has changed.
This trip definitely makes the Top 3!
Oh, and all photos are courtesy of the illustrious JD Price.

Katie and I vist San Diego Zoo

2010-05-31T22:33:00.000-07:00

Accolades

2010-03-17T15:45:00.000-07:00

So last night Katie and I were talking about my friends and she mentioned that she thinks my boy Kino is really funny. In fact she told me that she thinks that he is one of 3 of my friends that she would "feel comfortable" texting "randomly" (be cool Kendra, it's not weird like that). So today at work I was thinking about that conversation and decided that I would text Kino and tell him how cool he is. The following is our text conversation and a peek into Kino and my psyche...
Me: Dude, last night Katie told me that she thinks you're one of my coolest friends.
Kino: I take that as the highest compliment. Like being anointed a Jedi Warrior
Me: Or a Rider of Rohan (a LOTR reference for the lay person) (LOTR = Lord of the Rings for the person raised in a box who didn't know that)
Kino: Honorary member of the Rotary Club
Me: Or a Grandmaster Mason
Kino:Honorary degree from Devry University
Me: Or getting certified as a Long Shoreman from ITT Tech
Me: Or being an eyewear consultant at lenscrafters
Kino: Certified for the handling and disposing of toxic materials in a residential area
Kino:Inducted into the Hong Kong logistics Comission
Me: Or being 'promoted' to the Geek Squad at Best Buy
Kino: Being a disgruntled employee at Best Buy and starting the company Fire Dog
Me: Or Being disgruntled at fire dog and starting the rap syndicate called Snoop Dogg
Kino: Yeah, that's how I feel about that.

Kino and I are so freakin funny.

Benihana Bandwagon

2010-02-27T14:28:00.000-08:00

I have always heard everyone talk about how much they love Benihana. All I knew about this restaurant was that it served seafood, and it was Asian cuisine. And that's all I had to know to keep me away from that place! But still, all the rave reviews kept me curious.
So I heard about this promotion that they do for your birthday. They send you a free meal certificate (value of $30!) that you can use anytime during your birthday month. This was the motivation that I needed to get me in there. So we grabbed Mike and Jen and made reservations. And I am now on the bandwagon! With their reservations there is no waiting. And the "chefs" cook the food right at your table, and they throw in a bunch of cheesey jokes and entertainment. It was really fun!

Its a little pricey but with the free birthday meal and the food and entertainment, its definitely worth it. Click here to get on the birthday list and enjoy a meal on them!
At the end of your meal they come and take a picture of your party and send you home with your own copy in a cute frame. Benihana's turned out to be worth all the hype I have heard about! Konnichiwa!!

Remembering JR

2010-01-21T12:17:00.000-08:00

At the beginning of a new year I am reminded of all the blessings that I have been given. I am acutely aware of how precious life is. This past week the world lost a good man, JR Price. At a young age of 23 he lost a battle against Pneumonia and ARDS. While this news is tragic and VERY heartbreaking for everyone that knew him, I know that he was a lot bigger than any of us ever realized. Heavenly Father has called him home. JR is in the presence of our Heavenly Father- where we all strive to make it someday. Heavenly Father loves him so much that JR has fulfilled his earthly mission in just 23 years and is now serving amongst his presence.

The gaping hole that he leaves in so many lives will never be filled. He touched the lives of many with his kind heart and accepting attitude towards all. As the youngest of 5 siblings, his family mourns the loss of their baby brother and son. I cannot imagine what that would feel like to loose a child.

Being a member of this church brings such an overwhelming amount of comfort, especially at this tragic time. Because of the Atonement and the love that Heavenly Father has for us, we know that JR is happy. And he was greated by his grammy and other family members that were patiently waiting for him to come home.

Our thoughts are with the Prices, I hope you can feel our prayers and Love all the way from California. We love you.

Until we meet again JR...

You asked for it folks!

2009-12-15T17:02:00.000-08:00

Since we live so far away from so many of you and are unable to invite you over to bore you with our pictures from the summer we decided that we would invite ourselves into YOUR home and make you watch this montage. In case I wasn't clear enough in the video we went to Cancun, New York and Montego Bay Jamaica this summer. This one is pretty small, I uploaded the larger video to my Facebook. Check it out there if you don't have your gl;asses close (mom). Enjoy!

The Price's are Back

2009-12-09T21:37:00.000-08:00

Behold, your prayers have been answered! Our triumphant return to the internet has arrived! Both of our fans should be elated. Our 8 month long boycott of AT&T was a moderate success, we held out as long as we could to make our point. Now you can look forward to the fact that Katie and I will again assume that there are people out there that care what we have going on. We went to Mexico and New York and Jamaica recently, it was pretty awesome...

20 Things You Didnt Know About American Idol

2009-03-12T17:36:00.000-07:00

Thank you Simone and Dawn for the picture!

As most of you know, JD and I got the chance to go to a taping of American Idol for this week's results show. We were so excited to go because we watch the show every week (along with 33 million other Americans) and it was so interesting to see how everything works. Here are a few secrets:

1. The judges are accompanied by 2 body guards each, even just walking in and out of the room.
2. The judges only actually sit in their chairs for like 4 minute increments. Literally, every commercial break they jump up, leave the room, and come back in like 30 seconds.
3. Simon has his phone in his hand for the ENTIRE show.
4. Paula and Simon are seriously in love. All they do is talk to each other. There was a time that she got out of her chair to sit in his lap. She held his hand, he rubbed her shoulders, and they whispered to each other ALL night.
5. Paula is even crazier than she appears on TV. While coming back from one of the commercial breaks she ripped her nylons and freaked out about it. She tried to stay underneath the desk from then on out. AND we saw her butt every time she took her seat.
6. Ryan's skin is really orange
7. Kanye West was a diva. His performance was actually taped before the show. He did it 3 times before he truly liked it. But when he got it right it was amazing. His vocals were awesome.
8. Kris Allen's family, especially his wife Katy, are some of the sweetest people we have ever met. They are in from Arkansas to support him. His dad makes custom men's clothing (JD talked to him about it for like a half hour- JD would love tons of custom clothing- i.e. south tower) and Anoop's Parents are the sweetest little couple But very shy. when they walked in the waiting room everyone stood up and clapped for them. so cute.
9. EVERYONE is smaller than you think. Kara is like a size 0. Simon is not as buff as those tiny shirts make him look. Kelly Clarkson really is not as fat as she looked on TV, the camera really adds 10 lbs. Allison (the red head) has always kinda looked a little bit bigger, but she's not. Except Lil Rounds Butt- thats huge!
10. The show is ligitemately live. The actual taping is airing live for the east coast. No edits were made at all. And besides Ryan's narrating, nothing is scripted. Everything that the judges say are ad libbed.
11. I know it looked the judges were proud of Kelly Clarkson's performance, they gave her a standing ovation, but as soon as she stepped of the stage they tore her apart. They critiqued everything about her, from her weight to the way she sings the word "suck."
12. Alexis's daughter and family sat right behind us and every time she caught glimpse of her on stage we could her "mommy, mommy!" and she blew kisses all night. The wig on Jazmin's mom is awesome.
13. Runners up, Justin Guarinni from season 1 was there, Chekeze from last season, Kelly Caldwell, and Miranda Doolittle were all in the audience.
14. When it got down to Jorge and Anoop's results, we cut to commercial. Jorge sat but Anoop ran off the stage in a hurry. We cant say for sure what happened but we assume he was so nervous he went to throw up. poor guy.
15. Simon could care less about the actual taping. Throughout the enitre show he was making faces at the audience, sticking his tongue out at people, and spinning in his chair.
16. I have heard the rumors about the animosity towards the "new Judge" Kara but I thought that they were just trying to start drama. But she truly is ostrasized by the others. Maybe its unintentional, but the other three will get up and totally leave her. And when they are supposed to be talking and deliberating together she is the one that is left out.
17. There is alot of waiting around. Doesnt matter who you are, even the families of the contestants were in the holding room with us.
18. After the taping the judges talk to the audience and make their way up to the stage to talk to the contestants. They give them kind of a pep talk. Tell everyone how well they did and hug the ones that got kicked off.
19. All of the producers told us that we have to react to everything they say; to be very EXPRESSIVE. We had to boo, clap, and be engaged in their comments. Thats why they caught us looking very serious, Simon was speaking so profoundly-ha! 20. It was SO MUCH FUN!!!!

Here and Gone Again

2009-03-02T20:28:00.000-08:00

So there I was.... sitting at work just working on my Post to Broker report and I get a call from Scion Jim, the Turkish guy who sold Katie and I the xB. I was a bit worried to hear from him because we bought the car like 10 days ago and as far as I was concerned the transaction was done, all he had to do was transfer the title from him to Katie and me. So when I spoke to him he tells me that he needs to talk to me and that I need to come by the dealership. I swing by on my way home from work and he takes me into the back room (where his halfway rabid dog sits there and stares at me with her teeth showing, she isn't growling because if she does Jim smacks her, but she shows her teeth, its freaky) and he hands me a packet of papers. Long story short he tells me that when he went to the DMV to change ownership of Ron to me the DMV tells him that the title is not clean, its a "salvage". He was really trying his best to get me to keep the car and he offered me a 3 year warranty and all that. I was really upset because this is exactly what Katie and I were trying to avoid, we were willing to throw down a little more coin to make sure that we had a car that would be good for us long term. I spoke to Katie and she was just as uncomfortable as I was to keep a salvaged car so we told Jim that we wanted our money back. He was cool about it and he wrote us a check for the full amount that we gave him, and I handed him the keys. It was quite a downer to get something that I love so much taken from me, truly it can be said that I miss Ron. I miss his smell, I miss his musk. So join Katie and I in bidding farwell to Ron, axles to axles, rust to rust.

We are NOT pregnant...

2009-02-19T15:16:00.000-08:00

...But, how funny is this website?! I have seen a couple of these before and I was JUST CURIOUS as to what kind of children JD and I might have someday. It is hysterical. The website is http://www.morphthing.com/.

What do ya think?

Meet the newest Price

2009-01-31T21:25:00.000-08:00

Despite the adverse pressure Katie and I received from friends and family (ahem...Mark) we went ahead and purchased a Scion xB. They are a funny hybrid of SUV and a car and they certainly have acquired a following in the past few year and my buddy Mike pointed out to me that their largest following is among adolescent Laotians, I am neither adolescent nor from Laos but I do love the xB. Katie and I found it on Craigslist being sold from a "dealership" in Huntingtown Beach. It was a dude named Mehmet (yes from Turkey) who told us to call him Jim. He and all the other guys at his shop all had mechanic shirts on that "Sam" name patches. I thought that was odd that they were all having such a hard time deciding what they wanted to be called. So anyway, it is a 2006 xB and it has 32,000 miles on it, still under warranty, and never been in an accident. Katie and I both love it so much, once you sit inside you can do nothing but love it. It is the most comfortable vehicle you'll ever ride in. During our hunt for xB's we struggled finding a color we liked, white is too feminie, black is too common, grey looks too much like a toaster, and yellow was out of the question. When we finally found this one all our dreams came true, I know what you're asking youself and the answer is yes I have another burgundy vehicle. First the 4Runner Rugged, then the motorcycle Lanolin, and now with the advent of the xB, I present to you 3rd installment of the burgundy family...RON!

Holiday Highlights

2008-12-31T15:37:00.001-08:00

Well now that the holidays are over and we're back to normal life I feel like we can breathe again. This was our First married Christmas and new years and it was SO great. And I am really getting better at my cooking! (which doesnt say much seeing as how I could not even make scrambled eggs.) Here are some highlights of the past month

Our Favorite Aunt Crystal and Uncle Dick took Jill and I for a day of food and shopping

And of course our Holiday is not complete with out some Disneyland magic. Jana Taylor dazzled us with her moves in the Holiday Parade. Her Husband, Zack and JD and I followed her whole route screaming and taking pictures. She'll thank us later.

This Santa was amazing. And he was actually the stand in for the one that was sent to the Emergency Room the night before. JD, however, Refused to sit on his lap so i settled for this.

All of these sweets can now currently be found on my hips or anywhere else it tucked itself away on my body. dang the holidays.

JD is abnormally good at Ice Skating. I have danced for the majority of my life and feel that I have pretty good balance. Naturally, I thought I could automatically get on the ice and spin around. such was not the case, however, my twinkle toes Husband danced circles around me.
The Girls got SNUGGIES, yes the blanket with the arms. And I WON a 32 inch LCD TV at my Work Christmas Party!!

And Lots and Lots of Family...

Hope you all had a good Christmas!! We love you all!!

SO Grateful to be in California!!

2008-12-18T16:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Holdays

2008-11-26T21:38:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Celebrating the Holidays in one weekend...

2008-11-24T15:35:00.000-08:00

So since JD is still pretty new at his job he doesnt get any priority with time off this holiday season. So we are stuck here- working- the whole time. Although I think that this was actually a blessing in disguise because now we get to celebrate both Thanksgiving and Christmas 2 times this year!
We Just flew home from our first celebration in Utah with the Prices. We had a blast with everyone!! We are so lucky to have such fun families on both sides! So Friday was kind of a catch up day as some of us were still flying in and arriving. The girls got away to see Twilight (and for those of you who havent seen it, youre not missing anything)while the boys watched the kids.
Saturday was our Thanksgiving dinner complete with Turkey, stuffing and all the works. I realize what a long way I have to go when I see his mother and sisters with their culinary magic and their baby skills!
And on Sunday we were priveledged in helping welcoming Luke Browning Barrett into the family with his baby blessing. Sunday was christmas and Santa came early to the Price's this year! There are 4 nephews all under the age of 3 and one on the way. needless to say- I have SO MUCH respect for those with mulitple BOYS in the house. Between the sword fights, throwing food, and learning the concept of sharing it was a very eventful weekend. Here is what happens when a two year old gets a hold of your camera.

Uncle JD and Luke managed to squeeze in a little bonding time

Even though I look bald, sky looks half his actual size, and jill looks twice her actual size, its the only one that the boys actually got in focus...

Start the OOOhs and AWWWs... We quite possibly have the cutest nephews alive.

and even though BYU totally disappointed...

we had the perfect early holiday weekend

And if it means getting more weekends like that- I could even get used to the cold

We look forward to the next time we can all be together again! Thanks for such a fun weekend, we love you guys!!

you tube deleted the last one

2008-11-18T15:56:00.000-08:00

By far the funniest clip from SNL in a long time

Do yourself a favor

2008-11-17T18:12:00.000-08:00

...inspire yourself

Free Stuff!!!

2008-11-03T18:00:00.000-08:00

We are really excited for election day this year! There are reports that this election is supposed to break all sorts of records. And in efforts to get voters to the polls, businesses are giving away free stuff. So JD and I are making our rounds, beginning at breakfast and ending with dinner for an all expense paid day of free meals!!
So, to all of you who are not that political, and may still be debating whether you should vote or not, do it to get the free stuff! All you have to do is show your "I Voted" sticker and collect your free merchandise.

Starbucks is offering a free Small cup of anything you want. Their amazing Carmel Apple Cider is back in season and I would definitely recommend trying it... its free!!Ben and Jerry's will give you a free scoop of Ice Cream between 5-8 pm.

Krispy Kreme has designed a new doughnut specifically for election day. It is red white and blue sprinkled and if you get there at the right time you could enjoy a nice hot one- for free!!This Picture does not do this sandwich justice. If you have had Chick-fil-a before than you know what im talking about. show your sticker and get a free chicken sandwich!

And there's more. Top it all off with a free Grand Slam meal from Denny's!!
Some of these things may be regional. Call ahead and make sure that the location nearest you is offering these promotions. and most importantly-
DONT FORGET TO VOTE!!

And please, to those of you who live in California, please help PROTECT OUR FAMILIES. Thousands of people up and down the coast of this wonderful state have pulled together- putting religion, race, and any other barriers aside to join forces to campaign for prop 8.
thats all im going to say- Yes on Prop 8.

HAPPY ELECTION DAY!!!

Celebration of Life!

2008-10-28T16:11:00.000-07:00

2 years Cancer FREE!!! ....and many many MANY more to come...
Love you JD!

Prop 8

2008-10-13T20:32:00.000-07:00

Many of you are from California so you're familiar with the political winds blowing these days. On November 4th we're voting on many different propositions as well as for a replacement Commander in Chief. The presidential debacle will cure itself, but this whole Prop 8 thing is an issue close enough to home that I really want to do everything I can to ensure that California gets it right. Prop 8 is a very simple addition to the California constitution that simply defines marriage as "between and man and a woman". Defining marriage in that way will do a few things, the three most important being,
1) Perpetuate the family the way God has instructed us to. "This is my work and my glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man". People can't do that without having kids.
2) Protect our children from being taught, in public schools, that same sex marriage is synonymous with traditional marriage.
3) Defend the tax exempt status of churches and charaties. If prop 8 is passed, and a church (such as ours) chooses not to allow 2 members of the same sex to get married in their facility then they can be sued for discrimination and when they lose that lawsuit they lose their tax exempt status and our tithing dollars will not stretch half as far or bless half as many people because Uncle Sam will have his hands in our pockets.
If prop 8 does not pass, current gay couples will not lose any freedoms that they currently have. They already enjoy virtually all the rights that traditional couples have so they only thing they won't have is the title of "husband" or "wife". So what are the next steps? If you're from California you NEED to be registered to vote. If you are already registered, good for you. If not you need to click here and either print out and mail in your form, or have the form mailed to you and send it back in. If you're from California but you don't live here anymore you need to get an absentee ballot here. Once those steps are finished you need to join the revolution. We walk door to door on Saturdays gathering information and data to gauge peoples interest and knowledge of prop 8. You can call me or Katie if you want to know when and where we'll be on the weekends. If you want a sign in your yard you can get one here for free. So there you go California, do the right thing for the kids and for the future.
YES ON PROP 8

Playoffs?!

2008-10-06T20:34:00.000-07:00

You know whats crazy about playoff baseball? One play often makes the difference between a win and a loss. This series with Boston has honestly been decided by just 2 or 3 plays. In game one it was Lacky's poor curve ball that hung over the plate just long enough for Jason Bay to knock it out of the park. In game 2 it was the miscommunication between Torri Hunter, Erik Aybar and Howie Kendrick when they let the routine fly ball drop between them scoring three. Game four was decided by Willits getting tagged out at third when Erik Aybar couldn't make contact with a ball in a bunt situation. It seems to me that regular season baseball is so much more preditable, or at least if you make a mistake you have more time to make up for it. Playoffs is a whole new creature, its kind of like a rattlesnake because it strikes so fast and so painfully, but its also like a poodle because playoffs are so showy and gaudy. So think about that; playoffs are like a rattlesnake-poodle hybrid.
Check it out, it's Playoffs the Rattle-Poodle!!!You're welcome!

Stayin' Alive

2008-10-05T21:57:00.000-07:00

Katie and I watched all 6 hours of the Angel game tonight, and didn't for a single instant feel sorry for the boston (notice I didn't capitalize boston, they don't deserve that kind of honor). They didn't end up leaving fenway (notice the lack of capitalization again) until 1 am. We are living examples of how positive energy can travel long distances. Go Halos!!!
Katie was at the game on Friday night (game 2) and she was on TV. If any of you have it recorded let us know, we never saw it and we want to. We want to freeze that moment forever not only in the majesty of television but also in our brains. Hollar at us.

A week to remember...

2008-09-28T14:23:00.000-07:00

I was surprised at how much negative feedback I got from my last blog. Aparently a lot of you out there are really into fire places. Although I still maintain that the average American spends about 1000 times more time in front of a TV then a fireplace, but whatever. Anyway, I thought that since I can't even voice my opinion on my own blog I would write about something nobody can argue with, and that is Neil Diamond!

In less then 5 days some of my best friends in the whole world are flying here to California from 4 different states for a gathering like none other. Here's how it's going down, Thursday evening Teddy, Zane, Brick, and Marcus are coming into town, I'm leaving from work early to meet up with them. We will then catch up with our local boy Kino and then the six-fecta will be complete!! Once we get together we will find some nourishment and then we will drive the 20 miles (may take us 2 hours) to the Hollywood Bowl where we will spend the next 2 - 4 hours beholding the greatest singer/songwriter of our or any generation. Neil is going to do things on that stage that have made hardened war criminals weep (which is the sissiest way of crying), depressed Orange County cougars rethink their third botox treatment and unite all of Los Angeles if but for one night. The Neil concert is the Main Event of the weekend, but it is happening very first, which leaves the rest of the weekend open for total chillin. I have some ideas of what do while the boys are here and this is what I have so far...

The first thing we're thinking about doing is Midevil Times. Its this awesome jousting and sword fighting dinner theater, I know it sounds kinda lame but in all reality its unbelieveably awesome. I went to the Pirate one a few months ago and they encourage you to call your server "wench", and any place you're supposed to use sexual slurrs to sterotype women, I'm in with both feet. At this Midevil Times you have a whole chicken dinner and they don't give you and silverware and you sing drinking songs and you eat and drink as much as you want. I have a feeling that we'll all leave the place with NO voice left or else we'll get kicked out before we get to the main course. Its really awesome. So that will be our initial vain effort to match the majesty of Neil.

Our second option is one of my favorite places here in California. It a little place called Balboa Island, although when you check it out it isn't an island at all, its a penninsula. Anyway, its this awesome little town with a lot of cool shops and places to eat. It will be a good excuse for Marcus to rock his deck shoes and not look completly out of place like he normally does. There a lots of awesome yachts down there and its really good for people watching. Its an awesome way to spend the day, or night. Not as good as watching Neil change with world one song at a time, but I think it's a nice runner up.

I know there are bowling alleys all over the world, and you wouldn't think much about flying to the west coast and wanting to go bowling, but this is not a normal bowling alley. Imagine the Wynn in Vegas with all of its fancy decorations and the servers who don't ever let you stay still for more then 10 seconds without asking you if you want a drink. So imagine that... but add a sweet bowling alley with movie screens and music videos and you have the bowling alley at Gardenwalk. I looked for ages for a photo of the inside but I can't find one. Just think about the caliber of bowling alley that Neil would bowl at, and then put Marcus, Teddy, Zane, Brick, Kino and myself there. I'm sure we'll have lots and lots of pics this time next week.

There is also an awesome driving range that is all water that is close by and a lot of fun. We have Knotts Scary farm close and I'm told that is supposed to be really cool especially now that its October. Of course I live less then a mile from Disneyland, and if they dudes want to be totally gay I guess we can go there, its free for me so I wouldn't mind. And with living in Orange County you can't forget the beach, its there and its still warm enough to enjoy. So that is the rough draft of what our weekend is going to be like. Tune in again next week for the update.

Apparently the teleprompter died...

2008-09-24T10:27:00.000-07:00

the LOVE wedding

2008-09-17T11:33:00.000-07:00

In the mormon world, I feel like I got married at a pretty "late" age. While going to a church school you see the girls just drop like flies at age 18 or 19, who all married great guys and are doing awesome I might add. But I lost a lot of roommates! I, on the other hand, successfully escaped BYUI as an unmarried working girl! So at a happy age of 24 I married the man of my dreams after we both finished college.
This past weekend I attended a wedding of one of my best friends from high school. I was the first to go and I hope the next few years will be full of them! So I drug my poor husband to feeding frenzi of screaming girls that he didnt know. And since I am the ONLY one that is married he was the only guy- bless him. But JD, being the charming, charasmatic man that he is, had all my girls laughing with him all night.

I love these girls. I love what we all bring to the table and how different we are. Most of them will never understand me, being the only mormon. And I am probably the only member they will ever really be close with. Things like not taking advantage of the open bar was beyond their reach. And understanding the concept of marriage, why get married?
Anyway, Congratulations to the new Amanda and Blake Love!!! (Isn't that such a perfect last name!)

We had to leave the Reception at like 10:30 Because both of us had to finish our lessons for the next day. Everyone was pretty drunk when we left so it wasnt a big deal. SO at around midnight JD and I are reading when we had a drunken phonecall from my best HS friend. They called just to tell me how much they loved my husband and how they hope to find someone like him. They are so right, JD is incredible and everyday with him is so much fun! I love being married.

Love my Diamond Bar girls!

We're Angel Fans...

2008-09-01T14:35:00.000-07:00

It's official! Our brick was put in at the front gates of Angel Stadium! Shout out to those that donated it for us!

Peeve!!

2008-08-05T22:44:00.000-07:00

I often have a hard time being positive, especially when it comes to writing blogs. There is nothing I love more then getting all riled up about something and then letting loose on the world wide web. Nobody likes a Debbie-Downer though so recently I have scaled back on my negative blogs. I guess that’s why I haven’t written in ages… Anyway, I can hold my tongue no longer! This anger has been brewing inside me for a long while and kinda came to culmination this week and more specifically today when I was talking to my brother Greg on the phone. I just have to say, I HATE fireplaces. Well let me be a little more clear, I hate virtually all fireplaces. Why you might ask yourself? Well buckle up, I’m about to overturn your proverbial SUV.

I’m an efficiency kind of guy, I like things that make sense and that are helpful. Fireplaces are not efficient things. First of all they increase the price of building a home, and therefore purchasing and existing home. Second, they foul up any room they are in. Think about it, where do you see fireplaces? Right smack dab in the middle of living rooms or other common areas. That is the typical location because back in the 19^thcentury that is where people would gather with their families to prevent from freezing to death and to play Charades. With the advent of indoor heating and electricity we no longer needed to prevent frostbite at night so what did people start to do? They started sleeping in different beds and different rooms. Electricity gave birth to radio and not long after its birth, charades died. Be honest, take a deep breath and ask yourself when the last time you played charades was. Unless you belong to the Price family chances are you’ve never actually played charades. Its dead, let it go. I digress… my point is that fireplaces no longer serve the purpose they once did and now they sit dormant for 364.5 days in the year. And I think giving the fireplace a half day of action is even quite generous. They are inefficient and virtually useless.

At this point I feel like I can almost hear some of you out there asking, “So JD if we were to eradicate all fireplaces, what would go in their place?” Give me a break, you had to have seen this one coming right? All you do is replace the old fireplace (useful in the 19^th century, worthless piece of crap today) and you replace it with the 21^st century’s fireplace which is… the TELEVISION. It serves largely the same purpose that fireplaces did back in the day when you think about it. It is a place where families gather for entertainment and for socializing. Think about your house, or the one you grew up in. Think about where you spent most of your time, unless you grew up hoping to one day win the National Spelling Bee I bet you were in front of the TV, right? Now think of that same room, envision it. Can you see it? Where is the fireplace? Chances are that it is in a place of prominence most likely in the center of the room and that it has displaced your TV to some strange locale in a corner or on a weird table. Some people go to one side of the fireplace, some try another wall, but no matter where you go your TV is playing second fiddle to the fireplace. Even if you’re a high roller and you mount a flat panel TV on your wall above your fireplace the TV is up too high. Nobody wants to crick their neck while trying to watch Colombo. The moral of the story is to all you out there who are building, or will someday build a house, do yourself a favor and skip the fireplace. Arrange your living room around the TV and you and your family will enjoy many wholesome movies together (like Willow) without having some out of date eye sore taunting you from the center of the room. Until that day, I remain respectfully yours,

JD Price Jr.

We're BACK!July 19, 2008

2008-07-19T23:15:00.001-07:00

July 19, 2008

Check me out!! Katie and I are officially back online! After almost three months of fighting with AT&T we got our DSL figured out. If you’re thinking about getting DSL from them, don’t bother, they are a nightmare. Not as bad as Target, but that’s a whole other story. I will write about that soon, I can’t wait to stick it to them as best I can. Anyway, I’m very excited to have the internet again. I might need a few days to re familiarize myself with this fancy google machine but I’m sure I’ll figure it out soon. I’m excited to read up on all your lives (if I care to, no offense) and for you to glimpse into ours (if you care to). Allow me a quick gratuitous proud husband story. During the course of the past few weeks as Katie and I have been watching TV I get nervous when the Mama Mia previews pop up. I hurry and fast forward through them or do anything I can think of just to distract her from seeing them. I was worried to death that she would be like “oh JD, we have to see that! My mom saw it in Vegas and said it was so good.” I was worried I would have to chalk that one up on the I O U board (which consists of 132 IOU’s to Kaite and one coming to me). Such were my thoughts for the past 2 weeks until two nights ago she had the remote during and the dreaded commercial came on and after seeing about 10 seconds of it SHE fast forwarded it and was like “That looks so gay.” I almost spit out my delicious peanut butter and honey and banana sandwich she made me for dinner. I cannot believe how much I love this woman! I think I’m starting to have a positive impact on her media choices. And we have been talking about how we both want to see the Dark Knight to boot! I tell ya, I married the best woman alive. I can’t forgo the fact that she bought me a Playstation and Guitar Hero 3 for my bday either. She is a gem and a lady. Two things I love in life.

Watch This...

2008-07-15T08:59:00.000-07:00

Watch So You Think You Can Dance on wednesday night on fox. I went to the taping yesterday, which was AMAZING! I am standing right in front of the judges table in between Nigel and Mary and a 5'10 girl standing right in front of me.

ps. for all the watchers- there is a surprise this week...

Happy Birthday America!!

2008-07-09T15:45:00.001-07:00

This year, our Fourth of July was spent doing all of America's favorite things! We started the day by going to a block party down in Long Beach on my Uncle Dick and Aunt Crystal's street. The entire street shut down and everyone came out with tons of food, music and games. Their street is perfect too because it has tons of huge trees that prevented us from getting sunburned!

My Uncle Dick was in charge of the chicken (which was amazing!) They are quite the "party throwers!" The food was so good and we got to visit with so many people that we dont see very often. (my sweet husband is so good at meeting and mingling with new people.) But it was great to spend time with the whole family...

JD met our little cousin, Jackson, who is just the busiest little boy. Of course from then on JD could only be found playing with him. He figured out how to work the lemonade dispenser, and he found the ultimate treasure-- THE COOKIES!!! And this is how we found Jackson...

How cute are they huh!? JD was so cute with him.

My cute sister, Jillian. She won the award for best red,white and blue outfit. She's single, and so sweet- call me if you want her number! Then is was off to the Angels game to watch them slaughter the Toronto Blue Jays "It's what our forefathers would have wanted- to beat Canada!" -JD Price They did a huge flag ceremony on the field and had a sweet flyover.

2008-06-28T14:31:00.000-07:00

Things that I am obsessed with lately:

1. Need I say anything about this? if you dont watch this show you really otta start...its amazing.

2. Ok, this obsession started on our honeymoon. We went on a cruise and as those of you that have been on cruises already know, there is SO much that you can do for entertainment at night. But our hot spot was definitely the piano bar. The majority of the cruise staff was from the Philippines, as was our Piano player. But he was absolutely incredible. And for those of you that know me know that I LOVE music. He had a binder that was like 500 pages thick of suggestions. He played (and sang) anything you wanted from memory. We spent alot of time there and the most requested song was as follows......

3. I love Stephanie Meyer. She is so creative and descriptive with her writing. Of course I read and loved the Twilight series ( and cant wait for the movie,) but i just started reading her new one. And while sci-fi stuff is usually not my thing, I am really enjoying it. Its one of those books that any time you stop at a red light you get in a few sentences till you have to go again. (am I the only one that does that?)

4. This one is a long time obsession and probably wont end any time soon either....

5. Summer nights in California are the greatest thing EVER. JD and I are fortunate to live in close proximity of both of our jobs. We live directly across the street from Angel Stadium and 1/2 mile from Disneyland (where my sweet husband proposed to me!) So, between the two of those we get fireworks at our apartment every night!

Blogging??

2008-06-11T15:16:00.000-07:00

Blogging? I am not a blogger. I have a journal that I write in religiously. It is somewhat therapeutic for me. I have never been good with sharing my emotions, but, WOW how being married changes that! Now, the idea of writing down my thought for others to read is something that is going to take some getting used too. If you read my journal you would probably think I am a ditz. I write the same way I speak, and for those of you that know me, I say “like” and “oh my gosh” and “what?” all the time. If my dad, who is a high school English teacher, ever got his hands on it he’d think he taught me absolutely nothing! So… here goes nothing….

I thought for my very first blog entry I should stick with something I know a lot about to avoid sounding dumb. I tell JD this every day, and of course I thank my heavenly father as often as possible: I have the BEST husband in the world. I have been married for a whopping 49 days now and these have been the most incredible days of my life. My single life was amazing: Living in Huntington Beach, with my BEST GIRL FRIENDS, partying every night, dating boys, staying up all night, dessert parties, girlie movie marathons and going to the beach every weekend. Sounds perfect right? I loved it! But then I married the man of my dreams inside the Los Angeles Temple and my life has taken a complete 180—for the better. He makes me happier than I have ever been. He listens to me when I had a stressful day at work. He planted a “garden” on our small balcony of our apartment. He makes me his famous oreo shakes. He surprises me with flowers or Hot Tamales (my favorite candy) on occasion. He ALWAYS makes me laugh. He watches So You Think You Can Dance with me. He does the dishes. He kisses me and tells me he loves me every morning when he so willingly gets up at 6 am to go to work. He NEVER complains. And the list goes on…
If women were allowed to “build a man” for themselves, JD would have blown that man out of the water. I look forward to HIM now; everything else in my day is simply filler until I get to be with him again after work. I have experienced a new kind of LOVE. Something that I have never come close to feeling before. My “glamorous” single life in HB has ended and I am now living my fairy tail with my own prince charming.

I promise all of my entries wont be this mushy. But I'm a newly wed… what do you expect!?

ps. does anybody know how I can change the layout of this blog?

It's Alive!!

2008-04-24T18:08:00.000-07:00

It may be a bit premature, but I have just created the JD and Katie Price family blog. I say premature because we're not even married (or pregnant) yet. We're getting married tomorrow and Katie has been petitioning me for months to start a blog for the two of us. I have my own blog, but it's a fact that things always are better when there are beautiful women involved. That's where Katie comes in. So allow me to welcome you to the beginning of something we plan on making very special. I am teeming with emotion right now because I took half a day off work to prepare myself to get married and move in with the woman of my dreams. It's weird to think that this time tomorrow I will be a married man. I honestly can't wait to marry Katie, she is a diamond in the rough and the highlight of my entire life.