Some Extra Pictures

Hi again! I thought I'd post some more pictures because I haven't in a while. Still love you all, still miss you all, still love hearing from everyone!


This one is Dresden, Germany. It was basically completely destroyed during the war, but is being rebuilt. So cool!



This guy is called Angel Moroni. In this particular instance he is atop the Freiberg, Germany Temple, but you may also see him on most other LDS Temples.



This is most of the group in the car going up to the top of the mountain. Mom asked which one was my roommate. She's on the right-hand side in glasses. Jenny isn't in this picture, but she was in the front of the other picture I posted (on the last post).



I just liked this. This is in Salzburg. There is one shopping street that has signs like this all the way down, and when MacDonald's wanted to build there, they made them use a sign like this too, instead of a huge Red and Yellow one.



This is a view of Salzburg. Isn't it pretty??


And that's about all I have for now. Miss you! Oh, and if there are any funny stories or cute pictures of the Mo, feel free to post them. :D
~The Trin

The Child Lost in Austria

Hi family! Thought I'd put up a few pictures while I have internet. Just to remind you that I still exist. Love you all!


This is Karlskirche, close to where I go to school, and it's so pretty!


This is the Concentration Camp-- Malthausen. One of the very worst, and the last to be liberated in WWII.


Beautiful Austrian Alps, on the way to Salzburg.


hehe. They sat down and it turned out there were trick fountains. I liked this place.


All the girls outside of the Gazebo used for Sound of Music. I'm the cute on in the middle.

This is about half the group, eating dinner. My roommate is in the back on the right (with glasses) and the girl that I've gotten to be good friends with-- Jenny-- is in the front on the left.


Okay I can't figure out how to rotate this picture, so you'll have to tilt your head. But it's a statue from the Sound of Music. I took the picture because of the bird that decided the guy's hand makes a perfect perch.


Here I am on the fortress, overlooking the city. It's so pretty! By the city, I mean Salzburg.


I call this the Oompa Loompa picture. We had to put these suits on over our clothes to go to the Salt Mine. And we look like Oompa Loompas...


This is when I was on top of the mountain. Look at me running to jump! How silly.



Hope you enjoyed! Love you my family!

Baby Duck

It was a hot and Saturday evening. Camilla and her mother, Kathleen MacKay Stimpson sat in the car, driving home from her Flute lesson.
They were on there way to the grocery store, when Camilla spotted a little, tiny black thing rolling across the street.
Camilla squinted and stared at it, wondering what it was. Kathleen didn't notice it. Then, Camilla noticed, it was a baby duck! How cute!
But Camilla didn't have time to fawn over it, because Kathleen didn't notice it, which Camilla quickly figured out. To save the ducks life, she yelled, "DUCK!!!!" To which Kathleen had two choices: duck her head, or turn to miss the duck.
Kathleen turned, nearly missing the duck.
Then, it safely crossed, no harm done.
And that, is how Camilla became a superhero.


To the ducks at least.

The Hannah Montana of Taiwan

Meet the Hannah Montana of Taiwan, S.H.E. When Matt let me take a CD cover to Geography class to show, my Geography teacher showed us this music video. I admit, I was laughing. I can only understand 'you are my superstar', but hey, they have great voices!

Beep Beep!

It was a dark, and Sunday evening. Camilla, and her father, Mark Phillip Stimpson, stood in the front yard, playing frisbee. Dark was arising, and a storm was coming in, yet the weather was nice. Camilla, scratched her head thoughtfully and said, "How about a drive, being as I'm old enough now."
Mark stroked his chin thoughtfully also and said, "Alright, let's get the keyes."
After Camilla changed out of her flip flops, Mark drove to the church parking lot, where the two did a quick Chinese-fire drill and Camilla was soon in the drivers seat. She rubbed her hands on the fluffy steering wheel cover. Ultimate power.
Camilla listened obediently to her father's wise directions. Clutch out, gas in. Clutch in, break in. First gear, second gear. Steer left, Steer right. Avoid the parked car. (for Katrina's sake, not once did he say, 'more gas'. )
Soon Camilla had switched to second gear, done three U turns, gone in reverse and avoided the Merrill's parked trailer and car. She also stalled the car only twice. And all, without a single shed of tear.
And so thus ended Camilla and Mark's ten minute adventure. Camilla then stopped the car, where they did, yet another, Chinese-fire drill, and Mark drove happily home, where Camilla found the comfort of a chocolate/M&M cookie.

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

Here are some of our favorite things about you. . .

1. your ultralongcreativeandstrungtogethersignaturesattheendofemails
2. "go home now, Matt"
3. "family!" (calling for dinner) and all the yummy meals you have cooked over the years (especially Oblivion Chicken and Oblivion Rolls)
4. your awesome vacation planning skills (Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Center. . . need I say more?)
   
5. feeding Andrew his first bottle of formula
   
6. dances/songs to help us memorize passages or spelling words for school ("have thus for so nobly advanced")
7. jiggified on the mower
   
8. all the fun things you find for Andrew ("I come bearing presents!")
9. standing between me and Matt at the airport when he got home from his mission
   
10. c***
11. choosing the name "Ama" so you didn't have to be called "Grandma"
    
12. laughing so hard at your own mother during Balderdash that you cried
13. all the rides to and from lessons, school, extracurricular activities, friends' houses, etc.
14. you could tell us from the other room what note we were playing wrong in our piano songs; as much as it drove us crazy, it's still amazing
15. Your Ellen debut
    

Love,

Bethany, Matt, and Andrew

Blue Chair

I like the Chair of Revelation!

We are a happy (and quite photogenic) family!

More babysitting stories

So, I went babysitting again this weekend. It was for the same family, but this time, they didn't have the three cousins. So it was the little girl, Brindly, and the little boy, Branson. When I got there, Branson was in the tub, so I spent about a half hour playing with Brindly. While there, I had a few interesting conversations with Brindly.

Brindly: "Look at this new outfit I got!"
Me: "Wow! It's very cute."
"I know. Cause we're really rich, so we can gets whatever I wants."
"Oh. . ." * trying to hold in laugh*
"Can we go outside and jump on the tramp?"
"Sure, but only until Branson gets out of the tub, then it's your turn."
"Okay. But we have to go in the backyard. Not the front."
"Okay."
"Cause, my mommy, she told me that this girl, she went in the front yard, and somebody just took her! They just took her."
"Oh. . ."
"And then, she got murder. Do you know what murder is?"
"Um. . .yeah. . ."
"Yeah. I don't want to get murder. It isn't a good thing. So let's stay in the backyard, okay?"
"Alright, we will."

Then, while she was in the tub and I was washing her hair, she just flopped back in the tub and laughed. I kinda laughed then said,
"Okay, can you sit back up?"
"But this feels like the time I went to the hair cutter lady's place, and she wetted my hair, but only it was in a sink! It feels good."
"Oh. Yeah."
"Yeah. I want to grow my hair to my ankels."
"REally?"
"Yeah. And then, when it gets to my feet, I want them to cutted it off back to my ankles, but I'm worried that when they do cutted it off, that they'll cut my feet."
"Oh, I'm sure they'll be careful."
"I hopes so. I don't want my feet to get hurt."

Also, a while back, they're mom, and one of my friends told me a babysitting chaos story. The one that the kid's mom told me was this:
She was babysitting six kids. First, one of the kids basically flooded the kitchen. After many hours, she got the first four to bed, but not the oldest two. Now, the oldest two are a boy and a girl. They're a year apart, and share the same room. When she walked into there room, they were completely naked, and sitting next to each other on the bed. When she asked what they were doing, there reply was, "Well we were just doing what mommy and daddy were doing. . ."
Yeah.

The one my friend told me was this:
There were three kids: a boy, a toddler girl, and a baby girl who was old enough to crawl. First, they went outside, where the boy lost his shoes, and the girl stepped on a bee. They went inside, when my friend realized the baby girl was missing. She spent twenty minutes searching for her, and finally found her under the parents bed hiding from her. So then, the kids wanted to go outside again. The girl was still crying from the bee sting. My friend was distracted on helping the toddler girl, when she heard this 'bump!' and realized the baby had fallen off the deck. After helping those injuries, they decided maybe it was better if they stayed inside. So they put on a movie. After a couple of minutes, the VCR started smoking, and the TV starting sparking. She said she just starting random buttons, and finally got it to stop smoking. When the parents came home, this is what she said:
"Well, he lost his shoes, she got a bee sting, she bumped her head and something seriously wrong with your VCR and TV."
She didn't bother to mention that the baby went missing for twenty minutes. She also said that that was two years ago, and she hasn't gotten a babysitting job since.

What?

Is this really my son? Who taught him to do that? We all know my history.

25 years ago

Are those my parents?

Whoaness!

My friend sent me this video a while back, and I thought it was hillarious.



Now tell me, can YOU sing that high???

I'm here!

I'm here safe in Austria, and I"m enjoying it. I can only get internet access away from my house, because Frau Hartl does not have internet. Or speak English. But she has a cool house and is very kind. Good thing! I don't have much time now, other people really want the internet, understandably. Plus I'm off to bed, to get up tomorrow at 8 AM for the flea market. I sent off some emails, but didn't get replies. I'll bet you don't even remember my name! Just kidding-- I know you still love me, and I still love you all! Have fun in Utah without me! I'll send/post pictures a little later.
Love, Trini