Troy and Alie

We had a great Christmas. We had the traditional Chinese Christmas Eve dinner, slept in until 8:30, and had a nice quiet stay at my parents' house. this year....

I know I've posted about these things before, but I love LOVE being backstage. The irony of it amuses me. The smiles and glitters onstage and everything the dancers choose to show the audience is only part of the show. The best part is the organized chaos, ungraceful costume changes, tears, and inside jokes that go on behind the scenes is really the best part. And since I didn't see the show (although I heard it was very very good) I didn't get any pictures of the show. This year I got to help with costumes.

I have been awarded this award from my good friend Nancy. Thank you Nancy, I've never done one of these!

So the rules go like this:
1. Thank the person who gave you the award
2. Share 7 facts about yourself
3. Award 7 new bloggers with the award (and comment/tweet them so they know they've won!)

1. I have lived in Rexburg 19 of my 23 years. Yep, my parents signed for their house on my 3rd birthday, and we spent one year back East for my dad's job in 2nd grade.

2. I love watching movies and THEN reading the book. YOu get to enjoy the book so much more when you don't have to rush to find out the end

3. My first date with Troy was October 11, 2003. We only know that cuz i wrote it in my journal.

4. My goal in life is to be a good enough cook that the YW will come to my house for a demo.

5. I'm not lazy, but sleep is one of my favorite hobbies.

6. I'm an animal lover. I think I never grew out of my childhood fascination of them.

7. I teach an adult ballet class and it's the highlight of my week.

Now I award:

1. Haley

2. Heather Roberts

3. Amanda

4. Heather Patterson

5. Heidi Shattuck

6. Sarah

7. Camile

We can't believe the holidays are already here! 2010 has gone by so fast with the birth of our son, Troy going to school, and 5 different jobs between the two of us. We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

I don't even know how to write this post... our hearts go out to our dear friends Fred and Nita at the loss of their sweet little boy, Thomas.

Rockwell is six months old! He is getting so big and we just love having him around. His stats from the doctor today are
weight: 15.8 lbs --- 19%
Height: 25.8 in ---- 25%
head circ: 17 in ----33%
He loves watching big kids play, bananas, baths, being outside, and funny noises. He hates his car seat, getting dressed and applesauce. He can be kind of a stone-face and makes us work to get smiles and giggles out of him but it's worth it. We love him so much!

So, here it is the final product of this years Halloween costume. If everything had worked out with the materials then I could have been done two months ago, instead I was working on it until after our halloween party started. The whole problem was that the clay I used had sulfur in it, causing a series of chain reactions. I didnt know that the clay had sulfur in it, and as it turns out, silicon, and Dragon Skin (extremely high grade silicon, or just Silicon Platinum) react to sulfur and latex. So the sulfer in the clay leeched into the rubber mold I made, causing the DS not to set up after it was poured into the mold making a huge sticky, expensive mess. On top of that I was wearing latex gloves. I knew what sulfur does to high grade silicon, but had no clue about latex. To bad that I had to learn and relearn on a big project like this. In the end I had to use Flex-Foam-It 25 and X to do the body of the costume and I used the molds of the boots and gloves instead of what would have been really cool boots and gloves. I mixed silicon, plastic and pigment for the coloring on the Effects.This is a face mold of Jordan I did for his costume. The mask lights up around the eyes, though it is hard to tell in the light. I still want to add lenses and maybe brighter lights if needed.

These last two photos are of the Infant and Mother molds. Now that Halloween is over I want to get started on the next years suit right away, but I promised Alie I wait until after New Years before I started making plans on making it. Though it is most likely going to contain elements from the last two costumes fabric and DS, plus aluminum...

Rocky was a Dragon this year.I modified a skunk pattern and made out it out of minkey and felt
My favorite part is the back. Troy designed the wings for it. I'm really happy with how it turned out!

Our Halloween party this year was so much fun! Everyone's costumes were amazing! We had sword fighting this year
tons of cute decorations (Nancy, Lindsay, and Shellina, you guys did awesome!)
And a really great turn out- about fifty people showed up. Here's a picture of everyone watching the movie- The movie was even better and funnier than last year. I loved it.
This was my costume. I totally surprised Troy by doing everything he hates. I look AWFUL!
Remember that mold of Troy we made back in March? This is what it turned into. It turned out really good! I'll let Troy do a post about it later.

Ok, it takes a lot of work to get this kid to laugh, you have to catch him at just the right time. I'm way excited we got this on video. I just love his giggle!

Today is the seven year anniversary of our first date. I was a Jr and Troy was a Sr in High School. We went to the ice caves with Fred, Carson, and Amber. We got a flat tire and walked part of the way and had to hitch a ride with some college kids on the way back. I was so nervous and the whole time I just couldn't believe that Troy Parson had asked me on a date. Then at the end of the night he held my hand and I about burst I was so excited. Seven years later I still can't believe he picked me, but I'm so glad he did.

Yesterday we shot the film for the Halloween party. It was pretty fun and we got a lot done. Here's some fun shots from the filming
Troy and Jordan
Fred, Carson, Matt
Jordan and Josh
Jordan: HobGoblin
Troy: Night Crawler
Alison: The cop
Rockwell
To see the film you'll have to come to the Halloween party on the 30th!

Hey! Check out Alison's new blog Babysitting Blues http://aeparson.blogspot.com

I grew up with 4 sisters and all girls in my primary class. Playtime sounded something like this:

Thank you to everyone who came to the blessing, stood in the circle, and helped with the brunch. We all felt so loved. Everything was perfect- the outfit, the blanket, the blessing, the food, and the family and friends- AND he didn't even fuss during the blessing!

I've finally finished the body mold, smoothed the seams and gave it a coat of primer and sealer, now its ready to add clay. I've started the glove process, the wax mold was fun to do, but now there is a big red spot on the kitchen floor where a bunch of wax fell. If Alie wasn't all ready to kill me, I was. Now the next steps are to cast the feet then pour plaster inside. And that is when I can sculpt the two fingered/toed gloves and boots. Thats it for the quick update.

So in these videos, we have some more fun at the Jet off of Ursa Minor, the back flip was the first one I've done there. Jordan was standing on the edge tryin to decide wether or not to do it. I said to him; hey that should be fun so he stepped over and said go for it. Fun. the other video is of a thing called FireWire, the process is you tie a speaker wire around some steel wool that you've pulled slightly apart to create more room for the fire to burn, then light it with a lighter. then you can swing it around and people stay clear. this is also a great method if you are ever in a crowded space and start to feel claustrophobic, just pull out your pre-tied wool, light her up and start swingin. The one I had in the movie wasn't tied on to tight so it didn't last as long, but it was sure fun.

Here is our pea pod baby and our Office Monster, (he'll do business only if he gets yogurt)