On this day

Today is not a day that you wonder if you remember, but, rather, how.

How did you remember? How do I remember? How should we remember?

new e-mail address

hello one and all

i opened a gmail account so it will now be the main e-mail used for everything... so write me here, not my yahoo account- please.

alison.jo.williams@gmail.com

loves

yay for LA- day 5

the trip had to end at some point... but before that day arrived we couldn't say goodbye until we had one very important pit stop.

we went down to malibu to go to the beach and take advantage of my last afternoon in sunny southern california. it was a beautifully windy day- much more reminiscent of oregon beach weather than socal... needless to say i loved it. the waves were white, the water was blue, the sand was light, the smile was permanent and the conversation the best.

while we were there just hanging out this man came around collecting recycling and he was followed by a HERD of seagulls. it was amazing to see how many birds trailed his every step and hovered in the air- seemingly motionless just waiting. the picture really doesn't do it any justice.

it was hard to leave LA. weird. i am so not a california girl- but i loved the company, the convos, the climate. i felt at home. i'm sure tyson was uber excited for me to go and get his wife back all to himself, he is quite the husband, but as i was leaving i couldn't help but think i felt more like i was leaving home than going home. that's what being around a person that makes you the best you will do i guess. for that i am grateful and forever will be. love you, right?

yay for LA- day 4

so monday was all about work- well as much as it can be when you are an intern for your best friend. here is the amazing product. i became a believer.

so we worked. a lot. got a lot done. really. i promise.

then after all that time of pitching and researching and staring at a computer screen it was time we looked at something a lil bit more attractive, and let's be honest, take a break from all that HARD work so we went to see...

such a fun movie... we laughed and got sentimental- some of the lines were a bit real and applicable to life. but the real winner?

jesse williams. can you say hot (maybe it's in the last name?). do it with me... hot! this man is attractive. way too attractive for his own good. yes- we were glad we went and saw the movie. so glad

yay for LA- day 3

i love sundays- visiting a ward in thousand oaks california- being invited by the bishop to move into the ward- seeing the look on tyson's face when the bishop asked me to move into the ward- hearing the primary leaders butcher heather's last name- hearing the 5-year-olds say her name just right on the first time- going to junior primary- teaching junior primary on...

obedience

playing sequence in heather's uber cute patio- beating heather while playing sequence in her dapper patio- watching the olympics (something new) - sleeping on an air mattress - having fun in southern california

yay for LA- day 2 in fotos

here are all the fotos from the day at universal- pay close attention to the early nineties logo... so great. and there are a bunch of pics from the sets at universal that have been used in pretty much ALL the movies EVER made- okay maybe that is a slight exaggeration but it is great. more details to come.

yay for LA- day 2

on saturday we bought employee "not for resale" tickets to universal studios for $15- not too shabby, even if the guy that sold them to us wasn't really supposed to- oooops. it was great fun

here are the wonderful hosts from the weekend- THE tyson and heather fujikawa... or as the primary president called her, sister lilysawa (i dunno- just say it with an asian accent)
thanks guys

the new simpsons ride was all the rage- and thanks to our unnamed employee friend we had passes to go right to the front of the line. only thing- the pass was only supposed to work for 4 people, and we were 5... the girl wasn't gonna let us in until tys pulled out the spanish-speaking charm and said we were her friends. "if you were my friends you would bring me food" she replied. well, we got in. no line. so worth it. the best part was heath laughing like the toddler on youtube. way better than the ride and the ride was great.

here we are with lindsay and brandon wells- the reason for the cheap tickets and fellow byu pr people... except they actually graduated. one day i will get that part too. the unnamed kid that sold us the tickets was actually an intern for brandon at his pr firm where he works on pr for nintendo. lindsay does pr for toyota and yamaha. but it was awesome to get to know them- such great people and a way cute couple. this stella pic is from the jurassic park ride. the whole time we waited in line... which wasn't long, hence why we didn't use the line-skipping ticket thingies... heather and tyson were guaranteeing that we wouldn't get wet on the ride and that the middle was the safest seat. let's just agree to disagree. i was smack dab in the middle seat- the logical spot for a single girl surrounded by two couples and on a 5-person row- and came out the worst. the black shirt doesn't do the wetness justice. but the pants are classic...
oh, and lindsay was pissed!

snack time! showing off the new white bangles and in front of the mummy ride- this one was over really fast. it was fun- herky jerky- lots of starts and stops and spinning and backwards and dark- let's be honest i was glad it ended when it did. i didn't want to get sick. but after this ride we were all ready for a break! we did the "backdraft" walk through and went and saw...

the water world show starring the stunt people from all your favorite shows. at this point we had dried off and we were quite pleased we didn't sit in the soak zone! but the stunts were pretty impressive and would have finished off our day if we hadn't decided to use our pass-cutting-line-thingies to go to the house of horror. is it october? because it pretty much just felt like haunted house. heather's screams were once again worth the trip.