Photogramania

I have a couple posts that I want to write, but I can't do it until I figure out how to pull videos off my camera. So until then, this will have to do.

The game: Nauvoo 2007. The point was to go to Nauvoo, IL before Billy & Josette moved to Utah. Josette hadn't been before and it's really worth at least one trip in your lifetime. More than one might be pushing it.

The roster: Billy, Josette, Mia, Aaron, and me

How you win: Have lots and lots of fun in 3 days

And fun was had by all. We played "do you know where the temple is" (visit back for a dedicated post on this), tried blowing up a bottle of Diet Coke with Mentos (this will make it into it's own post as well), watched Aaron "talk" his way out of a ticket (in the police cruiser, asking about all the electronics, etc), and even met some young friends in the hot tub (who we continued to run into all weeked, as Nauvoo is about the size of my thumb).

We took pictures from just about every angle at the temple, easily the largest structure in Nauvoo, not to mention the most beautiful.

We decided to take some night shots of the front of the temple. And, as usual, there were no serious pictures taken.

It was all fun, seriously. But my favorite part of the picture taking was this night, at the temple. We were trying to fit all of us in one picture, which isn't easy to do when you're doing it "self-portrait" style. Apparently we had the camera on video mode, so while we were waiting for the flash, the camera was recording all of our idiocy. There's no picture, as it was dark outside, but the sound is hilarious.


the first try

the second try

We did, eventually, get a group photo, but of course I don't have it. This is close to what it looked like, just pretend Aaron & Billy were in it too.

All in all, it was a success. So much so, that we decided to make it an annual trip. The trip for the next year was decided at the end. Vegas '08!