My Dad and Friend.

As I have gotten older I have noticed just how alike my dad and I really are. My dad has a sense of humor that kills me. One minute I will be sitting and talking to my dad, and the next I am laughing hysterically with one of my best friends.

Most people who know my dad think he is a very serious guy. Well I would too if all I knew about him was that he is a lawyer. There is a lot behind his lawyer disguise. My dad loves family, education, traveling, building unity, and joking around.

The other day my mom asked Sarah to take the sheets off her bed, so she could wash them. My dad then said "Ya, get your sheet together!" Yup, he knew what he was saying. I'm still laughing about it, because I can't picture my dad cussing.

Everyone who has read my past entries knows that I like Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey on SLN. So my dad must have heard me saying some. I was talking to my mom about what quotes I wanted on my room wall. Then my dad said in a serious voice, "Where you are today is where you will start tomorrow." He said something like that, but it was a lot better. Anyways he said it in a Deep Thought kind f way, it made me laugh.

My dad drives Sarah and I to seminary and school in the mornings. Often times, we rock out to the radio. One morning we had the station tuned to 99.5. On our way to school the song 'Man I Feel Like A Woman', by Shania Twain, came on. Sarah and I being girls obviously turned it up and sang along. My dad, being my dad, started to sing along with us. I am very impressed that he knew most of the lyrics. Actually I think I had my camera in the car at the time, but I can't find the video of him singing, sorry. Now whenever you hear Shania Twain think of my dad.

There is a lot I could write about my dad, and his sense of humor, but there is one thing I can always say about him... He is the greatest dad ever.

Go Hawkeyes!!!

Today was the day that I planned on looking up colleges for fun. I wanted to see what I would have to do to get a scholarship. I also wanted to see what college would be good to go to if I for sure wanted to be a teacher.

I first looked up University of Utah. Their web site is crazy hard to find anything on. Although I really do like the honors program they offer, their college does not appeal to my liking. Anyways... I then looked up the obvious, BYU. I never have been able to picture myself going to BYU. I will leave that college for Sarah to go to. After an hour or two of looking at colleges, I thought to myself "Maybe I should look up University of Iowa. After all, my English teacher went there, and she seems to have liked it." Okay, so then I Googled it and I went to the school's site. I looked around and I checked out their major options and tuition costs. At this point I really liked the U of Iowa. After researching their Alumni comments, I took a look at Iowa's Fight song. At the first moment of hearing the song I fell in love.

Sorry to all my fellow U of U friends that I told I would go to Utah for college. Sorry Melissa and mom for not wanting to go to BYU. I love the scenery around Iowa's campus. I especially like the river near by. Ya it would be a long flight home for the holidays, but Iowa is worth it. All I have to do now is buy a whole lot of Hawkeye fan wear, and load up on my Iowa history. I can see it now, Lizzy Fotheringham University of Iowa Alumni. I just get chills thinking about it now. Well University of Iowa "Here I come!"

"The Catch"

Capitol One Bowl, Iowa vs LSU.

Me Eat Pizza?....Never Again!

Okay so today I went to school. The whole day Sarah was telling me how excited she was to make pizza when we got home. (this is something that we had never done before.) By the end of my school day I too was very excited. My mom picked us up from school and we went to Fred Myers, and got all our pizza ingredients. Once we got home I turned up the tunes, and watched Sarah make the pizza dough. After a long while of cheese, pepperoni, and friends coming over the pizza was done. I went to eat a piece and... it was doughy. Doughy anything grosses me out, so I was pretty bumbed that I was excited the whole day just to eat doughy 'pizza'. At that point I decided to go out to the freezer and put the good old Red Baron Pizza in the oven. I was determined to make this pizza crispy. I unwrapped it from its box and plastic cover, and popped it into the oven at 400' F. I turned on the oven light to watch my oven cook the pizza to my exact specifications. Once I saw that the top was golden brown I took it out. I reached for the pizza cutter and cut away. As I stood there cutting and cutting and still cutting, I realized the pizza wasn't cutting. I thought to myself " Oooooo yummy it must be extra crispy on the bottom." So I continued to cut. Back n' forth, back n' forth. "Okay seriously... is this a joke." I said to myself. I lifted up the pizza and.... Oops... I forgot to take the cardboard off the bottom of the pizza. "What the heck. I mean really, who puts cardboard under pizza?" "Isn't that like a fire hazard?" After five minutes of going through my soon to be law suit ,against frozen pizza companies everywhere, I took the cardboard out from under the pizza. I took a bite and it was perfect... NO... I lied the pizza was doughy, doughier than the homemade crap. My heart was crushed. I was so disappointed. All I wanted was to eat dinner, and it was already past six. I hadn't eaten since school lunch at twelve. (This is the part where you feel sorry for me.) My tummy rumbled, I was starving, I felt like it was fast Sunday. I eventually thought of the idea to put a piece of pizza on the toaster, and maybe it would get a little crispy. It sort of worked, but I could still tasted the doughy-ness. So me eat pizza?.... Never again!

Find the Cure!

I was shown this picture by a friend, and I love it!

Without warning
It starts attacking.
It is the kind
That degrades the mind.
This selfish disease
Puts you to your knees.
If you stand up n’ fight
You will be alright.
You might lose a lot
But give it all you got.
You will have to endure
Till we find the Cure.

-Lizzy Fotheringham (Yup I wrote it.)

Blondes Beware

Okay I admit I get a kick out of blonde jokes. Since my sister is blond that means that it is my responsibility to make fun of her hair. Actually it's a little ironic, because today I was in a video for my school. In the video I'm talking about how bullying isnt good and how we need prevent it from happening. Hmmm maybe I shouldn't be laughing at blond jokes.....well thinking is over...the laughing must continue. For all of you that havent laughed at a blonde joke yet, I have a picture and I video to brake that no laugh strike. "Sorry sis I have to make people laugh, we all still love you."

The Corn Maze For Blonds!


You all know about OnStar button for the cars these days,

well this is BlondStar...You will get it when you watch it.

Thanks To Jen

I thought yesterday would be just a normal ordinary day, but I was wrong. Thanks to my amazing Young Womens President, "Office" quotes buddy, and friend Jen Preece I have been introduced to Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey. My life is from here on out forever changed. For those of you that have no idea what Deep thoughts are then your missing out on a life time full of laughs. And let me remind you laughing makes you look younger, that's why I look so fabulous! Anyways, I'll share with you my favorite Deep Thought of the day.

My Family

I'm pretty lucky I got a good family. I have two crazy brothers, and two tough sisters, and my mom and dad.

My dad is a lawyer at VialFotheringhamLLP. He loves it. He also loves to play sports even if he can't get out of bed the next day. He is a big Red Sox fan and me being a die hard Yankee means he will take every chance he can get to dis on my team. He went as far as taking me to Fenway Park to go to a Red Sox game. I have to admit he is doing a good job, I have fallen for the Rod Sox. All n' all he is a great dad.

My mom is a piano teacher and she also works at VialFothreinghamLLP. She loves to be with the family. My mom and dad love to go on cruises together. Last year she battled breast cancer and beat it.

My oldest brother Matt works for something, but I forgot what it is called. He loves to go to the beach and chill. He plays a lot of instruments. He can make the biggest pancakes and he can eat the biggest bowl of cereal.

My oldest sister Melissa works for a photography company. She is married and lives in Utah. She is really good at Lacrosse. She is going to BYU but actually I think she is finishing over at the University of Utah. Melissa is crazy, she can be the most random person one second and then be really smart the next. You wont believe me, but she tried her first orange on her 20th birthday. I love getting to see her.

I can't forget about my Brother in law Brett. He loves to travel. He is really good at photography. He loves to go camping and hiking. He basically loves everything. Brett is the best brother in law I could ever ask for.

My big bro Spencer is a photographer. He loves to watch movies and make everyone laugh. He graduated from LHS and goes to PCC. He likes driving his little red car with loud music. He lives in a house close to Portland. He is crazy.

My big sister Sarah is the only sibling I have at home still. She goes to (10th grade) LHS with me. She is really good at sports, and if anyone says boys are stronger than girls she WILL prove them wrong. Everyone thinks I can take her down in arm wrestling, but that is so not true, I stand no chance against her. Sarah and I like to listen to our music really loud and rock out, even if its a Josh Groban song. We are pretty crazy together.

Then there is me, Lizzy, I am the youngest and coolest in the family. I like photography, music, sports, traveling, and school. I have a mix of each of my brothers and sisters in my personality.

Now you basically know everything about my family, Sweetness!