..."WHITE TRASH FAMILY WINS ON THE FEUD!"...

I can see it now...the URE family goes down in history for lacking class in everything we do. We try really hard to make our Mama proud - but just can't help bringing a little ghetto into it all.
Today was our taping day for Family Feud. And right off the bat we were set apart from all of the other families that were at the studio. Each individual family was in there nice color coordinated outfits and they were quietly waiting to be taken backstage...and then we showed up. Only Trilby and Megan were ready and dressed (those older kids were taught a lot better than us younger ones). As for the rest of us, we decided to change right there on the street. So with the baby's blanket shielding partial view - Lindsey, Brook, and I changed out entire wardrobe. I made sure to tell my teammates (after all I was the leader of our pack!...You know it!!!) that we didn't need a gay color theme to look cool - but that we were going for the more "eclectic" feel.
We were pumped and ready to make some money. At first in the morning every family runs through another sort of dress rehearsal audition. 2 of the 7 families there actually wouldn't end up being on the show. We were determined to be the favorites of the day. And come to find out later, the producer said that she had been in a bind and had told the casting director to bring her a family that was sure "to deliver"...we were chosen as that special selection. I'll admit, we put a guarantee on our ability to make some 'good t.v.' - and they were going to hold us to it.
We were obviously chosen as one of the first families to preform at the morning audition. It was necessary for us to show them how it's done! We went against a great family that I had been rousting back and forth with all morning. They even said I was their, "brother from another mother" after I showed them I could duplicate any of there dance moves, gang signs, hoots and hollers.
After all the families auditioned I was positive of our success and knew we'd be on the show. Not to mention that all the other families there had done their first audition like in January and we had done ours only 2-3 weeks ago! We were pretty excited about the quick call back we got. Soon enough time for the real taping came and we were again chosen as the first family to compete.
Let's just say a good time was had by all...they were drinking us up! We had a blast and mama even said we didn't embarrass her too much. Other than the fact that Lindsey was so incredibly bossy that she sometimes was taking the fun out of it for me. Like when we went to huddle and I was a little slower than her so she pinched me REALLY hard, and I naturally yelped out loud, and then she told me how ridiculous I was for yelling out loud! How about she's ridiculous to be such a competitive Nazi all the time! You pinch me....I'm going to scream.
I'll admit I sort of bombed on the fast money part - however it was nothing compared to my follies on my previous game show catastrophes! I kept thinking of Mormon responses to the questions and then I'd have to tell myself to not think like a Mormon but think like the typical Joe Schmo on the street. When asked what families should always do together I could think of nothing other than, "family home evening," or "read the scriptures" and so I ended passing on that one.
Thankfully Lindsey came through and we ended up taking home $20,000.00 to split between the 5 of us. We were very pumped. We anticipated winning the max of 5 shows, but after loosing the second game - we see that it really is a fun game of luck, not so much one of strategy. (Those are the ones I like - I hate strategy....HATE IT!)
We had a blast and can't wait to see ourselves on TV! Hopefully the 10 pounds the camera adds won't look more like 20. Although Mama made me change my initial shirt cause she said I looked pregnant. And then when I later asked her if I looked cute on camera she told me, "Yes you looked cute, but there was a lot of roundness about you - your face is really rounded out these days." Ahh well - at least I got a sweet spirit!....and 4k in my pocket!!!

Happy Birthday to My Fister...Happy Birthday to You!

So my Fister (fake sister) Alice Hobbins had a little birthday and it was time to celebrate it...high class style! We took a little sea journey on the yacht out to Catalina. Now that was some good company. We had a Captain, a few sailors, and a grand 'ol time! My favorite part may have been the kayaking and not having to use my paddle even once. I had the best partner there...not to mention he was the self appointed captain. Thanks a ton Ryan!
What a fun day. Thanks for making it a fun celebration Fister! Love you!!!

Opps!!!

Uhh-Ohh...Trissy wasn't very careful today. Sometimes I get a little sloppy in my attempt at creating a nice golden (with a hint of orange) glow. Apparently today was one of those days. I've been doing this whole regimen for quite some time now, and usually can get it right. Not today. You might be thinking I should feel embarrassed because my vain attempts at beauty are so obvious. But Lindsay Lohan doesn't care when the paparazzi capture her orange streaks and so neither do I. And FYI - for those of you who are thinking to yourselves how blessed you feel to not have been born with pale and freckly skin as I - just know that when I'm 60 and you're 60 I'm going to be looking about 20 years younger than you do. Sorry dude - it's a fact! I'm telling you - you gotta give this whole sunless tanning thing a try.

white is in...
orange is in...

I'm NOT engaged...and HELLO!? - I'm FINE with that!!!

I have a lot of things to post about...however I woke up really mad so I'm in no mood to blog for you all. Why did I wake up in such a rotten mood? Well let me tell you about this little curse I've got. I happen to remember every single little dream that I have each night. I'm not a very deep sleeper - perhaps that's why. Anyways, last night I was hit with a doozie! I dreamt that a girl in the single's ward proposed to me!!! And as if that wasn't bad enough in itself Lindsey...my ever loyal sister... wanted me to announce it in Sacrament meeting during the announcement time. I tried to brush it off and said to the Bishop, "Oh no - I have nothing to announce, I haven't told 'him' (trying to cover it up that a freaking girl asked me...not a boy!!!) yes yet."
And then to make matters worse - in this letter of proposal that this girl left me along with a ring for me to wear, she said something to the effect of, "Well I've tried my hardest and there aren't really any options left for me -so I figure why not marry you?!" Are you kidding me??? First of all, don't try to include me in on your acts of desperation cause although I may be newly 28 I really don't think that's time to throw in the towel and decide to play for the other team!!! Oh was I irritated! And to think I was surrounded by people that justified the idea of giving up on hoping to eventually marry a man!!! Come on guys - I still got a lot of hopes for my future!!!
Yeah so apparently I'm in need of a good therapist or something, cause this sort of subconscious early life crisis has got to go! So I'm mad...yes I am indeed mad this morning! But for the record I just want you all to know that I obviously declined the proposal (at least I'm not totally demented subconsciously) and told that girl to try her cures for singledom on someone else cause you better believe Tristen ain't interested - I'm lovin' life doing it just the way I am!!! And hello...timing is everything right? It's just not my time and it's ok! (Poor MaMa wants it to be my time sooo bad! - and I swear that's where the subconscious drama is coming from...)

G-Funk...the day you were born all my dreams came true!

Now let me tell you something...Gary Samuelian knows how to throw a fun Birth-DAY!!! After Briti and I spent our weekend in Santa Barbara we met up with the birthday boy Gary, Lindsey & baby, and Susi. We shoped till we dropped and the fun went on into the wee hours. Gary wanted to take his girls to L.A. and get us all fun treats in celebration of his birth!
Talk about fun! We all got the best Marc Jacobs carry bags, the cutest Helen F. necklace, the most yummy sweat pants ever, and we topped it off with a tasty meal at "The Ivy"
The fun never stops with that boy - Happy Birthday Baby! But the best present was yet to come as Susi and Gary were told the news of the little one growing inside Briti's belly. That was for sure the coolest part seeing their excitement and anticipation. Then we drove home for more partying. Ohh and did I mention that Lindsey...like usual took her drive home to the next level as she drove as passenger in the BMW with the top down. And I mean 'top down' in every sense of the phrase! That girl?!? I-yi-yi!
Then we came home to a fun cherry on top as we celebrated with a delicious Maggie Moo's cake from his Aunt and cousins that were in town. I'm pretty sure I know what he wished for...and I just want to say to Gary that don't you worry...all your dreams are about to come true!!!

Thelma & Louise...and a pea in the pod

If your going to be jealous of anything I do...then you should be jealous of the weekend I had! Briti, my BFF Butterfly, and I did what we always said we'd one day do. Well last weekend was the perfect time to do it. It started off with my forcing Briti to take a pregnancy test at about Midnight on our way to pick up some delicious Maggie Moo's for everyone. We went to the grocery store and got and asked where the tests were. It was hilarious because everyone assumed we were the happy couple expecting good news! Now this isn't the first time we've done this - but last time her husband Jason was with us.
As we were walking into the bathroom we were told over the loud speaker that they wanted to know the results too. Well in about 5 minutes time we saw a lovely two lines indicating that Briti was in fact with child! We were ecstatic and overwhelmed! I came out of the bathroom exclaiming, "It's a girl!" and we went to the front to asked the night employees if they agreed with my diagnosis. Britni was somewhat skeptical and just couldn't believe it. All the workers said that we were definitely prego and we left speechless!
Brit wanted to keep it a secret from everyone till at least she had a chance to tell J. So we had fun keeping out secret just between the two of us for a while. We then decided that the time was NOW to play a little Thelma and Louise. So on Sunday morning we borrowed Susi's convertible BMW, grabbed our scarfs, and drove where the wind would take us. It took us all the way to Santa Barbara.
I can hardly even explain how much stinking fun it was! We stopped whenever we wanted and did whatever we wanted. We found the cutest little bed and breakfast and became obsessed with the quaintness of the area. I told the front desk guy that we would be checking in under the name, "Mouse...Mickey Mouse" because we didn't want to be bothered by anyone during our short trip away. He thought I was crazy - until I told him little did he know that we were basically celebrities where we came from. Umm hadn't he heard of "Laguna Beach"??? - well I let him know that I in fact new a friend that new a friend that actually had one time seen L.C. across the street from her! He didn't mess with me after that. In fact he even let us take their tandem bike out way past their curfew!
We shopped and rode bikes and had to take some brakes to let the little one rest. My little Pearl (that's her name...and YES we are just sure it's going to be a girl!) is a little champ! Britni was a little more tired than usual but that didn't keep everything obnoxious hidden. When we would ride up and down the boardwalk on our tandem bike - she would think it was so funny to lift up my dress right as I was waving to each passerby. I would scream and we'd almost fall off the bike everytime...and she did it way too many times past funny! Then we rode in the skate park, but I don't think the little skater punks really welcomed us there as we bottomed out on each ramp.
Britni was really amazed at how much I truly wanted to reenact scenes from Thelma and Louise. When we were riding at full speed on the pier and people were moving out of our way as I yelled, "watch out - here come Thelma and Louise and we're going to jump!" she got a little nervous. Luckily we were able to slide to a stop before going off the edge.
We had a great time and we were sad to leave. However, we have planned to make this happen on a regular basis. We just have to make sure good 'ol Susi will let us drive that fun car - cause I have to believe the wind in our hair made all the difference in the world!