Some Differences Between Steve and Teresa

Who is older?
Steve by 4 years. We both went to Timpview High School, but he went from 1998-2001 and I went from 2001-2005. Talk about robbin' the grave!

Who is taller?
Steve is 5'8" and I am 5'5". I have never liked high heels, and now I have a great reason not the wear them :)

Who is smarter?
Hard to say. In High School, I graduated with honors and had a higher ACT score than Steve. But in College, Steve's GPA is better than mine and he even made it on the Deans List a few times. When it comes to street smarts, Steve wins. When it comes to math, I win. When it comes to who has made the least dumb mistakes, we both lose. I would have to say that if a wizard were looking for a smart apprentice and had to choose between me and Steve, he would choose Steve.

Who makes more money?
Steve brings in the bread working hard on the business. But I have helped out too. And believe me, it's hard to run a business.

Who is more emotional?
Me by a longshot. I cry so much that I've learned to produce tears for on stage purposes. Steve says that the only times his eyes water up is when he is watching a show where a hero overcomes evil, like Disney's Fantasmic.

Who is more picky?
Me. When it comes to food, Steve will eat anything. He is training me, though. Thanks to him, some foods I couldn't stand before I can gladly say I like. We are working on pickles and mushrooms right now. When it comes to buying things, I am not super picky in general, but compared to Steve, I am.

Who is cleaner?
Alas, we are both pig people. I wish one of us were clean to get the other in shape, but we both put it off. We've had incredibly clean moments, but overall don't have a very clean slate. We are working on that - and we vow to be changed people.

Who is the better cook?
I can conjure up some good things when closely following a recipe, but Steve has a gift of creating foods from scratch. He has had some disasters from experimenting, but all his yummy creations have made up for it. He has mastered the secret of the Arby's curly fry, and that has won my heart (and clogged it).

Who would be most likely to attend sporting events?
Me! I have always been a basketball and football enthusiast. Steve played football back in middle school, but can't stand watching sports. He'd rather play them. I used to have an all sports pass for BYU, but now that we're married, we haven't gone to any sporting events. I don't miss them too much, as I'd rather be with Steve.

Who has more clothes?
Steve! But he hates shopping...

Who is more cultured?
Steve grew up on cello, I on piano. We both have dabbled at the idea of being a humanities major. We both love going to museums, plays, concerts, Renaissance fairs, etc. We both love trying ethnic food, though Steve is more willing to try some things than I am. We are both pretty well read on the classics. He has been to Europe and the Caribbean. I went to NYC. You be the judge.

Who is sillier?
Steve. Ask him to play dogs with you sometime.

Who is more responsible?
Me. I am the bill-payer and friendly reminder wife, though I'm certainly not close to perfect.

We Moved!

So, we moved into a bigger place 2 weeks ago in South West Provo, thanks to Mara Ledezma. We love it here and want to invite friends to dinner, so don't be surprised if you receive an invite from us in the future.

Ariah loves having us read to her. She recently discovered how to open book pages herself, so she finds great joy in turning pages and looking at the pictures. She also likes to sink her little teeth (she's got 2 on the bottom now) into the hard pages.


Ariah hasn't shown any signs of being shy or unwilling to go into other people's arms. Infact, she usually greets everyone with a signature full-mouthed grin (unless she's hungry or tired). She has been laughing a lot lately. My mom commented that yesterday, when she was doing something to make her and my sister laugh, Ariah seemed to be aware of that and she would continue the action to get more laughs. She's an entertainer like her crazy parents.




She has never hated a bath. She loves to splash and she doesn't mind water dribbling in her eyes. We got 7 Peaks passes, so I'm excited to take her and see what she thinks.

Johny Rock Versus the Bees

On Saturday my buddies Randy McNair, Will McAllister and I teamed up to shoot the preliminary film of our new organization, New Film Project (inspired by New Play Project). This film has been long anticipated by my friends for almost ten years, and production has been attempted several times. Now, we've finally produced the glorious action thriller, Johny Rock Versus the Bees (formerly known as Silvester Stallone Versus the Bees, which we had to change for obvious reasons).

For a long time we were stumped over where we were going to shoot it, as the entire movie took place in a pit, one that would take a very long time to dig. But the day before the shoot, Randy prayed for guidance, then drove around and found two awesome natural pits (each missing a fourth wall), which we used to fake a single pit. This was actually preferable, as it allowed us room to setup a crane and dolly, which would have been impossible in a pit as small as the film depicts.

I played Johny Rock. My inspiration was, of course, Silvester Stallone, whom I studied for several weeks, watching lots of his clips on Youtube and reading all of the articles on his website about his exercise and diet. I even got my brother to be my personal trainer, who drove around in a car and insulted me as we ran around the block, and he made me do ignomenious exercises like carry heavy jugs of orange juice as I ran through every aisle of Maceys. The day before the shoot, I did over five-hundred pushups, as I had no access to actual weights; but that's okay, because it was similar to Rocky's greatest training sequence in Rocky 4.

The shoot began early and ended late. The whole day was windy and cold, and standing around in a thin tank top, covered in vegetable oil (for the sweaty effect) and mud, I could never put on a coat and so was always miserable. I had to beat up myself pretty bad for some of the shots. We wrapped just as dusk turned to night, not a moment too soon, and the day was a huge success. I'm excited to see how the footage turns out.

Be excited for this film. With a stellar musical number, an exploding grenade and hundreds of angry bees, the will be an epic you won't want to miss.

Happy Birthday Brian!

Brian's b-day was April Fools Day, so Steve, Eric, and I wanted to make a puppet show movie in his honor. Unfortunately it took us 14 days to finish. But, better late than never, right?

This movie celebrates the made up monsters and people Steve and Eric created for their little brother Brian when he was a wee one. Enjoy.

Makeup final