it's been a looooong time

Hi family and friends - I'm so sorry for my delinquency. I update facebook daily so you should join me there! It's easy to upload pics from my phone but not so easy to this site.

Quick update.

I am working at as a Special Ed teacher in Marina CA. I have one more semester of school.

Lincoln is fantastic and big. He's learning so much from his awesome child care lady, Missy!

Josh is substituting and making an impressive impact at all the schools he subs at. They all wish he had a teaching credential; which he will be pursuing next summer.

Thats all for now...more in Xmas letter later! next week.

night night!

pause to love

i just wanna pause for a moment and revel in the life that is mine. despite some ridiculously shitty things that have happened in the past year, my life is pretty freaking awesome. here's an update on the awesomeness of my life:

- my husband is the coolest and sexiest and i love him more everyday
- my baby is the most beautiful ever and i love him more everyday
- i (finally) have lots of colorado friends (again!) and love every one of them
- i am dedicating my life to loving all of you and because of that my life keeps getting better and better.
- colorado is a beautiful state and while i never thought i'd be back here raising a family i am finding that it is a wonderful place to be because of all the wonderful people in this state.
- i love being surrounded by those that i love in other states and countries. i've always wanted every single person i loved to be here with me but now i realize that i want them to geographically surround me. josh and i have stopped caring about money and we are going to live to love = which means travel to see all of you as much as possible.
- i feel closer to my in-laws and am so very thankful for them (guess what...i love them, too!)
- my relationship with my dad has improved ten fold. i'm so happy to have my dad back.

sounds like i'm in love with a lot of things, huh? well, it's true I am. ever since philip died i've been even more in tune with the necessity to love everybody and tell them that. so if i haven't told you that i love you...i do.

in honor of my mom (who died 1 year ago of uterine cancer) i'm going to get a tattoo. thats right folks...a tattoo. doesn't sound like sweet little alison? well think again. it's going to say "amor onmia vincit" (translation: love conquers all) and i'm gonna get it on my forearm in order to remind me that i NEED to love everyone i meet and foster the relationships i do have. my bro plans to get something similar to honor my mom too! he's an awesome guy and i think i'm in denial about him moving to l.a. in a few months.

forget all the b.s. that consumes your life and dedicate your time to what matters most...relationships. learn to love everyone!

love you.

a plentiful harvest

yesterday i ventured into my backyard to check the status of my garden and i came in with quite a plentiful harvest. 2 baskets of peaches, lots of little roma tomatoes, and, get this, an 18 inch zucchini. thats right 18 inches!
here's my proof.

Meet the Simpson-Gubsers

simpsonize yourself

i'm 26 and one half

hey who celebrates their half birthday? anyone? everyone right? well, apparently not. just me. therefore no one celebrated this weekend aug 12th with me. it's a good excuse to at least have a cake and a party. get with it, folks.

my ladies!

this weekend my two best friends ever were in town. anna came from eagle and alyza came from san fran. we went clubbing...no joke! friday night we went to cuba cuba at 12th and delaware in denver and had so much fun. anna met a guy and he wanted to take us dancing so sat night we went to la rumba at 12th and broadway. la rumba is a salsa club. again, it was a lot of fun. josh stayed home with the linkers! we also ate at vg burgers in boulder. it's a vegan burger joint and is worth it! lincoln loved alyza and anna. he had such a great weekend laughing at everything they did. he even tried a lemon.

a visitor from the mount

today and yesterday we here in suburbia have had visitors from the mountains. 2 elk have stopped by to grace us with there beautiful presence. however, they should go back to the mountains where they are supposed to live. here are some pics...

Sticking it to the man

My cousins, Tyler and Erika, Cory and I came up with a brillant way to "stick it to the man." We go to restaurants and consume as many free refills as possible. Two restaurants in San Antonio fell victim to our shenaniganry. Chili's and Houlihan's.

Chili's...we downed enough blackberry ice teas so that they equaled only $.52. Awesome...

then we went to Houlihan's the next day for flavored lemonades and teas. The price per tea was even better there because the waitress forgot to add a 4th drink on the check. $.48 each...Yes!

However, we learned our lesson...we can only "stick it to the man" once a week because it requires mass consumption of sugary drinks!

the journey from suburbia to the city

the cutest hand ever!


hand-eater #1


hand-eater #2


my first mojito (with steph)



joshi and me!

dental tidbit

i went to the dentist on friday and it was great. she gave me a bit of flossing advice that i'd never heard before. we're all used to hearing that we need to "floss everyday" but she told me that we, specifically, need to floss BEFORE we brush. she said it is way more effective. give it a shot!

This is what happened the year josh was born:

Jimmy Carter is president of the US

President Carter announces punitive measures and embargos against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts in a violent blast estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb

Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th US president in a sweeping victory

US Representative Michael O. Myers is expelled from the House for his role in the Abscam scandal

Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer

Microsoft announces their version of UNIX, Xenix

Christina Ricci, Chelsea Clinton, Venus Williams, Jessica Simpson, Macaulay Culkin, and Jake Gyllenhaal are born

Philadelphia Phllies win the World Series

Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl XIV

New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup

The Empire Strikes Back is the top grossing film

"Lady" by Kenny Rogers spends the most time at the top of the US charts

U.S. viewers get caught up in the "Who Shot J.R.?" cliff hanger on the soap opera series, Dallas, which is solved on a November 21 episode, drawing a record numbers of viewers

random thoughts and pictures

The love between Archie and Chubby is astounding and inspiring.











Our friends from our birth class, Josh and Shannon, and their 2 1/2 week old baby, Reed. He puked all over me but it was ok because he had a belly ache and felt much better after that! It was hard holding him against my enormous watermelon of a belly. I couldn't cuddle very easily. Soon enough I'll get to cuddle with my own nugget of joy!









These are the shoes that I picked out and Cory bought me for my birthday! I love them. They have hula girls all over them and say "aloha" as well as sport my favorite fruit...a pineapple. Plus, they are soooooo comfortable. Much needed at this point since I've gained 35 lbs and my feet are killing me.