Friday Face: Guinevere Littlejohn

Our Friday Face today is one of my favorite girls, Guinevere Littlejohn! Not only is she one of the most adorable five year olds, but she’s also brilliant! Big changes are coming for Gigi because she is days away from starting Kindergarten! She’ll be attending the same school that her mom, Tamara, and I teach at and I am beyond excited to see her cute little face pass by my window daily!  You can learn more about Guinevere and her family here.

I give you Guinevere!

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Name: Guinevere Rose Littlejohn

Nicknames: Gigi, Rosie, Gigi Peegee, Bobo
Age: Five
Favorite color: Pink and purple.  I also have secret favorite colors.  They are green and blue and yellow.  They are secret because they are only for family and friends to know about.
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Favorite movies: My favorite movies are Fairytopia and Sleeping Beauty.  I like those movies because they have my favorite kinds of fairies and princesses.
Kitties or puppies: Puppies because they grow up to be big and they stay with humans.  Cats are free.  They do what they want to.

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Favorite thing to do: My favorite thing to do is play with my Barbies.  I like to play wedding with them.  I also like to go to Disneyland.  My favorite ride there is Thunder Mountain Railroad.  I love it because it is really bumpy and fast.   It could blow your head off!  I also like to ride Winnie the Pooh and see the princesses.
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What scares you? Zombies.  They are freaky.
Do you have a best friend? Yes, Kiley and Sophie.  They are fun to play with.  We play Barbies and we like to play a lot of things that each other likes to do.
Favorite treat?  CHEETOS!  I don’t get to have them very often because they are not very healthy for you.  I like to have pronto pups (veggie hot dog wrapped with baked bread dough) for a healthy snack.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a ballerina and a model because it seems really fun.  I am going to have to practice a lot to have that job.
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What is your favorite thing to do with your little brother? That’s an easy question.  Play baby.  I push him in my baby stroller and then we pretend it is time for his nap.  I put him on the couch and put blankets down.  Then I push him in the stroller again.  My little brother is hard when he is hitting.  When he hits, I tell him, “No Jude, that hurts.  Ouch.”  Then I put him in his bedroom for time out if he does it again.  He usually does hit me again.
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What are you most excited about with school starting? Knowing the teacher.  I’ll be at my Mama’s school so I know Mrs. Ross already.  I am also excited about getting to wear my new clothes, going to recess and new friends.  I will make friends really easy because I am really kind.
Best thing about being five: The best thing about being five is that I have my self control.  Self control is that I have control of myself, not like my brother.
One word that describes Gigi: Disneyland!
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Friday Face: Joe Wilbur

Our August Friday face is Joe Wilbur. I met Joe in high school when we sat next to each other in a Civics class. Lara and I were more interested in not paying attention and rallied the other classmates to play an Anacortes High School version of Saved by the Bell.

Joe’s role was AC Slater.

If we were to play a modern day of Saved by the Bell I’m certain that we’d have to make a new character for Joe to play. Since 1997 Joe has become a bit more tattooed, developed his musical talents and come to believe that whiskey is one of his great allies.

Here are some interesting things about Joe:

  • He makes amazingly beautiful guitars.
  • His family all shares his same smile.
  • He & Barry lived together and played baseball together.
  • He is really proud of his nephew.
  • He likes to bring a cooler full of food when he comes to a BBQ.
  • He’ll be turning 29 in few weeks, same day as Barry.
  • He’s a philosophy major.

I give you Joe……

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Name: Joseph Anthony Wilbur

Nickname(s): Joe (that count?), Jose, Hotrod, Hollywood, and my favorite, Jobi Won Kenobi

Date of Birth: Sept 14, 1980

Hometown: Anacortes, WA

Job: Tent guy

Where are you right now? in bed

What are you really good at? I’m good at tellin it like it is haha. being confrontational people say i’m good at. I like to think i’m good at a lot of things. “Jack of all trades master of none” some old man once said to me. Then I suplexed him, but it was only a so-so suplex, not perfectly executed.

What is the most difficult part of your day? Without a doubt, waking up


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What is the best part of your day? The parts when I know I can relax for a bit

Your family is very supportive. And funny. 🙂

What is playing on your ipod right now? Mogwai

Favorite movie? August Rush


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Most often said phrase? your mother. or i use this joke a lot, “you’re a ______.” do u know that one? Like take whatever someone just said something is and turn it on them, works for anything. (Example: “That’s a nice wall” Then u say, “You’re a nice wall”…and then u get a weird look, it’s funny.)

Favorite food? Almond chicken from Lucky Chopsticks in A-town

Favorite vacation destination? San Juans – I’ve never really been on a real vacation

What do you wish you had more of? time

What do you wish you had less of? cavities

What do you have just the right amount of? alcohol 😉


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Do you have a motto? I guess I haven’t nailed down a single creed to live by, there are many cuz life has many aspects to it. Plus being a philosophy major has made me think about things too much sometimes, so i’m thinking about that question way too much and it’s blowing my mind right now. 🙂

Describe yourself in one word. eclectic

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Friday Face: Sean McCool

After a longish hiatus Friday Face is back! Today our Friday Face, Sean, comes to us all the way from Iraq. Sean and his lovely wife, Christen, are both from Anacortes. I went to school with both of them and, well, I’m certain that they both love Anacortes as much as I do!  When I think of Sean I think of somebody that is really funny and smart. He was kind enough to help me revive the Friday Face!

You can learn more about Sean and Christen’s cute little family here!

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Name:
Sean Elby Kasperbauer McCool

Nickname(s):
I’ve never had one that stuck

Date of Birth:
27 February 1980

Hometown:
Anacortes, WA

Children:
Max (4), Jack (1), Albert Huckleberry due 15 Sept 09

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Job:
Combat Engineer, currently the Engineer Company Commander for Marine
Wing Support Squadron 271

Where are you right now?
Iraq

What are you really good at?
Daydreaming, throwing things at stuff (deadly accurate with a rock aimed
at floating driftwood), and reading to the boys with silly voices.

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What is your favorite book? When did you last read it?
Ender’s Game, 2 years ago.

What has been the most shocking news of your life?
“Sean, it doesn’t look good. Where are you so we can get you home?” I
was in northern Quebec watching the Columbia’s reentry on the internet.
I could tell something was wrong before they made the announcement and
called one of my Dad’s friends (also an astronaut) in Houston to find
out what was going on.

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Christen’s best quality:
Unending, overflowing, unconditional love. And she’s BEAUTIFUL, like a
hot sexy elf. I guess that’s two things.

What is playing on your ipod right now:
Knights of Cydonia by Muse.

Funniest thing you have heard/seen your boys do?
We were at a store with 2 other couple-friends that have small kids, and
Max wanted to touch something on the shelf and I told him, “No Max,
that’s for grown-ups.”
He replied (loud enough for everyone in the store to hear) “And when I’m
a grown-up, I can drink “grown-up drink” (that’s what we call beer), and
I will have hair on my peepee.” He had just turned 3 at the time.

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At 2pm on a Tuesday Sean is…
Last Tuesday at 2pm I was taking a nap. Next Tuesday I’ll be out on a 2
day (hopefully) mission. It’s always different out here!

Favorite food?
This pasta Christen makes with sun dried tomatoes, sausage, and melted
mozzarella. Christen and Max call them tunnel noodles, but I’m not very
noodle smart. I think they’re called Penne noodles.

What do you want right NOW.
No sad/sick/abused babies or kids anywhere.

Favorite vacation destination?
The Pacific Northwest in the summer.

Twenty years ago you were…..
9 years old living in Oak Harbor either making a driftwood fort at the
beach, or watching Duck Tales.

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Do you have a motto?
Don’t let them down.

Describe yourself in one word.
Blessed.