Since all of my art supplies are packed up an unavailable and nothing else to do I started messing around on my photography blog and eventually decided to re-do the whole thing. Haha. I love the new look, but don't count on it lasting long. You know me!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
3rd Year is the Charm
Our 3 year anniversary was Wednesday. We celebrated by packing up everything we own and moving out of the home we spent our first 3 years together. I never thought I would actually be sad to leave Unit 143 but I felt a glint of sadness leaving our place behind.
Looking back we have truly had the best 3 years with little to complain about. We are anxiously looking forward to starting a new chapter in our life in a house. It has already been an adventure and Bret impresses me more everyday. Sorry ladies for snatching him up when I did.
I of course had to post some wedding shots to commemorate our perfect wedding day. {and to reminisce over my pre-baby body in my favorite wedding dress of all time *sigh!}
Looking back we have truly had the best 3 years with little to complain about. We are anxiously looking forward to starting a new chapter in our life in a house. It has already been an adventure and Bret impresses me more everyday. Sorry ladies for snatching him up when I did.
I of course had to post some wedding shots to commemorate our perfect wedding day. {and to reminisce over my pre-baby body in my favorite wedding dress of all time *sigh!}
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
100 things about Bret
I took the plunge and finally made a list. Make sure to see Becki's list down below too.
1. I love sports. I wish I played them more and I wish I was a better athlete, but I love playing and watching sports, particularly Phoenix teams (Suns, D-backs, Cardinals, & ASU) and BYU.
2. My favorite TV show is Sportscenter.
3. My 2nd favorite TV show is The Office.
4. After BYU lost in the 1st round of the NCAA tournament again last year, I vowed to stop rooting for them and to stop caring, but alas, it is engrained in my system. All the time spent with Dad growing up cheering for them and getting our hearts broken again and again because of them is too much of a bond to overcome. (I can hear Barry laughing at me as I write this).
5. I passed the CPA Exam and will have my license by the end of the year.
6. I seriously work at the coolest company in the world. It’s called Infusionsoft. Really, you should check it out if you haven’t yet. Here’s a link. We’re going to soon take over the world so you should get on board now while you still have a chance.
7. I love my family very much and I think they are the best in the whole wide world.
8. My heroes are my two older brothers, my Dad, Grandpa Crosby, Pompa, and Nephi.
9. I don’t believe that Becki weighed as much when we met as she did right before she gave birth to Kingston. There’s no way.
10. I collected GI Joe action figures growing up. I had over 100 men and over 30 vehicles. My mom let me set up 3 shelves in my room just so I could stand them all up to display them. I could always count on getting new men and tanks for birthdays and for Christmas.
11. I want to go see GI Joe the movie really bad.
12. I can make pretty good machine gun and exploding missile sounds.
13. This may offend some people, but I am really not a fan of obese people. I know, I know, some of them can’t help it or were doomed from birth because of their parents and the way they were raised, but I just can’t see how they wouldn’t do whatever it takes to change their eating habits, exercise habits, and lifestyle habits to lose the weight. I’m not saying they need to be 180 pounds and in prime physical condition, I’m just saying 400 pounds is a little excessive dude. Seriously.
14. I sometimes say what I really think which may be offensive to overly-sensitive people. ;)
15. I hate wasting money. For the most part, I consider buying the latest and greatest things brand new wasting money.
16. I have kept track of every dollar I’ve spent since getting my Personal Management merit badge when I was 14. Some may call me obsessive or cheap, I call it fiscally responsible and thrifty.
17. I have never paid a late fee or an overdraft fee.
18. I have paid speeding ticket fees. But none since I’ve been married.
19. I have been married for 3 years on August 19th, 2006. This was our one year anniversary date of when we officially starting dating in 2005.
20. I thought it was very impractical and illogical to travel way up to Salt Lake City to get married when there is a temple 10 minutes away from our house.
21. I am glad my wife helps me do impractical and illogical things every once in a while.
22. I’m not gonna lie, I pick my nose…
23. …and I have gas most of the time.
24. For our senior prank, my 3 best friends and I planned the best heist ever. We thought of every angle to make sure we wouldn’t get caught…
25. I have been charged with a felony (4th degree burglary), and 4 misdemeanors (theft, conspiracy to theft, trespassing on government property, and tampering with the public education process).
26. I was one of 8 Valedictorians from my high school. Hey, don’t hate, I just benefited from the system that was put in place to give everyone with a 4.0 the award.
27. I don’t tell people about the system that was in place when I put High School Valedictorian on my résumé.
28. I love going home to visit Mom & Dad in Eagar. Mom happily makes us breakfast, lunch and dinner while we’re there, it’s not 110 degrees, & usually I get out of changing diapers for a few days.
29. I think my Mom is the best Mom in the whole wide world.
30. I served my mission in Arequipa, Peru and Richmond, Virginia. I couldn’t get my Visa so I waited in Virginia Beach for almost 6 months before I finally was able to go to Peru.
31. I have two kids. Crazy.
32. I eat practically the same lunch every day: a couple of sandwiches, an apple, a Yoplait yogurt, maybe some chips, maybe a Snack Pack pudding, and I might go crazy and throw in a cheese stick or a bag of baby carrots.
33. I love when Becki makes enough dinner to have leftovers the next day so I don’t have to eat practically the same lunch every day.
34. My all time favorite fast food is The Whopper Sandwich, most especially when it’s only a $1.00. See #’s 15 & 16.
35. When The Whopper Sandwich is not $1.00, I don’t mind settling for 2 Whopper Jr. Sandwiches for $1.00 each.
36. I do not want to learn 5 languages (sorry Natali and Mark). Learning Spanish was hard enough and I prefer to not go through that again.
37. I was in the same single’s ward my entire 4 year career as a single. That includes both before and after the mission. How many of you can say that? Whabam!
38. I don’t know why I am proud that I was only in one single’s ward my entire career as a single.
39. I prefer listening to music a whole CD at a time. And yes, I still have my CD collection from high school that I still listen to via CD, although, Pandora radio is catching on.
40. I absolutely hate throwing up. It is the single most horrible experience of my life I can think of.
41. If people watch or hear me throwing up, they will agree that to me throwing up is the single most horrible experience of my life.
42. The only movie I have ever seen more than once in a movie theater is Napoleon Dynamite.
43. I worked as a lifeguard during high school. I did the early morning shift. I was supposed to be there at 4:30 for the 5am session, but usually half the ladies beat me to the pool.
44. I used to go to sleep while watching all the old ladies “swim.”
45. I would pray every morning that none of the ladies would slip and fall while showering and require medical attention.
46. I used to be able to dunk a basketball. Ever since I jacked up my ankle I can’t jump as high as I used to.
47. I blame not being able to jump as high as I used to on my ankle, when really it’s probably because I don’t really work out anymore.
48. I have a goal to read more books. I want to read one business book and one church book per month.
49. One of these days I’m going to start my goal to read more books. It used to be, once I’m done with school, now it’s after we move into the new house.
50. I cannot friggin’ wait to move into our new house.
51. I used to always win when I played Monopoly with my brothers and sisters growing up.
52. I don’t win Monopoly every time now.
53. I consistently read Race Davis’ blog. The kid is hilarious. See for yourself.
54. I love that my wife is creative and is always making something.
55. I can’t friggin’ wait to move into our new house where she’ll have a whole room to herself to be creative and always be making something.
56. My favorite general authority is Elder Henry B. Eyring. He reminds me of Grandpa Crosby.
57. Elder Eyring was on the same plane as me when I flew down to Peru. I got to shake his hand in the airport before the flight. A cherished moment.
58. My favorite Blizzard and Cold Stone concoction is anything with cheese cake in it. Mmm.
59. I am a firm believer in the EFY program. I hope it’s still around to send my kids there when they are teenagers.
60. I am pretty good at making up group cheers for EFY. If you’re lucky and ask nicely, I might show you some of them.
61. I have never drank alcohol, smoked a cigarette, drank tea or coffee, or taken any illegal or performance enhancing drugs.
62. Ok, this is taking way too long. I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters.
63. I was born on December 30th, 1981.
64. One day earlier this year on the way home from school, I actually had to do the math in my head to calculate if I was 26 or 27 years old.
65. I am 27 years old.
66. Instead of getting my wisdom teeth pulled before my mission, my dentist convinced me to pull out my 4 back molars and let the wisdom teeth grow in their place.
67. Every dentist I’ve gone to since the dentist that pulled my 4 back molars has told me that wasn’t a good idea.
68. In high school, my Dad paid me $50 for not eating any candy for a whole year. Fortunately, my Mom’s homemade baked goods were not on the forbidden list.
69. In high school, my Dad paid me another $50 for not drinking any soda for a whole year.
70. I made $100 from my Dad 2 years in a row and I promise I didn’t cheat.
71. I want to serve a mission or 2 with Becki when we’re old.
72. I correct Becki’s grammar and misspelled words, even in her text messages.
73. I sometimes make grammar mistakes and misspell words.
74. I didn’t pay a penny to ASU to get my Bachelor’s degree. Can you say Scholarship? ;)
75. I haven’t paid a penny to ASU to get my Master’s degree.
76. I will pay approximately one million, six hundred thousand pennies plus interest to ASU for my Master’s degree.
77. Even though Kingston watches the movie Cars at least once per day, every time it’s on and I’m home I find myself drawn in and sitting down and watching it with him. It’s a pretty good movie! (Or maybe I'm just easily entertained).
78. At Casey Stokes’ slumber birthday party in 7th grade, (maybe it was 6th) we played truth or dare and I had to give his step-Mom a full frontal hug the next morning as we were leaving.
79. In 7th grade, my peers and I thought Casey Stokes’ Mom was extremely hot.
80. Whenever I hear the song “Stacy’s Mom” I sing along and change the words to “Casey’s Mom.”
81. Some of my favorite bands in High School were Bush, Live, Collective Soul, Eve 6, Our Lady Peace & Green Day.
82. Some of my favorite bands now are Jack Johnson, Lifehouse, The All-American Rejects, & Cake.
83. I have seen Cake in concert 3 times.
84. Making this list has officially been the longest Family Home Evening Becki and I have ever had.
85. Once in my single’s ward, our elder’s quorum was challenged to memorize the Proclamation to the World on the Family and I did it.
86. I have since forgotten the Proclamation to the World on the Family.
87. Once in high school, I made out with a girl without untouching our lips for 32 minutes straight. Yeah, I timed it. I told myself going into the session that I would not be the one to pull away first, and well, the rest is history.
88. I hate the San Antonio Spurs.
89. I wish I would have learned more sweet skills from my Dad. Seriously the man can do anything; weld, fix vehicles & machinery, garden, build stuff, landscape, build houses, lay carpet, lay tile, fix boats, ride horses, raise chickens, pigs, cows, rabbits, & ostriches, and the list goes on.
90. I hate making important decisions. I would almost just have someone else make the decision for me, or procrastinate so long that the decision makes itself.
91. I highly recommend that everyone, especially members of the Crosby family, read Testimonies for the Truth by Benjamin Brown. Bro. Brown was the mission companion of Jesse Wentworth Crosby, who was the first Crosby to join the church. If I am not mistaken, one of Jesse’s daughters married one of Ben’s sons or something like that, so I think he is related to us too. Check it out here. Seriously, it’s amazing. I just skimmed this version I just found online and I think it's a shortened version than the hard copy that I have. Let me know if any of you would like a copy of the real deal.
92. I had to pay 5 unpaid parking tickets to ASU in order to get my Bachelor’s degree. It was still much cheaper than paying for a permit every semester.
93. When I was filling out a get to know you list for our new ward on Sunday, there was not enough space to fit all of Becki’s talents in the box. I left my box blank.
94. My favorite temple is the Nauvoo temple. One of my favorite memories is cleaning it with my Dad.
95. Right before my mission, I faked sick at work so I could go to a free Lifehouse concert at the mall. I got to meet Jason Wade and the entire band. I felt really bad afterwards though.
96. I don’t like change. I like making a plan and sticking to it. Unfortunately for Becki I’m not very impulsive and don’t really like surprises.
97. I think I’m pretty romantic, but pretty much only on holidays and special occasions. I send Becki on well thought out scavenger hunts, write meaningful letters, and other special gifts. Go ahead, ask Becki about them. ;)
98. I listen to sports talk radio to and from work. I prefer Sports 620, but if it’s a commercial I’ll switch over to Xtra Sports 910. If that’s a commercial too, I’ll venture over to the fm world and listen to The Edge or KUPD, and maybe sometimes Mix 96.9.
99. I coined the phrase “If you’re not happy, you’re not grateful.” I’ve been quoted on it before.
100. I’m a packrat and hate throwing stuff away, especially if it has sentimental value. Many of my personal belongings have sentimental value that Becki doesn’t understand.
1. I love sports. I wish I played them more and I wish I was a better athlete, but I love playing and watching sports, particularly Phoenix teams (Suns, D-backs, Cardinals, & ASU) and BYU.
2. My favorite TV show is Sportscenter.
3. My 2nd favorite TV show is The Office.
4. After BYU lost in the 1st round of the NCAA tournament again last year, I vowed to stop rooting for them and to stop caring, but alas, it is engrained in my system. All the time spent with Dad growing up cheering for them and getting our hearts broken again and again because of them is too much of a bond to overcome. (I can hear Barry laughing at me as I write this).
5. I passed the CPA Exam and will have my license by the end of the year.
6. I seriously work at the coolest company in the world. It’s called Infusionsoft. Really, you should check it out if you haven’t yet. Here’s a link. We’re going to soon take over the world so you should get on board now while you still have a chance.
7. I love my family very much and I think they are the best in the whole wide world.
8. My heroes are my two older brothers, my Dad, Grandpa Crosby, Pompa, and Nephi.
9. I don’t believe that Becki weighed as much when we met as she did right before she gave birth to Kingston. There’s no way.
10. I collected GI Joe action figures growing up. I had over 100 men and over 30 vehicles. My mom let me set up 3 shelves in my room just so I could stand them all up to display them. I could always count on getting new men and tanks for birthdays and for Christmas.
11. I want to go see GI Joe the movie really bad.
12. I can make pretty good machine gun and exploding missile sounds.
13. This may offend some people, but I am really not a fan of obese people. I know, I know, some of them can’t help it or were doomed from birth because of their parents and the way they were raised, but I just can’t see how they wouldn’t do whatever it takes to change their eating habits, exercise habits, and lifestyle habits to lose the weight. I’m not saying they need to be 180 pounds and in prime physical condition, I’m just saying 400 pounds is a little excessive dude. Seriously.
14. I sometimes say what I really think which may be offensive to overly-sensitive people. ;)
15. I hate wasting money. For the most part, I consider buying the latest and greatest things brand new wasting money.
16. I have kept track of every dollar I’ve spent since getting my Personal Management merit badge when I was 14. Some may call me obsessive or cheap, I call it fiscally responsible and thrifty.
17. I have never paid a late fee or an overdraft fee.
18. I have paid speeding ticket fees. But none since I’ve been married.
19. I have been married for 3 years on August 19th, 2006. This was our one year anniversary date of when we officially starting dating in 2005.
20. I thought it was very impractical and illogical to travel way up to Salt Lake City to get married when there is a temple 10 minutes away from our house.
21. I am glad my wife helps me do impractical and illogical things every once in a while.
22. I’m not gonna lie, I pick my nose…
23. …and I have gas most of the time.
24. For our senior prank, my 3 best friends and I planned the best heist ever. We thought of every angle to make sure we wouldn’t get caught…
25. I have been charged with a felony (4th degree burglary), and 4 misdemeanors (theft, conspiracy to theft, trespassing on government property, and tampering with the public education process).
26. I was one of 8 Valedictorians from my high school. Hey, don’t hate, I just benefited from the system that was put in place to give everyone with a 4.0 the award.
27. I don’t tell people about the system that was in place when I put High School Valedictorian on my résumé.
28. I love going home to visit Mom & Dad in Eagar. Mom happily makes us breakfast, lunch and dinner while we’re there, it’s not 110 degrees, & usually I get out of changing diapers for a few days.
29. I think my Mom is the best Mom in the whole wide world.
30. I served my mission in Arequipa, Peru and Richmond, Virginia. I couldn’t get my Visa so I waited in Virginia Beach for almost 6 months before I finally was able to go to Peru.
31. I have two kids. Crazy.
32. I eat practically the same lunch every day: a couple of sandwiches, an apple, a Yoplait yogurt, maybe some chips, maybe a Snack Pack pudding, and I might go crazy and throw in a cheese stick or a bag of baby carrots.
33. I love when Becki makes enough dinner to have leftovers the next day so I don’t have to eat practically the same lunch every day.
34. My all time favorite fast food is The Whopper Sandwich, most especially when it’s only a $1.00. See #’s 15 & 16.
35. When The Whopper Sandwich is not $1.00, I don’t mind settling for 2 Whopper Jr. Sandwiches for $1.00 each.
36. I do not want to learn 5 languages (sorry Natali and Mark). Learning Spanish was hard enough and I prefer to not go through that again.
37. I was in the same single’s ward my entire 4 year career as a single. That includes both before and after the mission. How many of you can say that? Whabam!
38. I don’t know why I am proud that I was only in one single’s ward my entire career as a single.
39. I prefer listening to music a whole CD at a time. And yes, I still have my CD collection from high school that I still listen to via CD, although, Pandora radio is catching on.
40. I absolutely hate throwing up. It is the single most horrible experience of my life I can think of.
41. If people watch or hear me throwing up, they will agree that to me throwing up is the single most horrible experience of my life.
42. The only movie I have ever seen more than once in a movie theater is Napoleon Dynamite.
43. I worked as a lifeguard during high school. I did the early morning shift. I was supposed to be there at 4:30 for the 5am session, but usually half the ladies beat me to the pool.
44. I used to go to sleep while watching all the old ladies “swim.”
45. I would pray every morning that none of the ladies would slip and fall while showering and require medical attention.
46. I used to be able to dunk a basketball. Ever since I jacked up my ankle I can’t jump as high as I used to.
47. I blame not being able to jump as high as I used to on my ankle, when really it’s probably because I don’t really work out anymore.
48. I have a goal to read more books. I want to read one business book and one church book per month.
49. One of these days I’m going to start my goal to read more books. It used to be, once I’m done with school, now it’s after we move into the new house.
50. I cannot friggin’ wait to move into our new house.
51. I used to always win when I played Monopoly with my brothers and sisters growing up.
52. I don’t win Monopoly every time now.
53. I consistently read Race Davis’ blog. The kid is hilarious. See for yourself.
54. I love that my wife is creative and is always making something.
55. I can’t friggin’ wait to move into our new house where she’ll have a whole room to herself to be creative and always be making something.
56. My favorite general authority is Elder Henry B. Eyring. He reminds me of Grandpa Crosby.
57. Elder Eyring was on the same plane as me when I flew down to Peru. I got to shake his hand in the airport before the flight. A cherished moment.
58. My favorite Blizzard and Cold Stone concoction is anything with cheese cake in it. Mmm.
59. I am a firm believer in the EFY program. I hope it’s still around to send my kids there when they are teenagers.
60. I am pretty good at making up group cheers for EFY. If you’re lucky and ask nicely, I might show you some of them.
61. I have never drank alcohol, smoked a cigarette, drank tea or coffee, or taken any illegal or performance enhancing drugs.
62. Ok, this is taking way too long. I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters.
63. I was born on December 30th, 1981.
64. One day earlier this year on the way home from school, I actually had to do the math in my head to calculate if I was 26 or 27 years old.
65. I am 27 years old.
66. Instead of getting my wisdom teeth pulled before my mission, my dentist convinced me to pull out my 4 back molars and let the wisdom teeth grow in their place.
67. Every dentist I’ve gone to since the dentist that pulled my 4 back molars has told me that wasn’t a good idea.
68. In high school, my Dad paid me $50 for not eating any candy for a whole year. Fortunately, my Mom’s homemade baked goods were not on the forbidden list.
69. In high school, my Dad paid me another $50 for not drinking any soda for a whole year.
70. I made $100 from my Dad 2 years in a row and I promise I didn’t cheat.
71. I want to serve a mission or 2 with Becki when we’re old.
72. I correct Becki’s grammar and misspelled words, even in her text messages.
73. I sometimes make grammar mistakes and misspell words.
74. I didn’t pay a penny to ASU to get my Bachelor’s degree. Can you say Scholarship? ;)
75. I haven’t paid a penny to ASU to get my Master’s degree.
76. I will pay approximately one million, six hundred thousand pennies plus interest to ASU for my Master’s degree.
77. Even though Kingston watches the movie Cars at least once per day, every time it’s on and I’m home I find myself drawn in and sitting down and watching it with him. It’s a pretty good movie! (Or maybe I'm just easily entertained).
78. At Casey Stokes’ slumber birthday party in 7th grade, (maybe it was 6th) we played truth or dare and I had to give his step-Mom a full frontal hug the next morning as we were leaving.
79. In 7th grade, my peers and I thought Casey Stokes’ Mom was extremely hot.
80. Whenever I hear the song “Stacy’s Mom” I sing along and change the words to “Casey’s Mom.”
81. Some of my favorite bands in High School were Bush, Live, Collective Soul, Eve 6, Our Lady Peace & Green Day.
82. Some of my favorite bands now are Jack Johnson, Lifehouse, The All-American Rejects, & Cake.
83. I have seen Cake in concert 3 times.
84. Making this list has officially been the longest Family Home Evening Becki and I have ever had.
85. Once in my single’s ward, our elder’s quorum was challenged to memorize the Proclamation to the World on the Family and I did it.
86. I have since forgotten the Proclamation to the World on the Family.
87. Once in high school, I made out with a girl without untouching our lips for 32 minutes straight. Yeah, I timed it. I told myself going into the session that I would not be the one to pull away first, and well, the rest is history.
88. I hate the San Antonio Spurs.
89. I wish I would have learned more sweet skills from my Dad. Seriously the man can do anything; weld, fix vehicles & machinery, garden, build stuff, landscape, build houses, lay carpet, lay tile, fix boats, ride horses, raise chickens, pigs, cows, rabbits, & ostriches, and the list goes on.
90. I hate making important decisions. I would almost just have someone else make the decision for me, or procrastinate so long that the decision makes itself.
91. I highly recommend that everyone, especially members of the Crosby family, read Testimonies for the Truth by Benjamin Brown. Bro. Brown was the mission companion of Jesse Wentworth Crosby, who was the first Crosby to join the church. If I am not mistaken, one of Jesse’s daughters married one of Ben’s sons or something like that, so I think he is related to us too. Check it out here. Seriously, it’s amazing. I just skimmed this version I just found online and I think it's a shortened version than the hard copy that I have. Let me know if any of you would like a copy of the real deal.
92. I had to pay 5 unpaid parking tickets to ASU in order to get my Bachelor’s degree. It was still much cheaper than paying for a permit every semester.
93. When I was filling out a get to know you list for our new ward on Sunday, there was not enough space to fit all of Becki’s talents in the box. I left my box blank.
94. My favorite temple is the Nauvoo temple. One of my favorite memories is cleaning it with my Dad.
95. Right before my mission, I faked sick at work so I could go to a free Lifehouse concert at the mall. I got to meet Jason Wade and the entire band. I felt really bad afterwards though.
96. I don’t like change. I like making a plan and sticking to it. Unfortunately for Becki I’m not very impulsive and don’t really like surprises.
97. I think I’m pretty romantic, but pretty much only on holidays and special occasions. I send Becki on well thought out scavenger hunts, write meaningful letters, and other special gifts. Go ahead, ask Becki about them. ;)
98. I listen to sports talk radio to and from work. I prefer Sports 620, but if it’s a commercial I’ll switch over to Xtra Sports 910. If that’s a commercial too, I’ll venture over to the fm world and listen to The Edge or KUPD, and maybe sometimes Mix 96.9.
99. I coined the phrase “If you’re not happy, you’re not grateful.” I’ve been quoted on it before.
100. I’m a packrat and hate throwing stuff away, especially if it has sentimental value. Many of my personal belongings have sentimental value that Becki doesn’t understand.
Becki's 100 Things
For FHE tonight Bret and I finally wrote our 100 things about our selves. Bret's family each made a list of 100 things to share with each other so we could get know spouses and in-laws. We didn't mean to put it off so long but he was in school and then we were looking for a house and now that we are just waiting on our house we committed to do it. {Bret took a lot longer than me but said he would post his tonight}
- I have a twin brother named Brad which I share a special bond with that no one else can understand.
- I have been Married to Bret for 3 years and we have 2 babies whom I love more than life itself.
- My favorite color changes all the time. (Right now it is yellow)
- My favorite flower changes all the time. (Right now it’s a peony)
- I weighed the same amount when I met Bret as I did when I gave birth to Kingston (Bret doesn’t believe me)
- I love chocolate milk especially when I am pregnant.
- I learned to sew from my mother when I was 8 and I HATED it, now I LOVE to sew and I do so all the time!
- When I was in junior high I was in a band with all my girlfriends and we wrote our own songs and performed them for my sister’s friends. We were so cool! (none of us played any instruments)
- I only shave once a month (if that) because I don’t really grow body hair and what is there is practically invisible. Surprisingly my eyebrows turn into caterpillars if I don’t wax them though.
- For like 3 days I was convinced I wanted to join the air force in high school.
- I’m deathly afraid of heights. (which is why it was a good thing I never joined the air force)
- I love all things creative and artistic.
- I can roll my tongue in more than 6 different ways. (Bret just found this out last week)
- I am an avid Nie Nie (Stephenie Nielson) reader and dream of being an amazing wife, mother and example like she is.
- I used to memorize movie dialog and repeat them to anyone that would listen. I also liked to do impersonations.
- I think I tried too hard to get attention growing up.
- I hate green chili’s (except in Shelly’s enchiladas)
- I never get tired of watching Pride & Prejudice or the Notebook
- When Bret and I were dating I kept a journal of everything. I filled up 4 books of our emotional yet passionate relationship.
- I used to write poetry until I recently read some of the poems I wrote and decided I suck.
- I am extremely ticklish. (Bret tells me it’s mind over matter, that’s when I try to punch him)
- I love to people watch.
- I secretly dream of becoming a professional comedian. I couldn’t be more serious about wanting to be funny.
- It’s my job to make the bed every morning. I usually don’t make the bed until Bret calls me to let me know he is on his way home from work. Oops. Did I just admit to that online?
- I used to get to pick out my own box of sugar cereal for my birthday every year. I plan to start this tradition with my kids.
- One time a friend (who will remain anonymous) and I went to watch some fellows play softball at the church. When we decided to leave she some how drove forward and ran over the fence to the baseball field with her car. They probably wouldn’t have noticed except I was screaming hysterically and my friend had to tell me to shut up. They finally fixed the fence like year later.
- Growing up I would volunteer to hide in the hide-a-bed couch every time we played hide and seek and EVERY time all my siblings would sit on the couch with me still inside it. I fell for it every time (probably because I enjoyed the attention).
- I am not really into sports but I am actually a natural athlete. I don’t enjoy working out at all or being active for that matter but I hope to over come that weakness in the near future.
- I can remember running away from home with all my belongings in a plastic barbie suitcase. I would run away to the side of our house. I think my longest runaway was like 30 minutes.
- I have been held at gun point and escorted in the back of a cop car but was never convicted of anything and thus I have no criminal record.
- I was chosen to sing a solo in a school play but didn't got embarrassed until years later when I realized I can’t sing.
- I can’t read music either.
- I have a personal grammar and spell checker and his name is Bret. He even spell checks my text messages.{he hasn't checked this post yet}
- I am 75% deaf in my left ear and sometimes use it to my advantage :)
- I have only punched two people in the face. One time was my sister Carli (sorry sis) and I don’t remember why but I do remember locking myself in my room until my mom got home to save my life. The second time was when a co-worker intentionally blew cigarette smoke in my face and I let loose on his jaw. My manager said he had it coming :)
- I hit like a girl
- I have been told by 3 fertility doctors that I have an incredibly high chance of having twins because both of my ovaries ovulate at the same time . We’ll see about that. No twins yet.
- I dislike snowboarding very VERY much.
- In high school I was in advanced math. A few days ago I couldn’t calculate what 7x6 was in my head. Sad I know! Bret was disgusted.
- When I was 18 I got my personal trainer license and worked at La Fitness. What? I never said I didn’t like making other people work out :) I was a mean trainer.
- I went to a charter school in Phoenix for a semester and got two piercings. I doubt I will send my own kids to a charter school. I took the piercings out not much later.
- I am a Virgo, my Chinese Zodiac is the Rat and my color code is a mix of Red, Blue and Yellow.
- I would love to have a pet snake but Bret says no.
- I am not a morning person, unless it is Christmas or I am giving someone a surprise.
- I think I wrote a love letter to Jonathan Taylor Thomas once. Then again, I never heard back from him so I must not have sent it.
- I find pleasure in burning unwanted or negative keepsakes associated with bad memories like traffic tickets.
- I am really bad with names and may be guilty of using Brian Reagan’s “Hey there... Partner?”
- 2 weeks before I married Bret I went tanning in a super bed for my first time and the girl set the timer for the full time allotment and I not only burned badly but my face was swollen and puffy for 3 days. My co-worker got me a Red Lobster hat :) Thanks Steven
- Steven recorded my voice mail message for me almost 3 years ago and I have never changed it because I love it.
- I don’t sweat or at least I haven’t worked hard enough to sweat yet. Either way I am OK with it.
- When I met Bret I thought Kari was his girlfriend because she kissed him on the cheek. So I secretly hated her for dating the cutest guy at EFY and for being prettier than me UNTIL I found out they were siblings and discovered how sweet Kari is and now I love her to bits.
- I have a journal of comedy routines and ideas for when I go pro. Sad but true.
- I am pretty clueless when it comes to politics and current events so I rely on Rennai because she knows everything.
- I have a shooter (strained eye muscle) that pulls my right eye muscle so that my vision is angled and I mostly see double all of the time. {This sometimes causes me to get number on the dice confused} I should probably wear glasses.
- I used to know all the lyrics to every song on the linkin park cd. Man, I was SO so cool!
- I am an animal LOVER and Bret is not. I love doggies and especially pomeranians. My first dog Gigi was a white pom and she would follow me around my house. Then I had gunner who was a long hair chihuahua who was the most mellow and loyal dog ever, he died at a young age. My last dog was Je Suis my 2.5lb black pom who was super smart and sweet as can be. My heart broke when she was stolen on Kingston's birthday. I still think about her all the time. Someone please give her back to me!
- I have never broken a bone before.
- I dream of working with the Church Education System some day. Some of my hero's are Jeffery R. Holland, John Bytheway and Troy Dunn. I just can't get enough.
- I have a perfectly normal relationship with food. I eat food and food makes me happy in return. Sweets and I are particularly close.
- I may or may not have hidden a box of Twinkies last year so that Bret wouldn’t know and I wouldn’t have to share. Bret said I couldn’t have Twinkies’s for my birthday this year because they are toxic waste, then he went and ate hamburger helper.
- I am terrified of putting my hand down the kitchen sink.
- I had a beta fish named Ruby for 3 years. One day I was cleaning his bowl and he flopped out into the kitchen sink. I was too afraid to stick my hand down the disposal to rescue him but I also didn’t want him to die a slow death so I shut my eyes and plugged my ears and and flipped the garbage disposal on.
- I have frequent nightmares of aquatic creatures attacking me. They are so vivid!
- I have visited 16 states and hope to visit all 50 states in my lifetime.
- For Christmas one year I performed sign language to the word of Silent Night by Yanni. This was before Napoleon Dynamite came out. Sign language + Yanni = I AM SUCH A LOSER!
- My favorite temple is the Salt Lake Temple ever since the movie The Mountain of the Lord. Knowing that, my darling husband proposed to me there and then we were sealed in the SLC temple a few months later. I love him.
- Whenever I can’t do anything Bret reminds me that I have zero upper body strength. As much as I would like to disagree it’s possible he might possibly maybe actually be right.
- My favorite veggies are broccoli and asparagus.
- Our first kiss was a magical kiss at the top of the Eiffel Tower. (in Vegas baby!)
- I am madly in love with my in-laws and wish we could live with them or see them all the time. I am so lucky!
- I am afraid of the end of the world, even though I shouldn’t be.
- I completed the seminary teacher training at ASU in 2 semesters. (anyone looking for a substitute?)
- I love to miss match.
- I hate lose hairs especially in the bathroom. Gross!
- I do not know how to type with my fingers at HOME. That’s right people I am a finger pecker.
- I love to dress up and eat candy therefore I love HALLOWEEN!
- It’s possible I may have made up a fake identity for a day or two once or twice to avoid an unwanted relationship.
- I need change. I go crazy without it. I get bored very easily.
- Cruises are my favorite way to vacation.
- One time I drove away from the gas station with the gas hose still attached to my car. Don’t worry I took it back.
- The older I get the harder it is to embarrass me. You can guess why.
- I happen to REALLY like poker which I think I am good at. I tell my self it’s ok because I only play for the satisfaction of winning. I also love watching the World Championship of poker. I have been a good girl though and haven’t watched or played in months.
- I am increasingly impatient and impulsive.
- I love surprises but I am horrible at keeping them a secret. I dislike when Bret tells me about a surprise he has for me especially when he makes me wait a long long time to get it, like a whole day or something. I am also a good investigator to figure out what my surprises are ;)
- I have not read Twilight at all this year. I should probably be kicked out of the fan club.
- I used to collect items such as salt and pepper shakers and silverware from restaurants with my friend in high school. Hey! You call it thievery I call it collecting. Plus I donated it all later on anyways.
- I can hold my breath for a really REALLY long time.
- I used to make myself time capsules and bury them in the back yard. The longest I waited to dig one up was a week because I could’t wait to see what I put in it!!
- As the youngest I used to get blamed a lot for anything and everything. (it was probably me anyways).
- I love junking and re purposing old stuff.
- I have experimented with tattoo removal. It can cost $1300 to have a tattoo removed professionally but it only cost me 20 cents. I recommend going to a professional.
- unfortunately I still have 3 and 1/2 tattoos :( I had bad judgment in my adolescence and went through a rough patch.
- I went to cosmetology school 5 years ago. Consequently I change my hair a lot. I really want to color my hair brown but Bret likes blonde hair :(
- I love to listen to audio books and my favorite show is The 4400
- I love to dance and watch others dance.
- I had really bad insomnia for 2 years. I spent many late nights at Denny’s eating french toast and chocolate milk.
- One time a guy bet me $5 I couln’t eat a tripple burger at Denny’s and all my seasoned fries. I had like 2 fries left and pretended like I couldn’t finish. He almost fell for it too until I ate the last fries while doing my happy dance. I should have made it $10.
- I am definitely not the most domestic person you know.
- one time (before I was 8) I went with my twin to his friends fort and we spent the whole day saying every curse word we knew for no reason. I don’t think we knew very many bad words but I never felt so bad in my life.
- I am generally a happy and optimistic person with enthusiasm for life.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
car fix
Kingston has this fixation on toy cars (and the movie) which is cute and everything but I'm wondering if I should be concerned. He "needs" to carry his cars (and I mean ALL of them) at the same time every where he goes. He even wants to take them to bed. He gets frustrated when he can't carry them all at once. Any suggestions?
Monday, August 10, 2009
Love/Hate relationship
London was 4 months when she met my twin Brad for the first time. Brad of course fell in love right away...
London... well she wasn't too sure. {I think it was the facial hair}
She started warming up quickly though......
oh, no, still not sure.... maybe next time.
Balloons make the world go round...
...when you're 1 1/2 they do.
Diamonds are a girls best friend.
bling! bling!
London... well she wasn't too sure. {I think it was the facial hair}
She started warming up quickly though......
oh, no, still not sure.... maybe next time.
Balloons make the world go round...
...when you're 1 1/2 they do.
Diamonds are a girls best friend.
bling! bling!
MIsses Some
I completely forgot about the pictures from Utah that were on my Canon. These are some shots from my grandparent's 60th Anniversary.
left to right {Elisha, Kory, Mike, Missi, Dad, Mom, Aubrey, Carli, Me, Brad and the happy couple front and center}
{Elisha and her kids Braydon, Kiley, Malorie, and Keaton}
{Kory w/ wife Leslie and kids Maggie, Grant and Elsie}
{Missi w/ husband Cody and Kids Halley, Brookley, Dysen and Camry and yes that is a pile 'o poo on their shirts. }
Mike w/ wife Kellyann and kids Abigail and Anita}
{Aubrey w/ husband Steven and kids Ethan, Alayia, Kylar and Garet}
{Carli w/ husband Paul and kids Jace, Kenli, and Maci}
{Us}
{and this is my twin Brad. He is single ladies!!!)
left to right {Elisha, Kory, Mike, Missi, Dad, Mom, Aubrey, Carli, Me, Brad and the happy couple front and center}
{Elisha and her kids Braydon, Kiley, Malorie, and Keaton}
{Kory w/ wife Leslie and kids Maggie, Grant and Elsie}
{Missi w/ husband Cody and Kids Halley, Brookley, Dysen and Camry and yes that is a pile 'o poo on their shirts. }
Mike w/ wife Kellyann and kids Abigail and Anita}
{Aubrey w/ husband Steven and kids Ethan, Alayia, Kylar and Garet}
{Carli w/ husband Paul and kids Jace, Kenli, and Maci}
{Us}
{and this is my twin Brad. He is single ladies!!!)
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Powder
After I packed and cleaned the babies room today we put Kingston down for a nap. We recently took away his binky for good so I think he decided to pay us back by climbing the changing table and making snow angels in the baby powder. The funny thing is he slept on the changing table. He reminded me of that movie Powder. Little trouble maker!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Eager Daze
Bret signed me up to do a Whippy Cake booth in Eagar (very last minute). It was hot but not as hot as the valley so I quite enjoyed it, sunburn and all.
Bret spent the whole day with me helping me run the booth. {He gets kisses for all his support}
The most popular thing at Eagar Daze was a the John Deer Train. At a whopping $4 per child we were surprised to see it full of children every go around.... Kingston too.
Bret spent the whole day with me helping me run the booth. {He gets kisses for all his support}
The most popular thing at Eagar Daze was a the John Deer Train. At a whopping $4 per child we were surprised to see it full of children every go around.... Kingston too.
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