Something to Blog About

So here is a little questionaire for all of you to blog about since we haven't been doing well at writing in our blogs as much, this is an easy one for you all to fill out, just copy and paste and see if we can learn a little something more about each other.

When did you meet your husband? (Day? Month? Year? Event?) First Impression?
I met him at a Stake Dance, I had heard about him previously, he was a player, but he was pretty cute, and very suave. :) I think I was just barely 15, so that would be 1996. Don't remember what month. I could look in my journal, I know I have some entries in there.

When did you have your first kiss with your husband?
At the airport the day he came home from his mission, March 6th, 2001. We went back to the airport after he got released to pick up a friend of mine. His words before we kissed: "Are you ready?" I just laughed. I slipped him the tongue :)

Do you have a favorite/special song with your husband?
"I can love you like that" from John Michael Montgomery

Do your kids have special songs?
Abbie loves Twinkle Little Star, and they both love Lullaby (Lullaby and goodnight, in the sky stars are bright....) and Dublin's Fair City Mommy Style.

Would you rather talk on the phone or chat in person?
I'd rather email to be honest.

If you had one whole day to yourself, what would you do?
Get my hair done, go shopping, and read a book maybe.

Can you watch scary movies alone?
I'm not one for scary movies at all.

Is anything bothering you?
Finances a little.

Would you rather stay home all day, or be out and about?
I'd say stay at home so I didn't have to get ready and I could stay in my sweats but I'm much happier when I'm out and about.

Are you more likely to be with a large group of people or a few close friends?
~ small group

What are your plans for October?
~ Halloween stuff. Ward Activity, Trunk or Treating, Trick or Treating, Candy Candy Candy... my favorite month!

Cutest moment this week?
~ I'd definitely have to say last FHE, I'll fill you in on tomorrow's adventure :)

What are you doing this weekend?
~ Ward Activity, Birthday Party for a friend, and relaxing.

What is one fear that you can't seem to overcome?
~ Moths? Definitely hate moths.

Are you in a good mood?
~ yep!

What is your favorite thing to wear?
~ My Aeropostale Sweatsuit, anything comfy and warm.

You have 3 months left to live, what do you do?
~ Go on a lot of vacations, make movies and recordings for my family, make a will :) Prepare my family for my departure, and enjoy every day.

You're having a bad day, what's one thing that can make your day better?
~ My husband telling me its okay to have a bad day and giving me a hug and cleaning my house for me :)

If there was a way to know when and how you're going to die, would you like to find out?
~ I think I would, it'd be nice to prepare.

What is your favorite breakfast?
~ crepes or Kneader's Cinnamon French Toast... YUMMY!

Your phone rings at 4am, who do you expect it to be?
~ Andi, saying that its snowing.

What's your worst habit?
~ Being messy.

Family Home Evening

Alright, so Brad and I haven't been that good about Family Home Evening so last Monday we decided to start again with the kids and make sure we do it every week. We started off with our expectations and a short description of what FHE should be like, etc. So Brad read some scripture about having Order and such, and then we introduced job charts and rewards and stuff like that. Okay, so half way through the girls are wired and running in circles around and around and it was just crazy. Mark shows up with his girlfriend at the tail-end of FHE, just in time to see the funniest thing. So Tori just got a "tick-mark" (I'll explain in a second) for hitting the cat and she gets up and says to Abbie, "Hey, that's mine!" and pulls her barbie out of Abbie's hands. I don't think she realizes yet that Abbie is stronger than her, and they start a tug of war with poor Barbie. So they are fighting and poor barbies head pops off and sends both of them flying back with one piece of Barbie with them. Abbie seemed pretty satisfied with the result but Tori was mortified! All four of us adults were dying laughing, it was so funny!

Okay, so we have stickers for the kids to earn, but if they do naughty things they get tick-marks, and 5 tick-marks make 1 BLACK MARK! If they get three black marks in a week, they don't get their reward. It's a good idea and all, but Abbie could care less :) And there are so many stickers and such that I've really only done one day this week all the way, and Abbie ended up with a Black mark. So next week we'll re-evaluate and see how we can actually keep up with chart :) It's a good idea, it just takes a lot of convincing for me :)


I think that Tori got this dress from Nona's inventory, so forgive me for having see-through pajamas on her doll.

Abbie's School Pictures

I don't have a working scanner so this is a picture of a picture, but how cute is she :) Those cheeks just make you wanna pinch them, huh :)

We got Tori's school pictures back from her Preschool. Apparently her hair didn't turn out as cute as I thought it did, it was a little crazy. That's alright, its something for her to complain about when she is 15 and says, "Mom, why in the world did you do my hair like that?" And I can say, "Because it wouldn't do anything else :) " She's still cute :)

Life is still changing, every day :)

Well, just so you all know, we are pretty sure that we are not moving to Saint George anymore, I think we're going to stick with Utah Valley. There is a great school here we'd like to try to get Tori into, and Brad's job is going really well. Going to Saint George would kind of ruin all the great things that have happened in the last 4 months or so. Anyway, sure love you all!

Tucson Arizona

Brad and I were blessed to be able to go to Tucson, Arizona for the weekend. Brad's brother and sister in law, Bart and Jeni, watched the kids from Thursday until Sunday night. It was the most relaxing and amazing trip I have had since our honeymoon. It was so awesome! There were cacti EVERYWHERE! Here are some fun pictures. A few things we did: Went to an outdoor desert museum, kind of like a zoo. (Picture of Brad has a humming bird that almost landed on him, it is to the right of him, by his lower shoulder. We took golf lessons, that was fun! We went horseback riding, we laid by the pool!!! We went out to eat, and went shopping, and had a great time driving for 10 hours there and back. It was so much fun, I'm grateful to have a husband that would surprise me with a getaway like that at a time that I need it the most :)

That's not really that cool!

Okay, so Brad and I just got back from a weekend getaway in Tucson, AZ. It is so beautiful there! I'll add some picks on here in a little bit. Anyway, we got some presents for the girls for being good at their cousin Jesi's house. We bought them the most adorable pink (tori) and white (abbie) cowgirl boots, and then we grabbed a pack of ten for $1.00 glow in the dark vampire teeth. So we got out the cowgirl boots and Tori goes, "Ooohhhh, that's not very cool Mom." Very matter-of-factish. I was shocked! I myself was quite jealous I didn't have as cute of shoes as them. (To this day Brad and Abbie and Tori still all have more shoes than I do, there is something wrong there!!!) So in an effort to impress, I pulled out the vampire teeth (remember these are 10 cents each) and Tori squealed in delight and nodded her head in agreement that those were cool. She and the other kids (Abbie and cousins Jesi and Brian) were entertained for quite a while. Just goes to show that kids don't care about how much things cost. :)