Memory Tag

My cousin had this on her blog and I thought it would be fun to participate. I would love to hear your memories. To tag you are it. :)

As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I have had together. Doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!!! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. Leave a memory about me, and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you!!!

Happy Fall!

Kay so I know I promised that I would do better, but I just have not. So since it has been a while again I will show a few things that we have been up to. Things have been a little crazy around here. At Dave's new job they cut every employees hours to 24 hrs. So now we are supposed to live off of 24 hours? Well Dave has been interviewing. One job is supposed to let him know back on Friday. However they are only hiring part time as well so he might be working two part time jobs until something else pans out. At least he still has a job right?

My mother-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer. I hope she does not mind me sharing that. I cried for hours when I found out. However she and the doctors seem to be pretty hopeful that the surgery wont have to be too extreme. So any prayers would be most welcome.

On a more positive note. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we are spending it with the Walker side of the family. We are way excited. I love Thanksgiving! It is a day of feasting and getting fat and sleepy. You've gotta love that. :) It is the kick off to the holidays. Dave's oldest siblings are all coming to town for Christmas. I am way excited about that!

My birthday was on Monday. I am 27 now! I feel old. I know I am not, but I thought I would be a lot farther ahead at this point in my life. Oh well at least I have my family. I had a wonderful birthday. My mom and sisters took me to the Twilight movie. We laughed the entire time at how cheesy it was, but I still must admit somehow I still liked it. :) They then took me to lunch. Later Dave gave me my presents. I got a CD of one of my favorite singers. She is my brothers friend (I know someone who knows someone famous!:)). He also bought us 2 hours at the spa together. We went last night and it was heavenly and much needed. It included time in a Jacuzzi, Sana and a full body massage. He also cleaned the house, took Kimball and I to Jump on It. It is a place where the floors are made of trampolines and a few are on the walls. Dave had a harder time with his back. I did my best not to pee my pants due to the birth of Kimball (I know it sounds gross but very true. I did however succeed). Needless to say Kimball had the most fun there. Then he took us to dinner at Golden Coral. I was completely spoiled. What a good husband! :)

Here are some pics of Kimball playing in the dryer. The other day he crawled in while the door was open and Dave took some pics. He is all over the place.



Here is pictures of Kimball playing in the leaves. He was so much fun!



Here are some Halloween pics. Isn't carving pumpkins so much fun? Sorry no pics of Kimball in his costume. My camera died and I am still waiting for some to be e-mailed to me. He was a Giraffe. A very cute one at that.

Happy Birthday To Dave

Yesterday was Dave's 29th birthday. He kept saying all day long that this will be his last birthday that he will be in his twenties. So yesterday my sister gave us a gift certificate to Boon Docks. We first rode the bumper boats in which Dave maliciously soaked me. He had Kimball with him and we all had fun. After that we ate lunch, let Kimball play in the kiddie playground (Dave played in it with him :)), and played some video games. We had a blast and on the ride home we decided to drive the Alpine Loop and collect some leaves. It was beautiful, but still quite green. We were still able to collect leaves. Kimball slept most of the drive. By the time we reached Sun dance Kimball woke up so we decided to ride the ski lift to look at the leaves and mountains better. It was beautiful. Kimball loved it. I made Dave hold him cause I was terrified I would drop him, even though there was a bar across us. What can I say I am a worry wort. All in all we had a very nice day and it was the first time in a while we have spent an entire day together. Below are some of the pics from our day together. I forgot to take one of us on the bumper boats, but oh well.

I Am Back Baby!

Sorry I have been gone for so long. I have missed it. Things as usual have been a little crazy. At the end of July Dave lost his job. So for a bit we were crazy trying to find a new job and figure out insurance stuff. Then we had a family reunion. I started watching a little boy in our ward once a week. A couple of weeks ago my oldest sister Janean fell down her stairs with her baby. She messed her knee up pretty bad. I went down and helped her almost every day the week after. Then they operated on her knee and she needs to be off it for six weeks and she has five kids, and her husband works out of town until Friday. So now I go down 2-4 days a week. It has been fun visiting with her and seeing the kids. Kimball is enjoying playing with the kids. Anyway we have been running around like crazy. Not to mention they changed Dave's work schedule. They hired him on a 7a-3p shift but decided to give him a mixed up schedule. So he works some 7a-3ps, some 3p-10ps and some 4p-12a. So there you have it. I would like to try and at least blog once a week now and let everyone know what is going on. Well here are a few slide shows of some things we have been up to this summer.


This is the Tanner reunion we went to.


In July Dave surprised me and Kimball and took us to Bridal Veil falls. Kimball loved it. He is quite the water baby.


In August we just needed a brake and so we went camping with some of our dear friends the Salts. Kimball loved getting dirty and of course he finally got his way and was able to play in the water.


This is the little boy I watch on Tuesdays. He and Kimball have fun together, but they also fight over toys.

Craziness But Love It!

So it has been a while since I have been on, but it has been for very good reasons. Life has just been just plain crazy since before Memorial day. During Memorial weekend Dave and I went out of town with his parents. We went to Vernal for the Walker reunion. Yes Dave is from California, But his ancestors settled Pleasant Grove and due to some sort of land dispute his Great grandpa or great great (can't remember oops)moved his family out to Vernal. Lots of his dads aunts and family stayed out there. So they do the reunion every memorial day and go out to the graves.

It was lots of fun. Dave's parents were great to us. they paid for our hotel room and all of our meals. Our hotel room had a play ground on it. So Dave and I once in a while took Kimball out there to play on it.



On Mon. We all went to the grave yard. It was fun to sere family and they were all very loving and welcoming. It was neat to see his great grandpa and grandma's grave and hear some history. After the graves I went shooting with Dave, his dad and some of his dad's cousins. It was great fun. below are pictures from the grave yard. I am sad I didn't think to take pictures at other events.

The week after memorial weekend I started preparing to go out of town for two weeks with Dave's mom and his sister Kristen. We went to Arizona and Nevada. We left on a Mon. and drove to Vegas and stayed one night at his sister Kim's house. The following morning we drove to Arizona. His sister Michelle, her husband and oldest son Evan were leaving on a Pioneer Trek Wed. afternoon. We went to watch their youngest Parker (He is 3 years old). We watched Parker until Sat. evening. That was crazy cause he and Kimball constantly fought over toys and sippy cups. The three of us were about to go crazy. Kimball also picked back up his screaming habit. Not fun. It is ear piercing. When his sister and the gang came back on Sat it was Evans B-day so we had a party waiting for him. Sun. we went to church and had a very nice dinner. On Mon. Michelle and Kristen took me shopping. Man those girls can shop. It was fun. It was fun to get to know my sister-in-laws a little better. Hopefully I didn't get on their nerves. Mean while the fighting between Kimball and Parker went on the entire time. By the time we left on Tues. Michelle and her family I am sure were happy to see us go and get their house back to normal.:)



Tues we drove another full day back to Las Vegas to spend some time with Kim and her family. I think that Kimball was happy to be able to play with what he wanted. His screaming however, continued to drive us all insane. Wed. we all swam and Kimball was loving the pool. He loved getting in and out and throwing things in the water. He cried when we had to go in. We got in several times and it was great fun. On Thurs we went shopping at some out let stores.it was fun and I spent too much money. I wasn't the only one that spent too much money. Dave's mom went crazy with purses. The credit card company called Dave's dad and he called to talk to his wife that evening. On Friday we went to the Indiana Jones movie. It was good, but definitely not my favorite. Sat is the day we left. It was the 14Th by that time. It is always sad to say good buy to family, but it is also good to come home. I just want to say thanks for Kristen and Dave's mom for putting up with me and Kimball and for Kim, Michelle and their families for their wonderful hospitality. They are both wonderful hosts. It was a good getaway trip for me, even though my baby wore me out. :)

The week after we got home I was put to work by many. I was in charge on an Enrichment class on Natural disasters. It was good to do, but kept me busy. It also made me realize just how unprepared we are. We also had our Stake picnic that weekend. I had to make salads for it, serve at it and practice a song I had to sing barbershop style. the ladies I sung with were great and patient with me. It took me a while to get my part down. When it came down to it I think it sounded OK. It was fun.

This last Sat. we had the Pinegar reunion. That is my Grandma Andrus' side. It was fun to see family and meet people I didn't know. Everyone brought lunch for their families and everyone visited. It was held at my mom's Aunt Elaine's house in Springville.



After lunch we went to one of their neighbor's house. He had a mini zoo. There were
kangaroos, sheep from Finland, ostriches, lamas, some sort of Mt. Goat, turkeys, swans and all sorts of birds, and a fish pond. All of the kids had great fun. They were able to go inside and pet the animals. Sheri was watching Hollie's boys and they came a little later. they were able to say hi to grandma Andrus and we drove them by the little zoo, but the tour was over so they had to look from the fence. After that we all went home. Dave watched Kimball and I helped Sheri with the boys. They are so cute. It was fun to play with them. They are good kids.

Well life has been crazy and continues to be but I love it. Sorry it has been so long since I have blogged. I hope everyone has been doing well. hopefully I will be a little better at blogging.

Random Sampler

For all of those who are wondering how I am feeling...I am feeling much better. I can't really notice anything at all now. When I get to doing something that makes me breath heavy I feel it a little bit but not much. Thanks for all of your concern and thanks for everyone who helped me out.

On this last Sat. I was already feeling much better. I was a little uncomfortable, but I decided to go to the relief Society activity that morning. I learned how to make Jam. While I was doing that David and Kimball went to the UVSC Auto Expo at Thanksgiving Point. Dave said that they had lots of fun. He said Kimball went crazy over all of the cars. Dave's mom came and picked Kimball up from the car show and watched him the rest of the day so I could have a break. Even though I missed him it was very nice. That afternoon Tammy, Eric, Dave and I went shooting. I can't tell you the names of all of the guns, but it was fun, even thought we didn't have ear protection so our ears were ringing (I mean mine and Tammy's, cause both our husbands are deaf) and I got burned. Dave and I went to lunch after and it was nice to not have a screaming baby. I then was completely exhausted so I took a nice long nap while Dave did homework. That evening Dave and his buddies threw a bachelor party for his buddy Cam. So Tammy and I went to dinner and watched a movie. I then picked Kimball up and went home. I was exhausted again and went right to bed.

On the Sat. before Mother's day we went and had pictures taken of Kimball. he is so cute. Here is a slide show of the pics. I can print some for anyone if they want one. Just let me know.:)



So That is how things have been going since our ER visit. Yesterday after walking around I could feel a little pain, so today I will probably refrain from exercising and then start again tomorrow. Thanks again for everything.:)

ER? Yuck!

So, this morning I had my first visit to the ER since I was oh 5 or so. I do not recommend it. Last night around 8 or so I started feeling pain in my left rib cage that extended to my shoulder and then to my neck every time I breathed deep. I thought, "this sucks if I still feel like this tomorrow I will go to the Dr." Most of the night I tossed and turned cause it would hurt every time I would lay on either of my sides or my back. Around 5 in the morning it started to hurt so bad I struggled to breath and started crying. Dave got up and started to give me a blessing, but then he got freaked out and stopped cause I started to hyperventilate.

Have you ever had a little stitch in your side that you just have to breath out? Some know what I am talking about others may not, but those who do know, know that it can be painful. Well this felt like two times that, but from the bottom of my rib cage all the way up to my neck every time I breathed in and it even started to do it on the exhale as well.

I was in so much pain, crying, and struggling to breath that I woke our baby up. I felt awful about that. Dave told me he was taking me to the ER. I of coursed argued for a second until the pain got worse. I had to call my mom to have her meet us at the hospital to get Kimball. They got me right in, though I had to wait in pain for the Dr. They offered pain pills and I declined cause I hate the way they make me feel. they took X-Rays and ran blood tests all while I waited. Luckily the pain decreased for a minute, but every time I would lay down it started up again.

Finally the Dr. came in and said I am happy to say that you have no blood clots, you don't have pneumonia, or anything else critical. I thought..."huh, then what the heck is going on, cause this definitely isn't and doesn't feel normal." He continues to tell me that I have Pleuritis. "K what does that mean?" he said that is is inflammation on the surface of the lung tissue. It can be caused by a virus or scar tissue. It is very painful but not serious. He described it as rubbing sand paper on an open wound. "Great so now what?" He continues to tell me that the pain is made worse by deep breathing or sudden movement of the upper body. When I move or breath the inflammation rubs against my ribs. "Lovely, I can't breath or move." He told me he will treat it with an anti-inflammatory called Medrol. It is a cousin to Cortisone. It wont do anything for the pain so he also gave me Lortab. "Yuck I hate pain killers, but this pain is not worth it. I guess I will take being groggy." I am also supposed to rest a few days so that the inflammation has a chance to go down. So Dave had to stay home today and take care of Kimball.

I am grateful that it was not serious, but part of me thinks the least it could have been was somewhat serious for all the trouble everyone has to go to for me. I know I sound dumb and another part of me feels embarrassed. Oh, well. As for now I am feeling a little better. the Lortab doesn't take all the pain away. If I sit still then it doesn't hurt much at all, but if I move around, even with the Lortab it hurts. The good news is that the Dr. said once I get started on the Medrol it should work pretty quickly to bring that inflammation back down. Can't hardly wait for that!

I must say how blessed I am to have so many family members close by and willing to help. My mom came right away. My sister Sheri bought us some dinner, My sister Janean offered to take Kimball. My mother-in-law offered to take Kimball for the entire weekend! I appreciate every one's love and care. You have made me feel truly blessed. I know that if any other members of my family knew they would try and help in any way they could. I am a little stubborn about calling for help...something I am working on. I must say I hope I get so healthy that nothing like this will ever happen again. Has anyone else had an experience like this. I know my brother had his esophagus torn and I can't imagine how much more painful that would be.

Water Boy

Several Days ago we ate dinner out side cause it was so nice. Kimball made an absolute mess. so I went over to the hose to rinse him off. He of course grabbed it and got all wet. So I stripped him down and let him have some fun with the hose. He loved it.

I can tell that this summer we will have lots of fun with the sprinkler and the hose. Then my mom said to me what if it is sewer water they use in the hose. I freaked out and asked our manager. He said that he always drinks from it and it is fine. I feel much better now.

Fun On The Farm!

Saturday night Dave and I were trying to think of something for us to do as a family. Earlier that day our friend Eric called and asked for him and his family to do something with us that day. Dave was getting his concealed license and so they said maybe later. So Dave called and Eric and his wife Tammy were at her parents John and Pats (Tammy is my cousin and she married Dave's friend Eric. We are related, but we are friends too). Anyway Eric was helping cut down trees and Tammy was in her parents barn riding horses. Eric told us to just come up there and hang out. So we went up there and hung out for a bit. Later we went out to the barn and all of the kids were able to ride horses.



Kimball was very at ease in the barn. He loved all of the animals including the horses. Pat says that most kids get overwhelmed by the big animals, but Kimball is just so curious. He had a blast having his first horse ride. Have you ever seen such a dirty kid? Dave found him a little wagon and Kimball loved pulling it around. He was so cute. We will have to do it again soon. Kimball loved playing with all of the kids too. By the time we came home gave him a bath and put him to bed...he was out like a light. Thanks Tammy, Eric, John and Pat for the great time.:)

Time to Party!

In our primary class we have a candy jar. The kids can fill the jar up according to how good they are. They have a chance to earn 4 pieces of candy in the jar: one if they are reverent in opening exercises, one for listening and participating in our class lesson, one for listening and being reverent in Sharing Time, and one for singing well during singing time. If they are really bad then I take candy out.

This whole thing started with my first team teacher. She had them earn parties and she was a life guard. They had a pool party and a pizza party. After she was released we had a Halloween party. I finally decided just after I got a new team teacher that I can't afford all of these parties. So I came up with the jar idea. I did have to reiterate that they weren't bad kids, but that they are simply making a choice of being reverent and earning a party or not.

It has worked pretty well and they are doing better, but they do have some bad Sunday (which has worked for me due to low cash flow, he he he). They have been doing really well lately and have about 1/4 of the way to go. One of our kids is moving this weekend and he is one of my more reverent kids so I felt bad and decided to throw a party early.



The mom of the family moving asked for me to take pictures. I am glad she did. It was lots of fun. We had pizza, caramel popcorn and watched Enchanted. the kids were crazy. Only nine showed up. We were three short. I was a little sad they couldn't be in the pictures. I used to have 14 kids in my class and now I have 12. My house was a mess but I was glad the kids had fun. Anyway it is a lot of work I will be glad when they get me a team teacher again.

If anyone else has problems with rowdy kids in primary the jar thing works really well. I kinda stole it from our old ward. The song director in primary filled a huge jar as the kids sang really well. When the kids reached the top she divided it out between all of the kids. Like I said it doesn't work 100% of the time that is why I let the kids see me take candy out if they are out of control. :)

Yes I am Still Alive :)

I know I haven't blogged in like 2 or 3 weeks. I am still alive, but things have been crazy. Who knew that being a primary teacher would keep me so busy. I teach all of the 6 year old to the 8 year olds. I am lucky enough to be able to participate in their baptisms.

K so you all know a couple weeks ago we went to Moab. So my manual was at my subs house. I no longer have a team teacher at the moment so I always have to find a sub. I didn't get my manual back until Friday. I was then asked to speak at a baptism last Friday. I thought that was OK I would prepare my baptism talk on Friday and then my primary lesson on Sat. my mom called and asked if after the baptism I could help my brother Matt move and help move some stuff for her as well. I said sure and thought I would just do my lesson after that. After the baptism the primary President came up to me and let me know I have sharing time this Sun. I thought to myself (CRAP!). OK I can do this. I didn't get home until 8 that evening to start working on my Sharing time lesson! Yikes! In the Sharing time manual it just gave a theme and no ideas. The Theme was The Prophet Tells Me What to do so I can Return to Live with God (D & C 1:37-38). Luckily the thought of a game popped in my head. My sister Sheri drew the castle on the poster board for me and I drew the rest and in the morning Sheri helped me color. I pulled various quotes from prophets and apostles. I made up cards telling me what quote to read or telling a story of a child not following the prophet. If they followed the counsel they could move closer to the Celestial Kingdom if not they moved back a space. It was fun but a lot of work it took me all night and all morning to do it all. I couldn't have done it without Sheri. Unfortunately I had to prepare my class lesson during sacrament meeting. Wow! I am glad that is over.



For some reason or other I always use a poster board. This slide shows the three that I still have. I am sure the presidency every time I do sharing time think another poster game what a surprise. They have always said I did a good job so maybe I am just being self conscious. I guess I feel I am not all that creative. Oh, well it seems to keep the kids occupied. :)

I just had to share this slide show. Kimball has now taken an interest in brooms. He loves to "help" me. Isn't he cute.



Today I had to run to the grocery store and I decided to get watermelon. Around lunch time Kimball and I ate outside so we wouldn't make such a mess in the house. As you can tell he loved it. It was so fun to share that new experience with him. yes, it is his first watermelon. maybe not real first, but it was fun none the less.

K that was a long post. Sorry I haven't been on in a while. I will try and do better. Another reason I haven't been on is that I took the advice of our prophet and decided I would try a couple times a week to take time for myself. I have been playing on the piano and finally finished my first song. I have been trying to record it perfectly cause a guy in our ward said he could transpose it for me. Yeah! I am excited about that. I unfortunately can only record one song at a time on my piano so I have to work on them one at a time. Oh, well I am grateful for our little digital piano. My husband it too good to me.:) Maybe if I get brave enough I will put it on my blog for you to hear.

Moab Trip

This last weekend we went to Moab with my sister Janean and her family, my mom, and my brother Matt. We had fun; we had never been to Moab. We decided to leave Kimball behind with Dave's mom while we were gone. I cried the first few days before we even left and of course when we left him. It was the first time I left him for more than four hours, however; by the time we went to bed I was glad we didn't bring him. We went camping and it was freezing. He would have been miserable. I missed him tons and was sad not to have him with us. But I was however glad he was warm and cozy. Dave's mom said he was good, but didn't let her get anything done. I am very grateful she was willing to subject herself to this.

Janean and the rest of the gang left Wednesday and we met them on Thursday. When we arrived we set up camp and then all of us drove up to Dead Horse Point. I guess they call it that because back in the day there was a small watering hole that they would take a bunch of horses to, pick the best ones out, and then leave the rest to die :( After that we all went to dinner at Pizza Hut. After dinner, my mom, Matt, his friend, Dustin, Kevin, and his mom Cammio, Dave and I went to a fun center and rode race cars, played air hockey and played pool. It was lots of fun.

The next day we all met up at Janean's hotel and rode up to the start of the trail to Gemini Bridges. Janean and L.D. and their friends had Old Broncos, Jeeps and Four Wheelers. We climbed up the hills and trails with these. It was lots of fun. My mom got to ride and drive a four wheeler for the first time. She had a blast doing it. It was pretty hilarious at times I must say so myself. Once we got to the bridges it was amazing. It was high up and just looking over the edge gave you the willies. There were a few stories we heard up there. There was some memorial of a guy who used to go jeeping all of the time and one day he went out there with his son. He had too much to drink and rolled off the cliff. The boy jumped out, but the dad couldn't undo his seat belt. Dustin, a friend of ours, also told us that his grandpa came up there with a girlfriend and she got too close to the edge, fell and died. Apparently the edge gave way from under her. That just made me even more dizzy looking over the edge. We did a few different things in our pictures that made it look like we were falling. Don't worry we had ground under us folks. My mom got mad at Me when she first saw the picture and was telling me how dumb I was. I calmed her down and told her that there was ground under us. Anyway it was great fun and a beautiful sight to behold.



After Gemini we dropped the kids off to the hotel with some of the moms and they went swimming. Dave, my mom, Matt, and I went with L.D. L.D.'s dad and some of their friends wanted to do some rock crawling at a place they called Fins 'N' Things. That is where you ride in a jeep or Bronco and climb up, down, and sideways on rocks. It sounds kind of dumb, but it is actually quite a rush. Larry (LD'a dad) rented a nice Jeep and he was the only one that could make it up this really steep hill. My mom and I were riding with him. I thought we were going to die. It was like a slow motion roller coaster. What a rush. He had me and my mom squealing. After that we got out and others took turns taking the hill with Larry.

Sat Morning we met up with a friend of Janean and L.D's that had been to Moab several times. He was going to take us on several tours, but we had some jeep/bronco troubles that detained us. Since we got a late start he just took us to what they call 7 Mile. It was torturous terrain. It was hot and windy but it was fun and beautiful. It took us a great while to make it through. In fact Dave and I had to leave when we were done. There were some pretty tricky hills we had to take and at times the kids and women got out to walk up or down the hill just in case a vehicle would roll. It was fun though. There was so much more that we wanted to do and so we would like to go back. In fact L.D. invited us to go with them in the Fall. We were sad that some of the family couldn't come. Mike had to work and Hollie had plans. Joe couldn't come cause too many people were already off from work, and Sheri and Steve couldn't come cause they had to work. We missed them and hopefully we can all plan a trip together. Anyway we all had a great time. I am especially glad my mom could come. She needed a break and she had a great time.

Kimball Tag

My sister-in-law Hollie Tagged Kimball. This was a fun tag to do. This is a really long slide show, but Kimball is so much fun to show off. Kimball from day one has had a set of pipes on him. Whenever we would go places he would hurt every one's ears with his screams. Today he jabbers and jabbers and it is so much fun to hear him. He has always been active and curious. Anything within his reach he will get to it and usually break it. He just keeps getting taller and taller just like his daddy. He has loved to climb on things ever since he could crawl. He does what ever he can to get into something you have put out of his reach. He climbs on tables, desks, coffee tables, couches and he loves, loves, loves, to climb stairs. He is getting really good at crawling down them too. He loves food and is always curious about what everyone else is eating. He will beg if you make him. Just like his dad he gets incredibly ornery when not fed.



He like his dad has a love for cars. He sees a car door open and he jets to climb in. He loves David's VW bug. That is probably his favorite toy. He is definitely a daddy's boy. He runs to Dave when Dave gets home from work. He will even push me away when I reach for him when his daddy has got him. :( He and his dad will have lots of fun at future car shows.

Kimball loves to be naked (what baby doesn't)When he is ornery Dave will strip him down and let him run around in his diaper for a while. He loves water, taking baths, and showers. He has always loved to read. Books make him curious and we can sometimes read for 5-10 min (which is a long time for a baby to sit still). His favorite thing ever is to play outside. When he sees the door open nothing and I mean nothing can stop him from running out it. No matter how tired, cold or hot he is he want to stay out there always. He always cries when we bring him in. He loves to play with other kids. He gets excited when his cousins come over or anyone I babysit. He has so many fun expressions sounds and actions. We can't imagine our life without him. he is the best things that has happened to us and we love him dearly.

I tag Spencer Walker, Olivia Parker,"Lub Lub"(as my husband likes to call him) Anson, and Kanoba Andersen

The Flash Game

Dave's Work gave him 6 tickets to the Utah Flash Game on Sat. We took Sheri and Steve and Tammy and Eric. We never did fin people for the other tickets. Can I just say that we had a blast. I did anyway. I do, however, tend to get a little out of control at such things. St least I have myself a good time. Sheri and Tammy had fun too, but I think they had more fun making fun of me. I love dancing to the music and getting into everything. I do hate to watch sports on TV, but I can really get crazy at a live one.

Anytime I go to anything with a group I tend to be the focus of teasing. My sister teased me for copying Steve when he would yell something out. Can I help it if I miss something, but still want to get into it? I got made fun of for yelling defense out of unison with everyone else (I thought it would be nice to hear it all of the time). During the second half I got made fun of because I had forgotten that they switched sides for one second and yelled out defense when they were playing offense (Ooops!).

We were sitting behind the grandma of the manager of the flash team. I got a little out of control and hit her with my cheer sticks. I apologized, she laughed, took my stick away and hit me back. LOL. She said it was fine and then visited with me for a second. That is how I found out she was the managers grandma.
While we were talking the mascot Flash came and sat by her. I took a picture of the back of them and he stole my camera and took a picture of the front of them. Don't they look cute.



I will say that I was not the only one that got out of control. During the second half the boys all sat together. They had lots of fun heckling the opposing team (Los Angelas). They picked on two particular players (McCoy and Karl). They called them names and all sorts. The two players heard them and gave them death looks. I was starting to be afraid that they would find us after the game and beat us up. Oh, that is another thing they made fun of me for cause I thought they were being mean. I Was worried they would hurt their feelings (I know they are the opposing team, but I still felt bad). They are still teasing me about that one. In fact La was ahead and once the boys started teasing them they started getting way behind. it was a really fun and exciting game. I kept warning them they were going to get punched and their response was, "this is the NBS if they punch I will get over a million dollars! I want to get punched!). Now that is mature. even though I got out of control a bit they really did it. In fact the guy behind me asked me how many beers they have had. I told him they had nothing to drink and he just couldn't believe it.

Anyway we had lots of fun and I am glad that we went. I am sure after reading this no one will want to go to a game with us except those who already came. LOL Oh well. You've got to have a little fun.

Ageing Sometimes Scares Me!

At the risk of sounding shallow I must say that growing old scares me. Don't get me wrong...aging can be a beautiful thing, but also a terrifying thing. When working in the hospital I came across some amazing elderly people. I also have happened upon some very sad and lonely elderly people. I love the stories that they have to tell about growing up and things that they have learned along the way. I love how wise they are.

What scares me are things like Alzheimer’s, Dementia, being confined to a wheel chair, or just living in a once active body that now falls apart, or dieing lonely cause no one will visit you.

I have for some time been wanting to go to my grandparents and some elderly people in our ward and do recordings of oral histories. I decided to start with my grandma and grandpa Andrus, cause my grandma has Dementia and my grandpa has Alzheimer's. So yesterday I decided I can't put it off any longer and called them to see if I could come down. My sweet grandma couldn't remember who I was and I tried very hard not to cry. I am not by any means offended, but I am sad especially because she gets upset, cause she still realizes that she has a bad memory problem. It is very interesting what she can and can't remember. A month or so ago my niece Megan had to get tested at Primary children's cause she had a Seizure. My grandma remembered that when my mom went to visit and she wanted to know how she was doing. Happily Megan turned out just fine. Now around the same time my brother Mike was in the hospital. My grandma remembered someone being in the hospital and then she said, "oh yes Mike is in the hospital Denille. Did you know that?" My mom said yes, momma he is my son. My grandma spat back at her saying no he's not! It took some convincing before my grandma remembered he was Denille's son.


here are my sweet grandparents

Once I got there I was relieved that they remembered me. When I told them what I wanted to do they were very excited. That made me even more excited. my little sister was there with me and my uncle John and mom showed up as well. It was nice to have John and my mom there, cause they had grandma tell some stories that they remembered hearing as kids. Grandma couldn't remember all her stories unless reminded so it was nice.

It is kinda funny when she will tell the same story five different times, but sad too. It was kinda funny when we asked about their wedding day and my grandma said she couldn't remember, but they went to the temple. My uncle John asked what she was doing the night before her wedding day and She thought he said the night of and looked at him in disgust and said, "That is none of your business!" We all had a good laugh at that one. The fun really came when she would all of the sudden just remember and started telling stories. I just started and I am already having lots of fun learning about their childhood.

I love learning about history of the elderly. However I am afraid of getting old and forgetting my family and life. My cousin Tammy was telling me that her Grandpa, one of the most active men you will ever meet, is now confined to a wheel chair, sick and just waiting to die. I guess it is stuff like that, that scares me. Is that shallow, me just being pitiful or normal?

What is FLDS?

OK I was listening to the news tonight about the FLDS church. At first I thought to myself, "what is the FLDS church? I know about the RLDS but I can't remember who the FLDS are" My sister and I goggled it and the following read on Wikipedia

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church) is one of the largest Mormon fundamentalist denominations[1][2] and one of America's largest practitioners of plural marriage.[3] The FLDS Church emerged in the 1930s when its founding members left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church); the split occurred largely because of the LDS Church's continued renunciation of polygamy and its decision to excommunicate practitioners of plural marriage in southern Utah and northern Arizona. There is no official connection between the FLDS Church and the LDS Church; they are distinct and separate denominations.

Since its inception, the headquarters of the FLDS Church have been in Hildale, Utah, which is a twin city with Colorado City, Arizona. However, news reports since 2004 have suggested a possible shift of the church's headquarters to Eldorado, Texas, where a temple has been built by FLDS Church members.[4] As of 2007, the church was being led by Warren Jeffs, who succeeded his father Rulon Jeffs in 2002. For nearly two years, Warren Jeffs had been wanted on sex-crimes charges; and from May 2006 until his arrest in August 2006 he was on the FBI's Ten Most-Wanted List.[5] On September 25, 2007, Jeffs was found guilty of two counts of being an accomplice to rape[6][7] and was sentenced to ten years to life in prison.[8]

Although news reports have circulated that Warren Jeffs had formally resigned as the president of the FLDS Church, the statement released by his attorneys reads as follows: "Mr. Jeffs resigned as President of the Corporation of the President of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Inc., on November 20, 2007."[9] It is possible that Warren Jeffs is still heading the FLDS church, as the carefully worded statement by his attorneys does not state that he stepped down as prophet of the church. William E. Jessop, Jeffs' first counselor in the FLDS church presidency, was named by Jeffs as his successor - even going as far as stating that Jeffs never was the leader of the FLDS,[citation needed] but this has not necessarily been accepted by Jeffs' followers, many of which claim Jeffs is still leading the church.

OK I kinda remember now. Anyway the news was talking about a raid that was done on their community in Texas. They were looking for a 15 year old pregnant girl that claimed to be raped. The cops raided the temple and took out several teenage girls. It was said that one room was used in the temple for men to have sex with girls as young as 14. This information came from some sort of informant within the religion that chooses to rename nameless. Anyway now the FLDS church is suing saying that the raid was unconstitutional. That is all they had at that time.

How can any organization call themselves Christian when they are having sex with children?! I am really getting sick of the rap that LDS people get from other religions. I think that is why many people think that Mormons still practice polygamy. OK I know I can't completely say that all of this is true,casue you know the knews can tend to exagerate. Breath just breath.... OK I think I will be OK now. What are your thoughts on such things?

Nothing Cuter!

You know there is nothing cuter than a little kid playing with something bigger than they are. Kimball loves anything that is big...from food to balls to cars.

On Conference Sunday we took Kimball outside for a bit after the second session. One of the neighbor boys had a big ball out there and let Kimball play with it. He looked so cute trying to run around with this ball that was clearly too big for him. He then wanted to play with his favorite toy in the world...Dave's bug. Kimball loves that car. Anytime we take him outside 9 times out of 10 he runs to that car and wants to get in and pretend to drive. He can be in the most foul mood and playing with that car will get him so excited.



The other day I was making dinner and got some mini bread bowl to go with our corn chowder. Kimball was fussy and Dave gave him one of the mini bread bowls. Kimball couldn't have been happier. The roll was half the size of his head and he loved that it was big and it was all his. We just couldn't resist taking pictures of him with it. I absolutely love little kids playing with things that are too big for them!

Books on tape or Reading?

Which do you prefer, Book son tape or Reading it Yourself? I only ask, because before my St. George trip my husband talked me into getting a book on CD for the trip. me and my sister went and picked two from the library. The Partner and the Summons by john Grisham. My sister said she liked his books. So we started listening to the Partner and I would get distracted really easy. Here and there we had to shut it off and then go back. I am now listening to it at home. We didn't finish one, because I loaned Twilight to my sister and we read that instead. I am finally getting into The Partner, but I think I would rather read a book than listen to it.

I am one of those readers that take a little longer, because I have to keep going back so I can understand better. Being the woman that I am my mind gets so sidetracked. I start thinking of 3-5 different things while I am reading and before I know it I have to go back a page or two and start again. For me it is easier to go back a page and figure out where I was than it is to rewind. I feel I get more out of reading too and I also fall asleep a lot easier not having to look at anything. there are several times I have fallen asleep while listening to this book and then I have to try and find where I last left off. I guess I should be doing something while I listen to the tape, but reading a book is separating myself from everything else. I enjoy sending myself into another world for just a minute.

Don't get me wrong the books on tape have their purpose for those always on the run, but I like looking at it better. I probably would get a lot more reading done if I had a book on tape while I was cleaning. May be I will try it a few more times. So which do you prefer?

Tribute

In our lives we run into many people that make some sort of difference. There are those that enter our lives that make up a big part of what we are and who we become. Of course parents and family usually play a huge part in that and I would never take away from them. I, however; am talking about people who are at first strangers and then go the extra mile to make a difference in our lives. These strangers can often play a vital mentor role; frequently these mentors get taken from us before we feel we are ready.

Dave and I have met many people that have made a huge difference in our lives, but I would like to pay tribute to a dear friend of ours that has passed away a year ago last week...Mr. Terry Tucker. Mr Tucker was Dave's choir teacher in high school. (Many of you who read this quite possibly had him for your choir teacher as well) He also approached David and asked him to be apart of Cloggers West. It was a dance group at his high school.

Dave came from a school in California where teachers told him he wasn't good enough, smart enough, or didn't try hard enough. Mr. Tucker, having many personal trial of his own, took David under his wing and brought some confidence back into his life.

Below is an entry to a tribute site for Terry written by David during Terry's last few months of life:

I moved to Utah from California attending Pleasant Grove High for my Junior and Senior year. I was having a hard time adjusting. In California I was nothing special and often felt second class. I struggled with learning disabilities and many teachers made me feel as though I were dumb and couldn't’t amount to much. I met Mr. Tucker a week before school started and auditioned for the A Capella choir. He then talked me into joining Chamber Choir and Cloggers West. Terry and I spent a lot of one-on-one time getting me up to speed with the rest of the Cloggers. I struggled at first but soon found myself enjoying something I have never even heard of… clogging. He made me feel like I was really appreciated in there, and helped me feel comfortable with being who I was. I had three classes with him a day for two years solid. Terry became not only a teacher that finally believed in me, but became a friend. We have kept in touch all of these years. After my mission he would call me on various occasions to help clog for events. I was there in 2003 when he dissolved Cloggers West. It was truly a sad day for many!!! Terry still however found an excuse to work with me. I participated with Terry in his yearly entertainment commitment to the State Hospital NAMI for the fundraising program. I was the comic relief between Bluegrass Thunder and Rocky Mountain Express doing Elvis impersonations and the infamous skit called “P for Pleasure.” Whenever I expressed my personal frustration or anxiety he would share his struggles and triumphs and encourage me that I could do anything. Terry would always let me know how proud he was of me. I particularly struggled with college and felt as though I might not make it. Most teachers told me, while growing up, I should stick with a trade and that I really wouldn’t make it as much else. I majored in Psychology and Terry told me that I could do it. I eventually graduated after 6 long years. Many times, because of his disabilities with Tourettes Disorder, he was told he could not become a teacher. He kept working and he became one of the most inspiring teachers at Pleasant Grove High. He has inspired not only my life, but the lives of many others.



Mr Tucker and his lovely wife would also put on countless fundraisers with Cloggers West. They were and are amazing people. They provided opportunities for
high School students to travel. Tuck would always push them far and beyond their limits knowing they could always do better. Dave was sad to graduate and leave behind Cloggers West, and Mr. Tucker behind. Lucky for him he didn't have to.

I met Mr. Tucker when he had asked Dave to help with a clogging performance to raise money for the Cloggers. I still remember what he first said to me, "Oh, my are you gorgeous. What are you doing with an ugly guy like him?" LOL. He always had a way of making the girls blush and giggle. There were several times he asked Dave and many others to help out with clogging. Dave ate it up.



Tucker was a good friend to Dave and I. We were fortunate enough to have done some more fundraisers with him before he got sick. He was later diagnosed with Kidney Cancer. Dave and I were just heart broken. Lucky for me I worked in the hospital and was able to visit him and then take Dave to visit him. Tuck fought hard and would say that the only thing that makes him sad is knowing all of the stuff he will miss with his kids and grand kids. He was a trooper and his family said he never complained.

Dave and I were also lucky to go visit him at his home a few weeks before he died. We were able to show him our son Kimball. Dave was so happy to visit and didn't want to leave. We finally had to because Tuck was getting quite tired. Dave doesn't cry all that often, but as soon as we got into our car the tears started to come.

He died March 26th of last year. His funeral was amazing. There was no parking. It was lined up for blocks. The seating stretched all the way back to the cultural hall stage. There was plenty of laughter and tears. One of the most uplifting and inspiring funerals we have ever gone to. There are so many people's lives that were touched by Mr. Tucker. I am indeed grateful he came into Dave's life and I was lucky enough to be apart of that.

It is funny...Dave and I every once in a great while will go to McDonald's to eat a hamburger and get a Coke in Honor of Tuck. Mr Tucker loved McDonald's and he loved Coke. David has many fond memories of going to McDonald's on tours, trips, and even in Europe. Here's to you Tuck...Thanks for everything.

St George Trip

Dave and I have been wanting to go out of town for sometime. We called my dad the week before and asked if we could come visit. He said that would be great. We were way excited. My sister Sher's husband was going to Colorado this weekend and so she asked if she could come. Well as this last week started to come to a close Dave said he couldn't go anymore. He had a paper he needed to work on, a meeting with his class group on Sat. and a whole bunch of calling stuff he needed to get done this Sunday. I was way sad that he couldn't come, but Sheri and I decided to go any way since neither of us would really see our husbands. We left early Friday and drove home Sun. in that nasty snow storm. I am happy we made it safe.



Kimball absolutely loved playing with dad and Kathryn's cats. He started to have a rough time traveling that far, but we made it. We had so much fun. Dad and Kathryn showed us this small, old Ghost town. It was left behind by the pioneers. They are still in the process of restoring some of it. If you go down the road where we were it is where they filmed part of Buch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid. We had lots of fun exploring the ghost town.

After the ghost town we went through Zion. We just had a nice drive through it. We didn't really get out to ride the buses. We just took a few pictures on the side of the road, but it was nice, We went shopping and out to dinner while we were there. Dad was a good sport and played with Kimball and kept track of him while the girls shopped. They had lots of fun together. Needless to say we had a great time. We are glad to be home and Kimball is glad to sleep in his own bed. Thanks Dad and Kathryn for showing us a fun time. We will do it again soon, but with our husbands next time.

Why Do We Have Silly Little Addictions?

OK you are going to think that I am crazy, but I have this crazy addiction to exercise videos. To those of you who don't know I am trying to lose a lot of weight and have recently tried to work out 1-2 hrs. a day 6 days a week.

This morning while I was working out I was laughing at myself at how many different exercise programs I have bought. Back in the day I would beg David for different exercise videos thinking a different one would be the answers to all of my problems. Once I got the program I would try it for a couple of days and then stop. What a waist. David finally put a stop to it and said that if I want anymore I have to use the ones I have now. So the madness did stop.

I still however once in a while will see an infomercial on the latest exercise trend and find myself having to try really hard not to beg for it. I don't know what it is?. I wonder if there is an exercise videos anonymous...LOL

Anyway yesterday I was really glad that I had a variety to do, because I was doing one of them and was totally board with it. I am working really hard to try each of the exercise videos/CDs I have. I am currently doing oh, I would say four different work outs, not including walking. I am determined to get the weight off even if for the next while I have to work our 1 hr in the morning and 1 hr in the evening.

I now have to stay away from all infomercials. I know some of you think I am crazy, but I am weak. When I first had Kimball I had to get up in the middle of the night to feed him. What did I do during that time?...I watched TV. What is on at that time?...Infomercials. One morning I woke Dave up in the middle of the night to hand me his credit card for some cool make-up. I was feeling pretty ugly and wanted to feel beautiful. Dave being lethargic gave me the card. He said I am no longer allowed to watch them. I agree with him. i see something that will make me beautiful and I want it. As you can tell I am working on my self-esteem. Please let me take a moment to LOL at myself. Does anyone else have a crazy problem like this? Please say yes?.

Easter

Happy Easter Everyon. I hope that everyone had a fun Easter. Here is a slide show showing some of the stuff that we did. We had two activities on Saturday and one on Sunday. On Saturday we started out at Dave's Grandma Stone's house. We had luch and then went on an Easter egg hunt. Kimball was lots of fun to watch. He banged the eggs together and of course tapped them on his chin.



After we finished at Dave's grandma's Kimball went down for a nap and then we went over to my sister's house for another Egg hunt and dinner. That was a blast. Before dinner we went out to look at my little brother Matt's new Motor cycle. He let Dave ride it around the neighborhood for a while. Meantime some of us hid the eggs. When Dave got back matt took my mom for a ride and then we did the hunt. The kids had lots of fun. In fact I had to beg the boys to stand still for a picture. Janean bought each of the kids a toy they had to find with their name on it. She is so cute. Kimball got a thing of a barrell of monkies. Later Paige and Maisey wanted pictures of them doing tricks on the tramp. We had a delicious dinner and visited. It was lots of fun. On Sunday we went to Dave's parents to eat dinner. It was yummy. We then hung around and visited in the basement. I only wish that I had Dave's dad read us the story of Easter. That would have made the perfect touch to our easter. I love the Savior and am grateful for everything he has given us. I love celebrating his Ressurection.

I must say that I still don't understand what the whole Easter bunny thing is about. I had a hard time with it as a kid as well. Where did the bunny come from? Why a bunny? can anyone explain this to me? I think I will skip the whole bunny thing and stick to the eggs and the story of the Ressurection.

All Sorts of Fun!

A couple of weekends ago we went to Kimball's very first Circus. Our friend Brookie had several free passes for kids under 12. So I got a bunch for my nieces and nephews as well. Since my Brother and sister-in-law's kids couldn't come my sister gave theirs to some of their cousins and their kids friends. I think we had a total of nine kids there. My mom and sister and her husband came too. It was lots of fun and the kids seemed to enjoy it. It was especially fun to watch Kimball. He was clapping and dancing to the music. He seemed very excited. I wish we could have caught it on camera. My only complaint about the circus was the clowns. they didn't do one cool thing. All they did is get the kids to clap and yell. they yelled things like no, yes, OK, and towards the end started a screaming fest with the kids. that scared Kimball so I had to take him out for a while. needless to say we had lots of fun, but we did miss you guys Mike and Hollie.


They had a 20 min. intermission. There was rides for the kids that they had to buys tickets too. My sister and I thought to ourselves, "no wonder they gave free tickets to the kids,because they knew they could make a killing off of other things." they even sold Light savers. the ring master got on the microphone and told everyone to buy one that they were great. He said just raise your hands. Janean's kids just kept their hands up the entire time. It was funny. At least they had a small petting zoo that was free. so Kimball enjoyed petting the animals.

Here is my niece Paige and her friend by the petting zoo. they had lots of fun too.

Now that it is Easter I started stuffing plastic eggs with candy for a family party we are having. Kimball got his had's on one and at first I didn't think that he would do any harm. Haven't I learned by now?! Of course he busted it open and made all sorts of a mess. Here are some pictures of him being all messy. It took me a while to scrub all the candy out. Yikes! What am I going to do with that kids?

What Do You Think About All of This?

So Dave and a friend of mine e-mailed me the following about Obama. I was just wondering if anyone knew just how true it is. This scares me. It will deffinately be interesting to see what happens this election. Are we doomed no matter what? It just goes to show you that Joseph Smith was right when he said there will come a time when our country will be hanging from a thread. Please read the following and let me know what you think.

When will our Nation quit turning their back on God and understandthat this man is 'A Muslim'....First, Last and always....and we are AT WAR withthe Muslim Nation, whether our bleeding-heart, secular, Liberal friends believeit or not. This man fits every description from the Bible of the 'Anti-Christ'! ???

Who is Barack Obama?

Probable U. S.presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu , Hawaii ,to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black MUSLIM from Nyangoma-Kogel , Kenya and Ann Dunham, awhite ATHEIST from Wich ita , Kansas .

Obama's parents met at the Universityof Hawaii .

When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya .His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia .

When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocated to Indonesia .Obama attended a MUSLIM school in Jakarta He also spent two years in a Catholic school.

Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim. He is quick topoint out that, 'He was once a Muslim, but that he also attended Catholicschool.'

Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that that he is nota radical.

Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and that this influence wastemporary at best. In reality, the senior Obama returned to Kenyasoon after the divorce, and never again had any direct influence over his son's
educa tion.

Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, introduced hisstepson to Islam. Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta .

Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists whoare now waging Jihad against the western world. Since it is politicallyexpedient to be a CHRISTIAN when seeking major public office in the United States ,Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an attempt todownplay his Muslim background. ALSO, keep in mind that when he was sworn intooffice he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Koran.

Barack Hussein Obama will NOT recite the Pledge of Allegiance nor will he showany reverence for our flag. While others place their hands over their hearts,Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches. Do you want someone like this asyour PRESIDENT?

Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential candidacy.

The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out, whatbetter way to start than at the highest level - through the President of the United States ,one of their own!

100 Things about Me?! Hmmmm.....

OK I know I have kind of dropped off the blogging world for a little while, but I am back! Two weeks ago, as you know if you read my last post, I had to give a talk and it took me all week to prepare. It did go quite well. I was nervous; especially when Sun. morning I re-wrote half my talk. I was inspired in a different direction. I even went over my 20 min. which I never do. I kind of felt like I didn't give the talk. Anyway, I have had a hard time this last week because my sister-in-law tagged me with 100 things to say about myself. It has taken me this long to come up with them. I guess I could have posted about something else, but I had to take the time to write them all out first. So here goes nothing.

1.) One minute I could care less what anyone thinks about me and the next I'm paranoid about it. 2.) I am a freak about spiders. I hate them! 3.) I hate being alone. I will let my mind play tricks on itself. In fact there are times that I will just turn the TV on so I can have some noise while I am cleaning. 4.)Two of my most spiritual, joyful experiences were when I was kneeling across the alter to be sealed to my husband, and the birth of my baby. 5.) After nearly six years

of marriage I still miss Dave five minutes after he has left to go anywhere. 6.) No matter how crazy I am going with Kimball and need a break...I immediately miss him when I am away from him. 7.) I know that Kimball is here to teach me a lesson in Patience. 8.) I miss being in school. I don't miss taking tests, but I miss learning. 9.) I am a worry wort. My husband always compares me to my grandma Andrus, because she worries about everything. 10.) I love playing hostess at my house. 11.) I love it when family and friends feel like they can come over anytime. It makes me feel like they are comfortable in my home and that makes me happy. 12.) I sometimes get a little paranoid about what my in-laws think of me. 13.) When I learn something new I am way eager to teach someone else. However, I am usually behind and everyone already knew the fact. 14.) I am a very klutzy person. 15.) I absolutely
love my boys. I do however feel like I have two kids and not just one. 16.) This might sound petty, but sometimes I get a little sad when Dave talks of how much he hates Utah. I sometimes wish he would say how much he loves Utah, because it brought us together. 17.) I am a sucker for tickling. Dave knows he can pretty much get what he wants if he tickles my back. 18.) I love it when Dave takes me out to dinner. 19.) At one point on mine and Dave's first date I was the only girls out of six guys. The first two we were with never found dates and then we eventually made it over to his friends
where there were three additional guys. 20.) Also on our first date I walked into a parked car. 21.) No matter how many different ways I hear that it is done...I still absolutely love the way that Dave purposed to me. 22.) My favorite animal is probably a dolphin. One of my childhood dreams is to one day swim with one. 23.) I enjoy horse back riding. 24.) I've taught myself to play the piano..with a little help from my mom here and there. However I can't sight read, but I guess that comes with practice. 25.) I am too self-conscious to play music I wrote in front of people. I am afraid they will make fun of them.. Maybe that is why I never finish a song. 26.) I really enjoy blogging, but sometimes it takes me a while to think about what to blog about. 27.) I love to cook. However, I hate trying to decide what to make for dinner. 28.) I have the best in-laws. They are always so supportive
of our family. 29.) I absolutely love my brothers and sister. We are always there for each other and talk about everything. 30.)I love all my brothers and sisters-in-law. They all make me laugh and always set a good example for me. 31.) Nine times out of ten when people ask me who my hero is I tell them it is my mom. She is amazing. No matter how many curve balls are thrown her way and that knock her down, she always gets back up on her feet. She is such a good example to me and always lets her kids know that she loves them. She is always there for her kids and grand kids. 32.) When I was young and sucked my thumb I had to be rubbing something silky. Now when ever I wear something silky, or am near something silky I rub it subconsciously. my mom said that I am the only child of her seven that would reach up and rub her silk garments while she was breast feeding me. 33.) Growing up i always wanted to be a brunet. now that my hair is getting darker I miss my really blond hair. 34.) I love to swim, but I hate being seen in a swim suite. Even when I was skinny I hated it. 35.) I hate big
crowds. They stress me out. I try to stay away from really busy places on the weekend. 36.) Sometimes I wonder why I bother getting ready for the day. As soon as I do get ready Kimball spills something on me. 37.) I have zero tolerance for fits. 38.) One of my most favorite sounds in the world is the sound of my baby's laugh. 39.) I get excited to get up each day and see what new things my baby will do. 40.) I have the cutest most intelligent nieces and nephew (on both sides of the family) in the world. 41.) I absolutely love the feeling I get when I go to the temple. It is so peaceful. I sometimes wish I could go every day. 42.) I love family history stories. Dave's family has oodles of them. I wish I knew half of what I've learned about Dave's legacy than I know about mine. 43.) I hate debt. Dave and I get sick whenever we have any. However, I am also a firm believer in savings, but I also believe in a little fun and spontaneity. 44.) I am a leg jiggler. When sitting I can't sit completely still for too long. My leg
or foot start jiggling if I sit for too long. 45.) I enjoy sewing when I don't mess up.
46.) I usually have ideas for making great stuff at the last minute. I always think I can finish it. I usually don't, or if I do my mom has to come help me. 47.) I have a million unfinished projects. Dave makes fun of me for it and then he gets mad if I wasn't to start a new one. 48.) I can tend to be a perfectionist. It took me oh 6-7 years to finish making an Afghan for Dave. I kept doing it over and over and over again, because it wasn't perfect. 49.) I love to dance and to watch other people dance. Dave and I go to all of our stake dances. Kimball and I love to dance to music in the morning or just before he goes to bed. 50.) When I get nervous I tend to chew on my nails. This is a habit of mine that Dave absolutely hates. 51.) My favorite drink in the world is water. 52.) I have quite the temper and unfortunately Kimball has inherited it. 53.) Nothing makes me mad more quickly than when I can't figure something out on the computer. 54.) I am a time freak. I always have to know what time it is and yet I don't have a watch. 55.) I absolutely hate being late to anything. However, Dave is slowly teaching me to relax. 56.) Halloween is probably my least favorite holiday. Don't get me wrong...The candy thing is great, watching the babies get dressed up in costumes is great, and carving pumpkins is great fun. I know this sounds stupid; I just hate the whole vampire, zombie, monster thing. 57.) I hate horror movies. My friends loved trying to get me to watch them, because I made them more scary with all my screaming. I pretty much refuse to watch them anymore. 58.) There are movies that I think I would never watch, because they look too scary or just stupid. then along comes a person that has seen it comes along and tells me how good it is. I would still never watch it, but then they tell me the whole plot from start to finish and I think I just might be able to handle it and so I will watch it. For example, I saw the previews for the movie The Village and it looked too scary for me. Then my sister-in-law Hollie told me about it from start to finish. I then felt I could handle it, watched it, and loved it. 59.) I am a sucker for romance. In fact my favorite part of a
movie is when a couple kisses. It makes me mad if the love interest in the movie never kiss and all they do is hug (how lame is that). 60.) I love watching old movies. 61.) I am a big John Wayne fan. I am slowly starting to collect all of his films. I even got on the Internet and wrote down all the movies he's ever made. I cross them off as I collect them. 62.) My biggest book obsession right now is the Twilight series. I can hardly wait fro the next book to come out this year. Thanks Kristen for creating a new obsession for me. 63.) I love to travel. 64.) When I graduated from high school my friend and I decided to save up for a trip to Europe. The following summer we went with a tour group to England, France, Switzerland, and Italy. It was definitely a worth while experience. 65.) I have never been east of Utah; with the exception of Europe. 66.) Although I enjoy singing and so it every chance I get, I am still self conscious of whether I am good or not. I guess I just need to keep practicing. 67.) I am a member of the TWBC (The Tinsey Winsey Bladder Club). This was so named by my dad. The very person I inherited it from (Thanks a lot Dad). 68.) The more late I stay up the more silly I get. Some
have said that I could be mistaken for being drunk (who needs drugs0. 69.) I got my first ticket ever last Halloween (just one more reason to make it my least favorite holiday). I cried and cried. However, as odd as it may sound, I really enjoyed my traffic school class. 70.) I secretly do enjoy going on bug cruises with Dave. Once a month his VW club meets up, cruises and stops somewhere for dinner. I kind of miss going with Dave since he has started grad school. 71.) I enjoy going to car shows with my family. However, I have a hard time staying there all day. 72.) One of the things that freak me out the most is when I dream that someone dies. The reason behind this is that the night before my little brother died I had a dream that he drowned. Those of you who don't know, he had a seizure in the bath tub. 73.) I really enjoy working in the yard. I love yard work and gardening. 74.) One day when we buy a house I would like to find a house with a huge back yard for my kids to play in and for me to work in. 75.) I am a salt girl. I will always take chips over cookies. I have, however, started to like sweets more since I married Dave. 76.) Since we bought our new vacuum I love vacuuming. I only have to do it 3-4 times a day. 77.) I hate dusting. It is the one house chore I truly procrastinate. 78.) I have had my ears pierced since I was 12. I rarely ware earrings, but the crazy part is no matter how many year I have gone without earrings my holes never grow in. 79.) Recently I have been working really hard on not living in regret for things I have or haven't done. I would rather try to move on and just work harder and so better. 80.) I never
had wisdom teeth. In fact I am missing teeth that never even came in as baby teeth. 81.) I know most find it boring, but I enjoy fishing. I love the thrill of the catch and I enjoy visiting with whomever I am with while we wait. The only part I hate is eating and cleaning fish. I am probably more of a catch and release person. 82.) I truly enjoy camping and hiking. Being in or near the mountains and nature makes me feel more surrounded by God's great creations. 83.) I love the sound of fall leaves crunching under my feet. Dave's laughs, because I try to find leaves I can crunch. 84.) I love the silent sound of the snow falling. 85.) I love the different smells of each season. 86.) If I had to pick a favorite season it would probably be spring. It is not too hot, not too cold, and everything is coming to life. 87.) I love going on picnics when the weather is good. The food is good, the sun feels great, and it is just fun to play outside. 88.) I love playing in the rain, especially when it has been a warm day. Steam is coming up from the roads, my feet are bare, and the smell of it warms my heart. 88.) I love to watch my baby sleep. 89.) It bothers me when I am not the one to put Kimball to bed. This isn't because I don't trust anyone else. It is probably because it gives me closer for the night and It helps me not to miss him so much. 90.) I occasionally enjoy breaking out a coloring book and coloring. It sometimes relaxes me. 91.) Ever since I was a kid I have wanted to be some sort of teacher. I just don't know what I want to teach. So recently I have decided to try and become a speech pathologist. 92.) I am mostly a morning person. Dave has kind of changed that a little for me, because he is a night hawk. We laugh, because he used to be able to stay up so late and now he gets tired earlier. I used to get up early without a problem, but now am one of those that hit the alarm several times. I still feel that I can get more done if I start in the morning though. 93.) I am not much of a chopper, but when I find something I like I get excited and either use it or wear it the day I get it. 94.) As much fun as it is going out I sometimes just love vegging at home. 95.) My favorite things about holidays is spending time with family. I love going to dinner at Dave's parents and hear them all joke around. I love going to dinner at my families and visit and laugh about past memories. 96.) I have wanted six kids for some time. Now that I have one there are days where I still want that and days where I wonder if I even want another one. 97.) This sounds crazy, but one of my pet pieves is when Dave mixes in the big forks and the little ones. The little ones have to be on top of the big ones or I am bugged. 98.) I enjoy having girls night out once in a while, but mostly I want to do something that my family can be involved in as well. 99.) Christmas is probably my favorite holiday, because I love the spirit of giving. I love the lights and decorating the tree. I love all of the symbolism in everything. 100.) I love taking pictures, but I hate our camera. I am glad that we even have one, but it makes me so mad, because it doesn't take the picture I interned. It takes whatever movement happens in between the 4 flashes of light. I would have so many more awesome pictures if my camera would work right. That is the one downfall with our digital.

Well that was one long post and tag. It even took me a few days to type it, what with a kids and all. It was much harder than I thought to come up with all of this stuff. I hope you enjoyed learning what a nut case I am. So now it is my turn to tag people. I choose to tag Krystell, Tammy, Amy (if she ever visit my blog again LOL) and Christine. Good luck all. I will enjoy reading you tag.

Moving Forward and Doing Better

I just gave a talk not too long ago in Sacrament meeting. The last time I talked before that was about four years ago. After my talk I thought to myself, "I guess I won't have to do that again for a while." I guess I was way wrong. I have to talk again this Sunday.

I love the learning process of giving a talk or a lesson. I do OK when it is in front of small crowds. I actually get excited to share something that the Lord inspires me to share. However no matter how prepared I get for a sacrament meeting talk I get way nervous and rush through my talk. The funny thing is that when I was younger and asked to give a short talk I could do it without a sweat. Sometimes I wasn't even prepared and gave some of my best talks. I don't know what happened over that last several years. I probably have let others people's judgment get to me.

Another things that I some how let get to me over the years is something my ex-step-father told me. Oh a while back when we were in a family war I was asked to choose between my parents. My step dad kept telling me how evil my father was, that he was a son of perdition. and I needed to pray about it. I didn't believe him, but to truly know for myself. I finally did pray about it. I prayed about the whole choosing between my parents thing and about my dad. I didn't do it out of spite. I truly prayed with a real sincerity of heart. In the end I felt that it was not right to choose between my parents. In my prayers it came to me that Steve had no right to call my dad a son of perdition and that was a judgement only Heavenly father could make. I went to Steve and talked to him about it. He went on and on about how I was wrong and that I was just telling myself that, because that is what I wanted to hear. He told me several times that I just didn't know how to pray correctly. I mostly blew him off, but it some how sunk in and I started to doubt myself. I started to doubt if I knew how to listen to the Holy Ghost at all.

I am getting better at ignoring that and working really hard at learning to trust myself. I still have a long ways to go and like I learned in a sacrament meeting a while back: A person has to practice and work at listening to the Holy Ghost. I will do just that and I am sure I will eventually get over it. I will move forward and do better.

Maybe that is why the Lord decided I need more practice with talks. I am excited and trying not to be nervous. I will do lots of studying and I know I will learn a lot and hopefully teach something to others as well. However, if anyone has any suggestions or stories they would like to share that have to do with my topic they would be most welcome.

The Counselor int he Bishopric gave me this little quote as my topic and highlighted the last bit.

Spiritual Unity with Christ Love: "The principle of love within us is an attribute of the Deity, and it is placed within us to be dispensed independently according to our own will. The Latter-day Saints have got to learn that the interest of their brethren is their own interest, or they can never be saved in the Celestial Kingdom of God."
Brigham Young