50 THINGS ABOUT ME

1. Eating is one of my favorite things to do.
2. I didn't develop a taste for raisins until just last year. (I've hated them forever)
3. I never get offended by others (except for probably Kevin)
4. My least favorite Beatles song is "Yellow Submarine." (It's stupid)
5. I don't read adult novels. (You never know what you're going to get)
6. I LOVE dark chocolate.
7. I don't eat milk chocolate much anymore unless it's in a dessert. (No candy bars, etc.)
8. Doing bathrooms is my least favorite chore.
9. My goal is to be more fit than I've ever been by my 50th birthday (May 12th)
10. I'm not one of those moms that couldn't wait for the kids to leave home. (I miss having them around.)
11. If I could change anything on my body it would be my chin. (Too Jay Leno-ish to me)
12. If I could have any procedure done on me it would be to get rid of my spider veins on my legs. ( 8 different places, yikes!)
13. I have been playing the piano since I was 7.
14. I played for Primary when I was 12.
15. I played the organ in church by the time I was 16.
16. I starred in a tri-city production of "The Sound of Music" and played the part of Gretl.
(I still remember most of my lines!)
17. I never got any parts in my HS plays because they always needed me on the piano in the orchestra. (still a bummer to me)
18. I sang in Las Vegas at "Arizona Charlie's" casino for about a year every Monday night after Monday Night Football.
19. Tags hanging out of people's shirts is one of my biggest pet peeves.
20. Another one is when people drive 15 mph through a school zone when the sign says they don't have too. (This one will freak Connie out, I know)
21. I never liked pickles growing up, but have been eating them for quite a while. Still don't like sweet ones. Yuck!
22. Fritos are my favorite chips.
23. I don't watch hardly any TV, it's a waste of time and mostly crap.
24. I'm very picky about what DVDs I buy.
25. Amy Grant is one of my favorite people. (Great voice, good songs, good person)
26. I fell in love with Kevin the first night we were together.
27. My mom and dad are my heroes. (dad because he never says anything bad about anyone and mom because she is so young hearted even though she has to put up with her achy body)
28. I truly am grateful that we have never had more than enough money all these years. It has made our children better people.
29. My children are the greatest thing that has ever happened to me.
30. I have a VERY HIGH pain tolerance.
31. My greatest fear has been that one of my kids or grandkids were abducted.
32. I HATE to fly.
33. I LOVE road trips.
34. I can pretty much sit down and sightread anything on the piano.
35. That being said, classical music is probably the hardest to play. (too fast)
36. I do not like to "rock the boat."
37. I am way too much of an agreeing person. (I'm trying to work on this one)
38. I just got called to be Stake Relief Society President on Feb.14. (Nice Valentine's present)
39. I love gardens (flower and vegetable)
40. I would rather go to a lush, green tropical place than a historic, ruins type of place.
41. I have been listening to Carpenters music since I was 12 (when they started out)
42. I probably sound more like Karen Carpenter than any other artist.
43. The only book I've read so far that I could not put down was Sheri Dew's book on Pres. Hinckley, "Go Forward in Faith."
44. Two of my favorite songs are "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies, and "Bus Stop" by the Hollies.
45. I have never had to work outside the home since my first child was born. (Thank you Kevin)
46. I have always been blessed with a good self-esteem. I'm okay with myself and actually don't really care what people think of me.
47. I am a very forgettful person.
48. I am afraid to dye my hair and probably never will.
49. I wish that I tanned better than I do.
50. I have music playing in the house every day.

WINDING DOWN THE SEASON

"Let's see what these bigger than us guys can do"
"I'm still thinking . ."
"Hey, give the ball to me!"
Landon is finishing up his season of middle school basketball with his last games before Little League baseball starts. He has already had a baseball practice (with dad as his coach, of course) and still has two basketball games to go. He loves to be playing ANY kind of game (preferably with a ball) and has pretty good skill for such a little guy. Hope that he can make it through this week!

FINDING OLD FRIENDS

Katie, a friend, Floyd, Emily and her husband, Autumn?, and I'm not sure!
Lately, the best part about blogging has been finding people that you haven't seen or heard from in a long time. I was on my blog the other day, reading my comments, and Nichole Willard told me that she was friends with the Waldrons when they all lived in Riverside. I couldn't believe it! So I got on Nichole's blog, checked out her list of people and found an "Emily, Amber, Katie, Brandon, Derek, and Casey" and knew I had found our long lost friends, the Waldrons. For those of you who don't know, we lived in Costa Mesa, California with them when Floyd was the bishop and Kevin was his counselor. Karen was one of my good buddies, we even met up with their family in Nevada after we all moved away. My favorite memory of Karen is that she always told me that she wanted 14 kids, like my Uncle Floyd and Aunt Alice. I can't wait to catch up with that wonderful family. Blogging is the best!!

Slacklining Fever!

I "taught" Cam how to slackline over the weekend.

He rocked it for a first-timer! We had a lot of fun and laughs.

Mother wanted me to share the pics with everybody, so check us out!

"I know tricks."

Cam lookin' like a pro

We had to set the self-timer for these ones.

It's hard with two people on the line!

"livin' the slacker's life"

BROCKTON'S BIG DAY!!

Last night we celebrated Brockton's 20 birthday with their family. We went to Inside Scoop for dinner and then back to their house for cake and ice cream. He got the Book of Mormon on CD, a couple seasons of TV shows, some headphones, and a John Bytheway book on CD. The best part of his birthday was actually the next day, (Feb. 7) because his mission call came in the mail. He is going to the London, England South mission and reports on May 16th directly to the Preston, England MTC. His mission call was signed by President Thomas S. Monson. Cool, huh? His could have been one of the very first calls signed by our new prophet. We are all excited for Brock!

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, I CAN DO BETTER!

Connie and Peter came to visit for the weekend with the kids. Peter planned on leaving Connie and the kids for a week for some good-old mom and grandma time. Lucky me! So he headed back to Phoenix to work and left them here to relax, play, and get some grandma and grandpa time. Levi and I are busy making each other smile and laugh. He really likes his tougue too! If I had known grandchildren were this much fun, I would have had them first!