60 Things About Me

1. What is in the back seat of your car right now? Nothing I just cleaned it 2 days ago. YES!!

2. When was the last time you threw up? I cant remember but it is in my blogs somewhere.

3. What's your favorite curse word? Snap. My brother started it and I said it to make fun of him then it became habit.

4. Name 3 people you made smile today. Katie, Leo, Shawn

5. What were you doing at 8 am this morning? Saying goodbye to my parents. There leaving for the weekend for their 10th anniversary. You do the math.

6. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Looking at the wal-mart web site.

7. What will you be doing 3 hours from now? Eating lunch.

8. Have you been to a strip club? No

9. What is the last thing you said aloud? To Shawn "Are you hungry! Get out of the kitchen! Didn't you eat breakfast?" (its almost 10am here.)

10. What is the best ice cream flavor? I have a favorite but I don't think I would call it the best. I like French Vanilla.

11. What was the last thing you had to drink? Strawberry Banana smoothie

12. What are you wearing right now? ARMY Sweats

13. What was the last thing you ate? Strawberry Banana smoothie

14. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? No

15. When was the last time you ran? I try not to.

16. What's the last sporting event you watched? I try to avoid that too.

18. Who is the last person you emailed? Hugh

19. Ever go camping? Yeah, as much as I can. But its usually with the YW at girls camp.

20. Do you have a tan? No, My legs don't tan and I only get my arms and face a little tan during the summer.

24. Do you drink your soda from a straw? No way!

25. What did your last IM say? It cant talk so nothing.

26. Are you some one's best friend? Yes, Hugh's.

27. What are you doing tomorrow? Sewing I hope.

28. Where is your mom right now? On her way to St. Louis

29. Look to your left, what do you see? Snow outside the window.

30. What color is your watch? I don't have a watch.

31. What do you think of when you think of Australia? Go'day mate.

32. Would you consider plastic surgery? No

33. What is your birthstone? Alexandrite, its the color changing one.

34. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? I prefer drive thru if it doesn't have a play yard so I don't have to get the kids out.

35. How many kids do you want? Well I wanted to have a big family at one point like 7 or so. But I guess that has changed to a min and max. My min is well 2 since I already have that, ok my min is 4-5 my max is 10 IF absolutely necessary.

36. Do have a dog? Yes that Lilly

37. Last person you talked to on the phone? My Mom

38. Have you met anyone famous? no

39. Any plans today? Take Shawn to Cici's pizza maybe.

40. How many states have you lived in? 4 soon to be 5 then 6 then 7 maybe. That's like in the military.

41. Ever go to college? Yeah

42. Where are you right now? Between the kitchen and dining room

43. Biggest annoyance in your life right now? I don't want to talk about it.

44. Last song listened to? I can't remember.

46. Are you allergic to anything? no but I did have a bit of a reaction last time i had an epidural

47. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? Well right now it is snow boots but that's mot my favorite.

48. Are you jealous of anyone? Of course.

50. Is anyone jealous of you? Probably not.

51. What time is it? 10"06am

52. Do any of your friends have children? Most of them and the ones that don't will soon have them but one.

53. Do you eat healthy? Its a weakness I'm working on.

54. What do you usually do during the day? Walk around the house being board. And the necessities for 2 kids.

55. Do you hate anyone right now? Those people that can eat whatever they want and stay skinny.

56. Do you use the word "hello" daily? No I usually say Hi.

58. How old will you be turning on your next birthday? 25

59. Have you ever been to Six Flags? I don't know if Astro World is six flags and I don't know if Cedar Point is six flags.

60. How did you get one of your scars? I have a big scar on my knee I wanted to go down the driveway on a skate board like my brother and his friend. I just didn't know how to stop do I toppled over in the middle of the road and then rode my brothers bike home and my mom took me to the Dr. I didn't need stitches but it big and ugly.

This was fun. Thanks Emily.

Countdown!

30 Days till we leave to go see Hugh. I am very excited. I am sure if my kids knew just how close it was they would be excited too. I am making my preparations as fast as I can with 2 kids running around. I have gotten the material for my formal and then I had to wait another week before the pattern went on sale. I think this dress is going to cost me approximately $23. Compared to the $104 I thought about paying for a formal I would have ordered on the net. But then you don't have the guarantee that it would fit. So this way I am spending a lot less and I know this will fit like a glove. I also went to the mall and looked at the formals there too. And guess what, non of the dresses these days have sleeves. As a matter of fact you are lucky if you come across a dress that even has spaghetti straps. It amazes me. Ok so I have made a half mock dress. I just did the top part to make sure I wasn't going to have to make any adjustments on the shoulders. It is a little wide across the chest and I am not sure if I need to bring it in a bit or not. That will be decided today. I also went back and got more of the material so I can make Katie a dress. We wont wear them at the same time but I know it will make such a cute dress for Katie.

Ok Ive been holding back for a while because my plans have been undecided but now it is decided. After Hugh's graduation I will not be coming back to Iowa. I will be headed to South Carolina and stay with my Father-in-law for a few months. I am excited to go. It will be summer time and that means lots of things in SC. For one the Beach is less than 2 hours away. For another My F-in-L has horses and for those of you that don't know I LOVE horses. I plan to go on many ridding adventures with him. This will also put us closer to the kids cousins. Like within walking distance. And for those of you that don't know, my 2 sisters-in-law and I all had boys in the same year. One was born 3 days after Leo and the other 4 months after. So they are close in age. It will be fun. We will be there in time for Leo and Sam's birthdays. This will be time for the in-laws to spend time with the the kids. We don't get to see them much so it will be good. I guess that's all for this post.

I wont be posting a picture of my dress until after the graduation because I want to surprise Hugh. So after March 27 I will post one. Stay tuned.

Hair chop

Well I was going to give Leo a cute boys hair cut but my Dad started clipping while I was still wrapping the sheet around Leo and basicly butchared his hair and I unfortunately had to fix it. So it is really really short. My Mom litteraly had to hold back tears she was so sad to see his hair gone. Well I guess thats what i get when Im not specific about what lind of help I want. My bad.


But he is still my cute little boy. Like father like son I guess.

What are you eating?

Ice Cream? No. SNOW Cream!! And boy was it good. Guess thats the plus of it snowing for 26 hours straight and getting 14" of snow.

Ode to my little girl

4 years ago my precious little princess came into this world. It is amazing how fast kids grow up. There were a lot of pictures I could have posted of her when she was born but instead I'll just give you the address where they are. http://offenonline.com/momndad/
I am so glad to have my little girl in my life. She brings so many smiles to our family. She is always making me laugh. She is just so silly. So I did pick out a few select pictures.

I do beleive this was the first time in Hugh's adult life that he held an infant. It was really cute.

Happy birthday Katie. We love you.

A Time of Remembrance and Gratitude

This afternoon, I watched the funeral services for the late Gordon B. Hinckley on satellite TV at my local church building. The funeral was broadcast live from the Conference Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hinckley had served as President of the Church since March 1995.

I had been baptized and joined the Church less than 3 months earlier. I don't even remember the previous president, President Howard W. Hunter - though I do remember his death. I "grew up" as a Latter-day Saint during the presidency of Gordon B. Hinckley. It was during his tenure that I was diagnosed with and overcame a life threatening illness (1995), that I served 2 years as a full-time missionary (1999-2001), that I married Shanna (2002), and that I began my military career (2007).

This reminds me of an earlier time in my life. I remember back when I was in Kindergarten we held a mock election for President of the United States. It was the incumbent Jimmy Carter versus Ronald Regan. Two people voted for Jimmy Carter, me and someone that wouldn't admit to it. Everyone else voted Regan. Regan was elected. (I was very young and didn't understand politics. I voted for Carter for the sole reason that he was the incumbent, therefore had more experience.)

Twelve years later, I was a senior in high school. The nation had gone through 8 years of Regan and 4 years of Bush leadership. In my mind at the time, it had been one 12 year administration with a few minor changes. Then Bush lost his re-election bid. It was the end of an era. I felt lost. I didn't know what was going to happen to our great country. I feared the worst. I feared change.

I don't have that fear now. The Church is in good hands. It is lead through revelation by the prophets of the Church.

Now is the time to remember the great service of our late leader, President Gordon B. Hinckley. Remember where he has lead us from from, reflect upon where we are today, and look forward in eagerness to a bright tomorrow.

P-A-R-T-Why? Cause I gotta!

Well Katies party was today and it was a lot of fun. 4 of her friends came and they had a lot of fun. I left out pictures of the other kids for privacy reasons. We did play pin the tail on the donkey, we had a pull string pinata, had cake and ice cream and then opened presents. Turned out really good. The kids had fun playing before and after the games. An hour party is perfect!

Katie only wanted the Dots from the pinata and there was only one box. The rest were tootsi rolls and flavored tootsi rolls.