201st post

201 interesting (?) facts about our family of 5 –in no particular order
I am obsessed with animals
My daddy calls me “the boss”
I love being an animal when eating my food (i.e.: a manatee when eating lettuce, a parrot eating grapes, a T-rex when eating meat…)
I sob uncontrollably when my daddy tells me “no” or rejects something I bring to him (like chewed up grapes)
I was born at the same hospital as my son
I was born at the same hospital as my dad
I was born at the same hospital as my big sister
I was born at the same hospital as my baby sister
I was born at the same hospital as my little sister, too!
My favorite foods are popcorn, chips and broccoli
I love cuddle time
I love to wear skirts
I like rocking out to “Born in the USA”
My big brother is my best buddy
I moved 6 times before I turned 5
My favorite color is GrEEn
I am confident I will serve a mission for my church to Africa
I love purple!
I like to fall asleep with the light on
I prefer to have it dark, with my door shut when I go to bed
I sleep with socks on
I can’t fall asleep unless my feet are bare
I kick the covers off
I horde all the covers
I love Recess peanut butter cup milkshakes
I love strawberry, orange, banana, pineapple fruit drinks
I’m not a big milk drinker
I love bath time all to myself
I like to color
I love painting
I love craft time
I like story time at the library
I like reading a good book
I enjoy evenings sitting out on the front porch
I have a stuffed doggy I named Pup-Pups
My build-a-bear dog is named Puppy Runny
I LoVe shoes
Air shows are awesome
I love getting cozy with my Granmama and watching Caillou
I went knee boarding and stayed up by myself for several seconds
I’ve never had stitches
I broke my arm
I’m left-handed and married a southpaw but none of our 3 kids seem to be lefties
I was the high school quarterback
I played high school basketball
I ran freshman cross country
Tacos are my favorite meal
In-N-Out Animal-style burger and a strawberry shake with fries-- MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm
Don’t forget the stickers
I love the pool
I am opinionated
I am not opinionated, am I?
I love to ride my bike
I love riding on 3-wheeled scooters
I like playing with Polly Pockets at my friend’s house
I enjoy nursery
I love Yellowstone
I like ATVing
Someday I’d like to own my own plane and be a pilot instructor in a small town
I sing in the shower
Bahama Bucks is my fAvOrItE treat, but Hawaiian Shaved ice w/ cream is a close 2nd
I got my Masters Degree in Learning and Technology
I am happy eating popcorn in the shopping cart at Target
I snort when I laugh
I love my baby dolls
I was named after my dad and both grandpas
I was named after my mom
I was named after my aunt and both of my grandmas
I love cookie dough
Tattle-telling really bugs me
I think snakes are creepy
I love the $1 store
I like taking pictures
I love exploring
I like oatmeal for breakfast
I eat a banana a day
I have flown 6 different types of planes
I enjoy baking
I love kids
I love A & W Root beer
I prefer a foot rub over a back rub any day
I like to watch college football
I want to take ballet
I love playing with my cousins
I get migraine headaches
I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
I love to laugh
I like roller coasters
I love board games
I won a 6th grade spelling bee
I am pritty terable at speling
I love sunsets
I love the smell of rain
I like my waffles topped with strawberries and whipped cream
I am not very competitive
My sister and I used to sing the theme song to “My Little Ponies” if we were scared going to bed
I sucked my thumb for a really, really long time
I love fresh garden tomatoes
I snore
I love to hold my mom’s hand
I make really good sound effects
I find it easier to come up with random facts about my children than myself
I don’t do “spicy”
I enjoy road trips
I love hanging out with family
I like my pillow firm
I love dogs
My sisters and I have never had an ear infection
I love blogging
I am allergic to mangos
I love hiking
I love camping
My social security number is …what? How much info do you think I’m gonna give out here?
I know the first 4 Articles of Faith
I have blue eyes just like the rest of my family
I love swinging
I like carrying around a purse
I love a good bargain
I enjoy building with blocks and Lego’s
Tulips are my favorite flower
I moved 4 times before I turned 3
I’ve spent 4 nights in the hospital
I’m not one to give in to peer-pressure
I am a leader
I love music
I teach 5 year olds at church
I taught pre-school for 2 years
I celebrated my first birthday just before my 3rd move
I followed my 9year-old dream (according to a journal entry) and became a K-12 substitute teacher for a year
I taught all-day kindergarten
I speak Spanish
Many of my ancestors came from Sweden
I took my wife skeet shooting and coyote calling on our first date
I have yet to actually shoot a clay pigeon
I wore a headgear when I was 11
My next-door-neighbor and I made up the word slope as our code for requesting a sleep over
I bribed my little sister to go into the basement with me when I was young
I like the Planet Earth movies
I prefer my cereal soggy
I served an LDS mission to Chile
I took 7 years of German but probably couldn’t even follow a conversation now
I graduated with my BS degree from UVSC
I began babysitting when I was 11
I earned my Master’s degree from BYU
My friends and I would collect “cool” tags from random department store clothes
I went to 4 years of EFY at 3 different colleges
I visited a monkey farm on a class field trip to Strasburg France
I was born on Thanksgiving Day
I type 79 WPM
I love to wash and wax my vehicles
I like to rhyme
I make up songs
I use waaay too many wipes when I change diapers (but at least I change ‘em so no one complains!)
I shop clearance racks
The infant twin boys, AND their 3 year old sister I first babysat have their mission calls
I was in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat play in 6th grade
My 1st grade teacher inspired me to be a teacher
My 4th grade teacher inspired me never teach math (nor like diet Coke)
I love pedicures (but have only had one)
I am afraid of the dark
I learned to water ski when I was 12 while at my friend’s cabins in Canada
I like playing with robots
I like drawing pictures about football
I rode a cow at my dad’s childhood farm
I married someone whose dad also grew up on a farm
I’ve never had a cavity
I can spell my 9-letter-long-name
I love mermaids
Between the two of us, we have visited all 50 states but North Dakota, Michigan
I have a “white” personality, with a little blue
I am a blue/red personality
I like rocking out to my dad’s old hip hop music
I am the oldest grandchild in my mom’s family and #9 in my dad’s
I AdORe my baby sister
I do best in small groups of people
I have 4 cute girl cousins born within 8 months of me
I snuck into Christmas gifts as a child
I would have felt too guilty sneaking out Christmas presents
I wear a size 14 shoe
I day dream of backpacking through remote wilderness
I will be playing soccer in the fall
I wish I read more (age appropriate) books
I prefer my meals fresh (not thawed leftovers) ;)
I suffer from hay fever
I’m starting to gray
I love rocking my babies to sleep
I was converted to country music in high school
I helped plan my 10 year H.S. reunion
I missed my 10 year reunion b/c I was in Texas
I stall every chance I get at bedtime (and just ran in with “mommy, ummm… uh, I love you!”)
I am excited for school to start!
I am even more UNexcited to send my little boy off to school
I love the feeling of getting in a good jog (unfortunately that is a rare feeling these days…)
We get excited to have babysitters come
I get excited to have the babysitter come, too!
I am a procrastinator
I love playing with play dough
Corn salsa is yummy
I recycle
WreStLeMaNiA!!!