Wednesday, April 30, 2008

"Winds"day


The wind has been incessant lately. This morning when I looked out the window, I thought, hmmm... it doesn't look too windy today. However, the walk to school confirmed that, yes, it is still windy.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Travel Dreams Tuesday


I really want to cruise the rivers of Holland! I'm hoping to make this dream a reality.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Tagged-Things about me

What were you doing 10 years ago:
Well I looked up in my journal what I was doing. I didn't have an entry for April24, but I did for the 23rd. I was attending college at Utah State University. My friend and I went to the Kent Concert Hall to hear Sheri Dew, the LDS General R.S president at the time, speak to us. I vaguely remember being there, but, I have notes on what she said to us! This was a time when Derek and I were engaged, but, his family and our friends didn't know yet. My family had a cow, so, we kept it quiet for a little while.

5 Things on my to do list today:
1. Finish up dishes, clean the kitchen
2. Fold laundry
3. Make dinner
4. Get some emails sent for Young Women's
5. Take a shower

6 Snacks I enjoy:
1. Triscuits and cheese
2. Zucchini Bread
3. Apples and Peanut Butter
4. Cinnamon toast
5. Peanut M&M's
6. Chocolate covered pretzels

Suddenly a Billionaire:
Hmmm.... pay tithing, pay off all our debts, give to humanitarian efforts, start a bed and breafast/bakery, start a nature center for kids and families, save money for missions, weddings, etc., travel, I don't know what else. I'm sure I could do just about anything:)

5 Places I have lived:
1. West Jordan, Utah
2. Logan, Utah
3. Erda, Utah
4. Westminster, Colorado
5. Ridgecrest, Califonia

5 Jobs I have had:
1. I worked in a book bindary-put tabs in LDS Quads,etc.
2. Worked in a mail room for a company I can't remember the name of.
3. I worked in a movie theater- concessions, box, floor manager
4. American Express- I worked in a card department, and in traveler's checks
5. Cleaning- engineering building USU; I also had 2 houses I cleaned.

5 things people may not know about me:
1. I want to learn to play the piano and the cello
2. I used to be extremely shy.
3. I tried out for the part of Maria in West Side Story, didn't come close.
4. I have caught,measured,and weighed a lot of brown trout.
5. I love to imitate accents

Well, there you have it.:)

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Happy 1st Birthday Regina!

My little Reginita is one today! Regina means queen, and boy do the kids respond to her every beck and call. She has been such a wonderful baby. She is always happy. We have loved every minute of her first year. Here are some pictures from this past year. I hope you enjoy them. We'll have more pictures of her party later. Dang Gina! That went fast! Can't we slow this train down!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

That's Life Thursday

Life has many stages. I am going through the power nap stage. I remember when I was a kid, my Dad would often go take a power nap. I never understood that until now. These past two weeks have been very busy and I can't seem to make it through the day without a 20-30 minute power nap. I heard that if you sleep longer than that, you knock your sleep pattern off balance. Well, it has been working for me. I can make it through the evening and still fall alseep at night. I guess that's life right now:) Go Power Nap!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Book tag


So, Kathryn has tagged me. She wants to know what I'm reading on page 250 or something, line 5. Well, I'm not that far in my book, so, I'll just share where I am. I am reading J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. This is at the top of page 50:


Sometimes it was dark and sometimes light, and now they were very cold and agein too warm. Did they really feel hungry at times, or were they merely pretending, because Peter had such a jolly new way of feeding them? His way was to pursue birds who had food in their mouths suitable for humans and snatch it from them; then the birds would follow and snatch it back; and they would all go chasing each other gaily for miles, parting at last with mutual expressions of good-will. But Wendy noticed with gentle concern that Peter did not seem to know that this was rather an odd way of getting your bread and butter, nor even that there are other ways.

FHE Board


About two weeks ago I made a Family Home Evening board. What do you think? I'm very happy with how it turned out.