Tagged!!!

Ok so this looked like fun...let's see if I can do it!

20 years ago I...
1. Was a clumsy little girl
2. In third grade...but my best friend Lysey Steadman was in a different class! =(
3. Had the big bangs...the bottom half were curled under, the top half curled up and fanned out! So cute! (Not really!) Side note...my 12 year old niece was looking through my baby book the other day, and she was totally making fun of me! She kept saying "I can't believe you actually WORE that!" And all this time I thought I was so cool! lol
4. Took tap & ballet lessons

10 years ago I...
1. had just graduated from high school
2. was working for a real estate office
3. was taking some classes at SLCC
4. loved to go to THE BAY!

5 years ago I...
1. got married
2. was living in Provo, UT and loving it
3. even though we lived in the ghetto of Provo! lol
4. worked for the Willey (RC WILLEY). I still miss those people!

3 years ago I...
1. lived in the armpit of California...Victorville. If you've ever driven to Disneyland, you've passed it out in the middle of the desert. Not much to see!
2. Moved back to Utah to be closer to family again
3. Went back to work again at the University of Utah Hospital in the OB/GYN clinic. Very interesting experience...helped me realize I didn't have it in me to be a nurse!
4. Went to Tonga to meet my in-laws for the first time with Kassie. It was a little crazy traveling half way around the world with a toddler by myself...but totally worth it! It was an amazing experience that I'll never forget! Side note...my mother in law passed away half an hour after our plane left the island. My father in law passed away a month and a half later. I was so happy to have been able to meet them and let them meet their first granddaughter! I'll have to write a whole other post about that experience. It was incredible.

1 year ago I...
1. Graduated from SLCC with my associate's degree! It's about time!
2. Was pregnant with my second baby girl
3. Was the 1st counselor in the Primary in our ward
4. Was a stay at home mom for the first time...still trying to figure out how to adjust, but for the most part I love it!

This year I...
1. Had my baby girl...Abe was actually there this time and I thought he might pass out! He actually did really good though!
2. Took Kassie back to preschool. I help out in her classroom a couple times a month and it's so much fun!
3. Had my husband move back to Utah for good! Yay! Now we actually live together like husband and wife. It's been nice...except for the extra messes he makes! lol
4. am staying busy in the Primary still and loving it. (We go to a Tongan ward which is a little more chaotic, but still worth it).
5. Planned and had Abe's family reunion the end of June. My water broke (but I wasn't due for three more weeks) the first day of the reunion...I was so mad because we had put so much work into planning it, and I didn't want to miss it. I went to the reunion the first night (there was a big welcome dance) and after that, went straight to the hospital to be induced! Everybody thought I was crazy! I guess that goes to show what a woman can do when she really puts her mind to it! lol


Yesterday I...
1. Went on a field trip with Kassie's preschool class to Emigration canyon. We had fun going on a treasure hunt trying to find Fall treasures. A little scary though...my nephew picked up a bone and brought it to me...looked completely like a human radius bone! Totally freaky...we told the kids when they got scared that someone must have started decorating for Halloween! I think the school had to call the police and tell them though...
2. Took the baby in to the doctor's to get an acid reflux medicine...hopefully it works!
3. Went to a carnival that was at the school last night...got roped into doing the face painting...not quite sure how since I can NOT draw! Ended up doing a pink skeleton with cross bones on a big man...had to be at least 50 or so...little bit uncomfortable!
4. Read a good romance book by Anita Stansfield. I know, I know. I'm a sucker for a good romance!

Today I...
1. Slept in! It was heavenly!
2. Went to lunch at Bajio grill. Someone told me it was comparable to Cafe Rio. Such a disappointment...not even close!
3. Went to visit my sister at the school where she teaches 1st grade.
4. Typed this survey! (Sorry...couldn't think of anything more!)

Tomorrow I...
1. Will go on a date to the temple with my hubby to do sealings.
2. Hopefully get some cleaning done
3. Do my grocery shopping
4. Get everything ready for Sunday

Next year, hopefully, I...
1. Will be able to go back to finish my bachelor's degree
2. Go to Hawaii for Abe's nephews wedding
3. Move into a bigger house
4. Be rich! Haha. Just had to add that in. It doesn't hurt to wish though, does it?

I tag...Melinda, Belle, Brooke, Bobbi & Beckie

General Conference

Abe and I were lucky enough to go to a session of Conference this past weekend and it was amazing! My neighbor had some tickets they weren't able to use, so they gave them to us. Neither of us had ever been, so it was such a great experience. Our tickets were good for the Sunday afternoon session. We had to park about a mile away, but it was the neatest feeling just walking downtown among other Saints. Our seats were in the balcony on the furthest left side. We couldn't have been much further from the front, but it didn't matter...the Spirit was still the same. When we were taking the escalators up to the top floor, it seemed like we were going up to heaven! lol The first view you get when you are coming up is the big glass windows, and all you can see is the blue sky. It was such an amazing view. The other really memorable part was when the prophet was getting ready to come in, everybody stood and the once loud room became so completely quiet. When the prophet walked into the room, it was such a strong Spirit, and it just confirmed to me that Thomas S. Monson truly is a Prophet of God. It was so incredible! Something I will never forget...

School Picture Day!

All ready for picture day at school...couldn't help taking some pics! Where did the time go??? She's grown up so fast!

Ok...I am SO excited! I just got FREE tickets to Disney on Ice!!!! I was picking Kas up from preschool yesterday, and one of the moms told me they were handing out free tickets at the Energy Solutions Arena, but you had to get there before one o'clock. (It' was already 12:15!) You had to take five cans of food for the Utah Food Bank (per person, per ticket) to get the them. We made a mad dash home to grab the cans and made it downtown with two minutes to spare! They are $24 a piece, so it was a pretty good deal! I guess it makes up for not winning my free Disneyland trip last week on KSL! =)

Want to Play Doctor???

Ok...so what do you think when you hear those words??? I was at my sister's house yesterday, and I heard those words come out of my daughter's mouth! My heart almost stopped as I tried to eavesdrop on what their definition of "doctor" was. I was relieved to see that it included using pretend band-aids, medicine, and a pencil to give shots. That game has been Kassies' obsession lately, and every time she tells me she played Dr. with her cousins, I always have to ask how exactly they play it. Is it just me, or was playing doctor something completely different when we were growing up???

New Baby Pics...

My friend Debbie called me yesterday while she was at work and told me she was bored, and wanted me to bring Leini in to have her pictures taken (she works at Kiddie Kandids). I usually try to time it right so the baby has taken a nap and will be happy for the pictures. She was exhausted, but she said if I brought her in right then, she had some coupons I could use to get them taken. After the first couple of pictures, she was done smiling, but all in all, I thought they turned out pretty good. I think Debbie has the magic touch though. The picture with the angel wings was taken very last. She got the baby to fall asleep in the middle of a crowded (and noisy) photo studio on her tummy. We had to undress her (and get a onesie over her head, mind you) all the while, keep her asleep. I was amazed! When I got home and showed Abe, he said he didn't like the angel picture. That one was my favorite, but he said it looks like porn! Now I feel a little guilty. What do you think?????

Scary Phone Call...

So last night around 8, Abe called me and told me to hurry and get dressed in my church clothes. He was on his way to come pick me up and we had a meeting with the Stake President. Keep in mind, I've never had a call asking me to meet with him, so I was a little scared! Plus, I had just gotten the girls to bed, and didn't want to wake them up. My mind was thinking up a million possibilities of what he could possibly want! Abe's friends were at the church right before we walked in to talk to the Stake President, and they were all teasing him saying he must have been really bad! Turns out he was! =) I don't think I can say how bad yet since they're not announcing it for another week and a half in church, but let's just say I'm going to have to share my husband with the ward a lot more than I already do!