Pick a pic

Jenn tagged me with this little photo challenge:

Open your 6th folder in your photo files and post your 6th picture.

Well, here it is...

{i skipped the dear hunt folder, which was my actual 6th folder, can you blame me?}

This is our cute little family, December 2007.

Dressed all matchy for church...

How exactly can those kids grow up so dang much in 14 months?

Sadly, I know exactly what helped me change so much...

Darn that Smart Cookie!

*details on THE party of 2009 are coming soon!

8 THINGS ABOUT ME

My friend Angie tagged me a couple days ago and since I was lacking for something to post today this works out perfectly!

Here are the Rules:
1) Post rules on your blog
2) Answer the six '8' items
3) Let each person know by leaving them a comment

8 FAVORITE TV SHOWS

1. Lost
2. Grey's
3. Friday Night Lights
4. Survivor
5. Amazing Race
6. Life
7. American Idol
8. Gossip Girl

8 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY

1. Made rolls, guacamole, and potato salad
2. Read Harry Potter with Adilynn {finished 1st book tonight :)}
3. Took a shower
4. Threw a Super Bowl party
5. Ate lots of yummy food
6. Watched the Super Bowl
7. Read a little of the Book Thief
8. Took loads of DayQuil

8 THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO

1. 8-8:30 {kids bedtime}
2. Thursday night TV
3. Scrapbook night
4. "Girls" get togethers
5. 6 weeks - no more winter!
6. April 15th
7. Vacation
8. Reading

8 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS

1. Zupas
2. Paradise Bakery
3. Tepanyaki
4. Gecko Grill
5. Pei Wei
6. Café Rio
7. Mimi's
8. Old Spaghetti Factory

8 THINGS ON MY WISH-LIST

1. Laptop
2. New jeans
3. Clean scrapbook room
4. New floors
5. A trip to somewhere warm
6. New couches
7. Tulips
8. Angie's cookies

8 PEOPLE I TAG

1. Mom
2. Mal
3. Tiff Mc
4. Emily J
5. Mailyn
6. Vicki
7. Aub
8. Sharane

"6" Tag

Okay, so my cute friend Jenn tagged me a couple weeks ago. And now that I am through with the overwhelming San Diego stuff, here it goes! Six random things about ME!

1. 
   

1. I am very particular about my laundry. Not to say I do such a great job but my mom taught me very specific ways to sort and cycles and detergents to use. Which means Mike has done {maybe} 3 loads of laundry in the 8.5 years we have been married. It also means that on the few occasions that my brothers have lived with us - I've done their laundry as well. And I only use Tide and Downy.
2. I wear the same sweat pants to bed 93% of the time{they need an occasional washing}. They are WAY too big {belonged to my 230lb high school boyfriend} and often have holes along the bottom where I've walked in them but are still holding on after 12 years! I think this bugged Mike at first but he now recognizes them for the warm, comfy, figure friendly sleepwear they are, and nothing to do with said 'X'. I ♥ my GHS baseball sweats!
3. I hate {I know, its a strong word} to scratch anyone's back! It totally grosses me out, my fingernails feel all nasty, the tips of my fingers get all tingly and I get all creeped out, uhhhhh! Pretty sure this comes from the hours I spent scratching my mom's back, for mere pennies, years and years ago. This, however, does not in anyway mean that I don't love to receive a back scratch - just doesn't happen much when you are unwilling to reciprocate!
4. The only 2 times I have gone to the hospital {besides pregnancy related stuff} both included feet and water. The 1st time, I was walking down a stream at the park and sliced the bottom of my foot open pretty good, I had to get like 12 stitches. Ouch! The 2nd time I was up in the mountains with my cousin swinging on a rope over the river, my hands slipped and I fell right in - spraining my ankle.
5. Bring on a party! I am always up for anything social...I love outings with the kids, date nights, scrapbook nights, dinner parties, lunch dates, bbqs, birthday parties! You name it - I am there! And I am totally okay to throw it, even last minute!
6. And to go along with the last one, I really like to cook/bake. Nothin' fancy, although I would love to learn someday, but I love eating and people - cooking accommodates them both!

Hope I didn't bore you! Now, I tag...Kelli, Angee, Jayne, Viv, Marcae and Dari. I would love to learn a little more about all of you, but no pressure!

Tagged!

I've been tagged! The name of this game is to answer the following 10 questions and then tag 4 other friends to do the same on their blog pages...

I am not the best at this sort of stuff but here goes nothin'!

1. Best thing you cooked last week? This is really sad but I only cooked once last week and it wasn't even for my family, it was for a friend. But I did cook my mom's famous chicken cheese bisque (:
2. If money, time and babysitting were no object, where would you go and with who? I would definitely be going back to Europe! See all the places I have been and lots of new stuff! {this might take several trips} I am also up for anyplace warm and relaxing {haven't tried Hawaii yet} and I could go back to NYC a million times over, just walking the streets, trying new restaurants, going to shows. I would take Mike with me {for sure} but the more the merrier! {definitely Tanja, Steph and Kristi to Europe, and Angie Millet to NYC} k that was long, can you tell I am dying to travel?
3. When was the last time you cried? Umm, Sunday. Pretty much the whole day. Mike is gone, my freezer/fridge broke, the dog was naughty, my kids were naughty, Chad dogged me....kinda a bad day!
4. Five things you were doing 10 years ago: 1. starting work at A Plus 2. living with Granny Goose {miss her} 3. visiting my girls at USU 4. dating Joe 5. thinking I was really cool with my new car {neon} and cell phone
5. Five things you were doing 5 years ago: 1. getting ready to quit A Plus and be a stay home mom (: 2. living in our first home in orem 3. watching daniel play sports several times a week 4. counting down the days until Mike graduated 5. teaching the beehives in YW {scared me to death}
6. Five things you were doing 1 year ago: trying to get a handle on 3 kids, spending WAY too much time at the Dr. office with sick kids, looking forward to a warm trip to AZ for Thanksgiving, eating too many Almond Snickers {i got kinda obsessive for awhile}, working out 4 days a week (i know, yay for me - except look at #4)
7. Seven of your favorite hobbies: reading, scrapbooking/cardmaking, crafty projects/home decorating, cooking/baking, blogging (is that a hobby?), traveling, shopping
8. Five favorite foods: Lets just say ~ all things naughty! Eating should have been listed in my "Hobby" section above. Cafe Rio - pork anything, cookies/baked goods, soda - preferably Pepsi, but usually Diet Coke {trying to be good}, soup, pizza
9. Five places you've been: NYC, Cancun, Germany, Prague, Switzerland
10. Five Favorite Memories: sitting with Mike in the celestial room at the sl temple on our wedding day, holding each one of my children for the 1st time, spending a week in cancun with my hubby

Okay, now I tag...Stephanie Pickle - love her, Mom - here is your "something" to blog about, Annie Miller - she needs to update (:, and Joey Brough - wanna get to know her better! Can't wait!