6 of mine

Thanks Melissa, I was actually wanting to do this one. I was tagged to list 6 unimportant things that make me happy.

In no particular order:

1. Sounds, like the sound of a fountain and windchimes, and I can't leave out babies giggles and children's laughter.

2. A clean house, or a clean room for that matter, only then do I feel that I can truely relax.

3. A good, can't put it down, book.

4. A booger free nose.

5. getting rid of stuff.

6. Good surprises. It can be a book or flowers, cookies, kids having done a chore on their own. Any pleasant surprise really. I love surprises. It was the best on the 2 kids I didn't find out the sex of. I wish I would have done that every time.

I now tag Becca, Janelle, Yolawnda, Jill, Allison ans Susie. If you've already done it, do it again!

Christmas Traditions from Whittaker Woman's blog

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping Paper! It's just simply not as fun to open a gift bag as it is to rip paper, they go better together under the tree too.
2. Real tree or Artificial? We are artificial people, the cost and upkeep of real just won't work for us.
3. When do you put up the tree? Usually the day after Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? Day after Christmas, I really don't like Christmas decorations after Christmas.
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes, but my husband hates it so I never get it. I also love Egg Nog Ice Cream.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? well, probably my pink scooter my dad got me when I was 8 or 9.
8. Easiest person to buy for? Sadly, me. I like a lot of stuff. Other than me, probably my mom.
9. Do You have a nativity scene? Yes, one from the Dollar Tree, make that 2, from different years, and a silver one that someone left piece by piece on our doorstep last year or the year before, it's missing Joseph though, they must have been busy that night.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, for sure, but I may post mine on my blog.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? One year I got a Barbie from my Aunt Troy and I acted like a huge snot about it because my older sister got earrings and a purse and I wanted to get a big girl gift too. I really did like the Barbie though, I just acted like I was too old for it.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Elf, hands down, I love Small One too, and Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas and Twice Upon a Christmas.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Last year we were done before Thanksgiving, this year we are still not done yet.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Not that I can think of, but I wouldn't put the idea above me!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Goodies like divinity and fudge and sugar cookies.
16. Lights on the tree? Yes, I like white, or blue, my kids like the multi color though, so that's what we'll have until they are too old to care anymore.
17. Favorite Christmas song? Oh Holy Night and Mary did you know?
18. Travel for Christmas or stay home? Home!
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Yes, and it's Donder not Donner!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Hello, Santa delivers them Christmas night so Christmas morning is when you open them! We open new jammies on Christmas Eve.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? It gets too busy to enjoy spending relaxing time with family doing fun holiday traditions.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? In my bedroom I have a 2 ft. tree with blue and silver ornaments and blue lights, I love it. I also saw a bunch of very retro ornaments at Target this year that would look great on a white or aqua tree, they were pink and lime green and fun funky colors. I can only do my themed tree in my room on my little tree, the kids have their fun tree and then we have our pretty and special tree with keepsake ornaments on it.
24. Favorite Christmas dinner? Honeybaked ham, salad, cresent rolls.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Happy kids, Peyton's 2 front teeth to come in, I always love books.

Kristie's tag

Post your 4th file 4th picture...I think I'm the Kelly that was tagged! Anyway, this picture is Peyton in her highchair. I don't remember if there was a reason I took it or not. It was taken the beginning of October this year. As you can see she has some cheerios on her tray. I may have been trying to get her to self feed. That girl must think she really is a princess or something. She will not put food in her mouth. She picks them up just fine and she sometimes puts her hands and fingers into her mouth, but she can have cheerios right in front of her and whine until you feed them to her.

I'm tagging Peggy (Grandma Honey, Linda, Janet and Donna) go into your picture files and pick the forth picture in the fourth folder and post it!

I'm Esme

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!
"You are thoughtful and care very deeply for your family. A loving home is of great importance to you and you always try to make people feel welcome. Although you have a great capacity to love, you also have a great capacity to hurt, so at times you can be sensitive. You're firm when you need to be, but people trust your judgment and appreciate the kind way you always handle things."

Tagged by Becca

It's ok Becs, I'm a big girl, I can handle it. I was tagged by Becca. You have to take pictures of certain things, just as they are, right now, no straightening up or anything. So, here it goes


#1. Kitchen Sink Not bad at all, this is it, and I don't do Fly Lady yet and I never "shine" my sink, clean is all your getting. I do not like dirty dishes in the sink, ever. After every meal I wash them and load the dishwasher. If I find someone else's dishes (which happens all the time) I take care of them too. I do not, however, steal the cup or glass you are using to drink from, that doesn't bug me, just don't put it in the sink!

#2 The Toilet Yep, it's gross, that's the master toilet, and for Nicole, it is in a room all by itself, that's why it is the toilet room, also known as the water closet which is it's correct name, but whenever I've said that I usually get a blank stare, so I'll dumb it down for everyone, the toilet room! It used to be clean more often when I was pregnant, who likes to vomit into a dirty stinky toilet? NOT ME! Now, this is what you get, at least for a week or 2, sorry. The boys toilet is also the guest bathroom toilet, so it gets cleaned more frequently but is almost always gross, I have 3 sons. Enough said.

#3 The Laundry room I really had to resist tidying up this one. It's usually messy though. Right now it has sheets from Ben's bed in the sink, 3 nights in a row of Ben bed wetting, ugh. He seriously went 2 weeks with no bed wetting, he woke up to pee. I guess he's just been to wiped out to wake up these last few nights.

#4 The Fridge It's ok, we go as long as possible between grocery shopping trips and we are needing one about now, so not much is in there. When food gets low I clean it out before the stock up, it's freshly wiped, mostly! The door is a little messy. Thanks Ty for doing a good portion of the grocery shopping! I hate it.

#5 What is your spouse/kids doing right now? At the time I took the pics this morning, Tyler was working, Micah and Jacob were at school and Ben was following me around while we were getting ready for playgroup at the park and taking these pictures and Peyton was on my hip. Now that it's after 11pm, they are all in bed, sadly, this is my internet time today.

#6 My favorite shoes From left to right, fun, fun, comfy, cute (painful), practical and well worn.

The little leather X's are starting to come off, time for some new brown flip flops next year. I wish you could see in this picture that there is carpet fuzz on the toenails that I just freshly painted, when I sit down I curl my toes under and I did it too soon, before my polish was dry, oops!

#7 Favorite Room, that would have to be our bedroom. It isn't very clean right now, it's next on my to clean list, but the bed is always made and I love our furniture and decor. It is too hot in the afternoon in the summer, but I love our room. I also love the loft that got the toys out of the old playroom, but the master bedroom is still my fav!

#8 Your Dream Vacation, good question. I really love Disneyland (kid at heart I guess), but I would love to go to Hawaii or somewhere else tropical and I have always wanted to go on a cruise.



#9 The Closet, we cleaned it our majorly this summer, but there are a few things needing tidying. Our kids for some reason like to play in it and move stuff around. The animals like to go in there too. I like it though, plenty of room for my size 6-18 clothes.




#10 Self Portrait, this is me and my sweet little girl. We are all clean and ready for our playgroup at the park today (we of course already did that since I am typing this up tonight and these pics were taken this morning) we were 10 minutes late because of this!!! No big deal really, we still made it before most people! If anyone really wants to see one with no makeup, I don't mind, really, most of the time I actually go out in public with no makeup, I know, the shame! My little sister thinks I'm nuts.

I tag Michelle, Cassie, Nicole, Brooke and Donna, you know I love you!

Mommy quiz

I was a little disappointed in the outcome of this because I have been reading so many and their answers were just so cute. Maybe I picked the wrong time to ask, I don't know, but neither Micah nor Ben wanted to do this, so, thanks Jake for seeming interested and for giving some pretty cute answers, I love you honey!

1. What is something mom always says to you?
Micah: Yes
Jacob: I love you
Benjamin: Play games with me. I think he thought the question was, “What do you always say to mommy?”

2. What makes mom happy?
Micah: Listening
Jacob: Being nice to Ben
Benjamin: Being nice to you.

3. What makes mom sad?
Micah: Not listening
Jacob: Hitting and kicking Ben and you and going to time outs and talking mean to Ben.
Benjamin: Yelling at you.

4. How does mom make you laugh?
Micah: You don’t, ok, maybe tickling
Jacob: By laughing
Benjamin: Like laughing.

5. What was mom like as a child?
Micah: I don’t know
Jacob: Um, pretty
Benjamin: a baby

6. How old is your mom?
Micah: 29
Jacob: 20, 29 mom.
Benjamin: ahh, 4

7. How tall is your mom?
Micah: I don’t know
Jacob: 5’8”
Benjamin: 4
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Micah: Do stuff for us.
Jacob: Play with us
Benjamin: Do stuff with me and play playdough with me.


9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
Micah: I don’t know, how can I see when I’m not around.
Jacob: Misses us.
Benjamin: I don’t know what.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
Micah: I don’t know
Jacob: loving
Benjamin: I said no more questions!

11. What is your mom really good at?
Micah: Taking care of us.
Jacob: Doing stuff on the computer

12. What is your mom not very good at?
Micah: Nothing.
Jacob: Playing with toys

13. What does your mom do for her job?
Micah: be the mom.
Jacob: Help us, take care of us.

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
Micah: I don’t know
Jacob: Us!

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
Micah: I don’t know
Jacob: Helping me on Super Mario Sunshine

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Micah:
Jacob: Jerry, sometimes you talk and look funny.

17. What do you and your mom do together?
Micah: A lot of stuff
Jacob: Play games


18. How are you and your mom the same?
Micah: We have the same color hair.
Jacob: We look kind of the same.

19. How are you and your mom different?
Micah: We have different color eyes.
Jacob: Because I’m a boy and you’re a girl.

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
Micah: She’s my mom.
Jacob: How she treats me. Micah then said, “No she doesn’t, she treats you pretty bad most of the time.”

Remember the 80's?

1.
Did you ever end a sentence with the word "PSYCH!"
No.
It always bugged me, I was pretty big on Just Kidding! Though.
2.
Did you ever own a pound puppy?
yes, a few.
3.
Which "Big Hair Band" group did you like?
I liked a lot of them, don’t laugh! Guns n Roses was a good one though.
4.
What was your favorite Blondie song?
One way or another
5.
Strawberry Shortcake or Holly Hobby?
Shortcake
6.
Admit it, you owned the Strawberry Shortcake little scented dolls?
Yep, Strawberry herself.
7.
What are "Hammer Pants", and what is "Hammer Time?"
Big puffy pants that go skinny at the ankle, and “Stop, hammer time.” I actually went to MC Hammer’s house my freshman year of high school with my sign language class, it was near a school for the deaf that we visited.
8.
Fraggle Rock or the Muppets Show?
Neither, I hated them both.
9.
Saturday Mornings – Up early and watched whatever I could.
10.
Did you rock the side ponytail?
Always, that was one of my mom’s favorites. I think a few of my school pics are with a side ponytail.
11.
Did you play the game MASH (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)?
yes, often, but I thought it was Shack, not Shelter.
12.
How many pairs of L.A.
Gear did you own?
Not sure, I had a pink pair, a turquoise pair and some high tops with 3 different laces that weaved in and out of each other.
13.
Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing or Are you There God? It's Me Margaret?
Are you there God?
14.
Did you ever "wax on" and "wax off"?
I did.
15.
Do you even know what I’m talking about?
Yes! Karate Kid baby!
16.
Did you wear fluorescent clothing (Be Truthful!)?
Sadly I did, please don’t support it coming back in style, it’s horrible!
17.
Michael Jackson or Prince?
I was a Prince fan, now I like Michael, “The way you make me feel” I love that song!
18.
Name three actors from the movie Goonies.
Sean Astin and Corey Feldman and that really cute girl with red hair.
19.
Cabbage Patch Kids or Garbage Pail Kids?
Both. My dad got me a huge collection of Garbage Pail Kids. I had about 4 Cabbage Patch kids, 2 were Cornsilk Kids and one was a pet, then there was my first, a baby, Adelaide Agnes.
20.
What lunch box did you carry to school?
I had a new one every year. I don’t remember.
21.
Slap bracelets?
of course
22.
Hypercolor t-shirts or Jelly Shoes?
I never had a hypercolor t-shirt, but I did want one, they were to expensive. I got my 1st pair of jellies for my 6th birthday. I begged my mom and we had to go to several stores to find them, we finally found them at Millers Outpost.
23.
George Michael or Boy George?
Boy George, Carma Chameleon
24.
Friendship Pins or Friendship Bracelets?
Bracelets, I did the pins too though.
25.
Madonna or Cyndi Lauper?
Both!
26.
Did you wear penny loafers with a penny in them, and rolled up jeans?
Yes to both again. I sometimes even put Dimes in my loafers. I kinda wish they’d come back, I like penny loafers.
27.
What 80's movie did Julia Roberts mark her debut in (*hint* not pretty woman)?
Debut? I'm not sure.
Mystic Pizza
28.
Do you know what happened to Baby Jessica?
She fell in a well.
29.
What TV show did Johnny Depp get his start?
21 Jump Street.
30.
Corey Haim or Corey Feldman?
Corey Haim, I loved Stand by Me.
31.
Did you own a Rubix cube, and if so, were you able to ever solve it?
yes and no, but I married someone that can solve one!
32.
What NFL team performed the "Superbowl Shuffle"?
No idea.
33.
Where were you when the space shuttle "Challenger" blew up?
6th grade. We were watching on TV.
34.
Run DMC remade what group's song "Walk this Way", and performed the new take with them?
Aerosmith.
35.
Frankie says?
Relax.
36.
How many swatches did you own? Do you remember the colors?
One, it was grey and pink and I begged for it for Christmas, it was about all I got because it was expensive!
37.
New Coke or Classic Coke?
No thanks. Diet Caffeine free Coke, or Pepsi.
38.
Who was your favorite Facts of Life character?
Natalie and Blair
39.
Prince Charles and Diana or Luke and Laura?
Neither
40.
Did you own an Atari? If so, what was your favorite game?
Yes! Pong!
41.
What is the "Eye of the Tiger"?
A song
42.
Are you singing it in your head now?
It's the...eye of the tiger....it’s the thrill of the fight rising up to the challenge of our rivals.
43.
Did you think high school was going to be like Fast Times at Ridgemont High? No, but it was more like it than I would have thought.
44.
Pretty in Pink or Sixteen Candles?
16 candles. I watched Pretty in Pink a few months back, not good, not good. It should have been R for sure. I don’t know what they were thinking rating it PG, crazy, there is a shower scene where they show a nude girl, yes, seriously. I about died, good thing my kids were asleep.
45.
What movie provided the famous line..."THEIR HEEEEERRRRREEE"?
Oooh, creepy, wasn’t it Poltergeist?
46.
Did you wear leg warmers?
No, I don’t think I did, my mom did for dance class though.
47.
Wacky Wallwalker or Stretch Armstrong?
Huh?
48.
Pee Wee sang "The Stars at Night...are Big and Bright! in what famous movie?
Pee Wee's Big Adventure. HA HA! I know you are but what am I?
49.
Couldn't wait for the summer for Slip and Slide?
Yep, so fun. Now they have some crazy ones with pools at the end and everything.
50.
Did you wear scrunched up socks with your reeboks?
Yes, 2 different colors, pro wings too!
51.
Rainbow Bright or My Little Pony?
Both. I had a rainbow Bright sleeping bag and doll and I had a my little pony stable and lots of my little ponies.
52.
Magic Johnson or Larry Bird?
Neither, maybe Larry Bird.
53.
We Are the World or The Greatest Love of All?
I believe the children are our are future , teach them well and let them lead the way , Show them all the beauty they possess insiiiiiiiide.
Because the Greatest love of all’s inside of me…
54.
Did you say "What you talking 'bout Willis"?
yes.
55.
What was the hair spray of choice for girls around the nation to
unreasonably tease their hair?
Aqua Net
56.
Did you own banana clips?
yes, my mom still has mine and my 15 year old sister uses them sometimes!
57.
The Cosby Show or Family Ties?
both
58.
Did you ever think She-Ra and He-man should have hooked up?
I thought they did
59.
Barbie or Jem?
I loved playing Barbie, but I loved watching Jem.
60.
Do you remember going to the skating ring BEFORE inline skates?
Of course, Rollertown, Hokey Pokey, couples skate…
61.
What fast food restaurant put out the famous commercial, Where's the Beef? Burger King right?
62.
Did you rush home to watch the "After School Specials"?
I liked those.
63.
Ferris Bueller or Teen Wolf?
Ferris Bueller, I watched the end of that yesterday on tv!
64.
You still have the "Eye of the Tiger" in your head, don't you?
I didn't but thanks. Now I do.
65.
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters. I ain't afraid of no ghost.
66.
Flashdance or Footloose?
Footloose
67.
Tiffany or Debbie Gibson?
Debbie Gibson
68.
What was the first video MTV played?
August 1st 1981, Video Killed the Radio Star.
69.
What was ET's favorite candy?
Same as mine, Reeses Pieces!
70.
What TV show did Bruce Willis star in?
Show?
Moonlighting, my parents watched it.
71.
What was the name of the talking car in Knight Rider?
Kit
72.
What song had the words "Gag me with a spoon"?
I didn't know that came from a song.
73.
What character on a TV show liked to eat cats?
Alf
74.
Name six members of the Brat Pack?
Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy
75.
Duran Duran or Depeche Mode?
Depeche Mode.
76.
What group did New Order evolve from?
?
77.
What was the name of the Bjork fronted 80's band?
Again, no clue
78.
Name all five New Kids on the Block.
Joey Mcintire, Donny Whalberg...Heather Wilson would know!
79.
What TV actress co-starred in the movie "Howard the Duck"?
Lea Thompson
80.
Name the 4th original member of Depeche Mode, went on to form Yaz,
and then another more lasting group?
?
81.
What speed did Marty have to reach in order to activate the flux capacitor (*hint* Back to the Future*)
88mph
82.
Name Buck Rogers pal.
?
83.
What was the name of the bartender on The Love Boat?
I hated The Love Boat.
84.
What was the name of the once Morissey-fronted band of the 80's?
The Smiths
85.
Did you wear the Izod polo shirts?
No, I think it was more of a boy thing.
86.
Esprit, Guess, or Forenza?
Guess.
Some things never change.
87.
Did you think you would be killed by pop rocks and soda *be honest*?
I believed it enough to not try it.
88.
The California Raisins or Spuds McKenzie?
Raisins
89.
Did you skateboard, and if so, did you make sure you had on all your Vision Streetwear on before you went out as if you were Gator Rogowski?
No, I didn’t skateboard until high school, in 1992. I wore Docs and Vans and Stussy.
90.
Do you remember Max Headroom, and if so, what commercials do you remember him from?
Pepsi.
91.
Did you own a Beta or VHS?
My dad had a beta and my mom had a vhs.
92.
Do you remember the "Baby on Board" trend? What did you think?
yes, I still see those in cars.
93.
Let's get?
Physical. Physical. I wanna get Physical.
(don't get excited it's just a song)
94.
CHiPs or Miami Vice?
Miami Vice.
95.
Solid Gold or Dance Fever?
solid gold
96.
Halloween or Friday the 13th?
No.
97.
Beat Street or Breakin?
niether.
98.
What Irish rock group had us all singing, Sunday, Bloody Sunday?
U2
99.
What was the trendy term for popular music in the 80's?
I don’t know
100.
Did you like this survey?
It brought back a lot of memories

5 random facts

Ok Cassie, here it goes. I hope I'm doing this right...

Rules for the “Five Random Facts”: Each player starts with five random facts/habits/stories about themselves. Anything will do. Be creative. The person who is tagged needs to write a post on their own blog (about their five things) and post these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose one person to get tagged and list their name/blog. Don’t forget to leave a comment on their blog telling them they’re tagged and to read your blog.

#1 You'll all laugh at this one if you've read my we have trees blog...
I am probably allergic to Olive trees. I am now on 2 inhalers and one pill every day.
#2 I kind of hate it when I have made "to do" plans and am on a roll and some kind friend of mine drops by to visit and we visit and talk for a long time and I don't get any more accomplished!
#3 I also love when #2 happens though!
#4When I have a bump or blemish of any sort, I have to squeeze and pick at it until it's a million times worse.
#5 I always wonder if random people read my blog and if they enjoy it. I hope they do!

Becca, I'm tagging you now!

My Man Tyler

What is His Name? Tyler Craig Laing

How Long Have You Been Together? Married for 8 years in November, started dating in March of 99.


How Long Did You Date? 5 months before we were engaged and 8 months before we were married.


How old is He? He’ll be 32 this October.

Where Did You Meet? At the Fresno City Institute.

What Was the First Thing You Said to Him? I’m not sure, I don’t recall.

Where was Your First Date? We went to Hank Swanks driving range.

Who Kissed Who First? We kissed each other, it was great, not because of the kiss, but because of the excitement of it, it was his 1st kiss!

Who Proposed? He did, at Woodward park, it was our special place, on a bridge. It was the fist place we admitted to each other our true feelings.


Where Were You Married? Oakland Temple, November 20th, 1999.


Where was the Honeymoon? Disneyland!


How Many Kids Do You Have? 4, three boys and one girl, in that order!


Who Eats More? Usually I’d say me, but Tyler may now.


Who is Taller? Ha ha, I’ve never seen a man shorter than me. If Tyler were 3 inches taller he would be a foot taller than I am.


Who Sings Better? Tyler, I am pretty bad.


Who is Smarter? He is, usually.


Whose Temper is worse? Mine.


Who Does the Laundry? Always me.


Who Sleeps on the Right Side of the Bed? I do.


Who Pays the Bills? He does.


Who Mows the Lawn? He does, when we have one. I mowed our lawn here one time, just to surprise him.


Who Does the Dishes? I do.


Who Cooks Dinner? Me. But he makes pancakes for the kids on most Saturday mornings and I sometimes have him season and bake the chicken. He’s learning little by little.


Who Drives? He does, most of the time.


Who is More Stubborn? I think I am, I’m pretty sure I am.


Who is the First to Admit when they are wrong? Him, I’m usually always right.

Who Has More Friends? I think it’s pretty even.


Who’s Parents Do you see the Most? It’s pretty equal again, maybe we see my parents more often. Mine live a little closer and my mom stops by pretty often.


Have You Ever Broken the Law with This Person? Yes, a long time ago and we wont go into what it was.


Do You Trust This Person? I trust him more than anyone else.


Where do you see Each Other in 15 Years? Happily married doing lots of fun stuff with our family because they’ll all be so much older, Micah may even be married!




I love you Tyler!

100 things about me!

100 Things about Me!!!

1. I LOVE Disneyland. I love it so much that we went there for 3 days for our honeymoon. Now I would kind of like to go somewhere romantic, maybe exotic even.

2. I love to have my hands and my head massaged.

3. I always share too much information and ask too many questions and put my foot in my mouth on a regular basis. Since being married to Tyler who is the exact opposite (other than putting his foot in his mouth occasionally) I have gotten much better.

4. When Tyler and I first met we didn’t think much of each other. He thought I was about 17 years old (I was 20) and I thought he was the same, It annoyed me that he would come to University ward before serving a mission (he actually had served a mission, he was 22).



5. I love food. All kinds of food. I am not a picky eater. I don’t like shrimp, that’s about it. I love soft warm cookies, oreos, white cake with white frosting, chocolate cake (All American Chocolate Cake from Costco is a winner), snickerdoodles are my favorite cookie. Ok, I could go on and on about food, I’ll stop now.

6. I too am a list girl, I am a freak about lists. They help me remember all I need to do and if I don’t give myself too many things they give me the freedom to do something I want to do without feeling guilty. I sometime add things to my lists like, play superheroes with Ben. I do that because it is something that I know I should do that I don’t really like doing. I would much rather read him books, color, play games, etc. Playing superheroes is really hard for me.

7. I really love reading. Sometimes I have to not pick up another book when I finish one so I can give myself time to do other things. I like fantasy, historical fiction, romance. Some of my favorites are the Twilight Series, Fable Haven, Harry Potter, Hearts of the Children, Children of the Promise, Faith of our Fathers, Fire of the Covenant, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, so many!
Some of my favorite Authors, Nicholas Sparks, Anita Stansfield, Michelle Ashman Bell, Dean Koontz, some more I can’t think of right now!



8. I love seeing my children’s testimonies grow, seeing them grasping the things they are learning, the things we are teaching them. I love the light in their eyes when I can tell that they feel the Holy Ghost.

9. I love flavored chocolate, fruity flavors are especially nice, like a Chocolate Orange. I also like Sees candy; the ones with the fruity filled centers are the best. I used to hate dark chocolate, not anymore. Dark chocolate is kind of nice because it is better for you and I can’t eat very much of it!

10. I am the only member of the church in my family other than my dad, who Tyler was baptized for by proxy. I have a goal in the future to really dig in and get tons of temple work for my family done. In the near future I want to get the temple work for my Mom’s parents done. My grandma Isabell passed away in June of 2005, 3 weeks after my son Ben was born. My grandpa Louie passed away February 15th of last year. Ben’s middle name is Louis, after him.

11. I love when my kids decide to do things on their own. A few months ago when I was huge pregnant and not feeling well, Jacob got Ben out of the bath and dressed him all on his own. He put his diaper on him, his undershirt, socks shoes, tie, the works (it was Sunday) I love when they really want to help and do something nice without being prompted or expecting something in return.


12. I love to sing. I sing pretty badly, I have gotten better, but you won’t hear me singing a solo at church, or even singing in the choir any time soon. I love listening to music but Tyler and the kids aren’t big fans, so I don’t get to listen to it that often. My ipod is much loved for that reason though. I can listen to music and no one else has to hear it, but they may hear me singing!

13. I am so grateful and amazed that I get to be a stay at home mom. I was always told that it wasn’t a realistic goal; I needed a job that made money, these days it takes two working parents you know.

14. I used to love scary movies, now I won’t watch them anymore. My sister in law Marcia made a comment about things that take the spirit away, I wish I could remember what is was exactly that she said, but it made sense to me. Scary movies don’t make me feel the spirit, that’s for sure.

15. I am extremely anal about some things. For example; I have 4 kids now. I insist that they each have their picture taken professionally at birth, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year, 18 months, 2 yrs, 3 yrs, and so on. Each child has a baby’s 1st year frame, for the months that their picture is not taken professionally, I have to have a regular photo of them as close to the mark as possible. They also each have a frame for a school picture for every year from Kindergarten till senior year. I did get these frames at the dollar store, and I use the portrait package every time for professional pics, so I rarely spend more than the $7.99 fee, and when I do, it’s not much more! I also do a handprint in that white stuff at one year; I forgot what it’s called right now. You get the picture. We also have to get the kids picture taken with Santa every year, and not just any Santa, the real one that comes to The Sierra Vista mall.

16. I love to go on dates, I wish I could say that we are good about going every week, but I can’t. With the price of a babysitter it just can’t be done right now. We do try to spend special time together each week though. Even if it’s just to watch a movie or an episode of The Brady Bunch or Leave it to Beaver together after the kids have gone to bed. I love going out to dinner though, and interactive things like miniature golf or something are my favorite.

17. I have a very short temper and I hate that about me. I am too quick to yell when the kids don’t listen to me and then I get mad when they yell. It often causes me to feel very inadequate as a mother, especially an LDS mother. My number one personal goal is always to not yell, and to follow through the discipline rules we have set. I want to always handle things with a gentle voice and calm demeanor, I fall short on that a lot.

18. I love overcast and rainy days, I love the cold. I like being able to have warm blankets on me during the night. I also like the house dark, windows shut.

19. I love anything crafty, something I can produce on my own. I often find a great project and make tons and give it as a gift. Things that look like they could be store bought, not stuff like macaroni necklaces!

20. My dad died when I was 10, we were really close and that was hard on me. He shot himself and that made it even worse. I felt like he let me down, like he didn’t love me enough to stick it out. It also made it embarrassing to tell people when they asked what happened to my dad.

21. I love to have people over for dinner and things like that but don’t do it often enough. I stress out about having the house perfect, I do that all the time, but when we are having people over I am really bad. I am getting better, or trying to get better and let things go.


22. I hate talking on the phone but I will talk for a long time if it’s someone I don’t get to talk to often and like talking to. I like getting together with other mom’s and talking about stuff we have in common.

23. I love my house to be clean and everything in it’s place, but I hate that it sometimes rules me. I feel like I can’t do other things, like scrapbook or play with my kids unless it’s done, so I fight that on a daily basis. That’s where my lists come in, I have to do what’s on the list, and no more. If I schedule time with my kids, it gets done. I make sure not to give myself too many chores and then I have time to spend with my kids, and sometimes time to get on the computer or scrapbook.


24. I love when my kids want to cuddle, I love reading to them and having them compete for a spot on my lap.


25. I like to shop therapeutically. Sometimes I just feel like buying things. I don’t spend very much money; Tyler takes care of that part. When I feel the need to spend I try to stay away from the stores or limit myself to things that we “need” You know, stuff I can justify buying.

26. I love hand me downs!!!

27. I love scrapbooking but have started to feel that it has become a chore. I was scrapbooking all of our pictures, I mean all of them, and getting very far behind. I am now doing less, just the special pictures and the really cute ones! It is going to be fun again!

28. My two favorite flowers are roses and Gerber daisies, and I have recently discovered camellias, I think that’s what they are called, they look a lot like roses. I like having flowers in the house but rarely do. Since telling Tyler that LeGrand gets Becca flowers a lot I think I may see some soon!

29. I love cooking, but hate it too. It is so hard with all the interruptions and planning. I wish I could just make a list of the things I want to make and have someone go get all the stuff for me, and then when I’m ready to cook it, someone to keep the kids at bay!

30. Tyler is really thoughtful and pays attention really well to all the things that I am interested in. He may not surprise me with flowers, but he over does the gifts for me at every occasion and often surprises me with a good book.

31. On that note, I love getting gifts, forget the gift cards, I like honest to goodness gifts. Having a baby shower was a blast. I loved opening all those girlie things

32. I hate to hear my kids complain when I ask them to do something, especially when they say they have to do everything. Um, hello, That’s exactly how I feel, I do have to do everything!

33. I love movies. I like sappy chick flicks and silly movies too. I even like those high school movies, one of my favorites is the new Freaky Friday. Nacho Libre, Napoleon Dynamite, 3 amigos, those are some good silly movies.



34. I like riding bikes. I can’t wait until our whole family can go together. Micah and Jacob are great on their bikes now, 2 wheelers, no training wheels. Ben can ride in the bike carriage, so we are just waiting on Peyton to be able to sit up so I can strap her in there with Ben!

35. I love playing games, all kinds of games. I don’t like Monopoly or Scrabble, but since those are two of Tyler’s favorite I’ll play them because I love him so much!

36. I love being a mom. I think it’s great that I have 3 boys, everyone is like, “Wow, 3 boys, what a handful!” So that’s fun. I also love having a girl. I really wanted a girl, and now that I have one I realize I wanted one more than I even knew!

37. I often get this nagging feeling that I want to move to Utah. I think it would be great to live amongst so many church members and have so many church related things right at your fingertips. There is so much in Utah that caters to members of the church, you don’t even realize. Mostly though, I often think of how great it would be to live near LeGrand and Becca, seriously. The only thing that holds me back is thinking of my mommy (and the rest of our family too). She really loves the kids and I want them to really know her and be close to her.

38. I love going on family vacations, me Tyler and the kids. The beach is one of my favorites.




39. I don’t like being dirty. I have to take a shower everyday, even when I’m sick, I have to get up and shower.

40. I have a wonderful marriage. I thought I loved Tyler when we got married, and I did, but compared to how I feel about him now, that was baby stuff! I feel so blessed to have a husband that is loving and faithful and provides so well for us and is accepting of me and my many flaws and can even say honestly that he is still attracted to me.

41. I want to be the mom that all the kids friends like and want to be at our house.

42. I like being able to get our kids things we never got but hate them expecting things.

43. I love how smart my kids are. I love Micah keeping us in line!

44. I love when my kids tell me I look pretty.


45. I love to dance!




46. I want to have great yards, we’re working on it, starting with the front. I want them to look good and be fun too.

47. I would love to win a shopping spree somewhere, or a bunch of prizes on a game show.

49. I want to get completely out of debt, stay there and build a 3 month savings!

50. I love when Ben comes to me and asks for help because he has boogies. He used to refuse to pick his own nose and always wanted me to do it. He still askes for help though. Sometimes he comes to me and says “here mommy” and hands me a booger.

51. I am a very emotional person. I am easily affected by other people’s tragedies; I can’t watch the news because of this.

52. I love the book I keep with all the funny and cute and profound things my kids say. I think they are smarter and more spiritual than I was when I was a kid.

53. I love going to the gym and listening to an audio book on my ipod while I exercise. I love my spinning class. I can’t wait to go back to the gym.

54. I wish I would have been able to experience natural childbirth at least once, I had all four children by c-section and I will always wonder what natural childbirth is like.



55. I have gotten very good at enjoying the stages of life that we are in and relishing every moment with my kids because they grow so fast. I know I will be sad when they are all big kids and all in school, but I know there will be wonderful things about every stage of life. I look forward to being able to take the whole family to Disneyland, stuff like that.

56. I am so not fashionable. I want to be, but I feel guilty spending money on clothes for me and my size is forever changing right now. Now that I am done having kids I look forward to losing weight and staying the same size after that. Eventually I would like to dress more stylishly, for now, I’ll have to settle with whatever fits me!

57. I love old fashions, especially the 30’s 40’s and 50’s. I often wish those styles would come back in full force, or that I lived in one of those eras, except for modern medicine and modern conveniences, I’m glad I live in the time I do!





58. I want to do the kinds of things with my family that my parents did with me growing up. We had very little money, so we went camping a lot in the summer and did snow trips in the winter, lake trips, and beach trips. Those were some of the best times and I want to do more of that with my own family.



59. I would love to do a huge church history trip with the family. I have always wanted to go to New York, and that would be a great way to do both!

60. I am guilty of over lecturing my kids. I wish I could just keep it simple so they could retain and understand it, but I go on and on and on, because I want them to get it! It doesn’t work, but I keep doing it.

61. I love to hear my children laughing and playing together.


62. I love seeing Tyler in action as a father, reading every Sunday out of The Friend to the kids with them on his lap, rocking Peyton and talking to her and feeding her a bottle, him jumping with them on the tramp, etc.

63. I love swimming, In high school I was on the swim team. I love just putting on a cap and goggles and going as fast as I can. I also love summer days when we swim and play pool games together as a family and eat outside, picnic style food, fruit and salads, stuff like that.



64. I hate being short and having big feet. I wouldn’t mind being short if I was petite and had cute little feet. Being short is even worse when you are pregnant. I could never reach the shelves I always used to be able to reach because my belly stuck out so far and I had to have Tyler put some stuff away like sheets and dishes.

65. I would love to see everything that is in the ocean and the lake. I used to have fantasies about draining the ocean and being able to go through everything. I wouldn’t want the animals to die of course, but I’d love to see it all.

66. I have a fear of swimming in the ocean; I used to do it as a kid, now I get freaked out. I would like to go snorkeling in clear water where I can see everything. I am afraid of jellyfish too. My mom got stung by one as a kid.

67. I love having freshly shaven legs. From the time I started shaving until a few years after I was married I never missed a day shaving them except for when I was in swimming and we would let them grow out a little and then shave them right before a race (part of the drag). I now have to skip a few days sometimes because they get razor burn now for some reason.

68. When people hear that a have a short temper and a yelling problem they don’t believe it because they say I am so mellow and easygoing.

69. I love to have a place for everything and everything in its place. The house being dusty doesn’t bug me as much as a messy house, and the whole house looks better with just a quick vacuum.

70. I always do the dishes right away and keep the flow of the dishwasher going because I agree with Becca, there is nothing worse than a sink full of dirty dishes. It really irritates me when I find dishes in the sink that have not even been rinsed. If you aren’t going to put your dishes in the dishwasher at least rinse them! Since the boys can’t reach the sink they just have to bring them up to the counter for now.

71. I love to get new craft ideas and learn how to do them.

72. I have always wanted to know more about quilting and be able to make one of those cute denim quilts from old jeans where some of the squares have the back pockets on them.

73. I love home improvement shows and projects. We have a lot of ideas that we eventually want to do. I would love to be able to lay tile and install wood floors.

74. When I was about five months pregnant with Peyton I sanded and painted my grandparents old bedroom furniture and then antiqued it. I moved it in and out all by myself, big heavy solid wood furniture. It turned out beautiful and I am so glad I took that project on, it really made the room!

75. I basically grew up as an only child and because of that have always wanted a big family. I had a step sister that would come over every other weekend and that was the best, I always wished that she lived with us.

76. My step sister, Dara, and I would take baths together when we were younger. We had sliding glass doors that we would pretend were whale teeth. We were mermaids trapped inside a whale and we would wash his teeth. We would stay in the bath for more than 3 hours sometimes playing. I was very imaginative as a child.

77. I quit working when I was 3 months pregnant with my first baby. All the girls at work were shocked. They said I would get bored and come back to work. I haven’t been back yet and it has been almost 8 years!

78. I have a very addictive personality. When I find something I like it takes hold. I have to pull myself away from things so they don’t take over. It can be anything from a craft project to a book to a TV show.

79. I hate grocery shopping. It isn’t too bad if I just take Ben with me, he is my shopping buddy, but I hate unloading all the groceries and trying to find a place for them all.

80. I love my calling in young women (2nd counselor) but I really hate teaching lessons!


81. I get very angry when I see people smoking around children, especially in a vehicle with a child. I was so happy when they passed the law in California that makes it illegal to smoke in a vehicle with a child present.

82. Some of my favorite restaurants are...Cheesecake factory, Red Robin, Broilers, Madonna Inn (for filet mignon), Claim Jumper (for filet mignon).

83. I love staying at the cabin in Shaver with my family.

84. I am afraid of the dark.

85. I'm glad people notice that I like to keep my house clean. I also want to be admired for something more substantial that really means something. I want to be a person that everyone likes and thinks, wow, Kelly, she is such a good and loyal friend, or she always puts others before herself! So, I need to work on being a better person in general.

86. Christmas is probably my favorite holiday, I love the spirit of Christmas, I love the lights, the decorations, how I feel close to my Savior and we are constantly reminded of his birth. I love all of the holiday traditions that we have.

87. I like Valentine’s Day. I think it is good to celebrate love for one another spontaneously throughout the year, but I love that there is a day set aside to make sure we focus on it!

88. I am easily overwhelmed lately and have taken to making everyone in the family help clean up the house. It has become one of the best things for me. The kids hate it, but it is amazing how much can get done in just a short amount of time with so many hands helping.

89. I love to be home. I don't like to be over scheduled with too many activities.

90. I love having people bring in dinners and take one or more of the kids to help out, or have someone help with cleaning or laundry. I like when they just do it because when I am asked if I need it, I always have to say no. Technically, I don’t need it, but it is so, so helpful!

91.I sometimes miss my mom and want to just hang out with her and me and no one else. I love chatting with her and I really appreciate her advice and her parenting suggestions.


92. I relish time all to myself but rarely ever get it. Sometimes when Tyler goes out of town I stay up way to late so I can have “me time” After the first night or two I really just want him home because I miss him.


93. I love when parents plan cute parties for their kids but I hate doing it and the cost of it. I wish I was a better party planner.

94. Physically I wish I was 40-50 lbs lighter, I wish I didn’t have so much hanging skin on my tummy that can only be fixed by surgery and I wish my bottom teeth were straight. Right now, I would be pretty happy just being thinner. I know I just had a baby and all that, but I put on so much weight during pregnancy and it literally takes me more than a year to get it off. I never lose weight while I’m nursing either.

95. I love attention from Tyler, when I can tell he is feeling more in love with me than usual and he really wants to be with me more than anything else.

96. I’m not a big shopper, unless it’s on a good deal. So that would probably explain why I could spend more money at a store on the CLEARANCE racks, or at DI or at Wal-Mart than just going to the mall. I think if I had an endless supply of money I would be quite the shopper.

97. I am afraid of dying young, before my kids are grown and them having another mother. When I was pregnant with Peyton I was really afraid I was going to die. I was so afraid that I actually really thought I was going to die.

98. I hate when my kids are sick or hurt but I love taking care of them and reassuring and cuddling them.

99. We have not had cable for several years now, and although I would love to have it, I fear it would just be another thing that would make me have to work harder at having a balanced life.

100. I love technology and knowing how to use it. I don’t like the learning part, but once I know how to do it I love it!