Tagged!

My First Tag. I'm really into blogging now.

What was I doing 10 years ago?

Mike and I had been happily married for 3 1/2 years. (Life seemed a little easier back then. Maybe kids are a factor??! : ) Mike had begun his quest for a PhD in Biomedical Engineering a year earlier and I had just graduated from BYU in English that April. Mike was working as a research assistant at the University of Utah and working for my Dad at the farm on the weekends, and I was managing 50+ hours a week at Taco Amigo. We were renting a tiny little white house with kitchen carpet and pink shag. That was a sweet house!


5 years ago?

We had just moved to Texas that February for Mike's new job. We moved on a snowy day in Utah and arrived in Texas to an incredibly hot humid day with rain, rain, and more rain. The first couple of months we lived here, it rained. I was worried that was all it did here. We jumped head first into a world where we knew no one, Mike traveled all the time, I had a new fussy baby who cried A LOT and a very busy 3 year old who needed my attention too, and we were crammed into a little apartment with no yard for the kids to play in. Good Times! On the upside, we did have a pool. We swam a lot that summer and spent many days at the park. By the fall, we had found a house and many new and very good friends!


1 year ago?

Last summer, my kids still seemed little. Savannah was my cute little toddler, Logan was getting ready for Preschool in the fall and Makayla was finishing 2nd Grade. They have grown so much the last year. We have gone from toting a diaper bag and changing diapers to running from soccer to dance to activity days etc. Life seems simpler now to pick up and go, but busier now, always on the go. Last June, my parents came to visit us in Texas for Makayla's baptism. We had so much fun with them here. July was filled with swimming and Sea World, trips to the zoo, play dates with friends, and of course our trip to Utah to visit all our friends and family (which we are anxiously counting down the days until we get to go home this summer too.) For the last five years our summer vacation has been spent in Utah. The kids love going to see all their grandmas and grandpas and cousins. We have such a good time there with cabin trips in the mountains, backyard BBQs in the cool evenings and days spent swimming and playing at the park with cousins. I also look forward to sister shopping trips and lunch dates with my friends. OK so you can see I am ready for Utah this summer as well!


Yesterday?

I helped my friend, Jill, out by watching her girls for most of the day while she spent the day at Scout Camp. (Glad we're not quite there yet : ) We ran to Susie's to drop off Jill's baby at lunch time (this is a long story but it involves swimming lessons and splitting watching Jill's kids) and left Logan to play there with his buddy Cameron. Then, back to our house for lunch and playing dress ups, pioneers, pollies and many other 9 year old girl activities. I did a little online shopping in the afternoon (this is not a habit I recommend as it could become dangerously addictive) and picked up dinner at Chipotle. That evening I watched "The Sea Turtle Movie" with the kids which is Mike and my vacation footage from Hawaii 8 years ago that the kids love to watch. Finally it was bedtime for the kids and free time for me! Yea! I spent a little time blogging. Then, I spent some time watching TV with Mike before we crashed for the night. I just read through this and realized I did not spend anytime cleaning yesterday. Two reasons: 1. Our washing machine is broken, therefore, I cannot do any laundry, dang it! 2. I spent the entire day on Tues. cleaning my entire house.

My 5 favorite snacks.

Apple slices, grapes, cheese (I love cheese!),Pringles, and Sunchips.

5 favorite books.

I love to read! I will stress about this question trying to narrow down my favorite books to 5! So I guess I won't think too hard and list them off quickly. Mostly these are books I've read recently.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
These is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
Nighttime Is My Time by Mary Higgins Clark
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

5 places I would run away to.

Anywhere with a beach, Mike and no kids for a week sounds awesome!
Hawaii, Cancun, The Bahamas, Fiji, Italy

5 Bad Habits

I kept most of Jeanette's on this list . . . hmm. Similarities in sisters??!
Popping my knuckles when I'm nervous, interrupting people, eating way too much junk food, shopping too much, and being late.

5 things I would never wear.

I like to try new things but there are just some things I could never pull off like skinny jeans, leggings, short shorts, a bikini, and anything mustard yellow. (Again Jeanette's list. I agree)

5 pet peeves.

When people cut me off driving and then go slow in front of me, putting the toilet paper roll on the wrong way, people in my house not putting their shoes away--we can have 10+ pairs out at any given time, solicitors, and mean old ladies who give me mean looks when I try to take my 3 kids grocery shopping.

5 things I like to do.

Shop, Read, Exercise, blog, and do fun things with my kids and friends. (I wish sisters--if we lived closer!)

5 favorite TV shows.

Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, Dancing With The Stars, The Office, and Lipstick Jungle (my Sex and the City replacement).

5 famous people I want to meet.

Patrick Dempsey (he is so Dreamy! : ), Oprah (to be on her show), Jim from The Office (what is his name?), Bobby Flay (for cooking lessons) and Clinton and Stacy from what not to wear (I love them!).

5 people I want to TAG.

Lindsay, Susie, Kristin, Lisa, and Shannon