Water Horse

We took the kids and Grandma and Grandpa to see the Water Horse today. Everyone loved it. Even Morgan was pretty entertained. Which is kind of hard to do these days unless it includes a princess or Dora. It was even great for adults.

Morgan's theme tree???

Okay, this happened a couple of weeks ago, but I was going through my phone pictures and found this, so I have to tell this story. First of all, Morgan has a wierd obsession with getting into my feminine product drawer, and bringing them to me. One evening, Matt went up to check on our little darling, and apparently she'd been hording my FP's under her bed, until she'd decided to unwrap them all, and since they had those handy little strings, they were perfect for hanging on the mini tree Morgan has in her room. I thought Matt was going to die laughing! Of course we made her take them off, but first we had to take a picture so we could scrap it, and tease her later on in life.



This is Morgan AFTER we had taken the "decorations" off her tree. And yes, she is wearing socks on both her feet, and her hands. I know... we love her, but she has some funny quirks.

The day after...

The days after Christmas are so quiet around my house. Mostly because the kids aren't bugging me 24/7 about opening presents, and what they want for Christmas, because they already go what they wanted for Christmas, and are busy down in their room playing with it. And normally, this would be the perfect time for mom to get these organized, and do some crafting, right? Unless of course, mom is sick. Yeah, it seems Heavenly Father blessed me with pretty good health during the holidays so that I could accomplish all the things I needed to, (ie: singing in Sacrament program, Coordinating COmm. Messiah, RS Christmas party, kid's Christmas perties, kids Christmas programs, singing at Ward Christmas party, Christmas Eve party, Christmas shopping, present giving, yadayada). Now that all that's done, apparently I'm supposed to "take it easy". Whatever that means. I've come down not only with the common cold, but after surviving the last two months of pink eye breakouts at my house, and at the school, I now find myself with the lovely condition. Fun, hu? And a toothache tops off my day! Yeah me! But, at least the kids are being good. Playing nicely, and Chandler has been the biggest helper. Thank goodness for small favors.

Merry Christmas!!!

Chandler has become obsessed with Ben 10 recently. Don't ask me, I have no clue. But Matt and the boys will spend hours playing with their Ben 10 guys down in the basement. He completed his set on Christmas morning and was thrilled.
Gabe was so excited about his pirate set he got from Santa. I let out a scream, whoop, and hiphiphooray when he saw it sitting next to the tree.






Morgan got these cute little princess figurines from her Grandma Christensen. (if you haven't guessed yet, Morgan loves Princesseses)

Ward Christmas Party

Grandma managed to snag Santa and he took a quick picture with the kids at our Ward Party.

Our family took part in the Christmas Program for our wards party this year. We sang Three Kings from the Christmas Carols. Considering we were all nursing colds, I think it went ok. Even the kids took party and sang the chorus.

Christmas Eve with the Carters

Morgan insisted on looking at little Ethan's baby toes every couple of minutes. Poor Jess would just get his feet back in, and buttoned up, when Morgan would want to look at them again. Thanks Jess...you were such a good sport.
Cousins Jayme and Morgan cuddling cute little Ethan.



All the girls with Ethan. Jayme looks like a deer caught in headlights, and I look like I've had one too many eggnogs.

Goosebay's Christmas Program

Chandler playing the "orff" in the ansamble of over 35 instruments for the 2nd grade program. They played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star....very well I might add.

Chandler and his favorite teacher...Mr. C. Chandler's had Mr. C. for both first and 2nd grade.

Twas the week before Christmas...

Our cheesy little baker. Gabe loves hammin' it up for the camera. Of course we're not showing the face he made when his gingerbread man didn't turn out just right. (Our little perfectionist)




Morgan sure enjoys her banana bread dough. What can I say? My cooking's so good, the kids can't wait for it to be cooked.



Chandler's advice on making a good gingerbread cookie? "Be one with the dough...the dough is your friend."

Our First Baptism

I am the worst mom every...Chandler was baptised on the 8th of December, and we're now just posting about it. Well, it was wonderful. Chandler was very excited, but a little apprehensice about going all the way under water. (being in Alaska, we're not exactly out swimming in the pool every day in the summer) And the fact that Chandler had to be submerged not once, but thrice...we were just glad when he finally made it. The funny thing...when he was walking back up the steps, he turns to Matt and says: "hey, that was fun...lets do it again" That's our Chandler.

Our beloved Bishop Hobbs conducted, and made some comments at the end, and Aunt Karin gave a wonderful talk about Baptism, even with all of Chandler's comments, and anticdotes. Then Grandpa Christensen talked about the Holy Ghost. We're so greatful for our family, they're always so supportive. And we're also very proud of Chandler for making this important decision in his life. He is definately a blessing in our family.

We've also included a picture of Morgan. Not for any reason...just because she's so darn cute!

pizza and cupcakes with grandma

photos of Chandler handing out cupcakes to all his friends at school...he has a lot of friends. And Grandma brought pizza to top off the day!

thankful gift

Here's the cute little wall hanging I got at our Christmas Exchange. Mandy always makes cute things, and I definately lucked out this year with this one.

Homemade Stockings...Jenn's way

Okay, so those of you who really know me...know that I HATE to sew. Especially using a pattern. If I can just sit down, and stitch things together, no measuring, no ironing, no patterns, then I can swing it. So that's what I did, using Sherrile's stockings that she made as inspiration. I didn't even spend a dime. I went through my fabrics, found coordinating colors, different patterns, and then ransacked my mom's fabrics for some additional material. Then I took a stocking that I bought last year at the after Christmas sale ($2.00 at Walmart) and used it as a pattern for the shape of my stockings. Then I just went to town. My mom also has an embroidery machine, so I owe the cute name stitching's to her. Thanks mom. All in all, I'm quite pleased with the way these turned out. Please excuse the quality of my picture...it was taken with my camera phone.

Relief Society Christmas Party

Last night was our Enrichment sponsored Christmas Party for Relief Society. I think it turned out really good. There were about 45 people there. (not bad at all) Everyone brought a gift, and we drew numbers and exchanged them. I got a beautiful wall hanging for fall. Hand embroidered, and stippled. It was gorgeous. I'll post a picture later. We had a raspberry vinaigrette salad (mom made) that was sooo good. And some toasted baggettes, and chocolate eclairs. Everything was good, and so pretty. Then we had everyone quiet down, and we started our program. I used Jeremy and Renae's CD of Pictures of the Savior they made last year, and put it on the large screen for a slide show. Then as it was playing, I had one sister sing A LONG TIME AGO (one of my fav's) Then my dad and Matt sang MARY DID YOU KNOW (Kenny Roggers usually sings it) Then my brother Jeremy joined them and sang O LORD MY REDEEMER. And we ended with Jeremy reading the words to THIS IS THE CHRIST as I played the accompaniment. (words were written by James E Faust) It was a wonderful night, and I think everyone went away feeling the true spirit of Christmas, and what it is really about, which was my goal. I wanted people to remember why we celebrate the holiday in the first place.

What they must think of me!

Tomorrow is Chandler's 8th birthday, so I sent cupcakes in with Grandma, who was going to the school to have lunch with Chandler. Its a big deal, and they kids all love it when Grandma comes to see them at school. Traditionally they get to pick what kind of lunch they want Grandma to bring, and Chandler loves Pizza. So Grandma went by Pizza Hut and got some personal pan pizzas, and decided to get the little bottles of root beer, (the brown, glass ones). Chandler was so excited about his special lunch, he told everyone he saw, "MY grandma brought me pizza and beer for lunch! The first teacher kind of looked at Chandler, then my mom, and said, "you mean ROOT beer, right?" Chandler: "Ya, root beer". Then he went to his speech teacher, "Hey Miss Drinkwalter, look, my grandma brought me pizza and beer!"
"Chandler, its really important that you say, 'ROOT' beer" She said. Finally, he went back to his home room, and told Mr. C. "Mr. C., my Grandma brought me ROOT BEER for lunch." Totally putting emphasis on the word ROOT so that there would be no mistaking it. I was very worried what all the teachers at Goose Bay Elementry would be thinking about the Stastny's. But my mom was sure to tell everyone, Chandler's never even seen a bottle of beer.

Our version of frogger

I found this on a friend's blog...it creeped me out, but Matt thought it was great. I'm thinking Chandler and Gabe will get a kick out of it in the morning when I show it to them. The frog follows your mouse when its in the green box...and if you click on the mouse, it drops flies for him to eat. EEWWWW! I know, but anyone with kids, it's something to keep them busy....while your trying to finish up those pesky holiday projects...Katie.

IT NEVER ENDS!

So, last night we had to go to the church to set up Christmas trees as part of the COmmunity Messiah production. One of the other ward's RS presidents was there, and asked me if I was on the decorating committy. I laughed, and said "I am the committy". (Princess Bride fans: "I am the brute squad") that's what I sounded like in my head. We haveone lady in the stake who's the Activities Chairman, (she's in charge of the music portion) and then there's me, her committy. And I'm in charge of pretty much everything else. Decorating, invitations, posters, refreshments, setting up chairs, (ooh, I still need to call the elders about that one) and having priesthood there. Did I forget anything? Oh, and the cute little ornaments I must make for everyone to take home as a momento from the evening. This year, it's a little bell, with a card on it that says: In olden times, a bell was placed upon the neck of sheep so that the shepard could hear his sheep and know where to find them. Our Savior, even Jesus the Christ, is that shepard. Merry Christmas! Community Messiah, 2007

So last night, my lovely husband helped me out with one of my jobs, which was setting up 6 large Christmas trees at the stake center. He hauled them in, helped me put them up, and then he helped strand the lights and fix the broken sections. He's truly my hero!

FINALLY, we got our family pictures edited, and back from Photworks, already to send out with our Christmas cards...now I just have to finish those darn Christmas cards. Race ya Katie! ;)

This is my snowman ornament that I'm giving out to various people. It was made with that liquid gel stuff you get in the floral section. It looks like water, but its solid... Then I made some carrot noses out of clay, and added some "coal" looking beeds for the eyes. Then I attached the following poem...

"I made myself a snowman
as perfect as can be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet
and let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
and a pillow for its head.
Then last night it ran away,
But first it wet the bed!"

Obviously this is a gift for someone with a sence of humor. Chandler has a man teacher, and he really gets a kick out of these kind of things. You could also do like Karin did one year, and just attach a card that says, "Once there WAS a snowman"

This is for my friends at the gym, and Morgan's teacher.

Just for you, Katie...

This is for my spin instructor, (she loves blue, and hates red)

Its jsut vinyl, on 2X2's that I cut and painted. 6", 8", and 10".

Christmas Projects

I set up the tree the day after Thanksgiving, while Matt was gone with the kids. He got back, took one look at the tree and said, "I see we have another theme tree this year". What? I asked him what the theme was. He said "Red!" Guess he had me there...cause over the next few days, everytime someone came in the house and saw our tree, they commented on the "theme" of our tree. I guess we all either turn into our mothers, or Martha Stewart, and in some cases, both.

A Mom's letter to Santa

Dear Santa....




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I've been a good mom all year. I've fed, cleaned and cuddled my children on demand, visited their doctor's office more than my own doctor's, and sold sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on the school playground.

I was hoping you could spread my list out over several Christmas', since had to write this letter with my son's red crayon, on the back of a receipt, in the laundry room between cycles, and who knows when I'll find anymore free time in the next 18 years.

Here are my Christmas wishes:

I'd like a pair of legs that don't ache (in any color, except purple, which I already have) and arms that don't hurt or flap in the breeze; but are strong enough to pull my screaming child out of the candy aisle in the grocery store.

I'd also like a waist, since I lost mine somewhere in the seventh month of my last pregnancy.

If you're hauling big ticket items this year, I'd like fingerprint resistant windows and a radio that only plays adult music; a television that doesn't broadcast any programs containing talking animals; and a refrigerator with a secret compartment behind the crisper where I can hide to talk on the phone.

On the practical side, I could use a talking doll that says, "Yes, Mommy" to boost my parental confidence, along with two kids who don't fight and three pairs of jeans that will zip all the way up without the use of power tools.

I could also use a recording of Tibetan monks chanting "Don't eat in the living room" and "Take your hands off your brother", because my voice seems to be just out of my children's hearing range and can only be heard by the dog.

If it's too late to find any of these products, I'd settle for enough time to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning, or the luxury of eating food warmer than room temperature without it being served in a Styrofoam container.

If you don't mind, I could also use a few Christmas miracles to brighten the holiday season. Would it be too much trouble to declare ketchup a vegetable? It will clear my conscience immensely.

It would be helpful if you could coerce my children to help around the house without demanding payment as if they were the bosses of an organized crime family.

Well, Santa, the buzzer on the dryer is ringing and my son saw my feet under the laundry room door. I think he wants his crayon back.

Have a safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the door and come in to dry off so you don't catch cold.

Help yourself to cookies on the table but don't eat too many or leave crumbs on the carpet.

Yours Always,

MOM

P.S. One more thing ...you can cancel all my requests if you can keep my children young enough to believe in Santa.

Wasilla Winter

This is a view of the beautiful sky yesterday when I went to pick up my crew from school. (No, not night school...elementry...gets out at 3:30pm?) A few more weeks and we'll be at our 5 and 1/2 hours of daylight. But sunsets like this are hard to get upset about. Sorry its kind of fuzzy, it was on my camera phone.

A tree for Morgan

Everybody has their own tree for their room, and this is Morgan's tree. She just wanted "pink" lights, but we couldn't find any, so we have red and white. She didn't want any decorations, only a snowflake star at the top. Matt and I have a tree in our room...it's always called the "love" tree. It has red and white lights, red poinsettius, red ribbon, hearts, and all kinds of ornaments we collected growing up, and as newlyweds. The boys have a hunting fishing tree. Blue lights, and Alaska ornaments. Our family room tree changes every year. Patriotic, country, red and green...this year, Matt said the theme is RED. Red balls, red ribbon, red berries, red ornaments. I love my red tree.

Doll House Nap

I was updating our blog tonight, and Matt came down the stairs, chuckling. (or doing the Shelby Shake for those of you who know that one). He said, you've gotta come see this. This is how we found Morgan tonight, after we'd already tucked her in her bed. She was recently given this Barbie dream house....and she loves it. I guess I just never thought she's want to sleep with it. Oh well, if the Mountain won't come to Morgan, I gues Morgan will come to the mountain.

Houston's Gym

So we spent Saturday evening at one of the middle schools with a few friends of ours. The husband works there, so we had the whole school to ourselves. It was awesome! We went to the band room, watched Hairspray on the big screen while the kids played in the gym, and then we all went to the gym and played games with the kids. Eric brought out the pogo sticks, but none of the kids weighed enough to make it gounce at all. The favorites of the evening? The big pink ball, and the little square scooters (My personal favorite...especially with Matt pushing me all over the gym:)

Hilarious Snowman!

I've been looking for a poem, for this adorable ornament my SIL made a few years ago, and I found this...

www.poofcat.com

Cracked me up! I'm totally going to use it with my melted snowman ornaments. Thanks Karin! Your idea, and my research will make a really cute little ornament gift for teachers, friends, etc.

Pregnant Turkey Story

Last year at Thanksgiving time, my mom went to my sister's house for the traditional holiday feast. Knowing how gullible my sister is, my mom decided to play a trick. She told my sister that she needed something from the store and asked if my sister wouldn't mind going out to get it. When my sister left the house, my mom took the turkey out of the oven, removed the mixed stuffing, stuffed a Cornish hen, and inserted it into the turkey... then re-stuffed the turkey. She then placed the bird(s) back into the oven. When it was time for dinner, my sister pulled the turkey out of the oven and proceeded to remove the stuffing. When her serving spoon hit something, she reached in and pulled out the little bird. With a look of total shock on her face, my mother exclaimed, "Barbara, you've cooked a pregnant bird!" At the reality of this horrifying news, my sister started to cry hysterically. It took the entire family almost two hours to convince her that turkeys lay eggs! Yes, my sister is a BLOND.


Matt had a good chuckle when he heard this story.

Our Fabulous Friday

96...The number of boards my committy and I painted.
92...The number of 12X12 tiles I carried into the gym that night.
38...The number of glass bathroom blocks my dad and Garth drilled holes into.
3...The number of glass bathroom blocks that didn't make it.
57...The number of women who attended our WARD fabulous friday night. 6pm-midnight.
450...The number of marble magnets made that night.
270...The number of tile coasters stamped on.
4...The number of women who got high off the varnish spray we applied to our boards and tiles. (just kidding)

All in all, a most successful evening. Plenty of food, fun, and friends enjoying a night of crafting. Even for the not so crafty...everything was super easy to complete and take home looking great. The glass blocks turned out especially awesome. Thanks to everyone who made it such a wonderful success. I'll try and get more pictures downloaded of the evening soon. For right now, all I have is the sign I made for Gabe.

If I make it to Friday...

Okay, so if you don't hear from me till the weekend, its because I'm up to my ears in 6" X 24" boards and red, green, and blue paint everywhere! If you call me, I'll be talking while I paint, and no guaranty that I'll be able to focus on two things at once. I'm just not that talented.

You know mom's sick when...

So, we've all kind of had the icks the last couple of weeks. Nothing horrible, just a stuffy nose here, scratchy throat there. Then Monday, we had to take Chandler to the doctor for a rash. Tuesday morning, I woke up with the worst sore throat. You know, the kind where you can't swallow? You know you're sick when your workaholic husband stays home to take care of the kids while your mother runs you to the doctor. He took one look at my throat, and said "Oh ya, I don't even need to do a culture on that". Two trips the pharmacists, and a Z-pack later...strep throat. The next 24 hours are kind of a blur to me...Matt kept the kids busy, dinner was brought by a saint of a woman in our ward, and I finished registering everyone for our wards Fabulous Friday. You know mom's sick when the kids stay home from school, just because they have the sniffles, and get to hibernate in the basement with movies all day. You know mom's sick when Morgan wakes up, says "I want bekfast" and when she finds a container of Pringles, I don't stop her from eating them.
Consequently, I had to take Morgan into the doctor Wednesday, for symptoms of Strep, and yup, sure enough...our doctor was such a sweetie though. It was around 5pm, he saw that I wasn't feeling good, and I had left my insurance card at home. So instead of making me go all the way home, get my card, just to go back to the pharmacy to stand in line for an hour with a sick toddler, he sent home a back of the prescribed medicine.

You know mom's sick when she spends a week on the couch, no gym, no salad, and ice cream for breakfast is perfectly acceptable. Good thing my personal trainer is out of town...

Thankfully, 3 trips to the doctors, and 3 prescriptions for antibiotics later, we're all doing fine. Morgan is bouncing off the walls again...I can speak in more than a whisper, and Gabe and Matt have somehow escaped the ickies. This weekend is going to be spent reclaiming my house. Laundry in droves, dishes stacking in the sink...you know, a week of mom being sick, and dad doing good just to keep every fed, and...well, fed.

Happy Halloween All!

Me and Her Royal Highness. Morgan went as herself this year. (princess pain in the butt)


Chandler went as a mummy...the old, icky kind, with bugs and cobwebs all over him.
Gabe finally broke out of his pirate stage...well, he still had a sword. But this year he was a ninja. Matt was a vampire. I was a 50's chick. And Morgan was Snow white at school, but on our way to the church, we stopped off at the gym to let the kids trick or treat Alina, and Morgan decided to stick her hand down her throat, gag, and throw up. (All over her dress) Luckily, we had a few other princess dresses at home on stand by.

Bask in my Craftiness!

My Wooden Sign that I made, not with vinyl, but with stickers, which I painted over, then peeled off. I also made pumpkins out of paper sacks, filled them with goodies, then gave them to teachers and friends. And don't forget the anual batch of cupcakes for the kids class parties. These are my one eyed, tentacle monsters. And I did these bat ones too, by piping chocolate onto wax paper, then freezing till hard, and placing onto the cupcake. (do it in any shape....letters, whatever.)

Christmas Already?

So, as most of you know, I have been called to be the Enrichment Leader in our ward, and since this is like my DREAM calling, I have thrown myself into it. We're doing a FABULOUS FRIDAY, and these are just a couple of the crafts that we're doing. Thanks to Katie's ward as instpiration, I was able to make this CHRISTMAS sign, with a block letter. WE also have really cute stockings, (ballet slippers, skates, fancy boots, and pirate boots) are just a few. Again...TOTALLY EXCITED! And even though its only October, TOTALLY in the Christmas mood.

The Witch is IN

So, this is my old witch that was passed down to me from my mom. But the thing I wanted to show everyone, is the Vinyl WELCOME above the witch. Like it?

Happy Halloween!

Okay, so keep in mind, this pumpkin has been on the front porch since the 23rd of September, and been through rain, sleet, and snow. In the square, is a picture of our family, printed on velum, then I drilled random holes in the pumpkin with my drill. Oh, and instead of cutting off the top of the pumpkin, I cut the hole in the bottem, and pushed Christmas lights up through it. It's been a big hit with friends and family coming to our house.

Gotta Love Alaska

This picture is for you Arizonians, and Hunters. I took this picture from my car, after I had pulled out of my driveway. See my front door? Just seconds earlier, I was coming out of it, and walked to my car, never even noticing the dumb moose in my yard, till I drove by. Morgan wanted to get out of the car, and go say HI to the moose.

1st Snow of the Year

Well, it finally happened. You knew it would, the weather man said it would a week and a half ago, and apparently the kids had pools going at school on when it would happen. It was only a skif at first. (that's a technical term...promise) But by the next morning, we had enough to actually shovel. The kids were so excited, that after our running around this morning, we came home, and the boys played out in the white stuff for about 3 hours. Sledding, building snowmen, and having snowball fights.

Fall and General Conference

We had such a wonderful weekend. Listening to General Conference (the kids are finally old enough, we can actually all sit together, and be quiet, while we watch), then playing with their cousins, and playing in the leaves after the final session on Sunday afternoon. I love this time of year. Even though its getting colder, and that means cold winter nights are not far away, I love the idea of fall. The colors, the smells, the tectures.

On the street where we live....

Some weird things have happened to us this week, and although things have turned out to be not as bad as we had first thought, it has brought many things to our attention. I'll explain. Sunday morning, we pulled out of our driveway, and as we started driving away, Matt and I noticed a strange man walking through our neighbors yard, onto the street, and get into his old Audi that was parked in front of our house. We thought this was kind of creepy, but needed to get to church, and I didn't give it another thought, until I was at my enrichment meeting this week, where I was talking to one of my neighbors. She says: "did you know there is a guy stalking our neighborhood?" WE started comparing note...she told me the guy had approached her husband while he was in the garage, cleaning late one night. And had said he was an undercover cop. (which, since we have lots of police friends in our neighborhood, knew would never haven) The another neighbor saw the same guy, late at night, shining his flashlight into windows. And the final straw for me, was another neighbor girl, (about 5 yrs old) receiving a puppy dog from a strange man, who said she could keep it for a few days, and he'd meet her later to get his dog. CREEPY! Well, I went home, completely freaked out, insisted that Matt carry the boys up to our room, to sleep on the floor next to our bed that night, and even had Matt pull down his (LORD of the RINGS) sting sward, to keep next to the bed that night. (on Matt's side of course. What would I do with a sward? The next day, we started making calls. The Bus barn, the Home Owners Pres. so on. Then we went to Home Depot, to see out getting alarms for the windows. That night, Matt got a call from the HOA pres. She had been doing some investigating throughout the day. It turns out, there was a pervert in our neighborhood. But it wasn't what we thought. I guess he'd been having a thing with one of the neighbor's teenage daughters. (under 16 I think, and he's 25!) And what we had all been seeing, was the comings and goings of this creep in and out of her window. Hence, the flashlight, and sneaking out early Sunday morning. Wait, it gets better. I guess he was spotted by one of the men on our street, crawling in the window one night. And the guy (who works at the correctional facility in Palmer, called a our neighbor, who also works there) and they went to tell the dad of this girl what had happened. I guess they "flushed" him out by catching the two together. We're not quite sure if they beat him up, or what, but they told him not to come back to this street again, and all the neighbors now know to call the police if we see him here again. Crazy, hu? And I thought I lived on the most boring street ever. But it has taught us to be much more aware of those around us, and our most precious possessions, (our children).

I've been Tagged!

5 Things I was doing 10 years ago:

1. Attending Ricks College. (Before it was BYU IDAHO)
2. Struggling through my Political Science 272 Research Class.
3. Applying to Utah State, and visiting my Friend Lisa down in Logan whenever I could.
4. Playing Hide and Go Seek in the cemetery with my roommates and our Morp dates
5. Getting really good at walking up and down the hill to the Smith building 5 times a day. (or so it seemed)

5 Things on my To Do list today:

1. LAUNDRY! LAUNDRY! LAUNDRY!
2. Make cupcakes for my friend Mandy Larson who is helping me with an enrichment activity.
3. Spin class. (I also had Tae Bo this morning, but ran out of gas...literally, not figuratively half way there, and had to have Matt rescue me at 5:30 in the morning)
4. Make phone calls to Bishops to assign ward reps to help me keep Messiah organized
5. Get Halloween decorations out from under the stairs

5 Snacks I enjoy:

1. Hershey's 100 calorie pretzel snacks(highly recommend)
2. Carmel popcorn (mine is made with buttery micro. popcorn, with makes it extra yummy! And fattening too!)
3. oranges (Arizona girl)
4. Just plain old movie theatre popcorn
5. celery sticks with garden vegetable flavored cream cheese

5 Songs I know the lyrics to:

1. Love is Spoken Here
2. Don't take the Girl
3. Next Time, Before he cheats, you know it won't be on me (Carrie Underwood) Don't know the title, just all the lyrics! LOL
4. A Child's Prayer
5. I Like to Move it Move it

5 Things I would do if I was a Millionaire:

1. Pay cash for my dream home
2. Buy Matt a new car...he always gets the hand-me-downs
3. Put money in the bank for kid's college educations/missions
4. Open my own business (Don't know what...something crafty)
5. Take the kids on a nice vacation...they've always wanted to see Australia?!

5 Bad Habits:

1. I don't have any, I'm perfect
2. Thinking I'm too good
3. Matt thinks I chew my nails...I don't though, I'm perfect, remember?
4. Not thinking before I speak.
5. I say "sorry" way too much. Always have...Probably always will...its a bad habit, remember?...sorry

5 Things I would never wear again.

1. Pokadot tunic with stretch pants. (thanks Mom)
2. Frizzy, permed hair (again, thanks mom)
3. Jams
4. Pegged jeans, sometimes safety pinned to make sure they stayed
5. Jelly shoes in Arizona in the summer, (110 degrees)

5 of my Favorite Toys

1. My cell phone
2. Computer (Matt's, not my piece of hud)
3. My laminater
4. My IPOD...running is so much better now
5. My heart rate moniter (sorry, but I like knowing how many calories I burn as I walk through Walmart)

5 People I Tag:

1. Katie
2. Jessica
you guys will have to email it too me.
3. Mom
4. Renae
5. Brandy