Tagged

The Rules:
1. The player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves - try to find 6 you haven't already posted about!
2. At the end of the post, the player tags 6 people and posts their names, and then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog for the rules.

Ok guys here goes:

1. Something that I only think my family knows about is how obsessed I am with how to wash dishes. It doesn't bother me how anyone else does them, as long as they get done and are clean I am happy. The problem lies when I have to do the dishes, they have to be completely organized. All the plates stacked nicely, the silverware in a pile closest to the sink, cups all together, bowl staked etc. all the way down to the pots and pans, being last. I don't know why, but I seriously can't stand to have anything else in the sink while I am washing, I know it is a crazy habit, but I just can't break it, believe me I have tried.

2. I absolutely love candy. As a matter of fact I went and got a couple pieces to eat while I am typing. Most people can vouch for this. I don't think there has ever been a time in my married life that I haven't had candy somewhere in our house. It is a bad thing to love, and I am going to try to give it up after our New Years Cabin trip. I will let you know if I will have the will power, I am pretty sure I do, but it is hard to give up something you love.

3. I love giving presents. I think it goes along with shopping. If I am buying something for someone else, I don't feel guilty about it, so it not only makes me happy to give something to someone else, it also cures my "need" to consume. I like to give presents that are unexpected. Believe me I love Christmas, and trying to keep everything a secret etc, but I love the everyday presents I can give. There is just something about it, I think I got it from my mom. Every once in a while she would do something nice for us, like make our bed or clean our room and then leave us a little note with our favorite candy. I loved walking into my room and finding it all clean and having a treat to go along with it. It has been fun to be on the giving end and doing the things my mom used to do for me. It sure is fun to surprise someone.

4. I hate to admit this, but this is the next thing I thought of. I am not a big baby lover. Don't get me wrong, I seriously can't wait until Jon and I can have another one, but growing up when other girls wanted to hold all the babies, I wanted to go outside and play Hockey or do something more fun. They still make me a little nervous when they aren't my own, but I will admit they are the sweetest and most wonderful things ever to be placed on this earth. I think part of me is still worried I will break them.

5. I love the laughter of little kids. I think it is so funny to be in a room and then hear Marcella start laughing. I love it when babies start finding their voice as well. It is so much fun to see the excitement in their eyes. Amie's little girl Camrie was here the other night and she was talking like crazy, just trying to get in on the conversation. She was so happy it was adorable. What can I say little kids laughter makes me melt.

6. Here is my final tell all... I have a secret desire to go back to school and get a Masters, maybe even a PHD. I would love to study the role Fathers play in the lives of their children. I am hoping that when Jon gets a teaching position at a University a few years down the road, I might be able to pursue this dream. Hey I might one day be teaching right beside you honey!


7. I just thought of one more to add when I saw this picture. If you don't know who this is, you must not have hung out with me in the past year or so. This is Amie. I met Amie when I worked at America First. She is one of the sweetest people I have ever met. i always tell Jon I am way lucky to have a friend like her. You can't find a lot of friends these days who you call up and say hey come over and they just come over. You don't have to have an agenda, they just come. So I guess my 7th confession is I miss living by Amie. For almost two years I saw her almost everyday. And I loved having them stay for dinner 4 out of 7 times a week. We had so much fun. Now that we live further than up the street from each other it is hard to just "come over", but thanks for still coming Amie. You are awesome. I love hanging out with you!

I now tag Amie, Jacci, Debbie, Nan, Grandma Dougal, Whitney

Poor Sick Girl!

As some of you know we were suppose to be going to the cabin this week for a fun filled "Adults only" trip with some of Jon's High School Friends. Well it ended up being a "Guys only trip." I will admit I was so so so BUMMED! Marcella got her first ever case of the throw up bug and as much as I wanted to just leave her with my mom I knew I couldn't do it. So here is Marcella..

This is about the only time she smiled in 3 days. She was so happy because the cat came to say hi to her.

It only lasted a few seconds though, I was glad to get it on camera.

The second day of really being sick, Grandpa gave in a gave her some chips. She would say, "mommy, they make me feel better!" At least she kept those down.

Here she is on Thursday. She was all better, of course because that was the day everyone was coming home from the cabin. We had a lot of fun though, we finished our Gingerbread house, and enjoyed eating a ton of candy! Yum!

Well, Jon made it home last night and then had to leave again to go to BYU this morning. So Marcella decided she needed to throw up one more time just for ol' times sake. It just happened to be all over me. The joys of Motherhood. It is crazy how you thought you would never be able to handle that part when you were younger and now when you do get thrown up on you just take care of it and it isn't that big of deal. Well all in all I had a great time hanging out with my family this week, thanks guys! Thanks for the fun Birthday too, you guys are the best! I love you!

Skiing

Dad and I are looking at pictures....Cross country skiing is one of my favorite childhood memories. So make sure all you parents go and buy some skis and get your kids out there. Dad recounted a funny story of the first time Russ Riddle went CX skiing with him. They had gone above Bountiful on some pretty easy terrain. Every once in a while there'd be a bump or rise in the trail, and Russ would fall. Laurissa finally got fed up with it and said, "Excuse me...I have to get by now."

New (sort of) Dress

Marcella got this dress at a baby shower. This is the first time she's worn it. A lady in our old ward made it. It's a nice dress.

ok, I admit!

Today I have been a little neglectful. Well I guess not completely, because I did know what Marcella was doing, I just didn't stop the process and just let her have fun. I guess you could say it started this morning. When we decided to start our day out with movies. Yes not one but two. It was perfect because I got to get my Christmas Cards addressed and Marcella had fun watching her movies and eating Corn puffs and 3 glasses of OJ for Breakfast. Around 10:30 I decided at least one of us should be dressed so into the tub went Marcella. (between you and me, I didn't put her in the tub because I thought she should be out of her pj's, but because it gave me a good half hour to work on the Christmas card insert.) Out of the tub she got and I dressed her "oh so cute", according to her words. Then we did her hair with a bow and everything. She looked ready to hit the town. Then I worked more on the Christmas stuff, while this little one played so quietly in her room. The best hour or two ever. She played and I wasted my time at the computer. Then out came the glamor queen saying "Mama, do I wook cute?" Well, what do you think?

she then says "Do you wike my clothes?"

I must admit, I said yes, you look so pretty, then had a little chuckle. She is now still in them and having a pancake for lunch. Sometimes we need these kind of days right?

My Little Sister

I was looking through pictures and found this one of my little sister Caroline...thought I'd share it. Some might argue that while she's younger than I am, she's my big sister because she's been married longer, has more children, and makes more money than I do. Well...to those people I say, "Look at that picture. Of course she's my little sister. If she was bigger than me she'd have been able to carry about 10x that much wood."

Let it Snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

I love snow. (well I at least say that every first snowfall we get.) It finally snowed in good ol' Orem. We were really excited, so excited that we got all our stuff on and just went and played in it. Marcella loved it! She had so much fun. The snow is slowly leaving. I hope to get more before it goes, but I thought you would enjoy some pictures of us and our snowman.


This is Marcella exactly 10 months ago.

This is Marcella on Saturday!

Doesn't she look so excited to be in the snow. She was having so much fun. I must admit, this is about all she did to help with the snowman. The whole time we were out there she just spent it eating snow. We had a blast!

What a handsome snowman. I love the tootsie pop suckers for the face. It just cracks me up!