This one's for Holly

Alright, Holly here goes:
I've been tagged!
A.The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 Years Ago: I was starting my second semester of college at Ricks...took me almost the full ten years to finish it seems!

5 Things on my to-do list today: Well the days amost over so 5 things for tomorrow are:
1. talk to mortgage companies about getting a loan
2. gather tax papers (perhaps I'll get them done before April and not have to file an extention this year--probably not though)
3. give Brooklyn a bath since apparently she went to bed with too much rice cereal still stuck to her face (my mom would have perfered that had happened tonight :) )
4. Figure out what's wrong with my printer
5. Clean!

Snacks I enjoy: Anything with chocolate, and popcorn

Things I would do if I were a billionaire: Build my Dream house, buy a blue ray DVD player for my husband so I wouldn't have to hear about it anymore, save for my kids, invest, and perhaps start a charity for children who need a good home. Oh and I'm sure I'd have to give Brynn some since she claims if I make too much money I owe her (so far this hasn't been a problem).

3 of my bad habits:
1. Procrastinating EVERYTHING (refer to the comment about my taxes)
2. I've become a selective showerer (I only shower if I HAVE to go somewhere -- this doesn't include quick trips to the store, bank or post office though)
3. I yell at my parents dog too much (poor Tippy)

5 places I have lived:
1. In my parents house (funny how life comes full circle as they say)
2. Springville in our new home, though it was short lived
3. Boise in my very first house I bought
4. Boise in the "Denton" house with 6 other girls--- where I met Holly and I'm soo glad too sista!
5. Boise in an apartment all alone -- Yikes that was scary, but Jay and I became good friends late at night so I wouldn't hear funny noises.
This list goes on and on...that doesn't cover any of college where my favorite was an apartment complex in Provo called Brookview. I had a roomate who prayed more than I eat (that's a lot) she had a yeast infection and it made our room smell, so I slept on the couch eveynight, and my sister Brynn lived below me and felt she had free reign to any of my belongings...what a strange place it was. Anyway "moving" on....

5 jobs I have had:
1. Worked at home doing some programing/scripting for FSBO leaders
2. Worked at HP surfing the net and IMing Brynn, as John claims but all under the title of Software Engineer
3. Worked as a TA in the CS labs at BYU -- poor students, I should not have been a TA
4. Worked for FlipDog.com as an intern programming and also as a tester- those were good times
5. Worked for Albertson's as a cashier - I was fast(if I may brag about something) and now slow cashiers really annoy me!!!
This list goes on and on too...tutor, cemetery crew, bingo parlor (yes Brynn I called it a parlor), weed crew, paint crew, and of course the GR star stuffing the papers.

5 things people don't know about me:
1. I was born with a broken collar bone
2. When I was young I wanted to be a famous singer when I grew up -- that must have been before I realized what a terrible singer I am
3. I'm addicted to Prison Break (my family knows this but not most people)
4. I took clogging when I was growing up and even won a trophy (about 6 inches tall -- I know quite an accomplishment)
5. I would love to own a wood shop and actually be able to build things.
Okay, so now I tag Anne, Danielle, Teri, Janalyn, Brynn, Morgan, and Mindy -- I didn't want to pick just 5

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

We had some pretty good storms a few weeks ago so I decided to teach Kynadi how to build a snowman. Unfortunately the snow was the wrong kind of snow, so all we managed to be able to build was a little miniature snowman. It worked out great though so Kynadi could reach everything. The face was made out of dog food and a carrot of course, which was apparently just what the deer were looking for, because the next morning the "face" and "buttons" were completely gone. So we had the faceless snowman!

Living with a Dog

Not much to say except this is how Kynadi walks around my parents house so that Tippy (their dog) doesn't get her food. I think it is so funny. I can't count the number of times I have seen Kynadi traveling through the kitchen with her food above her head like this. I had to take a picture!! It makes me laugh everytime I see it.

Sorry the picture is the wrong way, I didn't realize is was turned, but it takes to long to upload it so that's how it will have to stay.

Brooklyn Updates

Brooklyn is getting so big. She has her bottom two teeth now (she got those at about 5 months) and her top teeth are trying to come in. She is trying sooo hard to crawl but all she has managed to do is to get on all fours and rock back and forth, usually ending in a face plant. Within the last few weeks she has finally starting sitting for long periods of time without falling over. She has definately turned into a happy little baby (of course I am her mother!). My favorite thing is to watch her watch Kynadi. Nothing makes her happier. Many mornings Brooklyn will wake up and just be playing in the crib happily and Kynadi will go over to see her and she just grins and smiles even more. It's soo cute to see how much they like each other. Brooklyn will giggle and laugh at Kynadi more than anything else. Kynadi was just jumping on the bed the other day and Brooklyn thought it was the funniest thing. So cute! One of these days I will get it on camera, but no luck so far.

Anyway, that is a bit of an update on Brooklyn. Not so exciting to read, but as her mother I wanted the little facts and time tables written somewhere so I wouldn't forget.

Christmas Trip

For Christmas this year John convinced me that we should go to Texas and spend it with his family. I was a bit hesitant but since two of my sisters weren't going to make it home for Christmas I decided maybe it was only fair that we spend ONE Christmas in Texas. That may be the only one he gets though:)...good thing it was fun.

We were there for almost two weeks and compared to the weather here, it was so nice there. Between the weather and housing prices it wouldn't have taken much for John to convince me to move there...Maybe!! Anyway the biggest problem with the trip is that we remembered to bring our camera, but forgot the battery charger so we got these pictures of the girls first time on an airplane, but that was all the battery held out for.








Our trip was lots of fun. Kynadi was excited that we actually got to go the park in Texas since there was no snow on the ground. John's parents live right by a park and his sister Tammy does too so the park was a big hit for Kynadi. Plus having her cousins around to play with all the time was also exciting.
I'd write more about it but both kids are awake now so my time is limited. Maybe I'll add more later.