{The New Trend???}

(If you don't want to read this whole post, will you at least skip down to the last paragraph, i have a question for all of you)
The "new trend" for baby boy names is a bit disturbing to me. They are all a bit weird or way over the top. It is like, people start getting creative with names and then before you know it they start getting a little weird. For example:

Cortez- I think of the sea of cortez.
Krueger- I think of Freddie Krueger. I also knew someone with this last name.
Bauer- I think of Jack Bauer from 24. This is a last name.
Bolton- I think of Michael Bolton, the singer. Another last name. Or i think of Bolt, the dog.
Bond- I think of money or James Bond. Yet again, another last name, but that of a male gigolo.
Cash- Money....???? Like, why would i name my kid Cash?. I also think of Johnny Cash. Another last name.
Trapper- Is this a fish? It sounds like one. Also, haven't you ever used the phrase "keep your trap/trapper shut." hhmmmm.
Stone - I think of stone cold. Cold stone creamery. A rock.
Shade- Oookay. Let's stand in the shade. He is a shadie person.
Rainier- Mount Rainier.
Rocket- I don't even have to say anything for this one. Come on.
Latham - Another last name.
Larson - Another last name.
Koah - What is this? Don't they mean, Noah?
Finn- Oh my gosh. Finn? Like, a fin on a fish fin?
Gatlin- ????
Brick- a brick wall.
Beckham- another last name. Now, this one isn't so bad. I prefer this one out of any of these names.
Berenger- Huh?

Now, if any of you like these names, i am sorry. But seriously,
This is what i have to work with? Fortunately the "new trend" isn't all i have to work with. We were going through names last night to see what we like and there were a lot of horrible names. I was just thinking how are we ever going to pick out a name? Boy names have been pretty easy for us, except for this time around. We have a few names....let me rephrase...i have a few names i like, but who knows if Shane will warm up to them. They are good strong names. Not the made up kind or the kind that could be mistaken for a girl name. I want a good strong boy name...Like Gavin and Tanner's name. And i want one that isn't one you would hear twice in a room. We won't be telling family the name until the baby is born. I have decided. So, you will just have to wait. :) It has to be a surprise.

So, i am almost 6 months along. Time is going by fast. March will go by fast b/c we are going to have family here for half of the month. That is exciting. :) Our baby weighs just over a pound and is over 11 inches long at this point. He kicks me so much and moves more than i think he should be moving. :) He is just restless. Anyway, i am getting a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions lately...maybe i do too much? This pregnancy i feel more active than my other one's and sometimes i forget i am pregnant(though there have been a few times already where i feel BIG). For example, if i need something out of the top part of my kitchen cupboard i usually jump up onto the countertop to get it. I tried that, forgetting that i was pregnant, and didn't make it. :) OOPS. Whenever i go out during the day, by the time we get back Tanner is asleep in his carseat, so i have to carry him into the house and up the stairs to his room. That is almost becoming impossible for my legs. 3/4 of the way up the stairs my muscles in my legs are burning, and when i reach the top i am so out of breath. haha. If i am doing that still by the end of my pregnancy i have no doubt that that is what will put me in labor. :) Pregnancy pains come and go. Some days my back aches all day and other days i am just fine. Lately i have also been feeling stretching pains really bad in my lower abdomen. It feels like stabbing pains. I don't remember this feeling with the other two boys, so it worried me at first, but now i realize it is just pain from my stomach growing b/c i believe the baby had a sudden growth spurt overnight, just a few days ago. Seriously....my stomach felt and looked bigger. One day it just felt like my stomach was being stretched to its capacity and it was so uncomfortable.

I need to get started on the Nursery. Does anyone know of any websites where i can go to find DIY projects for a baby nursery room? I want to make the decor myself to save some money. I already have a few ideas, but i want to find more ideas. Also, for anyone that is moving, do you have a dresser/changing table combo that you want to sell? If so, could you send a pic to me? Thanks!! :)

{Did you know?}

That THIRD hand smoke can be deadly to children?! I always knew the dangers of Second- hand smoke, but never realized that third hand smoke could be so dangerous. I was watching The Doctors today where i learned this information. Parents will say that they don't smoke around their children, BUT the residue left behind-all the chemicals-can be found in the children's urine samples. Yes, they did urine samples on kids whose parents do not smoke around them, but found that toxins were getting into their system. They also said that the residuals left behind from smoke contains 250 cancerous chemicals....all can be deadly to children. I mean, this is anywhere. When you go anywhere where you can smell smoke, if your kids touch it, it can be dangerous...hotel room, someone's smokey clothes, a house, an apartment, etc. Crazy huh?!

I am very protective of my kids around smoke. Not only b/c it is so dangerous, but because Tanner was born with what is called...alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Alpha 1-antitrypsin (A1AT) is produced in the liver, and one of its functions is to protect the lungs from the neutrophil elastase enzyme, which can disrupt connective tissue. It is hard to explain, but the Doctors were like, "Don't let him around smoke at all and make sure he NEVER smokes b/c he is at great risk of getting lung cancer or emphyzema if he is around it OR does it." Good thing we aren't smokers. And if he ever wants to "experiment"...well, i will inform him of his problem and hopefully that makes him not interested anymore! :) Luckily, his case isn't the severe kind and is limited to that one restriction... though i do believe all his wheezing he gets whenever he gets a cold is from this deficiency. So, anyway, anytime there is a smoker being careless and not thinking about what they are doing to others around them it makes me so angry. If i have to i will say something, BUT luckily the laws about smoking keep me from igniting my fury and firing off at someone. :)

{Mrs. Clean, Mrs. Clean}

Now, it seems to me that the nesting mode pregnant women get in is usually right before they have a baby, right? Anyone ever experience this in their second trimester? All last week i felt this need and urgency to keep my house clean--- I mean, i had to wash the dishes as soon as we were done eating EVERY meal, if there was a dish in the sink i HAD to make sure it got put away immediately, i wouldn't stand for any toys laying on the ground, i made sure the bathroom stayed picked up, i made sure the toy room stayed clean(how is that possible? How did i do that?). Mabye some of you already do this...well, good for you! Because i don't usually do this. We usually eat and then i will leave the dishes in the sink and save them for later or the next morning. Usually i make sure the boys clean up their toy room like twice a week, but this time I made sure to keep it picked up everyday. If anything was out of place i fixed it right away. It was like my eyes were searching for anything i needed to pick up, constantly. I was the boys shadows when they were playing, making sure nothing was on the floor for longer than 5 minutes. Crazy. I was a crazy woman. Anyway, so my house stayed perfectly clean every hour of every day for the entire week. Amazing. I didn't know i could do that. It felt really good though. I loved it. :) I find that this week i don't have as much of a drive to accomplish that again, BUT i am still keeping it picked up enough so that it doesn't get out of hand. :) But seriously, i never once let it get dirty! I still can't believe i did that. I even lit candles everyday to make my home smell yummy along with the yummy aesthetically pleasing look. :) hehe. I wish i had the drive to do that every day.

{The Curious Case of Gavin Jenks}

Today Gavin was playing with his car and i kept hearing him say the word "Polyphenol" over and over. I am thinking "where did he hear that word from?!" So i asked him, "Where did you hear the word polyphenol from?" He said, "That man on the t.v. said it and so i am trying to learn it." He is talking about the grape juice commercial and in it the man tries to teach us about polyphenol antioxidants that are in grape juice. I thought that was so interesting that he remembered THAT word and that he said he is TRYING to learn it. hehe.

The other day i told Gavin that he was going to go to the Doctors for a check up. He said, "I am going to the Doctor? Am i pregnant?!" haha. I started cracking up. The only Doctor's he knows of recently are the OB-GYN doctors so he thought he was pregnant. He is so funny.

Today at the Pediatrician's Gavin was acting up and so i put him in the chair that the Doctor had just sat in. We were waiting for a nurse to come back in and check Gavin's eyes. Anyway, i sat him there and he goes, "But mom i can't sit here, they will come in and be like, 'Why are you sitting there? You aren't the Doctor'!" :)

If Gavin lies and he we catch him in a lie and he knows he is about to get in trouble for it he will say, "But i was just kidding." Nice.

Right now he is playing with his cars and he is playing grandpa and daddy and himself and he is saying "Grandpa turned into daddy(Gavin pretending to be Daddy)....Grandpa turned into daddy?(Gavin) But that is impossible!(Gavin)" Then a minute ago he was saying "Can i do it daddy?(Gavin)....Well, when you get bigger like me then you can(Gavin pretending to be Shane)....When i get big like you? BUT I NEVER GROW!(Gavin)"

{Up and Running}

Okay, i have my new heart healthy blog up and running. I have the link over on the right under my little business link. Please, feel free to share anything that could be helpful. I will post recipes, new findings, facts, statistics, and the benefits of foods and what foods you should stay away from. I will fill it with as much information as i can!!! Yay to a healthy heart! :) I know, some of you probably don't care, but it is a good time to start! AND why not take care of your body?!?! It is still the beginning of the year. You can make it a habit. You will be doing yourself and your kids a huge favor by trying to eat healthy.
And for you SWEETS lovers... i have heard that you should allow yourself ONE thing to indulge in in a week. That means, maybe ice cream, once a week. A piece of cake, once a week. I had to remind my husband....It doesn't mean i can make a whole cake and you can eat half of it during the weekend. I don't think they intended one indulgent to be that much. :) One thing we do do....we are big night time snackers. We like to snack while we watch a movie or television. Instead of snacking on bad things we have started to buy SWEET fruits as our snacks. We love to pound down the strawberries, pineapples, and oranges. They truly are sweet fruits and it tastes so dang good. We also bought sherbert rather than ice cream. Sherbert has like 2 grams of fat and 0 .5 grams saturated fat for 1/2 a cup. Not bad. I even saw some with 0 fat and 0 saturated. These are good substitutes for the sweet stuff. Anyway, check out my blog. I will try to post something new everyday! :) www.tryingtobehearthealthy.blogspot.com

{Heart Healthy}

I have always been fascinated by the heart and how the body and heart work together. The way the inside of our body functions is just amazing to me. I don't know what it is, but the heart fascinates me. And i TRY to eat and be physically healthy(which i am not always successful at) because i know it is important. My dad has heart disease. He had what i guess you would call a slight heart attack when he was about 50 yrs. old. My mom and i were with him when it came on and it was very scary. We were on vacation when it happened. We happened to be visiting Tulsa where i grew up. We weren't too far from the hospital. My dad had to get open heart surgery while we were there and luckily he knew the Doctors and nurses working on him, since he worked there for over 10 years. It was a scary time....one that i don't like to replay in my head...if i do i start crying. Oh, i hate that. There are a few moments in my life where if i replay those moments in my head, no matter where i am, i start crying. One of those is when this happened to my dad. Ever since then i almost feel like i have a responsibility to learn about how to have and keep a healthy heart. My dad probably knows all there is to know about the heart...not only because he is a Doctor and specialized in the Heart(maybe you call the 'cardiology') but after this happened he researched and researched and researched everything there is to know about how to eat, and learned about all the little things that you can take into your body that are a huge benefit to your heart. It has helped me learn just a little bit about what is good and bad. Heart disease doesn't run in my family. I believe this happened to my dad because of stress in his life, and the way he ate(from the time he was young up to that point)....and maybe there were more things that factored in, but i know for sure those are two things that did it.

Anyway, lately i rented some books on the heart from the library. I love reading about it and learning about it. I am always so motivated to learn about how to stay healthy and be healthy. I wish i were this motivated with other things, like crafts, BUT maybe i am motivated with this for a reason. To keep my family healthy. Shane makes me nervous and always has. Maybe i worry too much about what happened to my dad happening to him, but i can't help it. Everytime he takes his blood pressure it is always at "pre-hypertension" level, which means he has a very good chance of getting high blood pressure if he doesn't change a few things in his eating habits and physical habits. He stresses easy....and doesn't eat so good. But that says something for me and the boys too. We should be eating better. Shane has a major sweet tooth. He wants me to make cookies and cake all the time. ALL THE TIME. Sweets weren't on my list of things to eat until i married him. I mean, i ate them once in awhile, but i didn't need them. Now after marrying him i find myself wanting sweets all the time. Maybe part of that right now is b/c i am pregnant! :) Anyway, i need to break us of that habit. FAST. So , my plan is to start making heart healthy meals....which aren't as tastey, but they are better for you. Anyway, so by the time i have this baby i should be educated enough to get us in shape! It is hard to do that right now, being pregnant and all....i mean, we can eat healthy right now, but i don't want to put too many restrictions on myself right now. :) Plus, it makes it hard for my family when i am pregnant b/c everytime i snack or eat they HAVE to eat too. Gavin lately seems to eat more than me. Maybe he is just going through a growth spurt, which i am sure that is what it is, but he surprises me. He eats as much as i do at dinner time!
So, i want to share something with you right now that i have found out. I think i might make another blog about health, like i did awhile ago, so we can learn together. Two things i found out...
1. Cheese is so fattening! Okay, i never thought about it. I just thought....oh its dairy, dairy isn't bad. Well, well ,well. I was wrong. I know, maybe you all already knew that, but i loved it so much i just didn't think about it. I love cheese on EVERYTHING. SHARP cheddar. oohhhhh, sooooo good. :) I looked to see how much fat is in it. For like once slice of cheese there is 9 grams of fat and 5 grams of saturated fat!!! I was like, "holy cow!!!" I eat at least 3 slices a day! Are you kidding me?! AT LEAST. :) That is a lot of fat, and especially a lot of saturated fat, which is horrible. I tried the other day to see if i could go all day with NO cheese. I did it, but it was sooooo hard! I wanted a cheese taco(which i put at least 2 slices on), then later i wanted to put cheese on my soup(2 slices), and later after that i wanted to put cheese on my ham sandwich(2 slices). I know, i go crazy with cheese. Think about that fat! If i would have used 6 slices i would have consumed, in cheese alone, 54 grams of fat and 35 grams of saturated fat. Oh sick. Seriously. Maybe my arteries are already clogged.
2. Olive oil is very beneficial. I knew it was beneficial, but not to the extent that i now know. Gulp down a tsp. to 2 tsp. a day. It contains antioxidants that help discourage artery clogging, makes skin more lustrous, slows down aging process, cholesterol free, lowers incident of gallstone formation, dissolves clots in capillaries, rich in vitamins A, B-1, B-2, C, D, E, and K and in iron, beneficial to the digestive system, if drunk before a meal it protects the stomach from ulcers, etc. The list goes on. Cool huh? Use olive oil people. Don't use veg. oil.

Anyway, i am going to start up a heart healthy blog. I will let you know the new address soon. I will just post everything i learn and you guys can comment about anything that you think could be beneficial for us to know! I want to post good and bad things about food and what we need to know to help us eat healthier. I know, food is good and it is hard to eat healthy all the time, trust me i know, BUT we have to take care of our bodies and hearts. It is so important. It will make us feel healthier, make us happier(i believe), help us live longer and we are setting an example for our kids. We are helping our kids eat healthy too by doing this.
With all the stuff i see about breast cancer on television it led me to believe that breast cancer is a huge problem, which i know it is, but heart disease is the number one killer of men AND women. I read that TEN times more women die of heart disease each year than women who have breast cancer. So, this is obviously a problem, i believe, that should be addressed just as much as breast cancer.
www.tryingtobehearthealthy.blogspot.com

{V-DaY FuN}

Our valentines day consisted of some yummy foods. I wanted to stick with the RED theme so i chose to make my favorite boys....

One of their favorite meals...lasagna....with some garlic bread.

I made a yummy strawberry and spinach salad.And i made some RED velvet cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting. I thought they were very delicious.

I was sent on a....

That morning Shane sent me on a scavenger hunt through the house. I have to say, he is very creative with his words. I couldn't do what he did. I keep thinking "man, i am the english major, but he should have been b/c he is so much better at writing than i am." But at the same time he knows the sciences all too well. He is just a smarty pants. Anyway, the scavenger hunt ended with a wonderful surprise for me at the end. I love it.

I made all the food for the boys for my gift, plus i had a gift for all three of them. Boys/men love food so i can never go wrong by fixing them something special to eat. Gavin and Tanner had a little chinese box full of surprises and i made a little gift box for Shane with a few surprises in it. It was fun. I wish i could do something like this everyday. I do realize that i would like to do something like this for them at least once a month... Surprise them with something. It is so fun to do it and to see their reactions...and it makes me feel good.

Saturday was a fun fun day for us.

{Want to know how to get a free vacation?!}

My parents just got back from HaWaII. Gavin got on the phone with them yesterday and while he was talking to pApA, papa was telling him about all the FiSh he saw. He was telling him about how he saw NeMo and all of Nemo's friends, and how he saw big sea TuRtLeS and volcanoes. Gavin thought it was so COOL. Gavin was just in AwE about what PaPa was describing. So then Gavin said, "When are you going to take ME there, Papa?!" I thought it was so CuTe and so funny when i heard him SAY that. Then papa said," Well, maybe in a FEW years when you get bigger." I was like "SwEeT...now that is the way to get your parents to take you on vacations....get the grandkids on the phone and have THEM ask papa." It melts his HeArT and he just cant' say no. hehe. :)

In all reality i know Hawaii can be expensive, but maybe Disney World?! :) haha. Just kidding dad....well, sort of. :) Actually, Shane and i are planning to go on a vacation to celebrate Shane making it through Dental School!! I can't believe how close it is. Time has flown by. We want to go next year, maybe spring break. We still have to see how it could work out...if there is anything he has to do during that time or not... Whether or not it is the best option considering our finances at that time. But Hawaii is on our list. :) And the way i got sick from the food down in Mexico last year, i would rather not go there again for awhile. I need to forget that experience first. :)

{SpReAd ThE lOvE}

I thought this looked like a fun way to spread a little love :)
The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure! (Ha, I don't paint or write poetry or do masques so it will be something different)
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!}

{Mama drama and Baby pains}

Well, i am starting to feel BIG. :) Oh great. What a surprise. I know, to others i probably don't look as big as i feel, but you ladies know how it is. I am my own worst critic. Sometimes i don't even want to look in the mirror because i don't want to see my face getting rounder and rounder by the hour. I swear, when i am pregnant EVERY SINGLE THING I EAT turns to fat on my body. If i eat a cookie, i just gained 1/2 pound. If i eat a hamburger, which i crave lately, i gain a pound. Seriously. I have no problems when i am not pregnant, probably because i workout so much, but still....It is hard to watch my body put all the weight back on that i worked so hard to take off after i had Tanner. I mean, it is so worth it, but it is still hard. :)

And this baby! Holy cow. He kicks me all the time. He is starting to make me nervous about how he is going to be when he comes out! Seriously. He has been kicking me repeatedly for the last hour. He doesn't stop. Every time i sit down he goes at it. And i am surprised how hard he kicks me and how he is able to kick me in what seems like 2-3 different spots at the SAME time. I am only 21 weeks. Is he allowed to be this strong already? sheesh. I don't remember the other two being this active. ScArY!! I mean, could there be two babies in there? Could they have missed the second one on the ultrasound?!?! I will put my hand on my very lower belly where i always feel him and a second later he starts attacking my hand. And you know when you tell your husband to feel the baby and grab his hand and put his hand on your belly and then the baby suddenly stops? Annoying huh?...Well, not this one. He goes after Shane's hand too. He definitely has no problem letting us know what he does not like. That's for sure. I think he digs his head into my hip bones too...actually, all and any bones down there. He pushes on them and digs into them. Like tonight when i put my hand on my belly he started going nuts kicking and moving and kicking and moving and then i feel this pain in my hip, sort of like he is pushing up against it. He is crazy. :) Don't they say that the way they are in the womb can be a good indicator of how they will be when they come out? Have any of you noticed this about your kids?

{The Big Adventure}

The boys went in a few days ago so that their daddy could clean their teeth. It was fun for the boys and fun for me to watch. I think Gavin was a little nervous beforehand because as we were walking into the Dental School he said to me, "MOmmy, i am a little shy." It was so cute. And Gavin ALWAYS wants to be first. He ALWAYS wants to do something before Tanner. Well, not this time. Shane said, "Who wants to go first?" Gavin said, "Tanner!" haha. That was a first that i had ever heard that come out of his mouth. Tanner gladly went first though. He loved it. He sat perfectly still through the whole thing. Gavin watched as Tanner was getting his teeth cleaned and he started realizing "Hey this is easy." So, when it was his turn he was so excited. Here are some pictures of daddy working on their teeth.
Gavin. Tanner.

Tanner.

And Gavin. This is the best picture. I love it. It makes me laugh so hard.

{5 months and 2 days pregnant}

I have really wanted to try images like this, but haven't done it. Then i decided to try it on myself with my 5 months pregnancy pictures. It was so much fun. Now i just wish i had a pregnant girl to take pictures of b/c it isn't quite as fun doing it on myself as it is with someone else. :) So, here i am at 5 months pregnant.

The baby is kicking me a lot lately. He is very active. He got really mad at me the other day. I could feel him moving all over, but not that kicking feeling. It is that feeling like someone is dragging their fingers across your skin. It is a weird feeling. I decided to put my hand on the lower part of my stomach and press in a little to see if i could get him to kick at me...just sort of teasing him. :) Well, he buries his head down in my pelvic bone. I always feel him really low and he was buried down their for the ultrasound. As soon as i pressed down on my stomach he got so mad. I felt TWO sudden kicks in TWO different places! I was like "WOAH, SO SORRY." haha. I felt him kick where i put my hand and then i felt another WONK at the same time, but more towards my back. It was weird. I had no idea he was big enough to do that yet. :) He moves around a lot at night and in the morning and the middle of the day. So, a lot. I am having a hard time keeping my pace of 4 mph on the treadmill for two reasons. 1. I am having a harder time trying to make sure i don't fall off the end. 2. It is like his head digs into my pelvic bone and it hurts. Sooooo, i am gonna have to start slowing down a bit.

I am enjoying this pregnancy....but i can't be too quick to say that b/c i know in about a month or two i will be complaining a lot. :) My back pains have started. Some days i don't experience it, but other days it aches a lot.

I am starting to fit snuggly into all my size small maternity shirts. I will just have to see how snuggly i can fit into them before it looks bad. :) If you ever notice me wearing shirts where the buttons look like they are going to pop off, well, it is b/c i am trying to wait as long as i can before i move up to the next size larger. :)

What Have you Done?

What Have You Done? To participate, just copy and paste in your own blog, and bold all of the things you have done. It's kind of fun!!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
101. Learned to play an instrument

I have another fun activity for you right under this post too. :)

Highschool Tag....

1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL? Yes.
2.WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU DRIVE? Honda Accord...i can't remember what year.
3. DID YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST YOUR FIRST TRY? yes!
4. WERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? Well, maybe so, in my junior and senior year. So glad that is over with.
5. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT? Yes, i think i was.
6. WERE YOU IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, OR CHOIR? No
7. WERE YOU A NERD? No
8. WERE YOU ON ANY VARSITY TEAMS? No
9. DID YOU EVER GET SUSPENDED/EXPELLED? No
10. CAN YOU STILL SING THE FIGHT SONG? No.
11. WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHERS? I don't think i had a favorite high school teacher and if i did i wouldn't remember their names. I have a horrible memory.
12. WHERE DID YOU SIT FOR LUNCH? In the lunch room. But they were standing tables.
13. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME? Jenks High School(what a weird coincidence, huh?)
14. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S MASCOT AND COLORS? Trojans, maroon and white.
15. WHO WAS HOMECOMING ROYALTY? I don't remember!
16. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN WOULD YOU? No, i don't want to relive my high school days, but i wish that i were more confident, and knew who i was inside.
17. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT GRADUATION? How exciting it was and the all night graduation party.
18. WHERE DID YOU GO SENIOR SKIP DAY? Honestly, i don't remember. I made a few of my own "senior skip days".
19. WERE YOU IN ANY CLUBS? Yes. hahaha. FHA. Oh heavens.
20. HAVE YOU GAINED SOME WEIGHT SINCE THEN? No, i have actually lost weight.
21. WHO WAS YOUR PROM DATE? Michael Higbee!!! :) haha.
22. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL REUNION? NO, i don't want to go. Isn't that horrible!
23. DID YOU HAVE A JOB IN HIGH SCHOOL? yes, i was a lifeguard and swim instructor.
24. WERE YOU AN HONOR STUDENT? NO.
25. DID YOU TAKE SEMINARY? yes. But it wasn't offered as a class like some places. I had to get up at 5 a.m. to get ready....seminary was at a members house at 6 a.m. and then we went to school after that.
26. WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOUR MOST FUN TIME? The football games! Heck ya! We were number one all four years i was there and those were the best games to go to!
27. WERE YOU CONSIDERED SHY OR OUTGOING? Hhhmmm...both. It depended.
28. ANY LAST MEMORIES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? I also had some of my best times with my best friend Lauri! She is still my best friend, we have more memories together than i have with anyone....she has been my best friend/sister for , what, 16 years now?!?! Holy cow!

I tag Lauri !

{Another Cutie Patootie}

Wow, i can't believe this is my third post for today! :) Anyway, Gavin wanted me to take pictures of him since i took some of Tanner. He also insisted that i take a picture of him wearing his green hat. He loves his green hat(we bought it from a family friend) and he LOVES the color green. It is his favorite color.

Which LOST character are you?

Since LOST just started again i had to take this quiz...If you are a huge fan of LOST like i am you need to take this quiz!

You Are Sun

You have a past history of being secretive and deceptive.
You're the type of person who will protect yourself at all costs.

While you can be crafty when you need to, you are usually giving, friendly, and likable.
You truly care for other people, and you are very sensitive.

People tend to underestimate you. You seem like a fragile flower, but you're not.
You are gutsy and clever. You have a way of getting what you want without anyone noticing.

http://www.blogthings.com/whoareyouonlostquiz/]Who Are You on LOST?

{Cutie Patootie}

I have been sort of lazy about taking pictures lately...something about being pregnant. ;) Sorry to all my family who never get to see them much! Anyway, i am back in the mood and had some fun taking some pictures of Tanner this morning while Gavin was at preschool. Here are just a few. He is so cute and i think he knows it. Enjoy.

{A Grateful Heart}

Can i say how grateful i am for my life, for my family, for my wonderful husband, my wonderful kids, our home, the church, for everything i have. Everything. I am ALWAYS reminded of how grateful i am; to be alive and to have the things i have and to have the family i have. In all of it, it is always my familily that i am reminded of how grateful i am for them. I am always reminded to live everyday to the fullest. To cherish every moment with my kids and my husband. I am always reminded more and more of how IMPORTANT my boys and husband are to me. Things happen in life, in everyday life, that remind me of those things constantly. I am grateful to be reminded of those things because my kids and husband are what is most important to me. A family friend recently passed away. Shane grew up with this family in Blackfoot. We got a call one day saying that the dad of Shane's lifelong buddy has at the most 2 weeks to live. The sad part of it is that his friend just found out the day before we did of this tragic news. His dad was feeling pretty bad ONE day, went into the hospital and he found out while there that he has leukemia. He had no idea before this day. And since he had sugar diabetes they told him that the combination of both of those is deadly and that he has at the most, 2 weeks to live. He died just a few days after receiving that news. It made me so sad for the family. My heart broke for them. I just can't imagine if that were me. I can't imagine being the daughter of this man, the wife of this man, or actually being him. It reminded me that life can end sooooo suddenly. You just never know when it is your time. It made me realize that i am so lucky and i need to be showing that all the time. If it were my time i would want to make sure my kids KNOW how much mommy loves them....make sure i spent plenty of quality time with them, make sure my husband knows how grateful i am for him, for his strength, his humor, his extremely fun and spontaneous personality. I wouldn't ever want them to question how i feel. I wouldn't want any regrets. And b/c of that i want to try so hard to be what my family needs. It can be hard sometimes b/c i get caught up in everyday life, but i get reminded so often of my blessings that it is hard to forget for too long. I am so so so grateful for my husband and kids. I have no idea what i would do without them.... I wouldn't do without them. They are my life. I just want them to know that. I want them to know that family is sooooo important to me and that they are my number one priority. I am so grateful that i am able to be a stay-at-home mom. So many times i grumbled about it, but i have worked through it and have come to be so grateful for it(though it still is an incredibly hard job). I wouldn't want it any other way.