ABC TAG!

Tagged by Janna

A-Attached or Single? - Attached.

B-Best Friend - Jimmy is my best friend but if we are talking about best girlfriend then I have a few, Marissa,Mesa,Lindsay,Kasey, I have several other very close
friends so it is hard to pick just one.
C-Cake or Pie?- Well if it is my Mom's Cherry Pie than Pie but if not then cake :).
D-Day of choice?- I love Monday's cause John & Kate Plus 8 is on and FHE, and I love Fridays cause my man comes home early!
E-Essential item?- Dr.Pepper Chap-stick and my CAMERA!!








F-Favorite color?- Green but I love Red a lot too.
G-Gummy bears or worms? Only if they are chocolate covered, I am not a huge fan of either.

H-Hometown?- Born in Alaska but only lived there for a minute, moved to Vegas right before 1st Grade so it is my Home.


I-Favorite Indulgence? Vacations with my Husband and SLEEP!
J-January or July?- January...I live in the desert and I would rather be cold than hot, you can only take off so much but you can always add another blanket. And two of my babies were born in January!
K-Kids?- 3 Alexis, Grace and my sweet baby James!!
L-Life isn't complete without?- My family
M-Marriage Date?- December 14, 2002
N-Number of Bros & Sis?-3 sisters, 1 brother





O-Oranges or Apples?- Apples




P-Phobias and Fears?- Something happening to my husband or kids!




Q-Quote?- "No one listens to the white girl" & "If you lose your keys in a flowing river of lava just let them go."



R-Reason to smile?- My husbands dancing!
S-Season of choice?- Fall, anywhere that has it.
T-Tag Ten People?- Mesa,Lindsay,Leah,Marissa,Kasey,Rachel,Camille,Mari,Steph & Brook or anyone that wants to!! I love reading them :)
U-Unknown fact about me?- Well my Mom knows this but when I was little I wore a purple leotard EVERYWHERE!!!




V-Vegetable?- Broccoli
W-Worst habit?- Thinking bad of myself.


X-X-Ray?- Yes when I hurt my ankle and foot(separate times) and when my appendix busted.


Y-Your favorite food?- Italian or my Mom's or Mother-in-law's cooking!

 

Oh oops how did that picture of an Italian get in there?! lol


Z-Zodiac sign?- Scorpio (look out!) hee hee

I love to Sing!

So for the last 5 months or so myself and my good friend Glenna have been planning a reunion for the singing group we were in during High School called Expressions. For those that do not know the first thing about Expressions, it is the preforming group at Chaparral High School (my old stopping grounds). It consists of about 20 students who do lots of traveling and singing, we spent so much time together that we all became close friends.

Well we have been talking (Glenna and I) for several years about getting us all together and when I got an email from Glenna that we were just gonna do it, I immediatly jumped on board! It took a little bit of time to locate everyone, and there was one that we never were able to contact but out of 22 that was not too bad.

So the reunion was set for June 14th 2008 and while there was a lot of work and time put into the event it was well worth it! This past Saturday was the BIG day, we started with breakfast at Blueberry Hill and then went back to Chaparral to sing the music we sang our Senior year. Our Director Marsha Borovicka was there to lead us and it was really amazing to be sitting in our old choir room with her at the helm! We had set up a room for our spouses and children to play and hang out in while we rehersed a few of our favorite pieces and then we performed for them. My family has never really seen me sing other than around the house so I was really excited for them to see me in that setting. While the songs did not sound as good as they did 11 years ago, I think that for only having six of us there and not having sung those songs for 11 years we did pretty well! Yes, we were really bummed that only six of us made it, we had several that at the last minute were not able to make it but it was still great for those of us that did!!

 

 

After our mini-concert we took a little break so that children could take naps and so we could re-group and then we met back up that evening at my parents house (thanks Mom & Dad) for a BBQ. We spent the night eating food and catching up, the end of the evening I was able to show the slide show that I had been working on for many weeks. It was a great day and maybe once we (Glenna and I) have recovered from putting this one together we will be ready to do it again in another 10 or 11 years :).

 

 

These are some of our children, the red heads belong to Tanya, Grace & Lexi (and lexi's friend), Glenna's girls in the pool, and then one of Sam's kids.

Finally, I figured it out!

So I have made attempts for months to get some video clips on here but I guess the files were too large and it was just taking too long so I gave up until I saw these on my friend Rachel's blog (thanks :) ) so I was able to upload a few videos from the last couple weeks. The first clip is of Grace going down the slide in my parents pool a few weekends back. She loves the slide and the diving board! The next two clips are of James, I was trying to get him growling, he sounds like a gremlin. The last clip is of some kittens that were left in the desert behind my parents house that I wanted to keep in the worst way but they turn into cats eventually and we already have too many of those!!

Make photo slide shows at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Girls Night!

So last Friday Jimmy came home early from work and said he wanted me to have some time with Grace and Lexi, just the girls and he thought going to see Kung Fu Panda would be fun. So we got our tickets off of Fandango and headed to the movies! We decided to surprise the girls and so I didn't tell them where we were going. Alexis is old enough that once we got close to the theater she knew what we were doing but still let Grace try and guess! They were so excited when they found out what we were there to see, we got our treats and then went to find some seats! We were lucky to find three together in a pretty good spot because it was packed! The movie was AWESOME! I don't know the last time I laughed that hard watching an animated show. The best part was looking over at my girls and seeing them laugh hysterically and trying to take a mental picture so when they are teenagers and too cool to hang out with their mom I will be able to remember back. Grace was clapping and reacting to all the fighting scenes and the people around us were laughing at Grace. At the end everyone clapped which I loved because there aren't too many movies these days that are worth clapping at! On the drive home the girls were talking about which character they were and who Jimmy & I were. Grace is Tigress, Lexi is Viper, I am Shifu, James is Monkey and they decided that Daddy is Po the panda! It was a great night and it reminded me that I need to do that more often with them.






This was taken in a photo booth at the theater

Flashback Friday!

So I have missed the last few Fridays but I am trying to get back on track a bit so here goes. This flashback is going WAY BACK! The memory came to me after talking with my sister Alyssa about her girls being involved in a swim team. When we moved to Las Vegas from Colorado it was like coming to a new planet, we had moved from a small town to LAS VEGAS! I remember the first time I saw someone that had a swimming pool in their backyard and thinking "Holy crud they must have a lot of money" in Steamboat Springs there was one large community pool that was open in the summers and it was a special treat to go. My parents decided that in order for us to really learn to swim we should join a competitive swim team the Las Vegas Gold. I was really nervous the first time we went but it was fun to learn and being somewhat new to Vegas it was a place to make friends. Although there were good things that came from the experience I still feel a little sick to my stomach when I think about the competitive part of the whole thing. I had done well enough in the local meets that I made it to the state competition held in Reno, they flew all of us there to compete and the day of the big race comes and I just stand there on the block frozen, the gun fires and my body doesn't move and I just remember being petrified! My coach was really nice he began promising me everything he could think of just to get me to jump off the blocks but I was just soo worried about losing that it kept me from doing it. I was and still am embarrassed by it all so I can't believe that I am sticking this on my blog for all to read. The worst part was at the end of the year banquet when Rowdy Gaines (one of the head coaches and former Olympic Gold Medalist) is standing giving a speech and he says something like "blah blah blah...and the little girl that wouldn't jump off the blocks...." I wanted to hide under the table as I felt many gazes come my way. Anyway, as much as it wasn't my moment in the sun, I guess those are the moments that all of us must have to some extent.


This is a picture of Me (in the clothes, let's not have any comments on the pants or pink visor k. it was the 80's)
my friend Kaycee, my sister Alyssa and her friend Recee. In fact they were sisters and they had another sister named C.C, no kidding.

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10 Years Ago
I try not to think about what I was doing 10 years ago so how about 9 years ago. Lexi was almost 5 months old and we were staying with my parents and I was going to school to be a teacher (I changed my mind) and ended up in school to be an Esthetician (Skin care).

5 Things On My "TO DO" List
I'm going to make this a 5 things to do before I die list:
1. Travel to as many places as I can with Jimmy
2. Learn as much about photography as I can
3. Become an AMAZING cook. (I love to cook)
4. Sing in a GREAT choir (outside of High School)
5. Raise my kids to be productive members of society. Oh and get into really great shape.

Things I Would Like To Do If I Were Suddenly A Billionaire
1. Buy two homes, one for the summers and one for the winters and hire someone to clean them! And decorate them the way I want!
2. Travel a ton with my family.
3. Buy Jimmy the mustang of his dreams and the truck he wants!
4. Pay for my kids school and weddings
5. Invest.
6. Buy some more cameras so I don't have to change out lenses so often.
7. Tell Jimmy to quit his job so he can go back to school like he has wanted to do.
8. build a spa in my house so I can give my friends and family facials.
9. Own a preserve to house all of Jimmy and Lexi's animals!!
10. Let my Dad retire so he and my Mom don't have to worry.

3 Of My Bad Habits
1. Letting Fear stop me from doing things
2. Worrying
3. Eating too much

Places I've lived
Anchorage, Alaska
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Las Vegas, Nevada
For a Total of 17 houses




Jobs I've Had
Frozen-yogurt server (Golden Swirl)
Doctors office
Nanny
Discovery Zone
Esthetician (3 salons/spas)
Mom (i.e. Driver, Chef, Maid, Hair Dresser, Referee, Interior Designer, Mrs. fix-it, carpenter, Teacher, Secretary, ATM, Private Investigator, S.W.A.T, Party Planner, Counselor, wild life trainer, Nurse, Accident/Crime Scene Investigator, Nursery Leader, Diaper Genie, Warden, Photographer, Religious Instructor,...etc...)


Some Things Most People Don't Know About Me:
1. I would love to drive a race car! just for fun
2. I do not like competition
3. I hate Hamburgers!
4. I wish I would have been a dancer!
5. I Like labels on things to face forward
6. I wish I had a southern accent.
7. I hate scary movies
8. I love to laugh till I cry.
9. I love it at night when it is quiet and I am the only one awake in the house
10. I would love to have a house in the country

--Okay, now you post this on your blog about you!!!!


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STILL Playing Catch Up!

So here I am again trying to catch up for the Month of May and now it is June! So a few weeks ago I attended the Retirement party for my High School Choir Director and it was so much fun! There were lots of people there that I had not seen in years, it is times like this that it reminds me of how while I was in High School I thought I would talk and see these people all the time for the rest of my life. Then you graduate and there are maybe a handful of people that you are able to keep in touch with, ok so anyone that knows me knows that for me it is more like 2 handfuls but still. Well it really was wonderful to talk with everyone and hear how their memories from High School and Choir are just as cherished as mine!

 

 

 

Oh and I am working on getting a link to all the pictures I got from the Spring Concert and the Retirement Party on here so for those that are wanting them you are welcome to them.