100 Things

One Hundred things about me. This ought to be fun. Read on if you care.

1. I am 32yrs old.

2. I am very farsighted, in very I mean I have magnifying glasses for lenses.

3. I started wearing glasses in 2nd grade and graduated to contacts at 14yrs old.

4. I have and brother 6 yrs older than me and a sister 6.5 yrs younger than me.

5. I have a sister that died at 1 month old, I was almost 5yrs old.

6. I always wanted to be a mom.

7. I am an RN.

8. My first job was a CNA in a nursing home.

9. I got my LPN training in high school. I went to a vocational school in my district my Junior
Senior year.

10. I play the violin. I started playing in 4th grade and did it all through high school.

11. I was very shy as a kid.

12. I wore braces in jr. high. Kind of a scary picture with glasses and head gear.

13. My favorite job out of the home that I have had was the post partum unit at St. Josephs
Hospital.

14. I thought post partum was so boring in nursing school.

15. I started nursing school when Lance was 6 weeks old and graduated when he was 1.5.

16. I never thought I would have a girl after having 3 boys.

17. I have lived in AZ since I was 2 yrs old.

18. I was born in California.

19. I hated bridges especially over water.

20. I was always teased in school because I was short.

21. I have 5 kids, I always wanted more than 3 but didn't imagine having 5.

22. My family is complete.

23. I love the town I live in and wanted to live here before we bought our first house 11yrs ago.

24. We have owned 2 houses in 12 yrs. We don't like packing up all our stuff.

25. I love blogging.

26. I met John 2 weeks after my boyfriend left on his mission.

27. I Dear John my boyfriend 2 months after he left on his mission and had Garrett before he
got home.

28. I enjoy reading but have to be in the mood and have the right book.

29. I tan well.

30. My grandmother used to tell me she was going to take me back to the Indians because I got
so tan in the summer.

31. Most of my relatives live out of state.

32. My dad was in the military but I didn't experience moving a lot.

33. I had pneumonia as a kid and missed 2 weeks of school.

34. I have a good memory, sometimes to good.

35. I love 80's music especially the big hair bands. My brother graduated high school in 1988
and the music was always loud when he was around. I guess the taste in music rubbed off.

36. I enjoy taking pictures though I am not that good.

37. I want to travel the world someday.

38. Someday I will have a maid.

39. I dislike laundry a lot.

40. I enjoys meeting new people.

41. I love being around John's AZ family.

42. We have dinner at my parents house every Sunday.

43. I love driving only 7 minutes to our new church building.

44. I mow the lawn every week and am so proud of my yard.

45. I was at work when I went into labor with Jenna and I went upstairs, called john and had a
baby later that day.

46. We waited to find out the gender of two of our kids until they were born and they were girls.

47. I enjoy driving fast with the music loud.

48. I worry to much.

49. I got married at 19yrs old and John loves to tell everyone he married a teenager.

50. John served his mission in AZ and even ate at my house and we never met until he moved
back after his mission. I was gone for the weekend when he came for dinner. The lord knew
what he was doing because John said he would never marry someone he met on his mission.

51. I love the Anne of Green Gables movies.

52. I now love blue eyes because of Briauna.

53. The rest of my kids have brown eyes.

54. All of my kids were born with lot of dark hair, Garrett looked Hispanic.

55. I learned to drive a stick shift after I got married.

56. I went to Trevor G. Browne High School.

57. I learned to water ski at 10yrs old and still love doing it.

58. I am right handed.

59. I was pigeon toed and wore casts up to my hips when I was 6 months old.

60. I was a cheer leader for my brother football team when I was 6yrs old.

61. I enjoy swimming. My parents got their first pool when I was 8 yrs old.

62. I went to physical therapy for the finger I cut in December.

63. I would love to visit back east.

64. I have seen Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera.

65. I went to California to magic mountain for a school trip my sophomore year.

66. I wish I could play the piano.

67. I crashed my bike and broke the frame in 5th grade 1 week after Christmas.

68. I have been in one car accident and got one speeding ticket, they were two separate times.

69. My first car was a rusty orange Toyota Celica.

70. Many of my friends have moves to Utah.

71. I enjoyed being able to teach other when I worked as a nurse.

72. I love when John gives me a good back rub, foot rub, neck rub, etc.

73. I can't type well.

74. I can't sing well.

75. I wish my hair would grow longer than my shoulders.

76. I am struggling to come up with more thing to write.

77. My dad used to whistle for us kids to come home from playing and we always knew it was
him.

78. My grandparents had a fun house in Utah that had a hamper that dropped the cloths in the
basement and my cousins always got in it and my job was to go to the basement and let
them out.

79. My closest cousin to me in age is 4 yrs older than me.

80. I am not a fan of snow.

81. I make really good homemade meatballs.

82. I love milk and drink it with almost every meal.

83. I feel old having an 11 yr old.

84. A pet peeve of mine is when people don't do what they say they will do.

85. I enjoyed the leadership callings I have had at church.

86. I played my violin in the orchestra when my high school did the musical South Pacific.

87. I use to ride my bike to the Circle K and Dairy Queen when I was a kid.

88. I shared a room with my sister until I was 15yrs old.

89. I slept with my brother from the time I was 6 months old until I was 6yrs old.

90. I loved my water bed but can't have one because I have two story house.

91. I enjoy playing games.

92. I love my house and enjoy finding ways to decorate it.

92. I love watching my kids play together. I made they go to the playroom tonight with no
electronics and they had a ton of fun together.

93. I enjoy scrapbooking but am very behind.

94. My picture, journals, and memories are some of my most precious possessions.

95. I wish I was 4 inches taller but am grateful that I at least passed my mom up in height.

96. My birthday is April 24th.

97. I am grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ

98. I enjoy when our whole family gets together we are loud but we have fun.

99. I love my Garrett, Lance, Caleb, Jenna, and Briauna.

100. I love John!!

Now I tag anyone who wants to try. It is pretty hard to do. Good Luck!!