Fun Facts

I am stealing this from my friend's blog.
Fun Facts about me:
1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:28 am
2. How do you like your steak? I rarely eat steak, but when I do, it has to be well done.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Mr. Popper's Penguins
4. What is your favorite TV show? I like Modern Family, Biggest Loser, Big Bang Theory, Jersey Shore, Cougar Town, The Middle
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? On an island in the Carribean
6. What did you have for breakfast? Green Smoothie
7.  What is your favorite food? Chips and Salsa
8. Foods you dislike? Avocados, fish, shrimp
9. Favorite place to eat? Tucanos, I love the grilled pineapple!
10. Favorite dressing? Kraft's Roasted Red Pepper and Parmesan
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? 2002 Dodge Durango
12. What are your favorite clothes? I am a t-shirt and jeans gal.  I also love to wear hoodies in the winter
13. Where would you visit if you have the chance? Paris, France, and Italy
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? I try to see things at 1/2 full, but I'm not perfect
15. Where would you want to retire? Somewhere warm
16. Favorite time of  day? After 8 pm, when I get to spend time with just Lee
17. Where were you born?  Payson, UT
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Football!  GO COLTS!!  :)
19. What is your favorite fragrance? I have always loved the smell of Cool Waters.  I also like Amber Romance from Victoria's Secret
20. What is your favorite face cream? Oil of Olay products
21. Favorite baby/kids products? I don't have a favorite.  I like my kids to have toys that also educate them.
22. People watcher? Yes.  I love to watch people.  People are strange and fascinating all at the same time.
23. Are you a morning or night person? Both
24. Do you have any pets? Yes, two dogs
25. Any exciting news you'd like to share? Hmmm.... No
26. What did you want to be when you were little? A nurse or a teacher
27. What is your favorite memory? The day Lee and I got married, the day Tyra was born, and the day Paisley was born
28. Are you a cat or dog person? Dog person
29. Are you married? Happily married for 7 years now
30. Always wear your seatbelt? ALWAYS!!
31. Been in a car accident? Yes, 11 of them
32.  Any pet peeves? Stupid people, people always complaining about everything
33. Favorite pizza topping? Pineapple and Canadian Bacon
34. Favorite flower? Hibiscus
35. Favorite ice cream? Cookies and Cream
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Wendy's and Taco Bell
37. How many times did you fail your drivers test? None
38. From whom did you get your last email? Flylady
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? I could have lots of fun at Target, or any clothing store.
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Not really, chopped my hair off last month, after trying to grow it out for a year.
41. Like your job? Love my job!  I love being able to stay home with my girls!
42. Broccoli? I love broccoli!
43. What was your favorite vacation? Any type of getaway with Lee
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? My friend, Amanda
45. What are you listening to right now? E! News on the TV
46. What is your favorite color? Brown
47. How many tattoos do you have? Zero
48. Coffee drinker? Nope

Happy Birthday to ME!!

Yesterday was my 28th birthday and I had a GREAT day!!  Lee took the day off, so that we could spend the day together.  He took me to Tucanos for lunch.  Yesterday afternoon we took the kiddos to DQ and got chocolate dipped ice cream cones.   Later that night I rode with my friends up to Orem and back, and got a Berry Parfait from Wendy's.  It was a nice enjoyable birthday!
I also have started a tradition where I take a Real Age Quiz from Dr. Oz every year on my birthday since I don't like to think that I am getting old.  This year the quiz told me that I am 20.7 years old!  Pretty marvelous, if you ask me.  There are always benefits to being healthy!!  :)
Tyra also had a big day yesterday.  It was her first day of Kindergarten!!  I still can't believe that she is old enough to go. Tyra was the cutest little kindergartner in her class!!  Take a look at these pics and you will see for yourself how adorable she is!  :)

Paisley and I decided to take a few pics of ourselves while Tyra was at school.

High school memory

I have been on the planning committee for my ten year high school reunion.  As I have been looking in the year book and thinking about fun memories from high school I thought that I would share my favorite memory.
Whenever people ask me what I did in high school, my reply was always, "nothing".  I didn't do dance or cheer, or sports, or music of any kind.  I was just "there".  I wasn't popular, but I wasn't a total nerd either.  I would say I was a partial nerd.  One class I did enjoy both my junior and senior year was my peer tutoring class.  In this class I got to work the special education class.  I did have a favorite person that I loved to work with, and he made a HUGE impact on my life. 
His name was Brandon.  During these two years, Brandon became one of my best friends.  He couldn't talk, but I understood him, and when I talked to him, I know that he could understand me.  During my peer tutor class both years, I got to do "P.E" with Brandon and a few others.  I say "P.E." because I either took them down to the track downstairs and played basketball with them, or if it was nice weather outside, we would go walk the track.  I also got to go on many fieldtrips and we went to the movies, Bean Museum and other fun places. 
I would get to school early every day (I am always early, lateness bugs me), and sit in the hall with my friends until class started.  Brandon would come sit with me every morning.  And during lunch, Brandon would find me ( I sat in the same spot every day so I wasn't hard to find) and sit with me during lunch too.  I enjoyed having his company.  I kind of liked knowing where he was, and knowing that the people I was with would treat him kindly, than not knowing where he was, and wondering what others were trying to teach him that day.  People like that made me so mad in high school.  Taking advantage of Brandon and the others and teaching them to do inappropriate things just for their entertainment.  So, I was totally fine having Brandon sit next to me and want to visit with me. 
One time me and another peer tutor had taken Brandon and a few others to the downstairs track to play some basketball.  Well, the other peer tutor (who was a male) was just having fun and threw the basketball at me, missing on purpose but getting close enough.  Brandon was MAD.  He went up to this peer and was ready to throw a punch at him!  Brandon then looked at me, and I could read in his eyes, saying, "are you okay?"  I assured Brandon that I was, and that he was only playing with me.  From then on, I knew that I had made an impact on Brandon.
I have been out of high school for ten years, and every once in a while I will run into Brandon, usually at the store.  It makes me so happy that he still remembers who I am.  His nickname for me was "Crazy Driver" which he signs everytime he sees me. 
So, I may have thought I was a nobody in high school because I wasn't popular and I wasn't in any groups or clubs, but I did make an impact on someone's life while there. 

Whether you went to school with me or not, share with me your favorite high school memory.  I would love to hear it! 

Happy Birthday Paisley Love!

 Newborn

 2 months old

 7 months old

 1 year old

 18 months old

2 years old!!

I can't believe that my baby is 2 years old today!  Time has gone by so fast!  I sure do enjoy this little munchkin in my life.  She is so full of energy and life.  She has no fear.  She definitely keeps me on my toes. 

We started out the day with a special breakfast made by Lee.  Then her Granddad Bill and Grandma Loretta stopped by and brought her a present and visited with her.  Afterwards we went to lunch at McDonalds (a rare treat for her).  We then went and played at Jumpin Jacks for the first time.  We had so much fun there!  Paisley loved it!  She especially loved the huge slides and insisted on going down them all by herself.  After playing we went to DQ and got an ice cream cone.  On the way home she fell asleep.  We got her into the house and she slept for 2 hours.  We definitely wore her out.  After dinner we ate popcorn and watched a movie, and had a visit from Papa Kevin and Grandma Carolyn. 

I am pretty sure she enjoyed her special day!  She was smiling and having fun throughout the day.

Here are some pics from Jumpin Jacks today.  She is hardly looking at the camera because I couldn't get her to hold still long enough to take a pic!  :)

Birthdays, birthdays, and more birthdays!

My husband Lee turned the big 30 on the 30th of July.  It was a pretty big deal I thought.  A milestone, plus his golden birthday.  I wanted to plan something amazing for him.  But, he wanted to keep it low key. The day before his birthday we took him to Blissful Yogurt and ate some delicious Fro-Yo.  He then went to the store while Paisley was napping and came home with a mountain bike!  Although, I am a little irritated on this one, only for the fact that I had a really nice mountain bike, and last summer he told me to get rid of it, because I never use it and it was taking up space.  Now he has one, and I don't.  But my birthday is coming up at the end of the month, so maybe I will get one!  Hint, hint, Lee.  :) Anyway, on the morning of his birthday he went fishing with my dad and my brother-in-law.  While he was gone, the girls and I went to work on making him a few gifts.  I had the girls (mostly Tyra) tell me 30 things they love about their dad.  Then we put the pieces of paper in a jar and tied some ribbon around it. 
When he got home we just hung out around the house.  I made a dinner for him.  His request: ribs, roasties, and veggies.  He didn't want a cake since I was making him one for the next day. 
So, that was his big golden birthday.  Nothing crazy big, but he enjoyed it.
The next day was Sunday.  We celebrated Lee's birthday, my niece McKelle's birthday (who's is the same day as Lee's), and Paisley's birthday.  Paisley and McKelle are only ten days apart, which makes celebrating together lots of fun!  We got together with my family, and my sister's in-laws and celebrated all three of these birthdays.  We let Paisley open her presents that day, so it was like Christmas in July.  Wrapping paper was EVERYWHERE!    Shanny (my sister) and I decided to do Mickey and Minnie for the girls since they both love Mickey and Minnie Mouse.  Shanny's friend made the cakes and cupcakes for us.  They turned out so cute! I made a cake for Lee, so we had 3 cakes, and 24 cupcakes!  YUM!   I love celebrating birthdays!  I can't believe that my baby is almost 2!  Time flies by so much!   It seems just yesterday I was bringing her home from the hospital. 
Now, get ready for lots of pics!  Enjoy!

Some catching up to do....

Wow.   I haven't blogged for quite a while.  I have been putting it off, because I feel that there hasn't been really anything "blogworthy" to blog about.  That's not to say that I haven't been doing anything.  Our summer has been fun so far.  Last weekend we went camping with Lee's side of the family for the Shumway family reunion.  Also, last Sunday Lee and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary!  We were able to celebrate it on Monday.  We left the kiddos at home and we went to Boondocks and played like kids!  It was great!  I kicked Lee's butt in Laser Tag.  His score was 325 and mine was 1275!  Ya, I'm that good!  (It didn't help Lee that he was wearing a white shirt and tan khakis in a black lighted room!) 
Tyra had swimming lessons the past two weeks, and she has really enjoyed them!  She is getting so well at swimming! 
We have also been to splash pads, and the Payson Pool a few times and have had lots of picnics with friends and family.
I have started training a girl.  We are going to train to run the Onion Days 5k race.  My knee is still bugging me, and I am afraid I am going to have to lose my pride, and lose my worries about going to the doctors (kinda scared of doctors) and figure out what is going on with my knee so that I can run this race in September. 
I also got a new 'do and color.  I was trying to hard to grow out my hair, but my sister talked me into cutting it short again.  Telling me how good I look with short hair.  I also colored it, just for fun. 
This is the pic that I took in to my amazing stylist, Kara.

 And here are the results:

I think its a fun look.  Definitely nice for the summer.  What do you think?
Hope you all are having a fun summer! 

First day of Summer!

Today is the first day of summer!  Summer is my favorite season!  I love the sunshine, the warmth, being able to be outside all day, the color my skin gets when the sun hits it, the sno cones we get to cool us down.  Everything is wonderful! 
Today we (my girls and I) celebrated the first day of summer!  We started our day with a nice morning walk. We then went to the splash park out in Santaquin.  We ate ice cream cones outside.  We played in the backyard in the pool, on the swingset, on the trampoline.  We ate our dinner outside on a picnic blanket.  We layed out in the sun.  We definetely had lots of fun today!  The only thing I forgot was to take pictures!  We got so busy, and were having so much fun, that I completely forgot!  Oh well, I have the pics in my mind, and that will have to do.  :) 
I hope you all have had a great first day of summer, and I hope you have lots of fun-filled summer days!  I know we will!  :)