25 random things about ME!

I was tagged by Nancy, Amy and Melissa. I am tagging anyone who reads this.

1. The only two places I've traveled outside of the U.S. is Mexico and Haiti.
2. I lived in San Francisco after college and I think it's one of the greatest places on earth.
3. I love to cook and wish I went to culinary school.
4. Most of my best friends are men.
5. I met my husband country dancing when I asked him to dance. (not suprising, I know. )
6. I am a year older than my husband.
7. I can't play any sports. I try but I'm not good.
8. I want to travel the world someday. I would like to go to Africa and Europe the most.
9. My favorite food is Ethiopian food.
10. I love being home with my family. I get such anxiety when I have to leave my kids.
11. I have NO fashion sense. I have to rely on my sisters or the gals at the buckle to dress me.
12. I love the sound of a newborn baby's cry.
13. I have my Associates degree in photography but don't have time to do anything with it.
14. I love sweets. It doesn't matter what it is.
15. I turn the big 30 this year. I still think of my self as 19.
16. I love big families. I have 3 sisters and 5 brothers.
17. I always wanted a big family of my own but now that I have two kids, I'm thinking that may be plenty. I can't quite convince myself of that so probably one or two more.
18. I love to go to A&W for a rootbeer freeze.
19. I love to go to Beaver, Utah for the horse races. We look forward to it every year.
20. I love my little Chihuahua. He's just like one of my children and is just as excited for me to come home from work as my kids are.
21. I think I'm really blessed to have met so many great people in my life.
22. I love being pregnant.
23. I love to garden but hate weeding.
24. I make great salsa.
25. I wish I lived closer to my sisters and I wish I had a closer relationship with my sister in-laws.

My little dancer.

Mandalyn has been taking dance lessons from her aunt Natasha. She has really enjoyed it and it's been so good for her. She has picked it up so well. It was so fun to go to her first recital. I can't believe that I have a daughter old enough to be in dance recitals. I still feel like I'm 19. Anyway. I was so proud of her.

Eli and his friend Nick.

Mandalyn and her friend Shalynn.

Aunt Melanie and her boyfriend Pat with Mandalyn after the recital. Pat bought her the rose which was very fitting.

Funny Kids

My kids are so funny sometimes. Eli thinks it's so fun to play with my pots and pans. He thought this pan was the best hat and of course Mandalyn had to join in.

My kids rarley fall asleep on their own, Adam took this picture and I thought that it was pretty cute.

The Joys of Raising A Boy.

So for christmas my sister in law gave us some of those rice bags that you warm up in the microwave that are sort of like a heating pad, this one had the big field corn in it. Well, Mandalyn and her friend threw one down the stairs and of course it broke open.

Eli was helping the girls pick the corn up and thought that he was so cool because he had found a new trick. He came to me and showed me how he could stick one up his nose. Of course I laughed cause it was pretty funny, we made him take it out and thought that was done. Pretty soon his nose was bleeding and sure enough he stuck a piece way up there, and of course it was in the evening after the doctor was closed and we didn't want to take him to the ER.

What to do? Then Adam remembered that our dentist was telling us that he uses his suction to clean out his kids sinuses when they are really sick. So, thank goodness our dentist is practically family. We called him and he sucked it out for us. Here are some pictures.

This picture is funny it looks like Adam is using this moment to grab a feel but I assure you he wasn't he was just trying to hold Eli's hands down.