i should be busy at work . . .

but clearly i'm not busy.
100 things about me
(here goes, i'm thinking i'll have to come back to this later, but i'll see how far i can get)

1. i don't have a middle name - i always loved playing that game "guess my middle name" and i loved being able to say no to every name people would throw out there as possible middles
2. i love short names - i have a policy about naming my children - no names longer than 2 syllables
3. i was born in an army hospital in monterrey, CA
4. i have a good friend, erin gordon, who was also born in the SAME army hospital, on the SAME day (just 2 years later). did you catch that her name is also erin? oooooohhh! scary!!! :)
5. i made a mess of my grandma's house when i was a tyke (w/ my brother alex): we made eggs on her kitchen floor (carpet with eggs and milk mashed in, then we tried to clean it up with toothpaste, lipstick on the carpet in the bathroom and all over the walls, etc.)
6. i have lived in 4 states (CA, UT, CO, ME)
7. i love cats
8. i had a dog once (my friend jill gave me a puppy for my bday in 8th grade, but he got parvo and died - tear).
9. i have always had crushes on my brother, alex's, friends
10. i love to type, in fact that was my "video game" of choice growing up (go mavis beacon!) :)
11. i took piano lessons for probably 3-4 years (was it even that long?)
12. i also play the flute
13. i tried to learn to play guitar, but i was never very good - or confident
14. my favorite color is blue
15. my favorite food is ... all food? i love pork salads from cafe rio and i love pineapple pizza from papa john's
16. i love dressing kate in pink - if you know me, this is a total surprise
17. my favorite number has always been 7 - i have no clue why
18. i had a crush on weston about 2 years before we started hanging out (i forgot about him until we "re-met" at the end of my junior year in HS)
19. i once threw a billiard ball at my brother alex (although he says i threw 4)
20. we (brothers alex, andrew, and myself) used to watch my older siblings (johanna and travis) fight (crazy fighting) and throw each other down the stairs
21. i grew up in a very loving family :) it's true
22. my dad was gone for what seemed like most of my childhood (he was always on long deployments as a navy pilot)
23. i lived in san diego for 9 years and thought that would always be "home"
24. i danced on the high school drill team for 4 years and loved every second
25. when i went to the drill team tryouts at the end of 8th grade, i didn't know what a drill team was, nor had i ever danced in my life
26. kristi's dad used to call me "urine kettle" (erin cottle)
27. i love coffee ice cream with oreos smashed in, a la cold stone
28. the only thing i learned in high school chemistry was this: C6H12O6
29. consequently i took chemistry 101 twice
30. then i majored in biology
31. i have been the YW camp director for the past 2 years (my YW leaders laughed when i got this calling - i was not the best camper or sport in those days)
32. i had a c-section and recovery was better than getting my wisdom teeth out
33. i got my wisdom teeth pulled with local anasthetic - no gas for me
34. i got my first speeding ticket about 2 months after i got my license - i did 80 in a 40 (just wanted to double the speed and then i would slow down . . . yeah, DUMB)
35. i've been in one accident (icy road, coming off a freeway exit ramp)
36. i am stubborn
37. i love dawson's creek
38. i LOVE the o.c.
39. i probably watch too much tv
40. i have a treadmill that i am currently using to hold the last quilt top i pieced
41. i love to make baby quilts
42. i kissed weston for the first time in november of 96
43. i have THE worst luck with printers. weston and i have had 4 in the 4 years we've been married
44. i can be shy
45. i love interior decorating - i'm not great at it, but i still love it
46. i like to sew
47. the first thing i made (sewing) was a pair of pants with a zipper - my mom couldn't believe that's what i started with
48. since my freshman year of college, i have lived in 10 places
49. our current apartment has old wiring and we have to replace lightbulbs just about every couple of weeks
50. but our current apartment is a 3 bedroom for $500 a month, so we deal with the lightbulbs
51. today at work i called Blue Stakes ("call before you dig!") for the first time and made a fool of myself for not knowing the answer to ANY of her questions
52. i know how to process a home loan
53. i like secretarial work/busy work
54. i like lists - i'm always writing them and checking things off
55. i love chapstick
56. and extra polar ice gum
57. i've lost 5 pounds so far this month
58. i get a cold every year in may
59. i get these tiny bumps on my fingers (underneath, usually by the joint of finger and palm) when the seasons change
60. i love jackets
61. and purses
62. and shoes
63. i don't wear jewelry except for my wedding ring and a small pair of earrings (but i never take them out - i kept my last pair in for probably about 3 years . . . only taking them off to clean them - GROSS i know)
64. i have to put the toilet paper roll on so it comes off the TOP of the roll
65. i currently have a turquoise toothbrush
66. i only shave my legs once a week - on saturday usually so i don't have to wake up any earlier on sunday (just to shave them)
67. i knew i would fall in love with weston during our first dance (at a sadie hawkins dance - but he wasn't my date)
68. i went to sunset hills elementary school and our mascot was the seagull
69. i ran cross country in 6th grade and lost (DEAD LAST) every meet i attended
70. i wanted to be a gymnast when i was little
71. my first car was an 86 chevy nova - i still love that car
72. i cook about twice a month . . . i REALLY need to change that
73. weston and i have one pair of matching shoes (nike sb dunks - vapors - and i wanted them first)
74. i don't care for fruity candy
75. i bite my hangnails
76. i have to sleep on a down pillow
77. there are TWO down comforters on our bed
78. 4 out of 6 rooms in our apartment are decorated with red
79. i wish i knew spanish better (kind of at all at this point)
80. i got teased when i was little for having "chinese eyes"
81. my 7th grade homeroom teacher gave each of us nicknames - mine was "fire eyes"
82. i love boogie boarding
83. i love swimming
84. i don't love the swimming suit
85. i don't take long showers
86. i love a good pedicure
87. my mama is my best friend
88. i love the movie apocolypto
89. i love wrapping the first 5-6 christmas presents, then i'm over it
90. i have a fake christmas tree
91. i have decorated for christmas as early as october 30th
92. my favorite band is stars
93. my "sign" is whatever i choose - i was born on the cusp between virgo and libra
94. i have only been out of the country to canada (once when i was little enough to only remember a few things) and to mexico (several times)
95. i have heartburn - i would even venture to say acid reflux disease, it's with me 24/7
96. my feet are always cold, even in the summer on a 100 degree day
97. i love to look at something in a store/catalog and get that "i can totally make that" feeling
98. i love love love the brownies you get from costco with the hershey's chunks in them
99. i love rollercoasters
100. i'm obsessed with even numbers - good thing this wasn't 101 things about me!

holy crap - i never thought i'd make it!

give it a shot, all of you! :)

for sarah's kids

here is something i've been working on for reynolds' room. i hope you like them, sarah! i had to go off of my memory for the colors :)

here are the letters i made when she had their little girl, jane. sarah - let me know if you want me to hang onto them until someone comes to utah or we (or my parents) go to denver, or if you want me to ship them.

laughing

last night weston really had kate cracking up - she was full out squealing and belly laughing. again, once the camera is out, she totally takes it down about 5 notches. enjoy :) oh, and sorry it's so dark . . . didn't look like that when i was taking it.

cute little feet

so this video is kind of self-indulgent - as a parent, i'm probably one of two people who will be interested in seeing it :) kate was hanging loose (no diaper) so i kept her modest, hence not being able to see over the side of the changing table. i know her legs and feet are not big in comparison to most other babies, but they are so chubby to us :) she was, of course, kicking around and making cute noises until the second the lens cap came off the camera . . . oh well.

littleton-1 . sandy-0

so during my quick weekend in colorado, i finally tasted all that texas roadhouse has to offer. i don't know how old this place is, but my family seems to have recently discovered it. my parents and my brother, alex, LOVE this place . . . and it did not disappoint. it was delicious (and i'm not much of a carnivore - i eat meat, sure - but my experience with steak is very limited).

so weston and i drove to the sandy location once i got home and it DID disappoint. I'm not sure if it was just an off night for the place, but my first experience was at least 5 times better. The service was nowhere near as fantastic, there was no complimentary appetizer for weston (the first timer), there was no peanut bucket or extra cinnamon butter at our table, the waiter was not as attentive and not nearly as fun, no cinnamon in my applesauce, my steak was not pink at all inside - completely cooked through and chewy (i'm not a big PINK fan, but i asked for medium to medium well, he asked if i wanted hot pink or light pink . . . you would think i would have had what i asked for). anyway, not to sound like a major complainer, but it was just altogether VERY unimpressive. i guess we'll have to go back and see if the 2nd time's the charm, but it's not really beckoning me back after that night.

i realize it doesn't sound very awful, and it wasn't. but don't believe the hype . . . i guess if you're going to the sandy location :)

TKO

so, i watch american idol - have for the last 3 seasons. this season is the season of the davids. 2 davids are left standing at the finale (most of you probably know this) and the theme of the finale montages was all about boxing. here is a video of a song david archuleta (of murray, utah no less . . . my aunt winnie is so proud!) performed to finish tonight's finale.



the kid is amazing - AMAZING. i don't know if he'll win (you never know when it's down to the final 2) but he has such talent, is a humble kid, and wants to go on a mission and pay his tithing from any winnings he gets.

back to the boxing theme - simon (the "mean" judge . . . we think he completely tells it how it is) said that david won all three rounds by telling him it was a total "knockout"

go david :)

happy birthday sarah

sarah is my sister-in-law. sarah turned 27 (i think!) today. i've known sarah for 9 years now - i remember the very first time i saw her i was visiting weston in st. george. we were all at andrew's dirty apartment and she offered me a swimming suit so i could sit in the hot tub with them. this is how sarah has been ever since - very generous and thoughtful of others. when sarah got home from her mission, we spent quite a bit of time together (considering she lived in ogden and i lived in orem) but we would always talk about how much she loved my little brother and wanted to marry him. i remember when she bought the subaru and i told her andrew would love it :) sarah, i'm so glad we are sisters and i'm so glad the boys were wrong in our "who's most likely to . . . " game :) haha
happy birthday!

happy birthday travis

travis is my oldest brother. he just turned 37 - old fart! haha. travis is the only 37 year old i know that still skateboards, although i should add he tends to get injured most of the time he does :) jk, trav.
travis always had a special influence on me because i was always looking for a boy that could treat me like he did. i think i found him in weston :) i remember travis picked me up as i was walking home from school (several times) and took me to get some ice cream or to vons for a treat . . . once he took me to the mall to pick out cologne - how would i know what kind of cologne smelled good as a 5th grader? :)
here is a cute picture of travis with kate - he was making her laugh and smile when she was having a nightmare of a day.

happy birthday, travis! we love you!

super short video

literally, this video is 2 seconds long . . . my batteries died in my camera as i was shooting this. i was super bummed because she was talking SO much and i only got this much.

isn't it weird how you are so in love with the sound of your baby's voice? i could watch this 2 second video over and over and over again.

queen kate

all hail queen kate (don't her pants make a cute crown?) :)