A little late!

My blogging has been really lame lately. I know this. I have been a bit of a boring {read lazy} person as of late. Anyway, Allison tagged me, so here goes.

10 years ago...
I was in High School thinking I was "all that" with a busy schedule of school, boys, sports, boys, shopping, boys, church and boys. Am I ever glad that era is over!

5 Things on my To-Do List Today

1. Fill and package some SayItOnTheWall orders
2. Pick up my messy house
3. Watch Dexter
4. Check my blood glucose
5. Finish the dishes

5 Snacks I enjoy

1. Diet Dr. Pepper from the fountain at Giant (where I get it is VERY important!)
2. Chile/lime pistachios
3. watermelon
4. 7 layer bean dip
5. chips and Mariela's salsa

What would I do if I were suddenly made a billionaire

Pay tithing, pay off the mortgage on our house, pay off Brad's student loans, take a wonderful vacation, pay for kids college, donate to JDRF, invest and I am sure some other things, but I cannot even fathom what that much money can do so I am pretty lame at pretending I know what I would do with it.

5 places I have lived

1. Algodones, NM
2. Rexburg, ID
3. Wuhan, China
4. Provo, Ut
5. Rio Rancho, NM

5 jobs I have had

1. Doing laundry at the Super 8 in Bernalillo (SICK, SICK, SICK!!!!)
2. Bussing/waiting tables at The Range Cafe
3. Assistant to the Admin Assistant at SAIC
4. Courtyard by Marriott front desk clerk
5. Behavioral Health Specialist at UVRMC In-patient Psych Unit

5 Things you don't know about me

1. Brad and I are counting down the days until we turn 30 so we can finally start the process of adopting the baby girl we know will be waiting in China
   
2. I have always been/will always be a mommy AND daddy's girl
3. I am partially deaf in my left ear
4. I want to be a Behavioral Profiler when I grow up
5. I am becoming more and more anti-social in my old age

I tag Mimi, Courtney, Mariela, Angie (both of the Angie's!), Merry Moose

GORGEOUS Quilt Giveaway!

I hesitate posting this because who ever goes over to enter is my competition and I desperately want this quilt. I am drooling over it, it is so beautiful. Anyway, Camille is having a quilt give away--you should go look and enter your name--tell her I sent you over, it will get me more entries!

Fun giveaway!

J. Carrell Originals is going to have a Mother’s Day Giveaway. It is going to consist of a Pink Frilly Tea Apron, Teapot and Cozie along with a set of teapot cookie cutters. This will be a really nice gift for mom or yourself!

Head on over and sign yourself up!

The Greatest Invention

The other night my entire family almost died. Brad and I both woke up at 5 AM and I went into the hallway and immediately smelled gas. I went into the kitchen and saw that our gas stove had been left on ignite all night. Reese likes to turn the knobs and apparently I didn't notice. The gas had been going since 8 PM--we are so lucky nothing happened.

Anyway, that day I did some searching online and found these baby proof covers for our knobs. Hopefully little smarty pants doesn't figure them out too quickly.

Our Pretty Girl

I'm Losing It

I have never believed in "pregnancy brain" but I may be a believer now. This morning we were running out the door to go to church. I picked up my keys and had all my bags when I realized that Reese didn't have her shoes on. So I put everything down, got her shoes on her and was set to go again. Then I noticed I didn't have my keys. I started looking around frantically but still couldn't find them. Because we were going to be late I just grabbed my spare key and used that. When I got home from a meeting after church Dev informed me that Brad had found my keys...IN THE FREEZER! What in the world?! Why would I set them there?! I'll blame it on pregnancy brain.

My Grampsie died today. He had been very sick and very uncomfortable for such a long time. While I am happy that he is no longer suffering, I am so sad to have lost him. He was a wonderful, caring, loving, honorable man. My heart aches for my Grandma, who is still with us though I know we will all be reunited and I am so thankful for that.

Today after I heard the news I was crying. Devin asked me what was wrong and I told him. He looked at me and asked me "Wouldn't you be sad if your daddy had to go away for a week and you couldn't see him?" I said yes, I would be sad. He then told me "Well that is how Heavenly Father feels. He missed Grampsie." Of course that made me cry even more. How in the world did I get to be so blessed to raise such a special boy? His faith and knowledge of the gospel amaze me. His relationship with our Savior and Heavenly Father amaze me. I know that having men like Grampsie and Pete and Grandpa Pants in his life have played a great part in him being who he is.

We will miss you, Grampsie. Love you forever, thanks for being my Grandpa.