~2008 In Review~

I'm tagging my sis's/ SIL's for this one...

1. What did you do in 2008 you've never done before? Wore Purple with pride. I was never a pink and purple girl =)
   


2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more for 2009? Umm Nope. Sad to say I didn't keep up with my scripture reading, or praying daily with my husband, or the other goal. My New resolutions so far are: start my dressage training, react with more humor with the kids instead of just reacting, finish the 2 quilts that are started.
   


3. Did anyone close to you give birth in 2008? 4 friends, and got a new nephew and 2 nieces.


4. Did anyone close to you die in 2008? No
   


5. What countries did you visit this year? Are you serious??


6. What would you like to have in 2009 you lacked in 2008? Time, sense of humor when dealing with my kids.


7. What day from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory and why? The day we found out we were pregnant.
   


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Starting this blog...haha, directing a song with with the ward choir, and really learning the Messiah pieces instead of just singing along.
   


9. What was your biggest struggle in 2008? Stress from Scott health worries, lack of sleep.
   


10. Did you suffer any illness or injury in 2008? Nothing serious, but my lower back gives me problems sometimes.
    


11. What was the best thing you bought this year? It's a toss-up between our suburban and Way cute maternity clothes.... It helps me feel good when I look well put together, oh and for Scott's benefit the Elliptical.


12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Scott--such a trooper


13. Whose behavior disappointed you? Christine Gregoire


14. Where did most of your money go? Food! goodgrief!!!
    


15. What did you get really excited about this year? DH really surprised me with some bling for Christmas, also Phantom tix


16. What song(s) will always remind you of 2008? All American Girl/ Carrie Underwood, Pocket Full of Sunshine/ Natasha Bedingfield


17. Compared to this time last year are you: much happier, much nicer, or richer? Ummm, I guess I'd have to say much happier. Last year at this time we had just found out about Scott's tumor.


18. What do you wish you had done more of? Quilting


19. What do you wish you had done less of? staying indoors


20. Did you fall in love in 2008? Yes, with a blue roan mare /sigh
    


21. What was your favorite TV program in 2008? NCIS and House
    


22. What was the best book you read this year? The Color of Water
    


23. What was your greatest musical discovery this year? No one new, just my favs: Rascall Flatts, Josh Groban, Daughtry,
    


24. What did you want and get? New shoes
    


25. What was the best movie you saw this year? dont' have time to watch too many movies, I fall asleep by 9pm.


26. What did you do on your birthday and how old did you turn?Had a nice dinner at home and cake and ice cream of course, then DH surprised me with tix for phantom but I had to wait until his birthday in Oct to redeem them. I am 34.


27. What one thing would have made this year more satisfying?Starting my dressage training.
    


28. How would you describe your personal fashion statement this year? New hair makes all the difference!
    


29. What kept you sane this year?going to the gym/ having my own time
    


30. What celebrity did you fancy the most? Angelina Jolie impressed me because she is so versatile and strong.
    


31. Who did you miss this past year? Our friends Kelli and Alan who moved away
    


32. Who were the best new people you met this year? Shawna and Lenae and their families


33. What is a valuable life lesson you learned this year? Humor can make any situation more bearable.
    

It's beginning to look like Christmas

A 2 foot berm out our front door...


Snow touching the bottom of the swings. The news said we got 28 inches over the past 2 days.

Our surb getting a mohawk.

Because I am NOT crazy!

Have Fun and then post your answers here...

Pick the month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March--------I karate chopped
April----------I licked
May----------I jumped on
June----------I smelled
July-----------I did the Macarena with
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2----- --a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7---- ---m y mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbor
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------ - a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White----because I'm cool like that
Black-----because that's how I roll.
Pink-----because I'm NOT crazy.
Red------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green----because I think I need some serious help.
Purple----because I'm AWESOME!
Gray-----because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow---because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars.
Orange---because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown----because I can.Other-----because I'm a Ninja!
None------because I can't control myself!

Black Friday

So I did Black Friday this morning. And it was very entertaining. I went to Kohl's and then Wal Mart and picked up a few things for everyone, including myself =). So we are pretty much done shopping. I do have to go get one more thing for Scott, and stocking stuffers. We can wrap at our liesure. I'm actually doing pretty good at keeping Scott's a surprise this year (something I'm not very good at).

I would like to get Christmas lights up on the house today, but I'm not going to stress about it. Thanksgiving morning was the first snow here in Spokane. Very frosty!

What's new...

Ok, It's been more than a week since I have taken the time to write anything. So, What is new here?? Well, DH felt the baby moving for the first time. My 4 yo and 1 yo went to the dentist--not too traumatic. I've been thawing the turkey--which reminds me I need to stick it in some cold water to speed up the thaw--. And I've been doing my homework singing Messiah choruses all day long to which DS rolls his eyes and stubbornly removes the cd to replace it with Beach Boys or Restless Heart, and then my DD removes That to replace it with Primary songs CD...so life goes on.

Christmas Photos

Lazy Sunday afternoon

So today was a lazy Sunday afternoon...I made dinner and then ate by myself because Scott was out home teaching and the kids were being their usual "Yuck, I want corn dogs!" selves, which I refused to react to. After the tantrum by Jace I simply said eat, here is good food...and I took my plate down to watch football. I am soooo DONE with cooking different meals for the little tyrant. But then I never did the dishes, and veged while my food digested and the little baby kicked in my tummy...(always the coolest feeling)(ok, at least at this point...not up in my ribs yet). Do I have any volunteers to come do my dishes??????

Usually I love the holidays. last year was stressful because we had just found out about Scott's tumor, and this year it is the economy and his job...I guess there will always be something to worry about and we simply have to learn how to pull out the smiles and remember our blessings. A few months back he and I were going through a particularly difficult, stressful week, when we had a Sunday with talks all about how blessed we really are and reminding us to speak them out loud to put things in perspective. The conversation we had that night was exactly the medicine we had been needing to smile again and get through the next days.