Day 6- Favorite super hero and why

I've been thinking about this and I don't think I really have a favorite super hero  :S  I mean they all pretty much do the same thing, so I decided to do my favorite fictional character instead!!  :)  Kind of opens it up a little more ;)  ...I have a TON of favorites tho is the problem.  But since I was watching this one last night and she reminds me of myself, I'm going to choose Alice.

I've LOVED Alice in Wonderland ever since I was little.  I remember watching every version of it I could.  Like I said she reminds me of myself.  Her dreams are sooooo weird and everything going on around her is sooooo confusing at times and no one seems to be able to give her an answer that makes sense...  PLUS!!!  I'd love a little bit of that cake that makes you grow taller... Or one side of the mushroom :)

Day 5- A picture of somewhere you've been to

 

This is probably referring to a geographical location BUT I always do things my own way right???  

Sooooooooooooo!!!! I've been to a Volbeat concert  ...This guy REALLY, REALLY likes them;)   ...Anyway.  We had such a great time we are going to go see them again on March 29th.  Justin has invited his cousin Brad (who is the lead singer for the band "The Street") to come along and hang out with us :)...  Can NOT wait to go again!!!

Day 4- A habit that you wish you didn’t have

OOOPS!!!  I had this done and didn't realize I didn't publish it until I went to do Day 5...

Biting my nails :(... I've done this ever since I can remember and my nails are not very strong, soooooo it makes it easy to do.  I recently started getting my nails done to help avoid the painful hangnails.  Anyone have a remedy that ACTUALLY works???

Day 3- A picture of you and your friends

I'm mad because the picture I want is on a CD that I can NOT find :(  This is from the same trip though.  I just wanted the one of all of us. 

So this is my friend Megan and I...  Last September Justin, his friend Benno and his wife Megan (who are also my friends ;) lol) and I all went to Denver to see a pre-season football game and a Volbeat concert.  Seriously one of the funnest and most memorable trips I've ever been on!!  :)  The picture I wanted was from the Denver game.  Hopefully I'll find it for later :)

Day 2- the meaning behind your blog name

I think this one is pretty self explanatory...  My opinion is that our memories and life experiences need to be viewed as an adventure.  Otherwise, getting through the bad times and trying to find the good in them, is almost impossible.  But also, the good adventures, when you remember them, how much more amazing are they???  Life is an adventure that we are all living... Hope it's as wonderful for everyone as ours have been lately.  :)

Day 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

Most recent one I have... New Years Eve :)

15!!!  I'm not sure I have 15 interesting ANYTHING about myself... I'll do my best.  Forgive me if they aren't interesting!!


1.  I have a lotion fetish... LOVE LOTION.  Have to have it and have to have it ALL the time BUT there are only certain kinds I like and will use.  Banana Boat After Sun Lotion is my all time favorite and I can't live without it.  :)  I throw some others in here and there but always have to have my Banana Boat as my "main" go-to lotion ;)


2.  I am a "Homeless Prevention Specialist"...  Not as "awwww" inspiring as it sounds I promise.  But very glad I can help when I can.


3.  I wake up with a sore throat almost everyday of my life and have since I can remember.  Now I don't even really notice unless it's more sore that usual :)


4.  I have a child who is high functioning autistic... I was complimented by a person once who specializes in autism for having done everything "right" especially for going as long as I did without even knowing.  I'm VERY blessed to have this experience in my life.  It's taught me a LOT about patients and teaching.  Now it's like second nature.


5.  I can pinch with my toes like they are fingers.  :)


6. I have a VERY WEAK gag reflex.  I will dry heave thinking about things that gross me out!!  Some of the people who know this about me will deliberately say or do things that I think are disgusting just to see me dry heave and then laugh.  SOOO RUDE!!!  But, yes.  Funny!!  ...Weston seems to have the same problem.  Poor kid.  He's in for a lifetime of torture too!!


7.  My life has a LOT of  "Soap Opera" moments in it.  LOL 


8.  I LOVE hanging out with my kids...  YES!!!  I actually do!!!  Of course I have the rare moments that I would love to have them out of my hair, but for the most part they are AMAZING creatures and make me laugh all the time.  We are a VERY sarcastic bunch and we at least  find ourselves very amusing...  I also LOVE my Lover and LOVE hanging out with him too!!  I have never gone a morning without him telling me he loves me and without a goodbye kiss.  :):) Then I sit around and miss him alllllll day long.  Really I do :(  He's the best and sooooo good to the kids.  He also loves them to pieces and they in turn love him back ...We all love watching NetFlix!  Now one of the questions the kids have every week is "What movie are we watching tonight???"  We have a great time just being with each other.  I love that!


9.  I'm afraid of the wind :(  I literally get anxiety and sometimes panic when the wind starts blowing hard!!!  The instant that I think is behind this weirdness is, when I was between 1-3 years old (Yes I know that is young!!  But I have a very VIVID memory of this and I know it happened when we lived in Iowa ...We moved to Utah when I was 4 and we moved to Utah from South Dakota, and to South Dakota from Iowa.  So therefore this HAD to have happened when I was TINY!!!  ...Like I said it's VERY vivid.).  So, we lived in Iowa.  I remember my mom trying to get everyone situated in the basement.  She told me to go upstairs and tell my sisters to come downstairs.  I walked upstairs and my sisters were standing in front of a sliding glass door, or a big window (I think it was a sliding glass door).  I told them that Mom said they needed to go downstairs ...Now they had been watching out the window for something and as I was telling them their facial expressions changed from searching to excitement and they started jumping up and down and screaming "IT'S HERE!!! IT'S HERE!!!" and then turned towards me and RAN down the stairs.  The next thing I remember was being in my brother Cory's room and my mom trying to find a station on the radio with broadcasting.  There was nothing but static.  I remember looking out of Cory's bedroom window at how dark it was outside and almost a greenish color.  Which may explain why I thought that the Incredible Hulk was going to come save us all and we would be alright :)  ...Really that's all I can remember.  But when I think about it I get the same panicky feeling that I do when the wind blows.  SOOOOOO there it is!!  OH and I have REALLY strange dreams when the wind blows too :)  lol


10.  Justin cooks dinner every single night for the family!!!  Unless of course (on RARE occasions) we decided to go out (Honestly we'd rather eat his cooking).  And it's yummy, can I have seconds and make myself sick from being so full, kind of cooking.

11.  My Aunt Donna calls me randomly to tell me she loves me and is thinking about me.  She did this last night and that's why I'm writing about it ;)  ...Besides.  How many people can say that they have an Aunt Donna who does that for them???  I LOVE HER!!!  :)

12.  We are going to be moving, probably in March to Cobble Hollow Drive... Formerly known as North Myton Bench.  LOL.  I prefer Cobble Hollow Drive ;) and it has the most amazing view!  Can't wait to have everyone come visit :):)  ...Well ALMOST everyone ;)


13.  When I organize things (papers, books, CD's, etc.)  I have to organize them biggest to smallest ...and it drives me crazy to have one that is an odd shape.  Like shorter and wider than the rest or taller and skinnier.  I know... random weird thing!!


14.  My friend Candice comes to see me every single day at work.  Unless she is too chicken to drive in the snow.  It's happened a couple of times this year ;)  


15.  YAY!!!  I made it!!!  OK. Here is the last one  ...I have a REALLY stupid laugh!!!  It sounds soooooo dumb.  And sometimes I snort too!  lol... Refer to the "My Name is Larry" video or the "Hold My Teeth" video.  I can't help it... It's my true, "real life", that made me laugh hard, laugh :)  Annoying but, OH WELL!!!  I do not however apologize for the snorting.  It's a family trait... Although I seem to be the only one in my immediate family who has it... My cousins from my Uncle Darryl's family tho... Almost all of them seem to have inherited that trait also :)

I found this on one of my most FAVORITE people's blog... Jeana :)  What an amazing person!!!  Who also, I might add, made my life VERY interesting for at least 3 years (and then continued after she went away to college)...  Our adventures are forever embedded and in some cases SCARRED in my memories ;) lol...  Anyhow, this seemed like something fun to try.  I'll probably post more than just this on some days but I wanted to try it anyway.  Hope you enjoy...

day 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

day 2- the meaning behind your blog name

day 3- a picture of you and your friends

day 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have

day 5- a picture of somewhere you've been to

day 6- favorite super hero and why

day 7- a picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

day 8- short term goals for this month and why

day 9- something you're proud of in the past few days

day 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad

day 11- another picture of you and your friends

day 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one

day 13- a letter to someone

day 14- a picture of you and your family

day 15- put your ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play

day 16- another picture of yourself

day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have

day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them

day 20- someone you love

day 21- a picture of something that makes you happy

day 22- what makes you different from everyone else

day 23- something you crave for a lot

day 24- your last five facebook status'

day 25- what I would find in your bag

day 26- what do you think about your friends

day 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge

day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?

day 29- in this past month, what have you learned

day 30- your favorite song

How Lucky am I????

I'm sitting here thinking about what a PAIN it is to get dinner ready.  Not that I don't like to cook, but It's always been such a chore!!!  "What's for dinner tonight???"  "I'm HUNGRY!!!"  "I HATE GREEN BEANS!!"  Anyway, it's always been the time of day I dreaded, until Justin came along...  He loves to cook!!  And I really mean LOVES!!  He gets so excited watching someone take a bite of his creations.  Especially when he gets comments from Weston and Kylr like he needs to open his very own restaurant (that Weston has soooo graciously offered to take over when Justin retires) AND to be completely honest... He really could open his own!!!  Some of the BEST food I've EVER tasted.  I think at the very least he should open a culinary school and teach all of the college students, missionaries, and even newlyweds how to cook a decent meal when they're away from mommy.  ANYHOW... I am TRULY BLESSED to have that help in my life.  I still cook, but mostly I "help" cook or I prepare what's going to be cooked and clean.  Mar and I have earned the title "Sous Chef" ;)  ...Big Al loves coming home to Hamburger Pie, Stoney loves the Rib Eye Steak (actually we all do), and Mar is always asking for more Zucchini and Eggs... MMMMMMMM. 

So really................. HOW LUCKY AM I?????

Gotta love the apron... Shrimp for dinner that night :)

Posing for the brochure ;) lol.  Zucchini and Eggs.... YUMMO!!!

Stone's Slam

Lets see YOU do this.... :)  

Little Stud Muffin

Called up to the Majors!!!

YES... I do realize the Majors is baseball!

I picked Big Al up from practice last night and he came out carrying 2 uniforms.  I thought his uniforms were at the house and figured I must have missed something so I asked why he had them.  He very nonchalant like said... "Oh these???  They're just Varsity jersey's..."  lol.  I replied with "WHAT!?!?!  ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?"  and we exchanged a hard H. E. DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS YEAH high five!!!  So happy for him and his hard work... but especially his great attitude.  LOVE YA BIG AL  :)

Alex is 16!!!

I can NOT believe that my baby boy is 16 years old :(... I hate it bad!!!  I told him I refuse to let him get ANY older and we'll start counting backward from here. :) :)
For his birthday we told him that we would take him to the city and let him spend some time doing whatever he would like, along with spending his $100 gift card for the Buckle that he got for Christmas... BUT the weather has not been cooperating so, for his birthday we took him to dinner at The Grill.  G-ma and G-pa Taylor came along too :)  It was his Dad's night to have the kids and he needed them back by 7, but when we finished (at 6:20) Big Al wanted to know what we were going to do for the next 40 min.  I told him it was his birthday so he got to decide ...he wanted to go back to my house and hangout ...or really, START A WAR!!!  Al, Stone, and Justin busted out the Nerf guns and had a war, while Mar drove her Razor Scooter around the house dodging bullets. 
The Guns have been the BEST entertainment for the boys... They come up with some new game to play weekly.  I guess it keeps them out of my hair ;) 

Can you say 16???

He requested them to sing Happy Birthday to him :) 

Paula Revere... On her scooter .  The British are Coming!!! ;)

Trying to stay out of the zone

"Bad A" Boyz

In October, after we had finished carving pumpkins, Marleigh was making up songs to everything that Alex was playing.  I was cleaning up the pumpkin carvings and after she made up about 10 different songs, Justin finally told me I needed to get out the camera and record it.  This is the one we got.  She was ad-libbing everything.  WE LAUGHED OUR GUTS OUT!!!

FOR THE RECORD... Stone Balone was being a stink head and kept putting his hand in front of the camera... OF COURSE when I started recording he stopped and acted VERY innocent ;)  ...Don't worry Stone.  I'll get you my pretty!!!  And your little dog too!!!! AHHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!  HA HA HA HA HA!!!   Gotta love it  :)

Been what now... 1... 2 years???

I know it's been FOREVER and most everyone has probably stopped reading the blog.  SOOOO I'm doing this mostly for the kiddos :)  ...I'll be posting our adventures from now on.  Hope you enjoy!!!  LOVE YA'LL