Tagged by Three people!

Well, since it's been a dry-week (a.k.a. no work, church, home, family stories to share), I thought I would finally respond to the fact that Lyndsey, Kendra, and Kassi tagged me probably around sometime last year.


20 Years Ago (May 1988) - Are we expected to remember what we were doing when we were 3 1/2? Well, I don't know about you, but I certainly don't remember what I was doing when I was 3 1/2. However, because you asked, I'll take a shot at it.
I was probably not helping my family pack up our car to move from Belgrade, MT to Arvada, CO. And I was probably not realizing that I would never see my Belgrade friends again (as proof, I don't even know if I had friends back then). I probably WAS getting ready to introduce myself to my imaginary friend, Heather. And I probably WAS being tortured by my sisters, Krista and Lindsay, thinking that I was adopted. (Don't worry, my older sisters, Rebecca and Rachelle counteracted that). And I definitely was walking around in my mom's high heels without any other clothes on. For some reason, that was where "comfort" was.


10 Years Ago (May 1998)- I was in 8th grade at Oberon Junior High. I was wearing a very hideously tight blue, orange and yellow shirt for my "Class Clown" yearbook picture. (which, might I add was my favorite shirt...not quite sure why). I was the Tin Man in our Speech and Drama play. Still can't figure out why I was the only one casted as a male character. I was probably wasting most of my Saturday Nights watching Chris Farley on Saturday Night Live, and I was wasting more of that time worrying about whether or not I was popular. But, most importantly,I was absolutely counting down until I was 14 so that I could go to Church Dances (something that would soon change my life forever).

5 Years Ago (March 2003) – I was a Freshman at BYU living in S Hall at Deseret Towers! And, up to that point...was the best year of my life. I lived off of the beautiful creation of what we call "Diners Plus" (a.k.a. Mom and Dad's precious money all on one ID card). I went to Von Curtis hair school for my first and LAST haircut there (when the girl who was cutting my hair actually had to ask ME how to texturize). And, I came back to the dorms with a butch cut, and a skunk hair-color job. I was spending too much of my time Instant Messaging, and not spending enough time studying. However, I was the ringleader for riding our bikes (or skateboards) to the Harold B. Lee Library every night until midnight. For some reason, staying in the library until the song came on was liberating to me.
I was trying to uproot my love of music so that my punk-EMO friends would think I was cool, but my roots remain with *NSYNC and Britney Spears (pre-crazy)...so, they soon realized that they were just going to have to be my friend.
And, I was stuck in some warped reality thinking I was the "Grinch" (Jim Carrey) by quoting his lines and talking like him year-round.


2 years ago (May 2006)- I was working in the EFY office with my secret-boyfriend, Brandon. We had just finished the semester, so we were in charge of putting the Musical Program together. Mainly, this meant spending 18 hours a day together, 6 days a week. And, I LOVED my co-worker (literally!), so this was not a problem. I was living with my sister Rachelle, and her cute little girls (Whit and Morg), but they never saw me because I was so wrapped up in Brandon...err...I mean, EFY. We were getting ready to start our first session together in Rexburg, and I was preparing myself for falling in love. I spent most of my days trying not to show the rest of the EFY staff my dreamy-eyes toward Brandon, and I spent most of my nights kissing Brandon.
Yes, we had a great time at EFY.

1 year ago (May 2007)- I was 16 days away from getting engaged to my co-worker, best friend, favorite feeling, comedian, etc. And, I had just finished my first surgery to remove half of my thyroid. I was working as a preschool teacher at HeadStart and LOVED every minute of singing "Twinkle, Twinkle". Brandon and I were sooo much in love, and even though I had just learned that I had cancer, Brandon stayed by my side like a CHAMPION and loved me and held me and told me everything was going to be okay. And, he STILL proposed! He made me feel like a million bucks. Even with a big scar on my neck. WHAT A GUY!

So Far This Year (2008) – Brandon and I have been married for 9 1/2 months. We have loved where we live and we feel SOO blessed for our situation. I had my 6-month check-up and was Cancer Free! Brandon is about to take the MCat and apply to Medical School. We have loved spending time with both of our families. We are on a co-ed soccer team with the Wilkinsons. We love to go to Costco together. We love to do anything together that we can. I love to go to the gym. Brandon loves tractors. I work a full-time job. Brandon is about to finish his Bachelor's degree! Brandon has a landscaping business. I try to keep the house clean.
2008 is GREAT!


Yesterday – was Thursday. One of my favorite days because it's the day before Friday, which means I still have a FULL weekend ahead of me. I went to work. Met up with Brandon and his family at Wendy's. Brandon's little brother, Mark won his tennis game! I came home from work. I made dinner. Brandon mowed lawns. I got all dressed up to go to a special Young Men/Young Women activity. I came home and kissed Brandon. We ate dinner. And fell asleep.


Today – I woke up and did not make it to the gym. Instead, I stayed in bed and cuddled with my cute husband. I came to work (9 minutes late) and talked to my mom and sister on the phone about Mother's Day plans. I blogged. I might have worked a couple of minutes somewhere in there. We will be going to Tiffany's best friend's wedding reception after work. And then we will probably be watching the Jazz BEAT the Lakers.

Tomorrow – is SATURDAY! Yay! I will wake up and go to the gym. Come home and wash our cars with Brandon with his new pressure washer :-), clean the house (which should only take an hour, but somehow always ends up being 4 hours), go to my sister's (in-law) Baby SHOWER! and then play a way-too-late indoor soccer game at 11:25 PM! Are you kidding me? Maybe I won't go to the gym. :-)


This year – will be awesome. I can't wait for our 1 year anniversary. I can't wait for our family reunion to Whitefish Lake in Montana. I am looking forward to Chay and Kimberly (sister in-laws) having their babies! I am looking forward to spending every holiday with my husband and our families. I am looking forward to the sun!