Fun with Uncle Jake

So Uncle Jake got to come for two days and spend some time with us. My boys idolize their Uncle Jake, and I think he's kinda fond of them, too. We've been having a fun time!!! Uncle Jake works at the corporate offices for Hollywood Video in Wilsonville, OR and gets all kinds of stuff from movie promos. So he brought my boys these cardboard cut-outs of Alvin and the Chipmunks. What's weird is that the boys were wearing the colors of the Chipmunks that day, just by coincidence. How cute is this!!!

New house in Rexburg

Ok, so here are some pictures of the new house in Rexburg. The basement will be finished in a few weeks and we move in June 20, assuming our home here in IF sells before then. It's 3100 sqft., 6B/3b, full basement, on 3/4 acre. And it's only 1 1/2 years old. We're getting a steal on it. I'm excited about the house but sad to leave here. Check it out!!!

100 things about YOU!

100 Things About Me

1. I like to dye my hair red
2. I teach voice lessons
3. I earned a full-ride music scholarship to Utah State for singing
4. Turned it down to finish putting my husband through school, yes I am still bitter
5. I have perfect pitch
6. I have eight siblings
7. I can free-hand cross-stich anything
8. I hurt all day, every day
9. It's called fibromyalgia
10. I have pain doing every day tasks
11.I think Zoloft is the world's best drug
11. I wish I would have been on it before college
12. I have anxiety
13. I love to exercise
14. I work out every day
15. My cat just had kittens
16. My children are beautiful and wonderful
17. I don't want a daughter
18. I look like my grandma
19. I can play the organ
20. I was given my grandma's organ after she died
21. I love to be outside
22. I hate gas prices
23. We are moving to Rexburg
24. I don't want to
25. I love serving in the Primary Presidency
26. I always have my toenails painted
27. I think I'm smart
28. I was in Talented and Gifted in Elem. school
29. I have thought about running for City Council
30. I love photography
31. I once worked as a journalist for a newspaper
32. I was on yearbook staff in 9th grade
33. I ran track in high school
34. I have never been east of Denver. How lame
35. I will go to Disneyland for the first time ever in Oct.
36. I love to fish
37. I love swimming
38. Dance Dance Revolution is my PS2 game of choice
39. I can sight-read any piano piece you give me
40. Homemade bread is my weakness
41. I can cook anything
42. I love the smell of bleach, cause I know it means clean
43. I hate snow
44. I don't wear any makeup except mascara
45. I look younger than my actual age
46. I can type really fast
47. I am a low-maintenance kind of girl
48. I am somewhat tom-boyish
49. I love riding dirtbikes
50. I could drive one myself with my dad on the back when I was 13
51. I LOVE driving stick-shift
52. I coach my son's soccer team
53. I've never played soccer in my life
54. I get a new house this summer
55. I am not good at staying up super late
56. I'm allergic to animals
57. I have broken both my feet, on separate occasions
58. I once spilled Mountain Dew all over my brother-in-laws dashboard in his car
59. I don't do well eating sugar
60. I passed out during labor with my first two kids
61. I didn't with my third because they put vitamins in my IV drip
62. Epidurals are the best thing ever
63. I love teaching
64. I like speaking in front of big groups
65. I once sang a solo in front of the entire student body of Ricks College at a devotional
66. I am friends with Elder and Sister Bednar
67. I have been to their house
68. I have sang in General Conference
69. I have met Gordon B. Hinckley
70. I have been to Canada
71. I am going to the Vancouver Olympics in 2010
72. I went to my high school prom with my best friend, Jan. YES a guy.
73. We had prom on a yacht along the Willamette River
74. We changed out of our prom clothes into regular clothes on the sidewalk next to the car in downtown Portland
75. I like playing sports
76. I want to learn how to fly fish
77. I once jumped into an outdoor swimming pool on Thanksgiving
78. I have never been skinny-dipping
79. I am a good singer
80. I majored in vocal music in college
81. I was a student conductor my sophomore year in college
82. I really want to learn to play the violin
83. I'm not the biggest socialite
84. I'm better than I used to be
85. I love the beach
86. I like the color yellow
87. I love sunshine
88. I miss my younger siblings that I hardly ever see
89. I don't enjoy living in a land-locked state
90. I have seen the musical Les Miserables live in San Francisco
91. I love playing with my kids
92. I want to be in a small opera someday
93. I own more pairs of running shoes than dress shoes
94. I love to mow my lawn
95. I love the smell of cut grass
96. I have amazing friends
97. I am good with money
98. I don't own a cell phone
99. I'm getting one this summer
100. I am done with this huge long survey!

I'm tagging Becky and Gina

Andrew's bday party

Wild party! We had 22 kids there. But it was really fun and everyone had a great time, even me.

Andrew's 6th bday!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe Andrew is already 6 years old! He's so big and has learned a LOT in Kindergarten this year. His teacher, Mrs. Moss, is an incredible teacher. He brought all his friends in his class treats for his bday!!

Pheasant hunting

Justin and his dad and uncle took Andrew and Brenden pheasant hunting! They had a blast and never once complained about all the walking they had to do. Awesome!!!