Tagged.....

So, Renee tagged me. The original tag was about a book, and let's be honest. I don't read.
So, I decided I would do the other tag.
What was I doing 10 years ago.
5 things on my to do list
3 bad habits
Places I've lived
What would I do if I became a millionaire
Job's I've had
Things you may not know about me

10 years ago....1998. I was working at America First Credit Union (still am) I was in the Central Loans department (ironically, that's where I am now!) I was hanging out with my friend Tracy. I was single. I was living at home. I was going to the movies a lot and spending lots and lots of money. (I didn't make that much)

5 things to do:
1. Clean the house...I always have to clean the house.
2. Pack the bags for the Blaze game tomorrow night.
3. Get caught up on Brison's weekly book....
4. Get caught up on scrapbooking period.
5. Get more organized in my scrapbooking

3 bad habits:
1. Thinking things in my head and thinking i've had a conversation about it with Brian and really not talking to him at all.
2. OCD....I need to mellow out!
3. Loosing my temper easily with my daughter.

Places i've lived....oh dear. hold on!
Ogden, Clinton, Clearfield, Clinton. Then when I was 18, I moved to Sunset, got married and moved to Clearfield in 2 different apartments, then back home (divorce). Lived in the house I grew up in and then the whole family moved to another home in Clinton...just down the road. Then I moved into my Grandma Steiner's house while she was living in the assisted living home. Then to Bountiful in a condo with my friends Liz, Alicia and Monica. Then I got married (again!) and lived in a little house in Murray, then we moved to a very scarry apartment in Salt Lake on 33rd So. and 1300 East. Then in the home where I live now, in Clinton.

Millionaire!
I would go on a very long trip....probably to Disneyworld and then the Disney Cruise with my family, quit my job, get a new house with a custom built scrapbooking room...then save the rest.

Jobs:
My first job I made out checks for my dad's masonry company. I thought it was fun playing with money. I was probably 14.
Checker at Winegars in Sunset.
Hamburger cook at Feziwigg's in Clearfield...no longer there.
Meat wrapper at Winegars in Sunset.
America First Credit Union....15 years.
I have been a teller, a records officer, a loan typist, a receptionist/new accounts girls, loan interviewer, loan officer, then assistant manager until I became a mom, now I still work, but i'm a mom.

Things you may not know about me:
I don't know that I want to tell. If you don't know, there's a reason for it.
I like to sew, quilt, but I don't have any time to with all my other hobbies. I collect things that I know I will probably never use...and I hate clutter. I really do love my husband. I am shy when I get in a situation that I don't know anybody. I have to have all the light switches going in the same direction and if one is off, I have to find which one is setting it off and fix all of them. I love popcorn with cheese on it. (MMMM good, try it sometime!) I, like Pam, love to cook and wish I was Rachel Ray. I even bought a knife and try to cut like a chef. I would love to go to cooking school. My uncle is a chef, or used to be, and I wish I could learn some things from him, but he lives in Washington. I cut off the tip of a neighbors thumb when I was 11 with a log splitter. I hit my sister in the jaw on the up swing of a golf swing. I should probably stop, because all the bad things are starting to come out.

I don't know that many people that blog, so I tag Julie, Jill, Candice, Alicia and any other cousin that reads this that I don't know about.

The slither monster!

This is the slithering position.
This is the crawling position with a sly look on his face. For some reason, he gets really, really upset when he is in the crawling position. It's almost like he doesn't know what to do and is EXTREMLY frustrated. The second you pick him up, he stops crying and is happy.

Yes, Brison has started to cra....slither. He can get on his hands and knees, but he prefers the army crawl. He told me that. He has gotten the nickname "Grumpy Gus" or "Gus" for short. He loves his new found freedom and being able to move, but it has made him extremly overstimulated and he will no longer calm down. Arrgh! It's a frustrating time, but I hope we will get through it somehow. Right now, he has been down for about an hour and I am enjoying every moment I have to get things done.

Brooklyn on the other hand....she is just starting to do so many new things and it's amazing how fast she will pick up on things. She is addicted to Disneyland. She thinks we are going there every day. I don't think she realizes that it is really far away and really expensive. I would, however, love to live there myself. The other day she had made an absolute mess in the bathroom (my fault for leaving her unattended) She had pulled the towel off the rack and put it in the tub and had water all over the floor. I had had it with her and lost it and yelled. (I am a horrible, horrible person. I know I am not perfect.) She got the poutie look on her face, looked down, and started singing "Look at me, I will never pass for a perfect bride, or a perfect daughter." It is from Mulan. When the song would play on the movie, Brooklyn would always ask me what was wrong and I would tell her that Mulan was sad. As I look back, it was the funniest thing, but I couldn't enjoy it at the time because I was so mad. I got her out of the tub and put her straight to bed and she even told me she had to say prayers and that didn't even make me crack. Which, when I look back on that, it was an adorable moment also. But, hey, when you have a son that won't let you put him down and is screaming all the time....you'd crack too!

This is our little princess. I put the crown on her to see how adorable it would be. I told her today she was a princess, and she said "No, i'm Brooklyn." I said o.k.

Egg Hunts Gallore!

We had fun this last easter weekend with all the easter egg hunts. The first one was at Grandma Travis'. Gavin, Brooklyn and Lauren went crazy in the basement looking for those well hidden eggs....good job Brett. Then, during sacrament meeting on sunday (we have 9:00 a.m. church) I decided Brooklyn would have fun looking for eggs again. Not wanting to actually give her more candy (because we all know that the parents EAT the candy when the kids are this young!), I decided we would hide the eggs she found at Grandma's on Saturday. We got home and I hurried and hid them. She went downstairs and had a blast looking for the eggs. We took a couple of pictures while Brian hid them again upstairs. She was going crazy...she couldn't believe all the eggs that were showing up all over the house! I ended up emptying the candy out of the eggs and she was still wanting to find more eggs, so Brian went back downstairs and hid the empty eggs and she had even more fun looking for the empty ones! She is crazy! Then, it was off to Grandma Davies where Aunt Shannon did an egg hunt for Brooklyn and Mariah. I think Brooklyn is a professional at finding eggs.

Lauren, Brooklyn and Gavin showing off their finds!

Mariah and Brooklyn after their fun hunt!

My cute little babies in their easter outfits.

I went and got their pictures taken at Kiddie Kandids for easter and for Brison's 6 months picture. My photographer and friend Sheri took them. She has taken pictures for me since Brooklyn was born. We have become friends from all the visits I make to her! Believe me, there are a lot! She is really nice and does a good job with my kids and Brooklyn even remembers her! Don't I have the cutest kids?

"Dis-mee-wand!"

The smile should say it all....but I am going to tell my version. What an awesome time we had at Disneyland. We arrived on Thursday afternoon and left (with much sadness and tears) on Tuesday morning.

Grandma Travis, Brett, Gretchen, Gavin, Lauren, Mike and Ashley joined our little family on this fabulous trip. It's not a secret that I LOVE Disney. I just wanted Brooklyn to catch the magic, and I hoped that she wasn't too young. We rode the rides, which was the highlight of the trip for her. She couldn't get enough of Dumbo...often crying and trying to put the seat belt BACK on once the ride was over. We rode almost every ride possible and saw almost every show available. We had great weather and wonderful company.

Just the girls went to lunch with the princesses. Brooklyn was able to meet Ariel, Snow White, Cinderella, Belle and Sleeping Beauty. Earlier in the park that day, we had passed by Snow White and Brooklyn took my face in her hands and said "Mom, it's Snow White. She's beautiful." I almost shed a tear. It was the magic that I was hoping she would have. The next day we went to the Princess Fantasy Faire and were able to meet Mulan and Jasmine and see Belle again. I was excited that she was able to see Mulan. I'm not so sure that she was.
What about Brison, you wonder. He was such a champ. He had a couple of rough moments, but overall, he was such a good little guy. He had the worst diaper rash that started right when we got there. There were other moments where he was so tired, that he was beyond trying to soothe.. He was, however, able to go on any of the rides that didn't have a height restriction. He rode Buzz, Casey Jr., and Winnie the Pooh. I think those were the ones that I went on with him.

We saw the parades and the shows and the fireworks. We were there for 5 days and still didn't have enough time to see it all. However, it was a wonderful time. There were only a couple of things that we didn't make it too, but that will be first on our list for next time.
Brian was very skeptical about having a good time. As we were leaving the park on Monday night, he admitted to me that he had a fun time, and that he was wrong about his attitude and that he loved the rides and enjoyed being there with our family. I did everything I could to control my excitement because I knew that meant we would be coming back. That's the best part of the trip ending, the fact that there is a return trip in the planning stage.

This is the last night we were there. We stayed as late as our legs would let us. We watched the fabulous fireworks show and stayed for Fantasmic also. She fell asleep before any of that started.

And scene.