25 random things about me:
1. i am completely obsessed with coffee and am a different person when i haven't had any (just ask the youth!) i actually have to limit myself during the day or it would be all i would ever drink.
2. my favorite tv show growing up was "the young riders" which was about the pony express. jimmy was always my favorite guy, but i loved teaspoon and the kid. (does anyone even know what i'm talking about besides keri?)
3. i love scars... mine and others. i think the stories behind them are so interesting. i used to try to get scars when i was younger by messing with my cuts and scrapes.
4. i would eat mexican food for every meal if it was available to me... and i love putting tabasco on almost anything.
5. i LOVE to travel.. for mission trips and vacations. i've been a lot of places, but if i could choose one place to go next, it would be either greece or mongolia.
6. i took a trip to uganda, africa when i was 15 years old. while i as there i ate a large fried ant, snake skin soup and some very questionable gravy. we also were not able to shower for the entire month. I tried to clean up by rinsing my hair in a bucket of water.
7. i hate wearing socks, and try not to whenever possible... i think i passed that trait on to my son.
8. i love to cook, and would do it all day long if i could, BUT i HATE to bake and am horrible at it!
9. during a spring break impact trip my senior year of college, i was on a wave-runner with a friend when he crashed it into another friend at a very high speed. our group also crashed 2 boats on the same trip- we had to dish out a lot of money for repairs!
10. there is nothing in the world i want to do more than indoor skydiving! chris promised to take me one day and i am still holding out hope.
11. i can name all of the states in alphabetical order (yes, it's a song and i love to sing it to the youth at least once a year)
12. i always need chapstick
13. while in africa i was able to go to the source of the nile. it wasn't at all what i expected... it's so intense that if you were to fall in you would not survive
14. i love looking at people's feet. i don't really care to touch them (unless they belong to my children), but if you have them exposed, i will probably check to see what they look like.
15. chris and i talk about going back to alaska at least once every month- it was one of the most beautiful places i have ever been and i cannot wait to go back.
16. gene kelly is my favorite actor of all time. i know a lot of his movies by heart and did a report on him while in high school. my favs are "on the town", "anchors aweigh", and "take me out to the ballgame"
17. in high school, my sister and i would always use pet-names for each other when we played sports together.... "nag/mule", "L and K all the way", "rocky/colt" and "zip/zap" Anyone know what these are from?
18. i went scuba-diving in the caymans. when i 1st got in i didn't think i would be able to do it, when i was done i told chris it was the most amazing thing i have ever done and couldn't wait to do it again.
19. i love libraries.
20. the time in my life that i changed the most was the 4-years i was away at college. my life would have been much different if i would not have moved to springfield.
21. i love watching hockey.
22. i would have only had to take 1 more class at college to have a english minor. my reasons for not doing so were so lame and now regrettable.
23. i prefer to be cold than hot.. in ANY situation!
24. i love spending time with my kids and miss them terribly when they are not around, even though i know they are fine without me.
25. if i have Jesus and my family, i will always be ok... oh, and maybe a grande coffee.
Alexa and Ella came over to play today. There were lots of tears, lot of laughs, lots of diapers and lots of hugs. Isaac, being the man of the house, took charge and told everyone what to do. He spent some quality time in his time-out chair this morning. All in all, it was a good day!
Me: Chris, are you on your way home?
Here is my first conversation of the day with my 2-year old son, keep in mind that I am over-the-top obsessed with my kid's feet and they both know it:
Here is the boo-boo Isaac got tonight from falling down an entire flight of stairs on his head. Isaac and I were on our way to meet Chris and Zoey in the basement, when Isaac tripped and slide the whole way down face first. After I stopped screaming and pulled myself together, we asked him what hurt. He then pointed at this small spot on his thumb. What a night!
Perfectly content.
Isaac wanted to know why Uncle Matt was a doctor... he was very confused. Matt and Nina are getting ready and we are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Baby Bunk #2!
we should get city compensation for
anything to get out of the house
Dear Mom...
We would like to send our sincere gratitude to Isaac's Uncle Tommy, for "teaching" him how to juggle. Instead of getting pelted in the head by nerf darts, now it's plastic balls.
Today we made our Valentine's Day Cards. Isaac was so excited to pick them out from the store (of course we got the Pixar ones!) and then to pick them out for each member of our family. It was so funny watching him decide who should get what.
Today for Luv-Fest, we made a Valentine's Day cake and matching cupcakes. Too bad they aren't low-cal!
This afternoon I was trying to think of a way to display all of our love scriptures for Valentine's Day. I got the mail and saw this in my Parents magazine. It's a little "springy" for February, but it does the trick... plus, Isaac loved putting them together!
This week Isaac and I are having a Luv-Fest to celebrate Valentines Day. We started off by going to the library and checking out all the books we could find on love, hearts, kisses and hugs. I then asked him on the way home how I could show him that I loved him... which resulted in a drive-thru McDonalds. That kid is sneaky!
NINA BUNK...
It's not a very good picture, but it was a wonderful night. Moms talking about their husbands and their kids.. and tons of chocolate. What could be better? Thanks to everyone who came out to our Mom's Nite Out!
Isaiah 6:1
25 random things about me:
