Five Things!!!

10 years ago I was:

A newly wed of six months

Living in the Avenues in Salt Lake City

Going to the Temple once a week

Working at Wasatch Security Group

Serving as our Ward Primary Chorister

5 things on today's "to-do list"

Study the Axial skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton for an Exam

Cut TONS of vinyl lettering for a St. Anthony ward's Super Saturday

Go pick up the Basketball Game schedule for the two teams I am coaching

My kids are STILL out of school on Harvest break so we want to do something FUN!(Blaire says that I HAVE to paint her nails:0))

Last night after my class I came out to a flat tire so I need to take my car in to get the tire fixed!(I should probably do this first)

5 Snacks I enjoy:

Fresh Fruit
Key Lime Yogurt
Rice Krispy treats
Ice cream
CHOCOLATE!





Places I have lived:

Castle Dale, UT
Huntington, UT
Salt Lake City, UT
Rexburg, ID
(Living in Rexburg I have moved nine times built two houses and lived in a camp trailer for six months with five kids building our last house!)


5 Jobs I have had:

Administrative Assistant Wasatch Security Group
3:30 A.M.!!! janitor at Ricks College
Albertsons Lobby- selling tabacco products and renting videos
A Juvenile Detention Officer
Now...I am a Mother, Wife, Student,Vinyl Lettering Designer HA HA!, and a Primary Worker (Yes- I have been serving in the Primary for eleven Years!) Best Jobs I have ever had!!!!!

5 Pet Peeves:

-When my house is not clean!!! And that is the case most of the time! I just can't concentrate on anything unless it is in order and honestly it is so hard to keep it clean with five little ones!
-I cannot stand it when the toilet paper roll is not on correctly! The toilet paper should come over the top of the roll!!! You should never put it on the holder with the toilet paper sticking out from underneath! That really bugs!!
-I have to have my OWN tube of toothpaste. I CAN'T STAND IT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE USES MY TUBE! My family knows it's off limits.
-Under no circumstances will I share a drink with ANYONE not husband, kids, NO ONE! Floaties make me so sick. I really start to get watery toungue just thinking about it! Wade thinks it is so funny that I can kiss him but not even share a swallow of a drink with him! I guess he does have a point! Never the less I don't share drinks!!!
-It drive me crazy just to SIT AROUND! I have tried and I just can't. I always have to be doing something. Cross something off my list, making something, accomplishing anything! Wade will look over at church during our meeting and just smile because he knows how hard it is for me to just stay still. In those cases I am usually rolling my ankles or bouncing my leg up and down thinking about all that I need to do and what I can do better.


5 things that bring me joy:

My Family. I love to be together immediate and extended. I LOVE Holidays and Traditions. Love em' especially when they smile!

Working in the yard! It is such therapy for me to grow flowers. I love getting my hands in the soil and watching things grow. I LOVE FLOWER GARDENS! Giving and getting starts of flowers from family and friends is such a joy. Everytime I see that certain flower I am reminded of them. I name flowers after my children and I pray over my garden!

I find joy in learning new things! Wade and I did the majority of the work building our home from the excavation, finish work to the masonry work on the exterior of our house. In fact I did the majority of the stone work. Wade was at work and I was living in our camp trailer and I just couldn't wait for it to be done, so I mixed the mortar and just did it myself.

I find joy in friends and entertaining! I love to have company and hosting all kinds of parties! I am getting excited for our second annual neighborhood Christmas party. Last year I made almost two-hundred doughnuts and cooked them in dutch ovens. All of our neighborhood came to enjoy hot chocolate and doughnuts. We hung out by a big bonfire and had a Christmas donation can to give to the Bishop for a needy family in our ward! (I wanted to do this instead of dealing with neighborhood gifts, plates of goodies etc. We use the money that we would have spent on those gifts and give it to the donation can. It takes of a lot of Holiday stress of all of the families and is so much fun visiting and playing in the snow with friends and neighbors. The kids love it!!) It is a fun tradition.

I do find my greatest joy from living the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I love feeling the Spirit and having a relationship with my Father in Heaven! I love attending the Rexburg Temple and recieving the blessings that come from temple worship. I love studying the scriptures and sharing the gospel. I love serving others and find joy forgetting my troubles and trying to focus on others. This is really where pure JOY is found.

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