10 Things

So, although I wasn't really tagged, I don't really care, I just was thinking about what I would write, so I am going to write it...
10 things most people don't know about me:

10. I hate being alone at night, and I really hate being alone when I am shopping.

9. When I had my c-section, I was more afraid of getting a cathader than getting cut open.

8. Whenever I am sick, I still only want my mom.

7. I am a really bad speller and I have awful grammar. However, I graduated with my major being English, kind of ironically sad.

6. I don't like olives, but I will eat them. However, I refuse to eat mushrooms.

5. If they was still running, I would have voted for Ron Paul, not Mitt.

4. I believed in the Easter Bunny until I was 12, even after I found out Santa wasn't real, I refused to believe the Easter Bunny didn't exist.

3. If I could, I would live off of rolls, fruit and chocolate all the days of my life.

2. I absolutely love the mail, even if it is just junk mail or bills. Which also reminds me that I love paying bills mostly because I love writing checks. Slightly absurd, I know.

1. I am not afraid of bees. Tyson calls me the "bee charmer."

I tag Kenni, Amber, and anyone else. I just like these things. I'm not sure why...

Crib hunting

It will be something like this

So I have never really been one to call people or go out of my way to get something that we need. I don't care for shopping, especially if it is with my money. I just am slightly lazy and shy. It seems as if every time I go to the grocerey store, something embarrasing happens to me. Like last time, for example, the milk carton fell out from the carrier under the cart and busted open. So there I am, with this massive diaper bag, my son and his car seat practically taking up the entire front of the cart and milk dripping everywhere. I felt like such a dork. So anyways, on to my original story. So Tyson has tons to do, so whenever it comes to things like shopping, or getting doctors appointments or things like that, he really tries to get me to do it because he just doesn't have time, and I really need to get over my freakish embarresment (I'm pretty sure I'm spelling that wrong, but oh well). So Josh still doesn't have a crib, he has been sleeping in his car seat. He kind of had reflux when he was born, so I was terrified to lay him flat in his bassinet, so he won't sleep in that now, plus he is just too big (he is huge by the way). So, Tyson says "if you really want to get a crib, get one, you can have $100, find one, and we'll get it. So, first Target, the cheapest one is like $150. No go. So Walmart, that is ok, $100, but with the mattress, that is like $200. So I call like every furniture place in town, but they don't carry cribs. Just so you know, calling people is really hard for me, I was very proud of myself. So then I got on craigslist.org. Way cool site. And I found some stuff, and then I advertized my need, and vaula (that is phonetic spelling for the french saying, hehe) someone contacts me. So, we are getting a crib, and I am soooo happy. Tyson was so suprised I went all out. But see for some reason I really really want a crib. And not just any crib, a certain crib, with a certain color. It isn't that I don't like dark wood colors, but it is just that I need that light color, it just seems right for a child. So all my labors are producing good fruits, huzza. Oh, and the price for crib and mattress, $70. They say housewives do nothing, I may not make money, but I can save it. :)

Not a joke

My son is teething, and I'm pretty sure I'm about to lose my mind.

A Weary Woman Going for a Walk

K, so you know the movie 'Pride and Prejudice,' the Mormon version? So you remember the scene with Jane and Lizzie going for a run? Okay, so that was totally me today, and I was Lizzie, covered in sweat. So my visiting teachers are seriously the most adorable girls ever, and completely beautiful. They are sisters-in-law, they married twins and though they don' t look alike, they are both gorgeous. We went on a walk today, we looked like a mommy train. Each of us had our baby in a stroller. It really was a blast. They are so incredibly awesome. But I just had to laugh the whole time to myself because I am so out of shape! Everyone I know goes running and are seriously amazing atheletes, and I am a recluse. My favorite thing in the world is sleeping and eating chocolate (not at the same time of course). So obviously, I am well rounded, literally. Hehe, no, I know I am not fat or anything, but seriously out of shape. Man I was sweating profusely, I thought I was going to collapse in the street. But for all that, it felt soooooo good! What have I been doing inside all the time for? It was so nice to get out. When we split up and they went their way to go home and I went mine, I was so happy. I just loved the slight breeze and all the budding trees and the silence. It was so wonderful. I love this little town and everyone waving at each other, it is just where I always wanted to be. Huzza for beautiful days, wonderful people and lovely walks with my darling baby. Now I shall rest, for I am exhausted!

My Dad

This is for all of you that know my Dad, he is still just as funny as ever. This is Carmel's flower girl head ornament (?) that she was supposed to wear but refused ( I don't really blame her). Note: While my dad was wearing this he told this joke: "What do you get when you put a French man in a pot of boiling oil?"

Answer: "A french fry!" Hehe, can you just picture my dad busting up? Oh I love that man!

Pics of Josh

Easter

So all my life I grew up loving Easter. My parents love to pretend and make every holiday crazy fun. My mom would write all these little notes, weeks before Easter, from the Easter bunny and leave them where we would find them. Then on Easter we would have these huge baskets that my parents would hide around the yard. Each basket was individualized for each of us and it was so much fun. I am so excited for next year and the many years after as Josh grows up and gets siblings and each holiday becomes entirely crazy and fun. I want my kids to have a crazy imagination like I did and have them feel like it is all real and magical. This Easter, although Josh slept through most of it, was really fun. Josh has been really sick lately, and so both Tyson and I were pretty tired from sleepless nights, so we slept as soon as we got home from church until right before dinner. (I am so thankful for crockpots, they cook for me) Then Kenni and her new husband Chris came over. I hid eggs around our apartment and then I sent Kenni, Chris and Tyson on a hunt. It was so fun! We ate dinner and watched Enchanted. It was so funny because KJ called that night and he told me he and his finacee, Courtney, watched "The Lamb of God" and I felt so awful saying "Oh, we watched 'Enchanted'." It was pretty funny. But even with the humor, it really struck me, I have never really focused on Christ much around Easter. So I picked up our Ensign from this month, beautiful by the way, and just started reading. It was reallly neat because all this week I have really been seeing just how amazing Christ's Atonement is. It is something I have always known, but still I seem to find it more and more amazing the more I study it. The peace it brings is unexplainable. I am so thankful for it. I testify that Christ is real, and He did die for us, because He loves us and He wants so much for us to be happy. Being a parent now, I can now feel a part of the love Heavenly Father surely feels for us, and it is amazingly strong. I am so thankful.

P.S.- Thank you Heather for what you said about your Easter experience. I have always been so strengthened by your testimony.