The Total Package

We recently had some friends visit for the weekend from Erie, PA. We all attended the same student ward in Salt Lake before we were married, and somehow ended up going to school in PA. We had a lot of fun showing them around Hershey and acting like tourists in Lancaster. The good old 24th ward. How fun! Reminiscing with them brought back a lot of good memories... and some pretty funny ones too. Rafting in Jackson Hole, FHE's in the park, people who just wanted to get married, but couldn't - no matter how hard they tried...

I was reminded of a time while Kellie and I were dating. I was talking to another guy and he remarked how lucky I was, becuase she was the "TP." Now, I guess I'm pretty naive, but I had NO idea what he was talking about. The last time I had heard someone talking about TP was in middle school referring to the toilet paper they had thrown over someone's house. So I had him explain. TP was the "TOTAL PACKAGE". I then expected him to tell me that "she was the TP" because of how hot she is and how funny and so on. Nope. He told me, "you know... she has such an awesome car and a great job!" I think I tried to contain my laughter... he was totally serious.
Now just five years later, that nice little sports car has turned into a Ford station wagon and the great job... well, I can't complain, seeing how I don't have a job at the moment! ;)
But yes, she's still quite the TP!

Its NOT only kids that say the darndest things!

One of my many part time jobs is at the sleep lab at the Hershey Med Center. I am a hook up tech, which means that I hook up the patients to lots of equipment that we use to determine the results of their specific test. Anyway that's really not the point. Tonight one of the patients, an older woman in her late 60's-ish was making small talk and asked when I was due. Then if I knew if it was a boy or girl. I told her we were having a girl. She immediately told me she figured I was having a girl "because you carry girls all over", and mimicked a large round face with her hands. I smiled politely, because to be quite honest with you I carry all of my kids "all over". However I was wondering if its just me or if there is an unwritten rule that after a certain age you have some sort of "free pass" to say things that most people would just keep to themselves??? And most people don't really take the same offense if you are older than 65. Is that part of the Senior benefit package??? I'm not really complaining, because I think I will want any "benefit" I can get myself after a certain age! I was just wondering if I can count on that benefit? What do you think?

Fall is here

So Bennett just realized today that the leafs change color. Driving home from church, he suddenly yelled "HEY! Those change colors!" It took us a little while to figure out what he meant, but he was talking about the trees.

Happy Birthday Steven!

Its Steve's 29th Birthday today! We are getting old, imagine that. We celebrated with dinner of Steve's choice and carrot cake for the Birthday Boy! We love you Daddy!

I was tagged....here we go...

8 TV shows that I love to watch....
1. Office
2. American Idol...(I know, its a guilty pleasure!)
3. The Evening News
4. House
5. thats about it I think...
6.
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8.

8 Places that I love to eat......
1. Cafe Rio
2. Noodle Express (in Spokane)
3. Clinkerdaggers (Spokane Again)
4. Market Street
5. Any Indian Food
6. Issacs Deli
7. The Pub
8. Sweet Tomatos

8 things that happened yesterday.....
1. Went to Body Combat (Aerobics)
2. Hung out with Becky, and Bennett and his friend Jacob played.
3. Took a nap when Bennett did
4. Made Dinner
5. Canned Tomatoes
6. Bought crib bedding for Elizabeth
7. Watched the Office Primere
8. Read before bed

8 things that I look most forward to....
1. Aunt LaLa coming to visit!!!!
2. Halloween Parties, Halloween lasts for like a week and a half here in PA!
3. NOT being pregnant anymore!
4. Steve's Birthday
5. Bennett crawling into bed at 6:30am every morning
6. Getting my hair done
7. Call me crazy, I love to go to work most of the time?
8. Seeing my Mom when she comes out when I have the baby

8 things I love about Fall....
1. the clothes that come with it...sweaters, wool skirts, vests, trench coats, boots, tights, new colors, I love it all!
2. The smell of the air
3. The excitement of a new school year...even when I was little and now for Bennett
4. Halloween Candy
5. Decorating with all of the fall colors, which are my favorite house colors, golds, reds, oranges...
6. Winter squash are abundant at the farmers markets
7. Apples smell so good when they are in season and the fresh cider is so good!
8. The colors of the leaves, and the grass is still green.

8 things on my wishlist....
1. To be done being pregnant
2. A healthy baby girl (OK, maybe this is the #1 thing I want!)
3. To be in Utah
4. To be in Washington
5. To be like my Grandma Betty
6. To have more energy
7. Great Boots for Fall
8. For my family to be healthy and happy, I know cheesy, but VERY true.

8 People I am tagging... (put a comment on there blog to let them know they were tagged)
1. Anyone who wants to...I can't do this to my friends!

Family Home Evening

Daddy and Bennett did a special project tonight for family home evening. They put together a model for a dinosaur. Here are pic's of the final project. They did such a good job and Bennett really has an eye for detail and a steady hand, I was surprised at how well he put the small pieces together.

Pictures of the Growing Belly - 24 weeks

The problem is I can't tell which is bigger the rear, front, or just my cheeks (the ones on my face:)