Umm...TAGGED

8 Things I Am Passionate About
1. The Good News! (a.k.a. The Gospel, yes with capital letters)
2. Life
3. My particularly wonderful family
4. kids :)
5. Music - guitar, piano, SINGING!
6. blogging, unfortunately
7. having an opinion
8. FOOTBALL
8 Books I Have Read And Enjoyed
1. Twilight Series, Stephenie Meyer
2. Harry Potter Series, J.K. Rowling
3. How Now: 100 Ways to Celebrate the Present Moment, Raphael Cushnir
4. The Secret Journal of Brett Colton, Kay Lynn Mangum
5. Narnia Series, C.S. Lewis
6. However Long and Hard the Road, Jeffrey R. Holland
7. Any John Grisham Book, but most especially The Firm and The Partner
8. Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
8 Words/Phrases I Say Often
1. Yaar
2. I'm sorry, what?
3. Seriously
4. Office of IT, how may I help you?
5. Who does that?
6. That's ridiculous
7. Cracka WHAAT?
8. Cracka please
8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die (in no particular order)
1. Go skydiving (this will be really hard)
2. Make the man I love the father of my children
3. Have some ambition...
4. Meet James Franco
5. Travel to Italy and stay there
6. Be happy with who I am at the present moment
7. Write a book - any kind that isn't boring
8. Record a CD's worth of songs, in good quality sound
8 Things I Learned This Past Year
1. Life goes on, no matter what, and yes it is good
2. The Book of Mormon is the best book in the world (how else would I be able to read it over and over?)
3. The people in my family are my true best friends
4. I am worthwhile
5. Shopping is a great way to celebrate and commiserate
6. Boys are not all stupid
7. The importance of relaxation
8. Learning and cleaning and appreciating what you have are essential to growth
8 People I Want To Tag
1. Everyone is already tagged...Uhh, Joni
2. Tawnie, :) make a blog
3. Kirk
4. Kham
5. Glenn Beck
6. Emily Dodge :)
7. Kate Stone, not that she will probably ever see this, but she is on my list...
8. Robby K because she WILL make a blog at some point in her lifetime

The Fam Treks to Utah

My family recently came out to Utah for my dad's family reunion. I have family all around me out here! My mom's brother is in Sandy; Dad's brothers in Highland and Lehi; Dad's parents in Cedar Hills. :) Oh, the happiness of family! I love it! ( I am trying to convince Becca to set up her own blog so she can put up all the pictures she took of everyone... I just chose my favorites to post here.)

Abby with her favorite little man...er, um little statue of the armor of a man. That's it! Her knight in shining armor!



















Hilarious? Yes. Abby with a gun and a snarl on her face..."Art's got a gun!" Love it.

Bec and I...we love playing together, we do. She is absolutely amazing!

The little woman and her big sister :)

A Redneck Family.

Babester and The Adventure of the Popsicle

This progression is hilarious:

The Babester

I have two little sisters - Rebecca (a.k.a. Robby K, Rob), who is 16, and Abigail (a.k.a. The Babester, Babs, Babe, Abbers, etc.), who is almost 3. No, that is not a typo. Look at these photos Rob took of Abby! Don't we all start out so cute?! Then, something happens and we grow up...

Oh, What Fun is OIT? I ask you.

Kelson: (makes some insulting remark)
Sara: Says the little man in the corner.
Kelson: Says what? I'll cut you.

Esther: You gutless wonder!

Badger: Hey, I'm married now. I'm a married man now.

Joni: Sounds like a user error!
(then she can't login either...)
Rachel: Joni, what was that about a user error?

Trapped In Diagon Alley

THIRDLY, I am reading Harry Potter. I actively resisted the books for the 10 years the series has been out, trying to convince my friends of the error of their ways. Everyone was obsessed with these books and the movies and I could not understand the value of such childish novells. Ask my friends, I fought valiantly to keep myself free from J.K. Rowling's magical binds. H O W E V E R as you can now plainly see, I am hooked. Or maybe hoodwinked into being hooked. At any rate, I am currently re-reading the sixth book (Half-Blood Prince) because I rushed through it just trying to get to the 7th book. But SO MUCH happened in it that I am reading it again before proceeding just to make sure I get it, because sometimes I DON'T GET IT. In my face.

8/1/07 - I am finally on book 7 and I cannot believe any of it. Action from page one to the end, I tell you! I will probably read this one again, too. Although, I will be buying the 4th and final book of the Twilight series tonight...

Excuse for Victoria's Secret :)

SECONDLY, one of my best friends is getting married in about 3 weeks! Yay Juliana and Bryan! So, Alix and Ani - are amazing - planned a bridal shower (okay, I helped a little) for the beautiful bride-to-be. Thank heaven for friends :0) From left to right: Alix, Juliana, Ani, myself.


We get to be Juliana's bridesmaids on August 15, 2008 in the Timpanogos Temple.