Hubby tag

1. He's sitting in front of the TV; what is on the screen?
Unfortunately, Simpsons
2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Ranch
3. What's one food he doesn't like?
Tomatoes. Beets are even worse, but they've been banned from our house
4. You go to a restaurant. What drink does he order?
Pepsi
5. Where did he go to high school?
Pleasant Grove High School
6. What size shoe does he wear?
10 1/2
7. If he was to collect anything what would it be?
If price wasn't an option, toys. I.e. 4-wheelers, boats, jet skis, etc, etc.
8. What is his favorite kind of sandwich?
depends, if it's subway, roasted chicken breast. Otherwise, ham, cold turkey, etc.
9. What would this person eat every day if he could?
ice cream
10. What is his favorite cereal?
Nature's grain
11. What would he never wear?
Skinny jeans
12. What is his favorite sports team?
doesn't have one, would rather play than watch.
13. Who will he vote for?
McCain, though he's not thrilled with either
14. Who is his best friend?
me. Other than me, his siblings.
15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do?
Watch Simpsons
16. How many states has he lived in?
1 state, and Brazil for two years
17. What is his heritage?
He doesn't have a clue, but I think it's English
18. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake?
Either cheesecake or 4 layer cake (bottom layer is cake, 2nd layer is cream cheese, whipped cream and powdered sugar, 3rd layer is pudding, 4th layer is a mixture of pudding and whipped cream- not healthy, but very good).
19. Did he play sports in high school?
No
20. What could he spend hours doing?
Playing, 4 wheeling, boating (if we had one), etc.

I'll tag whoever wants to do it. I thought it was kind of fun

Picture tag

Here are the rules:
1. Go to your pictures
2. Upload the fourth picture from the fourth file
3. Post
4. Tag four friends


This is a picture of Jeff's sister, BreAnn, and Jeff's mom. Bre got married in May and Jeff did her Bridal pictures. This is a shot of getting ready for the photos.



Because Bre is just adorable, I've also attached a more "formal" bridal picture. I don't think this is one of Bre's favorites, but I like it. It's one of A LOT of photos. I tag Brit, Bre, Nicol, Merf, and anyone else who actually reads this and wants to do it.

Record turnout

I really want to download vacation pictures, but I'm still waiting to get my card reader back, so I'll talk about recent events instead.
So, as you all know, election day was yesterday. I go to work on Tuesdays, so I thought I'd show up first thing in the morning so I could get to work on time. I left my house at 6:45 am to go to the grade school down the street to vote. I got in line at 6:50 a.m. at the latest. There was an amazing turnout, even before the polls opened. The line was so long, they had the line go through the school and rap around multiple hallways. After the polls opened, they sent the line outside. I'm a horrible gauge of numbers, but I'd say there were at the very least 50-75 people in line in front of me, and by about 7:20 am, there were probably 150+ people behind me. Like I said, my estimates are probably way off, but there were a LOT of people there. I've never seen anything quite like it. I asked other people in line and they said they had never seen anything quite like it as well. It was a big election year with the presidential election, among other things. I'm so grateful for the right to vote, even though I had about an hour wait in order to do it! I'm so grateful to live in a free country where we have so many rights and are able to elect leaders. Now let's hope that those leaders make wise decisions and choices and will lead us in the right direction.....

Grandparents

Growing up, I never really had grandparents. My Mom's dad died when she was 8, my Dad's mom died when he was 11, my Dad's dad died before I was born, and My Mom's mom died when I was about 2. Most of my Mom's family lives in Utah and she had a couple of Aunts that were kind of my "adopted grandparents", but it wasn't really the same. In grade school, they celebrated Grandparents Day on occasion and it just broke my heart. My mom let us sluff school that day so we didn't have to deal with Grandparents Day. Sad stuff.

The first official grandparent I've ever had was Jeff's Grandma, who is now in her 90's. She is one of the absolute sweetest ladies I have ever met and she has meant the world to me. I have been so blessed to be able to call her Grandma. She's in a nursing home right now to heal from a broken bone in her pelvis and hopefully she'll be home by Thanksgiving or Christmas. We saw her briefly last night and she is such a sweetheart. My boys just love and adore her and love to go to her house. We hope she makes a really quick recovery.

Here is a picture of Grandma taken this summer:



Due to my lack of grandparents growing up, I've threatened both my parents as well as Jeff's parents that they have to be around for a long, long time. If not, they'll be in serious trouble. I have been really blessed that both Nathan and Zach have been able to get to know their Grandparents. When Nathan was about 3, we nicknamed grandparents to keep them straight. Jeff's parents are now Disneyland Grandpa and Grandma (because right after Nathan turned 3 we went to Disneyland with them). My parents are Silly Grandma and Grandpa (I don't think they're too thrilled with the name) and Jeff's Grandma is Super Grandma. We've tried to change the names to things like Grandma Liz, but Nathan has been stubborn and hasn't wanted to change the names as of yet.

Anyhow, my boys just love their Grandparents and I've been so grateful that we live close by so they can spend time with them. Both Nathan and Zach get so excited to spend time with their grandparents. Nathan, on occasion, has asked me if he could stay at Grandma and Grandpa's without me. It may be because Grandma (especially Silly Grandma) tends to give them goodies and they could get more without Mom around. I love and adore my parents and I am so grateful for all that they do for me and my family. I also love and adore Jeff's parents and am so thrilled that I get to be a part of their lives.

I'm sure she'll love this, but here is Jeff's fun loving mom on her son's four-wheeler:



Here's a recent picture of my parents:



And here's a picture of Jeff's parents this summer at their daughter's wedding:

Nathan's prayers

Ok, so I know this isn't a very exciting blog, but it's something I want to remember.
As mentioned before, we try to always do prayers as part of our nightly routine for bedtime. Nathan will say his own prayer and, though we have blessed the food a few times at bedtime, he has put a lot of thought into his prayers. for the past 3-4 weeks, I have heard Nathan says in his prayers that "Please bless Jesus that he will come back to the Earth soon" or something along that line. We've talked about the Second Coming a few times before, but we haven't really talked about it recently. I asked Nathan's Primary teacher, and she said she doesn't think they've talked about it in their Primary class (he's only in Sunbeams). I've been in Sharing Time with him because I'm in Primary and I don't think it's been discussed there recently either. It just makes me wonder if he knows something I don't....