Love, Me

Alright, so my mom posted this little "game" on her blog and I decided to play. I thought it could be kind of fun as I'm looking for new ways to express my creativity this year. Here's the deal:

The first five people to comment on this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations.

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2. What I create will be just for you.

3. I'll be done this year. : )

4. You will have no clue what it is going to be.

5. I will either hand deliver or ship - depending on where you live.

The catch? Oh, yes, there's a catch. You must re-post this on your blog. Yep, that means you'll have to make stuff for other people. It doesn't have to be anything fancy...it could be food! Just as long as it's homemade and you're "paying it forward". Come on it will be fun!!!

The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me you did will win a marvelous homemade gift by me! Go!

Tag you're it...

Actually I'm it. Thanks Kristin.

1. Where I was 10 years ago:

I was a sophomore at Shepton High School. Probably singing some medley from "Grease" or "Rent" in choir with Ms. Robertson. I did my first musical "Annie" and was in Student Congress raising awareness for organ donation to 9th and 10th graders. Watching Dawson's Creek and listening to Eagle Eye Cherry and Savage Garden.

2. 5 things on my "to do" list today:

1. Write thank-you notes
2. Go to Target
3. Prepare my Young Women's lesson
4. Figure out what I'm making for dessert on Sunday to bring to a friend's for Easter
5. Name my baby (this is on my list everyday)

3. Things I would do if I became a billionaire:

Sam could quit his job and we could move to Texas. I would probably buy some houses around the world and definitely travel all over. I would shop a lot...at Nordstrom and Banana Republic. Although if I'm a billionaire, I guess I can do better than that. I'm sure we'd have to buy box seats at every Boston sports venue (or maybe an entire sports team). I could get a new car! And I would never worry about money again :)

4. 3 of my bad habits:

1. Not washing my face at night
2. Being impatient
3. Pressing the snooze button multiple times before getting up

5. 5 places I've lived:

1. State College, PA
2. Westborough, MA
3. Provo, UT
4. Plano, TX
5. Watertown, MA

6. 5 jobs I've had:

1. Administrative Assistant, Courtyard by Marriott
2. Nordstrom Sales Associate
3. Swimming teacher with Bridget
4. Sci-Tech Discovery Center...not sure my title
5. soon to be stay at home mom!!

7. Something most people don't know about me:

I hate this question. There is nothing mysterious about me, and I have no secrets.

I tag...mom, Lucy, Drew, and Meg.

Our Anniversary

Our anniversary was a couple weeks ago (September 3rd), so Sam and I spent the weekend in Washington DC. We headed down on Saturday for a temple trip with our youth. That night we went to dinner in Alexandria with Sam's sister Meg and his cousin Robert. Of course we had to go to Bertucci's...Sam loves it.


The rest of the weekend was full of sightseeing and seeing family. It's been a long time since I've been to DC, so it was fun to go see the monuments. Sam randomly had a lot of family in town that weekend so we visited and ate with them. We did get to have some alone time for an annivesary dinner in old town Alexandria.

We also got to see one of Sam's old roommates, Eric Carlson, who is a laywer in DC. We went to brunch with him and his fiance! We haven't seen him for two years, so it was great to visit.

Hill Cumorah

Last week Sam and I went to the Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra, NY. We headed up to New York in the morning and stopped in Ithaca on the way--Sam wanted to check out Cornell as a business school possibility. We checked out the campus and the town for a couple hours then headed up to Palmyra.

We got to Palmyra a few hours before the Pageant started so we checked out some of the historical sights. We took the tour at the Smith farm and went to the Sacred Grove. Unfortunately it rained all afternoon, so we didn't get to do as much as we would have liked. Here are some pics from the farm.

The Pageant was great though. I'd never seen it before, so I was pretty excited. It's amazing that they get 700 people together, audition them all in a day and spend a week rehearsing for this huge production. It was very impressive. There were quite a few people from church here in State College that perform in the Pageant, so it was fun to see them up there. I didn't get any good pics from the show, but here's one of Sam and me sitting in the rain.