tagged...

So I was tagged a while ago and now that I've had time to think about it, here I go!!

1. Since I was little, my younger brother and I loved to dance. So much that we took the time (which didn't take long) to learn the moves to Michael Jackson's THRILLER! We loved it! Then as we got older, we were able to show off our cool moves-besides thriller- at a church camp (EFY) and ended up winning!!! as for thriller, I don't remember it, but I bet you anything my brother still does!!

2. Every night when I get into bed, it takes me awhile to actually fall asleep, unlike my husband who is out cold the minute his head hits the pillow. That really drives me crazy, why can't I go to sleep that fast? Maybe I need to invest in some pills or something!! Anyway, I automatically start singing (in my head) " A Child's Prayer" (a famous primary song). I don't know why, but no matter what, It just pops into my head and eventually-after 30 minutes or so, I'm asleep. It's also the only song that I can still play on the piano.

3. Since growing up into gymnastics and competitive cheerleading, I kept my love for the game in college and went on to teach gymnastics at a local gym in Utah. Well, at the end of every class, my kids always wanted to see me tumble. So, this particular time, my boyfriend was there watching me. So what's a girl gotta do to grab his attention!?! I go and do 3 backhandsprings (instead of 2) and go up for a back tuck and land my feet right smack dab onto the cement-instead of the mat. If I hadn't of added that backhandspiring, I wouldn't be here writing you this story and telling you that I ended up with a bruised right heel and a broken left one. Yes, I had 2 casts!! My point- I hadn't tumbled since that day for a very long time. Then this past summer, I joined a gymnastics class and was ready to go at it again. It was soooo hard!!! After having 2 kids and never working out...my muscles were hardly there anymore. BUT I went on and actually did a backhandspring back flip!!! And then I got pregnant, so I had to stop. ( terin and rachel-that story is for you!)

4. Anyone that knows me, knows that I am horrible at directions. I mean you tell me to go one way and I will totally second guess my knowledge and end up somewhere else. I've been this way since I was 16. Maybe it's a disease? Anyway, there was this one time in particular that my family loves to remind me about. We all went down to Waco to visit one summer and I wanted to stay a day longer. So, since we drove two cars there, I was able to stay and drive back all by myself! My dad left me with a map and specific written directions....like where you describe every store that's by that specific turn...yep, I was set. So, I set off that next morning. I remember it being a beautiful day and I was driving my brothers explorer. As I reached a point in my traveling where you take a turn to end up back in arlington... or you end up in Tyler, Texas. Yep, that was me, 100 miles out of the way. I laugh now, but it wasn't so funny then.

5.I had sooo much fun in college!! I had the best roomate who turned into one of my very best friends who I still keep in contact with. Anyway, we had this other roomate that wasn't so cool. She was 30 (we were 18) and she just stayed in the apartment the entire day. She may as well have had cats and she would have fit the title for "the cat lady!" Well, with all of our late nights and friends over all the time, she didn't like us to say the least. So much that one time, we forgot our keys one night and when we came home we knocked on the door....and knocked again, louder and louder. We knew that cat lady was home, but it was kind of late. No answer. We then went downstairs to the apartment directly under us(they were still up ), grabbed a broom and started banging it on the ceiling right were her bedroom would be. (Isn't that mean!!) Well, we didn't care, we knew she didn't like us, but we needed to get in our apartment! Well, nothing worked. So we called some of out big tough guy friends, told them the situation and they came to our rescue. She finally got up and we found ourselves yelling through the door to come inside. The guys said that the cops were on their way if she refused. HAHA!! Totally a lie. Needless to say, we got in and the cat lady eventually moved out.

6. Ever since I got married to my amazing husband-well, I guess since we were engaged, we started this "thoughts book." It's a tiny notebook that we would write anything in about the other person. So after I would write in it, I would leave it on his night stand, so he would know it was his turn to write something GOOD about me!! It's something that I'll always remember because it always made me feel warm and fuzzy inside. It's like a little present! If you know my husband, he is also famous for making up long nicknames (aleast mine are long) So, in this book, he would have to abbreviate my nickname. And this was one of my favs..... honey lover baby doll. (HLBD) I'll never forget how goofy my husband is!!! That's what keeps our marriage going:)

7. When my husband and I went to Vegas to celebrate our 1st anniversary, (which was awesome by the way!) He surprised me by staying in 3 different hotels each night. First night was the Bellagio, second was the Venecian, and last was the Hard Rock Hotel. Well, while we were staying at the HArd Rock, we were on the elevator to go out that night and this guy in the elevator just asked us if we wanted to be extra's in this t.v. show they were filming downstairs. We were like sure! So we go down there, and there are tons of people and tons of cameramen. We were seated on some chairs next to a gambling table. Well, the whole time I didn't really know who these people were. I wasn't very familiar with the show. So I go home and we start telling our friends and they're like, "You got to be in an episode of the O.C.!!!" Yep, we were there, but left shortly after because we got bored. Too bad I never really got into that show. It would have been a lot different if it was an episode of FRIENDS.

So there ya go! that was pretty fun reliving some crazy experiences! I TAG: Sarah, Danielle, Missy, Haley
GOOD LUCK!!