Follow the Prophet

President Monson and his wife were at the Jazz game on Friday night, sitting on the third row. Read more about it - http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695265794,00.html

When asked who his favorite player was- he said, "... I like that new man, Korver."
See! So when I say I like Kyle Korver, I'm just following the Prophet!

Easter

This was a very fun, but busy Easter. We had lots of fun family get togethers.
It started the night before Easter with when we had a Birthday party for Brady's dad, his Grandma, and me!

Then we dyed Easter Eggs... I dyed mine like the Peruvian flag!

The Easter bunny brought Brady some Gatorade, PB Eggs, and a whole jar of Peanut Butter just for himself! He was soooo happy!

Sunday afternoon we went out to G-ville. The kids were so good while we sat down for a spiritual Easter activity. Each kid got an egg and in each egg there was a scripture and an object, and it told the Easter story about the death resurrection of Christ.

Then we did a fun treasure hunt, the treasure was a bunch of Easter cupcakes. We then had the crazy Easter egg hunt. The kids were serious about the whole thing! It was serious business.

We had a quick family pic with all of us... Who's the midget girl in the obnoxious yellow shirt?

We then had to dash to Brady's house for their Easter treasure hunt. At the end we found our Easter baskets, and inside we had clues that led us to our individual Easter outfits. My clue was "Where can you see Kyle Korver life size?" and my cute outfit was behind the big screen TV!!! It was a great day! And we were spoiled!

75 Billboard Hits in 2001

Here is how it works: Go to Pop Culture Madness and scroll down to where it lists the decades of Billboard Hits. Then click on the year that you turned 18. Copy and paste the list of 75 hits into Notepad BEFORE you paste it into blogger, so it will remove the formatting. Then you BOLD the songs that you liked when you were 18 and strikout (or fade out) the ones you didn't like or know.

1. Cha Cha Slide - Mr C The Slide Man
2. I'm A Believer - Smash Mouth
3. Get The Party Started - Pink
4. Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil Kim, and Mya
5. Pop - *NSync
6. I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack
7. U Got It Bad - Usher
8. I Wanna Talk About Me - Toby Keith
9. Hero - Enrique Iglesias
10. Dance With Me -112
11. Ride Wit Me - Nelly featuring City Spud
12. God Bless The USA - Lee Greenwood
13. Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
14. U Remind Me - Usher
15. Bootylicious - Destiny's Child
16. It Wasn't Me - Shaggy and Ricardo Ducent
17. Where The Party At - Jagged Edge with Nelly
18. Dance With Me - Debelah Morgan
19. Follow Me - Uncle Kracker
20. One More Time - Daft Punk
21. Whenever, Wherever - Shakira
22. Never Had A Dream Come True - S Club 7
23. Nobody Wants To Be Lonely - Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera
24. Breathless - The Corrs
25. Beautiful Day - U2
26. The Way You Love Me - Faith Hill
27. Bouncing Off The Ceiling - A*Teens
28. Sandstorm - Darude
29. Put It On Me - Ja Rule and Lil Mo
30. Because I Got High - Afroman
31. Livin It Up - Ja Rule
32. Survivor - Destiny's Child
33. Thank You For Loving Me - Bon Jovi
34. Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliot
35. Stranger In My House - Tamia
36. Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops) - Blu Cantrell
37. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of - U2
38. Superman (It's Not Easy) - Five For Fighting
39. Thankyou - Dido
40. This Is Me - Dream
41. Bow Wow (That's My Name) - Lil Bow wow
42. Start the Commotion - The Wiseguys (HOLY CRAP! This song started playing on my I-Tunes right when I bolded it!)
43. Take It To Da House - Trick Daddy
44. I Wanna Be Bad - Willa Ford
45. My Baby - Lil Romeo
46. Hanging By A Moment - Lifehouse
47. I'm A Slave For You - Britney Spears
48. By Your Side - Sade
49. Fallin' - Alicia Keys
50. Danger - Mystikal
51. Around The World (La La La La La) - ATC
52. Family Affair - Mary J Blige
53. Raise Up - Petey Pablo
54. I'm Real - Jennifer Lopez
55. So Fresh, So Clean - Outkast
56. My Way - Limp Bizkit
57. You Make Me Sick - Pink
58. Angel - Shaggy
59. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
60. Turn Off The Light - Nelly Furtado
61. Baby, Come On Over (This Is Our Night) - Smantha Mumba
62. Drops of Jupiter - Train
63. Yellow - Coldplay
64. The Space Between - Dave Matthews Band
65. The Call - Backstreet Boys
66. It's Been a While - Stained
67. My Everything - 98°
68. All Or Nothing At All - O Town
69. The Rock Show - Blink 182
70. Free - Mya
71. Video - India.Arie
72. Flavor Of The Week - American Hi Fi
73. What Would You Do? - City High
74. I'm Like A Bird - Nelly Furtado
75. Freedom - Paul McCartney

The BIG 25!!!

Holy Moly I'm 25! My birthday was yesterday. I think I've reached that point where you would just rather not have a birthday any more. Afterall I'm a quarter century old! But, I had a good day anyway.

My boss walked into work yesterday and he had a cake, and I said, "Oh! You brought a cake for my birthday?!" And he said, "Oh, it's your birthday? Um... yeah... I brought it for birthday. Let's go eat it... but we've gotta find 12 candles first." That little twerp. He's just like an older obnoxious brother!

But, Brady was so sweet, he gave me a cute bracelet to match the earrings he gave me for Valentine's. Then he gave me a SHOPPING SPREE!!!! I desparately needed new work clothes, so we went and got a few things. Then we had a yummy dinner at Joe's Crabshack.

But, thank you for all of you that called/texted/emailed and wished me happy birthday. I appreciate it! I love you all!

Three Most Important People

Today I had a very tender experience that I will never forget. I went out to Grantsville for Stake Conference. I always like going to support my dad, because he is the Stake President. He puts so much time, effort, and prayer into Stake Conference and it's always a pleasant experience. But, today was very special, because my mom was sustained as the 1st Counselor in the Stake RS. Afterwards, she and the other members of the RS presidency were set apart. It was very special because my dad set her apart and right before he started he asked if my husband, Brady would join them in setting her apart. So there they were- the three most important people in my life- My father setting apart my mother, with my husband in the circle. At that moment I couldn't stop my tears, feeling so grateful for my righteous parents and for their love and examples. And for my sweet husband that is worthy to participate in Priesthood responsibilities. My father set her apart and gave her the sweetest blessing, that was truly inspired. This was small evidence of how blessed I am to be born of goodly parents and to have a great husband. This moment was certainly a tender mercy of the Lord.

Ancient Chinese Torture

So, yesterday I went to the dentist to get some cavities filled. Now I haven't had a cavity since I was just little, so I kinda forgot what it was like to get them filled. But, apparently dentistry has changed a bit since 1990, because it was completely different from what I remember. After the dentist gave me about 10 shots of novocaine, he said, "Put the rubber dam on her." Rubber dam? What the heck is a rubber dam?!... I had no idea what I was in for. Apparently a rubber dam is a little contraption they put on to isolate the tooth, so they can work on it easier. And it looks like this, when it's on....

My mouth was as wide open as possible, I was numb on the one side of my face, it was completely awkward, and the little piece of rubber was obstructing my nostrils. So there I am in this completely uncomfortable and foreign situation, and then here comes the dentist drill! RRRRRrrrrrrreeeeer! RRrrrrrrrreeeerrrr! I swear this was some strange form of ancient Chinese torture.

After it was all done, I went back to work. I couldn't feel the whole right side of my face- from my eyelid all the way down my neck. I talked with a lisp, I couldn't swallow, it was lunch time and I could eat. It was pure torture, I tell you!

The numbness didn't go away for 4 or 5 hours after the appointment! But, once it was gone, the pain hit. Every spot he had given me a shot killed, and I apparently had bitten my tongue and didn't feel it.

So what's the moral of the story? Don't eat candy and brush your teeth!