You May or May not Know

What were you doing 10 years ago?
10 years ago I was 15 years old. I was working as a checker at the only grocery store in Grantsville- Soelberg's, and I made $5.15 an hour. (I think the checkers still make $5.15 and hour there!) I was on the yearbook staff, I was on the drill team, and I was on the track team. I went snowboarding for the first time. I had a big crush on Brad Johnson (a family friend from Arizona.) Once I turned 16, we dated for a year and a half.

I loved my friends, we would have so much fun! I would drive around with them, because I couldn't drive yet and they were all a year older than me. We would have sleepovers, talk about boys, go to the movies. Life was great!

5 Things on my to do list today:
1. Play a hilarious joke on my mom for April Fool's day (CHECK!)
2. Pick up the travel documents to go to Peru (CHECK!)
3. Scan in some photos of Peru
4. Vaccuum
5. Watch American Idol

My favorite treats:
Cheesecake, anything with chocolate, mint chocolate chip ice cream, brownies.

3 bad habits (or things I would change about myself)
1. I tend to think that everyone thinks like me, and when they do stuff that I wouldn't do or think in a way I don't think, I get frustrated. I need to be more understanding.
2. I let things get cluttered.
3. I pop my knuckles... I really need to quit!

If I were suddenly a billionaire, I would...
Go to Peru... wait I'm already doing that. I would go buy new shoes and purses! I would go get the dent in my car door fixed, actually I'd just get a whole new car! I would send money to peeps in Peru. I would BUY A HOUSE in a nice neighborhood, not in the ghetto (which is all we could afford now). I would buy season tickets to the Jazz (for Brady, not for me ;) I'd make a scholarship at BYU in MY NAME! Then I'd hand the rest over to Brady so he could invest it- he's good with money.

Places I have lived:
Grantsville
American Fork
Provo
Peru
Sandy

Jobs I've had:
Server at the Ivy Garden
Babysitter
Checker at Soelberg's grocery store
Checker at scrapbook store
Teacher at scrapbook store
Publicity Assitant for the BYU Dance Department
Advertising Consultant for the BYU newspaper
Advertising Saleswoman for LDS Living Magazine
Graphic Designer for BYU Theatre/Media Arts
Production Assistant for BYU Newspaper
Marketing Coordinator for Reaveley Engineers

5 things most people don't know about me...
1. I hate it when things beep- like the microwave, the oven timer, or the dryer. I try to stop it before it beeps!
2. One of my pet peeves is when you step on something wet when you have socks on, then you have soggy socks.
3. I have been within arms reach of or shaken hands with: Pres. Hinckley, Pres. Monson, Pres. Faust, Pres. Uchtdorf, Elder Oaks, Elder Holland, the Presiding Bishopric.
4. I can't drive a stick shift- it is physically impossible for me! I can't reach to push the clutch in all the way.
5. I always have to put some kind of sauce on my food- ranch, tarter sauce, BBQ Sauce, gravy... whatever... I just need moisture on my food!

5 people I would like to tag are... Kendra, Holly, JaNeanne, Lacey, Amber

Meet Little Rach

I just wanted to give you all a little peek into the life of Rach, and why I am who I am.

First off- I am the youngest of 7 kids. I have five brothers and one sister. My mom says I was born with a suntan- which is good. But, I was also born with short genes- which is bad. A short and dark little girl... that's who I was then. That's who I am now.

Growing up I had a fun and adventerous childhood. I had a big imagination and a love for life right off. In high school I was very involved, I was on the drill team, yearbook staff, student body presidency, track team, and at one time I was working to jobs. I liked to stay busy! But, most of all my loved my friends and I still do!

After high school, I went to the big city of Provo to attend BYU! I didn't know if I wanted to be a journalist or an advertising major. But, then I got a job designing ads, and I was hooked! I decided to major in adveritising with an emphasis in creative advertising and a minor in graphic design. How's that for specific? I knew what I wanted to do, I went for it and never looked back! I loved my years at BYU, they were some of the most memorable times and I will never forget the things I learned and the friends I made.

I never thought it would happen to me, but when I was 20, I got the feeling that I should go on a mission. It was the strangest thing, because I was completely anti-sister missionary. I thought sister missionaries were frumpy and only went because they couldn't get married. But, I had the strongest feeling that I need to serve. I knew that if I didn't do it I would regret it for the rest of eternity. So I prepared myself and went! I served in the Peru, Lima North mission. It was amazing! I served in the Amazon Jungle and saw things I'd never seen, and ate things I never want to eat again. But, most importantly I shared my source of happiness- the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I loved seeing people's lives change and see them find true happiness. Even though the people were poor and had nothing in the eyes of the world, when they found the Gospel, they had everything in the world that mattered!

When I got home, I continued my education at BYU, and graduated. Then I met Brady, or met him again. He and I had grown up around the corner from each other in Grantsville. He was a shy little boy, I had invited him to my 5th B-day party and he was in my preschool class. But, he moved away when we were 9, then later he returned to our home ward for a homecoming. My mom saw him and told him that he should ask me out. The only problem was- I still had a year of my mission left. But, when I got home, Brady asked me out. He wsa no longer the shy little boy I remembered. He was a handsome, smart, ambitious, spiritual man and I fell for him in an instant. Ten months after our first date- we were married- April 28th,2007. The happiest day of my life!

Now we have been happily married for 9 months. We live in Sandy, Utah. Brady works for the Church in their Audio Visual Department. He's majoring in Business Administration at UVSC and does Real Estate on the side. I am the Marketing Coordinator for a structural engineering company- Reaveley Engineers. Which means I maintain relationships with clients, I help look for new projects, and I design mailers, brochures, ads, etc. (That's me, mingling with clients. Incase you don't recognize me- I'm the short little Mexican)

So, there you have it. That's my life. My wonderful, fantastic, incredible life! I think I am the most blessed person to walk this earth, and I'm excited to see where I go from here!