25 random facts about me... cause rachel is cool

Rachel is my friend. I will do this to prove I am loyal to the bitter end.

1. I want to go to Australia.
2. I'm crazy about Broadway musicals.
3. I eat spoonfuls of crunchy peanut butter with chocolate chips on it intermittently throughout the day... every day.
4. I do NOT like all-you-can eat buffets. Because I hate feeling like I have to stuff myself to get my money's worth and I feel like you always end up eating alone because one of you is up getting food.
5. I depend on other people (Emily... and Joey) for my opinions about clothing style.
6. My favorite cereal is Grape Nuts
7. My childhood friend ended up marrying my current favorite TV actor - Ty Burrell (aka Phil from Modern Family)
8. We play Red Rover every single Monday night for Family Night
9. I served a mission in Tokyo and rode a bike everywhere and ate vegetables and rice and somehow gained 20 lbs.
10. Joey proposed to me in a cave
11. I've lived in Utah, France, Israel, Japan, Maryland and Tennessee
12. I'm almost blind in my right eye and am terrible at any sport with a racket. Or a ball for that matter.
13. Joey's sister is married to my brother. So Luke & Lucy have 5 double cousins
14. I sang Spice Girl's "Wannabe" on a lit stage to a crowd of Egyptians in a boat on the Nile and I think some of them thought I was a real Spice Girl. What? I could be a spice girl.
15. I wore a pirate patch underneath coke bottle glasses my first few years of elementary school
16. Luke and I both wear a size 8 1/2 shoe (but ya know, different categories)
17. I stopped wearing my retainer a long time ago (sorry mom)
18. Joey's parents have 45 grandkids. They have had a grand child born into the family every single year for 24 years. And I think this is the first year it won't happen. It's up to Victoria and me. So unless Victoria hasn't announced yet - I think we're doomed to break the streak.
19. I put a scoop of flax in my kid's breakfast every morning. That way I can pretend I'm healthy when I feed them mapley sugary oatmeal.
20. I stabbed my sister Sarah in the neck with a pencil when I was little. She still has a little graphite mark on her neck. (what? she wouldn't give me the yellow crayon, what was I supposed to do?)
21. In 7th grade I tried out for every single sport, I ran for class office and tried out for cheerleader. I didn't make anything. I ended up doing track because anyone could be on the track team. And that is the story of how I started running.
22. I can't whistle
23. or blow up balloons
24. But luckily I can rap. I made up a rap for an Elder on my mission when he was going home and rapped my guts out in front of a bunch of missionaries to "Ice Ice Baby". Oh it was smooth.
25. I have to force myself to read books. But I always love it when I do.

And I would like to tag Sarah Cresap - because today is her very special day. And what better thing to do on your birthday than write 25 things about yourself right? Happy Birthday to Sarah!!

Joey turned 33 (a month ago) . A delicious "3 palindrome 3" cake from Dairy Queen (and They Might Be Giants). I tried out a recipe for his favorite food - Shawarmas. and then some home made onion rings.



St. Patrick's Day

The Leprechaun came for
Breakfast


Lunch


and dinner


Overnight camp-out with the YW


Lucy is officially walking as of a few days ago.

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Date with Luke

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Children's Musuem



And last but not least - a broken face

So, last night I was helping a friend jump her car. I was holding up the heavy hood of my car and somehow dropped it on my face. Who does that? There is fracture in one of my face bones that does weird things like let air through to my eye when I blow my nose. And of course this happens late on Saturday night so I get to go to church looking awesome.