JAYSON IS 1!!

I can't believe it! Jayson turned one on Saturday. He is growing way to fast! He started walking a couple of weeks ago. I am trying to figure out how to upload the video we took on our camera. On Saturday, we had a family party with lunch and cake. It was fun to see him with the toys and wrapping paper. He was such a good boy and loved the attention.

JUSTYN'S BAPTISM

On July 5th, my little boy was Baptized. His Baptism was at the stake center at 5:00 p.m. All of my family, including my Grandma Christensen came. All of Allen's'family came too. We had a dinner for him at the church afterwards. The next day in Sacrament Meeting the Bishop honored him. Justyn sat up on the stand and after Bishop was done, Justyn sat back down on the stand. He wanted to stay up there and sit. I told Allen it was a good thing we got him a suit. All of the people sitting on the stand including Justyn were in dark blue suits. It looked pretty sweet. I was glad he behaved himself and didn't pick his nose. It was a great weekend. I can't believe that I am old enough to have an 8 year old. I still feel like I am 21. I know that I am going to say the same thing when he is 12, 16, 18, and 19. They grow so fast. take the time to smell the roses with them!

PUERTO VALLARTA

Allen and I finally took a trip out of the country that wasn't work related. We went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with some of Allen's family members. We had a great time. It rained everyday, but the last day we were there. That was good because once the sun came out in got very HOT. We went to the local flea markets and shopped. We went deep sea fishing and caught a sail fish, some jacks, and a blue finned tuna. The young kids that took us out were hilarious. One looked like a Hispanic Orlando Bloom. We spent some of the time playing beach volleyball with some of Allen's cousins and went on the "booze" cruise with them too. It was interesting watching drunk people try and dance on a moving boat. The week went fast as all vacations do, but it was fun to get away. We are now planning to go to Hawaii next.

10 Years Ago.....

I am taking on the challenging.....

10 years ago in May I got married and had taken our honeymoon to Lake Tahoe. I was starting my last year of college at USU and we had just bought a cute little trailer in the USU Trailer Park. I was working for USU Photo services printing picture enlargements. Allen was working at The Computer Station. Looking back now, life sure seemed easier then. :)

5 THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST TODAY:
*Call the dentist'
*Clean the kitchen
*Contact several school districts at work about their 4-6 math grants
*Call Amy back
*Pay some bills

5 SNACKS I ENJOY
*Cold Stone Ice Cream (cake batter and brownies)
*Peanut M&M's
*Dr. Pepper Fountain Drink
*Kettle Corn Popcorn
*Fresh Melons (especially at this time of year)

WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WAS SUDDENLY A BILLIONAIRE
First of all, I wouldn't believe that it was true and would be questioning whoever gave me the money. Then I would pay off all our bills, take my family on a great trip, remodel our house--or just buy a new one with TONS of land. I would also divide some of the money up between all of my immediate family members. I would secretly payoff mine and Allen's parents debt (oops, that should be a secret) and then I would anonymously send money to certain people I know. I would also put some in a high yielding account and live off the interest. OH---I would upgrade my season tickets to BYU football and get seats in the chair section!

5 PLACES I HAVE LIVED
*Orangeville, UT
*Price, UT
*Logan, UT
*Herriman, UT
*Bountiful, UT
(Kind of a boring list)

5 JOBS I HAVE HAD
*Nanny
*Photo Lab Technician
*Teacher
*Elementary Math Assessment Specialist
* MOM

5 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME
*I am fascinated with the paranormal and what some would call the "afterlife" and love to watch a show called Ghost Hunters on Scifi
*One day I want to run the marathon that is held in Cache Valley
*I love the smell of rain and fresh cut grass
*One of my favorite things to do at Christmas time is to turn out all the lights in the house, except the Christmas tree lights and sit quietly by myself and think.
*My favorite time of year is Fall. My favorite holiday is Halloween


Wow some new things about me. I would love to hear or read any of yours!

Visitors

During our Spring cleaning, we left some apples on our back porch. We had some friendly visitors. It was so fun to watch them. One actually came up to the back sliding doors and pressed his nose against it. This is one of the positives of living here.