August 28, 2008

High School Memories

Thanks to Katie I get to take a fun little walk down memory lane. Remembering high school it actually pretty fun.

1. Did you date someone from your high school?

Oh yeah, I met Spence my Sophomore year of high school at a girls volley ball game, and we ended up getting married just 8 years after that.

2. What kind of car did you drive?
I drove a white T-top Pulsar from the early 90's. I remember Linds and I trying to fly a kite out the top of it. It didn't work out.

3. What was the most embarrassing moment of high school?
Umhh well, I am not sure about that one, but one thing that was very embarrassing was an incident the night of MORP. We were sitting at TGIF all decked out in our 80's garb. Katie did something (the story is too long to tell) that made me laugh so hard that all the water in my mouth went everywhere.

4. Were you a party animal?
Nope, not me. I should have had more fun in high school.

5. Were you considered a flirt?
I would have liked to describe myself as friendly, but if you ask Spencer I think he would say that what I thought was friendly was actually flirting.

6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
Nope

7. Were you a nerd?
Again, I would like to think that i wasn't, but I guess it depends on who you ask

8. Were you on any varsity teams?
Nope

9. Can you still sing the fight song?
I couldn't sing it in high school. I guess I didn't have enough school pride.

10. Did you get suspended or expelled?
What kind of question is that? Of course I didn't get suspended of expelled.

11. Who was your favorite teacher?
Probably Mr. Ward

12. Where did you sit during lunch?
I don't really remember, but I do remember those cheese rolls that only had like 1,000 grams of fat. I guess that is why I don't way more than I did in high school, i stopped eating the cheese rolls.

13. What was your school's full name?
Alta High School

14. School Mascot?
Alta Hawks

15. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
Sure, I liked high school

16. What do you remember most about graduation?
Katie and I almost got in an accident on the way to graduation, we were late and one of the coaches (who I will not reveal) yelled at us. I still remember the look on his face very vividly. We were in trouble.

17. Where did you go senior skip day?
What is senior skip day?

18. Were you in any clubs?
I was in a bunch of clubs. I will not bore you by telling you about them, though they were a lot of fun.

19. Have you gained some weight since then?
Nope

20. Who was your prom date?
What year?

21. Are you planning on going to your ten year reunion?
Of course, I am actually pretty excited (Aleena/Topher, let me know if there is anything I can do to help).

22. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself?
I would have told myself about Spence the first day of high school. We didn't become really good friends until our Senior year and now I wish that we had known eachother starting from day one of our Sophomore year.


Who wants to share now? How about Ginnie, Jackie, Merilee, Krista, Jessica, Whitney, Natalie, Katherine, Ange, Mindy and anyone else who wants to share.

August 27, 2008

A Few More Pics Just For Kicks

Hey Guys!!

Ginnie took some darling pictures of Madelyn the other day. Oh, we love them so much. Thanks Ginnie!!! (If you want to check out more of Ginnie's photos click here. )

Here are just a few...



Love the flowers in the background.





Thank heaven for teeny tiny toes.


I think Madelyn had had it by the time we were done.



You can't post too many pictures of your new baby, right?

August 23, 2008

Hiking Madelyn Style

Now that we have little "M" in our lives we have had to make a few little adjustments. As many of you know, any activity with a new baby has to be...well, new baby friendly. The activity can't be too long, to strenuous, too hot, too sunny, too loud etc...So, Spence and I decided that a little hike would be great. We went to Barns and Noble and bought a book called Best Easy Day Hikes. The book highlights 24 different hikes in the area where we live, and each is a couple of miles. We found that Battle Creek Falls was only like 10 minutes from our house. It wasn't too long, too steep, or too sunny, and there was a beautiful waterfall at the end. It was perfect. So we hiked it, and had a lot of fun.







And just a word to those of you who do not have small children, but may be expecting them soon. Going out to dinner to a sit down restaurant may not be the ideal activity for your child. It really doesn't allow for you to calm your screaming child by pacing back and forth with them on your shoulder (assuming this is what calms your child).

Last night we attempted going to Mimi's Cafe for dinner. It was Madelyn's first time in a restaurant, and she decided to show her discontent about 1 minute after we sat down. She gave us very little warning and then started to scream. I couldn't help but get a big smile on my face because I thought that everyone in the room was looking at us, and when I looked up from picking Madelyn up from her car seat, I saw that everyone was looking at us. It was pretty funny. I quickly exited through the nearest door onto the patio eating area and Madelyn calmed down once she was outside. Spence asked our waiter if it was alright if we just ate on the patio. He was very nice and said that was just fine. The best part was all the sympathetic mothers and fathers that walked by us on their way out. Each of them said something like, "oh, babies just get fussy at night, " or "Is this your first?" and "She is so cute."

Thanks to our nice waiter who let us escape to the patio, I would say dinner was a success.