6 Things You Might Not Know About Me

My friend, Chanel tagged me to write about six things you might not know about me.

1. I chew on lollipops and ice cream instead of sucking or licking them.

2. I think a lot about death. I'm always thinking that someone I love is going to die and leave me, or that I am going to die and leave them. I always worry when Paul and I leave our kids that we will both die and they will be left trying to figure out what to do.

3. Over the last 3 years I have become very afraid of heights while I'm driving-particularly on bridges and overpasses. It is somewhat paralyzing. It bugs me because I never felt that way before and I don't know how to get rid of it.

4. I like equality or balance. For example, when I kiss Lily on one cheek, I always feel like I need to kiss the other side, too. I'm not compelled to do it, I just feel like I should. Like the other side of her face will feel left out if it is not kissed, too. I also like the same for me.

5. I have nightmares that my teeth fall out and I have quite a few other re-occurring nightmares that take place on a stage, at school, or in the Spanish language.

6. My house is usually quite messy, even though I hate it that way, and I always tell Paul that if I die he needs to clean the house before anyone comes over.

Wow, now that I type it all out I see that I have a lot of fears and that I fear the lack of control. Maybe I should see a therapist. Thanks, Chanel.
Now, I'm tagging anyone in my family that is brave enough to tell 6 things I might not know about you.

Muppet Look-alikes

The other day the Muppets took over the "Today" show. Spencer was watching and said that they looked like this.

Then my brother put a Halloween picture of himself on his blog and I thought he looked like a muppet, too.

A day of Nature- Indoors

The kids had the day off from school for Veteran's Day so we spent the day in Mesa. We went to the Bass Pro Shop where they have tons of taxidermy animals and lots of nice aquariums to enjoy.

We think Grandpa Daniels would love to go fishing in these waters. Look how big the fish are!

They also a have shooting range that was fun for all of us.

There was a Christmas display with things for children to do and trains to watch.

Then we went to lunch with our friend, Pearl, at the Rainforest Cafe. It was a very entertaining place to eat with elephants, waterfalls, starry skies, thunderstorms, and monkeys hanging from the ceiling.

After running to the bookstore, we picked up our favorite Bahama Bucks snow cones to eat on the way home.

That night I went to a very nice dinner with my friends to "celebrate!?" our release from the Young Women's organization.

What a fun day. It's hard to get back into cleaning the house today.

Time Out for Mothers and Girls

My sweet friend, Beckie, had tickets to go Deseret Book's "Time out for Women and Girls" on Saturday, but she couldn't go because her recently-turned-insane husband wanted to compete in an Ironman competition in Las Vegas on the same weekend. She, being the dutiful wife that she is, went to support him and have a little vacay in LV at the same time. I suppose she thought she might have to drag his dead body home in the minivan. (just kidding-David is The Man! I'm sure he made it through alive.) So Siena and I were the lucky recipients of her tickets to this day-long devotional of inspirational talks and music.

First, we met up with our friends, Trea and Kabria, for breakfast, and then spent the day in Phoenix being entertained and uplifted and seeing many friends from our current and previous wards. It was really nice spending the day with Siena, and so sweet of Paul to take care of Lily and Spencer for the whole day without any complaints. Thanks Beckie! You are awesome!

TMI- Too Much Information?

Some like to read, some may play games, does anyone else sit backwards and play games?

After taking this picture he told me he was freaking out? Why? Not because I took his picture, but because he couldn't get his guy to climb up to the top of the ladder on his gameboy.

When I showed him the picture he said, "Cool, I'm going poopoo on the potty and playing games!" Way to multi-task.

Feeding the Lories

Since Spencer was feeling better on Tuesday after being sick for a week and because the 75 degree weather was so nice, I took him to the zoo. We got there just in time to fee the Lories apples out of the palms of our hands. Fun stuff!

This lady was having so much fun she didn't even seem to notice that I was poking her in the stomach!Next we played on the playground, and then went to the petting zoo and Spencer got to name a brand new chick. He didn't quite grasp the concept, but he liked the named "Fluffy" when it was suggested. It was a Japanese Silky, I think.When I told him that we would be eating turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, it didn't even phase him. That's the farmer's blood in him.We ended our visit with a walk by the monkey cages. They have some baby monkeys that are so cute. We only stayed a couple of hours because I bought us a year pass last Spring. Of course, it is really only a six month pass because the other half of the year is too hot to go. Not kidding. This December they are opening up an aquarium. That will be nice in the summer, but they are also raising the prices, so I'm not sure we will sign up for another year. It is only a few miles away, so I love being able to for only a couple of hours instead of the whole day. Going to the zoo is one of Spencer's favorite activities.

Obama Wins!

I got teary-eyed last night as I watched the news and took part in this momentous election. The United States has elected our first black President. It was only forty years ago that Martin Luther King, Jr. was martyred as he sought for the civil rights of black people. It was only 150 years since slavery was abolished. This is historic. Of course, I didn't vote for him because he was black. I voted for him because I feel like he is our best chance at getting out of the mess that Bush put us in. I hope that this new President will help to mend our broken relations with the rest of the world. I hope that he will lead us out of Iraq. I hope that this will give the United States a new start. It will be a battle for him to make a difference in our trouble times, but I have hope that he can do it.

I was so impressed by McCain's concession speech. He was very gracious. If it wasn't for his huge mistake of choosing Palin as his running mate, he might have made a good President, but Bush probably ruined his chances anyway.

I've enjoyed how everyone has been so excited about this election. As I sat outside reading on my porch yesterday, I smiled as I heard school children arguing about who they wanted to win the Presidency.

We have an unknown road to travel. Let's hope Obama is a good driver.