Sam Gets Tagged

I was tagged by Jen. Thank you.

What was I doing 10 years ago:
10 years ago I was counting down the days until my sixteenth birthday.

What is on my to-do list for today?
Well it's Sunday afternoon, so: rest, eat and take care of Bria.

What are 3 bad habits of mine?
1. leaving empty coke cans all over creation
2. not zipping my fly up
3. robbing banks

3 Things You might not know about me:
1. I saw Bring It On at least 6 times in the theater
2. I bleached my hair in a women's restroom in a mall in Boston on my 18th birthday
3. I really want to go to France

Four Movies/TV shows I love: (really only 4?)
1. Tommy Boy (it was on TBS this morning at 5am when Bria woke up, we enjoyed it together)
2. Lars and the Real Girl
3. Scrubs
4. Arrested Developmet

Four Books I Love:(I have to come up with 4?)
1. Ender's Game
2. The Giver
3. I am Legend
4. Bourne Identity (I'm reading it right now)

Four Jobs I've Had:
1. Team Lead at Icon Security call center
2. A.M. custodian at the BYU Bookstore
3. Cashier at Best Buy
4. substitute teacher

Five Places I've Lived:
1. Norwell, MA
2. Provo, UT
3. Sandy, UT
4. Houston, TX
5. Hingham, MA

Five of My Favorite Foods:
1. Lobster
2. Steak
3. Snickers
4. Chili's chicken crispers
5. Courtney's green curry, or her tortilla soup, or her chicken fingers, really anything she cooks


Five Bloggers I'm Tagging:
1. Any
2. one
3. who
4. wants
5. to be tagged

Tagged!

I was tagged by my sister-in-law Jean

What was I doing 10 years ago:
10 years ago was a crazy time. Exactly this week ago, I had just gotten home from Academy For Girls (like EFY for 12-14 year olds) and I was on a pioneer trek with my ward young women and young men. Just about two days after I got home, our family went to London because my dad had just been offered a job and we were checking out houses and schools. (I can't believe it's been ten years!)

What is on my to-do list for today?
Go to the grocery store, go on a walk, call my sister Amy, find a birthday present for Sam
(Wow, Jean, I can't believe that was all on your to-do list for one day . . .)

What are 3 bad habits of mine?
1. Not putting away my all my hair-fixing stuff (brush, blow dryer, etc.)
2. Buying produce that I never use
3. (I'm stealing this one from you Jean) Not returning phone calls

3 Things You might not know about me:
1. I had braces three times.
2. When The Little Mermaid came out (when I was in preschool) I told everyone my middle name was Ariel.
3. I have visited over 15 countries, on every continent except Africa and Antarctica

Four Movies/TV shows I love:
1. The Breakup
2. I Heart Huckabees
3. Scrubs
4. Friends

Four Books I Love:
1. Harry Potter (of course)
2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
3. The Joy Luck Club
4. In the Time of the Butterflies

Four Jobs I've Had:
1. Sales associate at Lovesac
2. Grammar tutor at the Writing Center at BYU
3. Collating newspapers for the Sunday Denver Post
4. Shelving books at Barnes and Noble

Five Places I've Lived:
1. Seattle
2. Denver
3. London
4. Salt Lake City
5. Provo

Five of My Favorite Foods:
1. Massaman curry
2. Rasinets
3. Ice cream
4. French fries
5. Fried rice
(yes, I am very healthy.)

Five Bloggers I'm Tagging:
1. Lindsay
2. Maranda
3. Calixta
4. Jordyn
5. Any other bloggers who love to play tag

So . . .

We tried to introduce what I like to call a "grown-up" pacifier:

Hmmm . . . this seems interesting.



Nope! Not going to do it!


Don't worry, within 24-hours, she was fully accustomed to the new one.

Just Some Pictures

The smile:

Bria smiling. She is starting to notice the toys on her bouncer, and she really enjoys them


After a bath:


Father's Day:


Bria was dancing to a Rihanna video on YouTube:


I love her in this hoodie:


Bria has a rat tail. It makes me sad.


Bria likes to wear her pants grandpa-style:


Ready for a day out:

Bria's Blessing

We have had a great past week. On Sunday, we blessed Bria, and it was wonderful to have family in town for the event. We had some great food after the blessing, including this quiche which I made. Bria did a wonderful job. We were worried she would cry during the blessing, especially when she started getting fussy right before. But she just feel right asleep during blessing, so we were very happy.


My parents:
Sam's parents:
The whole group:

Bria also started smiling last week! She gave my mom a couple small smiles while were up for Memorial Day, but she is smiling real, big smiles now, which I just love. It makes the crying and getting up at night all worth it.