Thursday, October 8, 2009

101 Things to Know about US


Get comfortable, this is going to be a long post
  1. Ben & I met in the mountains! Thanks to our friends Mike & Sam; and my old roomie Camille! (to get really technical we met at a friendly campfire up Bountiful Canyon; that can be the mountains right)
  2. Hmm our first date was 2 weeks after we met. It was the first weekend in October of 04. That is if I am not mistaken.
  3. Our first kiss was 3 days after our first date! I was dead set on not letting Ben kiss me on our first date! Although he kept asking me to make out....(which leads me to #4)
  4. I love my hubby's sense of humor!
  5. We never broke up while we were dating!
  6. We unofficially got engaged in March of 2005.
  7. It was made official when I got my ring 2 weeks later.
  8. We were married June 10,2005.
  9. No kiddos running around yet.
  10. We were sealed in the temple November 10,2007.
  11. I have found a new love for the drink Sobe Life Water; Fuji Apple Pear and Goji Melon. Although nothing tops a Grape Soda!
  12. Ben loves RC Cola!
  13. TV is a favorite thing in our house!
  14. I fully admit that I have an addiction to REALITY TV! Dancing with the Stars, Americas Next Top Model, So You Think You Can Dance, and American Idol (just to name a few.) I also love One Tree Hill, Dr. Quinn Medicine Women (lots of good memories with that show) and who can forget ELLEN!
  15. Some of Ben's shows are Dirty Jobs, Deadliest Catch, anything on the Military Channel & History Channel, Family Guy and of course the Simpson's!
  16. I own all of the James Bond Movies! That's right every single one of them! Maybe I can be the next James Bond girl (well maybe in my next life)!
  17. My favorite movie is GONE WITH THE WIND!
  18. Sports in our house; lets see ..........
  19. We love a nice motorcycle ride.
  20. I love my first motorcycle! Now if I only knew how to ride it...
  21. We love to Camp~Planned and Random trips!
  22. Ben has 1 brother & 2 sisters (all are married)
  23. Ben is the baby of his family.
  24. From Ben's family we have 3 stinkin' adorable nieces & 1 lady killer nephew!
  25. I have 4 sisters & 1 brother. (not all of them are married. One of my sisters is married & one is engaged)
  26. I am right in the middle of all my siblings!
  27. On my side of the family we have 1 very handsome little nephew!
  28. I have 2 step-sisters and 2 step-brothers! (Don't worry we didn't all grow up under one roof. They were all out of the house when my parents got married)
  29. Since we have been together we have had 7 different modes of transportation. We currently have 5 of them! 3 cars & 2 motorcylces.
  30. If you google Sheridan,WY (my hometown) you see "The West at it's Best" (thanks for the idea Whit)
  31. If you google Salt Lake City,UT (Ben's hometown) you see alot of stuff about the city and a lot of pictures of downtown :-(
  32. I love cheese!
  33. I am eating Cool Ranch Doritos while I am coming up with all of these things on this list!
  34. I like musicals for movies! Grease, West Side Stories, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (what a fun classic) and Carousel...the list goes on!
  35. The first time Ben went to Wyoming to me the family ~ he got a speeding ticket about 15 minutes from Sheridan. I mean we had only been in the car for 8 hours~
  36. As a little little girl I remember going out to Carter,WY to pick up rocks with my Mom & Dad for the yard under my moms clothes line!
  37. I have been to Canada. Only for a few short hours; but I was there!
  38. I am falling in love with Traveling and seeing new places!
  39. I wish I could be a better cook! Although I am really good at making Cream Cheese Cookies!
  40. The last movie that we watched together was Wolverine (the new one with Hugh Jackman)!
  41. I don't know if this counts but you are doing good reading this! Keep going there is more!
  42. Most of the time I hate doing the Laundry and the Dishes!
  43. We just go a new couch that reclines! (thanks a bunch Mike & Sam)
  44. I am a nanny to twin girls! Ahnika & Alexandra (Alex for short)! They are freakin adorable! They just turned a year old! Oh and I can't forget George!
  45. I always have a craft project of some sort going!
  46. Ben really like to play a lot of first person shooter games on the PS2!
  47. I bought some strawberry plants this year! Good thing I have Ben because he takes care of them for me!
  48. Ben loves to Sleep! (he works really hard so he deserves it)
  49. My favorite game is TICKET TO RIDE! I can play it online...What an addiction!
  50. One of my favorite memories...The Rocky movie marathon with the Gonda's!
  51. I guess I have time to sit here and think of 101 things to say since I since I am at work! I work from 7pm to 7 am (if is almost 1 am right now & I will blog all of this once I get home and I sleep)
  52. The little engine that could...I think I can, I think I can...I can finish this! Keep reading!
  53. I am starting to collect little kids books! Starting with some of the ones that were my favorite from when I was a little tyke!
  54. I don't like it when Ben shaves his head in the summer!
  55. Ben hates it when I color my hair!
  56. Ben loves to cook!
  57. We love spending time with our families~
  58. We love spending time with our friends~
  59. Ben always has a beard...
  60. Ben did shave his beard once though, just to compliment my Uncle Mike!
  61. I still have 41 things to think of!
  62. I have a Uncle Jeff, Ben has a cousin Jeff.
  63. I like to sleep!
  64. I love how excited the little girl across the street gets when her dad comes home from work. If she is outside playing when he comes home; every afternoon at 4:30 I hear "MY DADDY'S HOME! MY DADDY'S HOME!"
  65. I love (and collect) Disney Movies!
  66. I am work hard on a counted cross stitch that my dad gave me. He got it about 7 years ago and started it! I have had it for about 3 years and am working really hard to finish it!
  67. Another favorite childhood memory; watching 911 with my mom! Every Tuesday night at 7pm!
  68. I am finding a new love for reading!
  69. Ben loves to go out to the desert and go shooting!
  70. Every memorial day weekend we go camping out at Isoepa~
  71. I once went to curl my moms hair with the curling Iron and grabbed the iron with my hand and it was HOTT ;but I went into shock and could not let go of it! Once I started screaming my mom had to pry it out of my hand. I burned the whole palm of my hand!
  72. Ben & I have been together for 5 years! What a small but great milestone!
  73. My Grandpa & Grandma Condos are hilarious!
  74. Someday I will go to College!
  75. I love things with sentimental meaning behind them! For example I have necklace that was once my Great Grandmas, it got passed to my mom and then to me. I have a leaf dish that my Great Grandpa made. I have 2 quilts that were made for me. One from a Great Grandma on my dads side of the family and from my Grandma on my moms' side (I also have a counted cross stitch that she made for me) Although I think my favorite is my sewing machine! It was my moms first machine! She gave it to me and it was my first machine too!
  76. Only 25 more!
  77. I love to try new foods (well most of the time!)
  78. Ben loves war movies!
  79. Ben is an amazing Husband!
  80. someday we will go to Disneyland (which was suppose to be our Honeymoon)
  81. Right now as I am coming up with this list it is 1:20 in am!
  82. When I grow up I think I wan to be a nurse! (that could very well change)
  83. I know I said that I love grape soda (see #10) but I think my #1 drink of choice is between Milk and Grape Soda! It is a close run for that spot!
  84. My favorite candy is Bit O Honey!
  85. I wish I was more organized!
  86. Ben loves the candy Coke Bottles and Worthers Original!
  87. I have a lot of "goals" but I can't ever get them done because I am not organized!
  88. I am a great multi-tasker. Right now I am at working (if that counts) working on this list, eat cheez-its and texting!
  89. My favorite color is purple!
  90. I love my king size bed!
  91. I love to curl up under a blanket and watch a move; especially when it is raining or snowing outside!
  92. Only 10 more!
  93. Someday I will have my own Truck!
  94. I miss going to the Ranch (back home) and staying in the camping by night and moving the cattle by day!
  95. I think that when I am done with this list I am going to pain my fingernails (which I did)
  96. I love cold cereal!
  97. I love to sew!
  98. I love to sing in my car!
  99. Another childhood memory; All 6 of us kids all getting in bed with my parents during a rainstorm!
  100. One of my favorite new songs is "Sweet Silver Lining" by Kate Voegele!
  101. I think Ben's favorite color is green?
  102. I can't believe that I did this list!
Thanks so much for reading this! Why I did it you ask? It is my 101st post! Seriously thanks so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed!

1 comment:

Rickeynoel said...

Nice list.... you two look the same as you did 5 years ago.... hope your doing well... come see us sometime or call and we will see you... proud of you for going to the temple..keep up the good work...