50 Things...

1.What color is your tooth brush? pink & white & orange
2. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? reading blogs
3. What is your favorite candy bar? Kit-Kat or a Snickers Adventure Bar
4. Have you ever been to a strip club? nope.
5. What is the last thing you said aloud? "Buh-bye."
6. What is the best ice cream flavor? I don't really like just plain ice cream. I LOVE shakes or blizzards though. My Fav blizzard is M&M
7. What is the last thing you had to drink? Water
8. What are you wearing right now? My pj's
9. What was the last thing you ate? A cinnamon roll
10. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? not this week
11. When was the last time you ran? for fun - never, to get the phone in the other room - about 10 minutes ago...
12. Who was the last person to send you a message/comment on your blog? My dad
13. Do you take vitamins daily? No
14. Do you go to church every Sunday? Most of the time
15. Do you have a tan? a little residual tan left over from San Diego in October
16. Do you like Chinese food over pizza? Depends on the day, but mostly I'm a pizza girl
17. Do you drink soda with a straw? Sometimes
18. What does your last text message say? My cell is downstairs, and I don't feel like going to get it...
19. Are you someones best friend? Probably
20. What are you doing tomorrow? Probably a little bit of cleaning, a little bit of baking, a little bit of scrapbooking...
21. Where is your dad? Probably at work...oh wait, nope he has Monday's off, so he's probably at home...
22. Look to your left, what do you see? The rocking chair, the window, my night stand
23. What color is your favorite pair of shoes? black
24. Do you use chap stick? all the time
25. Whats your favorite thing to do in your free time? Watch TV, blog, scrapbook, read
26. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive-thru? Usually just drive-thru.
27. Do you have a dog? no
28. Last guy you talked on the phone with? My brother-in-law
29. Last girl you talked on the phone with? My neighbor
30. Any fun vacation plans soon? Ryan & I have a little getaway planned in January! SO excited!
31. Do you dye your hair? Yes
32. Can you say the alphabet backwards? nope
33. Do you have a maid service clean your house? I wish...maybe when I have another baby...great idea from Cyd & Jennica!
34. Are you jealous of anyone? Not really...
35. Do you love anyone? Lots of people
36. Do any of your friends have children? Yes
37. Do you use the word Hello daily? yes
38. Do you like cats? not really...
39. Have you ever been to six flags? no
40. How did you get your worse scar? Trying to climb through a barbed wire fence, and I caught my knee on one of the barbs...OUCH.
41. What is your favorite smell? Babies, freshly bathed babies, freshly bathed Hailey, Aqua-digio (Ryan's cologne), Roses, peppermint, rain, fresh cut grass/hay...I have a lot of favorite smells
42. What is the last DVD you watched? I honestly can't remember...seems like it was probably a Christmas show, or Mickey Mouse Clubhouse...
43. Have you ever been to Disney world? No...never even been to DisneyLand
44. What is your favorite number? 15
45. Do you toast your pop tarts? Yes
46. Have you ever waited tables? No
47. Where did you have your first kiss? On a bench outside the church
49. Do you enjoy wasting time blogging? Absolutely
50. Who do you want to tag? Whoever wants to do this

Have you?

Getting caught up on tags...this one looked fun! :)

Have you done any of these? Got this from my friend Jennica... Just copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done.

1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. 18. Grown your own vegetables (even if they were a little pathetic) 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight 22. Hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 24. Built a snow fort 25. Held a lamb 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset 31. Hit a home run . 32. Been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 41. Sung karaoke 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling 52. Kissed in the rain (I was proposed to in the rain...awww) 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie or on a TV show 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (quite a few actually...) 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar 72. Pieced a quilt. 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. Broken a bone 78. Been on a speeding motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Read the entire Bible 86. Visited the White House (not inside, but stood outside the gate...does that count?) 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had chickenpox 89. Saved someone’s life 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous (does Michael McLean count?) 92. Joined a book club 93. Lost a loved one 94. Had a baby 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. Owned a cell phone 99. Been stung by a bee

Crazy Eights!

8 Favorite TV Shows:
1. The Office
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. 24 (looking forward to that again this year!)
4. American Idol
5. Gilmore Girls
6. Desperate Housewives
7. Lost
8. The Soup

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Olive Garden
2. Cafe Rio
3. Cafe Coyote (in San Diego)
4. Sonic (but only for their drinks)
5. Tucano's
6. Fuddruckers
7. Smokehouse
8. Kneaders

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1. Packed up
2. Got dressed
3. Got Hailey dressed and ready
4. Drove home
5. Unpacked the car
6. Waited for Ryan to get home
7. Watched some TV
8. Slept in my own bed!

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1. Christmas
2. Ryan being done with school
3. Thanksgiving
4. Getting out of debt one day
5. Saturday Ryan is home
6. Hailey being potty trained (one day!)
7. Getting back to the gym
8. Pounce!

8 Things I Love About Fall:
1. The changing of the leaves
2. The cooler weather
3. Long sleeved shirts
4. Jackets
5. Baking
6. School supplies (I have an addiction...)
7. Smells outside
8. Crisp air and sunshine together

8 Things on my Wishlist:
1. A bedroom set
2. A fence for my backyard
3. A bigger car
4. New pillows
5. A hammock
6. To be skinny
7. To go to China
8. To go back to Hawaii

8 People I Tag:
Amber, Jennica, Cyd, Megan, Charity, Brooke, Lindsay, Heather

Ryan's Version of Our Story

1. Where did you meet?

We were going to a concert. They wanted to show up 5 days beforehand and camp out. I knew that one hour would give us terrific seats. I was the one driving. Nuff said.

Btw, where were our seats, you ask? Well, arriving so late as 1 hour beforehand, our seats were on the 2nd row. Just as I knew all along. :)

2. What was the first thing you said to her?

Probably hi or something, or maybe that I was sorry I was late (Hehe).

3. Where was your first date?

It was at Alicia's party, like Aubrey said. I wasn't nervous, but Aubrey didn't act too weird despite her nervousness.

4. Where was your first kiss?

The one thing Aubrey forgot to mention was that she's the one that initiated it, not me.

5. How long did you date?

Aubrey exaggerates.

6. Where did you get engaged?

What she said. It was WAY romantic!!

7. When were you married?

Aubrey is correct, leaving her number of times telling people the wrong date at once (hehe).

I think Aubrey might be regretting giving me post rights here....I might have that revoked after this....

8. How did your reception go?

It was fun, we saw a lot of people, got some good presents.

9. How was your honeymoon?

Well taking a Calculus 2 final two days after we were married wasn't too fun, but other than that it was a lot of fun. Oh, and of course, our life-altering trial in Green River.

10. Testimony

Aubrey's a pretty awesome gal. It seems like all this was ages ago. So Aubrey wanted to know my version of how we met, so I'll have to tell a few stories that weren't asked above. She didn't like me at first, not only due to me showing up later for the concert than she'd like, but also cause I pushed her buttons a little bit (just once or twice). Then she started liking me, but I didn't realize it, so when she asked me to Alicia's party I thought she was scraping the bottom of the barrel and had no one else to ask. But she was smitten. :) I was also a tad fickle, as she hinted at, so I'm lucky she stuck around. She's an awesome mother too, which is the most important thing to me. Aubbie, I WUV'S!!!!!!

Our Story

I got this idea from a blog that I enjoy reading (although I have never met the person). I thought I would do it, since I am missing Ryan - he just left for Atlanta for a couple days - anyway...here is OUR STORY

1. Where did you meet?

Ok here is the back story here: I am a HUGE FAN of Insideout, and we had tickets to that nights concert. The tickets didn't have assigned seating, so we needed to be there early to get good seats. I was at Debi's house and our dates were supposed to pick us up there. Ryan was Debi's date and my date was a guy named Phillip. We had told Ryan to pick us up at like 4:30pm, the concert was at 7:30pm. We waited and waited and waited...with me getting increasingly irritated with this Ryan-person that I had never met. He FINALLY showed up at 6:30 reasoning that there was no reason to be 3 hours early to the concert, that we would still get good seats if we showed up an hour early. I just glared at him, picked up my stuff and stalked out to the truck. I was not impressed. I think he liked me though- I don't know why...I was pretty rude to him and even told him he was on crack, to which he asked my date if they could switch dates! I hate to admit it, but he was right, we still got really good seats...

2. What was the first thing you said to him?

I'm pretty sure, after he showed up late to pick us up, the first thing I said to him was something like "You're fired!" I probably shot him a really dirty look, too!

3. Where was your first date?

Our first date was to my friend Alicia's Christmas Party. I was soooooooo nervous! It took me forever to get ready and then when he took me home I was soooooooooooooooooooooo nervous that we stood awkwardly on my front porch until I finally SHOOK HIS HAND and ran inside!

4. Where was your first kiss?

Do I admit where it really was? It was in the basement of his parents house. We were being dorks and wrestling and ended up kissing....

5. How long did you date?

Well, this is a complicated explanation. Ryan kept changing his mind about what he wanted. He's lucky I was pathetic and hung around as long as I did :) So by the time we got married we dated off and on for a year and a half.

6. Where did you get engaged?

In the field above my parents house in Colorado. In the rain...and the wind...and the dirt...It was all very romantic!! :)

7. When were you married?

August 10, 2002 Jordan River Temple




8. How did your reception go?

It was pretty perfect, actually. We had so many friends and family come. It was awesome to see all those people, but they kept coming and coming and coming...I finally had to drag Ryan out of the reception...

9. How was your honeymoon?

Well, we didn't have a real honeymoon...which was a joint decision. We spent our first night in our new apartment, his brothers were appalled and thought that it was just Ryan being cheap, but it was actually my idea to spend our first night together where we would start our life together. Ryan had finals two days after we got married, so we couldn't go anywhere until after that, and then we had a reception in Colorado a week later. So we spent a few days at Ryan's parents cabin in Midway, then made our way down to Colorado. We could have done that trip in one day, but decided that we would split the trip in two days and stay the night in Green River - BIG MISTAKE! The only hotels they have in Green River are truck stop places - EW! We drove up to our hotel and I had this sinking feeling...honeymoons are supposed to be romantic and clean...our hotel was dingy and seedy, like in a horror movie.

The guy that checked us in had a ratty beard and missing teeth. That was just the beginning! We got to our room and their were stains everywhere and a cockroach in the bathroom! I didn't want to stay there, but we had already paid. I refused to sleep under the covers, and didn't sleep very well, and as soon as I saw the sun come through the blinds I was up and packed and wanted out the door! Ryan said I could never handle living in a 3rd world country, which is probably true. So then (this is turning into quite a novel) the morning after the reception in Colorado, I woke up with a SERIOUS case of vertigo...I was soooooo sick the whole way home. I took some Dramamine and slept all but about 30 minutes of the 6 hour trip home!

10. This is a fun little survey, and I would love to hear anyone else's stories, so feel free to do this if you want. Actually, I would LOVE to hear Ryan's version of how we met... :)

My ABC's

I'm at a total loss what to blog about and I was tagged on my cousin's blog....so here goes nothing :)


A- Attached or Single? Attached, hence the "Ryan Sorenson Family"...

B- Best Friend? Ryan

C- Cake or Pie? Cookies

D- Day of Choice? Saturday

E- Essential Item? Running water and heated home

F- Favorite Color? Blue, Green or Red

G- Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms? Gummy worms

H- Hometown? Redmesa, CO

I- Favorite Indulgence? To eat: Chocolate in any form! I do love milk shakes! To do: Curl up on the couch with a blanket, popcorn, water and a good book.

J- January or July: April

K- Kids? 1 - Hailey

L- Life isn't complete without? Love and Family

M- Movie favorite? While You Were Sleeping, Princess Bride and Enchanted

N- Number of Brothers and Sisters? 2 brothers (one in heaven), 2 sisters

O- Oranges or Apples? Bananas or strawberries

P- Phobias or Fears? Water, heights speaking in sacrament meeting

Q- Quote? "That thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around becomes hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this person and you realize that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life, and for one moment you get this amazing gift and you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared that that it will go away all at the same time."

R- Reason to Smile? Hailey grinning at me with Ryan's same goofy grin! :)

S- Season of Choice? Fall or Spring

T- Tag a friend: Whoever wants to...

U- Unknown Fact About Me? I was always jealous of the girls who had big brothers. You know, the whole protective older brother thing? I always wanted that and I wanted my kids to have that....but I wouldn't trade Hailey for ANYTHING!

V- Vegetable? Carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes

W- Worst Habit? cracking my knuckles

X- X-ray or ultrasound? Well, I associate an X-ray with something being wrong, and an ultrasound with seeing my baby, so I prefer an ultrasound

Y- Your Favorite Food? Pizza and milkshakes!

Z- Zodiac Sign? Cancer

TAGGED!!

The rules:
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. I love to cook!! I love using new recipes and making them my own!! Check out www.littlepiggyfood.blogspot.com for some great recipes!! This is a food blog that I use a lot and contribute to from time to time.

2. I love to read! Even though I don't read as much as I used to now that I have Hailey. My favorite books that I have read recently are the Twilight books!! Sooooooo goood! I read all three in four days. But let me warn you that they are written for young adults, more specifically targeted at teenage girls, not for 30 year old men (John) :)

3. My favorite TV shows are The Office, 24, Grey's Anatomy, Prison Break, American Idol, and Law and Order: SVU. Man....I watch a lot of TV!! Thank goodness for DVR!!!

4. I love to take pictures and share them with EVERYONE I know...hence the blog :) I wish I had a better camera and a little more knowledge about photography. There is nothing I like better than a good picture to share!!

5. I love to sing/perform, even though I haven't done it in a VERY long time...

6. I love to hear updates from old friends, new friends, long lost family, and not so lost family! :)


Now I tag: Charity, Lindsay, Megan H., Megan A., Shelly, and Shea :)