i was tagged

by my friend dianne. i'm finally getting around to it.

3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions, and 3 random facts. all about me.

3 joys:
spencer's smile. especially when he's looking at one of the boys. it really makes me happy.
my little boys. i really couldn't ask for two better boys than benny and anderson.
music (usually broadway). especially when i'm doing dishes.

3 fears:
spiders.
needing to use our health insurance (for something major).
when i die i'll go to heaven, god sneezes, and i don't know what to say.

3 goals: (i missed this category the first time around... does that say something?)
to lighten up.
pack the house by saturday.
i want to have 100 kids so i can have 100 friends and no one can say no to being my friend.
really, though, i want to survive medical school.

3 current obsessions:
dave ramsey. if you don't know who he is, find out. spencer and i read the total money makeover and it was great! we also listen to his radio show during the day (you can get the live feed from his website (12-3p mst).
packing. we're moving next week.
coney's. our favorite frozen custard place. we're really going to miss it. we went twice in two days last week. try it out if you're ever in the orem area (our favorite flavors of the day are cherry amaretto cheesecake and snickers chunky cheesecake - hoping for another favorite in peach melba on friday).

3 random facts:
i can make a clover with my tongue (i just found out what it's called when i showed spencer).
my pinkies often stick out making me look very proper (even when eating something informal like chips). i really don't mean to.
i was the little red hen in my kindergarten play (because i was the loudest).

i tag beth, jen, courtnie, season, and natalie.

the kitchen

here is the kitchen we are so looking forward to enjoying in two-and-a-half weeks. keep in mind that these were the first pictures i ever saw of the house. honestly, i was quite shocked. however, after thinking about it, i really don't care what it looks like because, as you can see in the second picture, there is a dishwasher!!! i haven't had a dishwasher for six of the last seven years. it's time.

if you look closely enough in these last two pictures, you can see the matching sink.

you can't beat the matching drapes!

another blessing. we'll have a dryer!!! i am so excited to not have to line-dry our clothes.

in all seriousness, i am so grateful to have such a wonderful home to live in. there is so much room for the boys to play around. the backyard is completely enclosed. really, everything is wonderful. it really doesn't matter what the refrigerator looks like...as long as it works!

moving

this is going to be a very quick one - and without any pictures (i just finished feeding andy and it's barely 6a - it's time to go back to bed!).

as it's getting closer and closer to our move date (31 jul for spencer and 2 aug for the little boys and me), i've been thinking more and more about going to oklahoma. i've been excited to move for a very long time and i still am. i've described it as the feeling owen wilson had in "armageddon" right before take-off ("i'm 99% excited and 1% scared. or maybe it's 99% scared and 1% excited."). this is going to be one of the greatest adventures of our lives (for now). going to a place where we know almost nobody and making a life for ourselves.

one thing i've been thinking about in particular is my desire to go to oklahoma and live. i don't want to go and be a student. i've heard of a lot of different med school families coming back home whenever there is an opportunity. don't get me wrong, i think it's wonderful to go back to family, but i also think it's important to build your own life wherever you are.

this past week we had spencer's family's reunion. it was wonderful! we made sure to join in on a lot of the festivities because we knew it would be our last one for a long time. we've been wondering what next year is going to be like for us: when we're going to make our trip back and how long are we going to be back. we've been thinking of two to three weeks. i don't think i want to be back for as long as a month (maybe i'll think diferently this time next year). i want ok to be our home, and a month is a long time to be from home! i want us to get fairly established where we are living. i want benny to have friends that he loves to see regularly. i want us to be involved in our ward. i want us to enjoy the place that we will be calling home for the next four years (at least!). i don't want to be a family that's only there for school.

what do you think?

okay, i know i said no pictures, but i'm really excited that this is the place we're going to live! (i'll definitely post kitchen pictures later. you'll know why when you see it... be excited!)