Tag I'm it

Tag I'm it 

7 weird things about me

1. I always double check the locks in the house before bed but often don't bother to lock the door to my car.  

2. I have always been a people person, but lately I enjoy doing things with one or two people/families more then in groups.  

3. I tend to think everyone thinks the same way that I do.  (Even when I know that they don't)

4. I still tell people that I am from Southern California even though I haven't lived there for more then a year and a half out of the last 14 years.  

5. I buy and get excited about scrapbook stuff even though it's been 3 years since I worked on it.  

6. I enjoy licking the brownie bowl more then eating the brownies.  

7. I feel guilty when I don't read my scriptures every day.  

10 years ago

1. I was a newlywed

2. I lived in Provo Utah

3. My husband was applying to medical schools.  (Now we are applying to residency programs for the 4th time after military interferences.)  

4. I was thinking about having our first child

5. I taught relief society 

6.  We rented a small house that tilted to one side.  You could roll a ball from one end to the other.  Our house that we lived in is now a parking lot just south of center street in Provo.  

5 things on my to do list

1. Make Christmas Cards

2. Go Christmas Shopping

3. Go to Utah for Thanksgiving

4. Plan the rest of our Primary Activity and Sharing time for Sunday.

5. Start teaching my first Jr. performing group at the Dance Academy.  I can't wait to see them compete.  

(If you can't tell, I have a hard time focusing on things that are more then two weeks away)

5 snacks I enjoy

1. Chocolate

2. Strawberries

3. Homemade Bread (Great Harvest, I miss you)

4. Ice Cream

5. Fresh Peaches, or berries from my parent's yard.  

5 things I would do if I was a Millionaire

1. I agree with Janae, Pay off Chad's student loans.  

2. Buy a house

3. Get a year's supply 

4. Put money in the bank for my children's graduate programs.  (They can pay for undergraduate school)

5. Donate money to fund scholarships programs and medical missions.  

5 places I have lived

1. Orange County, CA

2. Provo, UT

3. St. Louis, MO

4. San Antonio, TX

5. Clovis, NM

5 jobs I have had

1. Mom

2. YMCA Teen youth leader

3. Dance Teacher (West Coast Performing Art's Center, CA, Community Center in St. Louis, The Dance Academy, NM, and Clovis Community College, NM)

4. RA (Resident Advisor at Deseret Towers, BYU)

5. Inventory Control Analyst, at Meade Instruments Corp. 

I tag whoever wants to do this.  

Congruatulations CARRIE!

Congratulations to my cute sister Carrie who just had her 1st little baby today.  

They haven't decided on a name yet but here's the stats:

Baby Girl Jensen 

Born at Mission Hospital in CA on November 11th (Veteran's Day)

8lbs 6oz 

She has a cute head of light colored hair and is absolutely beautiful.  (My daughter Sara is hoping Carrie will name her baby Sara, but I guess we will just have to wait and see.)  

Learning and Growing up!

Do you ever sit back and laugh at all the twists and turns your life seems to take?  When I graduated from BYU in 1998 I remember thinking my dancing years were over, I was growing up and would now live the life of a supportive wife and "stay at home mom." (Whoever thought that one up was definitely never a stay at home mom)  

The funny thing is, even though I changed my degree from Dance to Psychology I have taught dance more during the last 10 years then anything else.  The psychology comes in handy, but I am far from a paid therapist.  I guess I've learned that if you really enjoy doing something, you just need to do it.  

The class I teach at Clovis Community College has such a wide variety of students that sometimes I wonder if what I am teaching is too challenging, not challenging enough, etc...  Then today one of the ladies came up to me and said, "you know I've lost 15 lbs this semester just taking your class once a week."  It made me so happy.  I love watching people who have never danced a day in their lives, not only become more coordinated, but develop a talent they never knew they had, and benefit physically from the exercise.  

I still wonder from time to time how long I will be teaching dance.  This last weekend we had two dancer/choreographers come into the studio I work at and teach master classes, and let's just say that I am seriously getting OLD.  I don't think I moved much on Sunday.  The motrin helps but man, my body just isn't what it used to be.  

The good news is.  I love dancing and I am grateful that I have been able to continue doing it for so long.  I hope you all make time for something you love.  What a dull place this world would be it we never found the time to develop the qualities within ourselves that make us different.  

Happy Halloween

Halloween night was a whole lot of fun.  We trick or treated a few streets in our neighborhood, then went to Papa Murphy's to trick or treat and get their famous "cookie dough" (my kid's favorite trick or treat stop), and lastly we ended up at our friend's the Heaths for a massive Halloween party.  I think there were 20 kids and 10 families.  The kids have had more then their share of sugar for the week, but what would a Halloween be without lots and lots of CANDY!!! Happy Halloween.

It's Jake and his alter ego Mr. Bones.  

Joey was seriously afraid of these ghosts that we bought to light up the pathway to our house.  I think it took 3 days before he was convinced that they weren't real.  

It's Tinkerbell (for the 4th year in a row) and Hermione.  Hey, Sara likes consistency.  I can't say that I blame her.  

Cute pumpkins (they designed them all themselves) and cute kids= a great Halloween night.