Crazy 8's Tag!

I'm a little late getting to this tag...Thanks Angie:)


8 Things I'm passionate about:
1. The Gospel
2. My kids and Husband
3. Organizing
4. Making lists (My Sisters call me Monica on "Friends")
5. Interior Design
6. My Calling & the people I work with ( I have AMAZING! counselors)
7. PTA (somebody has to do it)
8. Anything I can make with my hand (just not food)

8 Words/Phrases I use often:
1. Love you!
2. Are you Kidding me!?
3. Kyson Don't tease the dog!
4. Kyson we only write on paper
5. Diversified Tax, United Planners, this is Ceryl (ALOT!! during tax season, while I'm working for my dad)
6. Pipe it!
7. Okay Seriosly!
8. GIRLS, brush your teeth

8 Things I want to do before I die:
1. Run the Ragnar relay (June! baby I'm doing it)
2. Serve a mission with Kyle
3. Raise my children successfully
4. Build my Dream House
5. Go to Europe
6. Go on a humanitarian trip with my fam, when the kids are a little older
7. Have a Spectacular Garden
8. Have lots of Grandbabies!

8 Things I want/or need:
1. A Shed! (my business has taken over part of the garage)
2. Running shoes
3. New Carpet ( who ever thought that almost white carpet was a good idea?)
4. My three year old to nap for just one more year
5. Snuggling time with my kids
6. A few more hours a day
7. New Funriture
8. A personal grocery shopper and chef (ha! yeah right, but it doesn't change the fact that I want it)

8 Things I've learned from the past
1. You ALWAYS reap what you sow
2. Little boys are much different than little girls
3. Attitude is everything
4. My parents really did know what they were talking about
5. Just to accept that the laundry is never going away
6. Sometimes its okay to say "no" ( who knew you could turn down being PTA pres?, JK Erin)
7. My 8 year old can spell better than I can
8. Surround yourself with the things you love!

8 Restaurants I love:
1. Maddox (mostly those rolls!)
2. Ruby River
3. Cafe Rio
4. Bella's
5. Einstein Bagels
6. Olive Garden
7. Tepanaki
8. Bajio ( Can you tell I love Mexican)

8 Shows I love to Watch:
1. Clean House
2. Divine Design
3. Dear Geneveve
4. Design Star ( Pretty much anything on HGTV)
5. My Own Worst Enemy
6. American Idol
7. Life
8. Everybody Loves Raymond

8 people I tag:
1. Kiley Day
2. Haylee
3. Kylee Adam
4. Kasie
5. Amy
6. Bonnie
7. Janae Sudbury
8. Kristen

HaPpY BiRthDaY KeSli!

Being a mom is hard work! But it also has it's rewards. I believe one of those rewards is that every once in a while every parent is entitled to a "Brag Fest" . Since my little or maybe not so little Kesli's birthday is coming up I thought I would take this oppurtunity to do just that! She is going to be 11 years old on Feb. 3! I can't believe how quickly she has grown up. She has always been such a go getter! It's always an adventure with Kesli. I have been told more that once that she is exactly like her mom (lucky kid), so I am now getting a little taste of what my mom had to deal with. She is a little OCD. Everything has to be just right. Her room is never a mess, her homework is always done the second she gets it, and she will not lose focus on something she really wants until she gets it! These are are great qualities most of the time. She is an incredible softball player (that she did not get from her mom). I love to watch her. She plays on a comp team and loves it! She is also on a comp dance team. Even when she has gone through her "tom-boy" stages she has always had a love for dance. School is one of her absolute favorites, partly because she has an awesome teacher this year that she loves. She is truley devastated if she has to miss it for any reason, especially the dentist. She is a natural leader and seems to always be "in charge". Sometimes she can be a tiny bit bossy ( okay yeah, that is like her mom) but she always gets the job done! Kesli is definately unique. She loves anything sour. Pickles are her favoite. Well, I should just say food is her favorite. The kid can eat like a grown man, yet she is still so stinkin scrawny and skinny. There are a few things that she has made very clear that she does not like, one of them being pennies. ( I know wierd) she just hates them, the smell, the look, everything. She won't touch them and if she does she gags! She loves to babysit and does a great job. She has great hair! She sometimes doesn't think it is so great when 3 pony tail holders snap during a softball game. It's super thick! When she was about 9 she grew it very long and then cut it and donated it to the Locks of Love. There are so many things I love about her, but I really think my favorite is that she is not afraid to just be her! She doesn't care to fit any mold, she just likes what she likes. She wears funky toe socks, loves lizards and frogs and lipgloss. I love my little Mitzen (she hates when I call her that in front of people) and I have been so blessed to be her mom for the last 11 years. I can't wait to see what she can accomplish in the years to come! Happy Birthday Kes!

Science Fair

I can't tell you how glad I am that the Science Fair is over! WOW! This is the first year any of my kids have had to participate. Kesli decided to see if people could taste the difference between non-fat and regular food. It really was kind of fun to watch her give the blind-folded taste tests. That was the easy part. Putting it together, with all the information and charts was what took forever. I love my little Kesli, but she is even more crazy about how the thing looked than I was ( I know hard to believe) It had to totally match and have glitter spray! But thank goodness it's done! And the good news is that next year the teachers have decided to do a history fair instead! I am not looking forward to the years both my girls will have to do them at the same time. Atleast this year we only had to do one!

Happy New Year!! I know that I am a little late posting this. I just got a new camera for Christmas (HURRAY!!) and I had to have my dear sweet husband help me learn all the new tricks, so I'm just getting around to learning how to load all my pics to my computer. We spent New Years weekend at Kyle's parents cabin in Bear Lake. The kids always love going to the cabin. What kid wouldn't love a giant sleep over with Grandma and all their cousins.

All of the "Curtis Cousin's" drew names for Christmas. We all kind of thought it would be fun to have a theme. So we decided on fleece blankets. The kids had the funnest time picking out the fleece for their cousins and so much fun opening their blankets Christmas night at grandma's house. All three of my kids have used their blanket almost every night! What a fun thing they will always have to remind them of their cousins! Thanks to my sister-in-law Janene for the fun idea!

Tagged...Again
What I was doing 10 years ago: Being a new Mom and a new wife, working at a photography studio
Five things on my to-do list today:
1-Unpack from our cabin trip
2- Put finishing touches on Primary Activity for tomorrow
3-Plan Sharing Time
4-Grocery Shop ( My least favorite thing to do!)
5- Sleep in my own bed ( My favorite thing to do!)
Snacks I like:
1- Cream cheese
2- Meixcan Food
3- Cucumbers
4-Rice Pudding
5-Cream Cheese
Places I've lived:
1-North Ogden
2-Slaterville
3-Roy
4-Riverdale
5-West Point
Five things I would do if I had billions:
1-Share
2-Build my Dream house ( with the biggest room being my craft room!)
3-Build a cabin
4-SAVE!
5-take a long trip to Europe
6- ( I couldn't stop at five) Buy a VERY old house, restore it and run my business out of it!

People I tag: Kristen, Heather, Amy, Lori