BYU Graduation

Wahoo! Steve graduated this morning!!! Thank heavens Christopher was in a good mood...we actually got to watch him walk across the stage...wasn't so sure we'd be able to. The speakers were much better than my convocation last year (all I remember was something about Don Quixote). This year we were reminded that it is most important to become a truly good person and take advantage of the potential we are given. Go out and become a truly good person! *I'll post pictures later.

FedEx Man

I feel like I should write a poem all about my love for the FedEx man/men. I had two visits from FedEx today! Both packages were things I won for my artistic efforts recently. Which means that both contained scrapbooking supplies...fabulous! I think I have a real addiction to paper...and pens...and ribbon...and buttons...and sticker alphabets...and flowers...and chipboard...

I've Been Tagged!

Three Things I’m Really Looking Forward To:

1. Our trip to Oregon to see my family (we're coming soon, Grandmas and Grandpas!)
2. Moving to Michigan
3. Women's Conference

Three Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud:

1. Confessions of an Unbalanced Woman by Emily Watts
2. Where is Coco Going? by Sloane Tanen
3. Babytalk (magazine, but still contains funny articles) *I've read too many serious books lately.

Three Things I'm Afraid Of:

1. Driving in Provo during finals/graduation
2. A dirty bathroom
3. Having to re-train Christopher to go to bed after we move

Three Things I Love:

1. Bright colors and bold patterns
2. Losing two pounds in one week (hope it wasn't a fluke!)
3. A good book

Three Things I Really Don't Love:

1. Coin-operated laundromats
2. Vacuuming
3. Stretch marks

Three Things I Don’t Understand:

1. Why people enjoy bungee jumping
2. Why children aren't born talking (okay, mostly I just wish they could)
3. Why different diaper manufacturers use different size charts

Three Things On My Desk:

1. Photos
2. Digital camera
3. Magazines

Three Projects I'm Currently Working On:

1. An online class called "When I Grow Up" (more later)
2. Christopher's baby album (should take at least 8 more months)
3. Cleaning out our closets and packing

Three Things I Want To Do Before I Die:

1. Take cooking classes in France
2. Write a children's book
3. Get a teaching certificate

Three Things I Can Do:

1. Entertain Christopher by dancing
2. Clip coupons and actually use them!
3. Make a delicious salmon dinner

Three Things I Can’t Do:

1. Run more than one lap around the track (working on that!)
2. Listen to Christopher scream the requisite hour before rescuing him (Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Dr. Weissbluth)
3. Remember words to my favorite songs without listening to them

Three Recently Discovered Musical Groups I Think You Should Listen To:

1. The Corrs (recent re-discovery)
2. The Fray (not terribly new)
3. Nickel Creek (another re-discovery)

Three Things I've Done Which Were Stupid and Which You Probably Shouldn't Attempt:

1. Touched a stove coil when removing a pot from the stove
2. Forgetting sunscreen at the Tulip Festival (not too terrible, but not great either)
3. Procrastinating an extremely important paper (more than a year ago...but it still haunts me!)

Three Favorite Foods:

1. Sushi
2. Pissaladiere
3. Portuguese Sweet Bread

Three Shows I Watched As A Kid:

1. Reading Rainbow
2. 321 Contact
3. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

Three Shows I Watch Now:

1. Martha Stewart
2. 24
3. Lost

Three People I’m Tagging:

1. Kim
2. Jennifer
3. Morgan

Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival

More photos from last weekend.

Last Weekend at Cabela's

I think the aquarium was the only part Christopher paid attention to! But we went "on safari" anyway. :)

What?

Provo is a typically random college town...

Happy Easter!

Some photos we took of Christopher after church today.

Sloane Tanen and Easter

I now know what I'm going to do with the five little chicks in our Easter basket! Go see Sloane Tanen's work ...click on "buy the prints"...check out "Easter Island"...that's my favorite! And don't forget to head on over to your public library and take a look at her "Coco" books. (juvenile picture books featuring Coco, an Easter chick)

Happy Easter preparations! And please don't be as ignorant as the high school girls that were interviewed on the news last night that seriously had no clue what Good Friday was or what the actual importance of Easter is..."um. the Easter Bunny?"...come on!!! You would think that by the time you had reached 14 years of age you would have at least realized it was a religious holiday...maybe not...we are in the US after all. But, still! I'm shocked. That's all I have to say.

Toe Touching and Thumb Sucking

In the mornings Christopher has taken to thumb sucking and toe touching in our bed after breakfast...just had to share a photo of his super cute and silly behavior.

And this is what he does while waiting to be strapped in to go "bye-bye". He scoots to the bottom of the car seat and grabs his toes...grabbing his toes is his latest "obsession". Oh! And he's ticklish now, too. Great fun!