i think this is the 3rd tag....

10 years ago:
i was going to UVSC and dating a random guy.

5 things on my to-do list:
1. finish putting down weed blocker in my flowerbed in the front yard.
2. paint amelia's dresser.
3. see my earlier post about the kitchen. that is a huge to-do
4. get my garden ready for planting
5. build wooden night-stand boxes for the boys - (we'll see how they turn out. if they aren't too bad, i will post pics)

5 places lived:
1. orem, ut
2. provo, ut
3. american fork, ut
4. sanford, fl
5. lehi, ut

5 jobs i've had:
1. western watts
2. chili's as a hostess/busser
3. american name services
4. maxi-mart texaco/amoco
5. american name services (again...they can't get rid of me)

5 things people don't know:
1. i never wanted a little girl, but now love everything (except the screaming) about it... especially the clothes and the hair.
2. i went to school to be a wildlife biologist.
3. i have never gone down-hill skiing. this was a topic of discussion over dinner last night with some friends.
4. i am either very passionate about something, or i don't care at all.
5. i don't like people cutting across my lawn and i don't like people putting dishes in my dishwasher (i have to rearrange it to be my way).

i am tagging kim, roni, patti, and tonia.

the before pics

as promised, here are the before pictures of my kitchen:


an overview of the whole kitchen:

another view of the whole kitchen (note the pink countertops):

the countertop where we will be adding the bar:

and just for good measure, a shot of the pink floor that will be replaced soon.....

oh isaac.... i could eat you up

each night while i make dinner, the boys do their homework at the counter. jared usually has real homework of reading and a few worksheets, but i have printed out a bunch that i got online for isaac. last wednesday, when we finished isaac's homework, he wanted to put it in his backpack to give to his teacher. I at first tried to get him to put in on the pantry door to display (i can only imagine how many random pieces of paper these teachers get each year), but then i decided he could take it and probably end up bringing it home.

friday he came home from school and the papers weren't in his backpack, so i asked if he had given them to his teacher. the conversation went close to this:

me: did you give your papers to Mrs. Heap?
isaac: yeah, her says i could keep them.
me: so did you keep them; were are they?
isaac: no, i said her could keep them.
me: what did she say?
isaac: her said thank you.
me: that was nice.
isaac: her's in love with me.