Addition

Brian and I are going to have an addition to our family! Right now, he or she is about 2 inches long, and has visible hands, feet, and eyes. He or she is almost 11 weeks old, and is already very active! He or she (it has already decided what it is) has developed all its organs and just needs to keep growing until May! Today we got to see our little one, who was looking at the ultrasound and waving. It seems strange that the little one is really inside me, but we are so excited. We will post pictures if we can figure out how to get them on the computer.

I have felt pretty good so far. I have been extra sleepy, and I get tired quickly when I exercise. I also have a hard time cooking. Eating has been an adventure, and I've definitely had some specific cravings and aversions. But, overall, I have been very well.

My favorite foods of the week are Arby's Regular Roast Beef Sandwich (which has 20 grams of protein), fruit snacks (full of vitamin C), and popcorn (high in fiber and a good source of protein).

Fruit candy has also been at the top of my list, but chocolate and ice cream are not my favorite things.

Anyway, we're super excited!

I figured it out!

Well, Brian and I have been trying to figure out how to apply all the cute backgrounds to our blog. The directions on the website didn't make sense because we didn't have the right buttons on our screen that the directions said we should have. Anyway, tonight, I saw that there were updated directions. Hooray! It worked!

So, I'm a little slow at noticing things, but Juli has tagged us. Where do all of these come from anyway? Does someone just sit around all day thinking of random things to require their friends to answer, and it somehow gets all over the world? The biggest thing, I think, is that the friends actually answer the questions and force others into the same dilemma: should I save myself ten minutes, or keep my friends? Anyway, here are our answers.

Five things I was doing ten years ago:

Brian:

1-I was getting my paperwork done for my mission papers. That was back in the old days when you used to have to fill everything out with a pen!

2-Working at Sophista Cabinets. I'm still not sure if I ever got my last paycheck from that place, by the way.

3-Driving a Camaro (and somehow thinking that made me cooler - like I could really get any cooler).

4-Getting ready to head over to the Lincoln Center for yet another fun-filled night of basketball, video games, knocking pool ball off the table (never on purpose), and movie watching.

5-Watching Rocket Man (I don't think Ian had introduced us to the Hudsucker Proxy quite yet, but if he had, then we were watching that movie).

Michelle

1-I was just starting my eighth grade year at a new middle school.

2-I played piano in the awesome school jazz band.

3-I decided that basketball and volleyball really weren't my sports, because I stopped growing when everyone else kept getting taller.

4-I learned I was getting a new sister.

5-I got my braces off. Hooray!

5 things on my to-do list today:

Well, today's almost over, but here's what I wanted to get done:

1-Finish the Laie, Hawaii Temple.

2-Have family home evening with my gorgeous wife.

3-Do some tedious accounting homework (bleh!).

4-Recover from too many bowls of taco soup (it was the best taco soup I ever had).

5-Take my book back to the libratory.

1-Get a flu shot.

2-Return my movies to the library.

3- Finish my never-ending pile of grading (which, incidentally, I didn't touch).

4-Clean up.

5-Exercise.

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:

1-Buy a house.

2-Save a measly $25,000 (pocket change) to finish paying off school (yes, I would still finish school...maybe).

3-Buy a Lexus for me and an Infinity for Michelle.

4-Pay off all of my family's debt.

5-Probably save some.

1-Build a brand new house.

2-Travel the world with Brian.

3-Set up a college scholarship fund for family.

4-Save some.

5-Donate the rest (I'll decide to whom when I am a millionaire.)

5 places I've lived:

1-Provo, Utah

2-San Jose, California

3-Brigham City, Utah

4-Uruguay (several different cities)

5-West Valley, Utah.

1-Provo, Utah (where I was born)

2-Escondido, California (many different parts of the city)

3-Valley Center, California

4-West Valley, Utah

5-Hopefully a house/condo we own.

5 jobs I've had:

1-Golden Corral

2-Burger King

3-Sophista Cabinets (it's a play on words making you think the product is sophisticated)

4-BYU Custodial (go Tanner Building!)

5-Fondell Woodwork (pronounced fon-DELL)

I just realized I put five places I've worked instead of five jobs I've had, but you can pretty much tell what I did there.

1-Babysitter and respite care (I earned a lot of tax-free money throughout middle school and high school.)

2-Lifegaurd/swim instructor

3-BYU custodial (the 2nd floor of the library can only be vacuumed so many times before it's CLEAN!)

4-History TA
5-2nd grade teacher :)

We tag:

1-Charisse/Kory

2-Sarah

3-Heather/Brian

4-Stephanie

5-Michelle Williams

6-Mom

Okay, here is how it works. Anyone we have tagged, answer all the questions on your own blog in a post. Then when you are finished tag 5 more people.

Forever Strong

Brian's rating: Four enthusiastic thumbs up! (I know I don't have 4 thumbs, but this movie was just that good!)

Michelle's rating: Four shining Stars!

We thought we'd follow Andy's example and share a good movie we saw. We've seen so many movies that we were just disappointed in that we're a little wary of going to the theater any more (did I hear someone say Pirates sequels?). We recommend this movie to everyone, especially if you need a boost to get you to follow through with something you know you should do. This movie makes you proud of the values that many of us share and wish that everyone could just see how much better life is when you do what's right. It shows what happens when you try to blame everyone else for the problems you have as well as what a great influence for good you can be if you make good decisions. It shows that people are more important than programs. There was also some cool rugby action for all of you rugby fans out there. This is one that we will put in our collection when it comes out. We haven't bought a movie in years (unless you count Rocky that we got for the cost of postage to send in the Frosted Mini-Wheats tickets), but this one is worth breaking the drought. Anyway, we liked it, and we highly recommend it.

Off-track

I love year-round school! It is so nice to have a break every 9-10 weeks (for me and for the kids). I have one more week off, and I have really enjoyed my lazy mornings, listening to talk radio, exercising every day, reading books, and procrastinating my giant stack of papers to grade. I've been at school on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for our school Christmas choir and to work with three students. One of them is mine who just needs a few more weeks of speech interventions so I can refer her to speech therapy. She is a native Spanish speaker, but neither her English nor her Spanish is intelligible. Anyway, I am having a very enjoyable and relaxing off-track time.
As an update to my tag, my set of favorite snacks for this week include: most any fresh fruit (but not home-grown, as it has attracted multitudes of fruit flies-yuck!), refried beans with tortilla chips, and fruit snacks.