25 random things about me...

i got this tag off of facebook and similar ones through blogger, and like colleen, i thought i would post it in both places.

1. i was born 10 days late (the day after Christmas) with my ear squished against my head and my foot squished up against my shin - when it took a couple days for me to relax a little, my parents thought i was going to have some issues...

2. i'm obssessed with stephenie meyer and her twilight world...(vampires are real, right? when i grow up i want to be bella - postpartum.)

3. we're soooooo done having kids. (though i love the ones we have dearly and absolutely adore being a mom!!!)

4. i can say the abc's backwards - almost faster than i can say them forwards.

5. i almost always type without capitalizing because it's quicker (my mom said that i was very impatient, even as a baby and have been that way all my life. maybe that's why i've been blessed with 4 kids - hehe!)

6. i don't watch tv.

7. i was the teenager from hell. that's all i have to say about that.

8. i have had freakish things go wrong in birthing 3 of my 4 children - from anesthesia not working during a c-section, to major loss of blood, to dallin trying to come out sideways...the list goes on. (see #3)

9. i was stung on the tongue by a bee in the 2nd grade.

10. half of my left iris is brown. (not sure what color my eyes are...green, hazel, kinda blue??)

11. in high school i landed the lead in 2 school theater productions without knowing what the heck i was doing.

12. i played flute for 6 years and i took 2 years of japanese.

13. i am the oldest of 6 children (yes, i am the typical type a, ocd, bossy big sister).

14. i'm trying to be patient (see #5) on the very long road to becoming a nurse anesthetist.

15. i love working with teenage girls (while many won't go near them with a 10 foot pole due to emotional instability).

16. i have lived in 5 states (ca, ut, id, ny, mn).

17. i'm a participant in the 2008-2009 elizabeth kearney women's leadership development program through the ywca.

18. one of my hidden talents is speed-reading.

19. i love to run (and i secretly hate to run at the same time - don't tell anyone...)

20. i served as young women's president and then primary president before i was 30. (after reading #7 above, some parents are probably having heart failure.)

21. the creative art genes abound in my family (brothers, sisters, parents, grandparents, children, etc.) but for some reason decided high jump right over me.

22. i love, love, love reconnecting with friends on facebook.

23. if i could take a class in anything, it would be surfing. (fat chance in mn!)

24. everyone in our family has double letters in their name - even our last name has double letters. (we didn't do this on purpose until we were looking for a name for dallin.)

25. i am a food junkie - not just any food. wierd, exotic, gourmet, too-much-butter food. i'm a little too critical, though i tend to blame this on my parents' perfect cooking...

also like colleen, i tag everyone who reads this!!!Y