I might be biased, but you have to agree that this has got to be the cutest kid that you have ever seen!

I was tagged by Andrea, so here are my answers!

A. The rules of the of game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names and then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and that they should read your blog.

10 years ago.....
1998....I was a 14 years old and was a freshman at Renton High School! I just finished my first season of varsity volleyball and was playing on the Freshman team for basketball, and then on the varsity team for softball. I was still quite a tom boy in the sense that I did not wear makeup and jeans and a t-shirt were my everyday attire. Oh, and I can't forget that big puffy coat I wore everyday. I still did not have braces so my teeth were a little (a lot) crooked but still was able to make a lot of friends. I hung out with Chantelle, Katie, Jessica, and Magda for lunch in the cafiteria everyday where some pretty crazy stuff went on. You just never know at Renton. And just for fun, I'll mention that while I was a freshman in high school, Mike was home from his mission and in Chiropractic school. :)

5 things to do on my list today....
1. Feed Austen breakfast, lunch and dinner.
2. Update my blog:)
3. Go into work (yuck!)
4. Get my binder from the church because I forgot it on Sunday!
5. Play some volleyball!

Snacks I enjoy....
I love chips, fruit, celery and peanut butter, candy/chocolate, cookies (especially the ones that Lisa makes), ice cream (vanilla or rocky road), potstickers, egg tarts, pinapple buns, taro milkshake, cereal, almond soup, and salmon cranberry sandwiches.

What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire....
Tear down my house and build a new one.
Pay off everything that we owe money on, and help family members get out of financial situations.
Travel through Europe again for a couple of months, go to Samoa, New Zealand, and Africa.
Go on a few shoping sprees.
Buy a horse and hire someone to take care of it.
Buy Mike a viper, or whatever his dream car is at the time. Pay for my parents to go on a mission and another one after that, and as many as they want.

3 of my bad habits....
1. Sleeping in.
2. Biting my nails.
3. Watching Law and Order

5 places I have lived
1. Seattle, Washington
2. Provo, Utah
3. Bellevue, Washington
4. Hopefully France for a few years when we are old!
5. ?

5 jobs that I have had....
1. Family Fun Center- cashier
2. Corporate Moving Co.- mover and packer
3. BYU Vending- inventory
4. Firstech, LLC- desk stuff
5. Back and Neck Pain Centers- front desk, billing, and bookkeeping

5 things people don't know about me
1. I hate being wet- getting out of the shower, after swimming...etc. (usually)
2. My hands and feet are always cold
3. I'm legally blind...contact prescription is -11.0 in my left eye, and -11.5 in my right!
4. I can make myself cry pretty well.
5. I used to pretend I was in ballet like my bestfriends growing up, and I would run around the lawn like I was in a production...when in reality, I was just a little tom boy...:)

I am tagging Lisa H, Kristy W, Michelle B, Kimberly L, Megan B!

He looks like he is thinking..."Can I help you?"

Smile son! Everyone is watching you bathe!

So Austen is just so dang cute! This is one of his cute little outfits he wears to church with his brown little shoes. Of course he kicks those off pretty easy but we still put them on his feet anyways. Do you like how his hair is long and hangs over his ears?...I gave him a little trim a little later.

This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago. Almost six months and as handsome as ever! I am surprised at the clothes he fits into. I don't have him wear things because I think they look too big on the hanger. When he puts them on they are perfect! Mike put him in this outfit for church and it's so cute! How could I have passed it up? I have to remember putting them in an outfit while it is still a little big allows him to wear it more before he grows out of it. I'm still learning.

Austen was a little puppy for his first Halloween! He was so cute. I had his nose painted black but he would rub his face with his little paw...and his hands go straight in his mouth now a days. So I had to wipe it off. It was a pretty cute costume for a last minute purchase.

So I made a little trip down to San Jose to visit my brother DeLoy and his family. This was his first time seeing and meeting Austen, so it was a fun trip. It was so cute to see Mark and Austen together. Mark was such a good little cousin. He would sit next to Austen on the couch and keep him company, and when Austen was laying on the floor he would make sure Austen had his toys, and binki. One time he even came up to me while I was feeding Austen and tried to put his binki in Austen's mouth. He couldn't see that his mouth was already occupied...haha.


In this picture you can see the green crocs at the bottom...Mark loves his crocs. He wanted to wear them all the time. Even to bed...and even when all he had on was a diaper! It was so funny.














Mark didn't need the pillows to keep himself sitting up...but he wanted to do whatever Austen was doing. I hope they grow up close to each other...even though they will be states away from each other...(I'm frowning DeLoy) ;)

While I was in California. We went down to a pumpkin patch. It was so cool, I don't think I have ever been to a pumpkin patch before. I just thought it would be a patch of pumpkins. But it was so much more!

There were little train rides for the kids, and a pumpkin contest (the winning pumpkin was 1388 lbs), and a carousel. There was a corn maze and tons of things to do there! I can't wait 'til Austen is older and can enjoy the things they have at these pumpkin patches!


On Saturday we took a little trip North to wonderful San Francisco. We had a little picnic at a park next to the Bay. DeLoy swears it was Golden Gate Park, but it wasn't. It was Cypress Park or something like that. A cute little park. There was a good crowd of people and it was a beautiful day! We really lucked out with the weather.

Can you even tell that Michelle is pregnant in this picture?


So there is this man called the Bush Man. He sits on the sidewalk next to the water, and when people walk by he shakes the bush and shouts to scare them. It's pretty funny to see their reactions. What I don't get, is how people are still scared by him when there is a big crowd of people standing around the Bush Man to watch. When you see a crowd of people wouldn't you wonder what they are there for and pay attention? But without fail...people would walk by and take a few steps back when he scared them. It was hilarious!


Okay, so there were these break dancers showing their stuff on the corner. I was kneeling down so that the other people could see behind me...and one of the guys takes of his shirt as he is skipping around the circle trying to get the crowd pumped up. It fell right in my lap pretty much and I held it up like I just caught something in the crowd at a concert or something...haha. It was great.

That is sourdough bread. This is at a famous sour dough bread shop. They sell soup in a bread bowl and things like that. You could even buy bread in the shape of an animal. It was pretty amazing. It was a lot of fun visiting my brother but it was also the first trip I took with Austen by myself. Boy did I feel like a single mother after the first day. Mike usually comes home late when I am putting Austen to bed, so I didn't think it would matter much. Oh am I thankful for the time Mike spends with him in the morning! What an extra half an hour of sleep can do!

Yes, we went to another concert. Josh and Michael are the two must see concerts for me. This concert was at the Seattle Center in McCaw Hall. We were pretty close too and only two seats in from the isle!

Michael Buble is very entertaining! He really puts on a good show for everyone. There are a lot of crazy people at his concerts too. He went down into the crowd because his nephew and niece were there in the audience. On his way back up to the stage people were taking pictures with him and touching his hand and stuff. One older lady went up and gave him a hug and grabbed his butt with both hands..and picked him up! It was the funniest thing. He was a little shocked. There was another girl that I think had too many cocktails out in the foyer before the concert. She would stand up during some songs and dance all sexy to them...running her hands through her long brown hair. At one point she walked up to the stage and climbed up. A security guard had to come take her off. She got back on the stage a second time too and had to be escorted off. Completely crazy.

This is Michael Buble during one of the songs he sang...Y-M-C-A. This is the Y if you couldn't tell. For the last few songs people started running up to the stage and dancing. I thought to myself...this is my chance! So I went up too and worked my way to the center stage. There was one girl in front of me and I was right under his nose! I got to touch his hand too! I was so excited. I know I sound crazy too, but he is a sexy sexy man! Not extremely attractive, especially up close. But very sexy. Does that make sense? Anyways...another great concert and worth every penny!

On August 28th Mike and I went to the Josh Groban concert at the Key Arena with Brian and Rebecca. I love his music and his voice, but at the beginning of the concert I thought. I think that this can be my last Groban concert (It's only my second) because his music is nice, but the concerts are all the same. But towards the middle I changed my mind and decided I could go to another show! People kept walking up to the stage and giving him things...and one lady gave him a Starbucks apron. How Seattle.

And this is how close we got to him. He went walking through the isles. Too bad we weren't near the end! I told Mike that all of the concerts we go to we have to sit on the end in case anything like this happens again:) Michael Buble did the same thing in his concert last year. Unfortunately we were not on the floor. We live and learn I guess. We had a lot of fun though. It was nice to get out and have some time with Mike...I would say alone, but Brian and Rebecca came...so we weren't.