Six Quirks about Me

I was tagged by Rachel to write six quirks about myself, so here goes my attempt.

1) I'm not really a big sports fan, but when I was young I used to watch BYU Football with my Dad. As a result of that I am a huge BYU Football fan. A different side of my personality comes out when I watch BYU Football. I start yelling at the refs and about what Bronco Mendenhall should be doing. If the game is especially close, I have a hard time watching. I just want to turn off the t.v. and hear about the result later. Unfortunately, Curtis never lets me and I have to endure it!!

2) An extension to this side of my personality comes out in politics. I am a huge political junkie. "I should be the chief political advisor" I fume- especially during debates. "Of course, they were going to ask that question." I even come up with the answers that should have been given. I think that Barack Obama may have bugged our house, because I analyze and say that he if he was smart, he should say this, and the next day, week etc. he says exactly what I said he should say. Maybe I just know what people want to hear. If that's the qualification ....hmm...maybe that means I'm ready to be the next president!!

3) I get easily pulled in to whatever it is that I am doing. I'm so good at concentrating on whatever it may be-like talking to my sisters, that I literally don't hear my name if called. My poor husband might have to call my name several time before it registers. As a result, he will tell me things that I will have absolutely no recollection of when he mentions it again. Oops, sorry honey. I really do love you!!

4) I have a really hard time putting a book down. Think of me as an alcoholic with books. I have very little control. If I start a really great, fun book like the Harry Potter series, I will literally be compelled to finish the book from beginning to end without putting it down. As a result, I have to be very selective of the books that I do read since I have this compulsion!!

5) I am the oldest of five girls in my family and I am the oldest child to the nth degree. I feel the compulsion to make sure that everyone is being taken care of, including my parents. I have tutored every sister for the ACT and through high school math...thank goodness that's over! In this current economic crisis that we are going through, I start calculating how I can take care of everyone in the family...hmmm...maybe they can live in our basement!! I have a wonderful husband who helps me be the caretaker of the family.

6) I have a split personality between being/appearing laid back and being opinionated. My sisters say that I'm extremely opinionated and that they don't know of something that I don't have an opinion on....okay, I argue that it's just because I'm a thinker and that mostly everyone will have an opinion if they think about it. Then they tease me that I'm even opinionated over whether I'm opinionated or not. That side of my personality only comes out with the nearest and dearest to me, though. Otherwise, I probably appear more reserved.

I tag Rebecca, Julie, and Johanna.

Our Dentistry Update

Well, we went to the dreaded six month dentist checkup and the news was mostly good. The two things that Brianna needed done last visit, but that we decided to wait on were the only two things she needed this time. That was a first, literally!! No new cavities. Jeffrey on the other hand needed some work on the back molars. He's been brushing himself and apparently not quite good enough back there, add that to the serious genetic propensity. Sabrina had one little cavity that the dentist was able to do without any numbing.

When we went back to get the work done, Sabrina was so good! I was a little worried because the nitrous has never had much effect on Brianna. Anyway, after a few minutes on that stuff, Sabrina was sooo relaxed. The pediatric dentist filled the little cavity and she was a gem. Brianna got through her work really well this time too. Jeffrey was so numb after getting both sides worked on that he was literally drooling out of control after it was all over. That was funny. He couldn't feel it at all, so I gave him a baby wipe, and told him to keep wiping his face. He couldn't talk either for a few minutes, just mumbling!!

Anyway, this was great for our family. We have a cocktail of different toothpastes that we use because we don't know which one works the best and elimination may hit the pocketbook pretty hard, but we suspect that the xylitol that we added as a last resort may be having this improved effect. We added the Koala Kids toothpaste from Melaleuca too since it contains fluoride and xylitol and we have another xylitol toothpaste and the traditional fluoride toothpaste. All I know is that I didn't have to pay $300 or more this time on the semi-annual dentist visit!! Yay.

Disneyland Picture Video

Here is a video Curtis put together to introduce himself at the beginning of the school year. It's mainly of our summer vacation.

Some Fun Pictures at Disneyland

Our Fun Time at Disneyland

One of the highlights for Jeffrey at Disneyland was Jedi Training Academy. He was one of the kids chosen to train. After they learned lightsaber dueling, Darth Vader and Darth Maul rise out on a stage and the "Younglings" got to fight them. At the end there was a little graduation ceremony where they became Padawans. Jeffrey LOVED it.

Jeffrey at the Jedi Training Academy.

Our two little princesses.

Meeting Mickey!

Sabrina got to meet Pooh Bear while Jeffrey and Brianna went on Splash Mountain.

Disneyland

Right before Curtis went back to meetings, we got to go on a family vacation to Disneyland. As soon as we came home from the family reunion, I packed a few more clothes and put it all back into the van. The next morning we left at 5 am in the morning to make the drive to California. Our hotel had a great pool with an 8 foot deep end and the kids loved learning how to dive. We bought 4 day passes to Disneyland and ran ourselves ragged having the time of our lives. Brianna even braved the Tower of Terror in California Adventure. She refused to go on Indiana Jones because she heard about the snake. We went with my parents and my two sisters and it was lots of fun. Many of the people that we met and talked to were from different countries. The most common international travelers that we met were from Australia. One family was from Great Britain, and Jeffrey met Dario from Italy at the Lego Store in Downtown Disney. The Australians were really friendly and fun to talk to. We talked to one couple that had been traveling the world after graduating from college. They said that Europe was insanely expensive, that there was no place in the world like Disneyland and that they were loving the U.S., both the people and the prices. We met them in the Finding Nemo ride when they offered us a water bottle as we figured out we had misplaced ours and were trying to figure out what to do.

We had one heart stopping moment when Sabrina got out of the stroller as we were talking to a Disney Cast Member about the new Finding Nemo Ride. We strolled the stroller into line, looked down, and Sabrina wasn't there. We immediately started frantically looking for her where we had been. Finally a crowd asked Curtis if he was Sabrina's dad. In typical Disneyland fashion, the Disney cast members had found her and a crowd of concerned people had gathered. It was so thick Curtis couldn't even see Sabrina until they parted. You have to love the Most Magical Place on Earth.