After about a year of posting we have finally made it to our 100th post. So in the great tradition of Lisa Pulsipher who makes this look easy (by the way it's not at all), we have a compiled a list of 100 things about our family. Hope you'll find some of them interesting.
1. Established November 11, 1983
2. First Home was on
3. The first ward we attended as a married couple was
4. Our 2nd home was on South LeSueur in
5. We were members of the 11th Ward and were called to team teach the Sunbeams.
6. Our 3rd home where we resided for almost 15 years was on East Gable in
7. We were members of the 32nd and later on Hobson Wards.
8. Andrew joined our family in 1989.
9. Laura joined our family in 1995.
10. Between us we have 53 nieces and nephews
11. We have 4 great nephews/ 3 great nieces.
12. We have 3 great nieces or nephews on the way. (Thanks for making us so great!)
13. Everyone in our family has blue eyes.
14. Our favorite food to go out for is Mexican food.
15. We like to play Uno at our table until our order comes. (Some of the wait staff find it amusing and ask to join us, others not so much).
16. Favorite vacation spot – anywhere with a beach!!!(We don’t get there that often).
17. Easter tradition is baking an Easter Basket M&M Cake. (Mom ends up doing it by herself now).
18. Halloween tradition – The Boo Treat delivery and carving pumpkins.
19. Thanksgiving tradition – Making a Thanksgiving themed paper bag piñata with all the left over Halloween candy and breaking it Thanksgiving day.
20. Our most favorite holiday is Christmas, and each year we buy the kids a Christmas ornament or decoration.
Mike
21. Favorite color is blue.
22. Favorite meal is Steak and Potatoes.
23. Favorite dessert – Vanilla Ice Cream and Apple Pie.
24. Favorite snack – Sunflower seeds (Spitz brand only)
25. Hobby - Target shooting
26. Mike comes from a family of 13 children. 9 boys/ 4 girls.
27. He is the 2nd oldest in his family.
28. He is 1 year and 1 day younger than the oldest brother Bret.
29. His favorite TV show is pretty much anything on the History Channel.
30. He loves to do family history and go to the places that his ancestors once lived.
31. He owns a Cemetery Plot in
32. He has been to every state but
33. He has lived in
34. He loves to watch old westerns on Saturday mornings.
35. His favorite restaurant is Outback
36. His favorite
37. His favorite Sunday morning breakfast is Waffles.
38. He served a mission in
39. He has always wanted to learn to play the Bugle.
40. Once met Jimmy Osmond at an airport in
Patrice
41. Comes from a family with 4 children 2 sisters and 1 brother.
42. Was the 3rd child, but technically the middle child as well.
43. Father was a rancher.
44. Had a horse named
45. Favorite color is Red.
46. Favorite meal is hard to pick – love trying new things.
47. Favorite dessert – brownies topped with ice cream with chocolate syrup and whipped topping.
48. Favorite snack – popcorn
49. Favorite holiday – Christmas
50. Loves to play games with her family.
51. Had the great privilege of serving as Andrew's Cub Den Leader and Laura's Activity Day Leader.
52. Favorite season - Fall, it cools off in Arizona and the beautiful leaves appear back East.
53. Likes to shop.
54. Likes to bake.
55. Loves going to plays and musicals.
56. Love children’s books, has not been able to part with all the ones she read to her children when they were little.
57. Loves classic movies and books.
58. Hates scary movies.
59. Favorite hobby – Scrapbooking, okay and admittedly facebook and blogging.
60. Loves going on walks with her husband.
Andrew
61. Favorite color is green.
62. Favorite meal is Spaghetti
63. Favorite snack – Macaroni and Cheese
64. Favorite candy – Starbursts and Peanut M&M’s
65. Once ate 35 pancakes in one sitting.
66. Oldest child in the family – he’s a great big brother.
67. Favorite Restaurant – Mexican food
68. Had a daschund named Barney for 11 years.
69. Loves to play video games – when he was about 10 the kids in the neighborhood used to bring over their video games to Andrew so he could get them to the next level.
70. The Office was one of his favorite TV shows.
71. Once sang for his dinner at Superstition Springs mall. He got a pizza slice, a cookie and a soda. Not bad.
72. He had a band called Onset Rising.
73. Earned his Eagle Scout Award.
74. Likes to play soccer.
75. Plays the piano, viola, and guitar once played the tuba as well.
76. Loves science fiction books and movies.
77. Attended
78. Once had his roommates duct tape him to the top of his car and had them drive around. (Glad his parents didn’t know about this until a long time afterwards.)
79. Composes music.
80. Is serving a mission in the
Laura
81. Favorite color is Purple.
82. Favorite food is Nachos.
83. Favorite snack is Goldfish.
84. Doesn’t like chocolate candy. (How is that possible?)
85. Is the youngest and great little sister.
86. Likes to take pictures.
87. Is very creative and thoughtful.
88. Once had fancy mice as pets (wouldn't recommend it).
89. Likes to play volleyball.
90. Favorite school subjects are lunch and choir.
91. Bakes good cookies.
92. Loves all kinds of music.
93. Has 2 tortoises. Snickers and Charlie.
94. Likes to ride rollercoasters, the higher, the faster, the scarier the better.
95. Would like to go to
96. Set a goal to earn her YW Recognition Award before her brother left on his mission and did it.
97. She was baptized with a broken arm.
98. Likes to watch football.
99. Likes scary movies.
100. Is the youngest grandchild on her mother’s side of the family and one of the older ones on her dad's side of the family.
3 comments:
whew! that was a lot. I think you need to plan a trip to Hawaii! :)
I liked learning about some of your families traditions. Great list!
Fun info thanks for sharing.
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