3

I, uh, posted a silly little post a few hours ago...and now I feel really regretful. That was ramblings that should have only been in my own journal. I so much prefer typing to writing by hand, that I typed my thoughts and posted them. I don't know what I was thinking. Anyway, I pulled that post, and realized that I'd been tagged to do a post by my cute sister-in-law. So, with no further adieu, I'll replace "dreams" with "3".

Post these rules on your blog: List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 regrets, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 facts about yourself. Tag 3 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

3 joys

1. Clean floors
2. Yummy food
3. And best of all, a happy family

3 fears

1. Making some kinds of phone calls
2. Trying new things
3. Swen becoming disabled

3 goals

1. Learn to play the piano better
2. Become WAY better at waking up early to exercise and shower before scripture study
3. Become really good at portion control when it comes to chocolate (is there any hope for me?) :)

3 regrets

1. I wish I had spent less time reading and more time being active when I was younger
2. I wish I had written more in my journal and my kids' journals, and kept up on scrapbooks better
3. I wish I hadn't wasted time "discussing" (which means fighting over) silly things with Swen when we were newly married. (Such as whether we should be able to roll our corn in the butter at the dinner table. I said, "Absolutely NOT!" And he said, "I have always dreamed about being able to roll my corn in the butter!" DUMB.)

3 current obsessions/collections

1. I am obsessed with my wonderful family
2. I try to be obsessed with having my kitchen spotless before I go to bed. And here I am blogging instead. Pitiful.
3. I am trying to be less obsessed with housework during the day so I can picnic, laugh, and play with my kids more.
4. Bonus obsession. I am obsessed with HATEFUL feelings toward mosquitos. I HATE them. My legs look like a war zone because I forgot to put on bug spray before taking a walk last week. GRRRRRRRR.

3 facts about myself

1. I get really competitive when I play games
2. My worst household responsibility is dealing with paper flow
3. When I grow up, I want to be the kind of mom that my mom is/was. I also want to be just like Marjorie Hinckley (except I'll stay 5'4" instead of becoming 4'10").

I tag Lexie, Allie, and whoever else wants to participate. :)

Summer Top 10+1 (in no particular order)

1. Going to the zoo (24 kids, 1 man, 7 women). No, we do not practice polygamy.

The boys

The girls

The bird show

2. Subway sandwiches and red rover in the park.

3. Eating lunch at the hospital with Gramps Tadje. He had a heart attack and bypass surgery. Get better soon Gramps!

4. Bear Lake: mini golf, swimming, good food, cousins, and the beach

Ike as a merman

Buried alive!

5. Holding cute babies (We have 5 new cousins we got to hold this summer:)

6. Matching jammies from Gramma Howard

7. Days of '47 Rodeo for my birthday

8. Cousin Camp

9. Water parties at Gramma & Gramps Howard's



10. Lots of swimming!




11. Timpanogos Cave



P.S. It's good to be back in the blogosphere! I'll catch up with y'all soon!