Things I Love

So. Valentines day, huh? I know, it was five days ago, but I've been pretty slow lately. I had Monday and Tuesday off and it was super hard to go back to school on Wednesday, and I'm happy it's Friday! In honor of the past dia de amor, here are some things that I love. (Please note that this list is not in order of importance.)

*Movies. Laura, Erik, Kami and I went and saw "Valentine's Day" last Friday night. E and K snuck in Jimmy John's sandwiches for us, and boy howdy, are those awesome. So yummy. And the movie? Amazing. So funny. Not smile in my heart funny, but laugh out loud several times funny. Some of it was predictable, but there were some definite twists that were hilarious. On this note,

*Family=Friends. I love that I have such a great friendship with my family. I love to hang out with my sibs. My sisters (I don't even call them in-laws, I just have 4 sisters) are my best friends. My brothers are fantastic and so willing to help whenever. So far they've donated 3 saturdays to my basement finishing cause, and that's very nice of them. Many more to come, I'm sure.

*Blessings. Last week could have been pretty dicey for my family. I got this text from my dad last wednesday: "Thanks to you all who mention me in your prayers I had two hundred pounds of wood knock me over and pin my legs and other than some bruises I'm ok I worked the rest of the day and came home. . ." I called him as soon as I got it, and like he said in the text, he was ok, but the idea was scary. He has some wicked bruises on his legs, and bruised tissue in his wrist, but nothing major. He likes to show me his deformed chapstick and money clip.
On Friday, my mom had surgery to hoist her falling bladder, throw it in a sling and tie it to her backbone. Which sounds completely normal, right? It was a laproscopy procedure so no major incisions, but she was under anesthesia, which if I've learned anything from ER and Grey's Anatomy, it's that no surgery is completely fool proof and doctors/nurses/hospital staff are often very promiscuous.
As I reflected on the could-have-beens and what-ifs, I feel very blessed to have such an amazing relationship with both of my parents. They are individually amazing people who have each taught me so much and who I genuinely look up to, but together I think they have done a really great job of raising their family. I don't want to brag, but I think we are pretty great. I know I've had my ups and downs with both of them, but I truly love them and appreciate all they do.

*Tracie. I know I already said that I like my siblings but I feel I need to give her a special shout out. (Lars, don't get mad. I love you just as much.) We were asked by our Bishop's wife to put together a musical number for the stake valentine's dinner. We immediately started thinking about all the performance possibilities from music to choreography to blingin' costumes. Weeks passed. We did nothing but think. Finally, the day of the dinner, we put pen to paper and came up with quite the little number. T put some great moves to the song but I quickly forgot most of them. It was a hit! I had a friend record it, but sadly, we only got the last half. I will post the video later, stay tuned. T and I always joke about having a reality tv show because we know how funny we really are. We think it would be a hit. Even when we aren't in front of people (where we really shine, just ask HHS seminary council) we still crack each other up. She was a really great neighbor and I miss living next door to her. Even though she would stay in my room and talk and talk and talk. . . . . . . . .

*My new mattress. It's pillow top and not an air-mattress. Oh, happiness.

That's all for today. I think.

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