wanna play??

Here are the rules:* Each player lists 8 facts or habits about themselves.* The rules of the game are posted before the list begins.*At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 more players by posting their name. In addition, go to their blog and leave a comment telling them they have been tagged with your blog address so they can read your blog.


1. I dislike waking up any earlier then 9AM-I pretty much need 8-10 hours of sleep a night in order to be a pleasant person for most of the day :)


2. I have a realllly bad habit of biting my nails. I have tried to break it oh about a bazillion times but i always end up with no fingernails in the end :o(


3. In my house growing up with my mom & 3 sisters I was somehow designated to do the jobs a guy would normally do in the house. bug killing, lizard catching (for some reason they always ended up in the house), putting stuff together & i always did it. The funny thing is that I am scared of bugs just like every other girl, I just couldn't show it-who else would get rid of them then! I also am not a fan of building things. So I guess I just had to "man-up" my whole life and face my fears for the sake of my household & do things I didn't always like to do :) I have also always been seen as the "guy" of the family or the one who was "supposed to" be the boy. weird, i know.




4. I used to want to be a dentist. I have always had really big ambitions for myself & wanted to have such a great career to provide for my future family. However, this past year I have decided to go for Dental hygiene instead-still good career-but since I have done some re-prioritizing of some things I have decided that this career would better suit my future lifestyle & family & i will not only have a great career, but I will also be able to take care of my family the way a mother should.


5. My room is painted half black and half white. Its actually realllly Awesome. One of my walls is all black, & opposite the other all white and the 2 between are diagonally cut half black & half white. It took me over a week to get it done but every time I sit here & look around it makes me smile :)



6. adding on to the previous mentioned I love pandas :) my black & white room theme is accented with random pandas. Very few people have actually seen my room, mostly because it is never clean, but that's a different story :) Next time I clean it i should take a picture or something :)



7. I have many intangible talents, but few tangible ones. I have always wished I could draw or paint. I Love art. I also Love photography & my dream has always been to become a scenic photographer. ( I love nature!) However, I have realized that that would best serve me as a hobby rather then a career & I am just fine with that :) I also wish I could be a dancer-how cool would that be? or play some type of instrument-I have since vowed to introduce my children to as many artistic activities as I can and encourage them to pursue whichever they have a passion for. One thing I never really did as a child but I wish I had.



8. I have been blessed with a wonderful family that makes me laugh, supports me, encourages me to become a better person everyday & challenges me to make the future better. I would do anything for any of these wonderful people :)







If u would like to tell me a little more about yourself as well, i would Love to know :)



:) StepH (:

Family Home Evening :)

So I dont have much time to write a big blog but Monday night was FHE & it was super fun stuff :) Here r a few pictures from the eventful night---

Here is Drew hangin out with the Big kids

& the Awesome elders havin a go on the ice :)

Here is the lot eatin some yummy ice cream & Bro Stewart telling me not to take a picture of him :)

The Old(er) people talking about stuff none of us understand :) we needed some type of supervision :)
& here is James & April aka Jack & Jill

heres torI & her new BFF KraiG & James being crazy as usual

now if this doesnt Scream Good time to you, you r probably deaf :)

So all in all it was an awesome night, not technically at home & not Technically family, But Exaclty Family & Exactly home :)

StepH :)

Who says You need fireworks On the 4th of July??

SO 4th of July started with me sleepin in :) always a good day when I can sleep until I cant sleep anymore. So I met the Elders & a few other cool kids at the Bowling alley :)

Unfortunately there was a league going at the time so we had to wait an hour for a lane! but it went by pretty fast cuz some of those Elders r pretty hilarious. So we bowled, it was pretty sweet, had some curly fries, got a Turkey :) & had some fun. Then I went home & hung out with my family for a bit. When I was over it, i went to James & Tyler's house where we met up with some others & headed up to running Springs to Michael's house.On the way up Tyler told us this funny story about something that happened at work & he needed chapstick. But all we had was lipgloss, so he had to make to most of it :)

Once we got up the mountain It took a while to get all the food ready & prepared, but when it was ready, boy was it good! So good, in fact that I let out a nice burp & This was the look Tyler gave me right when i let it out. haha. He was

Outraged! & it was pretty funny-well at least Michael thought so :)

Hey if its gotta come out, its gotta come out ;)

Here is Meg & Amy chowin down some Bratwurst (& i don't know if i spelled that right, but whatever)

& James Lovin the Brat as well & My Mac & Cheese :)

He also quite enjoyed out Fat free No Sugar Banana & Butterscotch pudding, it was rather

tasty-so tasty in fact, we had to get the remains of the bowl :)

Michael thought that was funny too :)

We then played Squabble-Battle of the Sexes Scene IT, which was pretty fun, girls won the first time, guys won the second-but in my opinion, they got lucky the second time ;) Squabble was followed by our Lovely dessert made by Amy-Some Brownie Marshmallows thing that was pretty crazy looking, i wish I would have gotten a before picture, but here is the after picture-it must have been good :)

as U can see here, James thought so :)

As well as Megan & the Cook :) actually-Megan was so happy she gave it a kiss! and Tyler was rejoicing in the large glass of milk he washed down the chocolaty goodness with :)

which was followed by his happy dance to the lyrics "put your hands up on my hip-when i dip u dip we dip" haha yeah, we had no idea what was going on either, but it was Hilarious :) Michael thought it was funny too as U can see on the left :) But in all the dancing and excitement a Bug made camp in Tyler's delicious mug of milk!

GRODYYYY!!!
For those of u who don't know-this is one of Tyler's "dude what the heck"" faces :)

which Michael & Megan found funny :)

We continued enjoying our dessert-Here is Michael with our Perspective shot :)

we were nearing the bottom of the pan so Megan & Michael decided to paper Rock Scissors Battle for the last bite----

Michael won & he tried to stuff it in his mouth before I could take the picture-But-being the Brilliant Photographer that I am-I got it anyway :)

James then suggested we all do some sit ups to compensate for the dessert we just ate---

Tyler said "maybe i should work on this gut"-
meg & Amy shot down that silly suggestion with more laughter :)

our night was coming to a lovely end-and being the watchful eye that I am-I noticed that I did not have a picture of me! which usually happens when You're the memory capture-Er :)

So i managed to snap one more moment in time that gave the night a lovely end :)

I have some of the greatest friends Ever brought to this earth :) & I wouldn't trade them for all the clouds in the sky :)

:) StepH