5 questions

I was optionally tagged because it's easier than some of the stuff or lack of stuff going on in life. :) Anyways, let me refer you back to my sisters tag.

So my first question is:

1. If you could live anywhere in the world other than the US, where would you live? I don't think I could pick just one. I kind of like the idea of "bloom where you're planted". So Australia, France, Sweden, Canada, Great Britain, Japan... pretty much any where given the amount of prep work that may be involved. ie learning another language. My Spanish is pretty crappy and limited... Just ask a few of my coworkers.

2. If you could relive, but not change any one moment in your life, which one would it be? Hmm... The only thing that comes to mind as odd as it is, is any Late, late / middle of the night with any one of my kids as a newborns, when I relished that alone time with them, and just them. Being able to hold and cuddle them and know and feel their sweetness and innocence and potential that was ahead of them. Given there were only a few with each child given the consistent lack of sleep and routine of just getting up in the middle of the night. I wouldn't trade that for anything.

3. Describe your perfect date.
First thing, would be that I have to do none of the planning. I hate making decisions, whether they are large or small, unless I have a STRONG desire one way or another, I don't want to decide anything! I would want to go a late movie, and eat popcorn. I would want some sort of flower, given roses die (My husband was great while we were dating, and the first couple of years of marriage and bought me lots of flowers. My favorite are Zebra Roses.), so even a small live flowering plant would be nice. The movie has to be a movie that I really want to see, and if the date really didn't care for the movie, (ie my husband) he would keep his snide remarks to himself during the movie. Then go out for ice cream after where we could talk about inconsequential things, because heaven knows the rest of my life is not so. The movie could also be watched at home. I like simple things and preferably no shopping involved, or anything over the top. Just small simple sweet things. Sometimes all it takes for me to be in a good mood is to not have to cook, clean, wash, etc.

4. What is your dream vacation? Any where outside the US. I would love to go see Europe, and see the museums, the cathedrals, the architecture, the culture. There is so much I have read about and studied over the years, that it would be nice to see it some day. To be honest though I would easily settle for another week down watching plays at the Shakespearean festival in Cedar City in a heart beat, or taking the family to either coast and take them to a beach.

5. Tell us what your favorite dessert is. Do you have the recipe to share? Ok, like most things I can't really pick just one. I like my homemade chocolate cake with store bought chocolate frosting(unfortunately I haven't found one Trev safe yet). I love mini Oreo cheese cupcakes, low fat, because you can't really taste the difference. I like good old chocolate shakes, brownies, milk chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies with the right amount of frosting. Any of those could be listed as a favorite, but to be honest I like most deserts. I just don't always believe in mixing fruit with desserts. I have recipes for the first two to share, but like most of the stuff I have right now it is in a box somewhere, and I'm not sure where to start to find it let alone what to do with the boxes I have already gone through.

So as an end to this, I can tag you to do the same thing, but I choose the questions for those willing to, you just have to post a comment on my blog and I will send you 5 questions with the rules, like I got mine.

Growing children, and lack of black mail photos

I need to blog. It's been 3 weeks since I've last blogged. My life is chaotic, but some normalcy would be nice. Not that blogging is "normal" per say. Any ways! I realized today while sitting with my family in Sacrament meeting that my kids were growing up. I noticed that my older two sat forward, weren't playing with anything and were actually listening to the speaker, and the musical number following, and stayed that way till a more dry council type speaker started. :) Trev even made comments about his talk and asked questions through out it despite trying not to giggle with Ali. Brie on the other hand giggled or snuggled most of the time. Until Matt decided to take her for a walk after a long bout of loud giggling.
So the blackmail photos. Through out the rearrangement of my life recently I found all of my old barbie stuff, which includes SeaMonkeys, and Dink or not to Dinks barbies as well, along with the assorted barbie paraphernalia. So I went to take pictures of my son playing barbies with his sisters and low and behold, my batteries in my camera are dead. I was going to take pictures of him asking me if the barbies clothes were modest enough or not, and him helping Bries doll do something. Ali's barbie was pregnant with triplets. Then they started talking about having the dolls go to prom. They would have been great black mail photos on my son later on. It amuses me to think that we have no such black mail photos on my brother, because I remember him randomly playing barbies with me. So Nicole, if you find any, you're going to have to let me know!!! So life passes and time goes between blogs, and here is another random thought of my sanity trying to stay present. :)