My 25

1. I love popcorn. REALLY love popcorn. I have eaten it for dinner before and no movie is complete without it.

2. I have been scuba diving with sharks in Utah and sea lions off of the California Coast. But sailing with dolphins and snorkeling with sea turtles in Hawaii took the cake.

3. I served a mission for my church in Boston, Massachusetts. Dale Murphy was my mission president.

4. My kids will eat anything if I say it is from Rachael Ray! I like to try new recipes and Rachael Ray is my hero! I own many of her fabulous cookbooks and I record her talk show on the DVR every day.

5. My life is so much easier with the use of a timer. Just 5 more minutes kiddos!

6. Travis and I almost got arrested on our honeymoon.

7. I love a good rain storm. I get so excited. But I love a good thunderstorm even more. We used to race to open the big front window when I was a kid. It was a fun thing. Never scary.

8. I love my friends and girls' nights out. Blogging is fun, too!

9. A clean kitchen sink makes my day!

10. I had never flown in an airplane until I was 19 years old. My oldest son, Justin, has been on an airplane over 40 times and he's only 6 years old. My boys have got it down. They could be flight attendants.

11. I love back scratches. Now Justin can't go to sleep without a back scratch, either.

12. Travis and I have been married for 8 1/2 years. He served in the same mission as my older sister, Amber. (Spain-Canary Islands) But that's not how we met. It was in a BYU ward.

13. If I could sleep in every morning, I would. We go to bed very, very late!

14. I have a cell phone, but I hardly ever hear it ringing when I'm out shopping. (Travis loves this about me!) But I always call him back...later. When I'm out with someone else, he just calls them first. And I just laugh!

15. Travis and I don't go on regular dinner dates very often. We like to save it up so we can go to awesome concerts, sporting events or Broadway shows.

16. Both of my kids were born in the water. Not at home, but not at the hospital, either.

17. My husband and I played in a co-ed softball league this past fall and we won first place in our division. I played slow and fast pitch softball every summer through junior high, high school and some of college. Travis and I used to play on a team together before we had kids. It feels great to be out on the diamond again!

18. I don't like to open the door to strangers. Door-to-door salesman give me the creeps. Especially after I saw one yell at my neighbor and hop over her fence. Yikes!

19. I always have a midnight snack. Usually a bowl of cereal with banana slices. Yum.

20. I like to play my guitar. I have played for 16 years and used to teach as my job through college. I stopped teaching when I had Tyler because now I think I'm too busy. I hope to teach again one of these days.

21. I'm always up for a good game night!

22. I'm always cold. I wear 30 layers and think everyone else must be too cold as well. My boys have to beg to wear a short-sleeved shirt during the winter.

23. I love that Travis comes home for lunch almost every weekday.

24. Spiders give me the heebie-jeebies. I have trained my boys to squish them for me. It is lovely.

25. My birthday is on St. Patrick's Day and I have a special place in my heart for all things Irish and GREEN! Oh, and I would love to visit Ireland some day, too. Another nifty birthday fact is that Justin's birthday sometimes falls on Mother's Day and Tyler's birthday sometimes falls on Easter. I think that is so much fun!