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I look like Britney Spears and Yasmine Bleeth*? Dude, does that mean I'm hot too? Could I get a job on Baywatch also? Maybe I should make a music video? After all, I do have mad lipsynching skills. Better than Britney even, if I do say so myself.





*This is where I strategically leave out the part that I look 51% like Donald Trump.

Happy Birthday Dad!

This is me with my Dad.
I never believed I looked like my Dad even though I had been told I do by many people. Then I saw this picture and I became a believer.


This is why my Dad is awesome:

1. He always keeps his cool.
2. He works really hard.
3. He has always honored his priesthood.
4. When I was a teenager, I would wake up on Valentines day to a card and a little heart shaped box of chocolates at my bedroom door.
5. He turns on his blinker a good mile before he finally makes his turn. (Ha, ha, Dad, just kidding...sort of.)
6. I've only heard him say a swear word once and I was like 24 or 25 or something. I bet none of you can say that.
7. He used to do the maintenance on the car I drove.
8. He would spray the basement with pesticide every time I saw a huge spider.
9. He fell out of the attic onto the dryer door that wouldn't stay shut once and after that it was fixed. Magic.
10. He used to make pancakes or waffles on Conference Sundays.
11. He helps with the dishes.
12. He's a trooper and keeps up with us on outings even though his knees are hurting very badly.
13. He is always willing to help out and never makes you feel bad about it.
14. He was in a band in college. There is a picture of him and his band mates in shinny jackets. Awesome. If you ask, he'll show you the spot where the picture was taken at the Tacoma Mall.

Happy Birthday Dad!! We love you! We appreciate you! And we hope to have you around for many, many more birthdays.

Love your favorite daughter,

Leslie Marie

Before and After

Before

After

I Like Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is about giving thanks, but it is important to remember it is also about sharing and helping too. So help your Mom do the dishes already!

This is my family in 1984.(At least that's what I figure. Taylor is a baby, he looks about 8 months here right?) I actually think this might be Christmas Eve, but it looks Thanksgiving-ish right? The turkey, rolls, sweet potatoes. Mom sure knew how to make the holidays special, we didn't always have extended family around to celebrate with, but she went all out anyway.

Yesterday, I made the traditional frozen German's Sweet Chocolate Pie. I am spending Thanksgiving with my husband's family this year, but I am pretty sure I am not the only Whitney who is going to eat this best ever chocolate pie today.

My List of things I am thankful for:

1. My van
2. My house
3. My family
4. I get to go to school.
5. My husband gets to go to school
6. Jazzercise
7. I grew up in the LDS church.
8. My friends in Gardner and round about.
9. Books
10. My country and the quality of life I enjoy here.
11. My 4yr old's pre-school teacher. (She's a genius, I tell you!)
12. Gail
13. Buffalo Chicken
14. My friends, Val and Em in Utah.
15. My blogging buddies.
16. Modern technology

Not necessarily in that order, and especially number 13.

I'm sure I will think of many more things throughout the day!

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!!

Just a couple of things...

So, before Charliejo has a heart attack from waiting so long,(just kidding, Em!) this is what I thought about the movie Twilight. I liked it. I thought that Jacob was too pretty. And I wished they could have showed the other vampires more, maybe explained Carlisle and the Volturi. As it was, the Cullen's just came off really weird. But the movie did a great job showing the relationship between Bella and Edward, and that is the essence of the story, right? It's not like I left the theater swooning or anything. But I enjoyed it, even if I did want more vampire.

I spent a couple hours at my 4 yr old's school today. I had a meeting with his teacher to discuss his learning goals, then I stayed to eat lunch with him. This little boy just blew me away today. He ate all his food, washed his hands without yelling, called all his classmates by their first and last names, and ran circle time like he was the teacher. It was hysterical! He totally sat in the teachers chair with the remote to the PowerPoint presentation. He said everything the teacher says word for word and took them through songs and activities with just minimal help from the teacher. At one point, he had the kids sit in his lap to sing the name-o song. It was priceless. It is so rewarding to see him do so well in a school environment. I am overflowing with pride for my little boy!

My Obligatory Twilight Movie Post

I've read a bunch already, including this one on Seriously So Blessed . And I'm pretty sure it's about my sister. (Ha ha get it Lisa? Eyes are twitchin! Ha, ha.) Anyway, I just got my ticket for the noon showing tomorrow. The ticket agent at the theater was really super annoyed too. He made sure that I knew that it wasn't me that annoyed him though. He said he didn't understand if you wanted to see a movie, why do you have to go with twenty other people? I just laughed because I knew exactly what he was talking about. people are going to this movie in packs, or better yet, covens. I'm just going with Mary and Dan. I'm excited. This will be fun!

To further illustrate the excited-ness, here are a couple pictures that demonstrate my love for Twilight.

This is when my Breaking Dawn arrived in the mail.This was on my birthday when we went to get our books signed by Stephenie Meyer.

And that my friends, is my obligatory Twilight Movie Post. Why haven't you done yours yet?

Coleslaw

I'm not sure when it started. Maybe a month ago. But one thing is for sure, it's getting out of hand. I WANT COLESLAW AND I WANT IT NOW!!! No seriously. NOW. Last night I said to my husband, "You know what would be good to eat right now? Coleslaw or Twix." He said, "What is it with the coleslaw anyway?" To which I replied, "I don't know, I just want coleslaw."

I dream about it too. Last night, in my dream, I was at a deli. I ordered coleslaw. But they did not give me coleslaw, they gave me a chicken pita sandwich. Then I got mad and I said, "I didn't order a chicken pita sandwich, I ordered coleslaw." The girl said, "Sorry! That will be $9 dollars." To which I replied, "But I want coleslaw!! I'm not paying $9 for a chicken pita sandwich!" But she would not give me the coleslaw. So I went and found the manager and I explained that I didn't order a chicken pita sandwich, I ordered coleslaw and could he please fix my problem. Then I look down at the chicken pita sandwich in my hand and realize that there is a big bite taken out of it. I then look over to my husband and he gives me a guilty look and shrugs. Then the dream turned into a Sconecutter dream where I was frying scones in the back and marveling at the new machine that cuts the scones for you and thinking that I wished they had that when I worked there in 1998. Then I woke up to the sound of Napoleon Dynamite's voice because I was listening to the sound track yesterday on my ipod and forgot to change the music back to something more soothing to wake up to.