I've been "tagged"...

I’ve been tagged by my former roommate and friend EmmaLee. I really enjoyed reading and learning 7 things I didn’t know about her so I will be a good sport and participate.

Here I go…7 things about me you probably didn’t know:

1. I have to wear a Depends undergarment when I jump on the trampoline with my kids. True story and every mom out there knows (or has experienced) what I’m talking about. I don’t actually wear one but I only have a small window of jump time because I will pee in my britches.

2. My nickname is Kissy. Kissy Coo to be exact. My dad gave it to me when I was a baby. I used to torture my brother Wes by pinning him to the ground and kissing his cheeks until he cried. Dad used to call me Kissy when we were out in public or even worse, when guys would pick me up for dates.

3. My Mom almost named me Summer. My birthday is in July and she liked the name. Summer Sorensen…I don’t know about that, though. Or Summer Hammond, too much "m" action going on.

4. I used to twirl baton and I was in a baton group for a few years called the Rangerettes. I got to the point where I could twirl 2 batons at once. My goal (once I got to be a teenager) was to twirl the FIRE batons. It was so awesome and kind of scary to watch! My teacher Becky stopped teaching to raise a family so I never got to live out my fire baton dream. Hmm…I wonder if they sell those on ebay…

5. I can whistle really loud. A useful skill I’ve learned along the way.

6. I play the drums. My dad has played for years and he started teaching Wes and I when we were about 5. I was a band geek for years but I didn’t play in high school. My uncle Kelly, Wes and I had a band when I was a teenager, it was so much fun! Our band name was "KissyKillerWhiskers"- all of our nicknames. Wish I had my own drum set…I play when I go home to Utah for visits.

7. I haven’t broken any bones so far.

I’m now tagging Amanda Jane- my bf since our days at Vernal Junior High. You're it!

Round 1- The Dancing with the Stars gals

Ok, so what did you think?

The question I have today is where did that Cheetah girl come from?! Wow, she was awesome. I agreed with the judges, that was the best 1st performance of anyone on that show. Looking forward to seeing them dance again.

Marie really is such a great entertainer, just like her brother. I loved her attitude and she was having so much fun. Jane did great too. She's very elegant, if you watch her arms and fingers, you can tell she's a ballet dancer. They all did well for the first night.

So the guys are up tonight...I'm interested to see how Floyd Mayweather (the boxer) does...still pulling for Wayne Newton...speaking of "pulling", that guy has had a lot of plastic surgery, wouldn't you say?

one of my favorite tv shows is coming back...

and I'm really happy! I don't know about you but, I'm looking forward to new stuff on TV!! When "So you think you can dance" is not on, my other favorite show is "Dancing with the Stars". I've never been big into ballroom but I have a great appreciation and love of what they are doing, and that is dancing.

Aaron is a Dallas Cowboy fan and so I thought maybe Emmett Smith being on the show would get him to watch...um, no. He said he totally lost all respect for him but I on other hand was blown away with his stage presence (all you dancers out there know what I'm talking about) and ability to perform. And then last year we had Apollo Anton Ohno, the speed skater. He and his cute little Utah partner tore it up!!! This year, I am rooting for...


http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=bio#t=star&d=23276

I really wish it would have been Donny but I'm pulling for Marie. Jane Seymour has had ballet training so that will give her a little bit of an advantage, it will be interesting. She's so little and dainty, the Latin dances may eat her alive. I hope Wayne Newton does ok. He is "Mr. Las Vegas" ya know. He may surprise us all coming out of the gate as the "old guy"...we'll have to wait and see...

little update

Just wanted to update the ol' blog. I forgot to post about Braden's baptism. It was a really neat experience. We have Stake baptisms and I was a little sad because I really wanted Braden to have his own little day, like we did when we were kids. We got a call that morning saying that he would be the only one baptized that day. It was nice and I bawled my eyes out when we sang my favorite Primary song of all time- "Baptism". Braden thought I was losing it (he gave me this look like, 'What is wrong with you?') but I just reassured him that I was just happy.

I take a lot of pictures but that day I was a slacker and I should have taken more. We came back to our house for a BBQ (Braden chose the menu) and a nice swim. I took some video of that- I need to figure out how to do that. (Janeece if you're reading this, I enjoy your little videos)

Here's a few pics of Heston's 1st birthday and some pics of Paige just being Paige. She loves Shakira and to hear her sing "My hips don't lie" is too cute!

gotta go!

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