High School Tag

High School Tag

I was tagged by Adam Lott. I know I was surprised as well. I am not even sure how this whole tag thing works but oh well here we go

1. Did you date someone from your school? Uh yeah! I had a boyfriend or two all through high school.

2. What kind of car did you drive? Didn't need a car that is what the boyfriend was for. Didn't buy my first car until after I was married. Even then it was in my husbands name. Still carrying on the need for the boyfriend even now.

3. Did you pass your driver's license test on the first try? Written test - Yes, Driving test - No.

4. Were you a party animal? Not really, didn't really hang out with the party kind of people. We were the hang out and "watch a movie" kind of people.

5. Were you considered a flirt? That is an understatement. Ask my husband.

6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Choir; I am your classic choir geek. But I was considered to be in the "cool" crowd in the choir. (not that it counted anywhere else)

7. Were you a nerd? I don't know. Maybe, What is a nerd anyway. Does it count if you feel like a nerd but don't really act like one?

8. Were you on any varsity teams? Yeah right!!!! I think the choir question should cancel this question out!

9. Did you get suspended/expelled? Umm no! To quote Mary Poppins "Practically perfect in every way!"

10. Can you still sing the fight song? No, but I was one of the few that could while in high school (Choir! I kinda had to know it)

11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mrs. Petersen (math) and my English teachers all of them.

12. Where did you sit during lunch? over on the left hand side at a table with all my friends and usually on some boys lap. (never ate though)

13. What is your schools full name? Alta High School

14. School mascot and colors? Hawk; Black, Silver, Red

15. Did you go to Homecoming and who with?Jeff Cloward (Jr. year) Conrad Connelley (Senior year).

16. If you could go back and do it again, would you? No, I thought that High School was brutal.

17. What do you remember most about graduation? Thinking that we were so cool now and could stay out all night and then falling asleep at like 11:00 at my friends house and waking up really disappointed.

18. Where did you go senior skip day? Never skipped!! Not even seminary (that's right we do exist)

19. Were you in any clubs? No (didn't have enough money or the right connections)

20. Have you gained some weight since then? Umm I have 4 kids what do you think!!! Plus I was a touch on the anorexic side in high school so that is an unfair question!

21. Who was your prom date? Conrad Connelley

22. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? Did and it was an ENORMOUS waste of time. It was just like the stupid assemblies in high school the coolies sat with the coolies and the choir geeks sat with the choir geeks and nobody talked to anybody else. They only showed pictures of the coolies in the slide show. I can't believe I ever thought that was going to be a good idea!!

23. Did you have a job while in high school? I worked at Big Bee's for a little while in high school but got tired of asking for days off for dances and such. Quit so that I could go to Senior Dinner Dance. That's right I was that smart!

I tag Kaci Odell, My husband to make him actually contribute to our family blog, Melanie Sloan, Lisa McKenzie (she doesn't blog yet but she should), Katie Lott out of morbid curiosity, Kymber Jasperson same reason and to give her something to blog about. Megan Castagnetto curiosity. Cuca Sanborn, Heidi Gray, Kelli Beardall, Laurie Sorensen, Shelley Porath, Aimee Gibby, Mennifer, and Tiffany Smart.
Enjoy everybody!!

Collective Soul!!!!

On Saturday night Troy and I went with Quinn and Kelli, Troy's brother and his wife, to see one of our favorite bands Collective Soul. Yes yes the same Collective Soul that was around in the early ninties. Troy was out of town when they came here to Utah so we drove out to Wendover to see them. They were awesome!!! The venue they played was a smaller one so every seat in the house was a good one. They started out taking away everyones cameras and phones but the band told the security that because this was their last show that any one could take any pictures they wanted. So we did. I am kind of picky when it comes to live performers, I probably expect too much. These guys were really really good. The vocals sounded great and they all played everything perfect. This is not the first time we have seen Collective Soul and I promise it won't be the last!!! I want to thank all the Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, and Friends that watched our kids so that we could go and stay the night. I am always a better mother after a little break.

I want to thank Quinn and Kelli for inviting us and mostly to Kelli for keeping me company while the guys went and played for a bit. We had the best time!!!

The next olympic gymnast Morgan Baxter

This week was a big week for posting. I was going to try and just talk about them together but they are all so different I thought it might be a better idea to just do it seperately. I get confused far to easily. Ok so for this little post Morgan wanted me to talk about her starting gymnastics. She was soooo excited and has been begging me to sign her up at the legacy center. It took her friend Faiths mom calling and telling me that Faith was going to start and that they should do it together. She has been doing cartwheels and handstands all over my house and yard for 3 years now I guess it is time. Her favorite thing to do was the uneven bars. Troy was really impressed that she could flip herself around the first try. I guess I will have to put my order in for my box to house her gold medal. ;)

Morgan and Faith on their way to win the gold

Reunion #1

Last night I had the great pleasure of seeing my roommates from college. Bethany was my roommate my first year at Snow College and Jennifer was my roommate my second year at Snow. My sister Kara was best friends with Bethany and Jen in high school. That is how I ended up roommates with Bethany our first year. It was awesome! We had the most fun a freshman at a college in the middle of nowhere Utah can have. We had diso dances because someone decided to cover the 1960's light fixture in tin foil. We sang in LD's together, we sang anywhere we wanted together, but most of all we laughed a lot together. Jen figures into the story of how Troy and I ended up meeting. I Happened to go to Ephraim to sign contracts for another apartment. While we were waiting we Happened to run into Jen when she was walking home. She Happened to have a roommate moving out. And her room roommate Happened to be dating Troy's best friend Edda. He Happened to be going home one weekend with Troy and I Happened to need a ride. The rest is history. I thank Kara (ok not out loud but in my heart) that she was nice enough to let me hang out with these two girls. We haven't really stayed in touch over the years, so it was really a treat to reconnect with them. I guess I have facebook (and Candice Bradfield) to thank for being able to see my old friends again. It was really nice to catch up and see how good everyone looks. It was really strange to sit there with my roommates and have all of our kids running around. Life sure flies by when you aren't looking. Bethany's husband Brett and I met when I was Morgans age (that was a trip!) To all of my friends ( and my sister Kara) and roommates from college; thanks guys for everything you did for me both of those years. Those had some of the best and worst times of my life in them and I am grateful that I had you with me.

This is Me, Kara, Bethany and Jen

This is Me and Bethany December 1995

This is Me and Jen August 1996

Owen's First Day of Preschool

I wanted to write because I started my new driving route this week. Owen started his first day of preschool. The first day was an open house and the parents come with them and make name tags and have a little tour of the preschool so that the kids will be comfortable when they go without their parents. In the car on the way there Owen asked me if I was going to just drop him off. When I said no, and that I was coming with him he groaned and said "why are you coming?" I guess that we aren't going to have any separation issues. He was relieved when I told him that I wasn't going to stay then next time we came. He loved it and his teacher Mrs. Skousen (that is Julie to those who are family) is great and he is super excited.

Ah the blessed day has come!

My days of "Mom I'm bored are finally over" and my days of the Baxter Taxi Service have begun. You guessed it is school time!!! Mikayla and Morgan started school on Monday and Owen starts preschool next Monday. They all go to seperate schools so that is where the taxi service comes in. We did find someone to carpool with so I only have to pick Mikayla up from school thankfully, and Morgan rides the bus so to be really honest it isn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Of course I haven't started to take Owen yet so we will see if it remains "not as bad as I thought". I am super happy though that they finally have something to do. I am really proud of Morgan for being brave and going to school with out her sister. She was a little nervous and wasn't sure she wanted to do it, but she did after a little bit of coaxing from mom and teacher. She is now loving it and loves her new teacher. Also Mikayla went on her first nonfamily babysitting job last night. Am I really that old? The answer to that is of course yes but you don't look it! Have a good one everybody!!!

A couple of fun things to talk about

So I have a couple of things that I have been meaning to talk about. The first was that we went to Lagoon with Troy's family a couple of weeks ago. It was so much fun. Mikayla made a "best friend" in a Dynatronics employee/friend of the Beardall family named Jackie, from Ohio. I don't know if she realized that she was 27 years old. I don't think it would have mattered. We spent the first part of the day going on all the little rides with Owen and his cousins his size/age. After dinner Grandma and Grandpa took the little kids. We took Morgan, Taylor(cousin) and Mikayla on all the roller coasters. Morgan didn't realize that she would enjoy it until it was over. The people standing in line felt so bad for her as we pulled away in the Jetstar because she was bawling.
She got over it and LOVED the White roller coaster which was next. Mikayla and Taylor were like fish in water and wanted to go on all the rides. We loved spending the time with Troy's family. It was really fun. Thank You again Grandma and Grandpa Beardall!!!!


Ok the next thing to talk about is that I just went on my annual Frost Girls Getaway. This year Nicknamed FAR (inside joke and I will not be filling you in on that). It was really simple this year. My sister Kaci flew in from Texas and we spent a weekend up in Park City shopping and sleeping in and laughing our heads off. I took my camera in hopes that I would take a ton of pictures. But even if I had they would probably be too embarrassing to show anybody. Anyway, it is always nice to leave the kids with Dad and enjoying a little bit of Mom time. I always come back liking every one more. And Troy gets to live in my world for a moment. I want to thank Cynthia and Mike for letting us use the condo and Troy for making it possible for me to go. I can't wait until next year!!!!!!

Happy Anniversary!!!

I wanted to write today because it is our 12th anniversary. I am so grateful and feel so lucky that I have been able to spend these 12 years with Troy. We have had our share of hard times, but we got through those with flying colors and we did it together. He is the most wonderful man I have ever met. He always thinks of me (even though I accuse him of doing otherwise). I know that my happiness is what is most important to him. I hope he knows that I feel the same about him. I am grateful to him for putting up with my "femaleness" and what that brings along with it. I know how lucky I am to have him for eternity. I can't wait to see what the future brings because good or bad I know that we can do it and enjoy it together!!!!! I love you honey!!!! Happy Anniversary!!!!!

Our Third and Final Summer Adventure

So we went on our final summer adventure this year. We decided that we needed to go camping. The last two attempts have been lets just say not the best experiences but the best memories, with lots of laughter attached. If I haven't told you about our trip to Dead Horse Point ask me. It is a great story. So the kids and we adults were becoming a little bit chicken as far as the camping thing is concerned. So we thought we would try it again and hope that the kids could see how fun it can be. We just went for the weekend so no big deal. Easy Cheesy, Pumpkin Peesy. To start off with our Brand New car (it doesn't matter the year it is new to us) has had some "issues" that the dealer was resolving that has taken 2 weeks to finish. (ok it is not quite finished yet but they keep thanking me for my patients :) ) So we had a "loaner van" which is by the way better then the "loaner Chevy Malibu" that we had the day before our trip. I told them they were going to have to find me a van, there was no way we were fitting all of us and all our gear into that tiny car. (we barely fit it in the van) So we pack everything our brand new tent, sleeping bags, all the food etc. We got a late start cause Troy had to work all day Friday, so when we got there it was dinner time. What we didn't take into consideration was that we had no idea how to set up this Brand New Tent. So instead of one setting up the tent and one cooking dinner we put off dinner so that we had the sunlight to put up the tent. So after our gourmet dinner of roasted hot dogs we unpacked everything in the tent and started setting up for the night. Only to discover that we had forgotten the camp stove. I decided it wasn't worth it to leave that night Troy could go down in the morning. We then also discovered that we had left our Brand New Air Mattress at home. That was a deal breaker and Troy left immediately for home. We were only up Provo Canyon so it wasn't that far of a drive. By the way the fire at Bridal Veil Falls was HUGE!!! So I got the kids ready for bed and cleaned up after dinner and we played Simon says in the tent until Troy got back with my, I mean our air mattress. I discovered while he was gone that I had forgotten our pillows so I rushed to call him only to discover he had taken my phone with him. I slept on Sam's blankets and my sweatshirt. Not really all that comfortable, I have to say. Its ok though we are powering through. So the next morning we have a great breakfast and are ready for the day. We decided to go for a little hike and show the kids the mountains and the trees. We picked a trail that was 2 miles never intending to go the whole way. The girls were dead set on it and with a lot of stops we made it all the way there. Did I mention that we brought the dog? She was Dead tired when we got there. She basically collapsed in the first shady spot she found. So we played in the water, let the kids cool off and started back. Owen cried the entire 2 miles back. And the dog nearly died, but we made it and I was so proud of us. I had taken my TV addicted kids into the wilderness and we all survived. Even the Dog who had to be carried out. This is where the fun begins. We got back and had a nap (sort of we parents fell asleep and the kids played in the tent with us while we slept) We played a game as a family. Then we had a nice dinner. It seemed that things were going smoothly and we had beaten our camping curse. As I was cleaning up dinner I noticed that the sky was getting a little dark for the hour. Yep rain clouds. But it was ok we were headed for bed anyway no big deal. The rain started to really come down and pound the tent. We could see lightning and hear thunder. Once it was REALLY close. While pretending to be ok in the tent I noticed that the rain fly was starting to develop a puddle. This is not good by the way. That spells trouble. Troy attempts to disperse that water and does a pretty good job for a while until the rain fly starts to slide off. Troy tried to fix it but it came off the back of the tent resulting in wet beds for Sam Troy and me. I called it and started to pack everything. I was DONE. We packed that tent up in record time. Getting our "loaner Van" nice and muddy. Everything is now dry and I still think that we are camping cursed but I think that we are probably going to go again next year. I need that long to convince myself that we can do it again. you can see the pictures at the bottom

Hey Everybody!!!

We just got back from our FABULOUS vacation to Cayucous California. We spent the fourth of July with Troy's family. Troy's Dad Mike and Mike's wife Cynthia and Cynthia's Son Adam and Adam's Girlfriend Emilia. We spent the majority of our time hanging out with Troy's sister Pepper and her family. We had a Blast. As you can tell from the pictures we had one great sunny day and then foggy the rest. Cayucous is in Central California so it is hit or miss sometimes on the weather. It is always cold in the morning, but it never gets above like 75. Can't complain. The Girls love love loved the ocean and skin boarding and boogie boarding. The boys loved the sand. Sam also thought that the sand tasted great. He can now live a normal healthy life he has now eaten dirt. We got to watch the parade which is a bigger deal now then it was 9 years ago when we went for the first time. They had like 25000 in a town that usually has 3000. They are surprised by the turn out every year. But after all the rest of the people left we had the beach practically to ourselves and we enjoyed it even when the sun was hiding behind that clouds or when the fog was out. We also took the kids to see the Elephant Seals. They are HUGE!!!! Mikayla enjoyed watching them move up and down the beach. Owen liked to see the boys fight. They make the funniest noises. Sam just wanted to get in there and jump on them. He does that you know. We are glad to be home and sleeping in our own beds. I do think that we have been cured of ever wanting to drive to California again until Sam gets to be A LOT older. Well I have a TON to unpack. Take care all. Thank you again to Troy's dad for inviting us and for all the dinners they were awesome! And to Pep and Marc for hanging out with us, we loved it!!!