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Well, I guess I will try to give this thing of Lynny's a try

50 Odd Things About Me
1. Do you like blue cheese? No
2. Have you ever smoked heroin? Absolutely not.
3. Do you own a gun? You bet
4. What flavor do you add to your drink at sonic? I always get the orange cream slush
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? With my track record, you better believe it =)
6. What do you think of hot dogs? I agree with Lynny "I like them best when they are grilled. I have a hard time eating them if they are boiled."
7. Favorite Christmas movie? A Muppets Christmas Carol
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Pop
9. Can you do push ups? Of course
11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? Don't have any
12. Favorite hobby? Right now I guess cooking, but also fishing, golf...
14. Do you have A.D.D.? No
15. What's one trait you hate about yourself? Well, I don't have the greatest self confidence or self esteem
16. Middle name? Todd
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment. I'm tired, thirsty, and my hand itches
18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday? Nothing, it was sunday
19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Dr. Peper, pop, water
20. Current worry? Yall would just laugh so...
21. Current hate right now? I'd agree, gas prices
22. Favorite place to be? Home
23. How did you bring in the New Year? Ha ha, as always, with my dog...
24. Where would you like to go? Anywhere and everywhere. I just want to travel
25. Name three people who will complete this? My 3 sisters
26. Do you own slippers? Only one. I tried making a pair out of an ostrich hide but it was highly unsuccessful so I stopped after one.
27. What shirt are you wearing? One of my Badger Creek shirts
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? As long as my clothes don't stick to the sheets I don't really care.
29. Can you whistle? Nope
30. Favorite color? Dark green
31. Would you be a pirate? Sure why not, I'd give it a try. but I'd be a good pirate
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? A mixture of songs
33. Favorite girl's name? Emma
34. Favorite boy's name? Casey or Jes
35. What's in your pocket right now? Chapstick, keys, and a knife
36. Last thing that made you laugh? Watching the video of Jonathan on the Detro's Blog
37. Best bed sheets as a child? The only ones I can remember had fishes and fishing poles on them, but my clothes stuck to them...
38. Worst injury you've ever had? 3 broken fingers that kept me from playing in the one football game I would have been able to play in my senior year. I didn't think they were that bad but my coach wouldn't let me play. It was very devastating
39. Do you love where you live? I don't really know "where" I live right now
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? I have one in my room back out at school
41. Who is your loudest friend? Ashley
42. How many dogs do you have? One, the cutest dog ever
43. Does someone have a crush on you? Well, you typically don't let that person know when you have a crush on them so I wouldn't know
45. What is your favorite book? Unfortunately I'm not the biggest reader
46. What is your favorite candy? Either Reese's Piece's or Peanut Butter Cups
47. Favorite Sports Team? Denver Bronco's and Penn State Nittany Lions
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? I don't care, I wont be hearing it
49. What were you doing 12 AM last night? Trying to sleep
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? I need to pack and hit the road

Visit With Brandon

I think I forgot to mention that on my way home from school and after I visited Christina I stopped by Champaign to see my best friend Brandon.  We just got some lunch but I got a couple pictures with him, his kid, and his wife.  I'm not sure how well you guys actually knew Brandon but I thought I would put them up anyways.  Oh, he also drove over the other week for a visit and to see the new house and while he was here we went golfing while mom watched his son!!

Earthquake!

So I forgot to mention that when I was in St. Louis I went through an earthquake.  You guys might have heard about it on the news.  When I was in California, one of the things I wanted was to experience an earthquake, just to see what it felt like.  Of course I didn't want it to be bad or have anyone or anything get hurt but I just wanted to know what it would feel like.  So my wish almost came true when I was in St. Louis..... but of course, I slept right through it.... The next morning EVERYONE I talked to about it said that it woke them up because everything was shaking and so forth.  I'm a light sleeper, how did I sleep through that?  Oh well, I guess I can still say that I went through one, right?

Visit to Lynny's

After I got home to Indiana I drove up to Michigan to see Lyndsay and her family!  Whats another 12 hours on the road....  Anyways, we had a lot of fun, or at least I did =) Lyndsay and I actually made a quilt out of a bunch of my old T-shirts that I had laying around.  I still feel bad about that becasue I HAD NO IDEA how much work was actually involved.  But we managed to pull it off and I think it looks really nice.  I also went to the movies with her and the kids to see Alvin and the Chipmunks.  I thought it was a pretty good movie, but it was mainly fun to be there with David and Madison. (Jared went home with Jonah because he wasn't feeling well) 

This is a picture at Jared's bus stop with him and Maddison.

With David after tumbling class.  I hate to break it to you TJ, PJ, and Clay but I'm pretty sure that I am Davids favorite uncle!!  I've known this since he was just a baby but didn't want to say anything, but I think it is time for yall to know.

With Jonathan shortly after waking up.  One of the cutest pictures of him ever!!

This is the finished quilt.  Maddison actually took the picture and Lynny and I were amazed at how well she did.

Here are a couple pictures of me sewing the quilt.  Don't let the picture be misleading though because Lynny did most of the sewing.   For some reason every time I tried the machine would get jammed.  She worked so hard to get this thing done before I left!!  So thank you again

Visit to Christina

After I left Keddy's I stopped by my friend Christina's house for a couple days in St. Louis.  We were both extremely tiered and worn out from the semesters at school that we had finished so we weren't to active.  An example of that is we had a Harry Potter marathon and watched all 5 movies!  We did however manage to go to the zoo and a Cardinals game.

This first picture is from the zoo of some grizzly bears.  I'm actually posting this for Brynn because every time I am around her she mentions bears!!  Now I haven't determined if that is because she likes bears or if she is afraid of bears so Kelly, show her at your own determination... 

This is at the end of the Cardinals game with Christina.  The Cards lost, as do all teams that I go to watch.

Visit to Kelly's x2

Kelly sent me the pictures that she took while I was there so I thought I would post them.  Some of them will be repeats from her page.

This is Brynn at the water shooters.  She was such a brave girl!

I was helping Tyler feed his piggy Cow.  He was so cute the way he would always say "Dank u"

Swinging on their swing set (I actually helped set that thing up a couple of Christmases ago.  It was a pain in

 the butt...)

And another.

Here we were checking the tin foil dinner that we were cooking.  A word to the wise.  When using a dutch oven, make sure that you have enough coals. It was taking so long to cook that we ended up putting the dutch oven in the oven to cook.  It took so long that the hash browns that we made and put in the dinner turned almost completely black.  It was not very appetizing to eat.  Although, it did taste pretty good I thought, given the circumstances.  

Visit to Kelly's

Alrighty, so I am going to give this another shot.

My winter semester ended April 10th and I was going to drive home through Colorado but due to a snow storm I was diverted down through Arizona.  Besides the fact that it changed my travel time from about 26 hours to 40 hours of driving this wasn't a bad thing.  I was able to stop off in Arizona to visit my sister Kelly and her family!  It was a lot of fun.  I did a little golfing with PJ, went to Cabelas (my favorite store), hung out with my little niece and nephew, did a little dutch oven cooking, and a bunch of other fun stuff.  I can't add any pictures yet because I realized that they were all taken on Kelly's camera so I will have to get her to send them to me. (although she has a bunch posted on her blog)

The weather was beautiful there, even a little to hot for me.  I am so use to the horrible Rexburg Idaho weather that I just suffered through that it was a little bit of a shock for me.