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Alright Lisa...I'll do it, but only because I have nothing else to write about :)

I got tagged, so here it goes:

Two names I go by:
1. Julie
2. Mom, Mama, Mommy, Mother (I don't always respond to these, though)

Two things I'm wearing right now:
1. Maternity jeans
2. Gray sweater

Two of My favorite things to do:
1. Hang out after the kids go to bed
2. Hmmm....I do like baking

Two things I want very badly at the moment:
1. For preschool to not be cancelled tomorrow (not looking too promising right now with a snow storm just getting started)
2. To go to bed soon...I guess I do have some control over this one

Two favorite pets I have had/have: (don't have any currently)
1. Nikki
2. Kitty

Two things I did last night:
1. Primary presidency meeting
2. Grocery shopping

Two things I ate today:
1. strawberry yogurt
2. popcorn

Two people I last talked to:
1. Matt
2. Lauren

Two longest car rides:
1. Road trip with Lisa from Rexburg to the East coast and back. Summer of '03?
2. Pittsburgh to Rexburg in a moving truck towing car (just after we got married).
3. For Matt, driving from Tacoma WA to Chesapeake VA--talk about a cross-country move.

Two favorite holidays:
1. Christmas
2. Does summer vacation count?

Two favorite beverages: At the moment...
1. Hot cocoa
2. A glass of ice water sounds good

I Tag: ummm....I'm going to say Evisa.

Nuk-less-ness

Well, we did it...we took Lauren's "nuk" away. This happened a couple of weeks ago. We threw a going-away party with cupcakes, balloon and a present in exchange for her throwing away her "yucky" nuk. She seemed to take it extremely well and had no problem throwing the thing away. But there was also cake and a present involoved at the time. When bedtime came around she wasn't so convinced of the idea any more. After a couple long nights, she started doing better, but I think we are still feeling the effects of it. She doesn't ask about it any more, but bedtime as of late usually goes something like this: Step 1: Put kids to bed, Step 2: Lauren makes lots of noise, Step 3: Allison gets annoyed and ends up out of bed complaining that she can't sleep, Step 4: We send Allison back to bed. Repeat steps 2-4 several times, and 1-2 hours later, Step 5: Kids finally fall asleep (well, usually there is some scolding that happens before step 5). The worst part is, they get to sleep late, wake up late, then not be tired at bedtime and we start all over again. Since messed up sleeping = grumpy kids, let's just say it has been fun at our house the last couple of weeks. Not that they get along that well anyway... The last couple of nights have been better so we are hoping this continues and isn't just a fluke (although, as I type this I can hear them yelling back and forth so maybe I shouldn't be getting my hopes up).

Giving it a shot

Ok...here is our attempt at starting a blog. I never thought we would do it, but due to popular demand, here we are. No guarantees that we will be faithful at keeping it up but we will give it a shot. Maybe we will even post something interesting every once in a while! If your link isn't on our list and you want it to be, let us know--OR if it's on there and you don't want it to be!