I've been tagged!

Where were you born? Orange, California

Middle name: Ruth

Nicknames: Mostly just Lyndi, but sometimes people call me Lynd or Lyndi Lou, Travis usually calls me hon.

Are you taller than your mother or father? I'm taller than my mom by about four or five inches but I'm not taller than my dad.

Do you cry often during movies? Yes, I even cry in commercials lately.

Favorite color: green

Favorite foods: I like most anything good, Mexican, Italian, Chinese, American, Thai, Cereal, lately I really love the coconut shrimp at Red Lobster.

Favorite beverage: I mostly drink water but I do like Root Beer and Cactus Cooler

Favorite cold cereal: Honey Nut Cheerios, Honey Bunches of Oats, Raisin Bran Crunch, I eat a lot of cereal.

Favorite smells: Love Spell from Victoria's Secret, Oranges and I have to go with Brooke and say babies too.

Favorite time of day: When Aiden will entertain himself, or the rare times that he'll fall asleep and take a nap. Then I might get a nap too.

Favorite make-up products? I'm into the mineral makeup lately

How many pillows do you sleep with? One

Do you play an instrument? I can play the guitar a little. I'd be a lot better if I actually played once in a while though.

Have you ever been skinny dipping? Only when I was a kid and I don't think that counts.

Did you do any sports in High School? No, but I did softball, basketball, track, and volleyball in Jr. High.

What was the last movie you saw in the theater? Juno, and I loved it. It was so funny.

What is your favorite article of clothing? Lately, a good prego shirt that hugs you in all the right places so your belly looks cute.

What is your dream vacation? Europe, Hawaii or anywhere cool really. I don't get out much. :)

What was your first impression of your spouse? Good taste in music, tall, sweet smile

If you could be an animal, what would you be? I don't know, something in the ocean probably.

What is your favorite "me- time" activity? Scrapbooking, shopping or just going out without Aiden, I like to hang out with friends.

Favorite TV shows: The Office, America's Next Top Model, American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Project Runway, I like Grey's Anatomy, but I'm still mourning the death of The OC.

What is your dream car? I actually like my car, although it's a little larger than I would have picked. This might seem too practical but if I was picking I would want an Acura MDX.

What is one of your weaknesses? Lately, any dessert pastry, like a cinnamon roll.

What do you fix for dinner when there's nothing to fix? Mac and cheese, cereal or I just go out.

If you could live in a different decade/era which one would it be? I don't know if there are any that I would actually want to "live in" but I think they would all be cool to visit.

What is the emotion you feel the most? I don't know, lately I seem to feel them all at once.

Do you consider yourself outgoing? Not really

What is something you are constantly working on? Finishing my house, cleaning, laundry
Any hidden talents? I don't think so, unless they are even hidden from me.

What is a word or phrase you overuse? I've recently learned that I do an "uh huh" type thing except in just a hum, if that makes sense.

What is the best thing that happened to you this year? Being pregnant past the first trimester, followed by a close second of moving into my own house (and out of my Mother-in-law's)

What was the hardest thing that happened to you this past year? There were a few but remodeling our house was definitely a tough one.

What is one thing you hope to accomplish this year? Have a healthy baby.

The best piece of advice you learned this past year? I can't do it all by myself, I need help whether it's from the Lord or other people. I have to let people in.

I tag...Bonnie, Erika, Anne, Angela (if she gets her blog going) and I'll retag Leslie and Annaca since they haven't done it yet.
Looking forward to your update!

Elna Baker at The Rejection Show

Pretty funny video even if your not Mormon.

New Look!

So I guess I'm starting to get into this blogging thing. I've been afraid of messing with the look but I finally did and it wasn't so bad. I'm easing into it, so nothing too complicated yet.

The perfect mix

Here's very scientific proof that Aiden is exactly half me and half Travis.

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Geneology - Ancestors

Roomie Shout Out

I just want to give a shout out to my old college roomies from Cedar City. I got to hang out with some of them on Friday night which was fun. We were celebrating Jennica's birthday, which was almost two months ago we know. But at least we do hang out eventually. We made sure to get pictures so that the other roomies would be jealous. Look what you're missing by living in places of warmer weather. :) Hopefully someday we'll be able to have all of us get together and catch up.

News Clip

If you didn't see the news last night you can watch it at ksl.com to get a real feeling for how crazy it was.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2659200

Anyone else on the road last night?

I don't know if any of you were on the road last night, but I just wanted to share my experience with you. I left my house at 4:30pm getting on the freeway at 12th west in Lehi. It was a white out blizzard, I could barely see the car in from of me. The freeway was crawling. I reached the point of the mountain (which normally takes just a few minutes) at 6:55pm. Suddenly all of the cars were going in different directions and most weren't moving. Then I realized it was because they were just spinning their tires. There were two semis and tons of cars that just reached points where they couldn't make it up the mountain anymore. Luckily I was in my BIG car with 4 wheel drive and I drove around all of those cars to get over the mountain. I was so late to work that someone else had to do all of my shoots and they told me I didn't have to come anymore. So as soon as I got over the point I had to turn around and do it all over again. Needless to say I didn't get home until 9:30 last night and I never even made it to work. These were my attempts at capturing the craziness on camera. I don't know if you can even see what is going on.
The whiteout

This is just the traffic.

This is when it all started to get a little crazy. I don't know that the picture does it justice. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing and I had to try and capture it. While I was carefully driving in the snow of course. :)

Teach them early

Today Aiden comes to me and says "I think we need to wash some dishes today." I respond to him that yes I plan to do the dishes in a minute. He says, "It's okay, I'll do them." With that he starts unloading the dishwasher, I help him put away the high stuff. Then he gets a chair and starts loading the dishwasher. Let's just say that this was the highlight of my day and he seemed fairly satisfied with himself that he had loaded the dishwasher. We all know I'm not the cleanest person in the world so I don't know where he's picking up these good habits. :)