I've never done a "tag" , but I saw this on my friend Amber's blog and I thought it looked like fun.
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.
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You have nothing in this world more precious than your children. When you grow old, when your hair turns white and your body grows weary, when you are prone to sit in a rocker and meditate on the things of your life, nothing will be so important as the question of how your children have turned out. It will not be the money you have made. It will not be the cars you have owned. It will not be the large house in which you live. The searing question that will cross your mind again and again will be, How well have my children done?
If the answer is that they have done very well, then your happiness will be complete. If they have done less than well, then no other satisfaction can compensate for your loss.
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Oooo. I like this. Ok, so I have tons of memories of you, seeing as I have know you for 23 years.
I remember the first formal dance you went to. I thought you loooked so pretty. I watched and watched as you got all ready. You did a facial mask that day, the mint green kind. And you put some on my face to be like you, and I thought that was just the best thing since Jeremy Sincery.
I also remember how you were not allowed to call boys, so you would wake me up late at night and have ME call Brain Dales. If I thought long enough I could probably remember the number. I would call him half alseep (since I had probably been in bed since 8 because I have to do to 2nd grade in the morning) and then tell him to call you back. So sneaky Danielle!
This is fun so I am going to keep going...
You flew home and surprised me on the day of my first formal dance! You helped me get ready, such a good sister!
I use to also love coming up to Utah to visit you and Aaron when you are first married! It was so fun!
I have tons of memories with you and I love them all! You have been such a big part of my life. I love you sister.
I would have to agree with you Wicked is at the top of my list too. That was such a fun night. But I would also have to say you are the first person (besides my family) that I thought of when Spencer got in his car accident. You are always there for anyone who is in need. I really appreciated the shoulder to cry on. You are a great friend!
I just remembered your surprise shower. LOL. Driving there you were like a kid. Where are we going? When are we going to be there? What is going on? I love it! I would have been the same way.
I absolutely agree with Amber--you are always the first person there when someone needs help. I have too many memories to count of you calling up or dropping something by, right when I needed it. My favorite memory, though, would have to be the bee incident. Remember when those super aggressive, kamikaze bees were coming through our fireplace attacking me and my kids? I called you up at 8 in the morning and you said--"Come Over". I loved spending the morning talking with you while hunting down bee killers!
i remember you always leaving me the nicest comments on my blog, even though we didn't know each other. your advice always helped, always made me feel loved.
Well, my favorite memories of teaching 2nd grade (there aren't very many good ones) are all with you! I just remember as the lunch bell would ring and we would run to eachothers classrooms and ask what the other one was doing...cause we had no plans!! Yikes, sometimes I still can't believe they let me teach all those kids for a whole year! I could NOT have made it through that year without you! Karlee is about to start 2nd grade and it just brings back all kinds of teaching memories! Thanks for being a shoulder to cry on that year and for continuing to be such a great friend!
I'll never for get how much you loved our little Emily after she was born. I could always count on you to hold her in Relief Society (or any other time we were together). I remember hearing a knock on the door of our apartment and opening it to find you and your mom, requesting to see the baby. I love that you loved Emily enough to tell your mom all about her and insist that she come to see her for herself. This may sound silly, but it made me feel special. I still smile, every time I think about it.
You were always so nice to us. Thanks for being, not only a great neighbor, but a great friend.
My first thought was how fun it was to work with you at Joaquin while we were still going to BYU. I remember how excited you were at the time, planning your wedding. I was so excited for you! Then, it was so neat to meet up again at Orchard. I really appreciated the time you took to show me around your classroom and share some of your teaching ideas with me. I wish you were still in Utah so we could hang out with our kids!
I had to think about this one for awhile because I have so many memories that I hold dear--especially at Ricks. They are all my favorite so here are just two that make me laugh. I hope they don't get you in trouble!
Memory #1--When we went to the ice caves on a double date. On the way out in the middle of no where, we realized we hardly knew these guys we were with and they could totally murder us and no one would know! Then when we came home we were late for curfew and someone locked our front door and we couldn't get inside. I can't remember how we got in!
Memory#2--When we went to a formal dance and when we came back to our apartment our other roommates had turned our couch backwards towards the window in 'makeout' position, had mistletoe above it and playing Harry Connick Jr.'s "Christmas in my heart". That was so funny!! Don't worry Aaron, there was no making out done!
Of course their are so many more, our "Norman" contract and our Yanni closet jumping experiences--we had such good times!:)
Oh Danielle - the memories! There are many . . . how many step classes at Golds, or eyebrow waxes at the hair school? Or semi-krazy roommate stories? Or late nights hanging out in our respective beds and talking . . .
The best was when Marc came to visit me for the first time after his mission and you were there for me when we staged the visit to seem totally carefree and casual, when in fact I had stressed and planned every detail . . .even you answering the door and me coming down the stairs to greet him. I guess it worked, right? ;)
SO so funny - thank you for all of the memories.
My firstborn...
Impossible to limit to one memory...
Of course holding you for the first time (always a vivid memory for me with all my babies). You were a little pink, swaddled peanut. The nurse brought you to me in the middle of the night at the hospital, crying, and ready to nurse. She said "You need each other." It was the way she said it, so sweet and funny...you had to be there.
You going everywhere with me, always so good, my little buddy.
You waiting for Michael Craig to fall asleep so you could kiss him and hold his little hand without him pushing you away!
Nursing you at night in your little room, the moon shining in a about 2 am, probably, just rocking and loving you.
You, about 3 years old, playing outside in the sandbox, wearing a little red and white checkered shirt with your long hair in two pony tails. I remember the sun shining on your hair. You were making mudpies.
Your 13th birthday party...a limo, remember? All your friends in their funny 13 year old outfits.
The look on your face when Dad and I left you in Idaho for your first semester of school, and the look on your face when I went back up there to meet Aaron about a month later...extremem opposites, but both memorable.
When you came to me after Aaron had been on his mission for about a year, crying, and you said "I don't even remember what he looks like!"
The look on your face as you knelt across the alter from him later...
a beautiful bride...
You kissing your babies...
So many more...I'll always have.
You were the first to really welcome me into the Shiloh Park Ward and invite Ryan and I to social activities. I'll never forget an FHE we had at your house where we played "catch phrase" with other couples. It was so much fun. I loved the few times we went on walks together and got to vent about all our frustrations. I always admired the marriage and family you and Aaron have and the cute decor of your house. You are a great example to me. I'm so glad we get to keep in touch! Love ya!
I have a life time of wonderful memories of you. Leaving you a Ricks was one of the hardest. You were crying and so was I. Felt bad for several days until you called crying again because you were so happy (you had just met this guy named Aaron). Seeing you and Ani pregnant together was amazing to me I guess because you are both so sweet and pure. I love watching you mother your children and think how lucky there are to have you as a mother.
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