Whoops....

So, my sister in law Tagged me back in... oh... maybe February. Yet, though I filled in my answers, I never did post my answers to the tag. If I remember correctly, I got tagged for about 3 different things within 2 days, and thought it would be boring to post 3 tags in a row! So, now I'm finally whipping it out. Here it is:

ABCs About Me

A- Attached or single: Quite Attatched

(No, we didn't get married in the San Diego Temple...just visited there Spring of 2007. Holy Cow, I forgot how long my hair was!)

B- Best Friend: After my husband comes my mom and my sister Megan.

(Riding the train in Switzerland)

C-Cake or Pie: Pie for sure. Steve hates cake. In fact, we didn't even have a wedding cake, so HA! How's that for untraditional?

D- Day of Choice: Ya ever noticed that when you don’t go to school and don’t work a Monday to Friday job….. All the days seem pretty much alike besides Sunday?

E- Essential Item: My Brain.... when I don't have it with me, nothing seems to go right.

F- Favorite Color:

(No, I'm not trying to make some sort of statement here... I just like the color)


G- Gummi Bears or Worms: Sour Worms

H- Hometown: Is your hometown the town you were born in? If so, I guess it would be Idaho Falls. Even though I don’t ever remember living there. I grew up in Idaho, Utah, Illinois, Japan, Idaho again, and now I've been in Utah for about 12 years.

I- Indulgence(s): Sushi and other delicious but expensive foods…. I don’t indulge very often, unless my Dad is paying : ) Thanks Dad.

J- January or July: Definitely July. I am not a big fan of snow. Of course, we’ll see how much I like July when I am living in the humidity of Ohio!

K-Kids: I like kids....

L-Life is incomplete without: Death. Sad, but true.

M- Marriage Year: 2005

N- Number of Siblings: 1 sister and 3 brothers

(Hahaha... very old family picture. Sadly it's the most recent we've got. But, we're getting a new picture taken next week with our 5 new additions to the family!)

O- Oranges or Apples:

(Picture I took in Rome... who'd have thought I'd find an orange tree in the middle of old Rome?)

P- Phobias or Fears: Arachnophobia= the fear of spiders

Q- Quote(s): "In the end, it will all be ok. If it's not ok, then it's not the end!"

R- Reason To Smile: My husband is incredibly smart,, got accepted to medical school, and I am about to start a new adventure in my life! Oh, and I should get my braces of soon… I’ll smile a ton then!

S- Season: Spring…. New life, new beginnings, warmth on its way….

T- Tag Six: I think most people have already done this… if you haven’t, and you want to… go for it!

U- Unknown Fact About Me: My mom and I were born in the same city, same hospital, and delivered by the SAME DOCTOR. Cool, huh? Oh, and did you know my husband can "firedance"? For more semi-interesting facts, click this link.

V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: I’ll eat pretty much anything.

W- Worst Habit: Biting my nails…….. Or grinding my teeth in my sleep.

X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: What exactly is the question…? Which one I like better or which I’ve had more of? I haven't had many X-Rays. I’ve had several ultrasounds. But, I don’t have many happy experiences with them….

Y- Your Favorite Food: I love trying different foods. I really like Asian foods- Thai, Japanese, Indian, etc.

Z- Zoo Animal You Love: There is something so entertaining about watching apes and monkeys…..

"Did you know that_____?"

Seven Semi-Interesting Tidbits about Us

1) Steve is a Martial Arts instructor. He has a black belt and teaches once a week. He also loves doing jujitstu and has recently started wrestling as well.

2) Last summer, there was a rattlesnake in our house. No, I'm not kidding. For a year and a half we were living just in the mouth of Ogden Canyon in a lady's house while she was on her mission. While it was beautiful there, there were some down
sides-- many in the form of giant hairy spiders and slithering snakes. One day, Steve went to turn the pilot light off on the gas fireplace. He opened up the grate thing where all the knobs are and heard a rattling, but thought it was just the sound of the grate clanging on the stone hearth. So, he proceeded to reach his hand in to the knobs. He quickly realized that the rattling was actually a rattlesnake whose head was inches from his hand!!! The snake continued to rattle and pulled its head away. Obviously Steve was quick to pull away also once he saw the movement and realized what was going on. He called Animal Control and they came and got the snake out. Luckily, I was not home at the time and decided not to come home at all that night.... I slept at my sister's house : )

What a cute little boy...


3) There were a few years when I, Jenni, was little that some people thought I was a boy. Embarrassing, I know. I look back at pictures, and I did look like a boy when I didn't curl my hair...... a pretty boy, but a boy none-the-less. (If you want to hear about the most memorable of such incidences, click on the comments following this post)

4) Steve can speak 3 languages-- English, Tahitian and French. He went on an LDS mission to Tahiti and had to learn two different languages! Man, I imagined learning one new language would be hard enough…. But learning two at the same time? Amazing. I speak a little bit of French, but probably only about as much as a missionary would learn in their first week at the MTC.

5) Speaking of the MTC…Did you know that the summer after I turned 21, I had my mission papers filled out and ready to give back to the Bishop?? I prayed so hard to get some sort of directions to what I should do with my life that summer. Should I pursue a certain career? Should I move out of my parents house and get an apartment? Should I go on a mission? Needless to say, I didn’t get some huge, straight forward answer telling me what path to take. I didn’t feel like there was really any right or wrong choice at that point, but rather that I was just supposed to start pursuing one of the paths and if that wasn’t exactly where I was supposed to head, I would be stopped before I got too far. I really had wanted to serve a mission since I was 19, so I got my papers and started filling them out. It was right about then that I started going on some dates with this one guy named Steve Toller. This seemed to delay the process a bit. Soon, I felt like HE was my answer and the path I was to pursue… and… well….. I’m sure you can guess how that story ends : )

6) Some members of my family claim that I am a hypochondriac. I don't think this is true... so maybe I do get anxiety about my health at times, but take a glimpse at the happenings of my past 12 months and tell me if you wouldn't be a little anxious as well. In the past 12 months I.......:

got braces on and all sorts of other contraptions in my mouth; due to the contraptions I was in typical pain and also got a bad sore on my tongue making it nearly impossible to swallow; my pinky toe grew to 4 times it's size, incredibly swolen and painful (still don't know what the heck caused it); as a result of the strong antibiotics I took in attempt to clear that, I got an infection in my intestines; somewhere in the midst of all this I started losing weight unintentionally (15 pounds) and continued to until just recently when I have finally been able to gain some of it back!; I was pregnant three times; I miscarried three times; I got some sort of flu or something with a fever of 102; I got some other weird infection that I couldn't seem to get rid of but finally did; Okay, so those are the highlights. Now tell me........ hypochondriac?........ Or a cursed year of bad health?????

7) I've been skydiving before!!! It was so awesome. I loved it. I went 8 weeks before we got married (so.....May of 2005?). My aunt Gayla is a certified skydiver and I decided to go up in a plane with her and try it out for myself! Your first time you jump attatched to someone else. Gayla isn't an instructor, so I wasn't attatched to her. But it was an awesome experience we had together. I wathced her jump out of the plane ahead of me.... then there I was at the open door, billions of feet in the air (okay, not billions....) and suprisingly not nervous at all. It was almost like I was just watching someone else do it... it didn't seem real. But it was so freakin awesome. Here is a clilp from the video they took of me. The quality isn't very good because I used my digital camera to record the TV playing it on the VCR.... But, it gives you a glimpse nonetheless.

Don't you just love how my cheeks and nose are flapping in the wind....????? Very flattering indeed.

TAG, I'm it!

What is his name- Steven Michael (also known by some as Beve, Beve-a-choo, and Uncle Beven)

How long have you been together- Got married July of 2005. So…. About 2 and half years.

How long did you date- Well, according to the sealer at our wedding, we were high school sweethearts and I waited for him while he was on his mission…(a little misunderstanding on the sealer’s part). The real truth, is we met in junior high/high school-- he was a friend of my brother and also a member of our stake. We went on one date when I was 16 then started actually “dating” in the summer/fall of 2004.

How old his he- 26

Who eats more- Anyone who knows Steve would probably say that he‘s always eating. Not sure whether that means he eats MORE than me, or if its due to the fact that he eats… extremely…slowly. I LOVE food…. It is a passion of mine. So there might be a tie.

Who said I love you first- Steve did. I believe it was on Christmas of 2004...

Who is taller- Steve, by a good 7 inches.

Who can sing better- He tries so hard….. And I love that he does! But, I definitely have more of the natural talent in the musical department. I've been singing my whole life.

Who is smarter- Lets see-- premed student vs. photographer. Well, I’d go with Steve. Of course, I did get straight A's all through highschool and my 3 years of College.... until I got that one B my last year. But, I don't think that is as much a sign of my "smartness" as it is of my perfectionism.... I've been known to be a perfectionist in many aspects.

Who does the laundry- I usually do the laundry. But, every once in a while, when I am a major slacker, Steve does the laundry because he’s out of clothes.

Who pays the bills- Steve takes care of pretty much all the bills. But I pay off my credit card every month.

Who sleeps on the right side- Standing at the foot of the bed and looking at it, I sleep on the left side. What kind of a question is that?

Who cooks dinner- I love cooking. Steve isn’t home that often for dinner, so sometimes I’ll go make dinner at my parents house for all them just because I like to. And now that we live at Steve’s parents house, I’ll cook sometimes for the whole fam.

Who kissed who first- It seems we kissed each other…… but, Steve probably initiated it.

Who proposed- Well, it went something like this: “So maybe we should get married. What do you think?” “Sure, sounds good.” We pretty much just discussed it and decided that’s what we were going to do.

Who has more friends- Hmmm….. I'm not much of a social butterfly. Steve claims he doesn't have any friends-- he does, he just doesn't have time to actually interact with many people. So, it is hard to say. If you judged according to how often we "hang out" with people, neither of us have many friends. But, we have several good acquaintances and people we claim as our friends.

Who is more sensitive- Definitely me. I cry over the stupidest things....

Who has more siblings? We both have one sister and 3 brothers.

Who wears the pants? I don’t really like being in charge and making decisions…. so probably Steve.