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8 Things I am Passionate About:
The Gospel
My Family
Financial Peace
Childbirth
Art
Nature
Movies
Reading

8 Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over Again and Never Get Sick of:
Home-Michael Buble
Realize-Colby Callait
Bubbly-Colby Callait
You Raise Me Up-Josh Groban
You Are So Beautiful-Louis Armstrong
You've Got a Friend-James Taylor
The Way You Look Tonight-Steve Tyrell
At the Beginning-Richard Marx and Donna Lewis

The Past 8 Books I Have Read:
The Sugar Addict's Total Recovery Program-Kathleen DesMaisons
Legacy-James Michener
No More Mondays-Dan Miller
The Glass Castle-Jeanette Wall (I don't reccommend it)
Three Cups of Tea-Greg Mortenson
The Book of Mormon
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban-JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets-JK Rowling

8 Things I Say Often:
"Time Out!"
"Be nice to Max"
"Get off of Max"
"Eat your dinner"
"No, we're not going anywhere right now"
"Hi Max!"
"Since I made dinner, can you do the dishes? Please?"
"I Love You"

8 Things That Attract Me to a Friend:
Honesty
Makes me laugh
Lets me be right sometimes, but not afraid to tell me when I'm wrong
Understanding
Wants to do things with me
Cares about anything about me
Can have a conversation with
Is smart, at least a little, and willing to learn

8 Random Things About Me:
-I love sugar
-I enjoy balancing a checkbook, making a budget, and crunching numbers
-Box elder bugs are not my friends
-I like to spend time with people, but am perfectly content all by myself
-I fear that I might not be a successful artist sometime in my life
-I find joy in giving birth, I love it actually
-I would love to convince everyone that my way is the best, but I know that other people's ways are just fine
-I kissed a frog when I was a little girl

8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die:
Become a successful artist (make and sell my art)
Travel all over the world, near and far
Get a Masters degree.
Have a summer cottage by a lake
Go on at least one mission with Travis
Be able to give loads of money to those less fortunate than me
Learn to play the piano beyond picking out notes
Keep reading and learning

8 Things I Have Learned This Past Year:
You have to make an effort to make friends, you can't just wait for others to make the effort
I actually enjoy being a mother
Only I can change my attitude
It's important to build your relationships with your immediate family unit
That I can actually live and stay debt free
Trust in the Lord, He knows what's going on a lot better than me
That I want to help other women have the kind of birth they want, maybe even teach classes
That I love blogging!

People I Tag:
Catherine, Katie, Charity, and Julie