I've been tagged...

Thanks for the tag, Kenzie. Let's see if I can remember 10 years ago!

10 YEARS AGO I was barely pregnant with Hunter. It was such an exciting time. I remember not having any insurance, I was working at ERA Mountain Land Realty (Greg's dad and brother own it), Greg was in school and working at Big-O tires, and we had planned on not having kids for a while. My plans changed, or they were changed for me. I woke up one day and I had the strongest feeling that we needed to have a baby. Greg of course said no. But I was out of my contraceptive and he knew this, repeat he knew this, yet to this day he claims I seduced him. Nice try, Greg! Anyway, I can't imagine life without Hunter. He is such a great kid and I know that we needed him in our family.

THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST I am with Kenzie, I have lot's of laundry to do, bills to pay, and babies to feed. But here I am blogging! Long term to do list is help my kids become responsible adults one day. I guess that has to start with me!

SNACKS I ENJOY Well, right now I am enjoying a little cookie dough, compliments of Papa Murphy's pizza. If you haven't tried it, it's really good. I really like to snack on trail mix. Mainly the kind that's not good for you.

WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WERE SUDDENLY A BILLIONAiRE? I would probably go on a spending spree. If you were asking Greg he would say invest it. I would buy the car that I want, the house that I want and be able to go see family anytime I want. I maybe would even get my body looking the way it should with help from Dr. 90210! Really, I am not even kidding!

3 BAD HABITS 1) I like sweets way too much! 2) I am and always have been a procrastinator. 3) I eat what I want and then exercise thinking that I'll lose weight, but I won't because I am not a smart eater.

5 PLACES I HAVE LIVED American Fork, UT; Ephraim, UT; Pl. Grove, UT; Philadelphia, PA; Anchorage, AK.

5 JOBS I HAVE HAD: Custom Caps, put lables on hats; Lameroux appraisals; Subway sandwich, ERA Mountain Land Realty, YMCA daycare.

5 THINGS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME 1)I would sleep all day if I had the chance 2)This goes along with Kenzie's. Greg and I were voted to have the most kids. This was an award given at our senior sluff day 3) I hate complainers. Just get the job done for heavens sakes!!!! 4) I slipped on ice when I stepped out of my car this morning. Of course I had to immediately look around to make sure no one was watching. 5) I want more kids and I won't even mind if I have twins again!

I TAG CARISSA, HOLLY, SELINA (get back on the blogwagon!), CALLIE, TRACI

Farewell to the Rhodehouse family!

I am really sad that our good friends Brian, Marquita, Katrina and Carter are moving tomorrow! Brian is a mechanic with the Air Force and he is going to be gone to Greece for a year, while Marquita will be spending her year with her parents in Alabama (we tried to get her to live next to us and we'd take care of her, but I guess I understand that you would choose family over us! j/k.) They will be missed dearly. I think I am done making friends with people who aren't permanent residents. You think I would've learned that during dental school! Austin and Carter have done joy school together and are in the same primary class. Hunter and Katrina have been in the same class at school for the past two years. I know that Hunter and Austin are going to miss Katrina and Carter so much. As for Marquita and Brian, who am I going to pick on now? Remember you owe me some lotion, or should I say Cindy owes me the lotion? We had a lot of fun "Katan" game nights. We will miss your sweet family alot! You better stay in touch, because you know what will happen otherwise! Have a safe and fun trip (driving) to Alabama! We love you!

The sweetest babies!

Hands down I have the sweetest babies ever. They bring so much joy to our family. None of us can get enough of them. When you love and kiss them they just laugh. They were laughing really hard the other day and so I went to see what was going on, seeing that I was the only one home with them, and Ryder was putting his little fingers into Peyton's mouth and they both thought it was so funny. They are getting very curious of each other, which includes grabbing ears, scratching faces and pulling hair. Usually they suck on each other's arms, I am in trouble when they have teeth! I was worried that I would have a hard time loving two babies...come to find out I have double the love for each baby. I love having twins and I would do it all over again if I had the choice! FYI: Last dr's appt info: At age 7 months: Ryder 16lb 3oz, 27" long; Peyton 16lb 2oz, 27" long. They have been and still are just an ounce different in weight and the same length!

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Through the years...

Greg and I have been together for over half of our lives (16 years). Ten of those years have been in marriage. I just thought it would be fun to post a few pictures of us together. The first picture is actually kinda funny. He is pulling my hair at my first boy/girl birthday party. I already had a huge crush on him at the time, he must've known because boys do mean things when they have crushes on you too, right? I found more pictures on my computer that I thought had been deleted, but thanks to the "geek squad" they found them for me. So I added them to my slide show.

Greg & Melinda

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