30 Years....

....is how long its gonna take to get through this post! :)

April 26, 1980

I was born at home, on my family's dairy farm in Purdy, Missouri.

Pictured: Sonja, Joseph, David, Jonathan

Amy, Mom, me, and Freeman

April 26, 1981

April 1982

1983

Me and David (brother)

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

David home from his mission

(Also pictured: Amy, Jeffrey, and Rachel)

1990

April 26, 1991

Sherida Rogers and Sherry Judd (friends)

Summer 1992

Rocking the side-half-ponytail

Ammon and Jacob (nephews)

1993

Once during this year, I was mistaken for being one of my "dad's sons". Yeah, great confidence boost for a 13-year-old girl! Honestly though, I can totally see it.

June 1994

Taylor's (niece) blessing

Fall 1995

Church youth activity - float in BYU's Homecoming Parade "Mister Ected and his band" with various beauty queens, or I should say "Miss's" We won the Cosmo award

June 1996

August 1997

Young Women activity ~ Alicia Mildenstein (far left) was in a play at Sundance and we went to see it. Pictured: Alicia, AJ Cole, Beth Chun (YW Pres), a girl I don't know, and me)

April 1998

I lived in Virginia for 3 1/2 months with my brother, Joseph and his family. This was about 2 weeks before my 18th birthday.

Austin, Taylor, and Alexx (nephew and nieces)

April 26, 1999

April 26, 2000 

20 years old ~ I started college on my birthday...a major factor in my life today is the  education I decided to get then. VERY glad I made that decision.

April 26, 2001

Another monumental birthday

Pres Hinckley sent me a birthday present ~ a mission call to serve in the Ireland Dublin Mission

Pictured: FHE brothers (I can't remember their names) and roommates: Andrea White, Rhonda Roberts, Brooke Roberts, and Natalie Vance.

April 26, 2002

"Sister Marble" with Sister Fezi Vis (companion from South Africa) and  Sister Constanza Perez (former companion and trainer from Spain)

April 2003

Mission reunion ~ Pictured with Sarah Vause (companion) and Janelle Wilcox

April 26, 2004

A large group of friends and family went to eat at a restaurant. SO much fun!

Important detail of this birthday. Among those invited to this birthday celebration were various members of my BYU ward. One such individual that came started dating my brother and they were married a little over a year later. Cool huh?!?

(The two in the middle)

April 2005

My nephew Jackson's birthday is on April 29th. So we usually get a picture together each year, thanks to the insistence of his mom. Here's us with my dad.

May 2006

Me, Rachel, and Amy (sisters)

April 26, 2007

My parents, sister and I took a trip to Moab. Pictured with my beautiful mother.

April 27, 2008

Me and Jax

April 26, 2009

Jax and me :)

Here's to a great 30 years! Looking forward to the next 30 years....at least :)

Day 27

#4 I LOVE renting cars. Seriously. I enjoy being able to drive a different car every now and again, and a newer one at that. It's like test driving a car, only you get it longer and you don't have to deal with salesmen. Love it! That being said, I don't do it often enough. Mostly for road trips in which I didn't have a good enough vehicle to get  me where I was going.

There were a few occasions where I rented a car just for fun. For my younger sister's wedding, 4 years ago in July, I rented a red Ford Mustang convertible. THAT was fun! (the above picture isn't mine) The car I owned at the time didn't have air conditioning and knowing that I was going to be doing alot of driving that day, I needed something that had A/C. I just decided that spending a little more for the day was worth it.

I think that renting cars will definitely be in my future, especially fancy cars. I quite enjoy a good ride, but think it silly to buy something other than just a sensible vehicle

Oh, and I LOVE red cars. Wouldn't mind driving one of these ^ for a day.

Day 28

#3
Roommates I've had: (and how long we were roommates)
   53 Total* that I can remember / 49 that I can remember their names
Stats:
  32 are married (M)
    1 is engaged (E)
  11 are single (blank)
    9 unsure (unsure)

Before Mission: (and how long we were roommates)

1. Sarah Tricarico (E) (9 months)
2. Allie Stevens (M) (5 weeks)
3. Joylyn Christiansen (unsure) (5 weeks)
4. Sarah (Barnes or something like it) (unsure) (5 weeks)
5. Shawna Nielson (unsure) (5 weeks)
6. Celeste Adams (unsure) (5 weeks)
7. Debbie Madsen (M) (5 weeks)
8. Heather Smith (M) (5 weeks)
9. Brittney Ambrose (5 weeks)
10. Chelsea Jenkins (unsure) (5 weeks)
11. Brooke Roberts (M) (8 months)
12. Rhonda Roberts (M) (8 months)
13. Andrea White (M) (8 months)
14. Natalie Vance (M) (8 months)
15. Aleena Steed (M) (8 months)

 Mission (companions were roommates too):

1.  Martina Ryan (MTC Comp) (M) (3 weeks) 
2. Anne Rosa Murray (MTC roommate) (3 weeks)
3. Another sister whose name escapes me. (M) (3 weeks)
4. Constanza Perez (M) (12 weeks)
5. Chani Hurley (M) (6 weeks)
6. Betsey Gimbel (1st time) (M) (6 weeks)
7. Cindy Sorenson (6 weeks)
8. Fezi Vis (M) (12 weeks)
9. Sarah Adam (M) (6 weeks)
10. Karen McConnell (M) (6 weeks)
11. Sarah Vause (M) (6 weeks)
12. Emily Cram (1st time) (M) (12 weeks)
13. Petra Klaumuenzner (M) (12 weeks)

 After Mission

1. Melissa Sevy (1 year and 2 months)
2. Chrissy Campbell (M) (6 months)
3. Karolee Dick (M) (10 months)
4. Tiffany Grigg (M) (8 months)
5. Jill (unsure) (3 months)
6. Janelle Wilcox (10 months)
7. Emily Cram (2nd time) (M) (4 months)
8. Becca Kelly (M) (5-6 months)
9. Melanie Gunnell (10 months)
10. Robyn Stocks (10 months)
11. Michelle Douglass (M) (4 months)
12. Rachael Baird (unsure) (4 months)
13. Rosanne Wilcox (M) (10 months)
14. A friend of Emily Cram's (unsure) (4 months)
15. Kember Madsen (1 month)
16. Adeline Dampt (she only stayed the "weekends." aka: Thur-Tue) (M) (4-5 months)
17. Lorrin McGinnis (M) (5 months)
18. Betsey Gimbel (2nd time) (M) (3 months)
19. Justine Reese (M) (4 months?)
20. Shauna Seely (M) (2 months)
21. Stacy Acor (2 months)
22. Rebekah "Reba" Carroll (M) (2 months)
23. Leilani Palmer (4 months)
24. Becky McEvoy (2 1/2 - 3 months)
25. Donna Brown (M) (8 months)
26. Not sure of her name, but she got married (M) (4-5 months)
27. I rarely saw her, but I knew she lived with us. (unsure) (2-3 months)

 There may be a few more, but I can't remember their names or their faces..... so much for being a good roommate. :(

That's alot of girl talk! I've been very blessed with good people in my life. I think I got along with all of them pretty well. While there were the ones that I didn't do alot with, I don't think I EVER had a roommate/ companion that was overly dramatic or troublesome. ... but then again, maybe I was the troublesome roommate. (dun, dun, dun)

While not under the definition that was used for the above list, an honorable mention goes out to my 3 most favoritest roommates ever, my sisters: Sonja ( i was a young'un when we shared and was literally the bain of her high school existence, but that was before the age of accountability, so I'm good) Amy, (roommate I've lived with the most), and Rachel, (the cutest baby sister ever!) :)

"They" say roommates/companions prepare one for marriage..... what would be your analysis of the many roommates I've had?

*Note: 2 companions later became roommates, so I only counted them once in the total figure.