On the eve of my 28th birthday I thought it fitting that I make a list of 28 things. I have seen different friends make lists like this on their blogs and I always love to read them, but I think to myself, "Is it really possible for me to make a list of that many things?" Today I started thinking about it and I decided that if I want to do it, I better do it soon because I am not getting any younger. So, here you go... 28 of my best memories while growing up (in no particular order)...
1. My Aunt Lynnie scratching my back with her LONG fingernails and begging her to keep going even when my back was bright red.
2. My mom giving me a Bible on my 17th birthday and telling me how proud of me she was.
3. Watching Making the Band (You remember that show that produced the super talented band O-Town) on Friday nights with my friends at my mom's house.
4. Playing "Band" with my sisters at my Grandma Irene's house and unscrewing the decorations on her bed frame to make microphones to sing along to the Stand By Me soundtrack (side note: I have NO clue where the soundtrack came from because to this day I have never seen the movie).
5. Playing (okay if we are being honest this should say cheering from the bench) in basketball tournaments with some of best friends in Jr. High.
6. Going to my friend Layne's house on fog delay days and painting our faces half black half white and then singing and dancing to Michael Jackson's Black or White (a little prophetic, wouldn't you say?)
7. Going with my Mama to pick out and purchase a purity ring.
8. Summer time swims at my friend Denise's house.
9. The Dr. Pepper flavored chap stick that my Grandpa John and Grandma Irene always had in their camper.
10. The Pink Book that my friends and I wrote in all the time in High School- it was the ultimate diary.
11. Learning Spanish from a teacher who cared about more than just my grade in High School.
12. Going fishing and getting "lost" and stuck in the mud while borrowing my Grandma's boots.
13. Making up dance routines on the trampoline in my back yard and thinking that no one could see me.
14. Sleeping in my sister Becky's bed at night when I was scared.
15. The year I went away to camp and my mom not only cleaned but painted my room and surprised me when I got home.
16. The time I was riding my Grandpa's quad around the fields and accidentally flipped it over. I tried so hard to pick it up myself but I couldn't so I had to walk back to his house and ask him to come help me. He flipped it over and then made me drive it home with him on the back. What a great man!
17. Performing the Jonah program in the children's choir(Go, go Jonah, go Jonah go go... anyone?)
18. The day my brothers and sister came to live with us and the way I couldn't stop turning around to look at them on the way home.
19. The time my best friend Erin told me that her mom MADE her come over to play with me and that she really didn't want to- that woman was definitely a wise lady!
20. The time I tried to be like my Grandpa and spit outside the truck window only to find out that the window was rolled up.
21. Learning tap dance at Linda Larmas Dance when I was in 1st grade.
22. How my mom had to throw me into the pool at the swim meets because I was afraid of the starting gun.
23. Going to Mexico and singing Flamin' Mamey with Dale.
24. Being baptized.
25. Wearing my pink cowgirl boots with fringe.
26. Visiting my sister Leann when she lived in England.
27. Sitting on my Grandma Irene's counter and "helping" her cook.
28. Helping my Mama make cookies at Christmas time.
Okay, so I finished the list, but I am pretty sure that not everyone will appreciate it as much as I do, but thanks for reading it anyways!
