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Late to the party but here none the less!

So I tend to share a lot of personal things on my blog because I really love you guys and I am totally self centered feel comfortable sharing it all!  When you occasionally share about your “real” life I love reading it!

I dug up some stuff that I haven’t shared before because I have really enjoyed seeing the quirky side to you. 

Let’s start with an oldie…
I have an older brother Taylor.  He is THE BEST brother! It’s fitting that he’s wearing a superhero costume.  In this picture my eyes are on my big brother. I just love it.

Most 5-6 year old girls want to be a princess.  Here I am as Bozo the Clown. 
I loved watching Bozo.  I thought it was the BEST show. 
 
Let’s jump ahead about 10 years.  I was a springboard diver in high school. I spent 2 hours after school every day on the boards and in the water.  I loved it.  In diving there is not a season so we dove year round and had diving meets on the weekends.  It was pretty much everything I did in high school. My most difficult dive was a two and a half front flip.
 

 When we learned new dives we would wear t shirts and sweat shirts because we would land wrong in the water over and over.   

 
I broke my fingers in my left hand doing a reverse one and a half at a competition in Corpus Christi.   I knew I was too close to the board so I put my hands over my head and I hit the board. {isn’t my coach a cutie?}
In order to compete you had to do 11 different dives and they had to be in different categories and positions. 

 Jump ahead almost another 10 years and I had two kiddos.
All I can remember about these years are that I was SO BUSY!  I am amazed by you bloggy friends that balance blogging and young kids! I know you’ve seen my kids a lot so I kept it to a minimum.

 My husband and I had our 15th anniversary a couple weeks ago!  Not our best picture.  We were staring into the sun on this one.  During our first year of marriage we were washing our car outside our first house and a salesman came up to us and asked us if our parents were home.  We just looked at each other and said, “No, they aren’t here!”

 This is taken just a couple weeks ago at Disney world. I love how nerdy it is!  It was such a fun day.  This is right before we went into Star Tours.  It’s 3-D so that’s why we are wearing the glasses. 

 
Other Quirky facts:
I hate when popcorn gets wet.  The smell is unbearable.
I REALLY wanted to be a hairstylist but was afraid to tell my parents I wanted to go to beauty school.
August is my FAVORITE month of the year.  I LOVE classroom set up time.
I was painfully shy and still majorly struggle with small talk.  I usually walk away from just meeting someone for the first time a nervous wreck sure that they don’t like me.
When I get in front of my class, I no longer feel shy or nervous and I am actually the opposite. 
{This applies to making singing videos about teaching as well}
At school I am ultra organized at first and as the school year goes on the piles just grow and grow.
My house is NOT ultra organized.  My mom comes in and sorts me out yearly. (it’s her gift)  
While we were at Disney world, my mom house sat for us {we have pets}
 I came home to a clean sorted house.  Best.Gift.Ever!
  
 If you haven’t linked up yet with the AMAZING Amy Lemons, I hope you will!  
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    3. Jennifer K. says

      I have never noticed the smell of wet popcorn. Actually, now that I think of it, I don't think I've ever experienced wet popcorn at all! I am going to strive to keep it that way now too! Wow, I wish I had been a swimmer/diver in high school – looks like a blast! I remember Bozo too – I loved it at the end when they had to toss the pingpong ball into the cans! I always thought I'd be able to get all the way to the end – didn't they win a bike or something?! Thanks for sharing, I love to see the "real" side of bloggers every once in a while!

      Jennifer @ Herding Kats In kindergarten

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    4. Andi says

      Very cool share! I just love to watch diving. The trials were on tv a few weeks ago and they were so exciting. I'm amazed by these athletes. My husband always flinches when he watches with me because he can't shake the image of Greg Louganis' head crack out of his brain. Just part of the sport like all other sports. I am super impressed by you now!
      ~Andi

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    8. Vickie says

      Love it!! Funny story…one of the 1st grade teachers at our school has a son who is the best and helps us/brings us lunch this summer while we're working on math lessons and the other day he sent me a link to your blog/store and said "I think you would like her stuff!" I told him I already love you!!
      Vickie

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    15. Across the Hall says

      My fiancee and I look really young too! The other night we went to a BYOB sushi joint with my mom, and the waitress only brought one wine glass to the table!! Today, we went to go get our marriage license, and they asked if we had a consenting adult!! I'm 29, and he's 27!! But, we do use it to our advantage whenever possible!

      Loved learning more about you 🙂

      Halle
      Across the Hall in 2nd

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    17. Karen Mixon says

      Congrats on your 15th anniversary! My hubby and I celebrate our 15th on July 26! My husband can talk to a wall, but I get so toungue tied. I have started a new blog, I'm hoping that will help me out in those conversation situations!
      Karen
      anappleadayinfirstgrade.blogspot.com

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