Zion took me to get some Creative Memories stuff on Saturday, so I have been working on my albums since then. I am actually redoing my entire wedding album because I have never been very happy with the way it turned out, so I ripped it all apart and started completely from scratch. It's a pretty big job, but I think it is going to be totally worth it!!

Since I am scrapbooking again, it makes me think about a lot of other old memories that we might not have 'snap-snap' pictures of, so I am taking a little walk down memory lane. (Normally this sort of stuff is reserved for campfire conversation or Christmas eve, or even a journal, but I don't write in a journal, I missed the recent campfire, and I'm not entirely sure where we'll be for Christmas eve.) If you'd like to join me on my little walk, read on!


Remember when Dad fell in that huge mud puddle on our church camping trip to Brown County? (He was walking me back to his and Mom's tent from the one that about 5 of us little girls were staying in. We had gotten scared because we had played a prank on Justin and Jariah by putting hotdogs around the truck that they were sleeping in and when we heard animal noises later that night, we thought for sure that some horrible wild animals were attacking my brothers!!!)

I remember when Dad fell down (again!) getting out of his truck while coming to rescue Mom and I after we got the van stuck in the ditch just after a snow storm. I won't mention why I was the one who had to go into the stranger's house to call for help, while Mom sat comfortably in the van, but she didn't want to hippety-hop to go use the phone... you're welcome mom!! (Evil laugh)

I remember Justin jumping into the lake to rescue me from 'drowning' when it was my turn to go tubing behind a PONTOON boat!! (Probably not the smartest thing we ever did, but it was kinda fun!) John was driving and went faster in the pontoon than I wanted him to and the tube started to go under water because of the current. (I never forget, John!) Jariah jumped in, too, but Justin had superman like reflexes and was there in a flash!!

I remember how Jess ALWAYS found a mud puddle to accidentally step in on the first day of every vacation we took there for a while. (She probably would have found one in Arizona, too!)

I remember when Jariah got burned so badly in that fire. And of course, who can forget how Justin swallowed a nail!!

I also remember Justin getting Rocky Mountain spotted fever, no doubt from spending all the time down by the creek building his mansion of a tree house. (I'm not kidding, the thing had 3 stories!!)

And then there was that fire in the trailer while Mom was at work and Jess was doing the laundry. She and Justin had it put out BEFORE the fire department even arrived and although they didn't even let me near the trailer while there was any fire or even smoke, the ambulance people just had to check me out in case I was too stupid to know that I had been burned. (I had marker on my hands and they were really closely examining that like it was some terrible burn and I remember thinking, you guys are idiots, if this was a burn, I would be bawling my eyes out, I was like six or seven years old, believe me, if I was hurt, you would have known about it BEFORE you even pulled in!!!) I am still curious about how fast Mr. Steaman and Mom both drove to get there after calling 911 for us... the trip from mom's work USUALLY took 15 minutes, but Mr. Steamen got there about the same time the fire trucks did, and mom was only about 20 seconds behind!!!!

I also remember falling into the swimming pool that was frozen over. (man, talk about your cold water!!)

Oh yeah, I also remember something concerning BekaY and my own dear sweet sister, Jess. You guys remember, right? How you BROKE my NOSE right after my EYE SURGERY?!!!! And then you ate my milk duds!! Or did you eat my milk duds, then break my nose? It's not like I'm holding a grudge or anything.... but I want more milk duds!!! Moral of that is, don't play 'popcorn' on the trampoline!!!!

I almost forgot one of my favorites, remember when Zion had his car taken into the shop only to discover that it was out of gas?!

Well, that's all for now, we'll walk again later...