Here are the answers you've all been waiting for!! Go with it, people, just pretend like you've been on the edge of your seats waiting in anticipation for these!!!

And finally, (drumroll please...) my answers:

Question #1) I am happiest when (a) I am on a horse.
Missed by: Gary, Scott, U-can(no idea who this is), Lydia, Maria, Sarah
Question #2) My favorite fast food restaurant is (c) Taco Bell.
Missed by: Ed aka Israel, U-can, Maria, Sarah I know, I am one of the weirdos to actually like Taco Bell, but I love it!! I seriously used to go there at least 3 times a week, while I was working at Holiday Inn... Nachos Supreme, Yum!! Plus, here's a bonus for those of you who don't already know, Taco Bell has the worlds best Pepsi!!!!
Question #3) If I was running out of a burning house, what item would I grab? Answer (d) Scrapbooks.
Missed by: Jess, Maria
Question #4) If I won the lottery, what is the craziest thing I would spend the money on? The answer was (d)all of the above… I would buy a few horses, a big house, and houses for my entire family.
Missed by: Gary
Question #5) What is my favorite drink? (b) Pepsi.
Missed by: Ed aka Israel, U-can, Lydia, Maria I am a bonified Pepsiaholic. (I would join a group if they had one...)
Question #6) What is my dream car? Answer (a) Ferrari Testarossa.
Missed by: Dana, Scott, U-can, Lydia, Maria, Sarah This was a tough one, when I was really little, I heard someone talking about a Ferrari Testarossa, and I really just like the way it sounded. I was walking around telling people that was the kind of car I wanted before I should have been able to clearly pronounce it. Family definitely had the advantage on this question. =)
Question #7) What is my favorite holiday? Answer (c) Christmas.
Missed by: John, U-can, Lydia My fourth of July party 2 years ago threw you, didn't it?
Question #8) What would I name my first child? Answer (b) Zane.
Missed by: Justin, Ed aka Israel, Scott, U-can, Lydia Okay, Justin claimed this question to be unfair, because most everyone knows that I 'plan' to have triplets, and since they would be the same age, that it wouldn't be right to just name one of them, or something like that. He said that I should have had lists of 3 names for people to pick from. Well, now everyone knows that Zane is one of them, I'm pretty sure that most of you know the girl name that I love, but maybe I can make a one question quiz to see who guesses the correct combo...
Question #9) If I had to eat the same kind of food for an entire month, what type would I choose? Answer (c) Mexican.
Missed by: Zion, Gary, Justin, Ed aka Israel, Dana, U-can, Maria, Sarah Clearly my 'Mexican' isn't the same as other people's Mexican... I guess I would have 'American Mexican', but I call that Mexican. Sorry!
Question #10) What is my middle name? Answer (d) Ashley.
Missed by: Ed aka Israel, Scott, U-can, Lydia, Sarah
Question #11) What was my first job? Answer (a) Stable hand at TLH Farms. Missed by: Scott, Sarah
Question #12) What nickname did my brothers used to call me to make me mad? Answer (c) Jo.
Missed by: Scott, Lydia, Maria People sometimes mispronounce my name~~ shocking I know~~and call me JOshanah and it always used to get on my nerves, so of course Justin and Jariah jumped right on that and started calling me Jo. Aren't brothers swell?!
Question #13) What style house is my dream house? Answer (a) Traditional. Missed by: John, Gary, Ed aka Israel, Dana, Scott, Lydia, Maria, Sarah
Question #14) What is my favorite color combination? Answer (b) Plum and Sage. Missed by: Justin, Ed aka Israel, Dana, U-can, Maria, Sarah
Question #15) What shoe size am I? Answer (c) 9.
Missed by: Zion, John, Gary, Justin, Dana, Scott, Lydia, Maria, Sarah Zion... that's just sad...
Question #16) What was my favorite subject in school? Answer (d) Language Arts. Missed by: Becca, Zion, John, Gary, Dana, Lydia, Maria, Sarah Okay, people, I obviously like to talk and write. Language Arts= Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar.... all things I enjoy.
Question #17) About what have my friends and family always teased me for my lack of knowledge? Answer (a) Geography.
Missed by: Jariah, Justin, Dana, Scott, Lydia, Maria, Sarah Okay, it's apparently been multiple things Justin and Jariah!! They both thought math, but I clearly remember being mocked mercelessly about Geography!!!
Question #18) Who is my favorite author? Answer (b) Karen Kingsbury.
Missed by: John, Justin, Dana, Scott, U-can, Lydia, Maria, Sarah In fairness, I did change my opinion about my favorite author less than a year ago. It used to be Lori Wick, ever since my 16th birthday when Bekah Y. bought me my first 2 Lori Wick novels, and while I still love Lori Wick's books, I find Karen Kingsbury to be a much more versatile writer.
Question #19) If I could change one thing about me, it would be… (b) my nose. Missed by: Sharla, Becca, Lydia, Sarah
Question #20) If I could go anywhere for a vacation, where would I go? Answer (b) Hawaii.
Missed by: Becca, Zion, John, Gary, Justin, Ed aka Israel, U-can, Maria, Sarah I have always wanted to go to Hawaii someday. In the past 3-4 years I have also wanted to go on a cruise, and we are planning a family reunion of sorts at Disney World next March. My ideal vacation would be to take the Disney Cruise ship to Hawaii, but I don't think they do that... =)

Zion's Answers:

Question #1) What is my favorite kind of beverage? Answer (b) Eegees. Missed by: Justin, Becca, Lydia, Israel
Question #2) What is my dream car? Answer (d) None of the above (Way too much to spend on a car!) Missed by: Jariah, Gary, Lydia I’d rather buy a water or solar powered car.
Question #3) If I had to eat the same type of food for an entire month, what kind would I choose? Answer (a) Mexican. Missed by: Gary(left blank), Israel This one was a no brainer in my opinion...
Question #4) What is my middle name? Answer (b) Jeru. My dad was originally going to name me Jerusalem, but thought that it would be too long.
Question #5) What was my first job? Answer (b) Bus Boy for a restaurant. Missed by: Jeshanah, Jess, John, Gary, Israel “The Huddle Restaurant” ...Lasted all of one day.
Question #6) What is my shoe size? Answer (c) 13. Missed by: Justin, Jess, Israel
Question #7) What sport was I involved in during High School? Answer (c) Wrestling. Missed by: Lydia, Israel
Question #8) If I won the Lottery, what is the craziest thing I would do with the cash? Answer (d) Buy an Imax theater and connect it to game console. COOL!
Question #9) I am happiest when… (d) I am on vacation. Missed by: Jariah, Justin, Jess, Sharla, John, Gary, Lydia, Israel No Work! All Play! Makes me very happy!
Question #10) If I could choose one of these things to change in the world, what would it be? Answer (c) no whiny kids. Missed by: Becca, Gary, Israel Well behaved kids would make the world a happier place for everyone
Question #11) What is my favorite type of pet? Answer (c) fish. If you forget to feed em, no biggie, feed them the next day. Kids love em.
Question #12) What annoys me more? Answer (b) excuses. Missed by: Jariah, Justin, Jess, Sharla, John, Gary, Lydia, Israel Just spit out the truth!
Question #13) Where did I meet my wife? Answer (c) Louisiana. Missed by: Sharla, Lydia, Israel At one of those “marriage camps”, I mean youth camps...
Question #14) What was my first car? Answer (a) Pontiac Grand AM. Missed by: Jeshanah, Becca, Jess, Sharla, John, Lydia Thanks to Sam...
Question #15) Who is my favorite Nintendo Character? Answer (c) Toadstool. Missed by: Jess, Sharla, John, Gary, Lydia, Israel
Question #16) Which of these didn’t happen to me? Answer (a) Got a license at 16. Missed by: Lydia
Question #17) If I was running out of a burning house, what item would I grab? (All people are already out...) Answer (a) Scrapbooks. Missed by: Jariah, Justin, Becca, Jess, Sharla, John, Gary, Lydia, Israel I can replace just about everything else, but not pictures.
Question #18) I won a contest for stuffing standard size marshmallows in my mouth, how many was it? Answer (c) 21. Missed by: Jeshanah, Becca, Sharla, Lydia
Question #19) When I was a young child, what would I always get spanked for losing? Answer (d) my shoes. Missed by: John, Gary(left blank), Israel
Question #20) What Year did I graduate High School? Answer (b) 2000. Missed by: Justin, Becca, John, Lydia I graduated from Spencerville High after going there 2 hours a day for only one semester!!

Janessa's Answers:
Question #1) What's my middle name? Answer: Grace
Question #2) What's my favorite thing to play? Answer: playing with balls
Question #3) What is my favorite kind of food? Answer: hotdogs
Question #4) What is my favorite book? Answer: Nursery Rhymes Mary, Mary quite contrairy and other stories.
Question #5) What is my favorite thing to do in school? Answer: Gym and Recess
Question #6) What is my favorite animal? Answer: Dogs and puppies
Question #7) What is my favorite kind of music? Answer: LaFontaines
Question #8) What’s my favorite T.V. Show? Answer: It takes a thief.-Discovery Channel
Question #9) How old will I be on April 13? Answer: 6 (Trick question… she will be 7 on April 14th!!!)
Question #10) Who is my favorite family member? Answer: Brandon

IT'S A BOY!!!!

Congratulations to John and Lydia...

Josiah Levi 9lbs 2oz Born March 28th, 2007!!!!

Congrats also to Auntie Becca!!!

I hope everyone likes this little tune as much as I do!!! When we heard this song the other night, I just knew that I had to have it on my blog as my new theme song... it's so perfect IMHO. =)

It's also very fitting that Zion got this ready for me today, because everyone in my family has called me today to brag about the beautiful spring they are currently enjoying. The grass is green and gorgeous, and I wish I were there to to see it! =)

If you have not already taken the quizzes below and want to, do not read the following until you have!!!

Jariah’s answers:
Question #1) What is my favorite type of food? Answer: Italian.
Missed by: Zion, Sharla, John.
Question #2) What is my favorite fast food restaurant? Answer: Fazolie’s
Missed by: Sharla, Lydia, John.
Question #3) What is my favorite video game? Answer: Zelda
Missed by: Gary.
Question #4) What is my favorite car? Answer: Aston Martin
Missed by: Jeshanah, Jess, Sharla, Gary, Justin, John. (I decided this was my favorite car when we went to the Detroit car show a few years ago.)
Question #5) If I was running out of a burning house (all living things are out of the house) what would I grab? Answer: Becca’s scrapbooks.
Missed by: Jess, Justin, Lydia. (Aren’t I nice?)
Question #6) What is my dream job? Answer: Game programmer
Missed by: Jess, Gary, Justin. (Like I said in the comments, being a professional game player doesn’t pay very much, $6.00 an hour or so…it did use to be my dream job though.)
Question #7) How many children do I want? Answer: 3
Missed by: Becca, Jeshanah.
Question #8) If I won the lottery what would I want to do with it? Answer: All of the above.
Missed by: Gary.
Question #9) What is my favorite drink? Answer: A&W Cream Soda
Missed by: Zion, Jeshanah, Jess, Sharla, Gary, Justin, Lydia, John. (I do love Dr. Pepper, but A&W Cream Soda is definitely my favorite!)
Question #10) What is my shoe size? Answer: 10 ½
Missed by: Zion, Sharla, Justin, Lydia, John.
Question #11) What was my favorite subject in school? Answer: Art
Missed by: Gary, Justin, Lydia.
Question #12) What am I going to school for? Answer: Computer Information System
Missed by: Zion, Jeshanah, Jess, Gary, Justin, Lydia, John. (Zion, you really should have known this one, since you are going for the same thing!)
Question #13) If I could go anywhere for a vacation where would I go? Answer: Hawaii
Missed by: Lydia, John.
Question # 14) What is my favorite snack food? Answer: Chips
Missed by: Sharla
Question #15) How tall am I? Answer: 5 ft 11
Missed by: Becca, Jeshanah, Jess, Sharla, Gary, Justin, Lydia, John. (I am actually 5 ft 11 and 3/4…lol)


Becca’s answers:
Question #1) What is my favorite drink? Answer: Diet Dr. Pepper
Missed by: Zion, John, Justin.
Question #2) What is my middle name? Answer: Danyelle
Question #3) If I had to eat the same kind of food for a month what would it be? Answer: Italian. Missed by: Zion, Jess, Sharla, Gary, Justin. (You all thought it would either be French or Canadian…I wonder why :o)
Question #4) If I was running out of a burning house and could grab one thing (people are all out, of course) what would it be? Answer: My scrapbooks
Missed by: John. (How nice of you to think that I am selfless enough to take Jariah’s computer instead of my scrapbooks…unfortunately for him I am not!)
Question #5) If I won the lottery what is the craziest thing I would do with the money? Answer: Buy a castle in Ireland
Missed by: Lydia, Zion, Jess, Sharla, Gary, John, Justin. (They were all kind of crazy and I get why this one was a hard one!)
Question #6) What is my favorite fast food restaurant? Answer: Ashton
Missed by: Jess, Gary, John, Justin. (I am not a big fast food fan, but Ashton in Quebec makes the Best poutine, I have to eat there at least once every time I go!)
Question #7) How old was I when I started learning English? Answer: 10
Missed by: Jeshanah, Lydia, Zion, Jess, Sharla, Gary, John, Justin. (Most of you answered 14, which is when I started speaking English, not to be confused with when I started learning it…kind of tricky!)
Question #8) What are my two favorite colors? Answer: Blue and Pink
Missed by: Zion, Sharla, Gary, John, Justin. (Think of my wedding… )
Question #9) How old was I when I got baptized? Answer: 10
Missed by: Jess, Sharla, Gary, Justin.
Question #10) What is my shoe size? Answer: 6
Missed by: Sharla, Gary, Justin.
Question #11) What was my favorite subject in school? Answer: French
Missed by: Jeshanah, Lydia, Gary, John, Justin.
Question #12) If I would ever go back to school what would I go for?
Answer: Business Management
Missed by: Lydia, Jess, Sharla, Gary, John, Justin. (I am probably better suited for teaching, which is what most of you answered, but if I went back to school, I would go for business management. If Jariah ever decided to start his own programming company, I could take care of the business side of it.)
Question #13) If I could go anywhere for a vacation where would I go? Answer: Italy. Missed by: Jariah, Lydia, Zion, Jess, Sharla, Gary, Justin .
Question # 14) What is my favorite snack food? Answer: chocolate
Missed by: John.
Question #15) How many children would I like to have? Answer: 3
Missed by: Sharla, John, Justin.

Ok, I know that I am way behind the times here, but up till now I hadn't been able to think of any good questions for this quiz. Well, now here they are, I hope you will all take my little quiz, and enjoy! (I know I will!!!)


Here's My Quiz...



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Here's Zion's Quiz...



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Here's Jariah's...

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Here is Janessa's Quiz!! Good luck!!

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Here are the pictures that I promised. I don't have one of the pastor and his wife, yet, but I should be getting one very soon. Enjoy!


Our church's name/sign....
The front of our little assembly...
Just inside the door... The front of the church...

Front view of the auditorium...

Bro. Mark and Sis. Jana Strohkorb
(The Pastor and his wife...)

The Penrods (Herb and Anna; Elianna)
The Steinkes (Mark, Tina; Laryssa, Lydia, Ethan) The Petersons (Bro. Al and Sis. Minnie)
The Potters (Matt, Kim; Samuel, Megan, Cheyenne)

The Raymond Family...
Sister Vekony and her daughter, Monica. (Thank you Bro. Mark, apparently it's not that hard of a name to spell...)
The Bejar Family The Fellowship Hall...

Our church is having special meetings this weekend to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the church, Brother Burley Williams is the special guest speaker. I've heard him preach in Ohio numerous times, and I like him alot.

I think I am going to use these meetings as an excuse to finally take some pictures of the church and some of the church members so that my family can see what our church here looks like. I might not get this stuff posted until Monday, though, because they have a pretty full roster of events in the next couple days... services, picnics... stuff like that.

Ok, people are asking for an update on my blog, but unfortunately everything that has been going on for the past couple weeks with me has already been commented on… so I guess I’ll just give you all my spin on it. =)

You asked for it....

The first day that John got here was Friday night. He arrived at the Tucson Shuttle stop around 7:45. He was tired and hungry, but it was great to see him!! We gave him a couple of choices of what to do right away, and he opted for getting something to eat, he wanted barbecue, so we took him straight to Famous Dave's. (Some of the best barbecue in Tucson!!) Almost as soon as we got there, (after the drunk guy asked us for money…) Zion and I ran to Toys R Us to pick up a gift for Brandon’s birthday the following day. (I know, I know, I’m a terrible aunt, waiting till the last second to go pick out a gift for my nephew, but, I had only come up with one good idea for a gift and recommended it to John!!) We ended up finding him a fire truck tent thing. It’s really pretty cute and he seems to be enjoying it.

The following day, Saturday, we all went to Old Tucson. Everybody had a really good time, some more than others, *ahem, Jariah*…j/k, hehe. The only bummer was that we had to leave by 2:30 in order to make it to Brandon’s Birthday party, and there was going to be a rodeo at 4!!! We were all a little disappointed to miss it, but we headed off to Reid Park for Brandon’s birthday party anyway, and we had enough fun to make up for it!

On the way to the park, Zion was driving, and for a second, he thought that he was heading in the wrong direction, so John and I were kind of ribbing him about it, and as it happened, a second later, Zion was like, oh, yeah, this is right, and John noticed a nice Mercedes driving by and commented on it, saying, "Sweet Mercedes." I was sitting directly behind John, and didn't see the car he was referring to, so I asked him, "Umm, is that an expression? Or did you actually see a 'Sweet Mercedes'"? He thought that this was rather hilarious, and we all had a good laugh about it. Well, it's an expression now, by golly!!!! (A snap-dog one, if I do say so myself!)

Brandon's party was great fun, plus we got to introduce John to some of our Arizona friends, (Mark and Tina Steinke, their three kids, and Herb and Anna Penrod from church, and Josh and Elijah, Zion’s brother and nephew.)

One of the funnier parts of the party was when Josh and Elijah arrived and Josh was talking to Tina about Ethan(her youngest, he’s 9) and Josh said to Elijah, ‘Hey, see there’s someone here your age’, and Elijah turned and said in disgust, as only a 10 year old could, “I’m ten.” It was hilarious!! (They did end up playing some sort of soccer/kickball type game later and I believe they both had a pretty good time.)

After the party, Jariah and Becca took Brandon on home so that he could play with all of his new toys and get to bed early after a very long day, while John, Josh, Elijah, Zion and I headed to Pinnacle Peak for something to eat. When we got there, there was such a long line, we decided to go elsewhere and ended up at Texas Roadhouse. The food was delicious, and we even got to see some cavemen. (Jury is still out as to if they were the ACTUAL cavemen for Geico, or look-a-likes, but they sure look like the real things to me... well, not the real things, oh... you know what I mean.)

The following day, Sunday, the 6 of us headed toward Phoenix for a Renaissance Festival. It had definite potential to be a really cool, fun time; but it was sooo crowded, and we weren't there right when it opened for the day(because we were all tired from the previous day...)and when we tried those awesome looking 'turkey legs' that look totally medieval and cool but that actually taste disgusting... (run-on sentence, anyone?) Gross! They were so revolting! They tasted like really bad ham (John doesn't like ham... inside joke) and were a huge waste of money. They DID look really cool and we did get some great pictures of us all choking them down, so we should still have decent scrapbook pages of the event.... which is really all that matters. =) The jousting tournaments were pretty neat to see, and of course the Scottish bagpipers that John has gone on about were very fun to see. All in all it was a pretty fun day, just that compared to all the other fun days we had while John was here, it rather paled.

On Monday, Jariah and Zion went to work as usual. John, Becca, Brandon and I all slept in, then had a very relaxing morning with coffee, talking, and picture viewing. Finally, we headed off to Tucson Electric Park for the old ball game. (that song just never gets old.)We did get lost on the way, but only for a few minutes. (Jariah had told Becca when we were at Reid park for Brandon's birthday that the diamond was right next to the park. He pointed it out to her and everything, but that was the wrong baseball diamond, so we went to Taco Bell for lunch while John called the actual park to get directions. We were only about 5 minutes late for the game, despite going to the wrong place the first time. We were later informed that the directions weren't really from Jariah, but from Zion months ago... anyhow...)

The game was really, really fun to go to. Brandon figured out pretty quick that people in the stands were catching balls and kept begging to catch one, too. It was adorable, he had his little hands out in front of him as he kept saying, "please, I catch the ball?!....... please, ball..." Imagine his surprise when Uncle John came up to him a bit later in the game and handed him a baseball!! (Only about 5 seconds after we exited the souvenir shop... amazing, huh?) He really thinks that he caught it, and he absolutely loves it!!!

I actually did almost catch a foul ball. I was headed to the restroom, when one flew into the stands just ahead of me. It bounced first off the concrete, then directly into my hand, then a bit further down the aisle-way behind me. I seriously could have had it, but when the stampede of very large men came charging toward me, I decided not to join them. =)

The last full day of John's visit the we went back to Tucson Electric Park for another baseball game. It was fun, though not quite as exciting as the first one. However, we did get a chance to get our tans more even. We sat on the other side of the diamond, and we even got a little bit closer to the action. After the game, we headed off to Nogales. This wasn't my favorite of things,(kinda like tuna helper... another inside joke) but I wouldn't mind going back sometime during the day with some cash. They have beautiful jewelery!!

On Wednesday, Becca and I had to take Johnny-Boy (no 'Walton's' reference intended) back to the airport. We took our time getting around, packed up all his stuff, went to Tucson Mall to charge his cell, then headed up to Phoenix with only one quick stop at the Casa Grande outlet mall. He got a few things from Gap for Janessa, a book for the flight, and then we dropped him off.

Becca and I made our way back to Tucson (safely and without getting lost.... miracles do exist) with only one minor diaper incident on Brandon's part.



Finally, this past Friday, Zion and I went to Elijah's school play. Now, I'm not saying he's the next Harrison Ford, but he really did do an awesome job!! (There was even a sword fight, and it was every bit as believable as the ones they had at the Renaissance Festival...) He's got some real talent, and if he keeps up the good work, someday he might even rival Jariah on stage.... hahaha

Maybe BeccaR will post some pics of it, or even a video clip on Ramirez Kids blog... If I see it, I'll let you know!! =)

Okay, it's late and I'm tired so I'll quit rambling. (stop singing for joy, it's rude...) Sorry if none of this post makes any sense. I'll re-read it tomorrow and if it's unreadable... well, I probably won't do anything, but, maybe I'll work on it some more. =) Good night, and good luck!!

"Everything will be fine, I'm just gonna put this dress on you." -- Saloon Girl

John came last night!!! We haven't done anything yet, but this morning we are heading to Old Tucson!!

Later this afternoon, we are going to Reid Park to celebrate Brandon's 2nd Birthday!!! I can't believe he's already 2!!! The party starts at 3:30, so if ya wanna come, head on out!!! =)

I will try to post some pictures of the day this evening. (something for the rest of you to look forward to...)


Update:

Well, Zion, John and I just got home for the night...(it's 10:00 p.m... Jariah, Becca and Brandon came home after the party.)We were out ALL day!!! We went to Old Tucson, then Brandon's Birthday Party, then we went out to eat with Josh and Elijah, then Park Mall to charge John's cell phone, then finally home. It was a very fun day.