Purse Tag

Scary as it is, here it is Jen. Pictures of my bag and all that I carry in it. If you have not been tagged, go for it. I would love to know I am not the only one to carry so much around.

A few things here are my favorite new sunglasses, a pair of Oakleys, the book Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas and Micah Sparks...good read. The Ensign, I like to have something to read in case I get stuck waiting somewhere. Diet Coke, its usually a bottle of Dasani water but you caught me on a tired day. Black Chocolate cell phone, don't love it but it works. 4 different types of lip gloss...I don't know why I really only use 2 of them. Alcohol swabs, Purell hand gel, CPR mask for mouth to mouth and pain killer...I'm a nurse, they are must haves. ID badge for work. Pocket calendar, I have tried to get into the digital age of planning but just can't do it. Notes and power points from training days at work. Receipts and other junk I threw away after this photo.

WE ARE CERTIFIED!!!

We are officially certified to adopt, we got the call yesterday!! We can hardly believe it. It has been a long, often torturous journey getting here, but we are here! We are busy getting our new website up and running for the birth moms out there, so keep your eyes and ears out for us on anyone looking for help with their unplanned pregnancy. We are willing to consider and pray about any leads... so anything goes. We will soon be posting all of our information as links on this blog, in the mean time we can be reached at steveandangie95@gmail.com

ABC's about me

Steve is out of town, I can't sleep without him, so I am trying to get through another long night, so I'll take your tag Ali.

Any hobbies...cycling, running, water sports, scrapbooking, & yoga

Best Memories...Lake Powell (of course), Hawaii with Steve, any time spent on a lake with a boat, summer 1992 (I had just turned 16), last January laid up with my dad for a month after we had both had surgery, anytime Steve smiles

Cake or Pie...cake, my mom's lemon cake with fluffy frosting

Day of Choice...any day of the week Steve and I both have off together (it changes with my schedule)

Essential Item...hot shower, comfy bed, and my new bike, and my Toyota Tacoma, you want me to choose just one?

Favorite color...blue, any shade and for some reason green lately

Get up early or late...early if it means I get to go for a good ride on my bike but only if I have had enough sleep and don't have to talk to anyone, sleep in every other day

Hometown...Flagstaff, AZ (the best place EVER!!)


Indulgence...a 2-hour massage and to sleep next to Steve tonight

January or July...July, as long I'm on a boat at Lake Powell

Kids...0, know anyone looking to adopt?

Love to...laugh

Marriage Date...August 18, 1995, yes its been that long, I love it

Number of brothers and sisters...4 brothers, 1 sister

Open or close the bathroom door...whatever

Phobia and Fears...someone sneeking up on me and grabbing my neck while I am bent over blow-drying my hair (weird, I know)

Quote..."You can either laugh or cry, I prefer to laugh, crying gives me a headache."

Reason to smile...watching Steve succeed at something, playing with anyone's children

States lived in...Arizona and Idaho

Trips, Memorable...Mexico with my family and Steve (four months after we were married), Mexico with my family and 13 of us in one two bedroom beach house, Lake Powell, our 10-year Anniversary trip (Sedona, Glacier NP,& Yellowstone NP), Hawaii, NY with friends, Chicago with friends, Boston for work, SF for Steve's work

Unknown fact about me...If I told you I'd have to kill you.

Vegetable...any, I love them all.

Want to learn to...do a flip on a wakeboard, put in PICC lines, do a bone marrow biopsy

Xcellent Adventures...NY with 2 other women and 5 teenage girls, Mexico with Steve and a lack of fly paper

Your favorite food...almost anything but onions and tomatoes, especially if Steve makes it

Zodiac sign...Gemini

I tag Kenna!

Longing for Lake Powell

So lately, I can't dream about anything but Lake Powell. Every night, Lake Powell. I can't wait to get into that warm water and my feet in that soft warm sand. This is my lifelong best buddy Shelly and I tubing last August. She and her new husband Brian met us up on the boat for a weekend. It was our 12th anniversary and we spent the day skiing, tubing, swimming, and simply enjoying the lake, what could be better? That night we drove into the thriving metropolis of Page and went to our favorite Mexican restaurant there, Zapados. I highly recommend it especially after spending a day on the lake.


This is our friend Rachelle wakeboarding, check the lake behind her...WOW! This, in my world would be heaven. By far one of my favorite places!


Looking at these reminds me of some the best days of my life. All the way back to childhood.

Personal Interviews, Home Study...Check!

Our family room the night before our home study. I realized we had no pictures of Christ up, no temple pics, no Family Proclamation, not even any pics of us!! So what does one do on her day off? Freak out! And then go to work.




This is the room finally all done, ledges up and filled with pics of us and our family. We have had this idea for a while, ledges filled with black and white pics, maybe we just needed some encouragement. And me and all my joy in the middle of my preparation for the big home study. It went well. Larry our social worker said we were actually one of his most prepared couples, which helped resolve a lot of my worry.