101 Things

Here are 101 things you may have not known about Leslie. I have Lonna and Jillian to thank for extending this challenge, but learned some pretty amazing things about them. How would Jillian and I have ever known that we took gymnastics from the same place once upon a time? Anyway, I am now extending this same challenge to all of (can count you on one hand) my readers. I tell you once you get started it kind of takes off. So here goes.

1. I am the runt of my family.
2. My dad is a District Court Judge.
3. My dad is 10 years older than my mom. They met when he was in the Bishopric of her student ward.
4. When I was 17, I was obsessed with Justin Timberlake and learned all the *NSYNC dance moves with my cousins.
5. I am not a dog person anymore.
6. On my 19th birthday I accidentally lit my hair on fire blowing out my candles.
7. I started playing the violin at age 4.
8. I wish I had been more consistent with it.
9. I have learned a lot from Ryan's mission.
10. I really, really love my house to be clean.
11. I love thunderstorms, especially in the summertime.
12. I have always loved to read, even textbooks.
13. I'll never drive a mini-van OR a suburban.
14. My grandpa has a Master's degree in Traffic Safety.
15. My twins have their own language.
16. I am not big time into scrapbooking.
17. This does not make me popular in these parts.
18. When I was little, Diet Coke was used only for headaches. Now I use it for everything.
19. I am a sucker for a guy in dark-framed glasses.
20. My first thought about Ryan was, "he talks more than any person I have ever met in my entire life.''
21. It was still love at first sight.
22. I have kept all my love notes from Ryan for the last 5 years.
23. I have recently started a perfume collection.
24. I am probably the only fan of Mary-Kate and Ashley over 25.
25. I love fashion.
26. My sisters and I always buy the same clothes, sometimes on purpose, sometimes not.
27. I always seem to be growing out my hair.
28. I return more than half the clothes I buy.
29. I share at least 8 uncommon phobias with my sister Allison and call her every time I run into one of them.
30. I eat dessert after every meal.
31. I used to collect Babysitters Club books and had at least 60, including Super Specials.
32. I ran away from home a lot as a child. I wondered why my parents never freaked out.
33. As a teeny-bopper, I owned every flavor of Lipsmackers.
34. I never seem to get enough sleep.
35. I read self-help books to try to tackle my problems.
36. My favorite character on Sesame Street was always Kermit the Frog; however he is no longer on Sesame Street.
37. I have been skydiving once.
38. I am afraid of heights.
39. I have only one brother and he is serving a mission in Bulgaria.
40. I got my first pair of glasses at age two. They were more than 1/2 the size of my face.
41. Twins run in my family. My dad's twin brother, Lee passed away when they were in their 20's.
42. Ryan and I raced our ex-weiner dog in the Weinerschnitzel National Weinerdog race. He made it to the Semi-finals.
43. I gained 50 lbs in 28 weeks carrying my twins.
44. My grandma did not know my dad and Lee were going to be twins until after the first one was born.
45. I have been a fan of Dr. Phil since his days on Oprah.
46. I keep a notebook of his quotes.
47. I never get tired of the color pink.
48. I have a degree in Psychology and am surprised how much it has helped me as a mom.
49. Before having kids, I thought I was completely prepared for parenthood.
50. I should have written a book while I was ahead.
51. I still love being a mother of multiples.
52. I admit I have mixed up my twins.
53. My dad's twin brother used to set up dates for him.
54. I am suprised at how often Curious George really saves the day at our house.
55. I have all the songs from 'The Sound of Music' memorized and I frequently sing them to my kids.
56. I really think Baby Einstein should use real instruments and not a synthesizer.
57. I can't sight read music very well. At all.
58. I play mostly by ear.
59. I wish I had listened to my mom more. She was always right.
60. Teenagers scare me.
61. I used to have a crush on Leonardo DiCaprio and memorized his all lines from 'Romeo and Juliet.'
62. I still remember some of them (O heavy lightness, serious vanity/Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms...Ay me, sad hours seem long).
63. In high school I drove a Jeep Wagoneer that I named "Spice" and hung a disco ball from the rearview mirror.
64. Ryan is very embarrassed by those last 3.
65. I once took four Benadryll at one time for my allergies in Mount Pleasant. I am not saying whose idea this was. :)
66. My allergies seem to be getting worse as Ryan's get better. Go figure.
67. I have always loved autumn more than any other season.
68. Ryan and I were called to be the ward missionaries for 3 years in a row in 2 different wards.
69. I met Ryan 1 month before I turned 21.
70. I married Ryan 4 months after I turned 21.
71. I still cut Ryan's hair, even though we are no longer starving students.
72. I am grateful his mom taught me how.
73. When my sister Jocelyn was 2, she cut over eight inches off her hair when I was supposed to be babysitting.
74. I never get tired of trying new cleaning products.
75. I can't stop buying shoes!
76. My favorite toenail polish is called "Sassy Strawberry."
77. My favorite perfume is called "A Touch of Pink"
78. I love to watch the show "What Not to Wear."
79. I am trying to get Ryan to nominate me to be on it.
80. My first year in college, here is my sequence of majors: English, Political Science, Music, Geology....that's all I can remember but I think there were more.
81. My dad once told me I don't have the personality for law school.
82. My mom is a speech pathologist and recently taught me how to do a lateral lisp!
83. When I was little, I couldn't say my "L's." I was "Yessie!".
84. Growing up I could see BYU from my house.
85. When I was little my dad cheered so hard for BYU football games our ceiling would shake.
86. I always thought this was totally normal.
87. I used to love going to BYU games with my dad, even though it was embarrassing.
88. I still became an Aggie.
89. Every 4th of July, my family used to race rubber ducks down the stream next to our house. Unfortunately, the city took out the stream, but we still race ducks down my parents' waterfall. Only they're not ducks anymore, they're ping pong balls.
90. Ryan and I have a strict rule against any food that's low fat, fat free or diet. The only exception is Coke.
91. I can't wait to start teaching my girls violin.
92. I have never successfully potty trained anything.
93. Potty training the twins is on my to-do list this summer.
94. So is opening a violin studio.
95. I used to work at Jamba Juice and still have all the recipes memorized.
96. Ryan gave me coupons for 4 free naps for my birthday. I haven't used them yet because I don't want them to be gone! However I do function better knowing the option is there.
97. I can't believe my baby sister is 17!
98. I feel lucky I always knew Ryan was the one.
99. I never feel quite old enough for my current stage of life.
100. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing!
101. There is no way I could have done this all in one sitting.