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Well, here it is. I must say that I believe the only reason Nate did his was because I was mad at him and he was trying to get back in my good graces. It did work! So, here goes!
1. I love my family more than anything.
2. My red hair is not natural and I love it.
3. I do write on my bathroom walls... and Nate writes back to me.
4. I enjoy late nights alone because it's quiet.
5. My favorite car was my Tahoe.
6. I really enjoy getting out with my family in our trailer.
7. I love to go to the beach.
8. I also love having a pool in the back yard.
9. I want to go back to school to get a degree.
10. I love to scrapbook.
11. I never have time to scrapbook.
12. I think kindness matters, a lot.
13. I try to be a good friend.
14. I love my house.
15. I love to take a nap.
16. I loved being pregnant.
17. I will never be pregnant again.
18. This is how many years I've been married to my blind date, who became my great date, who became my eternal date! I'm really proud of that!
19. I love having a teenager and a pre-teen. They're really cool girls.
20. I love watching Maryn and Natey play together. He copies everything she says.
21. I love my calling... 1st counselor over the Mia Maids. They are GREAT!
22. I wish I was a better reader.
23. I loved reading Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. I liked Jacob!
24. I loved reading The Magic of Ordinary Days. (The title is so true.)
25. I miss my friends in the valley.
26. I miss having my sisters and parents over for Sunday dinner.
27. I love ice water.
28. Everyone loves my dog, Oliver. Even Nate... don't believe me... step inside!
29. I love to laugh.
30. I'm always worried I've hurt someone's feelings.
31. I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm very grateful for it.
32. I would like to be in better shape.
33. Some day I would like to train for a marathon.
34. I clip coupons.
35. I call my sisters and tell them how much I saved with my coupons.
36. I wish I had taken college more serious when I was there.
37. I like to be fussed over. My mom always does the best at that.
38. This is how old I am right now, May 3, 2008.
39. I love surprises.
40. I love chocolate covered strawberries. April's are the best!
41. I love Vince's cheesecake.
42. I love having three gorgeous girls.
43. I love having a handsome boy. I love his eyelashes and the back of his neck.
44. I love snuggling babies.
45. I loved being in the delivery room of MacKenzie, Leah, Claire, Steele, Zack, Justice, Avery and in 3 weeks Georgia Grace.
46. I wish I was a organized as Sissa.
47. I wish I was as creative as LoLo.
48. My sisters and my mom are my best friends.
49. I'm glad I have great friends close by.
50. My husband is so handsome in his uniform.
51. I love to work on home projects with Nate.
52. I think being married to a cop is really cool!
53. I love pretty rings.
54. I love pedicures with flowers on my toes.
55. I love to get a massage.
56. I love fruit; watermelon, strawberries, grapes, mangos, apples, kiwi, honeydew, cantalope, oranges, blackberries...mmmm.
57. I think blogging is so cool!
58. I got my husband to read Twilight. He works graveyards and is sort of a vampire anyhow.
59. I wish I ate more fish.
60. I eat too much chocolate.
61. Christmas day makes me happy.
62. I enjoy going to the park with my kids.
63. I would love to have someone clean my house.
64. I don't like to watch too much TV.
65. My favorite Disney movie is Enchanted.
66. I love to surprise people.
67. I miss my mother in law.
68. I love to walk in the mornings and I love the gals I walk with.
69. I love to work in Maryn's class on Thursday mornings.
70. My favorite flower is a gardenia. Nate has a bush on the side of the house and he brings me gardenias when one blooms. Isn't that cute!
71. I love to spend a week on Balboa Island in a rented beach house.
72. My sisters and I are so funny together. It's mostly Lauren who's so funny.
73. I'm not very good at math.
74. I've had a home based business for 12 years. Well CM for about 11 and now LS for almost a year.
75. I'm afraid of mean people.
76. I don't like confrontation at all, ever. My husband doesn't mind it however... wanna step outside?
77. I love great pictures of my kids.
78. People always tell me how beautiful my kids are. They are. It makes me feel so good.
79. I like to play games...Scum, Apples to Apples, Toss UP, Dalene and April's cool games.
80. One of my favorite things to do is watch home videos with my family on FHE.
81. I hope Nate and I go on a mission one day.
82. I believe that Heavenly Father loves me, has a plan for me and hears me when I pray.
83. I believe that some prayers are better unanswered; it just takes a while to figure that out sometimes.
84. I wear jammies a lot.
85. I fall asleep when I sit down... I just did.
86. I don't get video games. Never have, never will. Waste of time. Don't believe, step outside... Oh Sorry, that's all about Nate!
87. I hope I live to be this old!
88. I love to dance... disco, country, pop, hip hop, whatever just movin around.
89. I love family dinner every night. Sometimes we really get laughing.
90. There's nothing better than your family laughing together. You're smiling right now, huh!
91. I made phone calls for Mitt Romney with my dear friend Clarissa thanks to my dear friend Kristin. It was really fun. I'm sad he dropped out.
92. I love to watch musicals: High School Musical, Hairspray, Phantom, Les Mis, Mama Mia, WICKED!
93. Everyone should see wicked. It's amazing.
94. I would love to go to New York with Nate.
95. I love my signs around my house. Vinyl lettering is so cool.
96. I'm tired of picking up toys.
97. I think gardening is therapeutic. I wish I made more time for it.
98. I wish I could sing.
99. I'm getting tired... I'm always tired.
100. I love my life as mommy and wife!
So the results are in and Allison has won our "first ever" poll. It doesn't really come as much of a surprise, being that she is the most amazing woman I've ever met. I'm sure any of you who have met her will agree...if not lets step outside and talk about it. My cookies did get one vote, but that doesn't really count because it came from Allison...and she changed a vote to do that. So she's disqualified from voting and therefor wins with 100% of the 45 million votes. I figure if American Idol can make up numbers so can I. I was a bit surprised that my truck didn't get any votes. I thought for sure I'd get at least one vote from my cousin Heath, being that he has the same truck. But he voted for Alli also. Well, I can blame him for that. So I'll be posting another poll, so stay put and vote.
Nate's 100 reason's why he loves his truck! We know that this will be a great addition to our website and that you, like the Banry Family, are very excited about this. We are working hard to bring this wonderful new development to you as soon as possible. Oh...and if you're luck, we may even have pictures. Check back soon.
Emee singing and dancing in her diaper! Brought to you by popular demand. So many of you have been asking to see this wonderfully entertaining video that we've decided to post it here for your viewing pleasure. When she begins driving we'll post video of her destroying Nate's truck. (She'll never drive my truck.)
Nate’s 100 things. (These are 100 things I wanted to talk about, not 100 things about me.)
1. I’m bald.
2. I’m turning 43 this September. Please no gifts…just send cash.
3. I’m a Sergeant with the Los Angeles Police Department, where I’ve worked for almost 15 years.
4. I’m currently the ward clerk.
5. I’m a vampire. Not really Twilight fans, I’m just working nights, sensitive to the light (I don’t glitter) and sleep in the day.
6. I’ll have been married to my beautiful bride, Allison (Alli), for 18 years this November.
7. I have 4 wonderful children: Emalee 15, Chayse 12, Maryn 6 and Natey 2.
8. Am I done yet?
9. My favorite number is 9.
10. I love my truck. It’s patriot blue with a big American flag in the back window that lets people know, “If you mess with me I’ll shoot you”.
11. I have bullets with Emalee’s boyfriends’ names on them.
12. I will use them if I have to.
13. I love country music.
14. I wrestled for 20 years and love to fight. Don’t believe me? Step outside!
15. I’ve never had a drink of alcohol. Wait…no…maybe…no.
16. My favorite hobby is my computer. World of Warcraft is my game...or any game made by Scott Bowen, my personal friend and genius behind EA Game's success.
17. It’s Alli’s fault that I’m bald.
18. I love getting away with my family in our trailer.
19. I miss my mom.
20. I don’t like cake.
21. I love donuts. That’s why I became a cop…or was it cause I like to beat people up?
22. I love to talk. No really I do. I could talk all day and night. Don’t believe me? Step outside!
23. I love my truck. My plate reads “BLU K9NT”.
24. I’m a somewhat emotional person…ok, very emotional person. Now don’t make me cry.
25. I don’t like to cry…so I don’t…cause only girlies cry…but sometime there is dust in the room and it might LOOK like I’m crying, but I’m not. Don’t believe me? Step outside!
26. I believe that Jesus Christ is my Savior and that his true church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
27. I love to read…mainly fiction.
28. I’m a romantic. Alli is not. Oh wait, this is about me.
29. I make awesome chocolate chip cookies. Or so I'm told.
30. I love to sing.
31. I wish I could play the piano.
32. I hate traffic and like to yell at people on the freeways. Ask my family.
33. I speak, read and write Mandarin Chinese.
34. I love being with Alli and just listening to her talk…and talk…and talk.
35. I love this country.
36. I’m a hard core Republican.
37. I’d fight for my Freedom, Family and Faith.
38. I’d like to write a book some day.
39. I’m very competitive. Don’t believe me? Step outside!
40. I like to play sports but not watch them.
41. I like being bald.
42. I fear nothing…except the day Emee starts driving.
43. I think some people just need to be slapped.
44. I’d like to do the slapping.
45. I know that there are people who’d like to slap me.
46. I love my truck. It’s a Dodge Ram, 2500, 4x4, Mega Cab, with a Cummings Diesel.
47. I love to hunt.
48. I truly believe that Liberals are not true Americans, and need to be deported.
49. I’m not a very good hunter.
50. I would love to own a motorcycle and let the wind blow through my hair…but I don’t have any hair.
51. I’m willing to help deport Liberals!
52. I love just being with my family…unless the kids are fighting…or Allison is mad at me…which is quite often.
53. I love my job.
54. It’s Alli’s fault I’m bald because she wouldn’t cut my hair so I thought I’d show her by shaving my head. She liked it so I kept it.
55. I found that my new haircut intimidated the badguys into doing what I said.
56. Hunting for me is more about getting out with the family.
57. I’m a computer geek…er…genius.
58. Alli is one HOT MAMA!
59. My favorite scripture is Alma 32:21.
60. I got my BA in Chinese Studies from Brigham Young University (BYU).
61. I keep my head shaved so I’ll never have to find out if my hair can’t grow back.
62. I’d confront anyone who disrespects my country, family or faith.
63. By confront I mean fight.
64. By fight I mean beat the holy living crud outta someone.
65. I love mint chocolate chip ice cream.
66. I love cereal and feel it’s ok for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
67. I love my truck. Natey does too. He just sits in his seat and talks…and talks…and talks!
68. I would like to teach after I retire.
69. I would like to travel after I retire.
70. I’m a Chaplain with the Los Angeles Police Department.
71. If Alli didn’t feed me I’d probably starve.
72. I’m a pack rat and save everything. You never know when you might need it.
73. I think Google is the greatest company on earth…because their stuff is free.
74. Alli writes on our bathroom walls.
75. I think Microsoft is the most evil company on earth…because their stuff is expensive.
76. I’m a cheapskate.
77. I graduated with a 3.4 GPA from BYU. Which is actually quite amazing being that Allison broke my heart by calling off our wedding the week of finals. Then we argued that entire week and I couldn’t think straight. Then we started to work things out and she did it again. Then we started to work things out and she did it again. Then I wrote her a letter telling her to have a great life…NOT! Then she came crawling back to me and I decided to take her back. Mainly because she’s HOT and I love her more than the world. Ask and I’ll tell you all about it sometime.
78. I love chocolate dipped ice cream cones.
79. I love my girls.
80. I hate the beach. Sand…bad!
81. Alli was the most beautiful when she was pregnant.
82. I love lakes, rivers and the mountains.
83. I love Alli’s lasagna.
84. I hate making things, but love it when it’s done.
85. Maryn is my Princess-Angel. Her “Maryn moments” can melt my heart.
86. I believe that money isn’t important, but that love is.
87. I love my truck. Don’t believe me? Step outside!
88. Chayse is my Beautiful Chaysie. She has a set of lungs and a set of wheels.
89. I’ll go anywhere as long as I can pull our trailer.
90. I hate to BBQ. Why go and get hot, and smoky, and eye’s stinging, and arm hair burning, when you have a perfectly good oven in the house.
91. I think you can microwave all food.
92. Alli is my best friend.
93. Emalee is my Pretty Emee. Even though she’s starting to have a teenager attitude. It doesn’t seem like that long ago she was running around in her diaper singing, “On the good ship, lollipop”. She’s a beautiful teenager.
94. I know that I will be with my family forever. I look forward to it. I hope they do too.
95. Don’t believe Allison’s version of our break-up/make-up. See #77.
96. I pray a lot. I need all the help I can get.
97. I love my boy. He’s my little buddy.
98. Some things are worth fighting for. Did I say that already?
99. I know the Lord answers our prayers. I landed Alli didn’t I?!?!
100. I’m glad this is done and that I did it before Alli did.
Even Natey loves Hanna Montana! No, he doesn't normally wear a pink shirt. He was playing dress up with Maryn!
