I've been Tagged!

4 Things I am looking forward to in the coming year:

1. Being married to my schoompy for 10 whole years!
2. Having my family room painted.
3. My new niece (My side of the family has produced 14 boys and only 3 girls) so another girl is exciting(:
4. Taggert being potty trained-yeah, we'll see about that one(:

3 joys in my life:

1. My beatiful family.
2. My eternal marriage.
3. My knowledge of the fact that I will be with my loved ones again.

4 movies I have watched more than once or twice:

1. Steel Magnolias-Hello, all time favorite!
2. Liar, Liar-whenever I need a pick me up because it makes me laugh-hard!
3. Harry Potter-all of them because Tanner likes them
4. August Rush-my favorite this year

3 Fears:

1. CANCER.
2. Not being prepared enough if a disaster hits.
3. Not doing all I can to spread the gospel when I am prompted to do so.

4 favorite foods:

1. PIZZA! I could eat it everyday!
2. Steak and shrimp
3. anything chocolate
4. chocolate everything-I already said that didn't I(:

3 goals I have set for myself:

1. Cook healthy, tasty meals-okay, let's not kid ourselves, my real goal is just to cook!
2. Get caught up on my scrapbooks-that is going to take a miracle.
3. Get more intune with the spirit so I can be a better mom.

4 tv shows I watch:

1. Grey's Anatomy-I still want to be a nurse someday!
2. ER-I started watching this show when I was dating Mark; I still like the show.
3. CSI-I love how they put all the little pieces together to find out who dunnit.
4. House-another medicine one

3 current obsessions:

1. cook books
2. buying clothes for my cute baby girl
3. reading the pioneer woman's love story-Thanks, Jen! I read for four hours straight one day

4 places I have visited:

1. Does my mission count? Guam and Kosrae
2. Yellowstone
3. Yosemite
4. Boardman, Oregon

3 places I'd like to visit:

1. Hawaii-Trent if you are reading this, our 10th anniversary is in February!!!
2. Nauvoo
3. New York

4 random facts about me:

1. I could bench 185 when I was a Senior in High School- I can barely lift my daughter now(:
2. I actually like geneology work and getting to do it for my mom's family
3. I only have seven cousins-reunions are real fun!
4. I have this thing for my schoompy in Wranglers on a horse(:

I officially tag Jen Wade, Kandie walter, and Famous Bullinger!

A funny!

Yesterday afternoon, I was outside with the kids trying to pump up our new pool. I think Trent's parents saw me struggling and they came out to help. Grandma had her eyes covered and I couldn't figure out what she was doing, maybe playing peek-a-boo with Whitley. Then, Tanner comes running over to me and says, "MOM, Grandma had her eyes violated today!" I just busted up laughing. She had gone to the eye doctor and had her eyes "dilated". Good times at the Reber home(:

Trek Adventure

You can't see this picture very well, but this is the day we came home from Trek. It was a great experience, one I won't soon forget. We had eleven kids in our family and they were all very good. Our first day out, we walked just over eight miles. The next day, walked 11. Our kids were so good to help and not complain. I was truly impressed by them. If it weren't for the blisters on my feet, I would have done really well, but as it was, my shoes shrank! I tried to put them on that second day and they didn
t fit me. I joked with my kids that I took it upon myself to get a blister for each one of them. There were several kids along the way that had to get IV's and other medical attention, but we got lucky. Trent would squirt the kids with his water bottle and we would make them drink a cup of gatorade a few times throughout the day. We were really blessed with a good Trek family. As we have been home for almost a week, I have caught myself thinking about them and what they are doing this summer. I was very nervous about being a "Ma" to kids I didn't know, but we all seemed to get along really well. I would do it again in a heart beat!

My love and respect of the pioneers has deepend so much because of this experience. They endured to the end. They had faith, great faith, to leave most of their possessions and walk to an unknown destination day after day. When my blisters really got hurting, I told myself to buck up because some of those pioneers walked barefoot in the snow leaving bloody tracks-I surely could handle a few blisters. I ended up riding the horse the last few miles. I felt so guilty, I wanted to be with my family to the very end. It was hard and it was hot, but I will never regret going. It was well worth my time to experience just a little bit of what those early pioneers went through so that we could enjoy all the blessings the gospel has to offer. WE all need to be grateful to them, even if we didn't have actual family members walk because without them and the pesecutions they went through, we wouldn't have all the blessings the gospel provides us.