I Know You

I had a great birthday yesterday! Although my knees creak and crack, I'm going gray, and I can no longer eat cookies for lunch and not regret it, birthdays are still a good time! I love that my day usually falls on or around General Conference in the fall. I so enjoyed sitting and listening to the talks and the beautiful music. Weren't they wonderful? I can't wait to review them again while the kids nap and share my favorites. We went up to visit my parents for the day, and it was a fun little party with several of my siblings there. Emily and Catherine decorated the house with balloons and streamers and everything! We watched conference and had a nice lunch with mom's homemade brownies for dessert. Maybe I'll have those for breakfast...

Josh let the kids help him wrap some presents in the morning. The kids love to wrap presents! They chose their favorite toys to wrap and unwrap, and then wrap again. Yaks decorated the top of my box with their used crinkled wrapping paper. I think it made the perfect bow on top, don't you think? Too cute.

We had our family picture on Friday - what a relief all of that planning and fretting is over with. Yaks was a champ - you would have thought the kids was a professional child model! He followed every direction given to him, smiled on demand, and stood still. I wonder why I can't get him to do that at home? Boo wasn't so thrilled with the camera. We didn't get many w/ her smiling, and her nervous hands had to be coaxed out of her mouth for several of the shots. It was fun to have a family picture taken. When the photographer (Dave) came out to meet us, and shook our hands, he stopped and pointed at me and said, "I know you." Josh and I exchanged smiles because somehow, this happens to me A LOT.

"I'm really not supposed to speak to strangers, but we've met before!"

It always goes the same way: Someone recognizes me as someone they know. Normally, I have never met them before in my life. They insist that they have met me before. I supply a few places that we may have met, but we hit dead ends on all of them. I think I just have a familiar face, I don't know. I get "recognized" dozens of times as someone that they know, but cannot place. Sometimes a guy will say, "you remind me of an ex-girlfriend I used to have." That's a little awkward, especially if his wife is standing next to him. I've had some people say that I look like Ruth Todd, the newscaster.


I've also been compared to a Jane Clayson Johnson - that's a little far-fetched, I think.

I think Shelese looks like Wonder Woman. Heck, Shelese IS wonder woman!

Cath has gotten that she looks like Cameron Diaz. I think she's prettier than Cameron Diaz.

Who do you look like?
What was your favorite conference talk?