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Whidden blog~ written by the mother
about the children
the dad
and a lot of ramblings about life here in Utah.

A few things we love
Traveling
Camping
Fishing and Eating Nachos

7.18.2008

hApPy BiRtHdAy GinA!!!

Happy Birthday to Ben's sister Gina, our sister in law, Aunt and friend!!
We love Gina because....
1. She loves Mountain Dew.....(a lot)
2. She is an Awesome mom and has really cute kids.
3. Her husband has a cute butt.... (Ben wanted me to make sure people knew this was an inside joke)
4. She is a VERY talented scrapbooker
5. She is very organized
6. She will never neglect to tell you how she feels or what she thinks about something...
7. She looses her belly button when she is pregnant (weird)
8. She went to BYU....whoo-hoooh
9. We have the same car, a white suburban...
10.She makes really cute baby blankets.
11. She loves to eat stew.
12. She hates bugs, especially moths.
13. She loves to read.
14. She likes to listen to Rascal Flats
15. She likes Jamba juice.
16. One of her favorite stores is Pebbles in my pocket.
17. She likes to shop at Old Navy.
18. She is really good at sending cards to people, with cute pics of her kids.
19. She likes to sleep in
20. She gets home sick during the holiday season
21. She dated Ben's best friends:)
22. She likes to play pranks on her siblings (when she was younger)
23. She doesn't like to wear dresses.
24. She would take her blanket to seminary.
25. She didn't want to get her drivers license because Ben would drive her every where.
26. Gina is a whiner (according to her husband, from her blog)
27. She was really excited about Deegan being potty trained.
28. She likes pizza pops, old dutch jerky sticks, fudgee-0's, shreddies and hickory sticks.
29. She likes to give goodie bags at Christmas.
30. She is collecting Willow Tree figurines.
31. She has a great Disney DVD collection
32. We love her and hope she has a great birthday!!!

Friends...

My whole life I have been so blessed with good friends. When I was younger growing up in a turbulent family situation they saved me, literally.....I would not be the person I am today without the example they and their families showed me.
And today I still am blessed with such good friends, friends who want to do what is right, be good people. Care about being good spouses, raise their children with the spirit. Help me be a better mom, make me laugh, challenge me to do things, maybe I wouldn't do.
I am so blessed, in every way. Thank you friends, all of you.