So I am sitting in class feeling every last bit of life drain from my brain! We have been sitting here for about 5 hours listenting to each other present useless information in Power Point! I will be so glad when this crap is over! One more hour until Shannon's B-Day...See ya there!
Last week my neighbor, Karen, came over and asked me if I could make her a poodle skirt for a 50's day school activity. I hesitently accepted. This was a first for me. I have sewn quilts, but the idea of sewing clothes terrified me. I told her I would try but I couldn't guarantee anything. I cut it out and got it put together in a day! I was proud of the outcome even though it wasn't perfect. She was excited and even got asked to dance during the assembly.
Hazel turned 4 years old on Febuary 27, 2008. We celebrated first by having her favorite dinner....pancakes. Scott of course couldn't have a regular sized one, he had to have what he liked to call a mancake...
It took up the whole plate...
with chocolate chips of course. We had some neighbors and my parents over for cake and presents. she got a new dress and a wand to match, a deigo v smile game and lots of money to go into her "disneyland fund". We ate cake and then danced. It was a good night. 
As I was going through Hazels pictures I came across this one. I know that It is really blurry but it is one of my favorites. This is the story behind it. One day we were having choclate chip muffins for breakfast. Hazel had gotten it all over her face and I told her to go upstairs and wash it off. She came back down a couple of minutes later and said "But mom look I have a moustache just like daddy!!" She was so excited about it she went over and hugged her dad and just kept holding him. She was so proud of her newfound manhood. It was so cute. I love that she looks up to him.
Hazel's birthday is Feb. 27!!! I can't belive my baby is going to be 4 years old! She has grown up sooo much and really become a cute little girl. some of the things I love about Hazie are....
1. I love her little mickey mouse voice
2. She is a perfectionist (like her dad)
3. She adores her Dad and loves to snuggle with him
4. She gives the sweetest kisses
5. Her pouty lip
6. Her self proclaimed princesshood
7. The way her head always gets stuck when putting her pajamas on
8. Her hazel eyes
9. The way she likes everything to match
10. Having her sweet spirit in our home
I love you Hazel
I love you Courtney.
I love the way you smile your sweet smile.
I love your want to be good.
I love how you have grown up to be responsible.
I love how you take charge of the other kids when mom has just had enough. then you come over and put your hand on mine and give me a look like, Mom everything will be okay.
I love when I go to pick you up for school you greet me with a hug
I love your long strawberry blond hair and freckles
I love that you try to be modest in everything that you wear
I love how silly you are
Courtney you are truly a blessing in my life. the lord knew that I needed you here on earth with me.
I love you.
mom
A few weeks ago my sister Liz posted a blog titled 100 things about me. I was so suprised how little I knew about her and her husband! She then asked me to do it....so here it goes.
1. My name is Jennifer Fae Ritchie
2. My favorite color is black
3. I don't like bananas, pudding, oatmeal, cold cereal, or icecream
4. I am married to my best friend Scott
5. This is my second marriage.
6. We have 2 children together and I have 2 from my previous marriage
7. I am a stay at home mom
8. I feel like I yell and chase kids all day long
9. I wouldn't change it for the world
10. I love to spend money, not on myself but on my kids
11. My husband dosen't trust me with the finances
12. My favorite food is the popcorn bag...yes, I love to lick all the butter off.
13. I enjoyed high school
14. I didn't do homework
15. I barely graduated
16. I have a testimony that the church is true
17. I have been in police custody twice
18. I am not proud of it.
19. I hate being suprised
20. I am an easy going person
21. My husband calls it lazy (he is a bit ocd)
22. I have a hard time doing something if someone tells me to do it
23. I don't know why
24. I want to be like my mom
25. I am far from it
26. I played the alto saxaphone for 7 years
27. I was a band geek...Jazz band, marching band, and pep band
28. I worked at Subway for 4 years
29. I still love eating there
30. I have never been in a fist fight
31. Someday I want to go to Figi and sleep in a grass hut
32. I have only flown in an airplane once.
33. I admire my husband
34. he makes me want to be a better person
35. I could fill up the rest of this with phobias I have
36. Woods, volcanos, water that you can't see the bottom, huge rocks, and my head being too close to the corner of the couch, to name a few
37. I hate getting my head wet, unless its in the shower
38. I HATE swimming suits
39. I clam up when I am in big groups of people
40. I once gave a talk on mothers day and got so nervous that 7 mins into it I said amen and sat down.
41. I hardly have any leg hair
42. I only shave every 5-6 months
43. I like to quilt even though I am not very good at it
44. I like taking pictures of my kids and people I know
45. I hate having my picture taken
46. I like angry rock music
47. I like to listen to it loud
48. When I was little I wanted braces so every night I would push on my teeth to make them crooked
49. I still have crooked teeth.
50. I have a horriable memory
51. this makes me terriable at fighting with my husband
52. I truly love my husbands family
53. I thankful that I only had sisters growing up
54. I love them and consider them some of my best friends
55. I compare my dad to Macgyver
56. he once fixed my saxaphone with a rubberband
57. I think his talent is amazing
58. I am a type 1 diabetic
59. I also have psoriasis
60. The only books I have read all the way through have been about Elvis
61. I love Elvis Presley
63. I am not an animal person
64. I once had a hamster named Sammy
65. I forgot to give him water and he died
66. I consider myself a loyal friend
67. I don't like horror movies
68. I don't like stories or movies about aliens
69. I don't watch rated R movies
70. I love washing the laundry
71. I hate folding the whites
72. I also hate the hang ups
73. I hate when people lie
74. I love leather, including the smell
75. My front two teeth are fake
76. I can do the wave with my tounge
77. I love when my husband holds my hand
78. my favorite cartoon is Gem and the Holograms from the 80's
79. I love diet pop for breakfast
80. It has been 10 years since I have drank milk
81. I hate how milky it is
82. I rarely feel stressed
83. I hope my kids have a testimony and stick by it throughout their lives
84. Money dosen't mean a whole lot to me
85. I live in my own little world
86. I have no interest in sports
87. I didn't know that an almond joy has almonds in it and a mounds dosen't until last year. ( It just never clicked)
88. I am horriable at writing thank you cards
89. I am always cold
90. Someday I want to go back to school and have a carrer
91. I will go on a mission with my husband
92. Someday I will own a house
93. I dream in color
94. I am proud of who I am
95. I have learned from my mistakes
96. I am suprised I found this many things about myself to talk about
97. My favorite flower is stargazer lily
98. I have the best life
99. I have the best family
100. I couldn't ask for more. ")
Well...there it is 100 things about me. you should all do it. It would be fun.
