25 Random Things About Me

Rules:Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to “write note” on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people, then click post.)

1. I LOVE doing make-up on people, yet my husband never wants to be a volunteer. Hmm Weird.
2. I have always been really outgoing, quite the opposite of shy, but I have a SERIOUS fear of public speaking!!It scares me TO DEATH!
3. I somehow managed to chip my tooth while sewing a couple of summers ago. Now that I think of it, I have some very bad experiences from sewing. If a button fell off a shirt, I wouldn't even know what to do, I'm THAT awful. It's really sad.
4. Got an infection from a pedicure (shameful), had to go to 2 different doctors, was in horrible pain and couldn't walk. Then I had to meet with Elder Zwick of the Quorum of the Seventy, who married us, the next morning still WAY out of it from the pain medicine the Doc gave me. I practically limped into church office headquarters, and then got a gushing bloody nose during the prayer. He probably wondered what in the world Chris was getting himself into! Ended up having to have my toenail removed from a Pediatrist TWO days before my wedding! Be careful when you get a pedicure!!
5. I keep a journal on my computer in hopes that someday my children will read it and appreciate it! HA!
6. I drink blue powerade every day. For lots of power.
7. I call my mom probably like 5 times a day, for no reason, just to chat. She's the bomb.
8. My husband wakes up mad at me at least once a week for things I apparently did to him in his dreams??
9. I could live off of tomatoes with cottage cheese, strawberry fruit popsicles, and tomato juice. This is no joke.
10. I have to be like 10 minutes early to EVERYTHING or I almost have an anxiety attack!
11. I slept on the Great Wall of China in a sleeping bag, but didn't really sleep since I all I could think about was the mouse I could hear!
12. I could honestly probably vomit on command since I have been pregnant.
13. I have a strange, but significant ability to memorize useless facts & could probably tell you weird things that you wouldn't think I'd remember about you. Or friends Social Security #'s. Not mentioning any names. Don't worry I won't steal your identity, Ang.
14. I'm guaranteed the biggest country music fan EVER and honestly probably wouldn't even recognize the new and popular songs right now that are not country.
15. I CANNOT STAND the taste, smell, or texture of CANTELOUPE!!!!!!!!
16. I sleep in my coat quite often. Started this habit in China when I was FREEEEEEEEZING.
17. I love to run and have a tendency to sometimes run far far to several freeways and back. I miss running.
18. I really want to play the piano right now.
19. I miss playing soccer everyday.
20. My house has to be really clean or else I stress out every day until it is.
21. Favorite TV Show is Unsolved Mysteries, but I can't stand scary movies. I think they are dumb.
22. I have to be in the mood to want to go to the mall and shop. Seriously, what girl is like that?
23. I think one of the best ways to spend a saturday morning is looking at model homes for fun!
24. I have the best family and friends in the world!
25. I never do these little post things & gave in. Am glad to be DONE! Only took me 10 minutes to figure out to how to post it even though it's in the instructions!

Playing Catch Up....

Been quite a busy month, seriously don't even know where to begin, but here goes...

This has been quite a bitter-sweet past month. First of all, we had such a blast in England over Christmas break...hanging with Chris's relatives, exploring London, ate way too much English Chocolatey goodness, saw Wicked and Les Mis, spent new years eve in the famous Trafalga Square, never missed an opportunity to throw up on every train ride (this is me, of course), shopping in the BEST malls/stores EVER. period. I've decided England just has the U.S. one up on the whole fashion thing. Anyway, I loved every minute of England, the villages, and getting acquainted with my cute hubby's hometown for a couple of weeks! We LOVED hanging out with our favorite couple Chris's cousin Sam and his prego wife, Steph! It's a match made in heaven for the four of us, I'm thinking we must have done something right to have such great friends. I wish I would have snapped some more pictures, but I honestly was more focused on refraining from vomiting on everyone and everything around me.....not even joking. I've just been really blessed with the whole ENTIRE pregnancy sickness. That's ok, I know she's gonna be a cutie pie. Moving along...England was great, family was great, and the flight home was wonderful...business class for FREE is not too shabby, right?

Next...Wedded Bliss! My older brother Austin was married to Megan Wade on January 23 in the Bountiful temple. The ceremony, breakfast, and reception were all beautiful....I just don't know how pregnant brides do that. I was pooped after the ceremony. They are unthawing from this cold weather in the carribean right now....what a hard life. Happy to have Meg in our family, she makes a HOTTTT wife for Austy...haha! But really, Austin needs a babysitter sometimes..... ; )

And finally...Called to Serve! Chris's younger brother Sam received his mission call to the California San Jose mission, leaving a quick two weeks later...this past Weds. Sam (or Samson as I like to call him)...is the best guy you will ever meet. A whopping 6'8 ft, but seriously a gentle giant. He would do ANYTHING for his family and friends and it was really hard to say goodbye to him. He is so protective of all of us ladies in the Munday family (and by all, I mean all THREE of us), amongst MANY, MANY boys. I've been going through Sam withdrawals. But believe me, the California San Jose mission will remember Elder Munday!

We've been able to spend lots of time with family over the course of the month and being as that is one of my favorite things,I'm quite happy. And thanks to my parents and sister for painting my nursery for me everything is finallycoming together. I'm excited to say there are only 2 1/2 LONG months left! A couple of weeks after she is born, we'll be moving to Virginia Beach again for the summer, so the craziness never stops for our family...but life is great! XOXO

Just a little reminder.....

To please send me your e-mail if you haven't already. I am still missing some e-mails and I really just don't want to cut you off like that!!! just kidding, but no, I really want to make sure I get all your e-mails. Will be making the blog private as soon as I possibly can. Thanks, friends and I hope the holiday was wonderful for you too!

Going Private.....

I don't like that I have to be worried about what I post....BUT... there are a lot of weirdos out there. so I've decided to make this a private blog. I love seeing what old friends are up to and keep posted on everyone's lives so leave your e-mail address please so we can still be friends! If you don't want to leave your e-mail on the blog, send it to my e-mail.....emileeLC16@yahoo.com.

Thanks, or if we want to speak China English....'Sank you, sank you'....................haha
all for you, Jenna & Alli.

Thanksgiving and my WaCky FaMiLy.......

Don't we look beautiful? I happen to think so. Being as this year my family won't be able to make Christmas Eve at my Grandparents and Chris and I will be in England we decided to carry on our tradition of Christmas Bingo on Thanksgiving night instead! We've been playing this game for as long as I can remember. The best part is every time you get bingo you get to pick a present out of the middle ....who wouldn't want to play right? Once all the gifts are gone you can steal them from anyone else....even better? yes. And if you thought that was it you are wrong.........there is always a poopy diaper! So choose wisely! They are just random gifts, treats, etc.....ironically enough my Grandma decided to put a pregnancy test in one of the like 30 gifts......and with my whole ONE gift....guess gets that? I think you get the idea. It was like Deja Vu. Dang. I just realized I should've gotten a picture of that. Anywho, this year we all got Santa hats to make this beautiful family portrait. I personally think it should be a Christmas card, but whatev! I find the bottom picture hilarious. A big PLUS size bra in one of the gifts....who would have thought it serves an excellent purpose as a hat for 2?

We leave to England on Friday for the next 2 weeks. We will be spending Christmas with Chris's family/extended family and new years eve in London. Chris's parents have a home less than an hour outside of London in a place called Kent where Chris basically grew up. Although, I will be having a blast because I love his family, I will definitely miss and be thinking of mine...first year without them! Isn't this the best time of year? Hope everyone has a wonderful, safe, and great holiday spending time with ones they love! Wishin everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

* FESTIVAL OF TREES *

Every year when I was younger, my mom and grandma would check my sister and I out of school to go to the Festival of Trees for a day. I always loved looking at the trees, reading the stories, eating the delicious treats, and the whole purpose of the Festival. Well, I haven't been since I was probably in jr. high since I moved to Cali soon after so I went with my Grandma this year. A- I LOVE my grandma, she is the very best, most energetic, spunky, fun lady you'll ever meet. don't believe me? Ask my husband! She plays ping pong like a champ!
B-I wish my mom and sister could have been there : ( and C- the spirit of the festival is every bit as great as I remember as a kid. I even ended up going back the next day with my mother/sister in-law. But of course you can't leave without a buttery, fatty, and sugary scone! Ah, what do I care, I am going to get fatter right now anyways! I love the festival of trees!

Journals!!

Even though, I haven't always been very faithful about keeping a journal my Dad has totally inspired me to. He has kept a journal for 30+ years and although, he thinks no one has read any of his entries, I have, many times as a teenager, and it is such a blessing and has touched me to be able to read the sweet words he has written about our family, memories he has treasured in his life, his testimony, etc. It brought tears to my eyes every stinkin' time. This has helped me realize the importance of keeping record so that our children, grandchildren, and every following generation, etc can read of our life's experiences. President Kimball says..."And in that glorious day when our families are together in the eternities, we will already be acquainted” If your like me, one of the main reasons I procrastinated was because of having to hand write so much! So, like my dad I have been keeping a journal on the computer, and saving it to an external drive. He prints off his journals in increments of 3 years and places them in a labeled binder. I love my parents very much and decided that this was something I wanted to carry on for my children. I hope that my children will appreciate my journal in years to come and if nothing else, know that I have a testimony of our Savior, and love them! I think this is is a great idea and encourage all who do not keep a journal to do so! It's a great way to remind yourself of all your many blessings. Thanks, Dad!

Hope everyone had a wonderful, safe Thanksgiving Holiday!

Wedding Bells....

I also totally meant to congratulate my older brother, Austin, and Megan for getting engaged a few weeks ago. They are getting married Jan. 23 in the Bountiful temple. Couldn't have picked a better girl for Austin myself. We love Meg and are way excited for her to be part of the crazy fam! I just hope she knows what she is getting herself into!

On a side note.... I thought this old picture of Austin was suiting since it is game day! .....GO COUGARS!

It's a............

GIRL!!!!! Don't have much time to write, but just wanted to share with all my blogger buddies!! Bring on the fluff, and frill, cuteness, and girlyness...I'm ready!!! love to all...xoxo