25 Memories

Since today is my last day of being 25, I thought I would list 25 things that happened in my 25th year.

1.  Feb, went snowboarding for the first time
2.  Feb. 19th, Travis proposed to me
3.  March, Went to my first NCAA game in Colorado
4.  April, Went to Conference at the Conference Center
5.  May, Took engagement pictures
6.  May, Lizzy came to visit
7.  June, Successfully completed my first year of teaching
8.  June, Built a fort and had a sleepover with Brooke
9.  June, Moved away from Utah forever
10. July 9th, Married the most amazing man in the world!
11.  July, Went on my first cruise
12.  July, Missed my annual family reunion for the first time since 2000
13.  July, Had receptions in Oregon and Georgia
14.  July, Moved to Ohio
15.  August, Travis totaled his car
16.  August, I learned how to cook
17.  August, Visited Cincinnati for the first time
18.  September,  Started working as a substitute (working on getting my Ohio teaching license)
19.  September, Got called into the Young Women's Presidency
20.  October, Went to Chicago for the first time
21.  October, Dressed up as Rapunzel
22.  November, Visited my Granny and Papaw in North Carolina
23.  November, Went home for Thanksgiving for the first time since 2004
24.  December,  Got hit head-on and totaled our 2nd car. 
25.  December, Had my first Christmas as a married woman

It has been an amazing year!  These are just a few of the memories that I have from being 25.  Hopefully 26 will be just as amazing! 

Lazy

This is how I feel today:

Good thing it is still Christmas Break!

Electronic Christmas

I have finally started catching up with the rest of the world as far as electronics goes, but apparently not as much as I thought.  I will prove my point with pictures.  For Christmas...

Dad got a Flat Screen TV and an Apple TV:

 Mom got a Kindle Fire:

 Travis got Wireless Speakers:

 Nathan got a Nook and a Power Pad:  (I only have this picture though.  We got him this awesome sleeping bag.)

 Andrew got a DS and and iPod touch:

 AND...I got a Coach Purse. 

No electronics for me.  Maybe one day I will join the rest of the world in the electronic obsession.  For now, my phone and computer are good enough.

Bad Luck

When Travis married me, I don't think he realized that he would get some of the Broadhead Bad Luck genes.  Let me explain.  Earlier this year, my dad was rear-ended and it totaled his car.  The same week, he was driving his truck and got rear-ended again.  My mom has also been rear-ended recently, but it did not total the car.  Then you may remember this post from August when Travis got rear-ended and totaled his car.  Well, the bad luck has struck again...this time in the front.

 

Let me tell you the story.  Travis and I were headed down to Georgia to visit my parents for Christmas.  We left right after Travis got home and would be arriving about 1 in the morning.  Little did we know the change of plans.  About 2 hours south of Dayton, we decided to stop and take a potty break.

We were preparing to enter back onto the highway and pulled into the left turn lane.  The next thing I knew, there was a crash.  When I came to my senses, I realized that we were just in a head on collision.  I looked at Travis and asked if he was ok.  He said yes and asked if I was.  I said yes.  I jumped out of the car and asked the girls in the other car if they were ok.  They were fine. 

So, what did happen?  We were in the left turn lane about to get on the highway.  The girls were just getting off the highway and turning in our direction.  Instead of turning into their lane, they turned into ours.  Thankfully I did not see it coming.  I probably would have flipped out. 

We have soreness and I have a couple bruises, but everyone is ok.  Seriously, it was the craziest thing ever.  It happened so fast.  I didn't even see the airbag deploy.  Cars are pretty remarkable.  

This is where my head hit the windshield.  Haha...just kidding.  I don't know how it cracked.  Maybe the impact of me hitting the airbag??  I have a red spot on my forehead from it.  

Here is the other car.  We think it is a Chevy Ridgeline.  It was pretty bad too.  They were able to drive off though.

 At the junk yard getting all our stuff and saying goodbye.  (We think it is totaled)

 Another angle.  Travis could only open his door halfway.

We ended up spending the night at the hotel right across the street.  We were even given a ride by the police officer.  He had a decal in the window that said "Gotcha!"  We thought it was funny and the officer laughed and said not everyone that rides in the back of his car thinks it is funny.  It was an eventful night.   

Projectile

Warning:  Not for the faint of heart

Last night, Travis and I were over at a friend's house.  I love her two little boys.  They are the most adorable little things ever.  One is 4 and the other is 2.  The two year old sat on my lap most of the night playing on my phone and talking to me.  After putting my phone away, he started to just cuddle with me.  Well, all of the sudden, he just started to throw up.  I just held him and tried to catch it in his blanket.  I was kind of shocked and Travis just laughed at the situation.  His mom immediately came over and tried to help out.  She was going to take him, but he was covered so I said I would take him up to the bath.  She was so embarrassed and felt horrible.  It was really no big deal.  I just felt bad for the little guy.  After I put him down, I surveyed the damaged done to me.  Somehow he got me all the way down to my toes.  The good news?  I saved the couch and floor from any damage.  I guess my migraines taught me how to handle throw up.

After that happened, another couple that was over there joked around saying that it was just a test to see if I would be ready to have kids.  Apparently he didn't realize that I have been around kids my whole life and have been in situations like this before.

Speaking of kids, I have had some fun experiences with the classes that I have substituted for lately.  Last week one of the kids threw a chair and pouted in the corner (1st grade).  Today I had a boy run out of the gym, across the stage, down the hall, around the corner and halfway down the other hall before I caught him (preschool).  It has been crazy. 

iPhone and Lessons Learned

On Black Friday, I finally joined the rest of the world and got a smartphone.  After much deliberating, I finally decided on the iPhone 4.  I loved it and instantly became reliant on it.  Just one week after purchasing it, my phone decided to commit suicide and jump into the toilet.  I don't even know how it happened, but it did.  I let out a yell/gasp while diving into the toilet to get it.  I have never used such fast reflexes before, or been so willing to stick my hand in the toilet.  I dried it off as quickly as I could.

 Then, not knowing that you are supposed to turn it off immediately, I decided to test it to see if it worked still.  The first button I pressed was the camera button.  Good news!  It worked.  Oh wait...now the touch screen won't work.  I am trying to get it off while Travis is fixing a bag of rice.  We decide to put it in the rice just turned on.  We have no other options.  Now is the hard part.  Time to wait.  I sit.  I say a little prayer (or ten). I hold the rice bag in my hand.  Finally it is time for bed.  Maybe it will be better in the morning.

The next morning came and it won't turn on.  I say another prayer.  I decide not to plug it in yet so that I don't fry the internal system.  We go out shopping and run some errands.  Finally that night I decide to plug it in.  It turns on, but the touch screen won't work.  There is no apparent water damage on the screen though.  I want to cry, but I still have hope.  I say another prayer and promise Heavenly Father that I will read my scriptures everyday if he fixes my touchscreen.

It is Sunday now.  I try my phone again and guess what?!  The touchscreen works!  Laugh if you want, but I have read my scriptures everyday.  A promise is a promise.  The only problem is that the phone won't stay on unless it is plugged in.  So, I have to take it to the Apple Store.  That is bad news because they don't cover water damage.  My hopes are still high.

We went to Apple yesterday and guess what?!  I GOT A NEW PHONE!!!  I wanted to hug the guy I was so happy!  He said there was water damage, but he said since it was only a week old they could make an exception.  His manager would override it.  I am so grateful he was nice to me and I do not take my phone for granted anymore.

Lessons Learned:
1.  Phones+Toilets=No Bueno  (I don't take it into my bathroom anymore)
2.  Heavenly Father answers prayers, even if they are materialistic
3.  Travis doesn't love me as much as my dad does-He said that if I had to buy a new phone, I would have to save up my money and buy it myself (we give ourselves a monthly allowance).  Dad would have given in.  :)
4.  I need to be more cautious with my things.
5.  You get blessings when you read your scriptures.