Since Aaron covered pretty much everything, all I have left to post for my first one is the 8 interesting things about myself.
1. I am the eldest of four children and the only girl. My younger brothers are ages 20, 10, and 9. They all live in Indiana, so I don’t get to see them as much as I would like to. My youngest brothers seem to be growing up so fast.
2. One of my goals in life is to become a naturalist or some form of outdoor educator. I had an internship with the Missouri Department of Conservation doing just that, but my career plans have been put on a temporary hold, as Northwestern Kansas is lacking in nature center.
3. I like to cook and bake. In fact I just made Banana Nut Bread the other night.
4. The first time I ever saw “real mountains” was last week on our honeymoon. I was pretty excited. We went up Pikes Peak which is over 14,000 feet tall. Unfortunately it was really cloudy when we went up, so we couldn’t really see anything other than the rocks at the top. At Rocky Mountain National Park we drove up Trail Ridge Road. It was very crowded and kind of scary, but it took us up to 12,000 feet.
5. I have been to only 2 other countries, Canada and Mexico. I would really like to go to New Zealand (thanks to Lord of the Rings…) and Europe to see castles and other sorts of cool ruins. Of course I would love to go to all of the different continents if I could. Traveling is one of the things that I would really love to do if money were no object.
6. In case anyone hasn’t noticed, I am a bit of a nerd…I really like Science fiction and some fantasy (like Lord of the Rings). When I was in middle school I was really (and I mean REALLY) into Star Trek. Little did I know that this would eventually lead to attracting a husband. I had always figured it would do the opposite, but who am I to complain?
7. I have really curly hair and so does Aaron…so if we had kids they, according to Aaron, would look like hobbits. Just hopefully minus the hairy feet.
8. Here is a mix of bits of info: I grew up most of my life on a dairy farm. I was home schooled through the middle school years (conveniently hiding the whole Star Trek thing). In high school I was very active doing Drama club, FFA, Spell Bowl, NHS, Literary magazine, Student council and ended up being student council president my senior year. In college I was not as active. I just mostly played (crappy, as Aaron calls them) video games, watching movies, and finding Aaron.
Well, thus ends my first post. Hopefully it wasn’t too dull.