99 Childhood Memories

I saw this on my friend Addie's blog a while ago and loved it. So of course I wanted to do it and here it is. A list of memories. I have so many and I know they'll come to me sporadically (can you tell I watched Clueless today...lol) so I'll just start with childhood memories and perhaps do more from different stages of my life later. So these are memories from before High School.


1. my Grandma Brown's cheese crisps- hers always tasted the best
2. my mom always giving me little prizes and notes just because she loved me
3. going to the lake and fishing with my dad and Patty like every other weekend
4. my Grandpa Bud making the best tire swing for us and playing with it for hours
5. building car cities (like matchbox cars) with my cousins and my cousin Amy always making the best "house" with the best "landscaping"
6. riding my bike with my brothers or friends all around the neighborhood all the time
7. sledding on the hill by our house and making big jumps at the bottom
8. building the best outdoor forts with my cousins
9. playing hide-and-go-seek in the dark in the big yellow house with my cousins
10. having 2 awesome Halloween parties with my friends and my mom's scary story about "Rose" and my step-dad coming up the stairs and scaring us all with panty hoes over his head and carrying a chainsaw
11. spending so much time at the bowling alley
12. playing soccer and my nickname being "Axe Lady" and "Tenacious" because I was awesome at defense and so aggressive
13. my mom always making my sleepovers so much fun by getting us tons of junk food and movies
14. playing Mall Madness and some other girly game I don't remember with Christy and the neighbor girls down the street
15. playing for hours with my barbies
16. singing and recording "Wind Beneath My Wings" on my karaoke machine for hours
17. going to the rodeo with my Grandpa and Grandma Brown and her letting me put on make-up... I caked it on so bad but I felt like a supermodel
18. Having awesome New Year's Eve parties
19. Alex's snow boots and Underdog cape
20. playing Tetris on our Super Nintendo for hours
21. my dog Gabby and all her awesomeness
22. having major Mario Kart tournaments with my brothers and Beau's friends
23. playing for hours on our trampoline
24. staying up with pure excitement on Christmas Eve and REALLY, truly believing in Santa Claus with all my heart
25. the same as above for Easter and with the Easter Bunny
26. going down to the valley and staying with my Willis Grandparents when they lived down here and going to a really fun Homemaking Night with my Grandma that was a special Grandma/Granddaughter night
27. going down to the Jr. High with Jessica Stewart and pretending we were making a music video for the song "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid
28. riding my bike to Safeway or the gas station with friends or cousins to get candy
29. riding my bike with my brothers or the neighbors to Mac's Ceramics to get candy
30. watching the good cartoons at my Grandma Brown's... Inspector Gadget, The Jetsons, The Flinstones, Alvin and the Chipmunks, etc.
31. my mom always making the best Halloween costumes for us- we never had store bought costumes
32. Gerald's chocolate chip pancakes
33. my mom or Gerald always coaching us in soccer or bowling and me loving that
34. doing the slip n' slide at my Grandma Brown's
35. taking my boom box to Elementary School and making up dances at recess
36. playing Chinese Jump Rope for hours
37. my huge troll collection
38. being part of the pog phenomenon
39. playing 4 square at recess in middle school
40. playing football with Chelsea and the boys and loving the attention from the boys during 6th grade recess
41. admiring and feeling so proud of my Grandma Holwick's artwork at the art gallery shows
42. watching America's Funniest Home Videos at my dad's house every Sunday
43. going on vacations to the "valley" with my family and always ordering Dominos delivery and staying at a motel where we could swim for hours
44. playing for hours on our trampoline
45. sleeping on our trampoline during the summers and sneaking down to the field in the middle of the night to play crack the whip and capture the flag
46. playing May I? with my family all the time and with my Grandma and cousins
47. my Grandpa Bud making the best salsa and me and my cousins just sitting around eating that with chips and talking for hours
48. my Grandma Holwick's grilled cheese finger sandwiches
49. lying on my Grandpa Holwick's big tummy when he laughed
50. playing with my Grandma Holwick's veins and super soft skin
51. going to El Rancho for my Grandpa Brown's birthday and him wearing the sombrero and me thinking that was so cool
52. my mom's awesome Family Home Evenings- they were rare but when we had them they were awesome... especially the lesson on Lehi's vision of the tree of life
53. my dad and Patty taking me to the carnival everytime it came to town
54. spending tons of time in the health and beauty department at Wal-Mart everytime we went there
55. when Rachelle took my to the KFC buffet for lunch and giving me this awesome gift basket
56. being SPOILED every Christmas, Easter, birthday and Valentine's Day
57. my mom and dad sending my flowers at school for every Valentine's Day and birthday
58. loving Mrs. Fox as my 4th and 6th grade teachers
59. having a blast as Sea Camp in 5th grade in San Diego
60. when my Grandpa Bud baptized me and had to do it 3 times because my feet kept popping up so then he had to stand on my feet
61. always being the only girl in all my Primary classes
62. loving Merrie Miss activities with Shaelynn and thinking she was the best teacher ever
63. sitting next to my grandparents and church and just feeling their love for me and the Spirit was always so strong
64. Gerald's grilled chicken- it was always the best and my favorite food
65. soccer tournaments in Tucson when I was on the boy's All-Star team and feeling so cool
66. going to Beau's Little League games and having so much fun and being so excited about getting something from the concession stand
67. playing dress up with my step-mom Patty's clothes and shoes
68. how fun our stick horse rodeo was for one of our Nikolaus family reunions
69. my mom being the best cook ever and me always loving her food
70. big Sunday breakfast with Belgian waffles and strawberries and whipped cream with bacon
71. having so much fun being on the track team and being pretty fast- loving being on the relay team with Mr. Hart training us and breaking the record
72. a fun field trip in 6th grade to Mrs. Fox's house
73. my Grandpa Bud's chicken croissant sandwiches, peanut butter fudge, caramels, kilbasa sausage dinner- he was always the best cook ever and he always made me anything I wanted when I wanted it
74. the blessing of living with my Willis grandparents
75. taking turn rubbing lotion on my Grandma Willis's feet with Janea
76. when my Willis grandparents lived at the Petrified Forest and managed the gift shop and having stayovers with my cousins and having so much fun- the treasure hunts and pairing up with Becca against Karly and Janea
77. Alex's Pirate birthday party and how awesome it was
78. all my fun birthday parties at Pat's Place
79. my fun birthday party at our blue trailer house
80. going down to the orange swings at the middle school and swinging for hours
81. sleepovers at Jessica Stewart's house
82. sleepovers at a bunch of other friend's houses
83. making tamales with my mom for different fundraisers
84. tucking my pants into my socks that were always coordinated with my outfit
85. krimping my hair
86. in Primary telling my teacher that my favorite movie was Terminator 2
87. loving going to the 4th of July parade every year
88. having so much fun taking family vacations with my dad and Patty to Wisconsin- roller skating, catching lightning bugs, cookouts, playing basketball, going to Six Flags
89. going up to Utah on the plane by myself for a Spring Break skiing trip and feeling so grown up
90. the toad at my Holwick grandparent's house that came back every year
91. taking a walk with my Grandma Holwick through her garden and feeling like I was in a dream because it was so beautiful
92. nature walks with my dad and Patty every Sunday
93. being ridiculously boy crazy
94. having Becca Allsop, Chelsea Brewer, Jessica Stewart for best friends
95. sticking up for my brothers when other boys picked on them no matter what
96. listening and belting out to my Debbie Gibson tapes for hours
97. playing house with my cousin Lindy every time she came over
98. when Gabby had puppies and remembering being amazed at how compassionate my mom was
99. feeling loved by so many family members

Thanks so much for that idea Addie. That was seriously so fun taking a walk down memory lane and enjoying remembering how fun my childhood was!