Stephenson Family

Becca

I have had some friends share with me lists of “100 Things” about themselves and have wondered if I could come up with that many things about myself.  Here are “100 Things About Me:”

1. I’m the oldest of 5 children
2. Have 1 brother and 3 sisters
3. Grew up as an Air Force ‘brat’
4. Have lived in 12 states – 2 of them twice
5. I get nervous in the dark – Am I too old to be afraid of the dark?
6. Always asked for a horse growing up for every holiday and birthday – never got one though
7. Very accident-prone growing up
8. Have inflicted wounds on all my siblings from being accident prone but never hurt myself . . . hmm
9. Not true! I did shut my elbow in the car door once and Dad made me a sling because I thought it was broken – an x-ray said it was just bruised
10. Was on the swim team in middle school
11. Afraid of deep water (yea, weird), especially when you can’t see what’s below you (like at the lake or ocean)
12. Ran track and cross-country in middle school and half of high school
13. Took our family van around the block before I could drive when my mom said I couldn’t go to my friend’s farewell party
14. Steered our car (without a license) while Mom shifted the gears to take my sister and her friends to practice at school (Mom had just gotten her eyes dilated and couldn’t drive)
15. Took life-saving courses but never worked as a lifeguard
16. Involved in fatal car accident when my friend was driving us home from track practice in high school – cut my running career short J
17. Had an ‘out of body experience’? – most blame it on the concussion I had but I don’t remember any of it except for stories people told me – I told them I was running alongside the car and then went to try to get help
18. Mom had surgery on her foot the same day of my accident so she was laid up at home while I was laid up in the hospital – not a fun time to be without your mom
19. Received my driving license with a cast on my leg – good thing I didn’t have to take the driving part of the test
20. Had mono my senior year of high school
21. Went to school only in the afternoons for about 6 weeks until my mono was under control
22. Backed our family’s car into a light pole when trying to leave high school one day – with friends I was taking home
23. Played French horn in BYU marching band for 2 years
24. Met my husband at BYU
25. Never had spoken to Chris until he approached me to ask me out – had never met him, although knew who he was
26. We waited 4 weeks to get engaged – on the first day of finals!
27. Apart all summer before we got married (except for one weekend meeting his family and one weekend Chris coming to meet my family)
28. Have taken college courses at 3 different colleges (BYU, Sac State, Sierra Comm. College)
29. Was a nanny while I was pregnant with our 1st child
30. Graduated from BYU doing independent study in Business while I was pregnant with my THIRD child!
31. Have 4 children – one boy and three girls
32. First birth was a C-section
33. Last 3 births were VBACs (loved them!)
34. First 2 children were born in CA
35. 3rd baby was born in NV
36. 4th baby was born in NJ
37. Fast labors and deliveries with VBACs
38. Used to want 5 or 6 children – think 4 is just fine J
39. Used to think I was a patient person – then I had kids – then I started homeschooling them!
40. So, yes, I homeschool my kiddos
41. Love making and checking off lists
42. I’m a ‘planner’, not a spur-of-the-moment person
43. I like to follow as opposed to lead but I like things done a certain way
44. I am a ‘home-body’ – would rather be at home than out
45. Love being organized
46. Love a clean house
47. Want to be creative – I’m a good ‘borrower’ of ideas
48. I love to bake
49. I help my daughter bake bread for her ‘bread business’
50. I wish I was a good scrapbooker
51. I used to be a morning person
52. Now definitely a night person – the only time I get anything done!
53. I stress about anything and everything J
54. I don’t like seafood
55. I am always afraid for my kids
56. Not a city-person – found that out when we drove up to our first apartment in Jersey City
57. But, we still spent a year there until we moved out to the ‘suburbs’
58. I don’t like shopping
59. I don’t like to spend money
60. I like to make things with my hands – sew, craft, etc.
61. I love the smell of vanilla
62. I love the smell of bread baking
63. I don’t care for chocolate unless it has something with it
64. I love coconut
65. I love white chocolate
66. My favorite holiday is Christmas
67. I will be happily married for 10 years this year!
68. I don’t feel old enough to be married for that long
69. I can’t believe I’ll be 30 this year
70. I wish I would have taken choir or voice lessons in school
71. Took 2 organ classes at BYU to fill up my schedule
72. Didn’t think I’d be using what I learned in those classes but this is the 3rd time I’ve been a church organist (or stand-in substitute)
73. I have never been pulled over by the police
74. I had never gotten any tickets until moving to NJ (yes, I’ve gotten 2 parking tickets)
75. I have gotten a lot more outgoing in the last 3 years
76. I love snow – it makes the cold worth it
77. I love to travel
78. Have been to China and Hong Kong with Chris
79. Still have a bookmark I got when I was little when my family took a trip to England
80. Have always wanted to live overseas
81. I love to read, but haven’t had the time
82. I really like the color blue –like a country blue
83. I love to hold sleeping babies
84. I don’t care for pancakes – waffles are okay
85. Since being pregnant, I have trouble eating things off of bones (no chicken legs for me!)
86. My favorite day of the week is Friday because I have all weekend to look forward to
87. I had little fashion sense until I got married
88. We haven’t subscribed to cable (or any type of TV) for 5 years – don’t miss it!
89. I enjoy a good ‘chick-flick’ but can’t say I really have a favorite
90. I love it when Chris cooks – the food always tastes better when you don’t have to make it
91. Want to go on a church mission with Chris when our kids are grown
92. My favorite months are February and December
93. I wish we were closer to our families but I think we appreciate them more when they are far away
94. I love to watch my children enjoy their activities
95. I love to see my children do something nice for someone without being asked – makes me feel like we’re doing something right
96. Have gotten more nervous with heights as I’ve gotten older
97. The friend I’ve kept in contact with the longest is a friend I had in 3rd grade when we lived in upstate New York
98. We even went to her wedding when we moved back to New York for Chris to go to graduate school at Cornell
99. I loved living in Ithaca, NY with all its waterfalls and beautiful views
100. I have been in or through all the states of the United States but 3