Kim's Answers

1.  What do you know now that you wish you would have known years ago?  

      That people like me because I am me.  To borrow from the words of Dr. Seuss: 

Be who you are and say what you feel

because those who mind don’t matter

and those matter don’t mind. 

2.  What is the greatest lesson you learned from Mom and Dad?  

That nothing can be accomplished without hard work and when you work hard, things will work out for the best, even if they don’t go exactly how you planned. 

3. In what ways are you the same as Mom and Dad?  

      I think I got my worrying gene from Dad and my scatter-brain syndrome from Mom.  But I also got their work ethic, love for home and family, and the Gospel.

       
4. What do you miss from our childhood days?  

      The simplicity of life; there wasn’t as much to distract us and I think we were better off. 

5. What is one of your best Christmas memories?  

Driving around in the Astro van and looking at the Christmas lights and of course shouting “CHRISTMAS LIGHTS” every time we saw a house with lights on it.  I am sure this wasvery fun for Mom and Dad and not at all nerve-racking. 

6. Which traditions do you want to carry on for your own family?  

      Playing games outside during the summer

      Teaching my children how to cook and mow lawns

      Eat chili and breadsticks on Halloween before going trick-or-treating

      Putting the Christmas Tree up the day after Thanksgiving

      Having the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday

      Disney, Disney, Disney

      Reading books out-loud 

7.  Share your testimony.

      I know that God is my loving Father in Heaven and that His plan is perfect. I know that Jesus Christ is my Advocate and my Redeemer.  He understands me perfectly and understands my needs better than I do.  I know that His gospel was restored through Joseph Smith and that he was a prophet of God.  I know that the Book of Mormon is a true testament of Jesus Christ.  I know that President Monson is God’s mouthpiece on earth and that he is a prophet, seer and revelator.  I know that Heavenly Father and the Savior are in the details of my life and that They love me perfectly and completely.