Amy, who I adore, awarded me this lovely award. So, just for her, I will give it a try. Here are the rules and the deal.

1. Present this award to 4 others whose blogs you find brilliant in content and/or design or those who have encouraged you.

2. Tell those people that have been awarded the HONEST SCRAP AWARD and inform them of these guidelines in receiving the award.

3. Share “10 honest things” about yourself.

Here are the 10 Honest Things.

(I am writing this after only 4 hours of sleep - I went to the midnight showing of New Moon, sorry if I don't make sense or begin to ramble...)

1. I Cry... Ever since my friend, Joanna, took me to see Stepmom (the SADDEST movie with Julia Roberts) right after Ry was born (literally it was the first time I had been out without him or Joel) - I CRY, it totally ruined me... Now I cry during movies, I cry during movie trailers, I even cry during Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

2. I like the middle... I am the middle child, I like sitting in the middle of a group of friends, I like the middle of cake and brownies, I like the middle of the bed - sorry Joel -, and I like the middle of the road - well...don't really like it, but I end up there anyway!

3. I am an expensive employee... I work for my Brother, Brent. He owns his own plumbing company and I take care of payroll and all other bookkeeping. His office is in his house. So every day I pretty much have free rein over his house while everyone is gone during the day! I take things, lol... Most days it is something small like a drink, a Pepsi or some Orange Juice, sometimes I help myself to Breakfast or if Christi's Aunt Vera is there, she makes me lunch! But then there are days that I don't want to go to the store, so I take home stuff for dinner, lol - I KNOW! THEY LOVE ME!! Right at the moment I am trying REALLY hard not to take home their cat, Gordo. I love Gordo and think he needs to come home with me!

p.s. Christi, I am going to bring back that necklace ;)

4. He's not mine... I need to stop claiming my sister's little boy, Bodee, as my own... When we go out and about together people think that he looks a lot like Ry, same blond hair and big blue eyes, so they figure he is mine! I love it....my sister, however, not so much :( I drives her crazy! She should feel honored because, trust me, there are some kids I would never consider claiming as my own.

5. I am terrible at LAUNDRY... I hate sorting it, I hate putting it in the wash machine, I hate trying to remember to put it in the dryer, I hate folding it.... but I do. What I don't do is put it way, I fold it and leave it down stairs thinking that my cute little family will take it up to their rooms, but NO... Apparently they think it is easier to come down stairs every morning to pick out what to wear and since I very rarely go down stairs - except when I watch soaps while folding the laundry that I hate - it doesn't bother me! I would much rather go up stairs and curl up with a good book while they watch TV down stairs...with the laundry :)

6. Children, Children, Children... I wish I would have thought about having another baby while Ky was still in the diaper stage. Once both of my kids where out of that stage we got use to the convenience of them being older, so when we did talk about having another one, when Ky was 4 almost 5, we decided not to go back to all the delightful things a baby brings. Now I get baby hungry all the time... Susie is having another one and I can't wait!

7. My hate how small my house is... When we bought our house Joel and I both worked full-time and we never thought we would raise our kids here, to close to a busy street - it would be our starter home. Four months later I became pregnant....NOT PLANNED. But we both had decided even before we got married that once we started our family that I would stay home. So I quit my job... YIKES!! Now that we could afford to move, we LOVE our ward, love most of our neighbors, and like the schools - life is good. So here we are, in my SMALL house until my kids graduate and leave home - but then I won't need a bigger house, so.....

8. I hate voicemail... I will rarely leave a message for anyone and hardly ever listen to my messages, at the moment I have 27 messages that I'm sure I will just delete. If you really need to get a hold of me you can text me, send me a message on facebook (which will text me) or better yet, just call back later! I am seriously considering changing my recording to: HI! You have reached Heidi, I'm not available right now so call back later!!

9. I love listening to my kids. There is nothing better than listening to them interact together when they don't know I am there or that I am listening. Ry loves to make her giggle and it's adorable. Right now they are playing Uno together in another room...very cute :D Unfortunately it won't be long before I hear Ky start yelling "Monkey Butt, YOU SUCK!" at him. Trust me, I have told her a thousand times to stop saying that!!!

10. I thought I couldn't love my husband any more than I already did on the day I married him, but...I was wrong. I love him a little bit more and more everyday, he is absolutely amazing and absolutely perfect...for me ;)

I would like to bestow this honor on the following:

Shawna S.
Robin S.
Heidi M.
Michelle G.

Anyone else that reads this and wants to do it, I would love to see you squirm.