How Old Were You When You Moved Out Of Your Parents Home?
I don’t ever remember wanting to go to any University other than BYU. It is the only school I applied to and in my mind there was no doubt that I would be accepted. I left home in late August, just after my eighteenth birthday, and that is basically the day I left home. I returned home from school in April, applied for my mission, and left on my mission August 18th (I believe). From that time, any time I came home it was a visit, I no longer lived there.
After my mission I returned home in late August, reported my mission in Cardston 1st Ward the first Sunday and the next Sunday in Leavitt Ward and then I left for Edmonton (to meet my future wife).
What Is A Food You Hated As A Child, And How Do You Feel About It Now?
There is only one food that I have ever hated. Actually, hated isn’t the right word for it, I don’t hate it but I get no pleasure out of eating it and that is green beans.
And then one day on my mission, while serving in Turnhout, we came home for the one meal a day we were allowed to eat and it was the other companionships turn to cook. They had very little food and I was starved. To my dismay, the vegetable they had was green beans. They had a huge bowl of green beans and I was so hungry that I ate my fill of green beans and I enjoyed it.
I didn’t realize it at the time, but my mom always froze her beans and even to this day frozen green beans are dissappointing to me. Canned green beans, however, may actually be my favorite vegetable. In our food storage we have more cans of green beans that of anything else. I think we must have close to a hundred cans of green beans.
I guess I do have to admit that I still think bread and milk is disgusting.
Which Is Your Favorite Holiday And Why?
I think my favorite holiday is Thansgiving because it is a time when family comes together and visits and plays and eats but it doesn’t have all the commercialization that Christmas has. If it wasn’t so commerciallized then Christmas would probably be my favorite holiday.
If we are only talking about the meaning of the holiday, then I would have to say Easter because we are celebrating the resurrection of Christ and his atonement for us.
In reality, anything that can bring my kids home, is my favorite holiday.
Were You Naughty Or Well Behaved?
This is a tough one to answer. I was always obedient and rarely disobeyed a direct request. I probably argued and whined, and did my best to change my parents mind on requests that I didn’t want to do but I was obedient.
At the same time, I did many things that anyone would considered naughty. My parents just didn’t know about them. I have a book full of things that I did that were “naughty”, but I will only list a few examples here.
- threw rocks and broke street lights and birds
- released pigions and sparrows in the high school gymnaseum
- stole strawberries from the neighbors garden
- put touch powder in peoples lockers
- set off firecrackers in a campground in the middle of the night
What Mischievous Act Did You Do When Young?
See above
Did You Have A Favorite Toy?
Other than my bike, which may not actually be considered a toy, I have the fondest memories of “Billy Blastoff”. Billy was a little astronaught and you put batteries in him and he would power any vehicle you put him in. I think this picture may be exactly what I had.
In addition to Billy Blastoff I also had several Tonka Trucks that I drove into the ground.
When You Were Young, Were You Shy Or Outgoing, Popular Of Average?
When I was young I was deathly shy and I was far less than average in popularity. I rarely dwelt on it however and I was more than happy to just do my own thing.
What Scared You As A Child?
I don’t remember being scare of anything as a child. Sometimes when I had to go downstairs I would imagine what nasty things might be down there. The light switch to turn on the light was downstairs so you had to go down in the dark and find the switch to turn it on.
I would imagine a burgler or maybe even a dead body but it didn’t really scare me and I knew in my head that it wasn’t possible. They were just weird thoughts that would go through my young mind and I would never hesitate to go downstairs because of them.
Who Were Your Childhood Heros?
I was going to say that I had no childhood heros. I wasn’t into sports or movies of any of that stuff but as I thought about it I guess “James Tiberius Kirk” would have to be my childhood hero. He may even be my adult hero.
What Is Your Most Embarrassing Moment As A Child?
Do I really have to answer this question? Fine, for the sake of my posterity I will do it but please be kind.
I was six years old, in first grade and riding a bus to school because we still lived on the farm. As I mentioned above, I was less than average popularity but on this bus I was the youngest kid there and often teased. One day on our way home from school I really had to go to the bathroom. This wasn’t just urinate but I had to deficate badly. I held it in as best as I could but finally I pooped my pants.
We were almost home so gratefully I had a good chance of getting off the bus before anyone noticed. I got up to get off the bus and to my horror I saw my poop fall out the bottom of my pant leg. I quickly kicked it under a bench and rushed off the bus. Nobody ever said anything so I hope nobody ever noticed it. Even to this day when I think of this experience my face flushes.
Since we’re talking about this bus, let me tell you another embarassing story but one that makes me smile when I think back on it. I was sitting on a bench next to an older girl. I picture her in my head as an older girl but she was probably in second or third grade. The big nasty boys (probably fifth graders) where taunting me telling me to give her a kiss. Finally (I really don’t know why) I leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. She didn’t seem to mind.
What Is One Of The Most Significant Hardships You Had To Endure As A Child?
I can’t remember anything from my youth that I would consider a hardship.
Anything Special Or Unique You Remember From Your Childhood That You Want To Share?
When I was young I was deathly shy and I was far less than average in popularity. I rarely dwelt on it however and I was more than happy to just do my own thing.
What Scared You As A Child?
I don’t remember being scare of anything as a child. Sometimes when I had to go downstairs I would imagine what nasty things might be down there. The light switch to turn on the light was downstairs so you had to go down in the dark and find the switch to turn it on.
I would imagine a burgler or maybe even a dead body but it didn’t really scare me and I knew in my head that it wasn’t possible. They were just weird thoughts that would go through my young mind and I would never hesitate to go downstairs because of them.
Who Were Your Childhood Heros?
I was going to say that I had no childhood heros. I wasn’t into sports or movies of any of that stuff but as I thought about it I guess “James Tiberius Kirk” would have to be my childhood hero. He may even be my adult hero.
What Is Your Most Embarrassing Moment As A Child?
Do I really have to answer this question? Fine, for the sake of my posterity I will do it but please be kind.
We were almost home so gratefully I had a good chance of getting off the bus before anyone noticed. I got up to get off the bus and to my horror I saw my poop fall out the bottom of my pant leg. I quickly kicked it under a bench and rushed off the bus. Nobody ever said anything so I hope nobody ever noticed it. Even to this day when I think of this experience my face flushes.
Since we’re talking about this bus, let me tell you another embarassing story but one that makes me smile when I think back on it. I was sitting on a bench next to an older girl. I picture her in my head as an older girl but she was probably in second or third grade. The big nasty boys (probably fifth graders) where taunting me telling me to give her a kiss. Finally (I really don’t know why) I leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. She didn’t seem to mind.
What Is One Of The Most Significant Hardships You Had To Endure As A Child?
I can’t remember anything from my youth that I would consider a hardship.
Anything Special Or Unique You Remember From Your Childhood That You Want To Share?
I have so many stories that I could share but I have shared all of them in my earlier journals so I won’t repeat them here.
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