Shawn:
A book I highly recommend is: | I can't just pick one...there are too many great books... |
| A movie I watch over and over is: | Master and Commander |
| A T.V. show I watch regularly is: | Mythbusters, Doctor Who, and Criminal Minds |
| My favorite thing to buy is: | Books...and movies |
| My favorite sport to watch is: | Soccer |
| A moment when I achieved absolute happiness was: | When I married my wife. |
| The music I listen to most is: | Alternative, Rock, Christian Rock, Oldies, Classical |
| A game I like to play is: | Apples to Apples, Trivial Pursuit, strategy games |
| My favorite hobby is: | My hobbies include reading (fiction and non-fiction), camping, travel, watching films, playing games (both video and board), and scuba diving (though, I have not gone for several years). |
| I drive a: | Nissan |
| The city I would most like to visit is: | Stuttgart, Germany...or Munich...anywhere in southern Germany...I loved living there |
| My favorite meal is: | Kim's chili...seriously, it is the best |
| My first paying job was: | Bagging groceries |
| The memory that still makes me laugh is: | My older brother falling off the top of our bunk bed at night ...serves him right for not letting me sleep up there... ;) |
| My best birthday was: | My 30th birthday!!! It was a Doctor Who-themed party planned by my wife. (Sound a little geeky? Sure. Fun? Absolutely!!!) |
| A smell that reminds me of my childhood is: | Barns (and the smells they contain). I volunteered on a farm as a child. |
| The story behind my name is: | My mom wanted to thank God, so she used a name that means "God is gracious." |
| My favorite color to wear is: | Green |
| My favorite dessert is: | Anything chocolate |
| When I exercise, I like to: | Hike |
| My favorite thing to do on a date is: | Dinner and movies...food for the belly and candy for the brain...makes for a fun evening with my wife!! |
| The best vacation I ever had was: | Nauvoo, IL for our honeymoon was great. Scuba diving in the Florida Keys is pretty high up there, too |
| The best thing about being married is: | Always being able to spend time with my best friend!! |
Kim:
A book I highly recommend is: | Persuasion, by Jane Austin, and the Anne of Green Gables books by LM Montgomery |
| A movie I watch over and over is: | Enchanted, Ever After, and Stranger Than Fiction |
| A T.V. show I watch regularly is: | Doctor Who, Mythbusters, Criminal Minds |
| My favorite thing to buy is: | Cooking utensils, and (tied in second place) books and shoes. |
| A smell that makes me pause is: | Shawn's aftershave. |
| A moment when I achieved absolute happiness was: | When I married Shawn for eternity. |
| The music I listen to most is: | Alternative / Christian Rock, and some Country |
| My favorite flower is: | Tulips or lillies, if they're cut flowers; Lavender if it's in the garden. |
| A game I like to play is: | Apples to Apples, Cranium, Phase 10 |
| My favorite hobby is: | Kim enjoys knitting, sewing, scrapbooking, reading, gardening, cooking, going to the movies, going to museums, canoeing/kayaking, family history, walking, hiking, cycling, and camping |
| A singer or band I currently listen to the most is: | Jars of Clay |
| My favorite quote is: | Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and go well with ketchup. |
| I drive a: | Chrysler PT Cruiser |
| If my house was burning down and I could only rescue three things, they would be: | Pets (who can run in front of me), wedding pictures, and my knitting bag (in which I would have also stuffed my recipe box). |
| The city I would most like to visit is: | Munich, Germany |
| My favorite meal is: | Either my homemade chili and cornbread, or my biscuits and gravy. |
| Someone or something that made me laugh this week was: | Our dog cuddling up to our cat so the cat would groom him. |
| My first paying job was: | Babysitting |
| The memory that still makes me laugh is: | The time I got my sister to laugh so hard that milk came out her nose. |
| The story behind my name is: | I was going to be Jennifer, but when I was born, I just "looked like a Kim." Which is a good thing, too, because my uncle named HIS daughter Jennifer a year before I was born. |
| My favorite color to wear is: | (do I have to pick just one?) OK... Pink. (and blue, and yellow, and green, and purple, and red and...) |
| My strangest possession is: | A bit of the Berlin Wall. |
| My favorite dessert is: | Homemade (from scratch) apple pie. |
| When I exercise, I like to: | Walk or do yoga. |
| My favorite thing to do on a date is: | Dinner and a movie. (Honestly, it doesn't matter much since I'm with Shawn.) |
| The best vacation I ever had was: | Honeymoon to Nauvoo, IL with my hubby. (Second favorite was a student trip to Germany.) |
| The best thing about being married is: | Being with my best friend forever and ever. |