She was born January 8, 1971 and quickly morphed into a very cute baby.
This is a picture of her with her favorite ever snowman cake on her 2nd birthday.
We became friends in 1989 in the dorms at BYU.
She is the most photogenic person I have ever known. I distinctly remember walking around her house looking at her wedding pictures and thinking "I really need to smile more". She transformed me!
She loves Vera Bradley fabrics and products and has many bags and accessories, and has given many to others (including a great wallet for me).
She has embraced her size 11.5 feet and often rewards bloggers with 11.5 yards of ribbon when they win one of her giveaways.
Speaking of ribbon...she is the queen! The 4 years they lived in Maryland put her close to a ribbon outlet where she visited regularly and was very good at sharing the wealth. She has kept me in ribbon for years!
She takes gorgeous photos (it was hard to pick just one) and took a lot of photos while taking walks on the beautiful trails in both Tennessee and Maryland.
She loves fabric and uses her brilliant creativity to sew clothing, purses and gifts.
She doesn't take herself too seriously.
She love the gospel and is always busy serving in her callings in the church. She is currently serving in the Relief Society Presidency, but has been the Young Women's President multiple times and served in the Primary Presidency as well. Needless to say, she's busy!
She loved their family's time living in Maryland and made sure they visited every museum and monument there! Most of the time this meant pushing a heavy double stroller with whiny kids in it.
She has logged thousands of miles with her double stroller!
She has a gift for finding fabulous things at Goodwill and garage sales!
She has run at least 3 marathons!
If you want to be inspired click on this link and watch the video from one of her marathons, it makes me cry every time.
She considers our Women's Conference Weekends her "new" year.
She's a super fun mom and is happy to host the entire neighborhood in her backyard, and supplies them with Popsicles too.
She is the monogramming queen and has serious skills with her embroidery machine.
Their family traveled all over Europe thanks to Jeff's free military flights and took their cute family to places most of us only get to dream of.
She is very generous and gives to other people all the time. This is a package she sent me for no reason back in 2008...it was awesome!
She started a blog with her friend Stacy where they could share their genius ideas with the rest of us.
She loves wearing white and owns many, many white skirts!
She is best friends with her look alike younger brother Ryan and is skiing with him today for her 40th birthday.
More than anything else she loves her family! She is a great wife and mother and does everything she can to make their lives comfortable, memorable and fun.
Happy 40th Birthday Kristi!!!!!!!!
**What do you love about Kristi?
How has she
influenced your life?**
**What do you love about Kristi?
How has she
influenced your life?**
