Top 5's

I've been tagged by Deb...Here it goes!

FIVE things under $5 I could not live without:
1. BeautiControl Lip Balm
2. Old Navy flip flops
3. Water
4. my library card!
5. friends and family! :)

FIVE favorite movies:
1. Life is Beautiful
2. The NEW Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
3. I'm so horrible at remembering movies off the top of my head...
4. Pay it Forward
5. I'll keep thinking...

FIVE baby names I like: (These are ones I've ruled out for any of our babies - mostly because they don't go well with our last name - but I still like them a lot)
1. Isabel/Isabella
2. Sophia
3. Jacob
4. Annabelle
5. Caleb

FIVE songs I could listen to over and over again: Again - I'm horrible at remembering songs off the top of my head...And I also can never remember what the song is called or who sings it.
1. The new "Amazing Grace" song
2. Vivaldi's Four Seasons
3. Beethoven's Piano Concerto
4. Steven Curtis Chapman's Cinderella song
5. I'll keep thinking...

FIVE people who have influenced me in a positive way: (This is not fair to make me narrow it down to 5!)
1. Jesus
2. Brad
3. Family
4. Friends - I know, I know...so generic. I just can't pick only couple. I've had (and HAVE) so many wonderful, amazing friends that have been so important in my life in many different ways at different times. These are things I CAN think of off the top of my head, just don't have room to list you all!
5. Cora

FIVE things that are always in my purse: (don't you mean diaper bag?)
1. Wallet
2. Lip balm
3. Diapers and wipes
4. old reciepts and other trash - they drive me crazy, too.
5. Cell phone - which is why I often don't hear it when I'm home; it's too muffled inside my purse/diaper bag

FIVE dates that changed my life forever:
1. June 1995 - first trip out of the country on my own to Ecuador and Galapagos Islands
2. January 9, 1998 - Carla's car accident and death
3. August 1998 - going to Dordt college
4. July 6, 2002 - marrying Brad
5. January 7, 2007 - Cora's birth

FIVE obsessions I have now:
1. Posting pictures, and reading friends/family blogs
2. Reading in general
3. raising a toddler and training a puppy
4. enjoying our great new backyard! (grass, pool, and patio cover included)
5. small group at church

FIVE places I would like to go:
1. Hawaii - I agree with Deb, on this one - we should go together!!! :)
2. Newberg, OR
3. Anchorage, AK
4. To the top of a fourteener in CO
5. Costa Rica but with Brad this time or Cuba, again

FIVE appliances/kitchen tools I can't live without:
1. REFRIDGERATOR/FREEZER
2. Dishwasher :)
3. Microwave
4. Pampered Chef spatulas
5. knife sharpener
(6. timer/clock)

FIVE people whose FIVE THINGS I'd like to see:
1. Laura K.
2. Bethany L.
3. Kami O.
4. Kristen B.
5. Lara B.