spotlight friday...

I am Nancy Chatwin!
My Kindergarten Picture
I was born in southern California and lived in Valencia, California till I was 13. We were only 5 minutes away from Six Flags Magic Mountain and spent most of my summers there and that is where I got addicted to roller coasters. I could go on roller coasters over and over again and never get sick. The summer before 8th grade my family moved to Highland, Utah. After we moved I learned that I am a very shy person and not very good at making friends. I am the 7th of 8 children. There are 4 boys and 4 girls in our family, but all the girls were about 6 years apart. I came right after 3 boys so I was a little bit of a tom boy. I love to play sports (still do) and soccer was my favorite (still is) I started playing when I was in Kindergarten and played all the way up through high school where I was soccer captian my senior year. I just started going to the gym in attempt to become less jiggly, dimply, and would love to get in shape again and play on a women's soccer team (does anybody know of any women's leagues?) I'm not a big fan of running but there is something really fun about runninound chasing a ball! After high school, I moved to Provo, Utah and attended UVSC. I did horrible my first semester, so I decided to take a semester off, work full-time, and figure out what I wanted to be "when I grew up." I ended up never going back and still don't know what I want to be! I have only had 2 jobs in my life. The summer after my sophomore year in high school I got a job at the new Hogi Yogi. I worked there for 3 years till I got a full time job as a receptionist at a title company. That was a huge adjustment for me...working with people that were older and this was their careers! After about a year of working there some my boss was looking to hire another employee and hired this married man (I only say that cause I told him he needed to hire a hot single guy). One day this guy showed me a picture of him and his brothers (I don't know why). There were 4 brothers total and the youngest one wasn't married and was super hot! About a month later (after his brother had broken up with his current girlfriend) we were set up on a date. 9 months later we were married in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. Quincy was born 11 months after we were married. She was such a good baby, that we decided that when Heavenly Father was ready to send us another baby that we would be ready too (that was before we realized that some people still get their cycles while nursing). When Quincy was 4 months old we found out we were pregnant again! I was pregnant and nursed for 5 more months. Abbey was born 8 days before our 2nd anniversary! Talk about a productive 2 years! We then found out that the pill does work. We now have 4 kids, 2 girls and 2 boys (the perfect family) and have been married for 10 years. We have lived in Arizona for 2 years now, and I really love it! The weather is a lot closer to what I grew up with in California...and I hate the cold! I just wish we could somehow get all of our family to move down here also...then life would be perfect.

Random Facts:

I have played on my young womens volleyball, basketball, and softball teams, played soccer, and took tennis lessons one year. When I was in 8th grade I was on the track and field team and took a liking to the shotput (I think because I didn't have to do all the running around the track everyday). My highlight of my track experience was taking 3rd place in the shotput at one meet! I was a skinny girl, so I think that was a big accomplishment. Also for a month or so my roommates and I crashed a gymnastics class and never paid!

Since I have been married...
I took a couple of sessions of ice skating with my sister in law and a cousin. I learned how to skate backwards and was learning how to do some spins. I probably would of taken more, but we were ready to start trying for baby # 3 and I haven't been ice skating since. A few months after baby number 3 I took a tumbling class with my sister and a couple of sister in laws where I was perfecting my round off. I have always wanted to learn how to do a back handspring, but have never gotten brave enough to try it. I did go on there super bouncy trampoline and in a harness was learning how to do a back flip. But still not brave enough to try it without a harness.
I have also taken Piano Lessons (2-3 years), saxophone lessons (2 years orchestra in elementary school and 6 months private lessons) and guitar lessons (couple of months) at one point, but never really stuck to an instrument. I can play 3 hymns, but not good enough where people can sing to them.

Random Pictures

My first year playing soccer. Team name "the green machines"

I think this was 3rd grade, don't you love my mullet! team name "loch ness monsters"

High School-sophomore year "zebra uniforms"

Our engagement picture - spring 1998

Christmas 1999

December 2000

Our family, December 2007!

Like I said I am very shy. In our first house it took me 6 years to finally make friends in our ward. I have never been one to plan things and invite people over. It scares me to death to be a host and entertain people! I would love to have people over and play guitar hero, but what if no one likes it and people are bored out of there minds.... I used to think it was Peter that was the anti-social one but I am realizing that it is me. I do love going to all these things that other people plan though. So if someone wants to plan a guitar hero night at my house, let me know!

That's about it for me, I am not a very exciting person...I'm just a stay at home mom with no schooling!

Next week let's hear from....

DEBBIE McCLUSKEY!!