20/30 Things: Childhood Memories

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Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.

Baptism and confirmation into the church, age 8. My memories of this are actually very sketchy, but I'll do my best. I remember sitting in the office with Bishop Rothas for my baptism interview right before I turned 8. I know he asked me a few questions and I don't feel like I answered the very well. I do remember that we talked a lot about Jesus and his example of baptism. The day of my baptism is a foggy memory as well. It was my exact birthday. I think I remember that my Grandpa Bill gave a talk, and I was really happy to have him and Grandma Sue there. Even though I don't remember much about my baptism day, I remember more about the next day when I was confirmed in sacrament meeting. Our ward had just split, and I was the newest member of the newly-formed University Park Ward. I thought that was pretty cool.

Fracturing my wrist. I don't remember how old I was or even which arm it was that I fractured (funny how that happens, huh?). I fell off the roof of my Fisher-Price playhouse while playing in my room. I remember just lying on the floor on my back waving my arms and crying. My mom tells me that she didn't realize it was broken/fractured until a couple days later when it still hurt and then she took me to the emergency room. I remember going to the hospital and getting an x-ray and then getting a cast put on my arm. It was neon pink and I really liked it. Because I loved to swim and it was summer time, I got a waterproof one that I could wear in the pool, which I thought was awesome. I remember wanting to show it to all my friends.

Rides to school in the bike trailer. When I was in elementary school we only had one car that my dad took to work, so I got rides to school on the back of my mom's bike in a child trailer. I remember thinking it was pretty neat, except sometimes when I had to share the small space with my sister. I have a poignant memory of one time that it was raining and we had to have the plastic cover down, and I don't think I liked it because it got hot and foggy, or something. I was really sad that I couldn't ride in it anymore when I got bigger.