In 2000, when I was a Young Women leader in the Montgomery Village Ward in Maryland I did a time capsule activity with my Beehives. I decided it would be fun to do one myself. I thought it would be interesting to note some of the details of our life, what we enjoyed and where we thought we’d be in the future. At the time Chris was 26, I was 25 and Ryan was 18 months.
I recently pulled it out for Family Home Evening and shared it with the kids. SO FUN to go back and read exactly 15 years later. I’ll add some notes {in Red} to my original 2000 notes.
LIST OF GOALS FOR THE YEAR 2000
- Scripture study after dinner and dishes. Emphasize studying and marking scriptures.
- Temple Attendance – once a month!
- FHE every Monday night – start with a song & prayer. Have a lesson/activity with family.
- Chris will enjoy family time from 4:30 – 8:00 but needs to be studying by 8:00pm every week night.
- Ryan’s night time schedule. At 7:40 pjs, story/song, brush teeth, say family prayer and then to bed by 8:00.
- Be better about morning and nightly prayers
- Sunday morning: by Ready to go by 10:00. Then read scriptures, watch church videos. Be to church 15 minutes early.
{Sounds like the list of goals I’ve had every year since}
DESCRIPTION OF A TYPICAL DAY in 2000
- Chris: “I wake up at 5:45am and leave for school at 6:20am. I spend the day in classes or studying and get home at 4:30. Lisa, Ryan and I play until 8:00 or so. I often have a basketball game or young men’s activity. I go to bed around 11:00pm thinking I probably should have studied.”
- Lisa: “I wake up when Ryan does… usually about 7:30 or 8:00. Then we eat breakfast and lounge around upstairs getting ready, checking email, and cleaning up. Because I’m pregnant I eat quite a few times a day. I often watch Price is Right during one of my lunches. I scrapbook, or clean, or get together with friends in the afternoon and fix dinner while watching Oprah. We eat, read scriptures, play and I’m ready for bed by about 9:30pm.”
- Ryan: Wake up, eat a ‘nana’, watch a Disney movie, eat again, play with Fisher Price little people toys and animals, eat, take a nap, play with the kitchen stuff while Mom makes dinner and wait for Daddy to come home, play, play, play with Daddy, eat, play, read stories, go to bed.
WHAT WE LIKE TO DO
We enjoy spending time together. We enjoy camping, hiking and playing outside even if it’s just a short walk. Chris loves sports… especially golf, soccer and basketball. I love scrapbooking, tole-painting, and am starting to get interested in sewing crafty projects. I love to email and write to my family and friends. Ryan loves to play with balls and little people and animals. He LOVES 101 Dalmatians and Lady and the Tramp. His face lights up when he sees the playground. He loves to run around and play with Dad.
FAVORITES
Music we listen to a lot right now:
- Chris – Anything 80’s, Les Mis soundtrack, Christmas Music
- Lisa – Celine Dion, Hope Floats and Runaway Bride Soundtracks
Favorite Movies:
- Chris – Star Wars Phantom Menace
- Lisa – Runaway Bride, You’ve Got Mail
- Ryan – Toy Story 2, 101 Dalmatians, Lady and the Tramp
Favorite Meals:
- Sweet and Sour Meatballs, Roast and mashed potatoes, Tacos, Lasagna, Jell-O, Blizzard Fruity Pebbles, Macaroni and Cheese Spirals (Lisa) PB&J sandwiches (Chris)
Favorite TV Shows:
- Friends, ER
CHURCH
Our Ward is fantastic. We are in the Montgomery Village Ward. Bishop Christensen is bishop. President Harmon is the Stake President and an incredible man. Our prophet right now is Gordon B. Hinckley with President Monson and President Faust as counselors. Our callings in the ward are with the youth. Christ is the 1st counselor in the YM presidency. Lisa is the Beehive Advisor. Ryan just started going to nursery and loves it.
CAREER DIRECTION (written by Chris)
We plan to do a Pediatric rotation at Madigan next year to help us get a residency slot there in two years. After the three year residency, we will spend the rest of our time in the Army at Madigan except for a two year tour in a different country. Barring the possibility of a fellowship in Pediatrics, we will leave the army in the year 2012. Then I think we will move to Utah to work in a clinic or at the Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. I will retire in the year 2030 to pursue other interests.
{Actual: We did do Pediatric rotation at Madigan but ended up deciding to pursue Radiology and were excited to get a Radiology Residency slot at Madigan which was a five year residency instead of three years. We did not spend the rest of our time in the Army at Madigan but we did do a tour in a different country – a 3 year assignment in Germany. Additionally we lived in Columbus, Georgia and Colorado Springs, Colorado before getting out of the army in 2015. I don’t think retiring in the year 2030 is likely either… what were we thinking?}
PREDICTION OF WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IN 5 YEARS
In 5 years we will be in our 3rd year of residency at Madigan. Lisa will be due with or will have just had our fourth child. Our guess: 3 boys and 1 girl. We will be living in base housing and preparing to buy our first home.
{Actual: We were in fact doing our 3rd year of residency at Madigan – only it wasn’t in Pediatrics, it was in Radiology. In 2005 I did have our fourth child – Megan. That would be 1 boy and 3 girls – exactly opposite of what I had guessed. We never did live in base housing. In 2005 we built, purchased and moved into our second home in DuPont, Washington. We kept the first one as an investment and rented it out.}
PREDICTION OF WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IN 10 YEARS
We’ll have 6 kids. 4 boys and 2 girls. Mom is busy driving the Suburban from sports to piano lessons. We’ll be taking great family vacations and fun adult vacations with Adam and Marilee.
{Actual: In 2010 we did have 6 kids. We got that one right. But of course we have 3 boys and 3 girls. Matthew was born in May of 2009. I was a busy mom driving from sports to piano lessons but we didn’t have a suburban. I really loved my red mini van with automatic sliding side doors. We loved taking great vacations – some of our favorites were a trip to HAWAII with Adam and Marilee, a CARRIBEAN cruise with the Walton Adults, a trip to DESTIN, FLORIDA, with the Johnsons, a DISNEY CRUISE with the Crawfords… }
PREDICTION OF WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IN 20 YEARS
Our youngest will be 10 years old. Ryan will be just home from his mission (foreign). Our Second will be a freshman at RICKS. Dad’s golfing a lot and driving a 2015 Honda.
{Well, we are still five years away from this 20 year prediction. We’ll just have to see!}
