Baby Face
Alanna was lacking this physical feature until she was three years old.
What is hair?
Alanna sang this song whenever she felt there was contention among her siblings, most specifically Hayley and Ashley. Unfortunately, it would often add to the contention.
What is “Love at Home?”
Alanna and Ashley would often get in trouble for playing this hand game when they were supposed to be going to sleep! Upside down to boot!
What is Miss Sue?
Alanna was elected president of this club for almost all of Jr. High and High School?
What is the Banana Bunch?
The family consensus was pretty much that if you were in a hurry, you should NOT ask Alanna to do this.
What is say family prayer?
The emotional reaction Alanna experienced after her first kiss with Dustin.
What is crying?
Alanna experienced an 18 minute labour with this baby?
Who is Carson?
Alanna was sent to the principal’s office for eating this on the bus.
What is a bagel?
Alanna invited the entire family to Grandpa Jubber’s 80th birthday celebration with this impressive invitation.
What is a puzzle?
Alanna gave her Joy School friend Judy Salter this at a church primary talent show.
What are "teeth marks on the forehead?"
Alanna took great pride in being a “big kid” at Echo Lake because she was allowed this privilege?
What is sleeping in the back cabin with the teenagers?
Little Red Riding Hood took her grandmother a basket of goodies unless young Alanna was telling the story. Instead of a basket, Little Red Riding Hood would have carried this.
What is a bastik?
Mrs. Thompson used Alanna as an example of how important it is not to make this mistake because of her failure to get a perfect score on a theory exam. Instead, she had to settle for the measly score of 99.5.
What is put the dot on the line?
In a stake production of “Angels Among Us,” all the missions where missionaries from the stake were serving were shouted out by one of the performers. Alanna was given the assignment of shouting out this mission. Little did she know that the missionary serving there would later become her brother-in-law.
What is the Thailand, Bangkok mission?
This often expensive item was made for Alanna's wedding day by a roommate and cost under $10.00.
What is her veil?
Alanna was introduced to doctors in Seattle as the amazing woman who accomplished this?
What is going from pumping to nursing after several months?
Alanna was a procrastinator and would often be up late. When mom finally had enough of it, she was punished by not being able to do this. Disobedient Alanna snuck out of her room in the early hours of the morning to do it anyway.
What is read her scriptures?
Alanna was given the opportunity to play the piano on stage during this off Broadway musical sensation.
What is “Forever Plaid?”
Alanna woke Dad up abruptly one morning when she hit him on the nose with this. Dad got in trouble for overreacting and scaring her.
What is a glass baby bottle?
Alanna was able to abruptly stop her intense sobbing to explain calmly to Grandpa the definition of this. Of course, after the explanation, the sobbing quickly resumed.
What is a pinny?
Alanna had to go to the hospital a couple of times when she was young, but it wasn’t a hospital to her, or at least she didn’t call it a hospital. She called it a_______.
What is a hoswip?
Alanna always had such fantastic grades that when Ashley actually beat her on a test they had in this shared class, the teacher asked Ashley if she would like to call home and tell her mom.
What is Chem 20/30?
When Alanna graduated from engineering school, perhaps because she was one of the only girls, she was invited to do this at the graduation ceremony.
What is give the opening prayer?
Alanna’s friend Natalie was offended by Jarett at Alanna and Dustin’s wedding, thinking he was using a racial slur when he asked her if she was one of these.
What is a Banana?
Alanna experienced a miserable spinal headache after the birth of this child.
Who is Tanner?
Alanna reluctantly partook of this substance when recommended by a doctor to help her with her spinal headache.
What is Mountain Dew?
Alanna was so upset during this movie that a man tapped her on the shoulder to ask her if she was going to be okay.
What is “Titanic?”
When Alanna was only 4 she managed to get this out of the rafters in the basement of her Edmonton home, with the help of 2 year old Ashley and haul it all the way outside before her mother, who was busy talking on the phone, even noticed.
What is a plastic swimming pool?
Alanna and Ashley loved to mold their blankets in a special way to create cubby holes that served as a fort for these popular creatures.
What are “My Little Ponies?”
Due to a favorite Calgary Girls Choir song, Alanna would wake up and say this word three times on Christmas morning.
What is Fum, Fum, Fum?
Alanna was shocked when she won this prestigious award in Grade 7.
What is the General Proficiency Award?
Alanna pretty much gave up in this competition she often had when getting rides to school with Ashely, though maybe once a year she would try again to Ashley’s disgust!
What is shotgun?
Alanna received this kind gift from Dustin when she got her wisdom teeth out, even though he claims to this day that he had had no interest in her at the time.
What is a balloon bouquet?
Alanna is so committed to being a mom she did a big presentation about it at this event at Jarom and Travis’s school.
What is Career Days?
Alanna yelled at Dustin to break the law on the way to the hospital in Kennewick on August 6, 2004.
What is run a red light?
This favourite Epcot delicacy of Alanna’s, is one of which she can no longer partake.
What is French Onion Soup?
At the age of 6, Alanna received high praise from the adjudicator and won first place after performing this Shirley Temple song.
What is “Codfish Ball?”
Alanna got so scared during this movie when she was about 8 years old, she wet the bed.
What is the original “Phantom of the Opera?”
Alanna loved this drum sounding phrase from a Calgary Girl's choir Christmas song and would often sing it with her carpool group.
What is Pat-a-pan?
Measuring the neutral temperature of a railroad track was something Alanna had to do in order to complete this final project for her engineering degree.
What is her “Capstone Project?"
Alanna managed to pull off this impressive…or not so impressive…driving feat while still a teenager.
What is tipping a suburban?
Alanna was baffled when she found her engagement ring which she believed to be in the possession of her mom, because they had brought it from Canada, in this unusual place. Surprisingly...Dustin refused to explain.
What is a buried treasure chest?
Alanna has served in many church callings in Primary, Relief Society and now Seminary, but had never had a calling in this organization.
What is Young Women's?
Alanna almost got into a fight with a customer service agent at Costco because she refused to do this.
What is give her LESS money for an item she was returning?
Alanna did this when her mom delivered her lunch to her at David Thompson Junior High School, causing her mother to be a bit concerned about her coolness.
Ran down the hall screaming "Mommy!"
Alanna stood up and danced vigorously to this song in the midst of at least 100 other children who were just sitting on the ground watching the puppet show. She did not notice for one second that she was alone in her enthusiasm.
What is Weird Al’s “Eat It?”
Alanna was disappointed that her plastic chair at Echo Lake was this color because she was disappointed it wasn’t blue like Kara’s.
What is purple?
This interesting birthday year/age trick was discovered by Alanna.
When you turn the last two digits of someone's birth year, they will turn the last two digits of your birth year in the same calendar year.
Alanna was excited to show her mom this device she designed on on a 3-D CAD program but her mom was completely underwhelmed.
What is a screw?
Alanna talked about this kind of quilt in a monologue where she revealed how evil her laugh can be!
What is a “Sun-bonnet Sue?”
Alanna cross-stitched one of these for Dustin when they were engaged.
What is a math equation?
When expecting her sixth child, Alanna had a sincere fear she would not be able to accept not having a girl because of this experience.
What is a dream?
Alanna was sent to the principal's office in elementary school when she was discovered by Mrs. Stapley in this room during recess.
What is the bathroom?
Alanna sounded confused on day when she said to one of her sisters, "It actually make perfect sense because you're just that little bit older than me?" The sister agreed!
Who is Hayley?
Alanna loved to listen to a CD called the “Land of Obey” that told the story of these two characters…one who was happy and on who was sad.
Who are Mr. Did and Mr. Didn’t?
Alanna often requested this ridiculous story from Dad with guitar accompaniement. It would be different every time.
What is “Peter with the one ear?”
The nickname Analogy, which is Alanna backwards with an added “G” originated with this teenage friend and Ashley’s grad date.
Who is Blake Ausmus?
Alanna laughed when Ashely said it was stupid to study this particular math because there was no “real life” use for it because she was currently studying “real life uses” in her engineering classes using that exact subject.
What is trigonometry?
Alanna had this nickname given to her by her seminary teacher Mr. Richardson.
What is Young Love?
Alanna had tried on this number of wedding dresses before she first tried on the dress she ultimately chose.
What is zero?
As a mom of five boys and a stake primary leader, Alanna decided they needed to have a Stake Day Camp for the cub scouts that was both spiritual and physical. She did such a standout job they gave her this award.
What is the Iron Maiden Award?
Alanna and Ashley would often get the whole bus singing this famous song on the way home from elementary school.
What is “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall?”
Alanna was given this calling as a freshman at BYU.
What is RS President?