Favorites
Sam
Countries Mommy has Visited
Animals
School
100

Color

Purple

100

The reason Mommy fell in love with Daddy

They had so much fun dancing together.

100

Distrito Federal (to study in archives); Chiapas (with Daddy—to talk to Zapatistas); Baja (to study film industry)

Mexico

100
We always look for this animal in Amazonia (top level), although we’ve only seen him once.  Bonus if you know his name!

Sloth—Vlad.  

100

The sport Mommy played in College

Crew team.

200

This person makes Leisa’s favorite pancakes 

Pa (Grandpa Dana)

200

Mommy’s favorite adventure with Daddy

Summer in Barcelona (2008)

200

With Shelby on a study abroad (Mommy and Daddy were in the same building at the same time but didn’t know it!); Madrid and Barcelona with Daddy and Laura (2005); Barcelona with Daddy—studied Catalan (2008); 2014 (Pais Vasco with Mark, Jenny, Elena, Roman, Daddy, and Vera); 2016 (Valencia and Barcelona (same plus Kate and Petra).

SPAIN!!

200

Cat Mommy loved growing up.  She would sleep on this cat and put it in her closet.

Licorice 

200

College Mommy attended

Williams College

300
Type of waffles

Goodnight Waffles

300

Year of marriage

2005

300

In this country Mommy experienced special waffles and learned about puréed soups.  She also ate great chocolates and worked at the European Parliament. 

Belgium.

300

Favorite dog growing up. Mommy loved to try and teach this dog tricks and would bush his hair. 

Kierke

300

Graduate school

Penn State

400

Animal

Sloth

400

When Mommy and Daddy were dating, they liked to go to this restaurant in Pittsfield, where they put watermelon in their salad and didn’t take credit cards—you could only pay with cash or check or IOU and one time Daddy had to use an IOU!

Elizabeth’s

400

Here there are Roman baths, they eat fish and chips, and drive on the other side of the road!  We also visited York.  

England

400

Mommy loves to go to this place to see animals

Zoo!

400

Name of Mommy’s elementary school

Cedarmere.  

500
Favorite stew

Lentil (and garbanzo stew too!)

500
The exact day mommy and daddy met.

July 24, 2004

500

Red Square on New Years Eve; Ballet; with Uncle Mark.

Russia

500

Mommy worked at this place growing up.  She would tell people about the animals in the exhibits, including the blue ringed octopus and the sloth.

National Aquarium in Baltimore

500

Number of years Mommy went to school.

22 (k-12, plus 4 at Williams, 1 at BYU, and 5 at PSU)