It's a BLIZZARD

Em

Cor and Ballerina

Mya

DH and Ballerina

Well it's not really but that's what we are calling it because it's the most snow we've gotten in a really really long time. The snow started last Sunday and it made our 2 week winter break into a 3 week winter wonderland. DH had so much fun this week playing in the snow and I had fun watching them from the window. I know I'm not the fun Mom I should be but I did make sure we had hot chocolate and hot cider supplies on hand. DH is a school teacher so that meant an extra week off of work for him too. Will we survive 3 weeks together? Well we barely survived the first week. DH and I make a good team but we have two completely different leadership styles. Both good just very different. So who is in charge when we are both home? The kids think it's me but I'm not really sure. That remains to be discovered and we may never know the answer.

I did try to have a togetherness/bonding family activity. It was called we'll all clean the house "together." The kids were suspisicious and DH hated the idea entirely. But I made them do it. I think sometimes it's good to learn to work together even if the job doesn't get done fast or right. DH is the get it done fast person and I am the get it done right person. I don't know if our togetherness time was emotionally productive for anyone but sometimes you just have to try things out.

DH tried building a giant snowman that didn't turn out looking anything like a snowman. He did build a snowman family at my request. They built several forts or barriers for snow ball fights but today he built a two room fort with a roof. The snowman family became part of the 2nd room. They have made the most out of the snow. I haven't gotten pictures yet because I had to charge the battery to the camera and sad to say I am still not confident on how to transfer the pictures from the camera to the laptop. It's pathetic. I will be forced to figure it out one of these days.

Last weekend I sent DH to Costco to pick up a few essentials such as pop-tarts. He called me from the store and asked if he could buy a robe. His old one is the one I made him the Christmas we got married so that would make it about 12 years old. It's really getting gross looking, enough that he has noticed. That means it's pretty bad. He got a nice polar fleece robe and has been wearing it almost everyday. We call it his smoking jacket. He looks very relaxed when he wears it. It's kind of funny to me. He has started to put a little more thought into his appearance and overall comfort of his clothes. I think I am starting to rub off on him. Yes!

Here we are at Cor's baptism. Everything turned out so perfect that day. I even had to give a talk in Sacrament meeting. But I was so grateful that I had a perfect hair and skin day. That really only happens once every couple years. Cor had a good experience and everything went as planned. My parent's even came over from Utah for the weekend.

Here is DH and I at the Pacific City, Cape Kiwanda for his birthday weekend. We had such a good time and you can see what a beautiful day it was.

You can also see our new kitty, Checkers, getting comfy with her favorite person. I don't really care much for pets but DH has taken to the cat. The kids love her and she gets a lot of attention which she seems to enjoy. A better picture would have been of all the scratches Em and Val had all over their bodies the first couple weeks we had the kitty. Checkers is very very patient with them but they pick her up and carry her the wrong way all the time and eventually she gets scared and scratches them. She is getting used to them now and doesn't scratch them so much and we've only had her six weeks.

10 Years!

I realized the other day and shared this little tidbit with DH last night. Mya will be ten years old soon and in ten years of raising our children we have never gone anywhere overnight together without our children. Individually we have each gone away for 3 days or more. I knew it but just thinking that ten years has passed and we've never taken a break made me a little sad. Something must be done about that.

Tagged by Becca! to tell about my marriage...

How long have you and your significant other been together? We have known each other since we were babies, I guess. I fell in love with Scott when I was 11 years old. Or as in love as you can be at 11. I know that's sounds young to me now. We "went out" when we were in 8th grade. Which meant we wrote each other notes and held hands when our parents weren't looking. He was completely obsessed with me until I broke up with him after our long romance of four months. We became friends again in our Freshman year of high school when he became interested in my best friend. We dated a little our Senior year and one semester at college. We did have a major blow up at the end of our senior year because he went out with another one of my best friends. He asked me to wait for him while he served a mission for the church in Argentina, but again four months later I "Dear Johned" him. Because I was dating one of his best friends. After his mission we started dating and about a year later we got married. I know that's really long for Mormon Standard Engagement time.

*He is still completely obsessed with me.

Who eats more? That depends on the time of the month. But usually it's him.

Who said "I love you" first? I don't think either one of us would remember but my guess is ME.

Who is taller? I am barely 5 feet tall and he is 5' 10". Everyone is taller than me.

Who sings better? He does.

Who is smarter? He would say me but he is definitely smarter.

Who does the laundry? I do and I am very protective about my laundry and how it should be done.

Who does the dishes? Both of us.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I am not sure which is the right side. Is it the side where if your are laying in bed, on your back or standing at the end of the bed, looking down at it? If I am standing at the end of the bed then he sleeps on the right and I sleep right next to him because I am always cold.

Who pays the bills? He makes the money and I pay the bills.

Who mows the lawn? He does, I have never mowed a lawn in my whole life.

Who cooks dinner? I do most of the time, but he can and does when I need him to.

Who drives when you are together? He does because my driving irritates him.

Who is more stubborn? I think it's about equal.

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I am.

Who's parent's do you see the most? It's about the same.

Who kissed who first? He kissed me first.

Who proposed? He did.

Who is more sensitive? He is! That's a lie. It's about equal.

Who has more friends? I do.

Who has more siblings? Me.