Husband Tag

I'm not normally a huge fan of tags...but I liked this one :)

Where did you meet your husband? We met at church. We were up at BYU - we were in the same ward and I'm pretty sure we "officially" met in a Sunday school class for all newcomers to the ward.
How long did you date before you got married? Almost a year...exactly.

How long have you been married? Almost 6 years {gasp}

What does he do that surprises you? He likes a clean house so he helps me a TON with chores around the house. He does dishes, cleans the girls rooms, makes the bed, I have never had to pick up clothes after him thank goodness...I can barely keep up with myself and my kids. He is a great helper.

What is your favorite feature of his? That would have to be his eyes...have you ever seen them?

What is your favorite quality? He really is the best husband. He is always asking what he can do for me. I'm sure not all husbands do that. He will watch the kids anytime for any reason and although sometimes he has been known to procrastinate...he works his butt off!

Does he have a nickname for you? Other than the obvious...babe, honey, etc. No, not really. I'm not huge on nicknames for myself.

What is his favorite food? He is a meat and potatoes man. Well, he could skip the potatoes. He's a carnivore for sure. He loves a good steak.

What is his favorite sport? Basketball - for sure. He likes all sports, but he sure does love the Lakers.

When and where did you first kiss? His Grandpa's house...sometime in March???

What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? I would have to say...watching a movie after the kids have gone to bed when it's peaceful and quiet and we can watch something WE want to watch.

Do you have kids? A spitting image of him, and a spitting image of me.

Does he have any hidden talents? I don't know...he can whistle REALLY loud!

How old is he? 28

Who said I love you first? He did.

What is his favorite music? He loves his music. He likes Rock the best. Loves Pearl Jam.

What do you admire most about him? What a genuinely good guy he is. He just wants to make everyone happy and does a good job :)

What is his favorite color? Blue.

Would he read this? If I told him to and put the computer on his lap.

We went to the BEST Halloween party ever

And it was a ward party! Are you shocked? They had it catered...really yummy food, train rides for the kids around the parking lot (HUGE hit!), they hired photographers to take pictures, face painters - they seriously were awesome!, balloon makers (is that what they are called), a dunk tank (which Brooklyn really wanted to swim in...she asked if I brought her swimsuit for it and when I told her no - she said that's OK because I'm a mermaid, it's okay for my clothes to get wet), carnival games, a candy apple walk, yummy homemade desserts , homemade root beer, and we can't forget the trunk-or-treating. Minus the few costume mishaps (Brooklyn's costume not fitting right so I had to get my sewing machine out and take in the back and the shoulders - then it being too itchy for her and then Brielle screaming bloody murder when she saw the "trunk" to her outfit and pretty much ripping it off her head the whole night). But other than the costume problems it was a blast! After Mike was told they had Prime Rib at their previous ward party he was wondering why we hadn't gone to my parents ward parties more often...we may have to make it tradition.

On a side note...Brielle is our climber. She is always climbing onto or over something. On Saturday she was sitting on a kitchen chair and fell right off of it right around nap time and had a meltdown. She was holding her wrist and saying oweee. So we figured we'd let her take a nap, sleep it off and see what happens. She was using it a ton but you could tell it still bugged her so Mike took her to urgent care this morning and she broke her wrist :( Very minor, really common spot they said. They called it a green tree fracture. It's not totally broken but it's bent and frayed a little at the edges. So...off to the orthopedic surgeon tomorrow to see what we do. And as you may remember Brooklyn broke her arm right after she turned two - my poor little punkins. I think it runs in the family - really. My family is always getting hurt (usually during sports) but, we often joke that we have the bones of 80 year olds...I'm starting to believe it really is true - I'm pretty sure my kids have more calcium than they really should have between all the milk and the 12 string cheeses a day they eat and the yogurt they eat every single morning in addition to their calcuim chews...but they must need it!

Brooklyn's drawings are really starting to look like something...I'm so proud!

Isn't it funny the little things that excite you as a parent? Like how I am so proud that Brooklyn's scribbles look like "real" pictures now? This picture below (well not really a picture - more like artwork) was done on friday night while Mike and I were at his friend Eddie's "rehearsal" dinner the night before he got married. The club/gym that my parents go to have this date night program they do every friday night and from 5-10pm you can leave your 6 month old to 12 year old at the kids court for date night each week. They seperate the kids into 3 rooms depending on the age 6 month - 24 months in one room, then 2 year olds - 6 year olds in another and the 7 year olds - 12 year olds in another. They feed them pizza and lemonade and have popcorn and a movie as it starts getting late. All for 20 bucks! I made sure they both had late naps so they would last - and when we got home Brooklyn was asking if she could go back tomorrow. They loved it and how can you beat that price? We may have to take that up again next time we are in town. The thing I liked about it all was that it was more like preschool rather that daycare...they helped them carve pumpkins and they had an outdoor playground. The activites were structured. I grew up going there when I was little - so somehow I felt better about leaving them there. Too bad they don't do something like that out here.....

They tied the knot!

As you will soon find out...these pictures really are in no particular order, just a few shots from Saturday. Wish I would've had time to take more but having a 3 1/2 year old and an 18 month old makes it a little difficult as well as trying to mingle with family that have come into town and while trying to enjoy everything yourself. There is a picture of the Bride and Groom in here somewhere that isn't really the best shot, but I was trying to capture her hair because I had realized that after I did it, I didn't take any pictures. They got married in Newport, and the sealing was great! They were sealed by Elder Aidukaitis of the Seventy. He actually spoke at the Saturday morning session of Conference. Click here to read his talk. He and Rachel's Dad grew up together and are great family friends. They then had the reception at my parents house which was GORGEOUS! I really wish I would have taken more at the reception. Probably the prettiest reception I have ever been to, my Mom really knows how to throw a party :) All the tables were in these huge clear tents with white lights all over them - it looked awesome about 30 minutes into the reception when it started getting dark. They had 15 tables that sat 10 inside the tent and another tent with all the yummy food in it. It really kept the warmth inside as well as the wind out. The dance floor was outside by the pool (a little dangerous) but was stunning as well. We LOVE Rachel and are happy she is now a part of the family. She balances out my brother perfectly - we are so excited for them. The girls also just happen to adore "keka" and she is so sweet with them. Congratulations!

Can you guess what time it is???

Playoff's are here. Mike has been loving that the Dodgers and Angels are in it (although it's not looking too good for the Angels, and as I'm overhearing in the backround as I type - Dodgers just won their first series). The girls love watching sports for some odd reason...I guess it's good bonding time with Daddy :) They pretty much lay/fight over him the whole night. Now if we can only get Brooklyn to stop saying "Go Kobe" we would be in good shape. Wink wink.