Hubby Stuff

Husband Tag

What is his name? Aaron

How long did you date? May ‘01-July ‘03

How long have you been married? Just over 5 years

Who eats more sweets? Definitely me

Who said I love you first? He did…and sent me a huge teddy bear to prove it

Who is taller? He is

Who is a better singer? He would say I am…but he sings some nice bass…just very quietly

Who is smarter? He would say I am…but he has a lot more life smarts while I have all the book smarts

Who does the laundry? He does more than I do…but neither of us are good at folding

Who pays the bills? He does…it would be catastrophic if I was in charge of all that stuff…he even has a 3 layer excel spreadsheet to keep track of it all

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He sleeps on the side closest to the airvent in the summer to catch all the frigid A/C and I sleep on that side in the winter to snag all the heat :)

Who mows the lawn? He does…I would be hardpressed to get that task away from him…he loves mowing the lawn

Who cooks dinner? He definitely cooks way more often than I do…

Who drives? He does most of the time

Who is more stubborn? Ummm….probably me

Who kissed who first? He’d say I attacked him and kissed him…I don’t remember it quite like that

Who asked who out? We kind of had a consensual discussion…”so we’re dating now?”

Who is more sensitive? Definitely me…although sometimes I wonder if more gets under his skin than he lets on

Who wears the pants? He does…but he knows when to say yes so I stay happy.

Now you are all tagged! Copy and paste it to your blog!

A Limerick or two....

There once was an old lady named Sue

Who because of her height had poor view

She doubled her bike

And to her dislike

Saw the world from above was askew

The girl with a bee on her knife

Saw his distress at losing his life

She pondered a kiss

Could it bring bliss?

Most surely it'd only cause strife...

There once was a lady named Gracie

Who tired of carrying her baby

She hoped that a rather loud boom

Would scare it from her womb

While those watching just thought she was crazy

random facts

So it's been requested that I do the 7 random facts about me thing....I won't tag 7 people....but if you're an avid reader here and you feel the urge to do so.....go for it!

1. In high school I did poetry interpretation for public speaking tournaments. My winningest piece was a couple poems about some germans (humorous poems)....Hans Breitmann and "der noble Ritter Hugo Von Schwillensaufenstein"....I recited them with as authentic a german accent as I could muster. At one competition one of the other girls competing thought I was a german exchange student and was shocked to hear me speak normal english afterward. That was fun!

2. I can handle all manner of bodily fluids except sputum.....that's the one thing that gets me.

3. The only bone I've ever broken was my left little finger.....and I did it playing kickball. I was the pitcher.

4. When we went to Paris...we bought a week-long train pass and used the trains all week. We only went the wrong way on the trainline once. And our only car ride was in the mercedes back to the airport.....paid for by our hotel. The driver spoke french, spanish and portugese....no english. So I practiced my french with him. He was a very skilled driver in the chaos and small streets.

5. I have dipped my toes in the Atlantic Ocean in 2 different countries, the pacific ocean in one country, and the caribbean ocean in 3 different countries.

6. Aaron and I both have 2 brothers and 1 sister. We like the idea of 4 kids.....but so far we aren't brave enough to take the plunge to add to our one. Eventually.....I know we will.

7. People often thought my sister and I were twins growing up....despite the fact that she had blonde hair and I had brown....and I was always taller.....and we were 18 months apart. And if they didn't think we were twins they thought she was the older one. A lot of the time people still do....Maybe it won't be so bad when I'm 40 and she's 38 and they think I'm younger?

Farewell to Amanda!

Tonight we gathered to celebrate having Amanda with us for two years and to say farewell!


Amanda just finished the radiology tech program here at Mayo and is on to bigger and better things.....or maybe if we're lucky she'll be back to work here? :)


Chloe & Jana


See Jim's powerchute through the umbrella?



Jim circled the house to wave hello...



Alec watchin his grampa circle the house...


Cool chute!


Savannah.... she and Chloe are only 10 days apart

Savannah and her daddy....



MMMMM cake!


Laughing with Daddy


Chloe likes to "pat" Savannah's head....it was cute


Beautiful evening on Brendan and Kayla's deck....


Thanks for this photo Vicki! :)




Chloe's concerned about the size of Brady's muscles.....


The jar of lightning bugs that captured the kids' attention.....

Chloe wanted me to unscrew the lid....HA


Autumn singing.....you have a gorgeous voice girl!



Spiderman and JohnWayne trying to save the day and return Dolly to her mama


Cowboy Preston!


Connor and Alec....aren't they cute?!


Kayla....

And her other half.....Brendan :)

Playing in photoshop

So I took this cool...colorful....by mistake photo and fiddled with a bunch of different effects, settings, etc in Photoshop and created the following photocollage. Can I just say that I'm definitely LOVING having photoshop to play with!! Sorry the little squares aren't perfectly the same size/aligned....my eyes were starting to cross and I couldn't figure out a way to format them all to the same size.

Favorite shots from our trip

Here are my favorites with a little bit of tweaking/sharpening in photoshop. If you want to see all 484 (!!) pictures that I took.... go here!!



Grampie and Chloe


Ben and Chloe....peek-a-boo shot up through the trampoline


Chloe and Anna


My darling hubby....Chloe's Daddy


Dreamsicle truck


Wanna ride?!


It's okay Grampie.....I got this under control!




Grammie

Phoenix sleeps.....and smiles!!

Dad's international

My gorgeous sister, Wendy

Uncle Tom teaches Chloe how to play keyboard...

Sun through the clouds....

Praying mantis on Grampie's tire

Tuesday July 29th

Tuesday morning we went and had breakfast at Grampie's before we had to leave for the airport. Got a few last jumps on the trampoline and felt wilted by the humid heat. Hated to say goodbye!!


Eating yogurt with Grampie


More bouncing on the trampoline....



Attempting some somersaults





Goodbye cuddles with Grampie


Sad lonely swing.....sad to leave!