Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Happy Birthday Lance

So I am only a few days late with this one. Sorry honey. I have to tell my husband Happy Birthday. The kids and I had fun taking you out to eat. I am going to try and come up with 33 things/facts about Lance.

1. He is a great dad!
2. He is my perfect husband.
3. He is an oldest child. (meaning he is used to being in charge. me too!)
4. He loves Thai food. (Bangkok)
5. He loves seafood.
6. He has to have Tillamook cheese.
7. And Tillamook ice cream.
8. He is so good looking!
9. He hates to turn his phone on.
10. He is a good mechanic.
11. He is a perfectionist.
12. He hates to pay bills.
13. His favorite color used to be pink. (not so sure now)
14. He is a really good basketball player.
15. He loves nature shows.
16. He also like those weird food shows.(Gag!)
17. He does not like to go to movies. (So I go with other people)
18. He likes old country music.(Hence my kids singing, 7 Spanish Angels)
19. He sleeps on the right side of the bed.
20. He likes to snowboard.
21. He wants to go to Belize.
22. His dream job would be guiding fishing trips.
23. He makes the best swedish pancakes.
24. He likes to go out to eat. (I love that, but my waist doesn't)
25. He hates nagging.
26. He will only play certain card/board games.
27. Lance sees things in black and white.
28. He makes me feel safe. (Except for those times when he won't get up to
see what the noise was.)
29. He can watch old ESPN classic basketball. (WHY?)
30. Lance LOVES to fish!!!!
31. Did I mention Lance is quite the fisherman?
32. Fishing is Lance's greatest passion.
33. I guess since Lance is now 33, and getting up there, he can fish since that may be the only thing he does the older he gets. :~)

I really do love you honey and I am sorry I am so late. Happy Birthday! I hope I can come up with 50 things when I need to.

Just a side note, I did write this at 5 am after not sleeping all night, so please forgive my lack of creativity. I'm tired, but what is new?

Thursday, January 15, 2009

10 years of BLISS!!!


Yea right! Anyone that knows Lance and I very well will laugh at that heading. But we have made it 10 years. I always have to add that we have dated for almost 5 before that. Lance and I met in high school. The first day I saw him I knew I was going to marry him. Pretty crazy. I was so young. Here is a good story about us. I am a journal writer. I write everything. Well Lance and I got married on Jan 16th 1999. When we were moving into our first house I was going through old journals. I came across an entry for Jan 16th 1994. That was the first night Lance ever kissed me. So sweet! Well honey, here is to 10 more years of bliss! I love you!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Boring!

That is how I feel about my life right now. All I do is work and sleep. So boring. Oh I guess I also have been shopping on the internet way too much! Don't tell my husband! That is a problem when you are on the computer and looking for random things.

So our Christmas was great but tiring. We were up so late every night. I love that. Lance, not so much. My kids sure got into the Christmas spirit. Bailie wrote Santa a letter thanking him for the gifts before she even saw what the gifts were. Then she left him her fortune from a fortune cookie that said, "the world is a better place because you are in it." I think Santa must have shed a few tears over that one. Anyway, great times and fun memories were made. Now we are all sad because our cousins are back in Texas and there is no one to play with all day every day.

Another bit of good news. Matt and Debbie are getting married on Valentines day. That is something to look forward to. And Amy got a ring from Marc for Christmas. I think the plan for that one is a July wedding. Seems so weird to have my baby brothers getting married. They have chosen great girls and I know they will be happy.

That is it for my boring life. I bought a shirt the other day that has my motto for the year on it. It says, "love the life you live." So That is my goal to work on my happiness. Only I can control that and I need to work on it!!!

Jan 11th

Two of my favorite girls share a Jan 11th birthday. I have to thank Jack for picking me the best sister-in-law ever!!! Happy 29th birthday Jami. I am so happy to have you as my friend. Enjoy your last year of the 20's because 30 is a comin. Happy Birthday!

My other favorite gal is my Aunt Connie. She will hate this because she doesn't like to make a big deal out of much, but I have to tell her happy birthday and how much I love her. Hope you enjoyed your day!
Just to explain this photo. This is one of my all-time favorites. I wanted pictures of the kids with the baby lambs so Connie was trying to help me with that. I love Connie's face in this picture and Brianne's expression is true classic.