The HUSBAND Tag

So, I didn't actually get tagged, but I liked this one so I just decided to do it:)

What is his name? James Scott LaLanne

How long did we date? 2 years, with a couple breakups and one move out of state mixed in there. Yeah, I was totally afraid of falling for him... so I went crazy a few times, sorry honey! How long have we been together? 4 years, and it just keeps getting better.



How old is he? 28 Who eats more? I could eat more than him if I let myself, but I don't. So, him.



Who said "I love you" first? James. To which my response was "really? thanks!" Then I broke up with him a week later and another week later called him to say "I love you, take me back!" I told you I was crazy.

Who is taller? He is.
Who can sing better? I sing MORE than James, but he's actually got a pretty good voice.
Who's smarter? I'm not afraid to say that I am. When we were dating James told me that he wanted to marry someone smarter than himself. I may not always apply my smarts, but I've got them.
Who does the laundry? Mostly me, and even when James occasionally does a load, I'm the one who does the folding.
Dishes? Both of us, but mostly me. Then again, we don't get very many dishes dirty because I rarely cook.
Mows the lawn? Mostly James, but sometimes me... I actually enjoy mowing the lawn.

Who cooks dinner? The kitchen staff at whichever restaurant we're at:)
Who drives? James, always.
Who kissed who first? Ummm, I think we kissed eachother. And it was precious.
Who proposed? He did... I totally knew it was coming.



Who is more stubborn? Me, for sure. Sensitive? Again, me.
Who wears the pants? Hmmmm.... James, I suppose.
What's the one thing you didn't know about your husband before you got married? I don't think I knew how lucky I was to be marrying him... I had no idea then that he was as awesome as he is.

Lake Powell #2

Love

Camp Fire Mania! It was so hot next to the fire--we all pulled our chairs way back to escape the heat and tried to talk the kids into making treats for us:)

Fun times washing our hair.

Not really the cutest look on my face, but do you see that air?! I'm now addicted to wakeboarding--if only I got to go more than once a year!

Austin was a fish, as usual. He loved it.


Yeah, I know, James is better than me. He's so cool:)

Lake Powell: post #1

Sorry, but no pics in this post. Oh but don't you worry, they will be here soon! Lake Powell was awesome. I am always amazed by the beauty of Lake Powell. Sometimes when I am there I can just imagine a scene in which my Father in Heaven decides to do some artwork. Kind of like if I were looking for something to do one day and just wanted to paint (except that Heavenly Father is a MUCH better artist than myself!). I can imagine him looking down on the earth and using it as his canvas--with a vibrant blue sky, a touch of puffy white clouds, and some streaming sunlight all above a landscape of deep blue water and red rock cliffs. I am so grateful for this life and for all of the many beautiful creations our Father in Heaven has put here for us:)

Trekkin' Along!

Our church youth group went on a pioneer trek this past weekend (a three day re-enactment of the pioneers trek west). The kids were all divided up into families and James and I were lucky enough to get to be "Ma and Pa" for one of the families (our kids were awesome!).

This was a HUGE event. Most everyone who went wore pioneer attire--(I made my own!)--to create a more realistic feeling. We packed our stuff up in a handcart and pulled it through the San Bernadino mountains and let me say that it was not easy! The last day was the hardest with a lot of STEEP hills and really made me think about all of the people who trekked across the west, LDS groups and others, and how hard it must have been for them. It's simply amazing.

These are all of my "daughters":)

My "sons" along with "Pa" and "Grandpa"

The whole family

Keep on trekkin!

Our ward's young women's group had a huge yard sale on Saturday--which went very well by the way--so on Friday night we all got together to start organizing the overwhelming amount of stuff that we had. While sorting through the clothes, found some really great items that we all just HAD to try on. It's amazing how many great clothes you can find at a garage sale! And to prove my point, we decided to do a fashion show with some of the best items we found:


Lots of fun trying to zip this up with both of us in it!




Bowls on your head is the new in thing, right?


I actually really liked this vest, It made me feel like Marty McFly:) It goes well with the glasses, don't you think?

Good Times:)

Here's some pics of play-time with my nephews... I thought they would think it was funny if I climbed into their little kiddie tent, and then they decided to join in the fun:)

In defense of Artificial Sweeteners...

My sister-law, Robin put a post on her blog about high fructose corn syrup which has some really good info... (go here: http://robingreenebaker.blogspot.com/).

It got me to thinking about other health issues and I just have to defend aspartame. It gets a bad rap because of some of the other artificial sweeteners out there that HAVE been proven to increase the chances of cancer (i.e. saccharin). Aspartame has had no conclusive studies to show negative effects from it's use. In fact, aspartame is made of 3 ingredients already naturally found in our food sources: aspartic acid, phenylalinine, and methanol. It is not even technically an artificial sweetener... it is an alternate sweetener because of it's naturally found ingredients. The only people that that need to be concerned about the consumption of aspartame are those who have PKU (all babies are now tested for this right when they are born). People with PKU cannot consume excess amounts of phenylalinine and have to monitor their diets very strictly.

I know a lot of people who still want to be catious and avoid aspartame, and that's fine with me, but I'm gonna go ahead and enjoy my diet coke:)