Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines day! When most people think of Valentines day you think of all the lovie dovie stuff. Cards, Chocolate, Flowers, nice dinner maybe a proposal, if your not already married. Unfortunately I am not thinking of any of this stuff, instead I'm thinking of how I sadly have to work today. Waaa! But Tim surprised me early this morning with a wonderful card. He found that one perfect card that you knew was written just for you and whatever is going on in your life right at that moment. I have learned not to be completely romanced by Tim. He's just not that guy, and I've known that from the beginning, but he never ceases to amaze me. He does these things so rare that when he does do them it make the moment that much more special. So to my wonderful, loving, amazing husband thank you for not being overly romantic but knowing just how to be when you know I need it. Thank you for being you. I love you and need you more then you know. Oh, and by the way we are celebrating Valentines day on Monday...more of the delicious Ruby River Steakhouse. Hope everyone has a wonderful day whether it's filled with romance or lots of yummy chocolate and popcorn while you sit down and watch a great movie.

Tim's Birthday

Tim's birthday was on January 18th and I am finally getting around to posting what we did. So we decided to make a whole weekend out of it. It started out with dropping the kids off at Grandma and Grandpa Ethingtons, the kids were excited to be there but sad that they didn't get to stay at the hotel with us... maybe another time kids. We actually took the kids to the hotel with us when we checked in so they could see where we were staying and then off to Grandmas. After we dropped them off we went to eat at the oh so delicious Ruby River Steakhouse. We both had the Gorgonzola New York Steak. Let me just say yummy, yummy, yummy and so on and so forth. Wow, I think that was the best steak I had ever had. We also had French Onion soup, filled with chunks of steak. Now that I am writing about it it makes me want to go again, maybe after we get our taxes back. Anyways, it was a great beginning to our fun weekend. After dinner we had some time before our movie started so we thought we would walk off some of the calories we had so willingly consumed so we headed to the mall. It sure is a lot different without kids. The movie we ended up seeing was Defiance. It was based on a true story and it was pretty good. The next day we planned to go the the Auto show, and Tim fell in love.

The first car we saw as we walked through the door was this beautiful Chevy Camero, its still not out but Tim is dreaming of owning one someday.




Ferrari

Lotus

Dodge Viper, my favorite.

Dodge Motorcycle

Needless to say we had a blast this weekend. Then to top it off on his actual birthday we had Tim's famous spaghetti and I made him a toasted coconut cake. Yummy,yummy. Hope you had a fun birthday honey I love you.

Just another one of those days....without Tim.

For those of you that don't know, Tim has a new job and had to go to Atlanta, GA for two weeks. Sad I know but sometimes you have to make sacrifices for great new jobs, this time I knew exactly when we would be back together. Anyways, today started out like any normal Sunday in our house. We woke up. All the kids came into my bed to see if I was awake, they asked what we were eating for breakfast, we ate, then everyone started getting ready. Teancum and Ammon were ready first, I know surprise surprise. I thought that since they were ready they could help me get the other two ready while I was taking a shower. So I took out Brighams clothes and laid them on the bed so Teancum could help him get dressed.I also told Teancum that once Emma was done eating to take her out of her chair and clean her up. Well when I got out of the shower I heard a lot of noise downstairs, I thought to myself I hope Brigham is dressed, he wasn't. To make a long story short, nothing I asked them to do was done. But I was still on track to be on time to church, so I thought. I put Brigham's clothes on then Emma's then I finally got myself ready, I realized I didn't really like what Emma was wearing so I changed her clothes. Then we headed out to the car. I had a handful of things to put in the car along with the kids so I took my first trip out to the car and put my purse, phone and diaper bag on the front seat shut the door and walked around to put Emma in and the door was locked. How the heck did that happen?! Well I didn't realize that I had already grabbed the keys and when I put my stuff down I also set the keys down and something touched the LOCK button and there you go I locked the keys in the car with my purse and cell phone and on top of my plan to be on time to church I was now going to be late. I thought to myself I NEED MY HUSBAND RIGHT NOW!!!
I took our Honda to church very carefully since all the car seats were in the Toyota. I was able to get a hold of Tim to tell him my sad story and to get Jenny and Matt's number. They came to save the day after they were done with church. It's good to have family so close, thanks for rescuing me from my stupidity. Anyways, Tim will be back on Friday and I can hardly wait.

Happy 11th Anniversary!

Saturday was our 11 year Anniversary. I can't believe how fast and yet how slow time has gone by. It seems like just yesterday we met. I'll recap for those of you who don't know the story.
Tim and I met at a Highland,California church dance. I came to the dance with a couple of my guy friends and he was already their with his guy friends. When I walked in I thought WOW there are some really cute guys here, this should be fun. Tim and his friend Alma were standing there and started calling me the girl with the golden eyes. That was the nick name that they stuck with the whole night. Not too long into the dance a very handsome guy walked over to me and started talking to me, I knew right away there was something I really liked about him. Later we went to Denny's, a favorite after dance tradition, where we continued to get to know each other. Sadly my ride decided they were going to leave and head home. I had just met a great guy and wasn't ready to leave, Tim offered to take me back to my car. We sat in my car for about two hours and talked. We exchanged numbers and he went home. A few weeks went by and I started thinking I wonder why Tim hasn't called yet, I guess I will try calling him. I tried and tried and finally the third time I tried I talked to his Mom and she got the message to him that I had called. He called me back on a Saturday night and asked if I wanted to go on a date that night, of coarse I said "Yes". I met him at his parents house around 9:00pm and we went up to the mountains. He wanted to show me this really cool area by the ranger station so we walked off into the woods. After a short time of walking we arrived at these two pipes that were about 6" wide and about 5 feet off the ground, they were going across a little stream. He thought it would be fun to walk across them and so he brought me with him. We both walked across together and he wanted to show off and walk one pipe by himself. On his way back from his daring adventure he planted one on me. He said it was because I was in his way, but I think he just couldn't wait to kiss me. The rest of the evening we sat in the bed of his truck talking and looking at the stars. It was by far the most romantic first date I had ever been on. I went home knowing I had met the man I would marry. Tim knew a week later and we were informally engaged.
On June 14, 1997 he drove me down to the San Diego temple and proposed. I wasn't sure what he was doing because when we got there he took me out of the truck and started walking really fast. We were almost to one side of the temple when he noticed that there were people sitting on that side so he turned around and headed to the other side. We sat down and about a minute after that he got down on one knee and popped the question. I of course cried and obviously I said yes. We were married on September 20, 1997 in the San Diego Temple.
Eleven years have gone by and it has been amazing. I couldn't ask for a better husband. Tim is loving, caring, warm, spiritual, strong, forgiving, funny, adventurous and by far the best friend I have ever had. Thank you for giving me a ride to my car all those years ago and for an amazing life with you. I can't wait to see where the years ahead take us. Happy 11th Anniversary Tim, I Love You!!

My Hubby

1. What is his name? Timothy Nathan, Tim, Honey, Daddy
2. Who eats more? Tim usually, but on a rare occasion me.
3. Who said I love you first? Tim, I immediately followed, what can I say, I knew I was going to marry him the first night I met him.
4. Who is taller? Tim
5. Who is smarter? Tim, unless it has to do with the computer
6. Who is more sensitive? Me
7. Who does the laundry? Me
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me
9. Who pays the bills? Me
10. Who cooks more? Me by a landslide
11. What meals do you cook together? Sometimes breakfast and BBQ's
12. Who is more stubborn? We are both pretty stubborn,but in different ways.
13. Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Tim, he is Irish and lets things go easier then the German girl he married
14. Who has more siblings? He does by far 8 to 4
15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? It depends on the situation but mostly him
16. What do you like to do together? Everything and Anything since he is always working I have to take all the time I can get with him
17. Who eats more sweets? Me
18. Guilty pleasures? Cookies/cake in milk, Ice Cream with homemade chocolate sauce.
19. How did you meet? At a church dance. I came to the dance with two of my guy friends and when I walked in Tim and Alma(his best man at our wedding) were standing there. They started calling me the girl with the golden eyes. Alma was the main flirter but he was only 17 so that wasn't going to happen. Tim came and talked to me and we realized that we both had the same initials for the first and last names, mine of coarse EE and his TT. We went to Denny's after the dance and he ended up giving me a ride back to my car in Riverside. We talked for another hour or two then about two weeks later we went on our first date and a week after that we were informally engaged....it will be eleven years in September that we have been married.
20. Who asked who out first? Tim asked me after I tried calling him 3 times before he finally got the message that I called.
21. Who kissed who first? Tim kissed me on our first date. He says that I was in his way so he had to kiss me. Either way he was hooked at that point.
22. Who proposed? Tim did. He had it all planned out, we were driving down to the San Diego Temple so he could see it for the first time,at least that's what I thought and I didn't really want to go because it was such a gloomy day. He was insistent that we still go and I'm so glad I gave in and went. It was very romantic and we still visit the spot any time we go back. Ahhh!!
23. His best features? His bald head, strong hands, beautiful brown eyes and his oh so kissable lips. Although he might say his but since so many people have seen it(many years of mooning)
24. What is his greatest quality? Knowledgeable,honest, strong, loyal,spiritual, motivated, great Dad
25. Tag? Sara, Autumn, Amy, Stacey, Julie, Lindsay, Kelly and anyone that wants to start a blog but doesn't know what to do for their first post...no more excuses.