Odds & Ends

It's been so long since I have contributed to our blog so I'd better get with it... And I don't even have any pictures but I couldn't keep finding excuses. So, here's the exciting happenings of our life over the last few months....

- This last week we found out we are having a boy and we are way excited about that. (Although, I would've been happy either way and Sean would too, he still has a special glow knowing that our first is a son... Yes, that sounds VERY weird.)

-For Christmas Sean got me (us) a Nintendo Wii. The best part is that he got it for free... What could be better? Anyone wanna come play with us?

-We have had the last couple days off of work because we were going to try and sell our house but decided against it so we have had lots of fun catching up on things that we have been behind on and spending some relaxing time together. Sean is quite the handy man on fixing up things around the house and I'm SO grateful for that.

- Sean has come down with some type of flu bug the last few hours and him and the bathroom have been a little too close for comfort. Let's hope it is short lived and that it's not passed on.

- Phoebe has been enjoying the snow and her toys. Her recent favorite is her "Ger" (her stuffed Tiger) she finally succeeded in tearing of its tail as of tonight.

- Leah has been enjoying hunting for any possible treats or crumbs left behind, and trying to avoid the cold and snow as much as possible. She's developed a "howling" habit when the big husky dogs that live behind us start howling along with emergency sirens. We find it pretty amusing.

- And last but not least... Ethan... Or at least that is what we are referring to him as for right now. He seems to be a healthy kid according to the doctor. Very active but with the location of the placenta, I probably won't be able to feel much for a couple more weeks.

I think that's about it... Hope everyone had a great holiday season!

A Sad Story

Background: My dad is about as right-wing as you get. A big Glenn Beck fan, reads books about liberal conspiracies... pretty intense.

Story: My parents came to visit and we went out to eat. While waiting for our food, my dad made the announcement that he got a birthday for my mom (it was her birthday). He pulled out and iPod and I almost cried. I'm not sure my parents understand or even know about my deep loathing for Apple, but I made sure to inform them.

I can't remember exactly how my dad worded it, but he asked why I couldn't just be happy about it because my mom has wanted one for a while. I thought about it and said, "Imagine I just bought a book for my wife that was written by Al Gore." He suddenly became very understanding.

The end.

It's a Baby!

Most of you have already heard the news. Well here's proof!

Baby's Heartbeat

Baby

The Macbook Wheel

There is so much truth in this satire.

"I'll buy almost anything if it's shiny and made by Apple." All they are is a status symbol.

Pardon the mild language at the end...

Life with Sean...

-Sean has very interesting sleeping habits... Those of you who know him well know about some of them. Even I knew about SOME of them before we got married... He is now on a sleeping pill called Ambien. Very interesting drug... It makes you extremely loopy and very uninhibited. He talks in his sleep, can't stop talking before he falls asleep, and doesn't remember anything the next morning... His brother is also on the same medication and when we were in Washington a month ago they stayed up until 2:00 in the morning having a heart to heart ending in a brotherly hug. His brother's wife and I are witnesses since neither one of them seem to remember...
He is also always hot and decided that he can't sleep when he is hot. BUT he likes to be wrapped up like a burrito as well. So, he refuses to share blankets. He has to have his, and I get mine. When we lived in our apartment and didn't have a ceiling fan he had to sleep wrapped up in his blanket with his feet sticking out hanging over the edge of the bed with a fan on the floor tilted upward blowing directly on his feet. Now, we've advanced slightly and have a ceiling fan that blows down on his feet but everything else is still pretty much the same... See below... And, just in case you are wondering this is year round, even in the winter....



-Sean is also obsessed with flashlights. In any given room you will find at least 1 if not 2 or 3 flashlights. Any time he sees them on sale at a store he sneeks them into the cart and I conveniently sneak them right back out.

-His family has a habit of using a towel once and then it is considered dirty. Apparently this is considered normal by some....

- He likes to try to scare me any way possible and get a reation out of me. Details to follow...

a. left a vacuum on sitting in the middle of the room. I finally came in to find out what was going on and he was no where to be found, yet the vacuum was just sitting there running... Creepy. I went to turn it off and he jumped out from behind me and grabbed me. This is the only time he has succeeded in getting an audible scream out of me...
b. After we were first married I came home from work one night and when I walked into our apartment all I could see were Sean's legs sprawled out on the floor like he had collapsed. I happened to be on the phone with my sister at the time and when I panicked and told her I had to go, I heard supressed giggles coming from the kitchen floor where he lay...

I think you get the point...

But, on the other hand, he treats me like a princess and I love him dearly... Last Monday I had a really bad headache and finally thought of something that sounded good for dinner. His chicken ramen noodles. He makes them the best. He is an amazing cook but out of everything I could have asked for that's what stood out. I barely had to ask and he was busy waiting on me. This was the result of his endeavors...

Odds & Ends... Tenille's first post!!!

So, I keep telling my self I'm going to contribute to our blog but I never end up following through... Big surprise... BUT, today is the day! Here's somethings that we have been up to lately...


Spending time with our two favorite furry friends...





House Projects! After being in our house for almost three years, we finally put window treatments up in our Kitchen/Dining Room... We're still deciding if we like them...



We found some incredible sales lately on home decor and found some new favorite stores to shop for bargins... We've been saving up to paint this fall because when we tried to have the paint color matched to touch up some areas it turned into one big disaster... So, now we need to paint the living room, kitchen, dining room, family room, stairway and landing WITH two story vaulted ceilings. We were suppose to get started this weekend. We conveniently avoided it...



We also just got called as the Webelo Den Leaders so we are keeping busy with that.

And my new FAVORITE thing. Tris, I keep forgetting to tell you about this! Pandora Radio... Lots of you may have already heard of it. But, for those of you who haven't, it is fabulous! Click here to go to their website. It's free you just register and you can select some of your favorite songs or artists and they try and match your tastes and introduce you to new music. You can create all the stations you want. If you really like a song they throw in there you can give it a "thumbs up" if you don't want it, you give it a "thumbs down" and it moves on to a different song. You can only thumbs down so many songs every hour though. Our favorite stations that we created as of late: Showtunes. Love it! We get songs from Annie, My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, King & I, etc... We also are enjoying our A Capella station. Check it out!

Washington Vacation

This is Sean's take on the Washington vacation.

It was fantastic. We got to spend a lot of time with all of our family. We did an all-day temple trip to the Seattle Temple and had a lot of fun. We shopped at the Marysville outlet mall (the best EVER) and spent way too much money. We went to Port Townsend. Here's pictures:

My nephew is a ham

My nephew took this great picture of his Aunt Tenille

I gave my nephew my camera and he took several pictures. This was my favorite.

Oh, how I miss Washington.

It's hard to take pictures at night outdoors.

The ferry coming through the fog

Nephew, rockin' on the rocket.

Edit: There was a few things about Washington that I had forgotten:

1. There's a lot of traffic
2. The Native American people there are mean
3. Everyone that lives there wants to be a writer
4. Socks and sandals
5. Sweater vests