10 years and counting

Ya I know I am late posting this but I need to get it down before it really gets nuts around here. 10 years ago on November 27th (Thanksgiving this year) Randy and I were sealed in the Portland Temple for time and all eternity. I cannot believe it has been 10 years, so much has happened yet, it feels like it was yesterday that I met him. So in efforts to pass memories onto our posterity I've decided to do a tag, I know I already did one not too long ago, but that was a wedding tag. This is a little different. This tag is called "How I met___."

1. Where did you meet? In my living room. His friends brought him over to play Frisbee with me and my roommates at the quad at OSU. He just got home from his mission the day before.

2. What was the first thought that went through your head when you met? What a goober, (in my defense, he was a fresh RM and was very awkward).

3. Do you remember what he was wearing? Probably jeans, t-shirt and a baseball hat

4. Where was the first time you kissed this person? Apparently on my couch, I don't remember but he does very vividly. I had fallen asleep on my couch and he asked if he could kiss me and I said yes (mind you I am not very coherent when I crash on the couch).

5. Where did you go for your first date? To Newport Beach in Oregon. His best friend and his fiance took us with them, it was very weird date because we had only known each other a week and I had been gone for Spring Break that week before.

6. How long did you know this person before you were a couple? Probably 2 weeks, from when we met till he kissed me.

7. How did he ask you out? He never officially asked me out, it was just assumed. After that first date of awkward silence, he took me home and we ended up talking in my living room till 5 AM. After that we were inseparable.

8. Has this person ever purposed to you? Ummmmm . . . ya, once just once.

9. Do you and this person have kids together? 4 rambunctious bundles of joy.

10. Have you ever broken the law with this person? No, never, I am an angel, he on the other hand has gotten a few speeding tickets with me in the car.

11. When was the first time you realized you liked this person? After the first date and we ended up talking till morning. But it wasn't till he gave me the ultimatum of him or this other guy I thought was fun to be with (I was very young and still having fun) that I realized I could lose him if I didn't make up my mind quick.

12. Do you get along with his family? Yes, they are great.

13. Do you trust this person? Yes

14. Do you see him as your partner in the future? Ya, for eternity even.

15. What is the best gift he gave you? Recently my piano, but it was a mutual effort, he did surprise me with a Kitchen Aid mixer for Christmas one year, I was soo excited for that.

16. What is one thing he does that gets on your nerves? Leaves his clothes all over, yet his shoes have to be right next to each other.

17. Where do you see each other 15 years from now? Let's see, McKenzie will be 23, Morgan will be 20, Micah 19 and Malia will be 16, I think I will be going nuts, maybe a grandma even, who knows.

18. What causes the most arguments? My quirkiness for needing things done right now, and his lack thereof.

19. How long have you been together? 10 years 8 months

20. Are you married? Yes

21. Who do you tag? Anyone who needs to get these memories down.

Wedding Tag!

1. What date is your anniversary? November 27, 1998
2.Where did you get married? Portland, OR Temple.
3. Who proposed and how? Randy, of course, on the 4Th of July after the local Prineville fireworks (or should I say the annual lighting of the hillside so the show gets cut short and firetrucks have to come and put it out). Anyway, we went back to my house and set off the cheesy firecrackers (his parents even came out for them). We were on my parents deck watching my little brothers having a ball when he got down on one knee and popped the question. He had given me a really nice CTR ring and then we went out to go ring shopping, he knew I wanted to shop for my ring, it was fun. The first ring we saw together that I tried on was "the one." We went to a ton of other stores but couldn't get the 1st one out of our minds.
4. How long were you engaged? 4 months.
5. What was the favorite part of your wedding day? It was such a jam packed day, but I do remember looking at Randy in the mirrors and thinking wow. Eternity is going to be awesome.
6. What would you change if you could? Like Amanda, wish I would've spent money on a photographer, (Sam you did awesome) but I've been lazy about blowing any of them up, wish it was just done for me.
7. Wedding colors? Navy and white (it was more of a themed wedding, nautical)
8. Do you remember anything special from your ceremony? Any good advice? A comical moment? I had the worst headache ever so I don't remember a lot of what was said but I do remember Randy accidentally stepping on my bustled train popping off the button, he totally felt bad. The best advice I have for LDS weddings, ladies DO NOT get your endowments out the same day you get sealed, hence the headache.
9. Were you clean or messy when you cut your wedding cake? Heck ya we were messy, it was a blast, especially since cake seriously got up my nose.
10. Where did you go on your honeymoon? Newport OR
11. How long have you been married now? Almost 10 years, I can't believe it.
I'm not going to tag anyone but this is a great way to journal you wedding experience. I didn't even do this almost 10 years ago. So if you need to record this event so if you haven't, you're tagged.

Different Tag!

Thanks to Deena I have gotten my first legitimate tag ever! The A-Z's of Me

A - Advocate for: My kids. They deserve the best right?

B - Best Feature: My eyes, I like the color blue that they are, and coincidentally Randy has them to, so now all our kids have amazing blue eyes, I love it.

C - Could Do Without: Could or need? I need to do without chocolate but am having a hard time convincing my cravings of that.

D - Dreams & Desires: To go back and finish school, to travel and see the sites, outside of the US, and you’ll think this one is weird but to conduct the Philharmonic.

E - Essential Items: Chocolate, my mini food processor (I hate chopping onions myself), and a piano.

F - Favorite Pastime: playing around on the computer, watching Lost or the Office, getting outside with the kids when it’s nice.

G - Good at: playing the piano, listening to my friends, and borrowing ideas from other people.

H - Have Never Tried: Wake boarding, snow skiing, surfing.

I - If I Had a Million Dollars: I’d pay off debt (including Randy’s schooling), buy a house, and take my family on a fun vacation.

J - Junkie For: Finding old friends through Blogger and Facebook, Oh and of course chocolate.

K - Kindred Spirit: My sisters (all of them even if some don’t like to blog yet, Shauna).

L - Little Known Fact: I use to be skinny until I had kids (hee hee)

M - Memorable Moment: Being sealed to Randy, having each of my four beautiful kids (especially Malia making me go through 12 hours of labor after Micah’s 3).

N - Never Again Will I: Complain I'm fat when I looked as good as I did in high school.

O - Occasional Indulgence: Pedicures, I've had maybe 2 in my whole life.

P - Profession: Chauffer, nurse, teacher, maid, engineer, secretary, cook, oh and a MOM!

Q - Quote: There are no small parts, only small people

R - Reason to Smile: When my kids learn something new or do something unexpected.

S - Sorry About: not keeping better touch with my friends

T - Tag Some Friends: my sister's and in-laws (that include you Kendra and Julie)

U - Uninterested In: Country music

V - Very Scared Of: Something bad happening to my kids and not being able to do anything about it.

W - Worst Habit: Cracking my knuckles

X - X Marks My Ideal Vacation Spot: Hawaii, anywhere in Europe, my Grandpa’s cabin in Northern Wisconsin.

Z - Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Tag your it!

Sami tagged everyone who read her blog so I am tagging all of you. It's really simple though, so don't fret. Here's what to do: You pick up the nearest book, turn to page 123, and post the fifth sentence. So here it is:

(OK so to preface this, the closest book was Randy's text book on Life-span Development, so here it goes).

Cesarean deliveries also are performed if the baby is lying crosswise in the uterus, if the baby's head is too large to pass through the mother's pelvis, if the baby develops complications, or if the mother is bleeding vaginally.

Maybe this will help some of you, or not. I had a good laugh copying it though. So all of you readers out there, it's your turn, I will have fun reading what you find.

PS I made another slideshow from photobucket at the bottom of my blog. I will put new pics in there every once in a while, I think it's easier to use than the picassa one, and you can see it better.