Six Little Known Facts About Holly

1. I love to plan! Whether it be a party, an outing, even cub scout pack meetings. I am, however the queen of procrastination, so I'm always madly and wildly running around like a rooster with my head cut off trying to make it perfect...because I'm also a perfectionist.

2. I love country music! Well, most of you probably know this by now. I have to set the record straight though. Some of you may think I only like it because Jamie does and it's always playing...which is partly true...he has great taste, neither of us like the twangy, I shot my dog and left my wife crap...but my love of country started when I worked at Granny's in Heber while I was in high school. We used to crank up the juke box while we closed (pretty much exclusively country music) and dance with the mops! :) My all time favorite was "Talkin bout men" Shania Twain baby!

3. I am scared of the dark...mostly when my husband isn't home...I can't go to sleep and I have to turn on all the lights if I have to go downstairs from my bedroom. I HATE going down in our basement by myself, even during the day. I guess I've read too many mystery books and watched too many forensic files.

4. I am an insomniac...well I sleep sometimes. It takes me FOREVER to get to sleep, but when I finally fall asleep I sleep hard. I am immune to alarm clocks, esp Jamie's 4am alarm. I completely ignore it, don't even hear him get up most of the time. My mom had to buy me an extra loud vibrating horrible alarm that my sisters who shared a room with me detested, just to get me to early morning seminary! LOL

5. I went to Lithuania on my mission, and yes I spoke Lithuanian...everyone always asks what language I spoke. Some missionaries spoke Russian, and my mission actually covered Estonia, Latvia and BelaRus as well. Since I've been home, yikes for 8 years now...BelaRus has been transfered to the Moscow South mission, and my mission is now called the Baltic misson. Lithuania is former Soviet Union, located above Poland and to the West of Russia. Huge culture shock people. I'll tell stories later if anyone happens to be interested.

6. My husband is known to sing "I Henry the 8th I am" to me to make me livid and thinks it's funny. Just so I know people are actually reading my blog and care...you'll have to ask me to get the scoop on that one. LOL :)

Six Little Known Things About Jamie

1. He is the best Home Teacher on the planet. The Seals will back me up on this. I don't think he's missed more than 2 months in the 7 years and 2 months that we've been married.

2. He is the best daddy in the world. He lets the kids climb, jump, stomp, dive, and ride on him. He reads endless books, and chases and spins and whirls them, even after a very long workday (Jamie routinely gets up at 3 or 4am to study and prep his classes, or work on whatever moonlighting gig he has going). He is more patient with them, even when he's more tired than me. He loves his kids more than anything in the world.

3. He knows several languages...that is computer languages and often wishes that I could speak those languages, because then instead of being completely bewildered and sometimes bored, I would be as excited about his computer code as he is. He passionately loves his job which is teaching 75 stinky, cocky, crazy computer nerd college students how to rule the world with computer code!

4. He is a very talented photographer and videographer. He is truly an artist when it comes to putting pictures and video to music. He absolutely LOVES music and usually only puts songs on his ipod that remind him to be a better husband, dad, and person. He loves down-home country music. He and I went country-swinging almost every date of our entire courtship. It was a freakin blast. We had never seen a movie in the theater together until after we were married. We went hiking, biking, on long walks, and dancing constantly.

5. He eats a bowl of cereal every night after dinner no matter what I make, whether he loves it or hates it. His mother can attest to the fact that he's done this since he was in grade school.

6. Jamie makes superb pumpkin pie! He makes several every year during the holidays. We always eat the first one...it's tradition, and it's absolutely delicious, decked with plently of real whipped cream, of course. We take the rest to holiday parties to let our families enjoy them. His grandma McRae taught him how to make the crust and he has made them every year since she died, carrying on her legacy, isn't that sweet!!!

Our Baby "G" Q

Our Baby "G" is really more of a little boy now. He's 11 months old and has already been walking for 2 months. He is practically running now, and climbing, and throwing, and getting into exactly what he know he shouldn't. However, he is the cutest, sweetest little dickens on the planet. I couldn't resist posting these beautiful shots. Isn't he Adorable!

Just a Few More Pictures. Farewell Summer, Welcome Autumn!

More Summer Pictures!

Is Summer Really Over?

Dangit! We've had so much fun playing this summer on our toys and with so many friends. We just really don't want it to end. I actually love the fall, we just can't play as much on the water when it cools off! I know there will be tons of fun to be had in the fall and winter as well, but I like the warm weather and especially the summer nights. Here are some of our boating pictures, and some other highlights of the summer.

Lagoon with Stouts II

We went to Lagoon with the Stouts for the second time this season. It was a blast! We contemplated getting a babysitter for Gavin, but the kids had been a bit sick, and we didn't want to pass it on in someone's home, so we decided to take him, and I'm glad we did! He was a trooper, and he had soooo much fun! He got to ride the ferris wheel with us, and the train, and Odysea (a huge Octopus with fish dangling down from it that were the seats, and water spraying everywhere...he didn't appreciate the water in his face, but he loved the rest, he was clapping his hands and bouncing and squealing...precious), the carousel, and he even rode the little whales all by himself. By the end of the day, he was past tuckered out, but I think it was worth it! Here's a few pictures of the kids!