My sister Husband tagged me, I swear I have filled this out before but here you go...
What is his name? Benjamin David Smurthwaite
Nicknames? Benny boy
How long have you been married? Almost 5 years
How long did you date? 8 months
How old is he? 27
How did you meet? We were in the same ward at BYU-Idaho and lived across the street form one another.
Where did you go on your first date? Taco Bell
How long have you been together? 5 1/2 years
Who eats more? Ben does
Who eats more sweets?Me...I really need to break that habit!
Who said I love you first? Well ...that is debatable we both think we said it first but because I love him I will say he did!
Who is taller? Hands down Ben
Who sings better?BEN
Who does the laundry?Both of us
Who does the dishes? Both of us, but Ben does them more (thanks honey!)
Who pays the bills? Me
Who mows the lawn?Ben
Who cooks dinner? Me
Who drives when you are together? We switch off but I probably do more often.
Who is more stubborn? Definitely me, but I think I am wearing off on Ben.
Who is the first to admit they're wrong? depends on the topic
Whose parents do you see most? Mine
Who kissed who first? Ben kissed me first on our first date and then I slammed the door on his face...it must have been a good kiss!
Who proposed?Ben, it's a great story but needs to be told in person.
Who is more sensitive? me
Who has more friends?Me.
Who has more siblings? Ben has 9 I only have 1
Who wears the pants? I may be bossy but we both try to wear the pants...It can get pretty tight with two people wearing them!
Now who am I going to tag...no one! If you read this and want to be tagged go ahead and fill it out and you can say I tagged you.
My new friends Jenni and Courtney invited me and the girls to go on a walk and have a picnic. It was a gorgeous day in the Pacific North West and we had so much fun. The kids played ring around the rosie and threw rocks in the lake. I love watching children play outside they are always so happy and fascinated by every thing we adults take for granted.
Allison loves wearing this hat because of the hair. Here is one of our recent conversations while she was wearing the hat...
Emma will stand up while she rocks or hold on with one hand while she waves with the other. Maybe she is practicing to be a rodeo queen. She has fallen off doing this but she just climbs right back on and does it again...way to get back on the horse Emma!
I recently got a new cupcake book and I decided to try out the bowling pin cupcakes. Mine didn't turn out as good as the ones in the book (mine are squattier) but still cute for my first attempt.
I love this picture of Allison it was taken at her little friends birthday party, I think it perfectly captures her cuteness and innocence. I have to admit that lately Allison has been rather challenging...she has so many emotions that just come spewing out in less than pleasing ways. So we are working on giving her positive ways to channel her emotions. Besides that I can't say enough wonderful things about my sweet little girl. She has a wonderful imagination, she is creative and has a fabulous vocabulary. Compassion oozes out of her sometimes like when Emma was getting shots the second she started crying Allison gave Emma her toy and started stroking her little hand. She is full of funny sayings and she loves to copy everything I do, today she came up to me and said "here's the deal...this is my list!" and then she continued to show me the list she had scribbled out. For those of you who don't know me that well I make lists all the time and I frequently say "OK here's the deal." I am so grateful that I get to have Allison as my daughter she brings so much joy into my life and I learn from her everyday. I can't wait to see the woman she will become.
I of course did the swirls and Allison did the other one, she tells me it's a whale...I can see that!
