Check Under the Pillow

Chris brought his shotgun home last Sunday and I was in California at the time. 

I shared my concerns with him. (I am going to accidently shoot myself in the face.)

He says he'll put it in a safe place.

Then I get this picture. 

I do not like guns. It is kind of freaking me out. 

(This is not where it stayed, obviously.)

My Valentine

Valentine's Day is not my favorite. It is a nice day and there are never enough reasons to eat chocolate, but I could live without it. 

However, I do have a favorite person. And there are never enough reasons to spend time with him. I love him.

Chris's Project

In the middle of Thanksgiving break, Chris realized there was money to make out there. Using Amazon and the Power of the Kindle.

He asked both Sam and I if we read The Scarlet Letter in high school. Our response, "I was supposed to but I never did."

So, he has created a study guide/cliff's notes/shorter version of the Study Guide.

The Scarlet Letter in 15 Minutes

He has been working on it in his "free" time the last month. He read the whole book several times and has chapter by chapter analysis. And since Chris is so smart, its gonna be good.

If you want to support him to help him out on the rankings, it is only $.99. And then if you actually use it, review it.

Pictures from Chris's Phone

These photos are from Chris's phone. Theme: Chris wears crazy things. He is always willing to wear the thing that is most out there. And you can't not have a picture of it!

 I think this wig is what Chris wore on Halloween at school. Or that was his plan.

 His school did a 50s day to celebrate the 50th day of school for the year. He dressed up as a nerd. Isn't he such a cute nerd?

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Chris and I went to the driving range on Friday night. We got there right at 7:30, which was when they stop filling buckets. We were the only ones there and they were closing soon. Although, I know that people are still on the golf course until at least 8:30 because I went golfing with my dad last week and we were there until 8:30.

Basically I wasn't too worried of getting shooed off the course.

Chris hasn't been golfing since Christmas. So I think he was having a great time. He said he was off a bit but then he found his game.

And then some sprinklers came on. It was before 8 and it kind of stunk. We were in their path but quickly moved down.

I looked for more sprinkler head things and made sure that I could run away if they turned on. Chris moved right in front of the sprinkler head thing. This is what I said.

"Chris, if that sprinkler turns on, it is going to get you." I don't remember his response.

Well, what do you think happened? Luckily for all of you, I have a picture.

Not a real one, Chris wouldn't let me take one. As a concerned, caring wife, I immediately started laughing. If you can't tell, that is the sprinkler turned in such a way that the water hits him in the middle of his body. So yes, I was laughing. He had 3 seconds to react from when the other sprinklers turned off and the new ones turned on.

To be fair, about 5 minutes before Chris had said he was done and I made him stay. So it is all my fault. But it was worth it.

I think Chris can laugh about it now. He was pretty unhappy.

My Guy

Today is Chris's 25th birthday. Welcome to old age! 

I've already done my 100 reasons why I love Chris. And they all still stand. 

Anyone who knows Chris knows that he is unique. He laughs a lot, makes funny faces at the camera and sings loudly in the shower. He is a grammarian, a great big brother, and a fantastic driver. He likes Dr. Pepper, Sour Patch Straws and Outback SteakHouse. He doesn't like waking up, the unknown, or crazy Republicans.

He is my eternal companion, my best friend, my biggest fan, and my favorite person. 

I have known him for 10+ years and he just keeps getting better. 

I am not great with words like he is. But I love him a lot. 

Happy Birthday Chris! I love you!

The Best Husband

I am going to brag about my husband. We haven't seen each other properly in 3 days. Our work schedules have been backwards and it has been crazy.

But in all of it he was still thinking of me. I told him I wanted a 120 count box of crayons and he went to the store the other night, after getting off work at 1:00 am just to get it for me. He didn't buy anything else. How cute is that?

As soon as he wakes up from his nap, we get to spend time together. But until then, I can color and know my husband loves me. And I love him loads.

Chris Says...

Chris had to take a test today for a class he has been taking for the past week. Afterwards he texted me:

"I finished. They way underestimated my intelligence. There's no way that test would take 2 hours. I finished in like 20 minutes."

I laughed when I got it. It is just so Chris.

While Chris is Sleeping

Time for another episode of "Chris started talking while I was waking him up."

Chris: Did you put the rocking chair back into the stockroom?"
Me: "No."
Chris: "You better."
Me: "Why?"
Chris: mumbles "I don't know."

I am guessing no one is as amused by this as I am. But it makes waking up a little more fun.

Tiny Chris

So I had a little fun putting Chris in with the Longhorn. Here he is with some other things. 

A flower. He is like a Thumbalina.

Taking a ride on Kali.

Visiting Alcatraz as a giant.

A finally, on his own shoulder. Big Chris looks confused.

Longhorn

We drove by some longhorns today and they reminded me of one that we saw at the rodeo. The ones I saw today seemed small compared to this guy.

However, this picture doesn't really do it justice. It doesn't look that big.

So I added a Chris next to it so you can see how big it was. It was huge. And this is for reals, Chris can back me up.

The Sleeping Giant

I am waking Chris up right now.

"Chris, I am hungry and I can't eat until you are awake."

"I am getting up."

One minute later: "Chris it is time to get up."

"Stop, I still have a piece left in there."

"What?"

"I still have a piece."

Still trying to wake him up.

"I'm going to pee on you." (He wasn't sleep talking for that one. He was totally awake.) But now he is back asleep.

"Stop trying to take a piece of me." Back asleep.

He's awake. Well, he is at least out of bed. Hope I was able to entertain you this morning.

Chris is funny

He locked himself out of the house today.

And he had a key on his key ring.

No matter what he says, it was only for about 7 minutes. Then I got our of the shower and realized why Kali was barking.

I was like "Why did you lock yourself out? Don't you have the key?"

"No." He looks down at his keys and sees it. "Well, I didn't know I had it."

To be fair, earlier I had talked about taking the house key off. But I took the key from somewhere else.

And, he is going to be upset at me for writing this.

Random Goingons and Thoughts

1. I lost 4.6 pounds this week. That is the best I have ever done in one week, and I don't expect it to stay that high. But I am excited for that number.

2. Teaching primary has taught me a few things. Mostly, kids pick up on and repeat what you say. One nine year old said today that Michael Jackson was born a black man and died a white woman. There is no way he came up with that himself. Another said he will never get married because it is the last day of a man's life. I know he got that from his grandpa who at my wedding told me that the always tells the groom that he is at a funeral rather than a wedding. (HaHa.)

3. Jalapenos don't scare me and I don't have to wear gloves when I work with them. However, the first time I ever cooked with them, I wasn't aware of the don't touch your eye thing. Chris and I were just married and I was making chili for a ward chili cook-off. After I was done, I touched my eye. It hurt so bad and I started crying which just made it worse. Luckily Chris was there to save the day.

4. Last night, I was reading. Chris asked me if I was done reading a book I read earlier. I was and he said, "oh, I brought it upstairs for you." Well, later today he gets the book about of it's hiding place. He didn't just bring it upstairs; he hid it from me. Didn't work, did it Chris?

5. Chris and I need to have kids. Kali has become our proxy child now that we live here. She is too spoiled for a dog. She is getting kisses with Chris!

6. When we lived in our first apartment, Chris decided to try to scare me. We just got home and I went into the bathroom. When I got out, Chris wasn't anywhere. I hadn't heard the door open so I knew he was in the apartment somewhere hiding. I decided to show him so I sat on the couch and started reading. Five minutes later, I wondered why he hadn't given up. I went in our room and looked in our closets. He wasn't there. Our apartment is so small, I gave up. I figured he must have gone outside. I went around to my side of the bed and there he was. Crumbled under the bed with the boxes waiting to jump out and scare me. But because it was such a small space, he didn't have enough room to get out fast enough. It is probably the funniest thing ever. He has such dedication sometimes.

7. Another funny Chris story. We were at Target. Whenever Chris and I go into the store to get one things real quick, it never it ends up being that easy. We don't get a basket because we only need one thing. But we end up with our hands full with everything we get. Well, I decided I wanted some peanut M&Ms. I couldn't find them anywhere in the candy isle. Chris was at the other end of the isle and found them for me. We were about 15 feet from each other and both of us have no free hands. Don't worry though, Chris has got this. He picks up a bag and THROWS it to me. I can't catch so all I do is put out my foot to try to stop it. Which I do and the bag busts all over the place. We couldn't stop laughing even after we left. (Don't worry, we paid for that bag and safely got another one.)

8. I haven't watch Supernatural yet this week. Not sure what I am waiting for. But I did watch Lost. I wanted to wait until the end of the season and watch it all at once like we did with all the other seasons. But Chris convinced me I would be spoiled throughout the season, so I might as well watch it. There is almost nothing I hate more than having things spoiled for me, so I gave in.

Kisses

Chris got french kissed by Kali today.

Kali is a dog.

Reasons Why I Love You

Last year, I started a book, which I talked about briefly here.

Chris and I have about 200 pages to fill up. I think it will be nice to look back on in 20 years and something our kids can look at.

My favorite page is this one. Chris did it all by himself. It's the first page he has ever done. I know he got frustrated a couple times with it, but he was entertaining to watch.

Primary

Chris and I got called to be primary teachers. I was also called to be an assistant primary pianist. I am going to miss going to relief society (and I am serious), but it will be fun to be in primary. I was in primary the summer I came home after my freshman year, and I loved it.

We get to teach together. The primary president said that our class is "spunky." We'll see what that really means next week. However, the primary president assured us that when I need to play piano, the presidency will all be there to help Chris. It kind of sounded like the class was a bit more than spunky.

Sammie and Chris

I was going through my pictures and I came across this one Charleah took. I love it.

Waking a Sleeping Chris

Chris and I work together at the same place. It might be the only time in our life we get to do this and I really love going to work together and leaving together.

Because we work at the same time, we wake up at the same time. If anyone has every tried to wake Chris up, you'll agree when I say it is not easy.

But it can be funny. Here are some conversations we have had.

Me: Chris, you need to get up.
Chris: I can't.
Me: Why?
Chris: Because Randi said I'm not supposed to.

Another morning
Chris: (sitting up) Her name was Betty.
Me: Whose name is Betty?
Chris: (pausing)...I don' t know

One more.
Chris: Why did you say that Gwyenth Paltrow spends $150 mkaing fake eyelids?
Me: I didn't say that.

So every morning can be a little adventure and peak into what Chris is thinking about. I don't know who Betty is and Chris had some explaining to do. j/k

Dessert

One of my employees brought me this brownie this week. It was a two layer German Chocolate brownie. Oh. My. Goodness.

I am actually trying to not eat sweets, but I could not say no. So I took a bite, and then another. And before I knew it, it was gone.

But I am going to use this blog to hold myself accountable. No dessert this week. I need to lose 10 pounds by Sept 15. (You can read why at Chris's blog.)

I weigh-in every Sunday and take my measurements once a month. I'll report the loss here. With everybody who reads my blog (all few of you) maybe it will make me work harder. Only pressure make me work, and 44 days is a lot of pressure.

So, say it with me: "No more two-layer German Chocolate brownies!"