I've Been Tagged, Twice!!

Okay, this is so not like me, but now that I've been tagged twice, I've just got to get it over with. So, here it goes.....

1. Who is your man? Justin H Manwaring

2.How long have you been together? We've been married for 8 years.

3.How long did you date? That's the embarrassing question. We met in January, but didn't start dating until April and then got engaged in June. So.....2 months.

4.How old is your man? 30

5.Who eats more? Definitely me!!

6.Who said I love you first? He did and hasn't stopped!

7.Who is taller? Oh, that's a funny one. Anybody want to take a guess? Justin's 6'1" and I'm 4'11". He is!!

8. Who sings better? He does, although I wish he would do it more.

9. Who is smarter? Another obvious one, definitely him. There's no way I could be smarter than someone who is CONSTANTLY reading. He's amazing with the information he can retain.

10. Whose temper is worse? MINE. Hands down. He is always so calm, that's one of his best qualities.

11. Who does the laundry? I do. Sometimes he tries to help, but I just go behind and redo everything he does. I'm a little anal in that category.

12. Who does the dishes? I do most of the time, but he chips in and helps when he knows we have places to go or things to get done.

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does.

14. Who pays the bills? We both do.

15. Who is better at the computer? Well, he's a Manwaring, does that say enough? It's definitely him.

16. Who mows the lawn? We both do. He mows while I trim. We make a pretty good team!

17. Who cooks dinner? I do, not that anyone really eats it, but I do cook it.

18. Who drives when you are together? He does. I hate driving.

19. Who pays when you go out? I love this one. Justin has never carried a wallet, (he prefers a giant planner instead), so I'm usually the one carrying the money, but he always pulls out my cute Vera and pays. I think it's so cute. We even had a waitress the other night comment on his cute purse.

20. Who is more stubborn? ME! (no comment)

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? This is a tough one. I would probably say me, but that's only because I'm usually the one who's wrong. It all comes down to that smart thing again.

22. Whose parents do you see most? Probably mine, only because we live in the same town, but we do a lot with his family.

23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me.

24. Who asked who out? He asked me out and I turned him down because I was going somewhere with another guy, but I really liked Justin, so I asked if he wanted to come hang out later instead.

25. Who proposed first? He did.

26. Who is more sensitive? I would say I am, but I'm pretty sure most people would disagree. (like Angie)

27. Who has more friends? He does.

28. Who has more siblings? He does. He has 7 and I have 4.

29. Who wears the pants in the family? Uh, that would be me, but he likes to tell people he has hand.

I now tag Angie Daw, Esther Ogden, and, you guessed it, Sally Peterson (ha ha Sally).

Happy Birthday, Katie!

Today Katie turns **. Sorry I don't have a better picture or any others, but my computer is getting fixed and Ogden ruined part of the separate hard drive I store most of my pictures on and now I'm stuck using our old computer deemed for the kids.

I do hope you have a fun day. You're always so good at planning such fun activities for everyone that I hope you take time for yourself. We wish you the best birthday, Katie.

Happy Birthday!!

School is Finally Here!!

School has finally come. Well, for Ellie at least. Ellie started first grade today. You wouldn't believe how she can hold her excitement in, but I know she was excited. Last week when we went to find out who her teacher was, I asked her if she was excited and she said, "If I'm the only kid in the class I am." I can't believe her. She is so afraid of new things.

Luckily, her best friend had a birthday party on Monday. About 30 minutes before the party, she told me she didn't want to go because she was tired. I told her that was too bad and this was her best friend's birthday and she was going to go.

All my pushing paid off and she had a great time at the party. I was able to use it as an example and remind her today that she was afraid to go to the party, but once she got there she had fun and the same would happen with school today.

She ended up doing great and having a lot of fun. She came home and said all they did was color today. I'm glad she's learning something.

Ogden, Ellie, and Anna before the walk to school.
Anna doesn't start school until next week, but is pretty excited. She got to go to orientation today with her teacher and I don't think I have to worry about her being as nervous and frightened as Ellie, thank goodness!!

When all was said and done, I think she was pretty excited. Isn't she adorable?

We love Uncle Clay!!

This last weekend Clay and Jenn (who now have a blog!) came to take a break from school and work. The kids had so much fun playing with them . I walked downstairs at my parent's house and found Ogden cuddled up next to Clay on the couch watching a movie. He was in heaven and even shared the football blanket with him.

Anna, Clay, and Ogden

I think the kids favorite part of the weekend was Sunday night when Clay let them all ride on him like a horse. What a sport!! He was so nice to let them beat him to death. They were so wound up and wouldn't give him a break, but he just kept going.

Clay, Anna, Ogden, and Ellie
They were obviously having a good time, look at Ellie's hair!! I know I combed it at least twice that day.
Thanks for the fun weekend Clay and Jenn!!

Where did this kid come from?

I often wonder where Ogden comes up with the things that he does. Few days go by that he doesn't have me laughing. He has this tacky "fire belt", as he calls it that someone who works with Justin gave to him that he absolutely loves. I've kept it around because it's reversible and can be black on the other side, but apparently he thought it was so funny to wear around his head.

This is my favorite. Ogden has lost one of his green flip flops, which we just replaced not too long ago because we lost his black ones. He loves wearing flip flops and refuses to wear anything else, so he decided that he would wear his green flip flop and pair it with one of Anna's orange ones. He thought he was so smart putting it together, and hey, I don't have to tie or buckle a thing. He doesn't really understand when I won't let him wear them to the store, though!

A Cousin Switcheroo!

Last Tuesday after my grandpa's funeral, Ellie got to go to Meridian with my brother and his family while their son, Owen, stayed here with us. Ellie came home from having a great time. I think she was a little spoiled with Esther. She had new shoes, a shirt, and jewelry, and got her hair combed in fun little do's every day.

I felt bad for poor Owen. Everything we had planned didn't work out too well. He still remained happy and had fun just hanging out at our house every day. We had planned to take him to a Chuakar's game one night, but Ogden was the only kid who thought that was a good idea. We promised him he could go fishing on Friday, which he was really excited about, and as soon as we got there, it started raining and we could see lightning all over.

Despite all of our disappointments, we sure enjoyed having Owen at our house. He's such a cute, sweet boy and has such good manners. I was so impressed at how nicely he would ask for things.

Anna, Owen, and Ogden just before Owen left us.

Eli's Coming..... and now he's here!!!

The much anticipated arrival of our new nephew has finally come. Ben and Kaylin had a handsome 9 lb 22 inch little, or should I say big, boy on Friday morning. We hope Kaylin recovers well from her cesarean and from her gallbladder surgery tomorrow. Congratulations!!

Welcome Eli Gregg Manwaring!!

Ogden just loves little Eli and pretty much all babies. He thinks they're so cute.