Guitar Hero

Okay, so Rick only knows a few chords, but the kids had fun learning to strum with him.

Colorado's Jekyll and Hyde Weather

Yesterday we enjoyed a beautiful day in the park with a high of 71 degrees.

Today, it snowed all day.

Ricker

I was "husband" tagged by my friend Becky...so here goes.

What is his name? Richard I

How old is he? 31 and a half
What does he do for a living? Sorry, that's classified.

How long have you been married? 5 & 3/4 years

How long did you date? About 3 years- I was on a mission for 18 months of that & another 12 months were long distance.Who eats more? Depends on what it is; he eats more pizza, but I eat more ice cream.

Who said I love you first? He did.
Who is smarter? He had a higher GPA, but I'm always right. :)

Whose temper is worse? Does he even have a temper?

Who does the laundry? Me
Who does the dishes? Me - but he helps a ton with everything, too.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Yes.

Who pays the bills? Me
Who cooks dinner? Both
Who drives when you are together? Depends, we both like to drive.

Who is more stubborn? We both insist it's the other. He won't budge.

Whose parents do you see the most? We get to see both fairly often.

Who proposed? Him
Who has more friends? Me

Who has more siblings? I have him doubled (11-5).

Who wears the pants in the family? We each have one leg in the drawers, but I'm bossier.

What do you love most about him? What's not to love

What a Month-and it's not over yet.

I don't know about everyone else, but we've been to the doctors office way too many times this month. Each of the kids have had croup. Man, I hate that hacking cough. It sounds so horrible and night time is the worst! Andrew started it and when we thought he was better, Lexie got it. When we thought it was gone, Joseph came down with it. Hopefully he is the last one and it doesn't make the rounds again.
On a happier note, here are a few fun pics from the month.

Serves Me Right

A few weeks ago, ( I know I'm slow), we went to the Denver Airport to visit my brother, Erik. He was passing through on his way to some job interviews. He's been living in Germany for the past 2 years, so we were thrilled to see and visit with him. Anyway, we meet at the airport and he was kind enough to bring us German chocolate. YUM!
One of the kinds he brought was marzipan and after serving in Luebeck for 6 months, I really don't care for marzipan. Lexie picked that one out to eat and I opened it for her. She shared half with Joseph and then asked if I wanted some and I told her no thanks and that I didn't care for it. She then told me I had to try a "no thank you bite." (That is what we make her do all the time at dinner.) What was I supposed to do? I did try some and I was then praised for being such a big girl and trying new things. What a sweetie girl! I sure love her, even though she made me eat some marzipan!

Day 1 of Visit-Monkey Bizness

Rick's parents came out for a visit with Uncle Ryan (Rick's brother), Aunt Lyndee & cousin Libby. Our first outing was to Monkey Bizness. You can see the kids had a blast and they ran all of the adults ragged.

Afterwards we headed to Park Meadows for a little shopping and saw this. How much is that Joseph in the window? We'll take 2.

Day 2 of the Visit

In the morning I went shopping with Joyce and Lyndee. By the time we got home everyone was ready for some lunch. So we headed out to Maggiano's, one of Grant & Joyce's favorite resturants when they come to Denver. The evening was spent playing O Heck, Whoonu, & Quiddler. Good times were had by all.

Day 3 of the Visit

Here are some pics of just hanging out with the family. The kids had a great time playing with Cousin Libby.

Andrew's First Non-Milk Feeding

He wasn't so sure what he thought at first, but 10 days later, he decided the stuff wasn't so bad. Here he is acclimating to the high chair, first bites, playing with spoon, & finally liking it.

Some Dreams Do Come True

Rick has been wanting a bigger TV for several years. He finally found such a great deal, he couldn't resist. The next step was building a stand for it. The kids surely enjoyed helping. Now all we need is College Football to start.

Learning to Read

Lexie has been learning to read and tonight I had her read "Go, Dog. Go!" On this page Lexie read the left side, then I asked Joseph if he wanted to try reading the right side. He looked at it and read,

"The blue dog is...CRUSTY!"

Super Tuesday

I attended my first caucus tonight. (Rick got to put the kids to bed b/c he is a registered Independent.) It was quite an experience. It was nothing like the Maryland or the Kansas Absentee process. I was really surprised with the turnout. The school parking lot was packed as well as the neighborhood streets. There was a huge turnout from the ward (and old ward before it split)-it kinda felt like a Ward Activity. It was great to see so many familiar faces. It was not the easiest thing to find your precinct table (no one was holding up our sign when I was searching), but eventually I found it. We had 23 people from our precinct show: 3 for Huckabee, 4 for McCain, and 16 for Romney. Romney easily took Colorado. We also elected a precinct leader, then delegates to the state and so forth. I get to be an alternate to the state if the other 4 can't attend. My friends the Dransfield's put a video of the gym last night on their blog if you want to see how packed it was. Here is a pic I stole off their blog of some of us there.It was a lot of fun, good to see politics in action. It will be interesting to see how the rest of this election plays out. As most of you know, I am bit of a political junkie and have lots of fun discussing it, so we'll see how things go...Enjoy the race.