Cute little Bay

My parents came out for dinner, which they do quite often, and they brought their 2 year old Chesapeake Bay Retriever, named Bay.  She likes to play with Roxy's mice, so we try to hide them before she comes.  Today she found another of Roxy's toys and occupied herself for quite awhile.  It was too cute, I had to get a video.  It's a mouse that "runs" inside this plastic thing, so they can't ever get it.  It's pretty funny how much she likes cat toys.

My Husband Tag

1. What is your husband's name?

Christopher Larry Brown

2. Who said I love you first?

I did, by accident, we were making out and it just slipped out, I did mean it though.  It was several more months before he said it.

3. Who is taller?

Chris, by like six inches

4. Who is smarter?

I think we're equally smart, but in different ways

5. Who is more sensitive?

Definitely me

6. Who does the laundry?

Me

7. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?

If you're looking at the bed, I sleep on the right side

8. Who pays the bills?

I do

9. Who cooks more?

Lately (finally) I do, I'm in charge of meals during the week and he's in charge of meals on the weekends, he enjoys doing big fancy Sunday meals

10. What meals do you cook together?

Nothing, unless one of us is running late and we ask the other to start

11. Who is more stubborn?

Me, by far, come on, I am a red head

12. Who is the first to admit they are wrong?

We'll both say we are and we'll both say the other is wrong

13. Who is more clean?

I think I am, but he's also not usually home enough to make too much of a mess of anything

14. Who has more siblings?

I have five, he has one

15. Who wears the pants in the relationship?

Definitely me, but I'm getting better at relinquishing control

16. What do you like to do together?

Watching movies, playing board games, going to the beach, playing with the dog, entertaining

17. Who eats more sweets?

Definitely me

18. Guilty Pleasures?

Any kind of war game on the computer or Wii, cold reeces cups, sour cream and onion chips

19. How did you meet?

He was the resident assistant in the dorms we were living in in college and we had mutual friends, I don't remember the first time we met

20. Who asked who out first?

After a month of flirting he still hadn't asked me out, so my friends and I hatched a plan so that I could ask him out - we went on a triple date for my birthday

21. Who kissed who first?

I always refused to be the one to give the first kiss, so he kissed me first, it caught me by surprise, but again, it came after a month of waiting

22. Who proposed?

Officially he did, but I tried to propose once, because, again, I was tired of waiting. But the proposal was prefect, it would take me too long to tell the whole story, but it was very intricate and special.

23. Best features?

His smile, his eyes, his comfy shoulder

24. What is his best quality?

His patience with me!

Playing at the Pool

My "other family" the Washburns bought a pool pass for the summer and as part of the pool pass they can have a designated "sitter" and who else would they have chosen besides me? Hehe. I've only gone with them three or four times, but it's always been fun. Today I thought to take my camera along.

Briella has gone back to not liking me too much, which is why she's not so thrilled in this picture
The boys decided early on that I am their personal jungle gym.



I had to include a picture of Kamberlynne! She and my brother spent most of the time playing catch or monkey in the middle.

Pasta a la Cat

It seems like lately I'm always talking to my friends about trying to find good recipes for dinner.  So I decided I would share one once in awhile on here (and hope that some of my friends do the same on their blogs!).  You all know I'm not really a cook and have only recently taken over cooking dinners, but every once in awhile I find something that I really enjoy making - and when it turns into something that both Chris and I like it's even more exciting!  This past week at the grocery store I saw a bag of mixed primavera veggies so I grabbed it and some chicken (I buy cheater chicken - the perdue short cuts).  I steamed the vegetables, warmed the chicken and cooked some spaghetti noodles.  I just added some olive oil and garlic pepper, Chris added parmesan cheese and italian herbs as well as the olive oil and garlic pepper.  It was really easy and we both enjoyed it.  We're thinking it might be good with some kind of white sauce as well.  The other great thing was that it was the perfect size for the just the two of us.

Cake Decorating

This past Sunday I helped throw a baby shower for my cousin. I had so much fun!

I went all out and spent hours decorating a cute stork cake.

Here we are at the shower, Cyndi, whose house it was at, and my cousin Leigh.