jack's list

jack's birthday is two days after shawn's so this is always a crazy time of year. but i thought i'd give you a list about jack. we went on a walk the other day and i started asking him his favorites...

fav color: blue

fav animal: cow

fav dinosaur: t-rex

fav food: meat!

fav drink: water....orange juice....SPRITE!!

fav thing to do: draw with my colors

there you have it. a couple of them are highly suspect, in my opinion, but no use in arguing with a 3 yr old.

the 27 list

shawn is 27. we both agree that that is old. it sounds old. he is now officially old. it's definitely closer to 30 than 20. ouch. anyway, this is a little tribute to him that i'm stealing from our friends leslie and morgan...thanks, leslie.

here are 27 things you may or may not know about shawn.

1. he has to sleep on his right side.

2. he loves to shop for clothes and shoes as much as i do.

3. he LOVES to house-hunt.

4. he sings hymns in french a lot.

5. he wakes up with the most random songs in his head...like ace of base "i saw the sign". what the? and now you're singing it, and it will stay with you, i promise.

6. he loves campfires and the smell of wood burning.

7. his nervous habit is picking and biting at his nails, so they are basically non-existent.

8. he wears baseball gloves while he studies so that he won't do #7.

9. when he disappears for a while, i know he's either on the toilet, or watching ESPN elsewhere.

10. i think his man-crush is steve carrell.

11. he is the best father i have ever seen.

12. he accidentally taught jack how to say sh**, but i promise #11 is true.

13. he feels really bad about #12.

14. he secretly loves good musicals.

15. he plays the guitar, sings, and writes his own music. he wrote a song for me that he performed at our wedding lunch.

16. as a teenager, he regularly snuck out with his friends at all hours of the night.

17. on many of those excursions, he and his besty, jordon, would streak butt-naked.

18. miraculously, he was never caught for #16 or #17.

19. was recruited by colleges for baseball and football.

20. is a little bit of a harry potter geek, seen all the movies, listened to the books on tape.

21. doesn't really like to read, unless it's a harry potter.

22. he is kicking trash in his PA program. one of the top students.

23. he is a fiercely loyal friend.

24. as explained in a previous post, he CANNOT hold in surprises.

25. is insanely petrified of back hair, growing it and witnessing it.

26. has a red beard, which i love.

27. he is the best hubby in all the world.

love you, shawn! hope you can make it to 28.

easter

we had a delightful easter weekend. so relaxing, somehow, i don't really understand how it happened. anywho, the fun started on friday when we colored eggs. everything is so different now that jack understands what's going on and gets excited.





how relaxed is that?!
after the hunt. he loved it.

of course, sam is just happy to be along for the ride. my little sweet pea.

conference...wow. there is nothing more powerful and peaceful than hearing those men's voices in my home. it truly feels like a little bit of celestialness. i'm always sad when it ends. and here's a phenomenon for you...remember when you were little and conference never seemed to end? and now you blink and it's over.

my favorite conference moment: listening to the beloved elder holland speak on the difference between true love and lust and feeling overwhelmingly grateful to be sitting next to my sweetheart, a man who wants what i want and is willing to work for it. words cannot express.

ps. elder holland...i swear that man will be the band leader who marches in the second coming. oh my.

bedhead

umm...surprise?

this is my husband. he loves to surprise me, and it doesn't happen too often, so when it does, it's usually pretty good, but he's not very good at the act of surprising. so last night, we're sitting down to dinner and he suddenly bursts out with "kay, it was supposed to be a surprise but i just can't hold it in any longer. i'm taking you to see Lion King on monday and my parents are going to watch the kids (they're coming into town tomorrow). i'm so excited." ha!! so cute. i just laughed. and was delightfully surprised and excited.

it totally reminded me of when we were first married, we were laying in bed and all the sudden he explodes with "ijustcan'ttakeitanymore-we'regoingtoseecelinedioninvegasinamonthSURPRISE!!!" i love celine with my whole heart.


ooo, i love him more.

happy birthday

jack has been a little obsessed with birthdays because his is coming up, so last night he presents this - without the band-aid, at first - to shawn with a grand "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DADDY!!" then took it back real quick to put the band-aid on it. i asked him what he was doing and he said "just puttin' the bow on." then gave it back to shawn. he kills me sometimes.

the swings

we don't have church till 1 so shawn and i just about go crazy trying to think of ways to entertain the boys BEFORE we even get to church. so here we are at the swings. sam LOVES them.