I've been Tagged...

What is his name? Tisstafer
How long have you been married? 8 LONG years! :)
How long did you date? a year
How old is he? 27... He's youger
Who eats more? Definitely him
Who said "I love you" first? I think it was a mutual thing
Who is taller? He is 6'1" and I'm 5'3"
Who sings better? He refuses to sing unless he is butchering kids songs... so I'll have to say I do
Who is smarter? He will say me but I have a very short term memory... I would study for a test the night before... ace it and then forget what I just took a test on
Whose temper is worse? His... I never get mad
Who does the laundry? I do although he has started doing his own lately... He's sick of his clothes being mixed with kids clothes
Who does the dishes? I do... he is supposed to on the weekend but he usually saves them until Monday morning and I have to do them.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Looking from the foot of the bed, I do
Who pays the bills? I do... he has no idea what or when anything is due
Who mows the lawn? Him... I don't even know how to start the lawnmower
Who cooks dinner? I do... He cooks breakfast
Who drives when you are together? He does... he says my driving makes him carsick
Who is more stubborn? He is
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Neither... we are never wrong :)
Who proposed? He did... of course
Who has more friends? Me.
Who has more siblings? I do
Who wears the pants in the family? We both wear pants unless I am wearing capris or a skirt. My kids all wear pants too...

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Christmas lights

I can thank my mom for my fascination with lots of lights on the house. This year we didn't put too much up since it was SO cold when we were trying to get them up. I still have 3 boxes full of lights that are all tangled up and I didn't want to untangle them out in the cold. I think we'll see how it goes this year trying to get the lights taken down when it is only 2 degrees out after New Years and decide if we will do more next year...

Allison's Dance Performances

Alli dances and is loving it! She is on the 5 year-old dance team and loves performing. Last weekend she performed at a Christmas carnival and this weekend she performed at a Christmas Benefit Concert.

In her first dance she danced with her Jazz class to "Little St. Nick". They used surf boards as props...



Her dance team performs a routine to "When you're a Princess". She didn't want mom taking her picture but I did anyways...


They use these blue chairs as props and we have to haul them around to every performance.


Anna can't wait to be 3 so that she can go to dance as well. The owner of the studio (who is also Alli's teacher) lives next door and we joke that we will be paying her mortgage soon since we have 3 girls that will be dancing there...

Saturday Breakfast

Every Saturday Chris likes to make a big breakfast for the kids. They love helping dad make pancakes and "hot eggs with cheese". Chris has always been a big fan of a "He-man" breakfast and loves to be able to pass the tradition on to the kiddos.

Alli is busy mixing the eggs for scrambled eggs


Anna is mixing pancakes and is trying to be as serious as she can for a picture


Justin gets to help cook the eggs since only "big kids" can work by the fire...


Abby is wondering why she doesn't get "hot eggs and cheese" (she did eat a pancake though.... actually she ate 3 pancakes and had the runs the rest of the day...)

Kids in their Christmas Sweaters

Every year I like to buy matching Christmas outfits for the kids. This year I decided to just buy sweaters since they can wear them past Christmas. Since we have 3 girls, I have 4 Christmas dresses that fit Abby, and 3 dresses that fit Anna. I didn't see the need to buy even more dresses for them. I just love these sweaters from the Children's place... don't you?