Jesse's Turn 20 Questions

I found this on a friends blog and thought since my Anniversary is tomorrow it was a fun fitting thing to do, talk all about my dear love :)

20 Questions

1. Where did you meet?
I met Steph at her ward about the end of Feb of 2008. I was in the process of moving to my condo in Springville and currently was living in a freezing cold basement of some guys who were in my former ward, thanks to being recently booted out of Mareo's townhouse due to his getting married. So I went to Church with my buddy Russ, and he was telling me he had a friend he wanted me to meet. But sadly she was a no-show (obviously inactive, not my type :) ) So as I was sitting there lookin around I saw this girl in a white shirt and yellow skirt, sitting by herself. I was like "hey who is that girl?" Russ pretended he didnt know, but secretly he knew since he had given Steph a ride to institute prior to this event. So after Church I said "Hi" to Steph but she completely blew me off! How rude! So then what happened? I talked to Russ and was like, "Ok so i tried talking to that girl at Church ( I think by then i found out her name curtesy of the ward menu) and was like you think you could introduce me? He said yeah let me ask her. And then after he said just send her a message on facebook and tell her who you are and she will give you her number. Russ already had given me her number but I wasnt gonna cold call her ya know? I mean I had done like 5 years of sales and knew Cold Calling was "Less Effective" as the missionary term was. So yeah I ended up getting permission to call, we talked for 90 minutes and hit it off, went to Magleby's before I flew out to New Jersey and I thought about her every day I was there, and had the best sales numbers of my entire life! So after that, I obviously took care of business, she dropped her other suitors and the rest was history. 
2. What was the first thought that went through your head when you met?
 "Thats a mighty fine looking wood skirt that girl is wearing..."


3. Do you remember what he/she was wearing?
White cute shirt and a "wood" skirt. Its still one of my favorites.
4.Where was the first time you kissed this person?
Ok so after 6 years of playing the field I knew a few tricks. First off you should try to get the girl interested in you before you try to kiss her. Done. Trick two, you should always wait one extra date after you are sure she will let you kiss her before you try. Not done. Oh well second date kiss but it was a short one on her doorstep. And it led the way for her to get her other boys outta town!

5. Where did you go for your first date?
I will just keep Stephs answer for this one.


Well I kinda told the story of breakfast at Maglebys and our second date we saw 10,000 BC and out third date was pretty awesome. You see he had just bought a Condo in Springville and had no furniture so we went furniture shopping and everyone thought we were married haha. And we tried out beds and he ended up picking the mattress I liked, and still own. So on my third date I picked out my bed and its still an awesome bed, then we went and watched the Flames game and I met his sisters Lisa and Liberty. 


6. How long did you know this person before you became a couple?
I also like Stephs answer on this one.

Well, I had some boys to break things off with. Jesse was only in town every other week with his job, which meant when he was in town we saw each other like everyday and when he was gone we chatted on MSN every night, and texted too. It took like 2 weeks, one of him gone and one of seeing him everyday. The weekend happened to be Gen Conference and I drove to Grand Junction and met up with the  guy I'd been 'engaged too' and knew I should not be with him. I'd had some really good talks with J and I thought about him the whole time I was on the date with other guy and when other guy cried at the end of our date it was like set in stone done for me.


7. How did he/she ask you out?
I asked her out, but it took lots of figuring out on my part cause I had the suspicion Russ had a little crush on her as well. No disrespect to Russ but he is not her type... 
8. Has this person ever proposed to you?
Im pretty sure I proposed to this person not vise versa...
So we'd been planning on going to breakfast on the 4th and goin on a hike or somethin up the canyon so i wasnt expecting anything! (which is exactly how i wanted it to be!) We went and ate breakfast at Magelby's , which is where we had our first date :) and it was PACKED!! haha but tasty! then we headed up the canyon. We tried to go up to Bridal Veil Falls first but it was way crowded so we left; we then proceeded to Sundance. We hiked up to a waterfall up there and it was very warm outside! But we got to the top and jesse was complaining about his knee hurting he'd been wearing his brace and stuff and so instead of sitting by me he got up and walked behind me. (and in my head i was kinda thinking "oh come on you baby just sit down" haha!) THEN he gets on his knee next to me and puts this ring in front of me! I gasped and he asked me to marry him :) I said yes and cried a little and then we started texting people.. cuz strangely we had perfect cell service on top of that mountain


Steph also forgot to mention the Random Couple that walked up on us like seconds after I proposed. They were like "Oh hi" I gave them my Indian Stare Down and they realized when they saw the ring and the box and got out of Dodge before I booted them out of Dodge. 


9. Do you and this person have kids together?
Yes, a Daughter Maia who is almost 2! I can hardly believe it, and we are expecting our second daughter the first week in March (relatively of course :))


Amen. 
10.Have you ever broken the law with this person?
Only speeding...I think..


I would go ahead and say speeding doesnt really count. When i think of breaking the law I figure things that are at least misdemeanors right? I mean who hasnt sped at least once in their entire life?? Good thing we have the opportunity to repent eh?
11. When was the first time you realized you liked this person?
Im pretty sure when i first saw her in Church I was like that girl is cute. But thing is I also wasnt positive until the aforementioned trip to see her ex bf. I knew after I got a call from her that she trusted me and I felt right that i was to be the one protecting her even if it was just her hearing my voice.

12. Do you get along with his/her family?
Yeah, most of them at least. :) I mean I have heard that my personality can rub people the wrong way, especially certain members of the family :) But I really like her family and enjoy my trips out to Denver to see them. And I know she loves my family, and honestly I think I can name 2 or 3 of my family who like Steph more than me! Nyree cough cough Nyree!!!!

13. Do you trust this person?
Completely

14. What is your favorite thing about this person?
Man probably the fact that we are ALWAYS on the same page. Like there are times when we say even some stupid things like "thats what she said" like at the exact same time. Its silly but we are really good match, and I love how she is such a good mama to our little girl, and teach her how to be big and to help. Its awesome. I also love how she is 100 percent supportive of me in everything I do. 
15. What is the best gift he/she gave you?
Well there arent just one gift that she has given me more like a lot of little ones that are the best. Like for example our first anniversary she made a little picture book of our engagement and wedding pics and had the lyrics of our wedding song "Breathe" by Angels and Airwaves pasted on each picture. It was just really cool. But yeah every gift she gives is from the heart and it is awesome. 
16. What is one thing he/she does that gets on your nerves?
Hmmmm. I think my biggest pet peeve with Steph is that she doesnt know when to say no. And thats not always a bad thing but when people expect her to do a bunch of things she doesnt have the time or energy to do she never says no, oh and a good example is like being at her parents house. Her mom works nights so she stays up a lot later than Steph and so like at midnight she wants to talk and hang out and Steph knows she needs sleep but she doesnt go to bed! HAHA thats pretty much it though, she is like the best wife ever. 
17. Where do you see each other 15 years from now?
Pretty much not in Iowa. Haha, ok for real I want to have a successful clinic and to still be exercising, and helping my 17 year 0ld Maia get ready for college! Oh and maybe have a boy or two I can teach to be awesome. 

18. What causes the most arguments?
Lack of Food or lack of sleep. Thats pretty much it, we rarely argue at all and when we do we both know its from one of those two things. 
19. How long have you been together?
Three and a half years.

20. Are you married?
Yes, Happily. 3 years today!

3 years!

I found this on a friends blog and thought since my Anniversary is tomorrow it was a fun fitting thing to do, talk all about my dear love :)

20 Questions

1. Where did you meet?
Well J went to church with a friend cuz he was moving and between wards. His friend Rustin said "yeah there are some really cute girls in my ward you should come with me, I'll introduce you to this one girl I think you'd get along with great" (well something like that :) ) and so when J gets there  it so happens the girl he was supposed to meet did not attend that day. But I was :) I was sitting by myself and he looked me up in the "Ward Menu" got my phone number etc, after Sacrament meeting he came and said Hi to me...and I blew him off! Lucky me he didn't give  up! He found me on facesbook and we chatted a bit, then he asked for my number, eventhough he already had it, and called me. We talked for like an hour and a half easy! And he asked me if I wanted to go for a walk, but it was night and I thought that was weird to meet a guy off facebook and talk a walk at night, at this point I didn't yet know he'd seen me first at church. So instead he asked me to go out to breakfast with him Monday morning before he flew out to New Jersey for work (side note happened to be his best sales week of ever). And so he came and picked me up and we went to Magleby's Fresh for french toast.

2. What was the first thought that went through your head when you met?
 "we should probably just be friends right now..." (You see I was currently dating like 3 other guys at the time...and one had asked me to marry him)


3. Do you remember what he/she was wearing?
Um a t shirt and grey jeans

4.Where was the first time you kissed this person?
On the front porch of the Plotts home ( I was living there at the time) and we'd gone out a couple times and were getting back from a movie, 10,000 BC where he held my hand and I know I thought to myself " I shouldn't be feeling so excited about this guy I mean I just wanted to be friends *P* asked me to marry him and I kinda said yes..." and that friends thought didn't last much longer. He walked me to the door and kissed me good night :) 

5. Where did you go for your first date?
Well I kinda told the story of breakfast at Maglebys and our second date we saw 10,000 BC and out third date was pretty awesome. You see he had just bought a Condo in Springville and had no furniture so we went furniture shopping and everyone thought we were married haha. And we tried out beds and he ended up picking the mattress I liked, and still own. So on my third date I picked out my bed and its still an awesome bed, then we went and watched the Flames game and I met his sisters Lisa and Liberty. 


6. How long did you know this person before you became a couple?
Well, I had some boys to break things off with. Jesse was only in town every other week with his job, which meant when he was in town we saw each other like everyday and when he was gone we chatted on MSN every night, and texted too. It took like 2 weeks, one of him gone and one of seeing him everyday. The weekend happened to be Gen Conference and I drove to Grand Junction and met up with the  guy I'd been 'engaged too' and knew I should not be with him. I'd had some really good talks with J and I thought about him the whole time I was on the date with other guy and when other guy cried at the end of our date it was like set in stone done for me.


7. How did he/she ask you out?
Facebook to get permission to call me. He asked me out over the phone :)

8. Has this person ever proposed to you?
Yes he did, and I will cut and paste the story I wrote on that Day:

So we'd been planning on going to breakfast on the 4th and goin on a hike or somethin up the canyon so i wasnt expecting anything! (which is exactly how i wanted it to be!) We went and ate breakfast at Magelby's , which is where we had our first date :) and it was PACKED!! haha but tasty! then we headed up the canyon. We tried to go up to Bridal Veil Falls first but it was way crowded so we left; we then proceeded to Sundance. We hiked up to a waterfall up there and it was very warm outside! But we got to the top and jesse was complaining about his knee hurting he'd been wearing his brace and stuff and so instead of sitting by me he got up and walked behind me. (and in my head i was kinda thinking "oh come on you baby just sit down" haha!) THEN he gets on his knee next to me and puts this ring in front of me! I gasped and he asked me to marry him :) I said yes and cried a little and then we started texting people.. cuz strangely we had perfect cell service on top of that mountain



9. Do you and this person have kids together?
Yes, a Daughter Maia who is almost 2! I can hardly believe it, and we are expecting our second daughter the first week in March (relatively of course :))

10.Have you ever broken the law with this person?
Only speeding...I think..

11. When was the first time you realized you liked this person?
Well I liked it a lot hanging out with him, he made me feel so happy. Pretty sure I was ALWAYS smiling around him! I knew I really liked him when we went to this concert and I told him how one of my ex's was lead in one of the bands playing and he was like "Well, lets make him jealous then" and it worked. But on the drive home we got really deep into talking and I didn't want it to end!
I knew I wanted it to last forever though the night I was coming home from Grand Junction and I stopped for gas and this trucker asked me for my phone number and I got a little freaked out. When I stopped to potty in Wellington and the same guy was waiting at the register when I came out I was SCARED! And the only person I wanted to talk to was Jesse. And so I called him and he talked to me until I lost service and then until I went to sleep once I got home.


But you know what else? I knew  for sure, confirmation from the Lord and all this one night while he was out of town and I missed him terribly. We were chatting online and he told me  there was a tornado warning and I was sooo scared something would happen to him! We were chatting about things and he said something that was directly from my patriarchal blessing. I cried and told him that and he said no way that's in mine too!! And I never ever ever looked back.
12. Do you get along with his/her family?
I'm pretty sure I get along with all of them :)


13. Do you trust this person?
Completely

14. What is your favorite thing about this person?
I love all of him. I love how he wants me to be the best I can be, and he wants to protect me from the bad guys and monsters. I love when he giggles :) I love what a good daddy he is.

15. What is the best gift he/she gave you?
He helped me decide to be a Massage Therapist, and he believes in me and that I can be great at it. If you want to talk materialistically this one time he brought me a silly scary movie when he was on a road trip and it just made me smile so much that he was thinking of me while he was gone.

16. What is one thing he/she does that gets on your nerves?
Sometimes I find his dirty socks all over the house...but come on if that's the worst thing? I can deal with dirty socks.

17. Where do you see each other 15 years from now?
I see us running a successful Chiropractic office. With a few more kiddos and maybe if I'm lucky a puppy. But I bet we'll be very happy either way.


18. What causes the most arguments?
Honestly lack of sleep or low blood sugar (or pregnant hormones) we don't really fight... but when I'm tired or hungry everything makes me mad.

19. How long have you been together?
Three and a half years.

20. Are you married?
Yes, Happily. 3 years Oct 24th 2011

The Post Office

I just need to vent this so if you don't want to hear my rant forget this post and wait until the next one :)

OKAY so today is busy with getting things ready to go for our trip to Colorado! J has two finals today so he is at school pretty much until we leave whenever that may be. So I took the time to get things done! We went and picked up a couple last minute things for the trip from the store, filled the gas tank and it was all going so well! Then we headed to the post office to send a package to Auntie Pam and her baby boy who is coming soon, and I sort of lost it there. Of course because I had a little girl who was ready to go home for snack there were a ton of people there (that's just how it always works out) so we ventured inside and Maia was doing amazing!
Seriously she amazes me with her ability to stay calm in situations I can't, I know we do switch rolls sometimes where she freaks out and I just kinda watch and laugh but I think she was a little freaked out by me today.

Anyway we get inside and I had to put my stuff in a box, figured it'd save money to use a flt rate box right? (WRONG) So I tapped up the box put my quilt and outfit inside for little baby, I even managed to remember to put the card in! I usually forget that part so I was feeling pretty good. Then I went and filled out the Customs for because it's headed to Canada, and they have to assume I'm trying to smuggle something illegal in my baby blanket...so I get that filled out and the wait begins...

There were 6 people ahead of me when I got there including one toddler much more sick of waiting in line than mine was...My child happened to be hiding under one of the desks making a wicked ripe stink in her pants, with so many people in line of course there was only ONE person helping people! After about 15 minutes another postal worker shows up to help people, "Finally, this will help us get out of here and on our way to finish packing!" I thought to myself! Well  down to only two people ahead of me one guy with like 6 small packages and an elderly woman who possibly was a stamp collector. If you're ever in line behind a stamp collector at the stamp counter come back later! I learned that from buying stamps with my Grandpa L its very time consuming, but I felt okay since now there were two workers so one of them was bound to be done soon enough to help us so we could go. I kept glancing over at the automated postage machine longing to be able to send my package from there! But because it was going international I had to stand in line. After  45 minutes it was finally my turn! I did a little giddy jig inside we were finally gonna be done and feeling so productive!

So I hand over my box and the custom form she asks if its fragile or dangerous, I refrained from making a bad joke like pretty sure pajamas are flame resistant anyway (see bad joke :) ) and said no and pulled out my wallet to help things move faster. She starts typing in zip code into computer and makes this face that means if i walk away right now I could leave happy, but I know I have to stay to find out what that face she is making is all about, is it my stinky toddler that your nose has caught a wiff of or is it on that screen?! "please let it be the sinky bum!" was all I could think...
She looks up and says "Okay so you filled out the wrong customs form for this box.."
in my head mind you: 'wtexpletive (yes I said the word expletive in my head I'm kinda awesome like that) where does it say you need a specific form for a specific stinking box?"
" I can give you the form to go to the end of the line and fill out or you can go home and repackage this parcel and it will save you about ..pause for pushing buttons on keyboard...$25."
Me (out loud this time): "seriously?"
She: something about it will only cost this much if you get your own box but it will cost upwards of $40 for this one and you have to wait in line ALL OVER AGAIN
that was all I heard before I held in my words and let out a huge breathe and said "that's kinda ridiculous" and I left. I didn't make it to the car before I was overcome by tears. Just in time for a gust of wind to knock my box out of my hand, I was also balancing the toddler the gal-dern customs forms and my purse and keys so wind was icing on the cake. I got the stinky one in the car threw everything else inside and went to get the box, luckily it didn't get run over and I got in my car and cried a little bit and thought some bad words, which I felt terrible about and that made me cry more! So what else do you do when you get that frustrated I texted my husband.
Even the seatbelt refused to cooperate. So I sat in my car for a few minute until I could calm down a little, Maia said from the back seat "My mama sad!"
She sure was sad Mai. The wind picked up but we finally got home got into the house and my sweet little girl came up to me and gave me the biggest sweetest hug. Then I caught another whiff of that stinky bum and we had to head upstairs before getting to work on all the packing I haven't started.

I brought up the computer so I could take a few minutes to vent this all out so I don't keep it inside and explode in the car or anything. While doing so of course the computer froze up and turned off about 6 sentences ago! Thank you dear auto save!!!! So J will be driving tonight because if my luck continues in this manner we may get hit by some random wild hog that isn't even indigenous to this part of the world and we'll need to replace the car, HAHAHA so I'd rather not press my luck too much today. I will also be sending that package to my sister in law from Colorado at anyplace that will help me and not make my tear ducts explode with frustration. I know it could have been much worse, I am grateful it wasn't worse. But I feel much better having been able to vent it all out, now before my computer freezes up again or something I will return to packing and pray for the peace of mind to keep my sanity. At least I have a darling little Maia who is cooperating so well today!!

A Girl named Melmo

In case you haven't heard I had an ultrasound today and found out this little baby is a GIRL!! More pink outfits bows and purses in our future :) I told J that we need to have some cheerleaders trained before we have any boys :)

Tiny toes!

This photo makes me giggle for those of you that can't tell whats going on however she has both hands up by her face and on foot up basically in a GO AWAY position :)

Such a Cute lil profile! Chin Tucked to her chest and everything

Look at that TINY Bum! Askin for some "Yah teh teh"

20 Weeks 3 Days

and a pink bow for my next lil girl

So things have been keeping us pretty busy! J is in the middle of FINALS he has two more exams tomorrow then we hit the road! We are leaving to Colorado (surprise right?) and we will be there for break! We are excited to have time off from school! And it will be nice to have some time near family as well. We get to celebrate our 3 year anniversary while we are gone! 3 years!? So much nice! As well we get to celebrate my dad's birthday and probably have lots of play time with Melvin and Roger (poodle and dachshund). AND one of my good friends from High School is getting  married and we happen to be in town to go to their reception. SO there will be plenty to do, but mostly we are excited to just hang out and not study or worry about school or hockey (even though we LOVE hockey!).

Maia has grown quite attached to her Uncle Titi, i.e. Uncle Teeny (i.e David Carlyon) it's quite adorable actually She asks for him to come home about 10 times a day and gets SOO excited when we get to hang out with them. She is starting to do better with his wife Ochka whom Maia now calls Oh-oh. When she is sad sometimes it helps her to calm down and be happier when she gets to call or visit Titi and Ohoh :)

When they are busy she also likes to talk about Yayas and Papas and Belle belle (Tinkerbell) She is getting SO BIG! She amazes me everyday with how smart she is and how big she is getting! I remember they day I found out Maia was a She like it was last week! Time goes by so quickly when you're having fun! My little Maia is going to be a big sister in just a couple of months, and she recently informed me she would like the baby to be named Melmo. We'll see about that but I love that she is getting excited about it all, even if she doesn't fully understand what a sister is.