I just can't think

Well it's Wednesday which my designated time to update the blog. The tricky thing is that there is really nothing that interesting to write about this week!

Clif and Teresa made it back safe and sound from their trip and in looking at the pictures it seems they had a MARVELOUS time!

We had Paul and Leslie and Ellie over for dinner and then watched the Miss America pageant on tv-also a marvelous time!

Aaron and I are working our little hearts out-not so wonderful of a time but hey we have jobs and we are so very thankful to have a steady income!

So I guess that is all right now! Just a quite week full of little marvelous times! :-)

What to do when the parents are away?

I'm not really sure what would qualify as being naughty when the parents are visiting Amy in Idaho Falls but I had a few ideas and since it's my day off and I'm updating here are a list of ideas we gave Clif and Teresa before they left:

1. Get drunk and smoke refers! (They said that was fine as long as we aired out the house before they got back)

2. Simply trash it! (I can't live with trash so I told Aaron no!)

3. Run naked around the house! (Charlotte told us at Christmas that's what Clif and Teresa did before we moved in-we feel guilt that now you can't do that-SORRY!)

4. Let Murphy sit on the counter tops so he can eat all the food instead of beg for it on the floor! (He doesn't fit on the counter tops. The question is how did we find that out :-) Just kidding)

or

5. We could just take care of the lovely home and invite a couple over to share dinner with us! (Leslie and Paul are coming over Saturday-we are VERY excited!)

No worry Clif and Teresa!! The house is in one piece, it's clean (I made Aaron do the dishes) and Murphy is a happy little clam!

Today I got caught up on my DVR recordsings of Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, and Desperate Housewifes! YES!!

It's just one of those moments......

Aaron and I very RARELY have days off together anymore now that we both work for a retail company but today we both had the day off so we decided to make it a date day! HA! I know the thought of Aaron being romantic right?

Anyhow, we were lazy this morning lounging around watching TV, grooming Murphy (that was fun) and then we decided to visit the new museum of art. WOW! What an amazing little (yea right it's huge) place that is! We walked all around the museum being nosy and looking in like every room whether we were suppose to or not (I am now familiar with the intricate details of the men's bathroom just because Aaron was like"look in here it's awesome" No really it's just a bathroom) and then we discovered there was a little cafe in the museum so we decided to eat lunch there. GREAT FOOD! and even better prices!

We then went to the bookstore for like 2 1/2 hours not really realizing that we were there that long and by the time we did it was past dinner time. I received a gift card to Olive Garden from a client that I had done some freelance work for so we went to dinner and had the best time.

It's days like this that really make you stop and think about the love in your life! Our marriage is by no means Orchids and Roses every second of every day but as we were driving home and Aaron was singing to the radio at the top (and I do mean the VERY TOP) of his lungs I looked over and just smiled because it was just one of those moments were I knew that everything was right with my world and I wouldn't have it any other way. It doesn't matter what life throws at us because we have proven that we can beat anything that comes our way!

Love that hunny of mine! :-)

Below is a picture of the museum....

And my FAVORITE painting....

Fancy stuff!

Christmas Shut Down...

Well it's that time of year-Christmas is over, the New Year has rung in and decorations are coming down. I was rummaging through my pictures from Christmas and the general holiday season and below are some of my favorite.....

Travis in underwear because he blew out all his diapers! :-)

The way Clif & Teresa's Christmas Tree looked on Christmas Eve

All of Aaron's presents for our first Christmas together!

Aaron's first Christmas present from Maysie (ok so she had a little help from Mommy!) It's a moose-get it? He's called Moose Jr.

Teresa SOOOOO excited about her digital picture frame from all the kids and their spouses...she's learning how to use it.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST OF ALL................

Murphy caught asleep in Teresa's Christmas wreath! I shouldn't laugh because he knew better but...:-)
Waking up from being caught.....

Barking at me for catching him and telling Teresa on him....

Still barking at me!

Thank you to everyone for making our first Christmas so fun, full of surprises and memories! :-)