Our Maiden Voyage

We took our boat out for the first time today. We all had a very good time. I got to learn how to drive a boat. I was pretty nervous, but Marcus kept telling me it was easy. I am starting to get the hang of it, but I still don't want to pull it in and out of the dock. The kids got to each go tubing. I think they both loved it, but Kylie got tired of it faster than Landon. Marcus pulled me in the tube going pretty slow. I had a good time, but am excited to have this baby, and then hopefully next year I can learn how to wake board.

We got Marcus to hop in the tube with Kylie after she was getting a little tired of it, and I ended up dumping them by driving too slow. Who would've thought? Marcus was also able to wake board. He had me do a couple of practice runs on how to drive pulling a wake boarder. The only thing I thought was tricky was how sensitive the knob is when giving it gas to speed up, or pulling it back to slow down. I will have to practice more. At least I got to practice on Marcus, who of course got up on the first try, and never fell off. Over all it was a very fun day.

Boat Crazy!!!

So Marcus and I are crazy and just bought a boat today. He has been looking for the last 4 months, and finally decided what he really wanted and found it on craigslist. The boats have gone down in price a lot for end of the season. Even though we won't be able to take it out much this year, we got a great deal. It is a used '98 Ski Centurion, 21 ft. jet boat. We will be using it for tubing, water skiing and wake boarding. It sits 10 people in it. I will get some pictures posted too. We are crazy, but we always knew we wanted a boat. I think as soon as we signed the papers and drove it home we both had perm-a-grins on our faces. We are very excited to have this for our vacations in the summer, and hopefully get us some great family memories on it.

I guess we will stay in our house a couple more years before we get a bigger one. I think we should be fine with three kids in here. Amazing what a motivation getting a boat for Marcus is. I think he will get rid of just about anything I ask him too; for me to be comfortable in the house for the next two years; and for him to have a boat. I have been nesting really bad, and we have been dejunking the house, and garage.

So Marcus and I took our kids to the ultrasound today. Landon was predicting a boy, and Kylie really wanted a girl. She drew a picture today in her notebook of a baby girl. I told them not to be disappointed if it wasn't what they wanted. Kylie was the hardest one to convince. She said she can't draw baby boys, only girls.

We have decided to defy all odds in this family and have more boys than girls. In my family, all my siblings have more girls than boys, and only one of them have the same number. My mom has 11 granddaughters, and this will be 7 grandsons. I have four sisters, and only one brother, and that was about how it was with all of my cousins on both sides of the family. I guess it helps to marry someone with 4 brothers and 2 sisters.

Kylie was pouty at first, I was worried she was going to cry, but she didn't. Landon was excited to be right. Marcus offered to go out and celebrate with ice cream, so that cheered Kylie up. We are really excited. I was leaning more towards a boy. I haven't really liked sweets this pregnancy. But now we get to try and tackle out boy names. I haven't got a clue really. At least we still have 4 1/2 months.

Just a quick update. Today was the first time Marcus was able to feel the baby move.

Love Bird Tag

I thought this was a pretty cute one.

1. What is his name? Marcus Simons

2.Who eats more? I think we normally eat about the same amount.

3. Who said I love you first? Me - the little turkey. Now that I really get thinking about it, I think he was chicken, and in the conversation he was just drawing it out of me.

4. Who is taller? Marcus

5. Who is smarter? I think we are very well matched intellectually. I am smarter about some things, and he is smarter about other things.

6. Who is more sensitive? I am sure I am. I think he is a sensitive guy, he just shows it in a different way than me.

7. Who does the laundry? Me all the time. But we used to do it together "before kids". He actually taught me how to do laundry when we were first married. I think for the longest time I did it like a bachelor, but I have gotten better at it.

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Laying down he is on my right.

9. Who pays the bills? Always me.

10. Who cooks more? I do, but every once in a while Marcus will cook for me. He was especially good thru this pregnancy taking care of dinner. We ate out a lot, but he still took care of us.

10B. Who cleans up after cooking more? Always me. We got into a routine that he would distract the kids when they were little from climbing in the dishwasher while I was loading, and now I just always do it out of habit.

11. Who is more stubborn? Not sure, maybe me, he lets me have my way most of the time.

12. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? Don't know, I can't remember either of us being wrong about something.

13. Who has more siblings? Marcus by one.

14. Who wears the pants in the relationship? I think we squeeze into the same pair. But others may think I do. I will have to ask him.

15. What do you like to do together? I usually don't care as long as we are together. Mainly we go on drives, watch movies on the couch, and entertain kids.

16. Who eats more sweets? I am sure I do, except right now they don't sounds as good anymore.

17. Guilty Pleasures? Nothing I feel guilty about.

18. How did you meet? Classic Institute activity. He was in my ward, and I didn't know it until we met at this huge activity. Then there was a dance afterwards and he kept asking me to dance. He is such a good dancer (sigh).

19. Who asked whom out first? He always asked me out. But I remember that was the only time I was faithful in going to institute activities hoping I would just 'bump' into him.

20. Who kissed whom first? Marcus all the way. I was mid sentence when he kissed me. But then he waited a week to kiss me again. I was dieing just waiting for it. Him and his roommate's crazy theory.

21. Who proposed? Marcus up at Ross Park. He was pretty sneaky, but I had been waiting for it.

22. His best features and qualities? I love his smile and his eyes. But I gotta say I am crazy about he butt. He is a wonderful husband, and totally spoils me in his way. He is smart and a hard worker, and will do anything for our family.

My Kylie

So I have a funny story on Kylie, and couldn't decided if I should post it or not. It really cracked me up though so here it is.

I was on the computer and Kylie was hanging on my chair wanting to play. I was finishing up, and she accidentally bumped right below her tummy. She leans over and starts whimpering and said "ouch, I just hit my penis". I smiled and said "honey your a girl, you don't have a penis, did you hurt right below your tummy?"

My Little Reader

So Landon got to bring home his first book from the library at school. He was so excited. I helped him read it the first time. There were a few words he didn't know, and then he was off on his own reading it to himself. Kylie loves to have a story read to her, and Landon loves to act like the parent. I caught them sitting on my rocker with Landon reading to her. It was so cute. I love moments like that.