Hubby Tag

I got tagged a LONG time ago on this one, but I just wanted everyone to know how wonderful my hubby is so I thought I'd finally pass it on! hehe
1. What is his name? Victor Rex Sutherland a.k.a. My Loverhead
2. Who eats more? I'd say Vic, but a lot of the time it totally depends on the day! 3. Who said I love you first? Vic did... he knew what he wanted on day one! I think I knew a couple of months later!
4. Who is taller? Me!... with high heels, otherwise he's got 2 inches on me :)
5. Who is smarter? Funny facts & knowledge... me, common sense, Vic.

6. Who is more sensitive? It depends on the definition.. sensitive to others....Vic, Sensitive as in one little mean hinted comment towards me... definitely me! ( I know I'm pathetic, maybe I need to seek therapy!)
7.Who does the laundry? I do. Although, sometimes I have him help fold so he realized how not fun it is for me!
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do, but just so we can cuddle & me still sleep on my right side!
9. Who pays the bills? I do, I have a WAY organized excel sheet that tells exactly where every penny of our paycheck went.
10. Who cooks more? That would be all me! Vic hates to cook & I love to cook so it works out well :) I especially love doing gourmet dishes
11. What meals do you cook together? I love cooking with fresh fruit & veggies so I recruit Vic a lot to help chop.
12. Who is more stubborn? Um.. me :) Vic is so the opposite & I guess that's why we are made for each other!
13. Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Well that would have to be Vic because I'm just never wrong. Hahah, no he's just amazing!
14. Who has more siblings? Vic. 8 to 4
15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? I would like to quote a very wise woman who once said. "The man is the head of the house but, the woman in the neck and she can turn the head any way she wants!" I feel, Vic and I are total equals. I know what I don't want & can never decide what I do want so he makes the final say & I'm happy with it :)
16. What do you like to do together? Take walks, play games with friends, watch movies, vacation, cuddle, camp, hike, talk, laugh, etc.
17. Who eats more sweets? I used to, but now that I'm trying to eat healthy, I realize what a HUGE sweet tooth that Victor has! He could live off of ice cream alone!
18. Guilty pleasures? Knowing we are smart with our money so we could buy most things we want if we were dying to have something.
19. How did you meet? On the raquetball court, ISU intramurals.
20. Who asked who out first? Vic asked me, perfect gentleman.
21. Who kissed who first? Vic all the way, I couldn't keep him away after a long 2 1/2 months!
22. Who proposed? Vic. It was Beautiful!

23. His best features? I love every inch of him! But trying to pick the best... would definitely be his eyes, I'm a sucker for brown eyes :)

24. What is his greatest quality? Vic is the SWEETEST man alive! I am SO lucky to have him :)

25. Tagged? Heather B, Heidi Lou, Mandy, & Jessica H. Have fun!

Fall Hikes

We went hiking today up past Sun Valley & it was such a perfect day for it. I love seeing all of the leaves change colors & the crisp air. We hiked up to Norton's Lake & it was STEEP! It was like climbing a stair master for 3 hours & then having your toes smashed in the front of your shoes all the way down because of the steepness!

I love the leaves on this bridge.

Isn't it SO pretty?!

These were so BRIGHT green Here's the lake we hiked up to. The water was so cold that it had a layer of ice on half of it! I loved how clear it was though.

My latest project

I made a family album for Victor's family reunion. I interviewed every member of his family & put pictures of their current families & found out where their ancestors came from along with some old pictures. The album ended up being 30 pages long. Here are a few of the pages.

Sleepover!

Vic had inventory this last weekend & had to work late Friday & all day Saturday so I had a sleepover with 2 of my neices that I've been promising to have over. Friday we had pizza, ice cream, & watched a movie with popcorn. Saturday, we went shopping & I bought them matching shirts & did "twin" hair, then we went to the park & took pictures. They LOVED it!

Found a house!!!

We are still blown away by how fast it all happened! I am SO tickled pink with our buy! I am the type of person that needs to look at 20-30 houses before I can decide which one to buy. We drove all over town a couple of months ago & only viewed this one as it is such a pretty house. It was $40,000 out of our price range so I just dreamed about it, but didn't think much of it. Well, we were totally planning on renting since all of our down payment went into our last house that we haven't sold. Anyway, I just felt this strong urge to go look at that house again so I drove by it Monday night & just HAD to look up & see if they'd reduced it any... and well, it was just barely dropped down to $60,000 less than what it was listed for originally so we called the realtor immediately only to find out it had 6 offers on it already. We put a full price offer in & apparently we were the only one that had that & no contingencies so they picked our offer! We feel so blessed and excited! Here is a picture of our new home in ONE month!

Sutherland Family Reunion

We just got back from our 2nd reunion for the year. This time it was for Victor's family. They bought land up by lava hot springs so we camped on that land. One day we went to Lava to play at the pool...

...another we had a "kid's carnival" where we had games & prizes at each booth. It was a lot of work for the sister that planned it all, but still a lot of fun :)

Afterwards we went to Bear Lake. It is so gorgeous there. On Saturday we played in a park all day.

At night Vic's dad led us in some silly songs around the campfire. The next day we played "midieval" games like sword fighting with soft things & trying to throw each other off a board. It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be! I got a terrible farmer's tan though!

Lucky Me!

We got all moved in on Saturday which was SO hard. I've never moved a whole house before! The reason I'm lucky is because when I moved to Twin, not a one dentist was hiring! Well, I sent my resume around everywhere anyway & Monday I got an interview to replace a hyienist that just gave her notice to retire. After I cleaned the dentist's teeth he hired me on the spot! Yay!!! I am so blessed :) It is taking forever to clean our new house & unpack everything how I want it so it will be good to have the week to do all of that not so fun stuff before I start working :) :) :) The only question I have to ask is why me?! The only logic I can think up is because my husband is so good of a person that his blessings get to spill over into my own life!

4th of July

I always make a decorative treate, this year was red, white, & blue chocolate dipped strawberries!

This blog is dedicated to Katie! Our latest & greatest update!... We took off work early so we could head to our cabin in Island Park for the 4th. There's nothing more patriotic than camping, campfires with hot dogs & s'mores, and boating! Okay, I guess we could have squeezed in a game of baseball, but Vic would have been too high in the clouds if we squoze that in too! I hardly took any pictures because it seemed like everyone else was already on top of that so hopefully I get pictures back from them! We had a hilarious parade around the island in the morning that was very festive & fun followed by lots of playing on the lake & good food. We had an island dutch oven feast & it was SO good... best I've had in a long time! Then we played games until a boat parade & half of us watched fireworks from the dock and the Vic and I and the kids watched it in the boat in the middle of the lake. I'd never watched the fireworks that way & I must say that besides the kid factor it was quite romantic :)

Party Night

We went to a party last weekend that had all sorts of toys everywhere! We came home with bruises all over & our necks were SO sore. Playing hard is a tough job! On the bungee run Victor was so competitive. Look at his face! On the right is my friend Joanne that hosted the party. We also had a dessert bar & I got way too sugared out!

Family Reunion

We just got back from Lake Tahoe & Reno for our first Garrison Family Reunion. It was fun spending time with the great aunts again. I wish I had pictures of Vic & I learning to play pinochle from the pros! Here is me & my adorable little niece Karalee. I wish she lived next door, I ADORE her!