TAGGED----all about HUBBY

These are some of my favorite pictures of Don. The one with all of us was when he graduated from college. I painted on the kids' shirt from oldest to youngest----YOU DID IT DAD. It was so cute.

Ok so thanks Denise. I guess I will take part in this tag.

1. Where did you meet?

Don and I met on a boat out in Washington state. The church rented a boat for the singles ward and invited many of the surroundings wards to come. I liked someone else at the time and I was trying to hunt them down. Don told me that he was following me around. STOCKER. Then him and his friend were actually in charge of it and he was the Elders Quorum president. Can you believe he asked me to give the opening prayer? Of all the people on that boat!!!!!!!!!

2. How long did you date before you were married?

Let's see. I believe it was about 4 weeks. Just long enough to know. :) Then we were married about 3-4 months later.

3. How long have you been married?

12 years. Will be 13 in February. Is that possible?

4. What is your favorite feature?

I love his large stature. He has big hands and broad shoulders. I LOVE that. I feel so safe when I am with him. And he has the most muscular legs ever. He has to make sure to buy certain pants because his legs are so buff. Too bad you can't see that anywhere on me!!!!!!!!!!!

5. What is your favorite quality he has?

I love that Don rarely talks bad about people. He doesn't gossip. I think that is very commendable. Sometimes if I want to talk about someone he will say "Don't want to talk about it" or "don't want to hear it". He doesn't want to get a bad idea of someone before getting to know them himself.

6. Does he have a nickname for you?

UMmmmmmmm yeah. It is kind of funny. After we were married we were at some friends house playing Scattergories. There is a dice with letters of the alphabet. Whatever letter you land on you have to use that letter in every category. One of the topics was nicknames. The letter was R. He couldn't think of anything so he made something up. And now he calls me that but only when he is joking around. It is Roodlebums. WEIRD. I KNOW.

7. What is his favorite color?

It used to be blue right Don? But now I think it is green. But it has to be a certain kind of green.

8. What is his favorite food?

This depends. He loves homemade chili and homemade bread. He loves many dishes from Jordan. He also really likes city chicken. Guess we won't be eating that now that we don't live in the city. :)

9. What is his favorite sport?

OH brother. Can I just say STEELERS. And did you know that they beat the Redskins? YEAH. GO STEELERS. He loves football but only when his team is playing.

10. When and where was your first kiss?

OK I had to laugh. Well never mind. Our first kiss was in front of the Institute teachers house. Him and Don were really good friends and we spent alot of time at their place. I know Don was wishing it were long before that. That is all I am going to say.

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?

Well I absolutely LOVE being with Don. We hardly ever get to go out but I so love spending time alone with him when we can get a chance. My favorite time of day is when he walks in the door from work.

12. Do you have any children?

We have five very high energetic kids that are keeping us very young. I think five is a great number.

13. Does he have a hidden talent?

Don would never admit any of his talents. He can draw. He can sing. He can play the guitar and piano (not amazingly but a little). He has an absolute amazing sense of direction. If he has been somewhere he can get there with no problems again. This drives me nuts. I am so terrible with directions and he makes fun of me because of it. But that is what my GPS is for.

14. How old is he?

35. Don is 37

15. Who said I love you first?

He did.

16. What is his favorite type of music?

He loves many types of music. He loves classical, religious, rock. His favorite band is a band called YES. YUCK

17. What do you admire most about him?

The thing I admire most about Don is when he gets knocked down he doesn't hesitate to get right back up. He just keeps plugging along. He works very hard and is not a quitter.

18. Will he read this?

I hope so. I want him to know that I really miss him. He is the one who is more positive than me and he helps me to see and understand that alot of time things just don't matter. His idea is if you can't change it don't worry about it.