Tagged My hubby

So I was tagged by Shay and here I am.

1. Where did you meet? Like Shay I am a talker so this could take a minute. Arik and I met in his apartment. I was friends with his roommate and went over as the semester was starting to meet all of Steve's new roommates. Steve is my friend. So Tabs and I walk into the apartment and there are three guys we don't know. Arik, Phil and Spencer. Never in my dreams would I have thought that I had just met my future husband and brother in law. Anyways, Arik and I did not like each other at all in the beginning and it took awhile for each of us to get over our harsh feelings.

2. How long did you date before you were married? 17 months, if I had my way we would have been married in 5 months but Arik didn't want to get married. It took me talking about a mission to have him change his mind.

3. how long have you been married for? 4 years and 6 months in one week

4. What is one thing he does that surprises you?

5. What is your favorite feature about him? His eyes, but all the girls would tell him that so I had to be different then all the other girls chasing him. So it is the dimple in his chin or his butt chin as he calls it. Really it is his eyes, which he has pasted on to his daughters. They turn stromy when he is mad.

6. What is your favorite quality about him? The fact that he loves to spend time with me and the girls, and that he makes the effort to set aside time for us.

7. Does he have a nickname for you? Yes, Lover Button!

8. What is his favorite color? Green

9. What is his favorite food? Anything

10. What is his favorite sport? Anything, he watches them because I do and he knows whats going on. He always cheers for the other team so that we are never cheering for the same team. Unless a team is playing the Cowboys, we both hate them.

11. Who said "I love you" first? I think I did, but if I did he said it right back.

12. Where was your first kiss? This is a funny story. It was in his truck. We went for a drive and at each intersection we would take turns saying which way to go, he knew Rexburg well enough that we wouldn't get lost. Anyways, we came to one intersection in the middle of nowhere and we couldn't remmeber who's turn it was. Anyways, we ended up kissing.

13. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Anything. Just being together is great.

14. Do you have any kids? At times we wished we didn't :) Yes, we have two. Brookelyn is 3 and Kira is 1.

15. What is his hidden talent? He is good at everything and he is very modest. He is a great singer, dancer, and well everything really.

16. How old is he? This is a interesting question, how old does he act at times or how old is he really. Just joking!! He is 28 and no matter how old I get he will always be older than me.

17. What do I admire most about him? The fact that he is so unselfish and puts everyone else before himself.

18. What is his favorite past time? doing something. I got him to read Harry Potter. Right now it is doing stuff to the house, or spending time with his girls. He started taking them for drives in his truck which Brookelyn pointed out that that means mom has to stay home. Which she is totally okay with.

19. What is his favorite kind of music? He likes everything.

20. Do you think he will read this? probably not unless I ask him to.

I tag: Brandee, Mandi, Lil, Becca, Mandy, Alicia and if you want to, I tag you too.

Fun and struggles

Brookelyn has been asking fro brownies forever and I finally made them tonight. Kira is smiling for the camera. WE bought a new back door because our backdoor was wood and would warp to the point that I could not open the door from 2 to 10 each night and afternoon. Here is Arik trying to put it in and not say all the swear words that wanted so badly to come. Here is the final product, Arik still needs to seal it up but it looks good and much better than before.
Here is Brookelyn. She has had really bad ear aches and ear infections for a month (she is seeing a specialist in a week.) so this hat is keeping her head warm, the biggest wonder is where the hat came from. (Becca does it belong to you?) I found it in one of our boxes, but we never bought one like that.
As you all know, Arik has been gone most of the summer on fires and working. Needless to say, his hair and face had not been cut or shaved in a month time. Here is what happens.

Arik having fun.
Finished product.
Here are my cute girlies eating brownies. I just love them so very much.

Today Arik got a new calling. He is now the 1st counselor in the Elder's Quorum. Good luck to him. I am so lucky and proud to have a husband worthy of a calling like that. He is the love of my life and I am grateful for him everyday.

Go Cougars/Aggies! Remembering the past

So this weekend was the big BYU/USU football game. I am a huge BYU fan as most of you know. Come on, my first outing was to a BYU football game. We did line in Logan for two and a hlaf years, cheering on the Aggies. So when this game came Brookelyn was saying Go Aggies! While mom was trying to teach her Go Cougars!! Much to Arik's happiness she would not waiver and cheered for the Aggies. We had to wear our game day stuff. Arik and the girls wore USU shirts while I sported my BYU shirt. Every time Arik looks at the girls he shakes his head mutters that he is in big trouble in a few years when the girls are interested in the boys. My brother came down for the weekend from BYUI. On Sunday we took him home. This was the scene in the back of the car. So while in Rexburg we decided to tour around our old stomping ground and see how much it has changed in the past 3 years. Here is Kira on a tree out in front of Garrett's apartment.
Here is the scoreboard in the stadium. Yep, they still have the stadium even though they do not have sports there right now. They took out the grass and put in astroturf. If you had seen the field, it had a hill in the middle so that the rain and snow would roll off into the drains. Now the field is flat and feels so nice to walk on.
Here are three of the four Bowen clan. The three that attended this great school!!!
Here is the dorm that I spent the first 18 months of my life. Brookelyn was so cute in front of it that I had to take a picture. Maybe this is a sign of things to come in 16 years.
There are gardens on campus that many use as a makeout area but during the day are pretty. They have done a lot of landscaping and it really is gorgeous. Kira tried with all her might to reach over and touch the water. From the back it was cute watching her on her tippy toes.

Two peas in a pod.




I think that this picture is so cute. I love my girlies so very much.

My grandma sent the girls purses. For those of you that know me, know that I do not have a purse. Brookelyn loves hers and carried all around campus. She carried Kira's too.
So here we are running on the new painted track that circles the football at the stadium. Brookelyn actually ran around a lot of the track trying to chase Garrett. she didn't stop running til she got back to us. Our legs were hurting for her.
Here are my very cute girlies. How can you resist them?
Here is our beloved family.

We had a great time. We were able to visit old friends and see how everything has changed so much. I am grateful for the chance I had to go that school and to see everything. It was great and if I hadn't of gone there I never would have met my eternal companion or had the beautiful girls I have.

Long Time

It has been a long time since my last post. Things have been crazy. Arik has been gone on fires 5 out of the last eight weeks. He is currently gone again. I am happy that he was able to enjoy a weekend in Logan mountain biking with friends.

I have really enjoyed teaching thus far. My kids are pretty good and I am enjoying it much more than I thought. I found out that I am also going to be coaching the 7th grade girls basketball team. I am excited and a little scared but it will be a great learning experience.

The girls are growing faster and faster everyday. We are teaching Brookelyn to spell her name. She can draw a B and everywhere we go she points out all the B's, saying, "B is for Brookelyn." She also knows m for mom, d for dad, g for grandma, k for kira, and l for lukas. She is getting smarter and smarter everday.

Kira is just a cutie. She nows takes me to her crib when she is tired. She takes me to the kitchen for food and a drink. She is just as smart as her sister and is getting better at talking with her hands.

We miss all our friends. We have been either too busy or just unsuccessful at getting friends here. Good thing Arik and I like each others company.

More tidbits

I was very disappointed to hear that Harry Potter was postponed all the way until July next year. It was very upsetting. I am a big Harry fan and was getting all excited to see the movie. The only good thing to come out of this was that Twilight is taking its place and is being released three weeks earlier than planned.

I really enjoyed the Olympics this year. Micheal Phelps was amazing. The Women's Gymnastics team was thwarted by judges who had never really even seen the sport and they were judging them. All the volleyball teams were amazing. (indoors and beach) My heart goes out to the men's volleyball coach and all he has been through the past two weeks. I love the way the Olympics brings out the such strong unity for country. I love the USA! I am proud to be an American, and am grateful for the chance to live here and have the freedoms I have. What an honor it must be to represent country.

Well, I am done and need to get to bed. My poor students in the morning don't want a crouchy teacher.

Little tidbits

We had one rose bloom since we moved it. Of course it bloomed while Arik was gone. Arik was afraid that he had killed it when he used the weed eater to attack our weeds. He will be so proud to know that it survived. My two beautiful girls.
Brookelyn is posing. She is in the funny face stage. She is too funny.
This picture would have been really cute if her eyes would have been open. They are just growing up way too fast. Kira is walking everywhere and is getting better each day. She now says ma, da, hi, mo (for more, which she screams louder and louder until she gets more). She is following in her sisters footsteps. She looks up to Brookelyn and tries to do everything Brookelyn does. If she wakes up before Brookelyn she will look in the front room and kitchen, if she doesn't see Brookelyn she makes a beeline stright for Brookelyn's room. If the door is open she walks in goes straight to the bed and starts talking until Brookelyn wakes up. It is cute!

Fire

I finally was able to get the pics uploaded. Here are pics from Arik's last fire. I talked to him tonight and he is safe and having fun.

My first week of school went well. We found out that my books were just sent out today so I will get them sometime next week. my kids are pretty good and I am learning every time I stand in front of them. I am enjoying it though.