We're not compatible in bed

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NO this post is not about our sex life...but I tricked you right????

I know, not fair ...muah ha ha ha ha ha. This is about our lack of compatibility in bed. Honestly. When I saw this cartoon I about DIED laughing. It is SO freaking true. 

The Temperature:
I like to be a little chilled when I sleep. Otherwise I cant get under the sheet let alone a blanket. This is true for the winter too. I would rather be a little cold in my house and snuggle under a blanket then be HOT inside. BLAH. I dont do hot inside all that well. 

theMR. on the other hand would prefer to be warm while he sleeps. EVEN When its warm in the house, he will pile under the sheets and blanket. I don't know how he does it. Except that when he wakes up he is hot to the touch. 

the Pillow Fight:

I LOVE a GIANT pile of pillows. NOT the girlie kind that you cant sleep with. I like 4-5 sleep-able pillows. I like to squish them, fluff them, pile them all around me. I sometimes wake up and I am surrounded on all sides of me with pillows. Like I made fortress in the night to keep snuggling out. Who knows, its totally weird. 

theMR. prefers one flat pillow. Its a king size pillow. No fluff. nothing else. 

The Princess and the pea:

I LOVE to sleep on a softer bed.

theMR. I swear could sleep on a marble floor and be perfectly happy. 

It is a good thing that beautyrest makes a bed in two halves. Mine is perfect for me and Adam's is perfect for him. It is the perfect middle.unless you want to be in direct middle, then you are on a real crack. Its kind of weird.

There are a few things we agree on...

We LOVE going to be together...well I like going to bed at the same time more than theMR. does. But we both like being able to go to be together. Now I'm rambling, ok you know what I'm trying to say. 

We both love a good snuggle and some giggles in bed. SERIOUSLY Adam and I laugh like crazy at night. Usually we just talk about silly stuff. It ends up in a fit of giggles. 

We both love waking up next to each other, unless I am in my pillow fortress. Or one of us has relocated to the family room because they are hot, or cold, or one of us is sick and snoring a little. 

• Are you sleeping compatible with your significant other?
• How have you bridged the gap, I need some idea.

♥ the MRS.


Update: a friend of mine at work says he converted his wife to sleeping in the cold!  I am slowly trying to do this with Adam....we will see if it works!

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#imadethat

I don't do a LOT of things. 

but I do cook dinner several nights a week. 

thMR. will eat pretty much everything I cook. I am lucky. I have found a few recipes that FLOPPED big time...he doesn't like gnocchi. Then a few that have been a HUGE HIT. 

After a dry run we make it our own. 

We started with {THIS RECIPE}

& ended up here

• 2 Chicken breast shredded
• 1/4 cup of salsa verde
• 4-8oz Fat Free or reduced fat cream cheese
• juice of one lime
• 3 green onions chopped
• fist full of cilantro chopped finely
• 1/2 packet of chicken fajita seasoning
• shredded cheese
• fajita size tortillas
• cooking spray

 Preheat your over to 425 degrees, line baking tray with parchment paper or coat with cooking spray

Makes between 6-12 taquitos. Depending on how big you want them and what size tortillas.

1. Shred up your chicken cutting out all the fat and gross parts

2. In a bowl combine cream cheese, lime juice, salsa verde, seasoning packet, green onion and cilantro. Mix until it is combined well. If you use FF or low fat cream cheese this is harder to do. It feels lumpier. I ran it through the mixer. 

3. Add in chicken, mix until it is evenly coated.

4. In each tortilla add a spoonful of the mixture. Spread it down the middle and sprinkle cheese on top. Roll up and place on lined baking pan. 

5. Spray the tops of the taquitos lightly with cooking spray. 

Bake @ 425 for 15-20 minutes until nice and crispy. 

I serve our with a FRESH garden Salad. Becky from work brought in fresh lettuces from her garden and i couldn't resist. This salad was topped with fresh tomatoes, red onion, avocado, Serrano pepper and covered in lime juice for the dressing. 

A total delight!

whips up REALLY quick and we both love them. I bake them all at once, then put the leftovers in the fridge for the next day.

♥ the MRS.

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Summer of {LOVE} bucket List::

Every year I make a summer bucket list. Sometimes Its call summer of fun. Other times its just on a note card. My Friends and I would do this for all season. I swear we had one called Fall'o Fun. 

This is our first married summer and theMR. has so much he needs to experience! 

So i figured a bucket list is appropriate.

Here is what [I/we] have come up with so far- 

PLEASE NOTE: it is not an accident that FOOD is first on the list. NOT even a little bit. 

• What am I missing people???
• What's on your summer bucket list?

♥ the MRS.

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I took the day off.

After a CRAZY weekend. 

To do absolutely {NOTHING}

it has been amazing. theMR. and I are enjoying NOTHING together. 

THE BEST, 

I suggest you all take a day off soon!

♥ the MRS.

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Champette take two?

When I was in second...wait third....wait second grade. I can't remember. WOW I am getting old. It was Mrs. Nathanson's class. She used to make kids run her feet when she worked on the projector and she threw shoes at people who didn't pay attention.

Ok so anyway when I was in secthird grade we had a class pet. SHE was a guinea pig named Champette. Originally her name was Champ. The first class that had her named her. They were under the impression Champette was a boy. So when the class realised she was in fact a girl they renamed her champette.

I GOT to take Champette home for the summer. We lived in the old, old house on Hickory lane. I was SO excited. We had this BIG back deck with a hot tub. We kept Champette outside for part of the day, would let her run around the lawn and then would bring her in.

One day I cant remember where I was but is was a REALLY hot day. My mom put Champette out on the deck and well....forgot about her. When we went to bring her in, she was well....dead.

WE KILLED THE CLASS PET!

I was horrified. I was embarrassed. I was scared to tell Mrs. Nathanson that WE KILLED CHAMPETTE during summer break.

My mom called her.

Luckily Mrs. Nathanson let us know Champette had WELL outlived her life expectancy. & she didn't want another class pet. So we were off the hook.

We made a little head stone out of a river rock and buried her in the back yard. Next to the hamsters.

So when I found this little hairless guinea pig...I thought maybe it could be like Champette Re-due.

AREN'T they adorable....

I WANT one. 

♥ the MRS.

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I realized the other day that I am a really Lucky Lady.

My husband is really sweet to me.

He takes care of me, and the dishes.

He tells me he loves me all the time.

Sends me sweet little text messages during the day.

Supports me in all the things I do at work, or dreams about my future plans.

He indulges me when I talk about the house and children we will one day have.

I really found me a keeper.

here are a few of the cute little sentiments I have received lately.

I love them all.

I want to remember them FOREVER.

There will come a time when life will get busy.[school/work/kids/callings/responsibilities] will take over lives.

I hope we are always sweet to each other.

That we take a minute to send a little text.

a smile.

tiny pieces of love. 

Modern little love letters. 

♥ the MRS.

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Dear Future Children,

.It is officially summer time. 

MOM loves summer. 

Except I don't like being hot. It makes me a little cranky.

I know, it seems like those two don't really work well together. I like being hot in the circumstance I like. Not sitting in the house hot. Not sweaty and sticky hot. I like being at the lake or pool hot. Or out riding the bikes hot. You will learn the difference, promise. 

I love the summer weather. I love summer activities. Summer is full of warm air and long nights. It is a time of endless possibilities and excitement. I can't wait for you to enjoy summer. It is the best. Especially when you are a kid. 

Mumsie and Papa have an awesome pool. I will take you there LOTS during the summer.  

Maybe we will just secretly move into the pool house so we never have to leave. 

I will teach you to swim. I will enroll you in swimming lessons and if you want swim team. I LOVED swim team. I even promise to come to your meets and cheer loudly! We will hand all your ribbons up with proudly! I promise. 

I hope you love the water like I do. 

Our friends want to be boat people. So we can be boat people by extension. 

All your Aunts and Uncles and Cousins love to swim. They will help you in the water. They will teach you pool games. You will learn to do under water flips and handstands. We will race. And see who can hold their breath the longest. When you are little I will let you win, but as you get older I will win! It will be so fun.

I hope little girl, that you spend hours pretending to be a mermaid. & little man, DON'T try to drown you sister like my brother did. IT.IS. ANNOYING. But that is what brothers do, so you will and little sis will cry, and Mom will give you the look. Then to distract you we will play colors or if Morgitu is around maybe whack a mole. 

I can't wait for you to love summer as much as I do.

SEE HOW FUN IT WILL BE!!!!

Until then I will take dad to the pool lots so he continues to become a better swimmer. 

And I will swim LOTS.

&go to the beach. 

And SCUBA dive, because there probably won't be a lot of that when you guys arrive.

I hope summer in Heaven is fun. 

♥ mom

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Top {FIVE} Fridays

5 things I LOVED about this week. 

Even though it felt like the longest most annoying week ever. 

1. getting a $1 Jimmy John's Sandwich for lunch on Thursday. 

In case you didn't read all my obsessed tweets about it. 

I ♥ JIMMY JOHNS.

Subs so fast, you'll FREAK

2. Spending like a million hours at the Ethiopian Restaurant talking to Tara.

About her trip to Ethiopia. 

About her BABY!!!! 

About everything. Awesome. We didn't take a picture...so unlike me.

3. Seeing these guys all lined up for the slaughter. 

 4. Snuggling with my skineye' on the LuvSac watching weeds....

 

5. Papa Murphy's Thai Chicken Pizza deLITE = DELICIOUS 

So good we gobbled it all up. 

ADAM LOVED IT. 

I am SO ready for the weekend. 

{EXCEPT} I work all day Saturday

and have meetings on Sunday.

So my weekend Is kind of already shot. 

♥ the MRS.

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Hey skineye'

In case you ever wanted to buy me something sparkly again....

I wouldn't hate you if you ever brought this home with you.

{SOURCE}

Isn't she shinny?


♥ the MRS.

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Lately.

 

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I've been feeling the need to create something.

 I know sounds weird right? I think its always been there. To make something. To create it. To work on it. I guess it comes in waves.

I WISH i was artistic.

I really do. I admire people who can sit down with brushes and paint. They turn a blank canvas into something meaningful. 

Beauty. 

Our world could use a whole big dose of it. 

I just wish I could help contribute. 

Instead I pin ideas of things I would make, IF i was capable. 

I will be an admirer of beautiful things.

I am ok with that. 

And I will make things, little things for fun. Because it helps satisfy my need for creativity. 

I started this rug. 

It has been surprisingly fun to work on. 

Keeps me busy while we watch NetFlix. 

I like having something little to work on. 

Next time  will start will all different colors. This kind of looks like a nursery to me. Anyone having a baby?

♥ the MRS.

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Lately I've been feeling a bit lazy

I think its this summer weather

My lack of vacations planned

and my grown up life getting in the way of my pool time.

{SOURCE}

you can probably tell becasue of my lack of posting. 

My lack of having a life. 

LATELY doing nothing sounds amazing. 

and yet there is always something. 

To be worked on. 

to be finished. 

to prepare for. 

{SOMETHING}


I just want a little nothing.

♥ the MRS.

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YOUR {THREE} words

They say the firs three words you see say a lot about you.

Look for yours first & read to comments to see mine!

{SOURCE}

♥ the MRS.

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         I am starting to prepare for the fact I will be alone for about two weeks in July. 

theMR. is going home for a while. 

To see his family. 

To visit. 

To check on our humanitarian efforts in Kersa.

My Parents and Sister are going with him. 

Brooke and Tyler will Live in Daybreak by then. 

I will be ALL alone.....

I will be alone in my little house. But it will feel so empty without him. I might just go crazy. 

Then I logged into Pinterest and Lindsay has pinned this bad boy. 

If you wanted to order me one of theMR., I would gladly accept it. 

I would even give you our home address to ship it to. 

Oh and they ask for a few picture to submit.... Please feel free to steal them from our little URL. 

♥ the MRS.

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dear voice,

please come back. This is really turning into quite the nuisance. 

Dear Sony Tech Support-

You were surprisingly AWESOME. It was a very pleasant call center experience. 

Dear BluRay player, 

Thanks for streaming out NetFlix right to our TV. NOW I can blog stalk & watch awesome movies all at the same time. You really just changed my life completely. 

Dear Fernando, 

You were a really safe driver on the Razor off road adventure. Made for a really pleasant afternoon. THANKS!

Dear Place of Employment, 

(Whose name I cant mention to limit my liability) THANKS for an awesome few days. It was an amazing training. Fun to bond. AWESOME activity. I really do love working for you. 

DEAR SUMMER, 

You are quickly slipping away.

I miss having summers off. 

Being a kid. Spending all day at the pool. 

Ohhh to be young again. 

Dear blogger drafts, 

YOU ARE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL! Time to just start publishing!

Dear Husband, 

I love you. Just thought I would sneak that one in there. 

♥ the MRS.

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Living with a boy VII

The last time we were at the grocery store

theMR. convinced me that we should buy chocolate milk & chocolate donuts.

I laughed at him and I might have rolled my eyes.

BOY AM I GLAD we went for it.The combo is terrible for  you but a chocolate dream.


♥ the MRS.

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we live the lives of ROCKSTARS

This is what a lot of our down time looks like:

theMR. watching youtube & a game on TV.

theMRS. addicted to twitter.

Just glad to be close to each other.

For an hour or so. Between [jobs/service/callings/friends/family]

Just glad for some down time instead of rushing.

♥ the MRS.

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Cupcake.Hotdogs.park.

This is what we did last night:

yep. 

We watched this little monster eat the WORLDS Biggest CUPCAKE!

Then he dumped it on the ground. 

♥ the MRS.

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Top {FIVE} Fridays

Movies that I REMEMBER LOVING from my childhood

This was a REALLY HARD ONE. Oh man. There are so man movies that are just a part of who I am. They shaped me. For better or for worse, they WERE my childhood. 

I tried to Narrow it down so here they are:

1. Adventures in Babysitting

THIS was our go to movie as kids. We had it on VHS (remember those) and my mom says we wore it out and she had to buy it again. I think it was the ADVENTURE that got us. Kids running wild in the city. No Parents

I LOVE the opening scene. Elizabeth Shue i think every boy had a crush on you.

2. Troop Beverly Hills

     Beverly hills, What a THRILL!

enough said. 

3. My Father the HERO

WHAT katherine heigl? WOW i need to really look over my old favorite to see who's careers were jump started in my childhood films. 

I thought this movie was SOOOO funny. And at the time risque...that white thong swimsuit was so exposing. 

4. 3 Ninja's

 ROCKY LOVES Emily. 

ROCKY LOVES Emily. 

These kids had such a cool adventure. I wanted to go through their Ninja training. I wanted a nickname like TumTum. I wanted to put Exlax in someones drink. Muah ha ha ha ha. I loved this movie.

5. ¡Three Amigos!

Can I have your watch when you are dead?

Everything about this movie is ridiculous. I loved every minute of it. My lil brother watched this movie in his ninja turtle t-shirt and cow boy boots for years. 

I want to know. What are you TOP FIVE Childhood movies??

I know there are a million more, and depending on when you were a child...they could be movies I watched a year ago. 

So fun to reminisce. 

♥ the MRS.

So sad none are avail on streaming live via NETFLIX. I guess I can add them to my DVD queue

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a lil laughter for you all!

My Blog Friend The Book Nut shared this little gem with us. 

ADAM and I were in stitches*.

Literally our sides hurt after talking this one out.

ENJOY:

I WANT A NOTHING BOX!!!

♥ the MRS. 

*Do people say this anymore? NO idea...I googled it to make sure I got it right. Bringing it back!!!!

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& we wonder WHY men and women have communication challenges

This is the difference between how women and men see things.

Source

Things I have learned since being married:

• ADAM is not in fact TRYING to hurt my feelings.

• When I think Adam is trying to hurt my feelings, I am usually being a lot irrational and kind of crazy. REIGN IT IN CELINA.

• Men in general, do not automatically think about how a [decision/comment] might or might not impact your feelings in a million different ways. It is not in their nature to worry or consider those things. 

• Adam can say in 10 words what it would take me about a minute to explain. 

• Just because theMR. doesn't say I love you every 5 minutes, doesn't mean he stopped loving me. 

• [MOVIES/TV] have ruined the expectations of marriage. 

•  theMR. needs time to be ready to open up. That sometimes takes coaxing.Prodding.Guessing. before he is ready to share what is really on him mind. 

• sometimes being silent in the car is ok. IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. Except that it is silent. 
• theMR. sometimes goes into his mancave in his mind. WHEN I can tell he is checked out it is not a good time to try to talk. He needs time to [think/process]. When he comes out he will let me know.

• ROMANCE is not cross cultural.

• Being romantic can be taught, if the student really wants to learn. BUT it is easier to just change your expectations. I now think its romantic when I come home and the house is cleaned. I love it. & it really does show that Adam

What have you learned that you can share? Some of these things I thought I knew...but actual practice is sooo much different  than a Marriage, Family, Human Development classes. OR working with people in Residential treatment.

 Marriage is kind of like a life long experiment. 

♥ the MRS.

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Signs of the times.

People keep talking about the end of the world. The Rapture. Signs of the times. Personally I don't buy into any of it.

THOUGH recently I have experienced a few REAL signs of the times.

1. MY LITTLE BABY Sister is a graduate!

YEP the Mascot Morgan Graduated High School. 

She is off to USU in the FALL! Morgs we are Sooooo proud of you. I can't believe She is like a grown up. A REAL grown up. 

#2. My oldest NIECE is 7.

YEP!

SEVEN YEARS OLD. 

IT is CRAZY. I remember being on the phone with my dad who was in the waiting room while Ashtynn was born. I was up all night WAITING for a niece. 

She is so smart. She is so kind. She is a good big sister. She is a friend. She kicked everyone's TRASH at Lazar game. She is turning out to be one heck of a lady. 

Either the WORLD is ending, or I am getting OLD!

♥ the MRS.

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My Thoughts on being married and Maintaining "Boy Friends"

 If you haven't read the Scenario and reader responses you should start {HERE}
I kind of wanted to stay out of the discussion to just see what people thought! it was REALLY interesting to be an observer on this one.

I do not claim to be a relationship expert. I am aware EVERY relationship is different. Each couple has rules or boundaries or has settled into the waltz that is marriage in their own way. I also am WELL aware that the things I write now will probably make future me laugh... I am counting on it!

Current results from when I posted the follow up.

I am still a twitterpatter newlywed who is wearing LOVE goggles. They are the cousin of breakup goggles and beer goggles.

With that being said here is what works for us, for now. 

I am rarely if ever alone with a member of the opposite sex.  

When it comes to male friends:

I don't really have male friends. I did before I was married. During my single days I had many guy friends. They were my besties, my place holders. As time when on life moved on. They got married, I moved, they moved, then I moved to Ethiopia. 

That really helped cut some of those ties. When I was younger and I saw My male friends get married, there would always be the conversation- We will never see you anymore. They would claim NO come on we will still all hang out. 

It never happened. 

WHY? 

Life moves on. 

It is supposed to. 

I still have lots of my male friends on Facebook. I occasionally will send a message to them when I see something interesting on their news feed or a crazy person from our shared past pops up on the people I may know. 

They will occasionally message me about something I post on my blog or a silly pictures. Adam does the same. He has friends from university that he will find on facebook. If they ever came to town we would all go out. But I wouldn't want to be alone with them. 

Not because I would instantly be tempted to kiss them or anything. Simply because the longer I am married, the less I care to keep company with other Men. & I think that is the way it should be.

I have male coworkers who are a lot of fun to work with. We banter back and forth about ALL sorts of topics. 

When it comes to work:

Adam and I have discussed that there are times I have assignments with these male coworkers. We have to run errands or pick up lunch for the department or attend meetings in a different building. In these cases I have ridden in a car alone with a coworker. 

Adam doesn't care. He has met the two male coworkers that I am sometimes on errands with. He is comfortable with them, knows them and trusts me and them. One rode our scooter home from Spanish Fork when we bought it, the other I recently rescued him and his family from a back road when their car broke down. If it made ADAM uncomfortable I would take a separate car or send someone else on my errands. At the same time, I don't make a habit of being alone with them either. 

Some would say that I shouldn't go with them to pick up lunch or take my own car to ride to the meeting. I see the validity of that point. I offered it to my husband. He kind of laughed at the notion. So for now this works for us. 

WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO... Mutual Respect. 

We trust each other. 

At the same time we are respectful of our marriage. We would never do anything intentionally to hurt the other. 

Early on in our marriage we decided we would never talk about divorce or joke about infidelity. The casual handling of such things just seems inappropriate.

If you are in a relationship I would suggest you talk to your partner about this scenario. See what they think. Think about it yourself. What are YOU comfortable with for yourself and your partner. 

I was MORE than shocked about the messages I received about a double standard. 

Many people don't think it is BAD for them to be alone with a member of the opposite sex.

& at the same time WOULDN'T want their partner to take the same approach.

Also evaluate your intentions. As a Married Lady I would be more than nervous if  I was seeking out friendship, companionship, common ground or understanding in another man. It just wouldn't seem right to seek those things out in anyone else but MY HUSBAND. That is the point of intimacy in marriage.

Is that different than running into someone at the store and talking for a minute yes? Is that different than going Diving with a mixed group of people? YES. Is that different than giving your childhood best friend a ride from the airport...Sure it is. 

However I don't think its far fetched or a just a few opportune moments away from a casual friendship turning into confused feelings. 

There are so many things that could get in the way of a healthy relationship. I hope this little scenarios helped open the dialogue in your relationship to see where you both feel comfortable. 

I know it was a good chance for Adam and I to reevaluate. 

& as long as {WE} are on the same page, isn't that all that really matters?

No one knows what works better for a relationship than the people in it. 

Good luck out there lovers!

♥ the MRS.

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summer weather makes me lazy in the kitchen

YEP I made a can of peas for dinner.

&IT was delicious.
Maybe I will cook tomorrow.

Now accepting summer cooking ideas....

♥ the MRS.

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The Miserables?

That is what Adam asked when he saw the show poster. It made me laugh so hard.

A little over a week ago my mom called to let me know they were purchasing tickets to Les Misérables. She asked if Adam and I would like to attend. Adam had never seen it. I of course said YES!

Growing up my parents did a lot to try to expose my siblings and I to theater. After my parents saw Les Ms for the first time we were introduces to the music, the story, the PBS specials. I remember seeing Les Mis when I was young. Maybe 8 or 9? I was afraid I wouldn't be able to sit there and NOT sing. 

My Mom was teasing me this weekend. CLAIMING my sister Brooke and I would act out scenes from Les Mis in our old, old house. As dramatic 6&7 year olds we took turns being Éponine and Marius. Hee hee...If only I could see my childhood self. I think it would be a crack up.

Since those days I have see Les Mis probably at least 7 times. Our family takes every opportunity we can to see it. My Dad was especially excited to tell Adam the story, explain all the personalities and relationships & analyze the performance with him.

Adam really enjoyed the show. Even though we were in almost the last row. Morgan joked that we were so far up that her ears were popping. Hee hee.

It was fun because we ran into Adam's Friend Peter and his wife Jesse on the way out. It was fun to catch up with them for just a minute. Peter served as an LDS Missionary in Ethiopia years ago. He was Adam's favorite and was able to attend our temple sealing.

Now we are watching our favorite songs on YouTube. The 25th anniversary special is pretty amazing.

I just hope my parents weren't joking about making a Vegas/Show run this summer....that would be {AWESOME}!

• Did you do anything amazing this weekend?

♥ the MRS.

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