The Dude I live with!!!

So a good friend had posted this on her blog and thought it was cute. So I would share a little more about Brandon. Since I mostly talk about our princesses.






What's his name? Brandon Jeffrey Elzinga

How long have you been together? We met at work in 1998, started dating September 1998. He proposed January 1999, married June 1999. so 10 years (that went really fast)
How long did you date? 9 months till we were married in June

How old is he? 32

Who eats more? Depends on what we are eating!

Who said I love you first? He did

Who is taller? UM I think he is!! :)

Who sings better? He does, that is one of the things I fell in love with. He sang on our first date. He didnt realize I was listening. :)

Who is smarter? Has to be Him, and he will admit it. :)

Who does laundry? I do

Who does the dishes? We both do

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Brandon does

Who pays the bills? He does, even though maybe I should be more involved in it so that I know where everything goes, and how much we dont have. :)

Who mows the lawn? We both do, I actually find mowing the lawn relaxing and as extra excersise.

Who cooks dinner? We both do

Who drives when you are together? He does he LOVES being in control, it drives him CRAZY when I drive

Who is more stubborn? Not sure( he would probably say ME though!!)

Who kissed who first? I think he kissed me first.

Who asked out who first? I have to admit I DID! But it didnt go well for me. :)

Who proposed? Brandon did

Who is more sensitive? Deffinatly me. I definitely cry more I think I have only seen him cry a handfull of times.

Who has more friends? Not sure, and it doesnt matter as long as we have eachother as friends.

Who has more siblings???? We have the same, 3 each

Who wears the pants in your family?? No one, unless you count the 3 princesses.

Love IT!!!

So I had to post this picture, this is one of Brandons favorite it totally shows how I feel with Jillian most days. Can you see the frusteration? This was one done with our family pictures. And yes it was only 20 degrees, but I just wanted one more picture and this is what I got. No I do love our little Jillie but she can be my trial, she can be a big bugger at times but she can be the sweetest little thing. Thought I would share the picture.

I have been trying to download more of the other pictures from our Family shoot but they wont seem to work. I will keep workin on it.

Bragging moment!!!

So I dont know how many of you knew that I was makeing this. But thought I would post a picture of the end project. I usually sew some of my gifts to people, and of course I picked a very complicated one. But we draw names between the kids on Brandons side of the family. So Annie had Micaela whom is 13 I believe, and thought she would love a denim throw blanket. Now remember I have never made one before, but I tell you it was a lot more work that I thought. But it really was a lot of fun to make. And I tell ya it was really hard to give it away it turned out pretty cute. It has pink camoflouge on the back, and the pink patches. I cant wait to start on the one for ourselves.
I also made Annies Christmas Stocking but finished that in a few days.

Its Christmas Time, Its Christmas time.....

We had a great Christmas season this year. We were busy, busy busy. But that is what makes it a great time of year. Here are a few pictures of Christmas morning, and afternoon over at my mom and dads house. I am pretty sure we were all happy with what we recieved Brandon got a IPOD Nano, Kelsie got roller blades and an MP3 player, and Jillian got a Polly Pocket Cruise Boat, and a "Singing Barbie" it is the Island PRincess Barbie that sings. That is all she asked for, and was really happy to see it. Annie got a fun little train that she dances too. And me I got the best present of all. I am going to see Celine Dion next November. You dont know how excited I am to go see her. But we did have a nice and enjoyable holiday and hope all of you did also. Happy New Year!!!!

Traditions, Traditions....

Every Christmas Eve we go bowling with my Dads side of the family, which is huge. But it has been a tradition that I have been doing for as long as I can remember. I loved it and it is one that I hope to keep doing with my kids and family. It is a fun way to keep in touch. So here are a few pictures of my family.


This is my mom,nephew Gavin, sister Lani and Annie.

Gavin, and Annie. They are 4 months apart. They will be having lots of fun together if Annie would start moving. :) ( no big hurry)

Jillian Bowling

The three trouble makers, Kelsie, Devin and Jillian

Kelsie Bowling

Kelsies singing Program

Kelsie had her first School christmas program. The kindergartners put on a really cute program. They sang a bunch of songs to a naration. It was fun to see all the songs they had been working on. She had a little speaking part and did a great job Then they had a few refreshments afterwards.




Here is a video of one of her songs, when they snapped their fingers they thought they were so neat. It was fun she has been working on snapping for a little while, and I couldnt figure out why she was so determined. But we found out why.