Sweatheart Tag!

Here are the rules:
1. Each person answers questions about their sweethearts
2. At the end of the post the person then tags 6 people and post their names, then goes to there blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they are tagged!

WHAT IS YOUR HUSBANDS NAME? Samuel Christopher Butler. :>
HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN MARRIED? 8 years on January 19th.
HOW LONG DID YOU DATE? Not sure on that one, we were undefined for quite a bit. (odd, yes. :>)
HOW OLD IS HE? 30
WHO IS TALLER? Sam
WHO CAN SING BEST? Depends on the song, anything other than lullabies would be Sam. :>
WHO IS SMARTER? OF COURSE Sam would say him.... which he is on most SCHOOL type subjects, but not ALL!!!!!! :>
WHO DOES LAUNDRY? Both of us, but Sam is the designated folder.
WHO PAYS BILLS? Me, not a fan of it, but Sam has NOOOO sense of urgency! :>
WHO SLEEPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED? Sam, when he is home.
WHO MOWS THE LAWN? Sam
WHO COOKS DINNER? For the most part me, but Sam does every now and then.
WHO'S FIRST TO ADMIT THEY ARE WRONG? Probably me, I usually have to ask Sam if he has an apology ready, or something he would like to say. :>
WHO KISSED WHO FIRST? Sam kissed me after I gave him the GUILT trip. :>
WHO WEARS THE PANTS? We both have our days. :>

Okay - Alicia, Ashlee, Tracy, Tessa, Summer,and SAM.... (if he ever reads this!!!) it is your turn! :>

Boys weekend and Adee turns 4!!!

I got to go to a scrapbook NIGHT with the girls last Friday - I capitalize night because it is always toooo short. :> Adee stayed with grandma and grandpa and Sam and Shep had a boys weekend. Picture Sam on the chair looking the EXACT same as Shep's picture - Pillow, blankie, drink, football. Good times. :> They both had a fun weekend, and I seem to be losing my "favorite" status with Shep - I gotta work harder. :> I had a great time with Leash, Tess, Tiff and Koy, it is always so fun to get away and chat and get a LITTLE scrap booking done, I think I am going to try to plan these things about once a month. :> As always, thanks girls! :> Love you all!
Onto Adee's b-day! She surprised me with a request for a GIRLIE cake. Tinker Bell..... wow! She also opened a present before school, it was a crown, and she would not take it off the whole day, very cute. We had cake and ice cream with everyone that night and Adee scored in the present department, as always. She had a great time and keeps asking me how many days until her next birthday, when I tell her three hundred and sixty whatever she gets really mad and says she can't be expected to wait that long. :> Sam saved the day and told her that Christmas was coming up soon, so she better be good. We move right onto the next bribe in this family! :>

Stitches come out and I am crippled. :>

Sooo, Adee had her stitches out today. It only took about 20 minutes to get her out from under the chair at the Dr.’s office, and because I had Shep I was not asked to participate in the holding down ritual. It was bad, but not half as bad or LONG as last time. She kept screaming I NEED TO GET UP!!!! And then it was all over and she about ran out of the Dr.’s office. I can only imagine what her next set of shots is going to be like. :> SUPER FUN!!! I am crippled because I ran my first 10K on Saturday. I like saying 10K because it sounds like a longer distance than 6.2 miles, therefore it makes me feel better about being soooo sore! It was quite hard, I had been training for the last seven weeks and my longest run was 5.5 miles. My goal was to finish in under an hour and I did, no thanks to the WONDERFUL set up of the race! It was really unorganized and I had to ask about 15 different times which way to go. Oh well, it was good and hopefully the first of many races. My mom was down and she decided to join in the fun and run with me, she did great and had soooo much fun, right mom??? :> Next time it's in Boise and I am dragging her along again! :>

STITCHES SUCK! (And other good stuff from the Butler family. :>)

Just ask Adee! What a bummer. We were getting ready to head out the door to go to lunch with Becky and the twins when Adee tripped and fell on our kitchen tile, which is slate. (Bad idea to do slate in the kitchen!!) I was in the bathroom and I heard her fall - which is quite normal for Adee because she is always going 90 miles an hour - but she was really quiet - and I knew that was bad!!! I made my way into the hall and as I turned the corner I saw Adee staring down at her hands which were covered in blood. I about peed my pants. Really. :> I have never seen blood on my kids, especially not THIS much blood. Of course Sam was out of town, so I knew I had to be calm and deal with this on my own, not fun. I knew I would not head to the ER because our last experience with Shep was less than impressive, so after a few phone calls I headed up to Adee's Dr.’s office - HOPING that he would say it was not that deep and it just needed a butterfly bandage. No Luck. He walked in the room and started shaking his head and saying "oh no.” He said if you looked close you could see her skull - no thanks! I knew we were in for it. I asked if I had to help out and he said it was time to man up (yes, he said MAN UP :>) He explained to me that because of where the cut was it was really going to hurt Adee to have it stitched and that the numbing SHOTS (plural) were going to be the worst. He put some cream on her head to try to numb it a little before the shots and left the room for about 25 minutes to let it work. In that time I tried to prepare Ad's and myself for what was going to happen. I told her she needed stitches and she asked what those were - couldn't bring myself to explain that one - so I just said something that would make her head all better. Needless to say I did not succeed in preparing EITHER of us! Adee LOVES Dr. Burton and she told him that she trusted him, (which brought tears to my eyes) and laid down on the table for him to fix her head. First shot, bad news. Adee screamed. Mind you, this is a girl who does not even like her hair touched, let alone brushed, because her head is so tender. She had a few more shots in which the nurse and I had to hold her down and then Dr. Burton started to stitch - worse news. Adee was not numb yet and she came UNDONE!!! The nurse had her head and I was pretty much laying on her to try to get her to hold still because at that point there was no turning back. I HATED IT!!!! It was all I could do to not scream right along with Adee, and I think I did once or twice. WHY do they make parents hold their own children down? I guess I know why - but it still sucks. Back to Adee - Dr. Burton had to give her more shots in her head and she finally calmed down and he finished stitching. When it was all said and done Adee's face was bright red, she had sweat dripping from her hair and a very good idea of what stitches were. Poor girl. She really was brave, and I KNOW it hurt her really badly because she is a very tough girl - plus the pitch of those screams was not something that could be faked. I felt REALLY sorry for the kids who were sitting in the waiting room listening to her, wondering what was going to happen to them. :> So after all of that - I decided that it would be a good day for an ice cream cone. :> Ice cream always brightens Adee's spirits, and I think she will be okay until we have to go back in and have the stitches removed. Dr. Burton said it will probably scar because of where it is on her head, so if anyone has any good scar remedies please pass them on. :> WHEW!! Now on to the other good stuff! We got our yard in, there is a spot for my garden (never gardened in my life, wish me luck) and a spot for the trampoline and our 18ft. above ground pool. :> I know, maybe a bit W.T., but I think it will be fun. :> Our lovely dogs are happy because they just got a ticket back into the house once they get a bath. I am pretty sure they have STRONG distaste for us at this point, but I think we can win them over. AND Sheppie has taken his first steps on his own. It was cute! He was holding on to the coffee table and I was sitting on the floor he turned toward me and let go of the table and took about five steps into my arms. He was quite proud because as soon as he sat down he started clapping for himself! Good job buddy! We also got some family pics taken so I can FINALLY take the Christmas one off. :> There you have it. All updated! Adee and Shep's b-days are coming up, so those posts should be happy go lucky. :>

BURNING UP the Track!!!!

No, seriously! That is the backpack that Adee had to have for preschool. I tried to sway her to the princess ones, Tinkerbell, even Dora.... not having it, she wanted red car (as she calls him) from Cars. She would not let me take her picture until I got a picture of her backpack first. As I was taking the picture I had to laugh because I had the thought that "Burning up the Track" could be the subtitle to the documentary of Adee's life. Adelynn Butler : Burning up the Track. :> This girl has no slow speed. Everything is 100%. (Maybe 110%) She is so sure of herself that she cannot understand why everyone that she talks to does not want to be her best friend. I used to try to contain her chatting with people but then I realized that it was really a good thing - go ahead Ad., be who you are and let the other people adjust. I have to admire that! :> I am proud of her for being so secure with who she is, at almost four she is SOOOO independent and confident. When I dropped her off at school she asked me if she could go play, I said yes, she gave me a quick hug and said see ya later - that was that, no crying here - for Adee anyway. :> When I came back to pick her up her teacher told me that she is a Montessori teacher's dream, so creative and ready to learn. That's our girl!
Sam also had a big day!!!!! :> 31 years for him! I broke down and bought him a Wii, which I may regret. He did work up quite the sweat last night playing it - not me. I am in shape! :> (right!) I think he had a good day, and he deserves it. He had to frost his own cake (help me frost it) because I hate to admit it, but it was the first three layer cake I have ever made, those 9X13's are soooo much easier. It was a yummy cake (thanks Ashlee S. for the recipe) and I even got a few pics of the masterpiece.
As far as Shep is concerned, life is good. He is loving new food and figuring out how to walk despite his parents lack of help. :> We have alot going on in the next few weeks, so expect updates - maybe MONTHLY since I am so slow these days! :> I'm not sure WHY I am so behind on everything, but I am! Love you all, Sam and Ash.

Summer Fun!

It seems like summer is flying by! We went to Boise for a bit and then to Downata with my family overnight, it was tooo short! All the kids loved it and Adee was a daredevil as usual. She came out of the big tube face first on her tummy, backwards on her back and everything in-between. She was not intimidated at all. I decided not to go down the black hole because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get her to NOT go. I think the smores cooking took a close second to the swimming and the kids and I definitely wanted to stay another night, not to sure about the rest of the campers. :> We will have to make another trip before summer is over, Sam and I both have really good memories of being at Downata, so it is nice to be able to take our kids there also.
Shep is standing up now and walking while holding things, he may beat Adee's walking time of 10 months, and I am not sure how I feel about that. :> He also got to have lunch with his gal pal, which we all enjoyed. Hope you are all having a great summer! Ash.

Happy 4th of July!

We hope everyone had a great weekend. We had fun, no fireworks for us because Shep hates loud noises and I assume that fireworks are the loudest loud noise you can get, so we spared him. Which, I was bummed about because I really like fireworks, and the 4th of July for that matter. We went to a parade, and they had the flags presented by the soldiers, and I have to admit that I got a little teary eyed. I know, not a big shocker to those of you that know me because ALOT of things make me teary eyed. :> I do appreciate all the sacrifices that have been made for our country and our freedom's, we are truly a nation under God and I think we tend to take that for granted. I have to say that it really makes me angry when I see all the media and clips of people making fun of President Bush. Not because I think he is the greatest president or anything, but because he IS the President of our country none the less. How does it look when we are tearing him to shreds in our OWN country? Sorry, just venting, it really does bother me though, we should respect him because of the position he holds, even if we do not agree with all of his decisions. ANYWAY.. :> I am grateful for the country that I live in and for all of those that have fought and still fight for our freedom. We love and appreciate you. THANK YOU!
Now that I have vented. :> Updates..... Shep is crawling, sitting up, screaming VERY high pitched when he wants something or does not like what he has, eating like a horse, and shooting up teeth left and right (which he is NOT a fan of). He loves his big sister and she makes him laugh all the time. Adee is getting MORE feisty everyday and making me wonder what the H... I am going to do when she gets to be a teenager........ it's all you Sam!!!! She was in her room the other day and I walked in to see her with her 4-wheeler helmet on, a lei, socks on her hands and a CD in her mouth - she said she was dressing up to make me laugh. (yes, see pic..) She is a funny and STRONG - WILLED little girl. She is taking swimming lessons and the other mom asked me how many lessons she has been in because she is not afraid of the water at all - I laughed and told her none, she is not afraid of ANYTHING. Please Shep, be more cautious. Gotta love em! Hope all is great for everyone and that you are all enjoying your summer. Ash.