Mawage. Mawage is what bwings us togethah today...

It's not our anniversary or anything, but I just wanted to post a couple of recent pictures of Dave and I. Usually our pictures are of one of us with Spencer, or all 3 of us, which I love, but I think it's nice to be just the 2 of us sometimes too =). These are pictures from a temple trip we took last month with all of the Utah Bateman's. It was such a wonderful evening.


Dave and I have now been married for 7 years! That sounds like such a big number sometimes. Things have changed a little bit since we first got married - we're both a little chubbier, we have a kid, I don't get my feelings hurt when Dave can't hear me while he's typing on the computer...But mostly things are the same - we love to laugh, we have so much fun together, we agree on the important things, and agree to disagree on the not so important ones.


People tell me, and sometimes I agree, that I may be the only woman on earth that could stay married to Dave. He does have some obvious frustrating qualities - crazy work hours, doesn't like to plan, likes to annoy me on purpose, made me live in India...But I also often feel like he's the only one who would put up with me. I'm just better at hiding my frustrating qualities, I think (notice how I'm not mentioning what they are? Hee hee). Good thing that one of my good qualities is patience though, right?! But even with the imperfections, Dave is a kind, loving, and generous husband and father. He is fearless and has integrity, and he works hard to make us happy, and to do good in the world. Plus, he's hilarious. So I actually think I'm pretty darn lucky. We are so different, but thankfully we try to make our differences work to our advantage. So far, so good.

Dave's effeminate model face, and my silly face.

Aww, cute couple! (Sometime I'll put a picture on here of our wedding, so those of you who weren't there can see how skinny we once were!)

Deep Thoughts of the Day

"I don't pretend to have all answers. I don't pretend to even know what the questions are. Hey, where am I?"

"Whenever you read a good book, it's like the auther is right there in the room, talking to you, which is why I don't like to read good books."

This one Dave randomly quoted today...

"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man."

A Day at the Zoo

My little (way taller than me) bro is in town for EFY this week, and he flew in last Thursday to spend a few days with us. We went to the zoo, along with my good friend Jill, last Friday and had fun looking at the animals. It was unseasonably cold and wet, but we had a fun time! Spencer has recently discovered "Signing Time" where he has learned the sign language for a bunch of animals, so it was SUPER cute to see him be excited about the animals, and to watch his version of their signs =).


Giraffes are cool, man.

Spencer LOVES uncle Kyle...and the feeling is mutual. So sweet!

This is on the little zoo train - all 4 of us, and smiley sunglasses man behind us =). Animals, trains, and uncle Kyle...Spence was in heaven!

Deep Thoughts...

I recently re-discovered a couple of "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handy books that I own and enjoy immensely. So I have decided to share a "Deep Thought" or two on occasion on the blog. I hope those who read them get as much of a kick out of them as I do =).

"Sometimes I think the world has gone completely mad. And then I think 'Aw, who cares?' And then I think, 'Hey, what's for supper?"

"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."

"Here's a good tip for when you go to the beach: a sand dollar may look like a nice cracker that someone left, but trust me, they don't taste like it."

Oh, I love these - I had a hard time just picking 3 for now! My sisters and I (and roommates at Ricks too) used to stay up late and read these and just laugh and laugh. Good times...