I'm practically Martha Stewart

I went and bought a sewing machine this weekend, not because I know HOW to sew, but because I want to LEARN to sew. So, I bought some material and a pillow form and whipped up this little beauty. Granted, it's not like this was a huge project...it's just a simple pillow, but you have to understand that the last time I sewed anything was in 7th grade, and it was a hot pad. I've actually impressed myself...there isn't even a screw-up! (okay, so it could fall apart tomorrow) but today it's a beaut!

Walkin' In Memphis

Mar coloring....me and her did this ALL the way to Memphis:

This is the best picture I could get....we're going over the Mississippi River into Memphis:

We woke up Saturday morning and Donnie said "Hey, you wanna go to Memphis?" and I said "Ya", so we went. That's the extent of the whole conversation. We had no reason to go, we just went. We called Jon and Teresa (from Donnie's hometown) and they met us there and we stayed and Jon's mom's house. It was a fun little vacation, even though the only thing we did was go to Chuckie Cheese. We cam back Monday morning. It was about a 9 hour drive...which isn't bad at all when you're used to driving 18 either direction to see family 4 times a year.

My Husband

What is his name? Guy Donald Hurd Jr

How long have you been married? 5 years, 6 months, and 5 days

How long did you date? If you ask me, which you are, we dated for about 14 months, if you ask Donnie, he would say we didn't date, we just got married.

How old is he? 27, will be 28 in March

Who eats more? That one is obvious

Who said I love you first? He did...but only because I said "Hurd, do you love me yet?" and he said "Cartwright, you know I do". That's as romantic as Army talk gets.

Who is smarter? All I'm gonna say is, we watch the show and every week only I am smarter than a 5th grader.

Whose temper is worse? Donnie, for sure.

Who does the laundry?Me. Donnie probably doesn't even know how.

Who does the dishes? Me, but every now and then Donnie will do them.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Donnie

Who pays the bills? Me

Who cooks dinner? Mostly me, sometimes Donnie

Who drives when you are together? Donnie does. I'm an awesome driver, but he gets too nervous and makes me pull over.

Who is more stubborn? Me

Whose parents do you see the most? Probably about the same

Who proposed? Donnie.

Who has more friends? Probably pretty equal...his friends are my friends and if they aren't, I'm friends with their wives, and vice versa.

Who has more siblings? I do... i have 3 and he has 2

Who wears the pants in the family? I think we each wear one leg :)

I tag: Aubrie, the Browns, and the Gatrells

Chase Morrison....American Idol?

There really are no words to

explain....it leaves me speechless.

Simon Cowell said it best: "If you had been singing like this two thousand years ago, people would have stoned you".

Cowboys Game

Donnie Does Dallas

Donnie is at the Cowboys/Giants game today. He's one of 200 soldiers that will be holding a huge flag during halftime (I think it's halftime). He has a camera, so hopefully I'll have some pics to share later!

Elder Dunford's Surprise Birthday Party!

On second thought....

Okay, so scratch my previous post. We ARE going to North Carolina. And we WILL like it. We don't have a choice. The unit he's been assigned to is set to deploy sometime in late summer, so it looks like we'll be kissing Fort Hood goodbye!
http://www.bragg.army.mil/1TSC/

Fort Bragg (insert expletive here)

So, Donnie got orders today to report on April 10th to Fort Bragg. HUH? Fort Bragg is the ghetto...seriously, Elvis is singing in my mind as I type this. He's checking out his options as we speak....and if all else fails, he'll put in a recruiting packet...because Fort Bragg is NOT an option.

Dad's Sweet 57th!

Remember The Alamo!

When mom and dad were down here, we got a babysitter and the 4 of us went to

San Antonio to see the Alamo. Me and Donnie had been there about 4 times already,

but had never been inside. After that, we went and had lunch at Saltgrass Steakhouse

on the Riverwalk and then called it a day.

Christmas

Donnie helping Mar with her Disney Princess Castle
Our missionaries, Elder Morrison and Elder Mackintosh, with all their gifts

Mar opening some Barbie clothes and Ry checking out the baby dolls that Teresa sent

Before the storm.....

Mar and Grammy making Chex stuff...it was SO good!

Ahhhh, a cute little Christmas kiss

Happy Mar!

Don, Mar, and Donnie

Grammy reading a book to the girls