More of 'Ask Me'

How I met my best friend...
The short story...We met through a mutual friend. We played Co-Ed softball together. He went to Promise Keepers with a group of men from church, my father was one of them. Our first 'date' was with my parents on the motorcycles, ending in ice-cream of course.

What my day looks like...
Wake up 5:30. Switch laundry loads and fold. Run. Shower. Read. Start Breakfast.
8:00 Breakfast and Bible Time. Followed by 'Table Time' (school we all do together). Then other school work.
9:30 - 10:30 Girls have quiet play time. I help Tyson with his reading and other new concepts in his work. Answer ? for Braden.
11:00 Ashlynn takes a nap. Help Gabrielle with preschool work. Answer ? for boys.
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Finish any school work that is left. Possible activities include: Science projects, Art projects, Free Play, Start on Dinner Prep, Bake Bread, Pay Bills/Check Book...
2:30 Snacks followed by story time and nap for girls. I finish work do cleaning, hang with boys. Boys play outside, help me, work on chores.
5:00 Shower/Clean up. Bathe Girls. Put away laundry, which has been going throughout the day.
6:30 Set table. Make hubby's lunch for tomorrow. Get dinner out.
7:00 Eat. Clean up. Games. TV. Family time.
8:30 Bedtime snacks. Bedtime routines. Girls to bed.
9:15 Boys to Bed. Read/Talk with hubby/Watch TV in Bed
9:45 Lights out.

Our biggest marriage struggle...
This has changed over the years. Going through IVF and having two adoptions fail were definitely two of the toughest experiences we've walked through... Now, I would say the thing we struggle with the most is understanding where each other is coming from; Male vs female perspective. I tend to live with my heart and he lives with his head, if that makes sense... I am a neat freak and well, he is not :) ... I would also say, a struggle I have is keeping my mouth shut when I don't see things the same way as he does.

What I do in my free time...
Bake. Decorate. Garden. Blog. I use to scrap book, but that hasn't happened for a long time. Organize. Read health books.

What I want for Christmas...
A hamburger press. We eat a lot of hamburgers :)
New Curtains.
New Jean Rugs for my kitchen.
A date with my hubby to climb the new rock wall at the U, this is on my b-day list too :)