It's Fall Y'all!

I have to admit that I am catching Fall fever even though I love summer the best. I am loving all of the colors and cool weather. I recently went to a "Witches Night Out" with some of my friends and had a blast! It's always good to get out and hang with my "witches" hee hee
Ryan has been sick the past week or so and I had to miss work on Monday to stay home with him because Steve had study group. I've only been working for about 2 months, but I must say that when I get to stay home a night that I regularly work, I really appreciate it now! He's feeling a lot better now, so it's back to work tomorrow.
Here are some pictures that we took at the nearby pumpkin patch. The kids had fun going through the mini corn maze. It was actually pretty hot that day. I got lucky that the kids wanted small pumpkins, so I got out of there for only $4.00! Nice. Happy Fall Y'all!

Husband tag
1.What is his name? Steven Roberts Holmes
2.Who eats more? Me, always. He is usually done at least 5 minutes before me!
3.Who said I love you first? He did...and I said, "Oh, that's so sweet." hee hee :)
4.Who's taller? He's a ton taller even when I wear 4 inch heels. When I wear flats, I make a great arm rest for him.
5.Who is smarter? Well, we got the exact same score on the ACT's. That makes us feel good! I have a hard time focusing...I day dream a lot.
6.Who is more sensitive? Me, I cry if someone looks at me wrong or says something in a mean tone. :) That's why Steve doesn't believe I belong in the working world.
7.Who does the laundry? I do, but Steve isn't above switching the laundry or throwing something in that I didn't get to.
8.Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do usually, but sometimes we rock for it...I won last time. :) so me for now until he challenges me to another rock, paper, scissor war.
9.Who does the bills? I do and I actually don't mind. I like knowing where every penny is. If it's a bill over the phone, Steve will...I don't have the patience to wait on hold.
10.Who cooks more? I'm not a great cook, but I try. Steve will usually help out with whatever part of the meal I ask him to. He has recently come out of the cooking closet and is a great cook. He makes amazing fajitas!
11.What meals do you cook together? Whatever takes more than 2 hands. Thanksgiving for sure, he's in charge of the turkey. He'll get up at the crack of dawn to get his precious turkey in and begin the basting process! If he has to leave the house during the basting process, I have to promise to baste every 30 min. I love being in the kitchen with him. Plus, when the meal goes wrong, it's not all my fault! :)
12.Who is more stubborn? I'm not sure, we're both pretty laid back.
13.Who is the first to admit they're wrong? It used to take us days to apologize to each other, but now we can't stand being mad for more than an hour, so we usually make up pretty quick. Whoever was wrong or overreacted usually admits it...or I help him see what he did wrong..... just kidding
14.Who has more sibling? No contest. Steve is one of 12 kids. I am one of 4 kids.
15.Who wears the pants in the relationship? I think we are pretty equal. I'm not here to boss him around and I won't be bossed around either. :)
16.What do you like to do together? Out to eat, watch our shows, chill out, go on dates!
17.Who eats more sweets? Both of us do. He prefers Hostess and I love ice cream and See's candy.
18.Guilty pleasures? dirty movies...just kidding :)
19.How did you meet? I was friends with his younger brothers, Brad and Brian, I even went to prom with Brad! Brad brought him down to Golden Swirl where I worked at the time.
20.Who asked who out first? We were set up by his family.....He knew I was interested. :)
21.Who kissed who first? He kissed me first in a hotel room on a trip with his family about a week after we met. Don't panic....Maggie was asleep on the bed about 2 feet away! hee hee If she was sent to be our chaperon, she failed miserably! :)
22.Who proposed? He did. Poor guy was so stinkin nervous. It's still in debate if he really asked. He kinda just said, Marry me. So I said, OK!
23.His best features? legs, eyes, shoulders, smile, hands, need I go on???
24.What is his greatest quality? Looks on the bright side of things. He can also make us laugh! For example: dance offs in the van with Bree. His singing and choreography to songs on the ipod!
25.Tag? Maggie, Jenny, Whoever wants to butter up their husbands so they can stop rolling their eyes about blogging!

I'm 29!

I knew there would come a day that I would be glad to be a year younger than all of my school friends! Today is that day! All of my school friends have turned 30 and I'm only 29! This was not so pleasant when they were all turning 16 and I was still 15! Anyway, I had a simple, great birthday! On Saturday, Steve and I went out to dinner and a movie which is always a favorite! On Sunday we went to church for the primary program which was so fun to watch. It was weird because it was the first time that Steve and I were sitting all by ourselves! All 3 kids had a little speaking part and they all said them very well and weren't shy at all! Our home teacher said that he had a clear view of Ryan and the whole time the little boy next to him was pestering him and Ryan was patient with him for a long time, but finally turned to him and gave him a big push! The home teacher said it was ok cuz the kid deserved it. :) Zach picked me out a yummy cake and my sweet family of 5 sang to me. The kids made me home made presents that they were so proud of. One of my favorites was a coupon book of course! Some of the coupons from Bree were: 10 minute tickle, help with dinner, clean room, babysit boys for an hour, etc. Thanks to my family for a great birthday!

Catch up

We woke up to a little layer of snow this morning! So naturally, to Steve's disapproval, I listened to Christmas songs while I made breakfast! :) I can't believe it's so cold here and Maggie said she took her kids swimming last week in Arizona!
The kids have been off track, but it has been a lot different this time because I work. It seems like we have been very busy going to work together and keeping up with our usual schedule. Ryan still has preschool, Bree still has dance, and Zach still has soccer practices and games. Which is good, I'd rather be busy than not. At Zach's game on Saturday it was so dang cold and it started snowing! It was so funny because the kids weren't even paying attention to the game, they were just so excited that it was snowing. It took a 20 minute shower to thaw me out after!
A few weeks ago, Zach and Ryan had so much fun at a golfing/hunting party that G. Holmes planned. They spent the first half of the day golfing and playing mini golf at Mulligans. Then they went to the park to play and eat lunch. After that they went and shot clay pigeons! By the time I picked them up they were absolutely exhausted! I have to admit that I really missed them being gone all day like that. I'm a little used to that with Zach, but I'm never away from Ryan for more than 3-5 hours. I missed my little buddy!
We had our traditional Conference breakfast up at Pat and Jenn's on Conference Sunday. Complete with Jenn's sticky buns and homemade coffee cake, waffles, eggs, bacon, sausage, and more! It's always fun to visit with everyone and watch the first session of conference together.
The other night I had to get CPR certified for work. I went with my friend, Jenny, from work and we had some good laughs practicing on our dummies! It was good to be taught CPR, but I hope I never have to do it! It would be so scary!