1. Chad is a great dad and loves playing with the kids. In doing this he frequently becomes a child himself, often fighting with them over toys or who's right and who's not. I sometimes hear things like "she started it", or "is too" and "is not" going back and forth. Thankfully, I usually come in to settle things and remind Chad of his adult role.
2. Chad LOVES Christmas. He even loves decorating for Christmas. He loves the lights and all that comes with the holiday season. Every year he wants to buy something new to put outside with the already full light display. He would also have the Christmas tree up in October if I would let him.
3. Chad thinks that he "sneaks" Cokes and donuts from me. To be honest, I could care less what he has, but he frequently sets up these "plans" to stop drinking Coke and stick to diet or something else. But he finds ways to get them, even if I don't buy them for our house. He steals from his parents and even the mortuary. I know, it's sad. He even tries to trick me by getting gas and sneaking a Coke and a donut on the end so that I won't notice it on the receipt. He has also set up a "secret" tab at work. He just truly wants it to look like he is following his "plan".
4. Chad can fall asleep anywhere at anytime. I know he is up a lot with work, but this is a skill that he developed long before his "on call" days. (I think it is inherited). We have been at parties with people. He has been in conversation with people at work. I have even seen him fall asleep sitting straight up on a bar stool. Don't get me wrong, sometimes I am jealous of this skill, but it has definitely caused its share of problems with my talking abilities in the mix.
5. Chad has a huge heart. He can never be mad for more than a second before he feels extremely guilty. Trust me he tries to be mad, but it is just not in him. This shows itself mostly with the kids and myself. He has a very hard time getting mad at the kids if they give him any kind of "sad face". If he does, he feels terrible almost instantly and tries to do everything he can to make it better. I for one love this about him, especially when I am on the receiving end. He is really great about making me feel right, even when I know I am wrong. (which is very rare).
6. Chad loves watching TV with me. He claims that it is just so he can cuddle on the couch with me when the kids are asleep, but. . . he knows all the scoop on all the shows and is just as excited as I am to see the next episode. Grey's, Dancing with the Stars, Desperate Housewives, and even The Bachelor. I love him for it!
So, I am not appreciating the cyber bullies out there (Amy) but I have given in to the requests to write six things about my wife, Kelly, that some of you may not know, or you may already know but get to hear my spin on it.1) Kelly is extremely organized. You may pick up on this by the amount of list's that we have in our house, or the notepad that she has kept our financial payments on for the past nine years (yeah that is right, one notepad for nine years of payments), or you may find this out by looking at the amount of storage containers (large plastic tubs) that we keep just about everything in. There are many more examples but I cannot give away all of her secrets. I truly love this about her. It keeps everything running smoothly in our family.
2) Kelly loves to cook and is very good at it. You can pick up on this by looking how quickly her husbands belly has grown. It is hard to not eat a lot when she cooks so good. I love just about everything that she makes. She is really good at planning big meals (Thanksgiving) as well as meals for our small family. But all in all the food is always great, and always available.
3) Kelly is great at planning and sticking to a budget. Well she is good at budgeting our money and good at finding ways to get the things that we need, even if she throws in a shirt for her, or shoes for the kids every once in awhile (stinking kids). This includes clipping coupons, not only from one newspaper but it usually is from several (her Dad saves the adds for her, she stills the adds from my parents, and I am convinced she has a secret stash somewhere).
4) Kelly is HOT! Have any of you seen her lately. We have been married for like fifteen years and I don't think she has ever looked as good as she does now. She is always doing something, walking, the stepper, the bike, chasing kids......I love it.
5) Kelly is an extremely caring person. She seems to always know when someone needs a card or a phone call. She is so much like her mom in this way. We always laughed because everyone used to come to Shauna with their problems or concerns. But, after seeing how Kelly is with people I know that like her mom they just know when someone needs them. She has always been their for many of our friends and family. She has that intuition.
6) Kelly loves picking at zits. Pretty gross huh. We fight about this all the time. She loves when I have my shirt off, not because my shirt is off, but because she can now see the little "black heads" on my back. If I "weren't such a baby" (those are Kelly's words) then I would let her pick at me forever. I think this is not only disgusting, but it hurts really, really bad. (or maybe I am a little bit of a wimp)
I could not put everything about her on this post but I do love everything about her. I wish that I could give her the world. She deserves it. I love you.
His favorite part was eating all of the snacks that they brought, and he loved playing in the mud.
Went to the pumpkin patch and picked out the "perfect pumpkins"(according to Amy & Justin).
We carved pumpkins with all of the Grundy's.
