Today in 1996...

...Duane and I had our first date! It didn't start off as a first date, but it definitely ended as one. Originally I was going bowling with Duane's sisters (I worked with Lorie, which is how I met Duane) and some of our friends from work. I showed up to pick up Lorie and Jo, and it ended up that Duane was going to the same bowling alley to meet up with some of his friends. Lorie and Jo weren't ready yet, so I gave Duane a ride to the bowling alley.

There had been some"chemistry" between the two of us for a while, some bad and some good. We'd known each other for almost a year by this time. Let's just say our first impressions of each other were not good at all. Over that year, we got to know each other, and had really started to "flirt" by the time this magical bowling night occured. By the time we got to the bowling alley, we weren't interested in hanging out with anyone but each other. Over the next several hours we were inseperable, and the evening had definitely turned into a date!

Fast forward to the end of the evening when I took Duane home. I came in the house, talked with his sisters for a bit, and he walked me to my car. We had our very first kiss in his parents driveway, with his sisters and mom watching us from inside the house. (Hey, I know it was our first date, but we'd known each other for a year) I knew right then that what I was feeling for him was more than I had ever felt before. That was it, we started dating "officially" and have been together ever since that night. Now, 12 years later, I couldn't love him any more than I do. I Love you Honey! Happy 1st date Anniversary.

Countdown

Well it's finally here, Duane will be home in about 28 hours and we are so excited! The only bad thing is that he has to spend most of that time on an airplane. The time change is hard, but it is much easier to get used to when you get to China than it is when you come home. He has been 14 hours ahead of us for 5 weeks. When he gets home on Saturday night, he only really has Sunday to recover, then it's back to work on Monday. Crazy!!

Just to give you an idea of how weird that flight back to Utah is, just check this out: He is leaving China at 11:20 am Saturday morning (China time). He flies for nearly 16 hours and lands in San Francisco at 12:40 pm (SF time...only an hour and 20 mins later!), then has 3 hour layover and gets to Salt Lake at 6:30 pm local time. So after traveling for 20 hours, he gets here only "7 hours" after he left China. The other strange thing, is that 6:30 pm here will be feeling like 8:30 am in China, so he will be at the beginning of his day (as far as his body knows).

We are getting all ready for him to get home, and even made him a fresh batch of salsa last night. Now, he just needs to hurry and get here before it's all gone!

Haircut Day!

Well we had a very busy and fun filled day today! It started off with Grandma and I taking Jordan to get his first "big boy" haricut in a salon. (Ok, I guess for a boy it's a barber shop, but work with me). We went to Cookie Cutters in Bountiful which is an awesome place tailored to kids. They get to sit in a fun "vehicle" and pick out a DVD to watch, then they also get a balloon and a sucker. The stylists are awesome with kids, and keep them really distracted. I think it's amazing that they can cut the hair of these little squirmers. Jordan chose to sit in the airplane (of course), and watch Cars (ok more my pic than his, but I know he likes it). Even with those distractions he still didn't like the "clippers" at all. All in all he ended up leaving happy (and sticky, what's up with giving toddlers getting haircuts suckers? Talk about a hair magnet). It went much better than his "first" haircut which was mommy and grandma with the clippers. I know we will definitely be back to Cookie Cutters.

Then we took a trip out to Gardner Village and had lunch at Archibalds. Such a fun place, especially around Halloween. The whole village is decorated. I couldn't believe how packed it was at noon on a Wednesday! We had a really great lunch, and Jordan was so good. He was waving at everyone and thoroughly enjoyed his food.

After lunch we dropped off Grandma at a Dr. appointment and did a little shopping at Jordan Landing. After her appointment, we picked up Grandma and headed to the fabric store. I had to get a few things for some halloween projects.

Then it was off to visit Susan, Laurie and Sandra. They were in Disneyland last week and brought us all back some gifts. Of course Jordan made out like a bandit with several shirts, a hat, and an awesome bowling set. Since their construction is almost done, we were able to play in the new kitchen/dining area. Jordan loved running around, checking out the new cupboards, and yelling into the empty room (the echo was awesome). We set up the bowling set, and Jordan had a great time. Check out the pics below to see our fun day together!

Big Cats Ad

So, in case you haven't seen this ad...it is the funniest thing!

http://www.truveo.com/Big-Cats-Fatherhood-promo/id/2354344139

While I don't know anything about Snoop's show, I do know that I agree wholeheartedly with the campaign style put down of cats!