I've been tagged, yeah me!

I’ve been tagged by my cousin Brianne. It’s one about marriage and I'm excited to write about something other than Kaitlyn.

1. What is your spouses name? James Von Gunten

2. How long have you been married? Nearly 4 years, our 4th anniversary will be this September.

3. How long did you date? We met the end of February, got engaged mid May, and married on Sept 30th. So about 7 months, pretty standard by mormon culture (excluding Rory's 5 week record setter)

4. Who eats more? I like to think that I eat less, but I think it's about the same. Although James has the capacity to eat more (really you should see him at a buffet. Honestly, where does he put it all!)

5. Who said I love you first? Kind of a funny story. James didn't want to say it until he knew I was ready. So, he told me that whenever I was ready he would say it back. So, technically I said it first, but he was the first to imply it.

6. Who sings better? hahaha! I just have to laugh because I try to get him to sing at church, but it's impossible! So maybe he is the better singer, but we'll never know!

7. Who is taller? James 5'10", I'm 5'4" (But we are hoping for a 6' ball playing boy, ya never know!)

8. Whose temper is worse? Oh boy! I would say his is worse, but very rare.

9. Who does the laundry? I do most of it, but if I plan it right and James is home he always pitches in! Thanks Hun!

10. Who does the dishes? James tries to claim he washes them all, but he doesn't see what I wash when he's not home. But he washes 80% of the dishes when we are both home. Man, what do I do around here?!

11. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If your looking at it from the foot board, me. It's closer to Kailtyn's room.

12. Who does the cooking? Now that's one thing I do 100% of. I usually really like it. James' only complaint is I love making and trying new things and he likes the food the way I made it the first time.

13. Who is more stubborn? I'm not sure. we kind of bend on different things. For instance, I wanted the name Dylan. He liked Thomas. So we compromised on Dillon (he chose the spelling).

14. Who proposed? James. Totally surprised me, I didn't even know he'd gotten a ring! He played a mean trick on me first, then proposed under a huge tree across the river from the Idaho Falls Temple.

15. Who is most likely to admit that they are wrong? I might admit it first just to ease the tension, but not really mean it. I don't think that counts though because it usually just makes me madder!

16. Whose parents do you see the most? James'. We were just there this weekend. We wish we lived closer to everyone!

17. Who pays the bills? Whoever gets the mail that day.

18. Who wears the pants? Wow, I don't really know. Maybe Kaitlyn!

19. Why do you love your husband/wife? Where do I start? He listens to my rambling whenever I need him to. He always has a TON of energy, no matter how little of sleep he gets. He loves to bargain shop like me (ebay, ross, tj, and sometimes garage sales and thrift stores). He likes shopping in general and most times out lasts me! He is an incredibly hard, diligent worker. He is super personable and can strike up a conversation with just about anyone, when in the mood. He treats me as his equal and shares the responsibilities of finance, raising kids, housework, and job decisions with me. I could go on, but that's a really long list. He is just awesome. He is my perfect match.

20. Who are three other people you are going to tag? I'll try Ashley, Melanie, and Rachel.

May Update

Surprise! We're moving to Provo! So, we have finally made a decision to move on from Pocatello. We are sad to leave the good friends we've made. Pocatello has really grown on us and we are very sad to say goodbye.

James took a job with the Utah Flash, a "D" league basketball team that is in it's 2nd year. We hope to find more opportunity to move up in his career with this move.

We are planning on staying here until Dillon decides to show up, which is hopefully sooner rather than later. I've already started packing and doing some of the deep cleaning, but there will still be a ton to do once he comes! Luckily both of our mom's have offered to help. We are so blesssed. We are still looking for a place to rent in the Provo/Orem area, so let us know if you know of anything.

Last Saturday was my birthday and boy was it fun! It was sort of a 4 days of fun for me. On Thursday we went to Rexburg and did a session in the temple while Rod and Liah watched Kaitlyn for us. Then we all headed to Idaho Falls to have dinner with Matt, Cortney and Kyle Bond. We had a great time. Cortney is due just a month or so after me and is having a girl. We are both very excited to have one of each, boy and girl. James made me a cake, a first for him. Then we all watched The Office. We couldn't have asked for a greater night!

As for the rest of the weekend. Friday we went out to Wingers for dinner and brought Kaitlyn along. Then we walked around the new furniture store in town. By the time we got to Ross she was pretty much out, so we pushed her around in the stroller and got to shop as long as we wanted. Since she fell asleep so early she was up and ready to go and

Saturday morning. So we all got up and went to the garage sale I was looking forward to. We got some great deals! Then headed to the mall for more shopping and Kaitlyn had the play place all to herself! It was a dream day for me. The best part was I didn't make a meal for about 4 days!

Then for Mother's Day James made me breakfast in bed. Kaitlyn got sick that morning with one of her throwing up episodes. But it was over in time for us to let her take and nap then get her dressed to go church. We only stayed for Sacarament meeting then headed home to make sure she was in fact done!

We are going to miss our Idaho Friends and Family!

Kaitlyn and Kyle settle in for a good read in Klye's new Big Boy bed!

On Saturday we walked to the firestation openhouse. James and I liked watching "The Jaws of Life" demonstration. They seriously took the entire top half of the car off! It was amazing.

Kaitlyn loved all the trucks. But her favorite thing was Sparky, the fire dog. The poor guy couldn't get away from her. She wanted to follow him everywhere!

More Wedding Trip Pics

So, for all who have yet to see Kaitlyn's favorite thing, here it is. Ever since she was an infant, she has loved pinching skin, but not just any skin. It has to be soft and warm. She started with the neck then progressed to what I call my swim suit fat right by my armpit. I know it's weird, but that is her comfort. She'll even do it to herself. She'll try it on Daddy, but then remembers she doesn't have fat like Mommy. Have you ever heard of such a strange habit? I'm not sure how were going to break her of it. I just hope she grows out of it on her own soon!


Her next favorite thing would be babies. She loves to take care of them. Gideon is perfect because he's always happy, it would take a lot to make him upset, and he's big enough to handle her hugs and loves. Note the sponge curler hair. I love curling her hair!

Funny Story, we left Pocatello at 9pm Thursday and then stopped in West Jordan at James' mom's for 3 or so hours of sleep. Then headed to Vegas thinking we'd make it just in time for the 11:00 Endowment session. Our perfect timing got us there just as my parents and Rod were getting out of the car. Yeah we thought. 10:30, right on time. Haha, jokes on us. With all our rushing we for got the hour time change and got there an hour earlier! At least we weren't late, but that precious sleep was gone! On the bright side Kaitlyn had fun having Nana all to herself while we waited.

Rod and Liah's Wedding, Las Vegas, NV

We'd first like to congratulations Rod and Liah! We are so happy for you both. We had a great time in Viva Las Vegas, despite not having time to visit the normal sights, we enjoyed being with our family we miss so much! The weather was perfect the whole weekend, we were sad to leave the 80's to return to the 40's. Yes, it is still that cold here, and on top of that it might snow all weekend. AaaaaaaaH!





The original McGrath Clan, plus Liah. One of these things just doesn't belong here. Oh yeah, that would be my enormous tummy! 2 months to go! But hey, at least the shirt closed.











The handsome groomsmen. Even Gideon and Hunter got decked out for the occasion. Notice Evan in what he calls his "wedding dress". Don't worry we set him straight on what to call his fancy tux. I guess that's what happens when you listen to your mom and sister's too much. After all, they all got dresses for the wedding, why not him?







Liah poses with the Mc Gunson (McGrath, Von Gunten, Anderson, and Johnson names combined) cousins, minus Hunter. Kaitlyn would only be in the picture if she could hold Gideon, who weighs 3 lbs less than her. The reception was from 7-9pm, so you can imagine how tired most of them were. But we survived.







We tried to take advantage of a photo op, but Kaitlyn wasn't really up for it. She spent the whole night in my arms, tired and sick. We didn't realize it until the next morning when she told us "I sick, need bucket". She actually didn't need a bucket, she's just used to associating the two together.

Ohhhh That Easter Candy!

At the Hunt (candy already found)














A tearful 2 year old victory!

James being the wonderful daddy he is took Kaitlyn by himself to the annual University Athletic Departments easter egg hunt. Allowing me time to get a much needed cut and highlight. It was a little colder than most egg hunts, as you can see, but they had fun. With the hundreds of kids there she was able to find just a few eggs. Which was fine by me considering each egg was filled with chocolate.

I don't think James was prepared for the fight that our very persistant 2 year old would make over wanting candy. It probably didn't help that is was around 6 pm and she hadn't taken a nap. After an entire drive home of screaming and tears he finally caved and let her at it. So with no dinner in her tummy our extremely exhausted 2 year old loaded up on sugar and crashed.

So it wasn't a huge surprise to me that after sleeping for a few hours she awoke ready for dinner. Being the nice wife and mother that I am, I am on call for all the night awakening (which are more often than a 2 year old should have, she's never been a good sleeper). The poor girl was up from 2am to 6am. I was nice enough to turn on some Baby Einstein for her before going back to bed, but that only lasted 30 minutes. Let's just say it was a long night and we learned our lesson about candy!