rope-isms

Sometimes I feel bad for everyone who doesn't know Rope as well as I do...
He has made me a better person in so many ways, and really just made my whole life better
Rope is the best guy I know and also happens to be the funniest.
Sometimes I can't even believe the things that come out of his mouth or even begin to understand his train of thought... It's pretty amusing
So I'd like to let you in on a few of my favorite rope-isms

• he uses descriptions such as: "i'm as tired as a wolf", "that's as red as a chimney", "i'm as hungry as an ox"
• when he tries to use commonly used phrases he usually gets them just a little off... "you're just not cracking{cutting} it" or "this is a class end restaurant" or "I'm going with{out on} a limb here"
• he likes to use the little dessert forks because he "feels bad for them because they don't get used as much"
• He makes up songs to sing about EVERYTHING {i will keep those to myself though}

He might kill me for this picture.. but i
couldn't resist...
he sure loves his Iron Man cup!


I LOVE YA ROPEY!

home sweet home.

It's been almost 2 months since we moved to our new place and we have settled right in.
Soooooo... Here it is!

We are Loving our LARGE front window
{much better than tiny basement windows}

Rope's Argentina stuff that finally
got a spot in the house 

This awesome Map is from Canadian Tire.. weird i know

This Dishwasher was the main reason we moved.. haha

Purple feature wall! haha

 My Favorite spot

Sorry for the picture overload... But we are LOVING it here :)

Polyester...

Rope has a pair of 100% polyester royal blue shorts
{kaylee, lyndsay or Dana if you are reading this you know the ones}
When we were dating I would dread when he would wear them..
His mom and sisters would threaten, bribe and beg him not to wear them around me, but for some reason he loved them.
When we first got married I managed to hide them from him for the first six months, I even contemplated getting rid of them for good, but some how rope managed to find them.
It wasn't until recently that rope rediscovered the shorts and has started to wear them again
Now to the point of this story..
I was doing laundry today and came across this particular pair of shorts, I was surprised because I couldn't think of a time that I had seen rope wearing them. Earlier in our relationship I was brutally aware of any time I saw him in these shorts, or anything else that he might wear that I didn't approve of. I'm Happy to report that although the shorts are as hideous as ever I have stopped caring!
Now this might sound like a bad thing that I have stopped caring but it's actually a very good thing.
I'm embarrassed to think about some of the things that I have started fights over in the past but I'm happy to see that I am making progress and learning to be a better and more relaxed wife! {and just in time for our three year anniversary of being together :)}
I'm grateful for little moments like this where I can realize that maybe I'm not such a lost cause after all!

On the bright side.

There have been a few changes in my life lately.
Some GREAT and others not so great
The best change that took place was moving to a main floor of a house!
We are so happy to be above ground again. Just from seeing the sun I feel happier in the mornings and more motivated when I get home from work.
I definitely believe that the weather can affect your mood... So it's a good thing it's finally getting nice outside!
I can't wait for more warm weather and to get outside this summer.. Even if it is only evenings and weekends. {someone has to pay the bills :)}

I'm thinking of planting some flowers in our front yard and maybe buying a planter for the back... I can't wait to beautify our new house even more!

Abril

April is my favorite month.
And not just because of my birthday (although I do LOVE celebrating my birthday, I don't think I'll ever be one of those people that gets too old for a birthday)
To me April means spring is here! Unless you live in Saskatoon.. In that case it means winter is still here but you can pretend its spring.
I am a big fan of celebrating anniversaries of all the firsts in our life together so far and April happens to have a lot of things to celebrate..
First time he texted me
First date
First kiss
(Things progressed quickly, don't judge ;) )

Conference also takes place in April. I'm excited to watch it this weekend. I love to hear from the prophet :)

(by the way Abril is April in Spanish.. In case you didn't catch on)

a great week

Lately I have been trying to fill my time with better activities.
Since I'm working full time there is nothing I hate more then sitting on Sunday night thinking back on the past week and realizing I really did nothing..
I aboslutely love our IPad that we got for Christmas but unfortunatly I feel that is where I lose most of my time..
BUT...
All this has started to change!
Instead of playing a pointless game I listened to conference talks on my new favorite Mormon channel app
Instead of aimlessly browsing kijiji for a new place to live I got a few new things to beautify the place we are living in now.
Instead of scrolling through Pinterest wishing I had a different wardrobe I made another batch of freezer meals
And instead of creeping people on Facebook I went out with my husband
What a great week I've had! 

just for me

Don't you love when you hear something and it seems like it was meant just for you?
I love that! And it seems like for me more often then not the thing I hear is a song.
One of theses times happened to me when I was driving home from church today.
We have the same CD in the car to listen to on our way to and home from church every week and I got the CD in young women's so I'm sure I've heard the song 100 times.... But today was different.

If you would like to hear the beautiful song by Jenny Phillips this was the only place on YouTube I could find it... I love the message it shares. Enjoy!