A busy few days

It has been a busy few days. Last Wednesday I actually got to see my husband. He came home from Az for 4 days. I am so lucky that I work from home and that I could take the days off that he was home.

Thursday I spent the morning at Farm Day Monterey volunteering and then Brandon and I went and picked out our new shower door. We enjoyed a nice quite evening at home that evening as well. Friday Brandon had to go into work, but I was able to get a lot done and then we had a great dinner with my parents that evening. Saturday was one of the best days ever! I went SHOPPING in SF with Adrienne and Lechelle! I am really getting a head start on my Christmas shopping and had so much fun going down to Pier 39 with the girls...thanks again girls! Oh and Brandon had dinner on the table when I got back to the house after a long day of shopping. I love my husband. Sunday was church and then The Baldwin's Halloween Party. Brandon and I took Maggie and Molly Roche to the party and enjoyed great snacks, pumpkin carving, bounce house, and so much more! Brandon was amazing helping Maggie and Tayler Baldwin carve there "Diamonds" in their pumpkins. He is going to make a great father some day! Monday was hard as Brandon had to leave for Az again, but I worked until about 2 pm in my spear bedroom....lots of wedding gifts to put away and stuff to try and find somewhere to store. I did make a big dent in it though...yippee! Tuesday was a busy day with fair committee meetings all morning and then puppy class on Tuesday night. We were almost done when a 5.6 earthquake hit. the dogs went nuts and my tummy was feeling a bit on the nervous side as well. It took 30 minutes extra for us to finish class. But all is well and Ralf is having fun in class...I really do want my dog to have manners! Wednesday was working meetings and the the shower door guy came to measure, man those things are so expensive! But, it was a big day for me...I made stew for the first time. I followed my moms directions and guess what, it was REALLY good if I do say so myself! Wes came over to enjoy dinner and hang out with me and hand out candy. I love our neighborhood. We have the greatest people around us and we had so much fun. I think Ralf had even more fun hanging out and trying to play with all the trick-or-treaters.

So that sums up my last week. I am sure there are a few things I have missed, a couple of break downs because I don't know when Brandon will be home, but it is for better or worse - so I guess this is a worse part, right??

Wedding Survey

Marriage Questionnaire

1.Who is your man? Brandon

2. How long have you been together? 2 years and one month

3. How long did you date? 1 year

4. How old is your man? 26; he is 341 days younger then me...I like to be the older woman

5. Who eats more? Hello!!! Brandon can eat an entire steer if he is hungry enough!

6. Who said "I love you" first? I am not totally sure who said it first, but I think it was Brandon at his house in Gilroy and he said he was falling in love with me.

7. Who is taller? Brandon

8. Who sings better? ME! There is a reason I am in the church choir....

9. Who is smarter? Degree wise, me but Brandon has an amazing amount of knowledge from life. Thank you United States Army!!

10. Whose temper is worse? Mine.

11. Who does the dishes? Brandon clears the table and I put them in the dish washer...I don't like how he loads it :-)

12. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me

13. Who pays the bills? I do.

14. Who is better at the computer? Even I think....Brandon just doesn't like using them

15. Who mows the lawn? The lawn guys...thank goodness!

16. Who cooks dinner? Joint effort

17. Who drives when you are together? Mostly Brandon

18. Who pays when you go out? Brandon

19. Who is more stubborn? I don't think either on of us!

20. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me after a fit occurs

21. Whose parents do you see most? Mom and Dad Leonard....we thank god for them daily!

22. Who kissed who first? Brandon kissed me in the San Jose Airport on the first date...don't ask!

23. Who asked who out? There was no asking out, I had to go to SJ Airport to pick up Wes and he went with me because I was afraid of getting lost.......

24. Who proposed? Brandon...."so you want to get married" while having a drink at the circle bar at the Paris in Vegas....I still love him since he let me pick out my rings!

25. Who is more sensitive? Hello, me.

26. Who has more friends? that is a hard one...we both know way to many people, but we have very few really close friends, we just cherish the ones we have!

27. Who has more siblings? Even, we both come from homes with two children, both one girl and one boy! I hope that means we get one of each since I have names for them already!!

Thanks A! That was fun!!

Hope you enjoyed, tagging everyone who wants to!

Getting Ready!

Yes, it is true Brandon is coming home! I am so excited. He should be home sometime tomorrow night, I can't wait!!! And for some reason it has motivated me to get my office clean so that I don't have to worry about that once he is home. I also finished writing all of the wedding gift thank you notes, I am in the process of putting pictures from the table camera's in a book and am having pictures from the honeymoon printed to put in a darling book my mom bought for me. Finally I am getting things accomplished!

It's Here....

I have been very excited everyday to get the mail hoping that my new social security card would arrive with my wonderful new name; Courtney Christine Boyles on it. I was really hoping that it would be here by Monday since I have an appoitment at the DMV to change my driver license and today it arrived. Yippee!!!

So I guest it is official......... I am Mrs. Courtney Christine Boyles!

I haven't signed the card yet becuase I just can't figure out how to sign Boyles....a B with a line or should I use nice handwriting and make it look pretty before I just scribble anyways!

I took a picture of the card, but for some reason there is an issue and it will not upload, erg!

Count down begins!

15 Thank You cards to go as of right now!What should I do to celebrate....

I would love to hear some ideas.......................

I just hope no more wedding presents show up for a week or two.

And he left again

He came and he went. Man I really don't care for this my husband is traveling thing. He arrived home on Thursday at about 5 pm and we enjoyed making breakfast for dinner and hanging out that evening. I took Friday and Monday off and we had to run a ton of errands! Poor guy, I put him to work as soon as he got home; the washing machine was leaking so we had to hit up The Home Depot!! And for the first time I made soup from scratch! I am so proud. Special thanks to Aunt Debbie for the recipe book!

Saturday was an awesome day! We slept in, drank coffee together and then took the dog on a long hike. We are really enjoying the trails we found off Reservation Road. Then we did more errands and got stuff done around the house. Mom treated us to a way yummy dinner too.

Sunday was church and then hanging out with the parents. Brandon put a new faucet and plumbing in for my mom in the kitchen. The old faucet sprung a leak last week! Brandon and I also decided that mom need a new garbage disposal so Brandon put that in as well.

Monday was a trip to the dump, a haircut for Brandon and lots of other errands. Thanks again to mom for another yummy meal. It was nice not having to cook for two nights in a row! And thanks to Brandon for AWESOME BBQ chicken breast and pork chops.

And then it was time for him to leave again. I hope that he comes home this next weekend, but all I can do is hope and pray!

5 Things......

I'M IT
I have been tagged so here it goes:

5 Things I was doing 10 years ago:

1. I was a Senior in High School with 12 or so hogs to take care of so needless to say...I was cleaning up after them!
2. Enjoying having little responsibility
3. Getting ready to head to Cal-Poly SLO!
4. Hanging out at the dairy....things kids do in Salinas
5. Spending every spear moment at the lake laying in the sun and wake boarding.

5 Things on my To-do List:

1. Go home...my husband should be home in about 20 minutes...haven't seen him in 10 days!
2. Purchase new running shoes.
3. Endless wedding thank you notes
4. Figure out what's for dinner tonight
5. Watch Grey's Anatomy...wish your were closer Tamara...we could have a Grey's night!

5 Things I would do if I had a million dollars

1. Give money to the church
2. Remodel our house
3. Buy Brandon the truck of his dreams
4. Purchase a travel trailer
5. Donate money to the fairgrounds

5 Things I will never wear again

1. Jeans so tight your tummy hurts...what was I thinking in HS??
2. Jelly shoes, talk about blisters! - Tamara, I hear you there!
3. Mid-drift shirts
4. French cuffed jeans...with the nice roll on the bottom!
5. Multiple pairs of alternating colored socks, you know white on pink on the left foot and pink on white on the right - who thought of that?...yes, but add the Reebok high top tennis shoes!

5 Favorite Toys
1. My laptop
2. Digital camera
3. New Video Camera
4. My shoes and handbags....they are girls toys, right!
5. All my new kitchen stuff!!

5 People I am tagging: Anyone who would like to think back and have a good laugh!