To be a fly on the wall in my house would be very entertaining...

Conversation in the kitchen tonight:

Amy: Look honey! I finally figured out my Silhouette! It is so freakin' awesome!
(said Silhouette is cutting out my latest craft project at the time.)

Allan: Cool. But that thing is loud! You should go use it in your office.

Amy: I'm using it in MY kitchen. You should go to YOUR office if you don't like it!

Allan: You're becoming a technology junkie.

Amy: Yeah, I'm a regular computer geek. (seriously, I wish I was a computer geek. I think computer geeks are quite possibly the coolest people ever!!)

Moral of the story: Never kick me out of my own kitchen while I'm doing something that I'm obsessing over. It brings out the mean person in me.

OK, here's the back story to this whole conversation and you will see why I was so irritated.

A year ago, I was at Scrapbook USA and my friend Nat and I came across this awesome deal on vinyl. Since we already owned a Cricut, we were just going to use it to cut our vinyl. Until the lady who sold us the vinyl told us about this cool digital craft cutter called the Silhouette. And she also told us they were selling it at a phenomenal discount. So we went over to the booth that was selling the Silhouette and ordered one. Yes it was an awesome price, so awesome that I just couldn't pass it up.

So, it finally comes in the mail and I'm so excited to get it out and start cutting vinyl for all these cool projects that are always floating around in my head. So I open the box, take everything out and.....seriously, those are all the instructions that they give us? I mean, the instructions were as clear as mud. So I decide to go to their website and see if there are any tutorials on there. Nope. I google it. No instructions there either. I call them, leave a message. No call back. So I put it in my office and get distracted with life for a while. I pulled it out a few times when I went to scrapbook but I could never really get the hang of it so back in my office it went.

But the other day I get an e-mail from the company to come and see their new designs that they have for the Silhouette. And guess what they finally did? They put a tutorial up! Whoo-Hoo! So I spent all day installing software, the driver, the cutest designs that they have for it (I think I've downloaded over 3500 designs already) and then I turned it on and actually used it!

I'm in a crafty person's heaven. I heart my silhouette. Now I'm gonna go cut out a haunted house and then bling it up tomorrow. Sigh.....life is good.

10 Years!

Today is our 10 year anniversary! At this time that I am typing this we were having our wedding ceremony 10 years ago at the beautiful Pine Valley chapel, the oldest chapel still in use by the LDS Church. At the age of 22, I was older than most of my friends when I got married, Allan was younger than most of his. How ironic is that? I'm very fortunate to be married to my best friend, the person who knows all my bad traits and loves me anyway. He is a great husband, a wonderful father and a man of high integrity. He is the love of my life. We truly enjoy each other's company.

The top 10 reasons that I love Allan

1. He is fun. We are always doing something, anything to keep us from being bored. Boredom is not an issue in our marriage. We love to go on adventures together.

2. He loves me even though I am a slob and he's not. I know that it makes him crazy to come home to a messy house everyday but he rarely makes a comment about it. My gift to Allan today is to come home to a clean house!

3. He is the kind of father that every boy should have, mostly because he still acts like a kid! Its not uncommon to see Allan flying down the street on Caleb's 50 motorcycle. He like to play games, sports, hunt and camp. And the boys adore him. Carson thinks that daddy is the coolest person ever! I think he's cool too.

4. He is the love of my life. Period. No questions asked.

5. He thinks that I am beautiful even though right now I'm about 20 pounds heavier than I am comfortable with (my own insecurity not something that he said to me!). It is nice to be adored by your husband.

6. He is a great provider. This man will work from sun up until sun down to make sure that his family will never go without. A few years ago, we were broke. Allan went out and washed windows, going from door to door, to make sure that we had food on the table and diapers for Caleb. He is amazing.

7. He makes me happy. He is always doing crazy things that make me smile.

8. He gives me time away to have a weekend with the girls. It makes me be a better mother and wife when I get the break and he understands that I need this.

9. He loves to take me out on dates. Its never an issue to get a sitter and go out to spend time together. It is awesome to be married to your best friend.

10. He spoils us all. A lot. New house? Check. New car? Check. Want new clothes? Check. But he is spoiled too and that's OK with me!

I love you babe!