Husband Tag

What is your husbands name? Gregory Charles Richards



How long have you been married? Little over 3 years

How long did you date? we dated 4 months and were engaged for 2 months before we got married!
How old is he? 27 years old



Who eats more sweets? ME
Who said "I love you" first? I think we both blurted it out
Who is taller? uh.... let me think.... me ;)
How tall is he? 6 ft
Who is smarter? Tricky very tricky


Who can sing the best? He can even though he won't
Who does the laundry? I do

Who does the dishes? We both do
Who pays the bills? Greg but I do it if he tells me to
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does... maybe I do guess it depends on how your looking at the bed



Who mows the lawn? He does (when we have one)
Who cooks dinner? I do! But he does breakfast on the weekends
Who drives?Both of us, I don't do well on long car rides unless I do the driving.
Who kissed who first? We both kissed each other first



Who's the first to admit they are wrong? Me definitely
Who asked who out first? Greg emailed me and awkwardly offered to buy me dinner haha (love you honey!)
Who wears the pants? He does. I like it that way :)


What are his hobbies? Playing the drums, playing the mandolin, disc-golf, computer stuff, playing with Adom, annoying me. They didn't call him "the mosquito" for nothing when he was little.
Favorite Food? Steak and barbequed ribs, cream corn, fried catfish
Favorite Dessert? Leah's cookies from the Peach Tree
Favorite Movie? Dumb and Dumber (Same as Carl haha)
Favorite Kid? So far Adom ;)
Dream Vehicle? The car that Matthew McConaughey drives in "Failure to Launch" it's a classic porsch.

Favorite Place to Visit? Colorado... Oregon too.

I tag Kelli G., Amber, Kristi, and Susan!

Kitchen Ramblings- Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies

I was in the mood for baking today... that's been happening more frequently lately. hmmm I hope my new jeans fit after Christmas :(

Oh well.

These turned out really yummy!

*tip* I put parchment paper on my cookie sheets to prevent the cookies from sticking. Worked really well!

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups rolled oats
1 2/3 cups butterscotch chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large bowl beat the butter or margarine, white sugar and brown sugar together. Add the eggs and vanilla, beating well.
Stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir until blended. Stir in the oats and the butterscotch chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 8-9 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges begin to brown.

Cloud Comfy

I've always had this saying, "Cloud Comfy." Its what I say when I'm oh so comfy in my bed... you know that feeling when you just DO NOT want to get out of bed because you could not possibly get any comfier (I dont think thats a word) than this!

I think this picture of one week old Adom and his GiGi perfectly portrays my description of "cloud comfy".

A day doesn't go by that I don't miss this wonderful woman. When I married Greg I got two best friends and I'm very blessed to say that my mother-in-law is one of them (Greg is the other haha).

Am I not the luckiest gal? :)

And this is me in all my chubby cheek glory... I look like I was attacked by bees!

I love my mom we've always been the best of friends and I know I can talk to her about anything and everything. We've been through a lot together and I like to think that we're both strong women because of one another.

My mom is the youngest of 8 children! 6 girls and 2 boys in her family... so you can imagine how spoiled I was by all of my aunts! I had many amazing women in my life that contributed to the woman I am today.

Ya I think I am a lucky gal :)

Kitchen Ramblings- Caramelized Baked Chicken

This recipe is extremely easy and VERY tasty! Just remember to thaw the chicken out the night before and marinade the chicken all day before cooking it. Also, when the chicken is done baking I take the sauce that is in the baking dish put it in a saucepan and thicken it with a little cornstarch to make a gravy for dipping the chicken! It's a lot better when you make the gravy to go with it. :) ENJOY!

I usually use 3-4 large chicken breasts with skin and bone for this recipe. You can also use chicken wings (about 3 pounds for this recipe) or chicken thighs with bone and skin.

2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 cup honey
1 clove garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Place chicken in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Mix together the oil, soy sauce, ketchup, honey, garlic, salt and pepper. Pour over the chicken. Let chicken marinate for AT LEAST 2-3 hours, all day is better:)
Bake in preheated oven for one hour, or until sauce is caramelized.

Tagged

I was tagged by my friend Jodi...

So I went to the sixth picture file and the sixth picture in that file was....

Ya he's had a rough day.

This picture was taken at the Fort Worth Zoo (which rocks!) right after we moved to Fort Worth.

Where was I?

I was tagged by my friend Susan...



1 minute ago: I was thinking, "crap my computer screen is breaking".



1 day ago: I was at church.



1 week ago: I was looking forward to library time with new friends.



1 month ago: I was in Kerrville with my Dad during his knee surgery.



3 years ago: I was a newlywed AND we were about to find out that we were pregnant with Adom! CRAZY!



5 years ago: I was a junior in high school. Taking all my junior plus senior classes so I could get the heck out of Camp Wood!



7 years ago: I was a freshman in high school and getting into all sorts of trouble...

10 years ago: 1998? I was in sixth grade I think completely hating school as usual.



I tag Kelli, Jodi, Cari, & Amanda.

The only thing I liked about school was being on the flag corp.

Big bows and all! HAHA!

All Better

Today my baby boy is sick :(

I hate it when he is sick... I've mentioned this before I'm sure.

He is being such a trooper though, just chillin on the couch watching "carcoons".

He thinks when I give him Medicine (he calls it Memes) he should automatically be better. He says, "All Better" and gives me a big grin.... Only to be dissapointed when the "memes" don't work right away.

I have to say though it melts my heart on days like this when all he wants to do is hold onto his momma. Sometimes I think my heart will literally burst with love when he looks up at me with tears in those big brown eyes.

On another note...

This past weekend we went to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens, it was breathakingly beautiful! The pictures are on our family web album. Here's the link

http://picasaweb.google.com/therichardsalbum

Happy Birthday Bella!

Happy Birthday Beautiful Bella! We love you!

October

I'm terribly behind in posting... sorry. Seems to be the case lately :)

So these are pictures from the month of October. It was a very busy month. It was mine and Greg's third anniversary, we went to Kerrville for a week for my Dad's knee replacement surgery, we went to Adom's cousin Savannah's 4th birthday party at a pumpkin patch, I had my wisdom teeth pulled, and it was Halloween. Whew!

So my brain isn't working right today sooo....

To explain some of the pictures, Adom was scared when we carved our longhorn pumpkin. He's a major scardy cat! Or as Sam (Jodi's son) used to say, he's a little chicky baby! hahaha! We still use that one.

The little girl with the butterfly is Adom's cousin Savannah and her party was at the pumpkin patch.

And the last one is when we were in Ktown. Adom LOVES sitting on PopPop's stool in his office and chatting with PopPop.

Sorry about the choppy post Just wanted to get some pics up here :)

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