So we're parking on the street downtown this morning, and this is my conversation with Tyler:
Tyler: Where we goin, mom?
Me: To that store over there.
Tyler: (pointing to a store right next to us) That one?
Me: No, we have to cross the street.
Tyler: Like Jesus?
Me: Uhhh..... ?????
Tyler: Jesus died on the cross.
Me: (hysterical laughter)
I just thought it was so cute!!!!!
I saw this on a friend's blog and she tagged anyone who read hers. I figured since most of my posts are about Tyler or me being pregnant, it might be a nice change of pace to post a little about my wonderful husband.....
1. What is his name? Dean Allen Giesbrecht
2. Who eats more? At the moment it's a toss up... I probably eat more!
3. Who said I love you first? Dean told me he loved me before we really even started dating! Kinda freaked me out at the time, but I soon came to learn that he had loved me for a long time and just not said anything up until then... he couldn't wait to tell me!
4. Who is taller? Dean. He's just right.... not too tall, not to short.
5. Who is smarter? Hmmm... I don't know... I might be a little more book smart, but Dean definitely got the street smarts and more common sense!
6. Who is more sensitive? Dean is a sensitive guy, but I'm the emotional one for sure!
7. Who does the laundry? Me, and I HATE doing laundry. Sometimes he helps me put it away...
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you're looking at the bed from the foot of it, he does.
9. Who pays the bills? He does. I used to, but somewhere along the line he took over.
10. Who does most of the cooking? Me. Dean will grill if we BBQ, and he also tries to get me what I want if I'm craving something or don't feel like cooking. Otherwise I try too cook as much as possible.
11. What meals do you cook together? usually anything that involves the BBQ, but I will still tackle that by myself if he's not home.
12. Who is more stubborn? ME
13. Who is the first to admit that they are wrong? Dean... he won't let anything fester, and I like to dwell on things, so he'll come to me first to resolve the issue even if it was mostly my fault!
14. Who has more siblings? Dean- 4 brothers and 1 sister, I just have 2 brothers.
15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Dean (and I don't mean that in a bad way!)
16. What do you like to do together? We like being with family or just hanging out at home, watching TV or movies. We try to take Tyler to do something fun on Dean's days off. I don't know, we just like being together!
17. Who eats more sweets? Me. Dean doesn't even like sweets much, and I have to have something just about every day!
18. What is his guilty pleasure? Ice cream in coffee
19. How did you meet? I was in third grade and we met at church when I started going to Calvary. He hung out with the boys who picked on all the girls so I didn't like him much... he swears he didn't pick on us but I say he's guilty by association. Then we went to high school together and became friends, and the rest is history!
20. Who asked who out first? We knew we liked each other so we just decided to start dating. He asked me out on a date after that but it wasn't like the Jr. high "will you go out with me" crap.
21. Who kissed who first? It was a mutual decision.... after we started dating we decided to wait a while to kiss, so after a couple months or so we decided we didn't want to wait anymore! (But I think I may have initiated the conversation :-))
22. Who proposed? Dean
23. His best features? Where do I start??? His eyes for sure, his mouth/goatee, build, and his behind is pretty cute too.... does personality count as a feature? Because I honestly didn't think a guy like him existed...
24. What is his greatest quality? He is truly a man of God, and it radiates thru his relationship with me, with Tyler, and with how he handles everyday situations (at work and home). I couldn't ask for a better husband, and I am so thankful he chose me to share his life with!
25. I tag Anyone who read all of this. :)
So here are some pictures from our trip! They're a little out of order but it doesn't make much difference. this first one is the city of Creel, where we stayed. It is beautiful there and I took this from up on the rocks behind our hotel...
This is Dean and I at the top of Copper Canyon. It is amazing and about 4 times bigger than the Grand Canyon. Not the greatest picture of me but my husband looks GREAT!
This is a woman from one of the Tarahumaran tribes there. We went to two villages to do outreaches and deliver food and clothing. We also did clown skits and Dramas and then shared the Gospel with them. It was a really amazing experience!
This is a little boy Tyler and I played with before the outreach started. they had so much fun and Tyler did really well playing with them!
During the outreach we put Tyler in the back of Pastor Gonzalo's truck (the pastor that lives in Creel) and he loved it! He didn't want to get out and I was thrilled because I didn't have to chase him around!
This is VBS (Vacation Bible School) at Pastor Gonzalo's church in Creel. We had the opportunity to go help after the village outreaches. Gonzalo's wife Crystal led it and Dean and Tyler were helping with the actions to the song up front....
The kids did a craft at VBS and here is Dean helping some of the boys....
This is actually the beginning of our trip on the tour bus... it was Tyler's naptime. The ride was about 33-36 hours, so we were glad to get off!
We had to get food ready for the outreaches, so this is some of our team dividing up flour... notice the white powder on the floor?
We dressed up the little boys as clowns a few times.....
This is our team doing a craft with some of the children at the orphanage. We made sock puppets with them and they loved it!
This is Chico... he's a Tarahumaran evangelist who speaks Spanish as well as tarahumaran. He translated the Spanish into Tarahumaran at our village outreaches. He is such a sweet person, we really love him!
So that is our trip in a nutshell. On a side note, there was a mass shooting in Creel the night before we left. It was awful. We heard the semi-automatic weapons from our hotel, but didn't find out what happened until later that night. Most of the victims were minors. A group of men (including Dean) went out that night to minister to the families or do whatever they could to help. They talked to a family who had lost the the father and 1 year old son. It was horrible. The Lord really protected our team... we had been in the town only about 45 minutes before the shooting happened. Please, whoever reads this, pray for Creel and the families that lost their loved ones!
We're back from Mexico! We had a safe trip and are very thankful to be home. I will write more and post pictures when I'm not so tired and have more time!
I'm officially on my way to becoming a soccer mom! This is the van we just bought today. We were going to wait a while to get a bigger vehicle but we saw this last week and is was a good deal, so we got it! It is so nice to have more room. We were a little cramped with just the three of us in our car.... adding one more to it would have been a pain!
So we will be leaving for Mexico in just a little over a week! For those of you who don't know we're going on a mission trip with a group from our church. We're taking a big tour bus and it's about a 30 hour ride! Dean and I went last year and we loved it so much we wanted to go back again. I'm just a little worried because this year we're taking Tyler and I'm pregnant! We're really excited, though. Just pray for us!
Oh, and for the record.... I am NOT disappointed that we're not having a girl! I am pretty surprised at the response I get from some people when I tell them we're having a boy. They either are disappointed themselves, or they treat me like I must be disappointed! A few have been excited about it. I just can't believe people are like that! I NEVER said I hoped for a girl, I have always said I didn't mind either way. Dean's family doesn't seem to make girls, so I wasn't surprised in the least! I am ecstatic that Tyler will have a little brother.... they will be the same age apart that my brothers are. I wouldn't mind having a girl someday, but I would also be just fine having all boys. Really. Ok, rant over. I just wanted to clear that up!
I had my ultrasound today and it's a BOY!!! We are so excited! Don't get me wrong, we would have been excited either way, but it's just so great to finally know! Everything looked great and he is strong and healthy and very active. The technician had trouble getting the pictures she needed because he was moving around so much. It was pretty funny. We had a small list of boy names picked out but so far our favorite is Isaac Dean. Here are my ultrasound pics.... the first is of his profile....
And this is just to prove he's a boy.... not the most flattering pic but whatever...
And here are his cute little feet....
So there he is! Only about 19 more weeks and we can meet him in person!
This is a really fun post!
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. I will revisit your blog and leave a memory as well!! Happy Memory making!!
Sheesh, I don't look tired in this picture, do I??? Even though you can't tell from this particular picture, I'm feeling sooo good now. It's so nice! I'm feeling the baby move a lot, more and more every day it seems. Dean actually got to feel it last night, too! I still haven't felt it with my hand, but he did with his. We'll find out if it's a boy or girl a week from Monday. We really haven't had any idea until recently, but I'll keep it to myself and say later if I was right or wrong. Tyler is still very adamant that he wants a brother and a sister, so I still have to convince him that he's really only getting one or the other. Either way Dean and I will be happy, we really don't have a preference. Everyone assumes we want a girl since we already have a boy, but I honestly don't care one way or the other. I'm excited either way!
We had a really great 4th of July this year! Tyler had so much fun. He is finally old enough to really enjoy holidays and understand a little more. We bought fireworks this year so we could see if he liked them or not, and he loved them! He was a little nervous at first because he knew they were hot, but he got used to them and even tried sparklers! Here's some pics of the day before the 4th.....
These are our friends Denver and Hannah, in case you were wondering....
Here are Tyler and Dean at the parade. Tyler waved as hard as he could so people would throw him candy. It was so cute! He loved getting the candy, but toward the end he tried to throw some to the people in the parade!
Our church did a big BBQ so we were there for most of the day. They had big bounce toys set up for the kids and of course Tyler loved that as well. This is him in the bigger one...
His Grandpa Warren took him for his first ride on a motorcycle while we were at church. I thought he's get scared but he loved every minute of it!
This is Tyler and his best friend Noah in the smaller bounce toy. I think he spent a good hour and a half in there!
Since our church is right next to the fairgrounds, we had an awesome view of the fireworks. Tyler really liked those as well, and it was the perfect finish to our day!
