Love Tag

I was tagged by my big sis to this "love quiz" on my significant other.  I thought I would give it a try :)

1. What is your husbands name?  Jason Riley Hicken

2.  How long have you been married?  Almost 8 years (YIKES!)

3.  How long did you date?  4 years

4.  How old is he?  28

5.  Who is taller?  Definitely Jason

6.  Who is smarter?  That depends ( I don't understand a thing about his work)

7.  Who does laundry?  Oh, that would be me

8.  Who pays the bills?  Me again

9.  Who does the grocery shopping?  Hey, that's ME again :)

10. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?  Jason does

11. Who eats more sweets?  For sure me

12. Who cleans?  Me

13. Who cooks dinner?  Usually me

14. What do you like to do together?  Do you really wanna know? We just love to hang out together :)

15. Who drives?  That's Jason's job

16. What are his hobbies?  Fishing, golfing, he wishes hunting, and I am pretty sure he is a professional sleeper :)

17. Who kissed who first?  Oh that would be Jason kissed me for sure...on like our 30th date, he was super slow

18. What is your favorite physical feature about him?  His eyes are amazing, and he has a hot bod!

19. What's a hidden talent that he has?  He is a good leader

20.  What's your favorite quality about him?  He makes me laugh

21. Who has more friends?  Probably me

22. Who does the dishes?  Me

23. Whose parents do you see more often?  Mine

24. Who asked who out first?  That was all his doing

25. Who wears the pants?  Yours truly :)

26. What is your favorite gift he has given you?  My kids

27. Does he have a nickname?  I just call him Jas other than that not really

Another Thing...

I absolute HATE HATE HATE having a private blog :(  I feel like I have lost my luster for blogging since going private.  So help me out here, if you look will you let me know?  This really is a scrapbook for me more than anything, but I miss hearing from you all...

MONKEY MONKEY MONKEY!!!

I am officially raising my first MONKEY!  Boston is an entirely different story than Riley was at this age :)  He is fun but a HUGE trouble maker.  Some of his favorite pastimes include:

Toothpaste (all over my carpet, walls and pillows)

 Toothbrushes (mostly Jasons...ha ha...)

Toiletpaper (it's always EVERYWHERE)

Spices and food coloring (turned his mouth green for a day)

Garbage (all I can say is YUCK!)

SHOES SHOES SHOES

Throwing items into water such as the mop bucket, bathtub, etc. (mainly electronics like phones and ipods)

Chapstick (he likes to eat it)
Last but not least...CLIMBING into and onto EVERYTHING  (tables, chairs, dryer, shelves, couches, beds, toilets, countertops, today I found him in the sink)

Climbing onto this table is no problem for him at all...it is a counter height table and he is up there in zero seconds flat!  So annoying :)

 
I didn't leave him up there long I promise, but I had to get a picture of him up there.  He now climbs up onto the counter by the sink and into the sink...oh my oh my.  I have my work cut out for me!  Love this BOY!

VALENTINES DAY

This Valentines wasn't super exciting but that's okay!  Riley seemed to enjoy anyway and Boston doesn't know any different :)  I did a "Heart Attack" on Riley's closet and she was pleased as could be...we also did her hair in a heart style for church and her Valentine party at school.  I didn't forget about Boston I did decorate his highchair but he had it ripped down before I could even get a picture...imagine that, he is a little stink pot!

After church (and our naps) we visited Pa and Dee Dee and got some fun prizes and then headed to Grandma Hicken's for a scrumptious dinner and some more fun prizes!  Our kids are super spoiled by their grandparents.  We hope everyone had a good Valentines :)

THIS IS WHAT I NEED!!!!!!

A V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

but bad news...it won't be happening any time soon...someone help me!

Pudding Anyone????

This is what happens when you let your kids feed themselves pudding!

They both enjoyed themselves way too much!

Good 'ole Toddler Tantrums!!!

So first he is so sweet...

then something is taken away...

 and it turns to this!!!!

Oh how I love the toddler tantrums, and Boston has some of the best I have ever seen!!

Riley's Dance Recital

Riley had her very first dance recital on January 11th!!!  She was so much fun and LOVED every minute of it.  This is a girl who loves being in the spotlight...a girl of my own heart :)  She was lucky enough to get to dance with her cousin Brynn.  They both did such a good job.  After we went with everyone to eat at Bella's.

Going CrAZy!!!!

So here is the thing...how do I make the icons next to my post title go away?????? Please help!!

More of Christmas 2009 (I just got these pics from my mom!)

Jesse, Arin, Devin and I just hanging out.

Riley and I (Riley is wearing Brynn's hat!)

Jason and his infamous BYU beanie :) He was so happy with all the BYU stuff he got! It made his Christmas.

I am pretty sure I still have more photos to get on here! I have some with Jason's family still to come. We had such a fun Christmas! Thanks everyone for the good time.

A Year In Review

I liked the idea that Kaesy had of reviewing her year...it is such a fun way to look back on the fun things and changes that took place. So here is the Hicken Family's "year in review"

Christmas 2009

Riley and Boston were so much fun Christmas morning! We had a blast. That day we visited The Hicken family and The Nicholls family each twice :) It is a super busy day but so much fun.

Thanksgiving 2009

These are a bit out of order! But I need to get them on here. For Thanksgiving we went out to Stauffer's house. It was so much fun :) They had a pinata (not sure of the spelling on that one!) for the kids which Riley absolutely loved, anything to do with C-A-N-D-Y she LOVES!!! The food was delicious and the company was great. The pictures are in the slide show below.

All Dressed Up

Every year my mom and dad buy the grandkids Christmas outfits :) It is such a fun tradition and we always make sure we get a picture of all of them in front of my mom and dad's tree. So here they are this year! It is really hard to get a picture of six kids and have it turn out the way you want. Boston would not stay in place, he kept jumping forward so this is what you get. Aren't they all adorable?