Couples Tag

Okay, my sister-in-law Kim tagged me, so here is the scoop on Bryan and I:

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TOGETHER? We have been married for five years next month (May 10), however we have known each other for 9 years.

HOW LONG DID YOU DATE? We officially 'dated' for about two months and were engaged for four months.

WHO EATS MORE? Bryan can usually eat more than me, but since I've been nursing I can give him a run for his money.

WHO SAID "I LOVE YOU" FIRST? Well, that is a tricky one. I think we had both written it in letters while Bryan was on his mission (well, I think he wrote 'I love you' first, I had just written 'love ya'), but that was just friendly love. Out loud, after we had been dating, Bryan said it first.

WHO IS TALLER? Bryan, by about seven inches

WHO HAS MORE SPEEDING TICKETS? Unfortunately me. I used to get a speeding ticket every May. It was a tradition for about five years, but I am now clean for almost three years.

WHO IS SMARTER? That is also tricky. I would say that I am the bigger nerd and know more really irrelevant information, however I think Bryan is smarter in a lot of more common sense type things.

WHO IS MORE SENSITIVE? Bryan -- he is softy at heart. Although I think I have become more sensitive since being married to him.

WHO DOES THE LAUNDRY? Both of us. I have been trying to keep it up since the baby was born, but Bryan usually helps. I hate folding and he hates putting it away, so we make a pretty good team.

WHO DOES THE DISHES? Both of us. I probably do more often though.

WHO IS MORE ROMANTIC? Well I am a romantic at heart, but Bryan does a pretty good job. Every time I think the romance may be wearing off, he surprises me with something sweet.

WHO SLEEPS ON THE RIGHT? If you are looking at the bed I do, but that is just here. Bryan always sleeps closest to the door.

WHO PAYS THE BILLS? I do.

WHO MOWS THE LAWN? The kid down the street.

WHO COOKS DINNER? I do 99% of the time, but I always appreciate a night off (hint, hint...).

WHO IS MESSIER? Well we are both messy, but I pick up my own mess most of the time. Bryan will never got lost in our house because he leaves a trail of clothing everywhere he has been (i.e., shoes at the door, tie on the couch, socks on the floor, shirt on the chair, pants on the bed, etc.).

WHO DRIVES WHEN YOU ARE TOGETHER? Bryan, I don't think he trusts me.

WHO IS MORE STUBBORN? We are both stubborn. That is our biggest marital problem, we both really like to be right.

WHO IS FUNNIER? Definitely Bryan. I think the only person who thinks I am funny is me.

WHO KISSED WHOM FIRST? Bryan kissed me on the doorstep of my apartment with all five of my roommates watching out the window.

WHO ASKED WHO OUT FIRST? Bryan's family doesn't believe this, but Bryan asked me to be at his house the day after he got home from his mission. He then asked me out on our first real date to SLC the day after Thanksgiving.

WHO PROPOSED? Bryan. It was very sweet. I knew he had the ring (which he chose completely on his own), but I didn't know when I would get it because he kept asking me if I would marry him and then saying, "Don't answer me right now." The real proposal happened when we drove up Smithfield Canyon and had a picnic. On the way back down I thought he was upset with me because he was being really quiet, but he was just looking for a specific spot. We stopped at an old wood bridge and got out. On the bridge he told me the bridge represented the connection between each of our pasts and our future together, then he got down on one knee and dropped the ring into the water...well not really but he made me think he did. I freaked. After watching the ring box float away (it was all planned) I looked down and saw him holding the most beautiful ring I had ever seen.