My Husband!

It has taken a while to get around to it, but here is my list on Chris. It is much easier to do than my own.

1. He was born in Longview, WA and grew up in Castle Rock, WA just a few miles from his families original homestead.

2. He is the middle of three boys.

3. He has an Associates degree in Electrical Engineering (EE), a double bachelors degree in Physics and EE and a masters degree (with honors) in EE (can we say smart)

4. He loves to play and watch almost any sport.

5. He and my father have a friendly rivalry in golf & now Tiger Woods golf on the Wii.

6. He has built all of the non laptop computers in both of our families. That's at least 14 in the last 8 years. Plus some for friends.

7. He stayed with me every night I was in the hospital for preterm labor (that's right 6 straight weeks of sleeping on a hard bench) I was extremely grateful for this.

8. After we lost Laura and I couldn't fall asleep he read Harry Potter to me until I drifted off.

9. He took care of all the housework, cooking and took care of Cameron (who was potty traing at the time) while I was pregnant with Kasey.

10. His favorite professional teams are all the Seattle teams he also like the Huskies.

11. He is an incredible father who has taught our kids to be crazy and imaginative.

12. The first birthday present he ever got for me was my then favorite movie that I had mentioned in passing months before.

13. Chris doesn't mind doing the guy projects (mowing the lawn, changing the oil, etc) He just needs more time to do them than we currently have.

14. He has a huge weakness for cookies & ice cream.

15. He once ate an entire package of E.L. Fudge cookies during a college class.

16. He really likes the show Heroes & Jericho.

17. He use to do crazy things like go sledding behind a truck with his friends driving.

18. He hunts deer & we cut & wrap the meat ourselves.

19. He loves photography.

20. Since Cameron was born (June 2004) we (mainly he) have taken over 25000 pictures.

21. He puts up with all my crazy ideas to fix up the house and only complains a little when I actually want to do one.

22. He also puts up with my obsession for bulbs and even plants 90% of them.

23. He would rather be out doing something active than sitting down doing anything.

24. He supports all my little hobbies and the messes they make around the house.

25. He doesn't get enough time to do all his hobbies.

26. He is trying to teach himself guitar (he never gets enough time to practice)

27. Cameron loves music and hauls his little guitar out to play with Chris. Chris loves this so I wish I could give him more time to play.

28. He plays Nascar on our computer.

29. He works way too hard at work, but he is great at his job.

30. Chris enjoys running a tractor.

31. Growing up he had horses, goats, cats, dogs, chickens & even pigeons.

32. He used to run barrels and show horses.

33. His family used to raise German Shepherds that worked with the police.

34. He really wants a German Shepherd dog and as soon as we get land we will get one.

35. His grandpa used to call him Buddy

36. His older brother called him Christopher John Estuary. The reason: Tommy liked the word estuary.

37. His whole family loves to play board & card games.

38. He is competitive with me even when I get upset & grumpy when I lose.

39. After 8 years he still brings me flowers for no reason.

40. He is the love of my life & I can't imagine having married a better man.

41. He truly believes in for better or for worse and he has been there every step of the way through our worse.

42. He is extremely caring & compassionate.

43. He would do anything for his family.

44. Chris dislikes disagreements and avoids them, unless someone he loves is threatened

45. I knew he was the man for me when he met my family for the first time and he beat my Dad in bowling & air hockey (my dad was frustrated but impressed)

46. He really likes this really silly movie called Sodbusters.

47. Has a great sense of humor although some people don't realize he is joking part of the time.

48. Doesn't care for heights, but dealt with it to go parasailing with me in Mexico.

49. He is very patient

50. He really, really wants a Mustang Cobra GT 500. I have made him a promise to have a mustang of some type in 20 years.

I love him alot & can't imagine my life without him.