... that we are awesome babysitters?

For Christmas, I gave Matt's sister Lisa a gift card to go on a bowling date, which came with free babysitting of course! They finally had a chance to cash in on it, so Matt picked up a pizza after work and we headed over to watch the kiddos!

And by "watch the kiddos" I mean "the kiddos watch Matt play video games." These little goobers love video games so much, they don't even care if it's them playing.



And even more lucky for them, Matt also brought his iPad for them to play on.

Even Ellie wanted in on the electronics.


I got sucked into the playing too. I told the boys that they could pick my Wii character's name for me, and they typed in "Ougr." Then they kept yelling, "Ogre! Ogre! It's your turn!" Sweet boys. My favorite part of the night was when we turned on the karaoke.

So adorable. I love being an auntie to these cute kiddos!

... that I was "totally totally right?"

I used to be a good skier. Back when I could do more than ten minutes of physical activity without having to stop and gasp for breath, I used to love skiing! When all my siblings traded their skis in for "much cooler" snowboards, my dad and I took our skis and hit the slopes by ourselves. We would spend hours on the mountain, just the two of us, practicing our mogul technique and trying not to die on black diamond runs.

Sadly, once I went off to college, my skiing days came to an abrupt end. One, I was too poor and busy goofing off studying to spend any money or time on skiing. And two, laziness. I have a serious disdain for physical exertion these days... and a serious denial problem about it. So it's been probably about twelve years since I've been on a pair of skis. Twelve years!!! When the heck did I get old?????

Matt's sister got married last weekend, and the whole family was coming into town. One of the things Matt wanted to do was plan a skiing day with his siblings! So fun right? When I told him I wanted to come with, his response was, "You can come, but you have to go skiing at least one time beforehand." Matt has trash-talked my ski skills for... ever. He mocked me every time I talked about being a good skier, just because I hadn't been in so long. So I agreed to go skiing with him once before his family came into town so that I could get warmed up. Unfortunately, this meant night skiing (the cheapest way to go), but I was already invested in saving my honor, so I had no choice.

We took off work a little early and hit the slopes! As Matt and I walked up to the lifts, Matt said said we needed to walk over to the second lift. When I asked why, he said, "This is the bunny hill lift. We're going over to the intermediate lift." I knew the only reason he was taking me there was because I got really mad at him every time he said he didn't want to "leave me on the bunny hill by myself"... and that's when I started to get a little nervous. And I'm not gonna lie, I got a little more nervous when I got to the top of the lift and looked down at this:



I made Matt go ahead of me because I was reeeeeally starting to doubt all of my tough talk... Until I took off! As soon as I started down the mountain, everything came flooding back. And it felt exactly the same!!! Dad was right: just like riding a bike! After a few minutes, Matt stopped and asked if I wanted to go ahead. I knew he wanted to watch me to see how I was doing, so I zoomed down the mountain in my best plant-and-turn form. When Matt finally caught up to me, I got exactly what I was waiting for:
"Honey, you are great! I was totally totally wrong!"


Triumph.

Since it was night skiing, it was a little cold, but it was so fun to see the sun go down behind the mountains and see the lights come on.

We had a blast! And I proved that I was right! And a good skier! And I proved my worthiness to go skiing with the family! And I was only sore for like three days after! And I even went off a jump!

Sort of.

I love skiing and being right!

... that I love visitors at work?

I love that Kar lives in Utah with me. But I LOVE that Georgia lives in Utah with me. And I LOOOOOVE when they both come visit me at work!

Seriously, this girl kills me. She runs to me with open arms every time she sees me and I melt! My favorite is when I put her down and she comes running back to me and claws at my legs until I pick her up again. I LOVE this girl!!! Just as they were getting ready to leave, a woman came into the office with a bag full of rubber duckies... what are the chances?? She gave us each one, but G was not happy until she had all of them.

Love this little goober!!! Oh, and her mom too :)

... that we love corn dogs?

Four of the Harrison kids have worked at Hot Dog on a Stick at some point in their lives. Which may seem like a lot, but in actuality it is only 1/3 of the kids... Anyway, they all love it. Like a lot. Like beg their brother in law to weld them a "stomper" so they can make the authentic HDOAS lemonade a lot. Woe unto the person who dares to dis a corn dog or fried cheese in the presence of a Harrison.

Matt found out that his old manager was opening up a new drive-thru location. So obviously, we had to go for lunch. Not only was it delicious, but I got to see this face:

Joy.

We love fried anything.

... that I still love my job?

I love my job. I feel very lucky to be able to say that honestly. I've been there for almost two years now and it has been great!

A few weeks ago was our work retreat that my boss puts on every year and that I basically manage. I help with the invites, planning, reservations, food, entertainment, gifts, and just making sure everything goes smoothly. And I also get to go, which is super awesome! It was the same as last year: dinner, presentations, casino night, raffle, and of course snowmobiling!

Daniel's Summit Resort

Mr. Cool

Matt wanted an "action shot" so he threw a snowball in the air. At himself. While the snowmobile was off.  -_-

Here's his REAL action shot. Daredevil.

And MY action shot. That's right, I'm standing on the snowmobile with one foot. While it's moving. I am hard core.

I love my work retreat!!

... that people do crazy things for love?

I forgot to mention that we went to another reptile expo in February. There aren't any pictures, because I forgot to take any. And let's be honest, nobody wants more pictures of another reptile expo. Once you've been to FOUR OR FIVE, they are ALL THE SAME. If it were up to me, I'd just as soon forget we went at all. I'm just glad I managed to drag Matt out of there without him buying anything. Although, he did buy our FIFTH snake just shortly after the expo, so my victory was short lived. Very short lived.

And that is what I do for love. You're welcome, Matt.

... that Matt said:

**DISCLAIMER: I sincerely apologize for any offense caused by the bathroom content in this post. Read at your own risk. Welcome to my life.

On quality entertainment: "It has Snoop Dogg in it. It must be good."

On eating healthy:
Matt: "It's good for you!"

Spencer: "Is sour cream good for you?"

Me: "No, it's not." 

Matt: "Mental health is important too!!!"

On eating Lucky Charms: "Candy for breakfast! We're in AMERICA!"

On eating pizza for breakfast and lunch: "At least I'm being healthy."

When I told him the sweater he was wearing was too small: "But honey, they hired me to be the office sexy attorney."

After having a small but painful bout of diarrhea: "It's probably from that Papa John's. I better eat another slice just to make sure though."

Leaving the door open while he goes to the bathroom: "I'll leave it open. Too much of a hassle. And in case I collapse, you can save me."

Going out to eat on our anniversary: "So, I get two burgers cause we've been married for two years, right?"

When he realized he owned Hot Rod: "I just went up in my own estimation."

Watching Newsies: "I think it was the dancing that ultimately won Pulitzer over."

On Matthew McConaughey: "He has a lot of muscle mass. People say, of The Matts, we have the closest body types."

On his healthy self image: "I'm a hulking man-beast with mighty thews."

On French words:

Me: "I watched the cooking channel today and learned how to make beignets."

Matt: "What's a beignet?"

Me: "A French don..."

Matt: "I think you mean a bidet."

On being rude:

Me: "Was that rude?"

Matt: "No... just a little... Blickenstaffy."
Me:

Matt: "That's what I'm gonna say from now on... Oh you're just being Blickenstaffy...."

On our pets:

Matt: "I think the perfect number of hog nosed snakes is six."
Me:
Matt: "Don't worry, I'll tell you why."
Me:
Matt: "You're acting like I'm not going to tell you why. Cause we can have one male and breed to lots of females. Unless you're worried about monogamy."
Me: "Yes, all our pets need to be monogamous."
Matt: "Oh, one of your hamsters was A MURDERER and you're worried about monogamy???"

Going to see 47 Ronin:

Matt: "Honey, are you so excited? I know it's Japanese culture, but..."
Me:
Matt: "Just a little joke?"

Buying the tickets for 47 Ronin:

Matt: "Two for 47 Ronin. (In his best Japanese accent) We aw only two, fo 47 Ronin!"
Me: *stifled laughter*
Cashier:
Matt: "You've probably heard that joke a million times."
Cashier:
Matt: "Just kidding, I'm a genius."

In the theater waiting for 47 Ronin:

Matt: "What should we cheer?"
Me:
Matt: "Do you want to make it up?"
Me:
Matt: "I thought you didn't cheer last time cause you weren't the one to make it up."
Me:
Matt: "Keanu! Keanu! Keanu!"
Me: "STOP."

When he ripped his pants at work:

When I got mad at him for taking this picture at our anniversary dinner:

"Honey, I wanted it to be an accurate portrayal of what the last two years have been like for you!"

I love my Matty!!!!!