Domestication Skills.

The Blakeney's on my wedding day.

My sister, Rachel is the perfect wife and mother.

She always somehow finds good deals for everything she buys.

She always has dinner at least cooking when Anthony gets home from work.

Benji is lucky enough for me to have decided what we are having for dinner when he gets home.

She has all the patience in the world for Joseph.

She is always trying DIY projects.

And she sews.

For the three months, before I got married when I was living at home

I spent pretty much everyday with Rachel.

Sometimes going over there multiple times a day.

Alot of the time she would tell me about a sewing project she was working on

or about to start or wanted to do.

After hearing about all these different sewing projects she was working on,

I decided when Benji and I moved

I was going to take my sewing machine.

The one I haven't touched in like 7 years.

No joke.

The other day Benji tells me for this table in our bedroom

he wants a table cloth.

Trying to be a good wife I get all the supplies.

I get everything pinned, just waiting for Benji to get home for him to see

it and make sure he likes it.

When he gets home he starts asking me if I could sew it a certain way.

A fancy way.

Not completely confident in my sewing capabilities,

I am a little hesitant and then he tells me he can sew

and if I can't do it he will.

So I agree.

The next day I get started hemming all of the edges.

About to get started on the complicated part,

when Benji gets home from work.

I go upstairs. I am gone for 10 minutes.

Then when I come back

TWO big chunks of fabric have been cut out.

And I have a very frustrated husband.

Then the next day I try to make it all work with

the fabric cut out of it.

Then I begin to become a little frustrated.

So I began to start making random cuts and tears at it.

After a few hours, I give up and just put what I have done

on the table in our room.

Needless to say, the sewing machine is getting put away for awhile

until I get some courage to pull back out again.

I am still working on my domestication skills.

Obsession.

Even Benji knows what is going on in the episode I am on.

Shows how important it is in our house.

I am more than half way done with season one.

And I am in to the second book.

Keep Calm...

a little more of mexico...

Our last night we found pizza hut, imported snickers, and mucho mango drinks....

we were so excited.

Benji became obsessed with the igaunas and feeding them...

Round 3.

(Sorry about the color being off for the first few seconds.)

My husband keeps me laughing.

And I really had to bride him to do this with me.

My southern accent is very apparent.

Husband 1 and Husband 2.

Day on the scooter in Mexico.

Benji got so into it the first time he wanted to make another vlog

immediately after it.

The Week Is Almost Finally Here!!

Soo...

7 days until the 19th!

3 days until the 14th

when I pickup Benji!

I am super excited!

These past 2 weeks I have been running around

like a crazy person trying to get everything done

so we aren't swamped the week

Benji is here.

I am sure as you all know, Monday is Valentine's Day.

I used to think it was the silliest holiday ever,

but then I started dating Benji.

Last Valentine's Day, we went on a carriage ride

through downtown Denver.

Benji spoils me every day, but especially on

Valentine's Day.

I am super excited for Monday,

because not only

I get to pick him up from the airport

but it is also Valentine's Day.

We haven't decided what we are going to do exactly,

but I am just excited to be with him.

February!

Today is February 1st.

Which means its February.

Which means

two weeks until I see Benji again.

and

LESS than three weeks until we get married!

I don't think I have ever been this excited before

for a new month!