husband

this should be fun - the husband tag. hooray for having a husband for a month and a half! its great! ha ha

1. What is his name? branson reed larson

2. Who eats more? it depends on the day... and the meal

3. Who said, "I love you" first? on paper? branson. out loud? me.

4. Who is taller? branson by 14 inches

5. Who is smarter? we are equally smart - just about different things!

6. Who is more sensitive? i am for sure...

7. Who does the laundry? we both do. lately we've been folding clothes together.

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? i do... that way brans is closer to the door.

9. Who pays the bills? that's my job - thank heaven for online bill pay!

10. Who cooks more? brans made me dinner once... but it was delicious. however, i am the cook.

11. Who is more stubborn? he's pretty stubborn, but i think i'm more so

12. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? we both have a hard time with it.

13. Who has more siblings? i do. 7 to 4

14. Who wears the pants in the relationship? we both wear pants...

15. What do you like to do together? watch movies, play games, watch baseball, the list could go on forever...

16. Who eats more sweets? probably me... but only when they're around. i don't usually go out of my way to buy them. unless, of course we're talking about the fantastic new varieties of hershey's kisses. then i stock up because they're only seasonal and i like to enjoy them all year round.

17. Guilty Pleasures? see above.

18. How did you meet? i was dragged to a party at his house - i knew a couple of his roommates. at the party we talked about how people don't say either of our names right - bronson and shannon. and then two months later i came around again, we lit fireworks and got iceberg and then he mocked me for being antisocial, telling me he would break me of my bad habits. little did he know... ha ha. we started seeing each other every weekend, then a couple times a week, then every day...

19. Who asked whom out first? officially, our first date was the rilo kiley/modest mouse concert. and he asked me.

20. Who kissed who first? he kissed me while i was asleep during a roadtrip to vegas. and then kissed me again a week later while i was awake. :)

21. Who proposed? he said he thought we could get married. i said i had to ease into the idea. he said to ease faster. so i did.

22. His best features and qualities? his smile, his blue eyes and gorgeous lashes, how he hugs me, how he acts with kids... this list could also go on forever.

23. Tag you’re it. Who do you tag? jamie, angie, and sarah

raccoons

attack! of the killer raccoons! ok... maybe not 'killer', but certainly 'destroyer'.

last night we were in the backyard with grandma and my family eating ice cream, when BAM! we heard this huge crashing sound! so everyone got up to check it out. this is what we saw:

yup. a hole in our softening. and yes, those are the eaves you can see inside. i was truly upset... and then curious what happened. initially, i had no idea! but dad, brans and the boys investigated. we got out flashlights and scouted out the area for the thing responsible.

then they saw something... a raccoon! running through the bushes on the side of our house and up into a big pine tree in our front yard.

we went back around back to see if there was any more damage and i noticed something...

those are the blasted little raccoon's beady little eyes! agh! freaked me out! then we noticed two others. so in all, there are three raccoons chillin' in the softening of our house. i couldn't sleep at all last night - i tossed and turned inbetween dreams of raccoons playing "trashing the camp" from tarzan in my kitchen, finding diced raccoon in my salad bowl, raccoons scratching and ruining my beloved piano, and raccoons climbing into bed with me.

poor branson... i probably kept him awake with all of my movement and probable talking in my sleep about how much i hate raccoons. poor guy. i asked him this morning how we have to fix the problem... and we have to trap the raccoons... which in my head is pretty gruesome - think mouse trap but bigger. yuck.

so untimely. i officially hate raccoons and hope they leave soon... but as filled as i am with hatred, i'm hoping we don't have to kill them. there's gotta be a peaceful solution involving peanut butter or something...

glimpse of the future...

friday night my cousins wendy, dan and newborn ava stayed at our house. it was fun to have company, and apparently all the middle-of-the-night cries and screams from the newborn weren't enough to wake me or branson.

saturday morning, we woke up and had breakfast together. and as soon as we were done eating, dan and wendy took on the task of cleaning our house - dan did the dishes while wendy vacuumed every room they set foot in. it was really sweet, and also unecessary of them... but appreciated nonetheless.

but during the cleaning, someone had to hold ava. so wendy handed her over to brans, who welcomed the baby into his arms. i was slightly jealous - holding babies is one of my favorite things! and brans wouldn't give her up! but after a few minutes... i just sat back and watched. seeing him holding that cute little thing - i think tears of joy may have glazed my eyes.

i wish i got a picture! it was one of those times, that for a moment, i had a glimpse of the future. someday, a long someday from now, its going to be our newborn baby branson will be holding. it was so cute to see how he held her close and rocked her to sleep. i couldn't help but smile.

just one of those times... i'm excited for the future.

wedding pics- lauren

so my good friend from byu also came and took pictures for us: