Date Night

We had our first date night since Violet's arrival! We went to see Les Mis at The Rep and had so much fun! This was Steve's first time seeing a professional production so I think I enjoyed his reaction as much as the musical itself! There were some local people in the play, but the main characters were all professionals...it was wonderful!

Violet stayed with her Dodi and Poppa, she was so excited!! She took a short catnap then stayed up until we got there, around 11pm! She is a party animal! However, she succumbed to her carseat and was asleep before we got off of Fox Run!

Veronika is doing great in school, she is the best reader in her AWANA class at church! She is the only one who can read the verses by herself with very little help on names of the Bible, etc.

First Foods

I can't believe that Little Miss Violet is 5 Months Old!! For the past couple of weeks we have been trying rice cereal but she really hasn't had much interest in it! Sunday night we tried it again and she LOVED it! It is a brown color because we add prune juice to make her poops soft:) She is growing so big! She loves to talk and she is VERY nosey...just like her mommy!

Dancing Queen!

Veronika lost her first tooth last week! She was SO excited. She also started dance last Thursday, she is taking Tap, Jazz, and Ballet in one class on Thursday nights. She is taking at "A Time To Dance," a small studio in East End so it is really convenient for us. She is really doing great in 1st Grade. Her behavior has REALLY improved compared to last year and she is excelling academically! A few nights ago at dinner Steve was telling us about a customer that was being a moron...Veronika said, "Oh boy, he is really D-U-M!" We all had a good laugh and then she got a lesson on the silent "B"

1. Who is your man? Stephen Thomas Tripp
2. How long have you been together? not long...2 1/2 years, married 1 year and 10 months
3. How long did you date? 8 1/2 months

4. How old is your man? 30
5. Who eats more? Steve used to, but he is dieting and I am breastfeeding

6. Who said "I love you" first? I think he did?
7. Who is taller? Steve, he is 6'
8. Who sings better? me

9. Who is smarter? Steve is in common sense, history, things that really matter; I am in matters of the home

10. Whose temper is worse? Mine

11. Who does the laundry? me
12. Who takes out the garbage? him
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? me right now since I get up with Violet

14. Who pays the bills? we do it together...every Thursday night...can we say OCD

15. Who is better with the computer? hmmm...we are probably equal

16. Who mows the lawn? He does

17. Who cooks dinner? I do, Steve will once in awhile and he is actually a good cook

18. Who drives when you are together? Steve does, but I am excellent at back-seat instruction

19. Who pays when you go out? Whoever is not holding Violet at the time

20. Who is most stubborn? probably me

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Steve, I hate to admit that I am wrong, but I am getting better

22.Who kissed who first? He kissed me

23. Who asked who out? He asked me out, we communicated by email for a week or so, phone for two weeks, and then we went out in person

24. Who proposed? Steve-in Branson in May 2006

25. Who is more sensitive? probably me, but Steve can be a sensitive Sally sometimes

26. Who has more friends? me, most of Steve's friends were in Montana or have moved away to pastor churches

27. Who has more siblings? We each have 1 brother and 1 sister

28. Who wears the pants in the family? We make all major decisions together. I take care of the day to day decisions mostly, but we make big decisions together

1 Year Later

So a full year has passed since my last entry! SO much has changed...Veronika is in 1st Grade, I am no longer working...I am a Stay-At-Home Mom, and of course, Violet Anne has arrived! Too much has happened to update so I'll just update with pictures. They are mainly from our Labor Day trip to Branson. On Saturday Brad, Paula, and Josh went to the Razorback game so Mom, Dad, Amanda, Evie, Jackson, Tucker, Steve, Veronika, Violet and myself went to playtime pizza. The big kids and Dodi, Steve, and Amanda rode go-karts, we played putt-putt, and played in the arcade. Sunday we went to Silver Dollar City, Violet did SO well, she was the only kid who didn't have a melt-down! She loved sitting in her stroller and staring at people. Monday we ate breakfast, did a little shopping and then our family went to Promiseland Drive Through Zoo. We took a wrong turn so it took us 9 hours from the time we left Branson to the time we got home and Violet only cried for 30 MINUTES!!! AMAZING!!