Tagged

So I have finally been tagged. Several of my friends have been tagged but I had somehow avoided it until now. Thanks Angie. Everybody does tagging a little different so I will explain the rules of this particular "tag" first.
-Link to the person who tagged you
-Mention the rules on your blog
-Tell your readers 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
-Tag 5 fellow bloggers by linking to them (actually it is supposed to be 6 but I only know 5 that haven't been tagged).
-Leave a comment on the tagged victim 's blog and let her know she's been tagged.

So in this particular tagging "Devan and Cassie" were tagged so we only need to come up with six things between us. That being said it was still kind of difficult. Try to find anything unspectacular about Cassie. Like I said kind of difficult. So I did my best

#1 Cassie is a backseat/sideseat/sidecar driver. It is horrible. It must be a part of her DNA. No matter where she is sitting she can't help but tell me how to drive. Never mind that I drive in DC on an almost daily basis (DC traffic being insane) she still tries to tell me how to drive in DC and anywhere else we go. On the way to my parents house she will tell me how to get there.

#2 Cassie is a spectacular mother. She is practically a single mother sometimes. According to some in my family, my boy is "very challenging" which is code for "pain in the ---". So the fact that she can do it all with a smile day after day is very spectacular to me. (Personal disclaimer: I try to help as much as possible but my schedule is a little full and we love our little boy, "challenging" or not)

#3 Cassie is a furniture mover. She can't leave furniture in the same place for very long. Growing up we never moved the furniture. In fact I remember when we moved out of our house on Kearney the carpet under the couch in the front room (a lovely golden shag) was a completely different color, we're not talking shades here, a completely different color than the rest of the room. The couch had never been moved. I have come home from work and Cassie would have rearranged the whole house. We used to have some pretty heavy furniture too. She's amazing thats all I can say.

#4 I love my job. Techincally, it isn't my job yet because I am still in school but it still counts. What other job lets you jam a 3-4 inch needle in someone's back and get away with it? Or knock someone out and watch them get cut open? Greatest job in the world. Now some of you think I am crazy but thats just me.

#5 I love the Nintendo Wii tank game. Whenever I have the time (which is almost never) I love to play it. I have reached level 50 and my record is 218 tanks. I can play it for hours when I don't have homework, or a screaming child.

#6 I hate raw tomatoes. It is the stangest thing. I love salsa, spaghetti sauce, tomato soup even but a plain raw tomato makes me gag. I have tried, on my mission, since I have been home, I just do not like raw tomatoes. I can even put them on hamburgers, as long as they are not too big. Weird.

So there you all go 6 spectacular and not so spectacular things about Cassie and I. Now I tag Ryan and Di, Trevor and Ariane, Melanie and Justin, Angelee and Jeff, and Brett and Celeste.

SAY WHAT?!?!?!?!?

So Friday night I got a call from the stake executive secretary. He asked if Cassie and I could meet with the Stake Pres on Sat morning. We said that we could and then started to dileberate on which of us was going to get a new calling (what else would the stake president want). Cassie is the first counselor in the Primary presidency and I am first counselor in the Young Men's presidency. The executive secretary was moving out of the ward and I did not want that job. So Saturday arrived and we met with the Stake president. He asked us to tell him a little about ourselves (because he doesn't know us that well). Then he what callings we had and I told him I was in the Young Men's presidency and very happy about it, and Cassie was in the Primary presidency. After that he kind of lowered his head and said, "they not going to be very happy with me". Then he asked if I (Devan) would accept a calling to serve as the.............(drumroll please).................second counselor in the bishopric. ????huh????? What did you say? I was somewhat stunned. I didn't see that one coming. The Stake president said that I still got to work with the young men, so I accepted. So on Sunday I was sustained as the newest counselor in the bishopric. The bishop and the other counselor are the same (except 2nd became 1st) and I am the second. So when I go home next week Dad will ordain me to the office of High Priest and then I will be set apart when I get back. Now I have to figure out how to juggle school, clinicals, baby, wife, and ward. I better be earning brownie points for this one.

My how they grow

Cassie and I were looking at some pictures the other day and we couldn't believe how big our baby boy has gotten. When you lug them around everyday you just get used to them getting fatter and fatter, and when you see them everyday it doesn't seem like such a big change, but when you look at the pictures........He looks like a completely different person.

He used to just lay around and gaze out the window, now he is sitting up looking around at everything. Look at that little boy sitting up, he isn't even four months old yet.

Mr Drostan "Joe Cool" Ball

Cassie saw these little sunglasses and had to buy them for Drostan. And he actually leaves them on.