abc survey.. more stuff about us that you probably don't care to know.

i have seen this ABC survey on a couple of other blogs so i thought i would join in on the fun...i will try to answer the questions for both sean and i since this is supposed to be a blog about us... sometimes i forget and call it "my blog" oops... i already have my other blog, but this is OUR blog. sorry sean. i will never forget that again. anyway. i am sure no one will care to read all this. i can't seem to just put a simple one word answer on anything. i always have to tell a story or explain myself. oh well! i actually started this about a month ago. sometimes i get bored.. and lately i have to find things to do so i can stop myself from eating everything that i see. no really. ask sean about last night. i don't know what came over me but i could not stop eating. and i was making the most random concoctions. i made kettle corn then sprinkled cinnamon and sugar all over it. then added cinnamon toast cruch.. and then bits of heath bar. and that didn't hit the spot so i had some chips, peach salsa and marshmallows. i like mixing rice and cottage cheese together too. i know i am insane. and this was all after 10 p.m. maybe i am pregnant? ha... jk. ;) i am going to blame it on all the working out i have been doing lately! and being a woman and all the fun stuff that comes along with that... but i should probably start fueling my body with healthier foods when i get that way. meh. maybe not. most of that food was semi-healthyish.. haha. anyway. here we go!





A. Age: 24. i'll be 25 in june. sean is 25. we are a little over 6 months apart.

B. Bed size: queen. oh how i wish it was a king. sean and i both like our space when we sleep. and if moses happens to make his way on to the bed in the middle of the night? it's pretty crowded. we bought the bedroom set the day before we decided to buy a new house. if we would have known we were gonna get a house that suddenly, we might have gotten a bigger bed since we have room for it in our master bedroom.. oh well! the queen is just fine :)

C. Chore you hate: all of them. but especially laundry, dishes, bathrooms, dusting, picking up clothes off the floor, cleaning out the fridge, picking up dog poop, taking out the trash... oh wait. did you want just one? i actually don't mind vacuuming though. and i know you are thinking that my house is probably a mess. which it is most of the time. but i actually don't mind cleaning. i like things to be clean. but i don't beat myself up over it if it's not. there are a lot of things i would rather do besides clean. so i would say i don't hate it.. sometimes i actually think it's therapeutic. but no. it's not my favorite thing in the world to do. but i like the feeling of it all being done.

i think that sean likes vacuuming the most. actually, anything to do with the yard or being outside. he doesn't think yard work is a chore. i consider it hell on earth.

D. Dogs: my moses! i love him so much. i grew up though with a cocker spaniel named lunch and daphne. then we got a golden retriever named cherry pie. she passed away when i was 21. saddest day of my life. moses is sean's first dog!

E. Essential start to your day: first off let's just say i am not a morning person. never have been and never want to be. i love my sleep. unfortunately i married a morning person. it's just a battle that we have to work through. we all have our trials right? that being said,  i hit snooze about 17 times. moe jumps on the bed and licks my face. sean is already gone at this point so then i decide i should probably get in the shower. this is usually around 6:45 or 7. but 4 days out of 5 i will "accidentally" hit snooze until 7:30 and have to run out the door to get to work because i work at 8. sean wakes up when the sun comes out.. if it's not a work day he heads downstairs at like 7 and watches TV until i wake up 5 hours later. anyway, now that he is out of school we try and carpool to work as much as possible so we probably kinda get up around the same time.

F. Favorite color: right now i am loving peach, white, gray, and mustard yellow. i love navy too. i can never pick just one thing. notice that? i am so indecisive. sean? he says "blue, maybe gray. not sure.. how come?" haha.

G. Gold or silver: it depends... i like them both! sean likes silver.

H. Height: 5'6ish. i think. last time i checked. although some people think i am shorter than that and some think i am taller. guess it depends on the day. sean is about 5'11ish. i think it works out well for us..haha.

I. Instruments: dang. none. sean plays the guitar though.. can i count that? i guess you can say i am a pianist and a guitarist though because i can play twinkle twinkle little star on them. try not to act too impressed..

J. Job title: closer. and no, not like that tv show the closer. i wish. actually i don't even know what that is about. so i guess to be more specific---mortgage loan closer. i prepare the closing docs for mortgages. also i check the closing packages after the borrowers have signed them, set loans up for funding, wire money to title companies and ship the files off to the investors for purchasing. super fun stuff! no really, i enjoy it :)

sean is a commercial and residential loan officer. he is also a credit analyst/underwriter for the commercial department of our company. he mostly does that for now while he is in school and residential loans on the side. when he finishes school he will probably mostly focus on being a commercial loan officer. but who knows!

K. Kids: none yet! hopefully someday though. we both love kids. i guess you can also count mosey as a kid.

L. Live: springville, utah.

M. Mom’s name: mine: staci. seans: vicki.

N. Nicknames: chlo-bug, bug, chlo-bo... in high school i had a lot more because no one could say my name right... cleo, cholie, cholo, shiloh? my favorite is when my dad calls me bug or chlo-bug. he has called me that my whole life :)

seans: seanie, seanathon, shaniqua, pookie. haha. okay those are all from me. and they are mostly inside jokes. from other people? S, scooter, and Ashby. he says in elementary school he got called Seen, and in jr. high Shlong. hahahahaha.

O. Overnight hospital stays: none that i know of.. maybe when i was a newborn? ha. i have been to the hospital for same day surgeries though.

sean almost died from a long boarding accident that caused a severe head injury when he was 17 and he was in the hospital for like 2 weeks. part of that time he was in a coma. so glad he is alive!

P. Pet peeve: drivers that drive way under the speed limit, don't use their blinkers (sean), bicyclists that don't follow traffic rules and seem to think they are invincible. most of my pet peeves have to do with driving. lets just say i tend to get road rage every so often and prefer it when sean drives.. also? i get really peeved when people post updates on facebook or posts on their blog about things that they absolutely hate. and no i am not saying like "oh i hate pickles!" but when people on facebook are doing something that they don't like and they have to call attention to it by posting about. it's just mean. and when they put down other people not directly but by claiming that the way that they do things is the better way. i don't care for that passive aggressive, negative stuff. also when people brag about how much they make or all the stuff that they have. it's not an attractive quality to me. i mean it is okay to count your blessing and be proud of that. but i think some people make it a point to rub it in peoples faces. it's not my favorite thing. i really admire humble people. and that right there is not a pet peeve.

seans: waiting on people.

Q. Quote from a movie: it's not from a movie, it is from the office.. and it's the only one i can think of right now since sean and i have been laughing about it for the past 2 weeks. jim is talking to dwight and he mentions justin beiber. dwight says: "who is justice beaver?"  jim says: ".........it's a crime fighting beaver." here is the clip if you want to watch it... love it.




R. Right or left handed: right. for us both.

S. Siblings: a twin sister (maddie) and then my mom had another set of twins (a boy and a girl) 2 years after us. sam and bailey. bailey passed away when she was 2 months old :( i wish i could have gotten to know her. sam is married to an awesome girl named sarah.

sean has an older sister named amanda. and older brother named brandon. and a younger brother by 16 months, devin. amanda is married to jason and they have 3 kids. makayla, kaden, and addison. devin is getting married in a few weeks to katie. those are our siblings!

T. Time you wake up: sean has alarms that go off around 6. that wakes me up but i go back to sleep til my alarms go off at 6:35 and 6:42. (yes i know i am weird) i usually don't get up til about 6:55 or 7. today? 7:17. oops.

U. Underwear: yes, i prefer underwear over no underwear. i can't say the same for sean though.

V. Vegetables you dislike: cucumbers, fresh onions (i like them cooked) olives, pickles... pretty much i only like lettuce and tomatoes and tomatoes are actually a fruit. i liked almost any cooked veggies though. i don't hate veggies.. i just like fruit more. i am growing to like veggies more though.

sean loves cucumbers, pickles, onions, pretty much every vegetable i don't like. he only hates the ones that i do like. haha. he dislikes tomatoes very much.

W. What makes you run late: sleeping in. moses not doing his "business" fast enough. forgetting that we live in springville now not orem or provo. we work in orem and  i always forget that and misjudge the time.

X. X-Rays you’ve had: i have had about 100 on both of my feet. no joke. and then on my shoulder, and hand.

sean has broken like 18 bones or something. seriously. i can only imagine that he has had a million x-rays.

Y. Yummy food you make: rice krispy treats, muddie buddies, carmelitas, chocolate peanut butter chip cookies, oh wait.. you said food? hmmm. lately i cook a lot of egg sandwiches on wheat english muffins or wheat bagel thins. i think they are pretty good :) i also made some chicken enchiladas a couple of weeks ago. white chicken chili soup, oh and i can make a mean philly cheese steak :)

sean makes amazing tacos, spaghetti, steak, potato salad, cinnamon rolls.. pretty much every thing he makes? i like.

Z. Zoo- favorite animal: ELEPHANT. hands down. sean says "the bears and the elephants". aww... i knew i married a smart man :)

the end.

oh and here is a picture of us from back in the dating days. just for kicks and giggles. this was taken at a bowling alley in fall 2008... my how times flies!

man. this picture really makes me want a huge diet dr. pepper. right now.

thirty questions.

i have seen this 30 question things on a few blogs so i thought i would try it. here goes...

1. When is your "marriage" anniversary? "Engagement" anniversary?
March 13th, 2009. as for engagement? November.. oh crap. sean always quizzes me on this and i forget! i know i am awful. but if its any consolation, it was a random weekday..but i know it was right before thanksgiving.. i am gonna go with... Tuesday, November 25th 2008.


2. Where/how did you meet your spouse for the first time?
We actually met in high school, probably when we were about 16 or 17. but we were reacquainted when i started working at first colony mortgage in 2008.


3. How long have you known your spouse:
well if you are going off of when we first met, then 7 or 8 years. but we didn't really get to know each other until 2008.


4. How long did you date/court before you were engaged?
hahaha. i hate this question. i never EVER thought i would be one of those people, but it was about 2 months. maybe a little less. and i hate answering that question, but, i felt like we dated a lot longer because we were with each other 24/7. and as cheesy as it is... when you know you know. and my mom always says, "when you meet the person that you want to spend the rest of your life with, you want the rest of your life to begin right now."

5. Do you have any children:
No.. not yet.

6. Do you have any house pets:
yes. a crazy, insane, adorable yellow lab named moses. he is 8 months now.


7. What are some of your favorite activities together:
well, we like to do different things. i think he pretends he likes to watch movies with me and i pretend that i like to do outdoorsy things with him. but we both enjoy watching sports together, eating, and playing with our puppy.


8. Do you have a favorite vacation spot:
we love vegas. i don't care if that is trashy. we love it. we also like pebble beach and anywhere in wyoming.


9. Where was your first date?
haha. well on our first official alone date sean thought he was taking me to a Josh Groban concert. turned out to be john schmidt, but i thought it was better than josh groban would have been anyway. and also it was hilarious cuz he was like "tickets are way cheap!" and i was like "really? for josh groban? did you already get them?" and he said "no, we just get them at the door." i knew right then we probably weren't going to see josh groban. which was okay with me.

 we also went and ate at chili's and he could not stop watching the football game on tv. it was pretty funny. he felt bad about it. it's not like he was bored but it was a really good  game or something... also at the concert he was pretending to lead the music while we were sitting in the audience and i was so embarassed but i also could not stop laughing. i knew right then that this was something special.


10. When did you first kiss?
about 2 weeks after our first date.. maybe like 10 days? we went down to vegas with a bunch of friends and the 2nd night we were there we were just talking in one of the spare bedrooms. it was one of those deep conversations that had been going on for about 3 hours. i decided to "shun" him like dwight and jim do on the office for something that he said. he said "fine" and he rolled over to the other end of this huge king size bed. we laid there for like 10 minutes. neither of us budging. and finally he said "chloe, i don't want to be shunned anymore. i don't like it at all." so he rolled over next to me and kissed me.


11. Who said I Love you First?
well. this is up in the air. sean sort of tricked me into saying it. we were driving through the canyon one day and sean was talking in spanish and i started repeating all of the spanish that i knew. so i said "yo Quiero Taco bell." then i said "yo Queiro Sean." and he said, "Do you know what you just said?" and i said, "I want Sean?" and he said no, "technically you said I love Sean." i stood there frozen for a minute and he didn't say anything and it was kinda awkward. then i was like "well those taco bell commerical's are full of crap then."  and then it was silent again. then finally i was like "well, what if i do?" and he said something like " i'd be down with that." i don't know im sure it was more romantic but when we got out of the car he said, "hey. Sean loves Chloe." cue sappy love song.


12. Did you get married in a church?
No we got married in the Provo Temple.

13. Do you get flowers often?
Sean gets me flowers every once in a while! he knows the key to my heart is chocolate though. or candy. or a diet dr. pepper with extra ice to give it substance.


14. Where did you go on your honeymoon:
Vegas. but our first night we spent at the Zermatt in Midway.


15. How long did you know each other before you started dating?
well.. like i said earlier.. 6 or 7 years.. but really we didn't know each other that well back then. so i would say we pretty much started dating right when i started work at my job. he was flirting with me at the company luau and he stole my phone and put his number in there as "the man." that night he showed up at my softball game. i wasn't sure if he would even come because he had tons of homework. all the sudden i look out into the stands and he is talking with my parents who he had never met. okay he had met my mom earlier that day at the company luau. but still! i was impressed with his bravery.


16. What do you call each other most of the time?
he calls me chlo-bo. i call him pookie, and seanie.


17.Where do you each work or go to school?
we both work at first colony mortgage and sean goes to school at UVU studying business finance.


18. Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
probably sean being in school. he is soo busy and we hardly get to do anything fun together. its a blessing that we work for the same company, but i miss just hanging out with him at home and goofing off. this semester has been really hard on him. sometimes i miss those days of dating because school never seems like first priority when you are dating.. haha. but it's okay. school is very important and will be worth it.

19. Did you go to the same school?
I went to UVU as well back in the day.  we went to different high schools though.


20. Are you from the same home town?
Yes. we are both from Orem!


21. Who is smarter?
me. haha. totally kidding. i don't think i've ever seen anyone answer this and put themselves so i thought it would be funny. but sean for sure. however i had a higher GPA than him in high school and i think a higher ACT score. but sean is a much better college student than i was. i would say i did better in high school and he does way better in college. also, sean knows something about almost everything. cars, tools, loans, math, sports.. you name it he knows it.


22. Who is more sensitive?
me.

23.Where do you eat out most as a couple?
ruby river, red robin, texas roadhouse.

24. What attracted you about him/her first?
his smile. and not his fake one, just his genuine happy, laughing smile.  his eyes light up and i love it. also, he is so kind to everyone and always willing to help out. i love that about him.


25. Who is more social?
depends. sean is way good at public speaking and talkin with people that he doesn't know. i am not good at that at all. but i think i can be more social than him at parties and stuff.

26. Who is the neat-freak?
sean for sure. i am terrible. i have put off cleaning our closet since we moved in. its a walk-in closet, and its pretty big. but it was a mess. it drives sean crazy because he has everything sorted by color, fabric type, stripes and solids and whatnot. i have like 5 laundry baskets in there full of clean/dirty clothes. it's all mixed up. hey, i don't like to segregate k? also there is just stuff all over the floor. so anyway i guess i figured if i let it go long enough he would take care of it? guess it worked cuz i came home last saturday and he hung up EVERYTHING. it was awesome. i'm for sure trying that tactic out again.


28. Who hogs the bed?
definitely me. i grew up with a huge bed all to myself after my twin moved to her own room. i love sprawling out. poor sean.


29. Who wakes up earlier?
what is up with these questions? are you trying to make me look like the bad guy? okay it's sean. he wakes up like an hour earlier than me on days we have work at the same time. and then on weekends he wakes up about 6 hours earlier than me. which works out great because i wake up to a very clean house. maybe i am the smarter one?


30. What are HIS favorite things and HER favorite things?
i'm gonna have to go with just loving each other. and listening to what she has to say. haha  jk. (name that movie)

sean: sports, guitar, the mountains, pearl jam, meat and potatoes.
chloe: candy, chocolate, sleeping, new clothes, puppies, and going to movies. i LOVE going to see movies on opening night.