"Shummy Likey"

blogging with a baby just isn't happening these days. it's amazing how much i CAN'T get done. With that said, this is going to be as long as my hoodlum will allow.

Yesterday in Sacrament meeting a teenager (who happens to be buddy-buddy with my husband) stood up to give a talk. Instead of saying, "Brother Shumway asked me to speak on..." he left out the Brother and said, "Shumway asked me to speak on..." There was a little chuckle in the congregation and several people teased us in the halls later. Someone asked me if it seemed odd that everyone refers to him by his last name and I said, "Absolutely not. I called him Shumway the first 18 months I knew him and only decided to switch to his first name after we got engaged.."

Shumway was always really fun to hang out with. Our relationship was easy and very natural from the very beginning. There was no game-playing, no dating, no romance-- just good, clean fun. I can't remember exactly when it was, but probably a year into our friendship, he came over to my apartment just after I made homemade cinnamon rolls. They were fresh out of the oven and dripping with icing. He sat down at my table and devoured several. I poured him a glass of milk and he wiped his mouth and announced, "Shummy Likey." My roommates and I laughed over that phrase and repeated it over and over. Since we've been married, I cannot even count the number of times it's been said in our home.

So-- here I was playing Phase Ten with my boys about 20 minutes ago, when my brown-eyed son picked the VERY card he was waiting for. He let out a holler and said, "Shummy Likey!" My other boys laughed... but I totally WIGGED OUT. I know it's been ten years since I've been married to Shumway, but it's so bizarre to hear one of MY kids refer to himself as Shummy. One day I was a carefree teenager with a different last name, and the next minute I am playing cards with a bunch of BIG kids who think I am their mom and refer to themselves as SHUMMY. When did this happen?

If this post couldn't get more random, let me tell you about the way we play Phase Ten... we threw the rules out the window and made up our own phases. They are super awesome. We have a list of rediculously hard phases, like "a run of 9 all of the same color" or a "set of 8". It takes longer to play, but it's way more fun. If you're up for a challenge in cards, come play at the Shummy household.

yes, it can even get more random. We met our new neighbors yesterday and guess what the Mr does for a living? He's a professional poker player. Suh-weet no? After we chatted with them for a bit, I told Señor Shummy that we are totally going to convert him. Talk about a church changing your life (and making you switch careers....)

and that is the end of my computer time today. It was nice while it lasted.