Clay or Mitchell?

Since I've gotten married, I've found it interesting to see how things progress in our little family.  We both had ideas about what we wanted our family to be like, and as I'm sure you can guess, most of that came from what we liked or didn't like about our families growing up.  That got me thinking, are we going to be more like the Clays or more like the Mitchells?  Well, here are a few observations:

-We are definately more Mitchell in our eating habits.  David said that all growing up, his family had dinner almost every night.  I commend his mother for going through all that time and effort to feed all 9 kids!  At the Mitchell house, we religiously had Sunday dinner together, but during the week we were all so busy with work and school and sports and music that it was a rare moment to find us all home at the same time.  David and I are like that now.  Nights are hectic because I work half the nights during the week, David has rehearsal with Chamber or Tabernacle ensambles, or we have the Idaho Falls Symphony where we are gone from 6-10.  So I hate to say that I do not cook dinner every night.  David gets lucky if I cook once a week.  But I do make him breakfast and lunch almost every day so hopefully that makes up for it!

-Carbonated beverages is absolutely Mitchell.  When we were dating David would go with me maybe once a week to the gas station to get a pop.  Now we go......a lot more often.  Probably not healthy, but I've turned David to the dark side.  He says it's all my fault he drinks as much as he does, and he's right!  I can't help it, it's in my blood.  I told David that when I was little and had the flu my dad would always give me a glass of Pepsi because it said it would make me feel better.  My dad also says the reason he never gets sick (which he seriously never does) and the reason he never gets bit by mosquitos (again, he seriously never does) is because he drinks his Pepsi!

-Quality of merchandise is Clay.  David is a "save up for something nice" instead of "buy something not so nice right now" kind of guy.  That's especially true with electronics (computer, TV, etc.)  I really don't care if we have something crappy and I will run it into the ground before I buy a new one because I grew up a Mitchell.  But since I don't really care and David does then I go with him on this one.  And I must say, it is kind of nice having things that work!

-With regards to sports we are more Clay.  David will keep up generally with sports, but he doesn't watch them all the time like my family.  And I'm ok with that, I do like to play, but I'm not a huge fan of watching.

-Our humor is Mitchell.  We are sarcastic, nerdy, quirky, and may sound mean at times but we know it's all in love.  We have had more than one person say that we act more like siblings than husband and wife.  I don't know if that's a good or bad thing....

All in all, I have to say that I think I've turned David into a Mitchell.  I've gotten him to pick up cats and cuddle with them (and every time it still amazes me, even though the whole time he's holding my Burnsy he's telling me that he needs to die), he said he wouldn't mind living in Idaho, drinks pop regularly, and every so often says he's going to murder me (don't worry, I tell him that too and then we laugh and kiss).  We have an odd relationship, but I think it can stand the test of time.  Here's to hoping our future children aren't completely messed up!