OUR NEW PUPPY!!!

Well... we did it! We went and lost our minds and bought a puppy.

THIS IS STOCKTON! Our Cockapoo!!!

He is such a good puppy! We are crate training him (thanks to some very helpful tips from the amazing Cesar Millan (the dog whisperer)) He is starting to view his crate as his den and doesn't even yap anymore when he goes in... unless he needs to potty.

Some of my favorite things about Stockton is that he is so snugly. And when he's tired he will crash even while sitting up. And then he biffs it sideways. He also loves dandelions and tries to pounce on them and eat them, and then he watches them blow away in the wind. He's also a tad afraid of the dark, and a tad bit more afraid of his shadow. I love his curls and hope that they stay tight... but shaggy would be cute too!

I also love that his ball is bigger than him, and somehow it still fits in his mouth... ha ha ha

Stockton loves Cory. When Cory lays down to take a nap, Stockton lays down right by him. Cory is very good with his puppy. I'm super proud of Cor too, because this last week he gave Stockton his first round of shots... while I cowardly waited in the back room til the whole ordeal was over. Saved us a whopping $45, thank you IFA and small town boys.

Well, its been fun to add a little responsibility to our lives. Cory cant wait to add some chillins to our little fam. But for now, we'll just give our attention to the new pup! If you wanna come play with him come on over... if he's not playing he's cuddling so its a win win!

Conference Weekend in Grover.... does it get any better?

This weekend was so much fun! Cory and I got to pack up on Friday after work (but lets be honest, we were packed on WED we were so ready for the country) and head down to Grover! We made a pit stop and picked up Tyson and Harley Jane. I'm not going to lie, this lil girly is the cutest darn thing ever! She has such a personality! Can you believe she's not even 1 years old yet?
Har Har loves Uncle Cory. And Cor loves her too. I think Harley does it on purpose so that Cory will be even more baby hungry!

Harley also has Gramps tied around her lil finger... but lets be honest, which of his grand kids don't have him wrapped?

Sarah's volleyball team finally finished up with their tourney so she got to meet up with us down there! Harley was so excited to see her mom! Can you tell where she gets that crazy personality?

Well, this weekend was great for some many reasons. Conference was amazing! I learned so much, and my favorite talk talked about putting our trust in God more. I tend to try and take everything in to my own hands... I make to-do lists and get very frustrated and ornery if it doesn't get done right! But, I have decided to try and really focus on not HAVING to be in control of EVERYTHING. Just going to work my hardest and enjoy life as it comes at me. I also loved this weekend because it was so good to get out to the country! It was incredible weather down there and just beautiful!!!

This shot is what we see as we walk out of the front porch of the cabin. Still fish for fishing in that pond. Or you can just feed them and watch them all bubble at the top!

This is out to the side of the house, those are the Boulder mountains. I wish you could see the colors more!

Well... it wouldn't be a great weekend without a few projects! Especially with the men off deer and coyote hunting! FIRST... mom and I started the canning again with PEACHES!!! yummy. These beauts are straight off of my dear ol' roomates orchard in Payson UT! Angie has been such a great friend all these years so here's a lil shout out....wha what!!!

Ang talked us into a new style of peaches that we weren't all to familiar with. But lets be honest, we're not all to familiar with the details of many peaches, but these are delicious and beautiful. I cant remember what they're called though... crap!

And next we got to the crafty project.... Here is the before picture...

and some of the process of it all. Its nice to have Cory and Daddy-O around to help with things such as chain saws and rusty hammers and nails!

Scraping and smoothin

And of course, we all had to have more than one of these awesome crafts! Here's the priming and painting phase (oh how nice to have a garage to work in (0:

AND HERE IS THE AFTER.... ta da!!!

Just a cute...super cheap... super HALLOWEENY!!!! decoration!

RECENT PROJECTS IN MY LIFE!!!

My number one project, my husband....HA HA HA.... I joke I joke! He's a babe huh? (yummy cupcakes!)
My dad is AMAZING at handy man work! Seriously he always does an incredible job at everything he does. He made these old barnwood frames for my wedding and I had him frame every single picture at my wedding! So after we decided to sell some of his favorite art work in his amazing frames at the Farmers Market in Orem. It was super fun, but turns out that everyone in Orem would rather look than buy. ha ha ha...starving students.

I actually cant take credit at all for this project. My amazing mother in-law Sheila gets the credit for these bad boys ( have two). Some old boyfriend of hers gave her two lamps long ago... she painted the base yellow for us and Cory and I found the lamp shades from good ol IKEA for super cheap! I LOVE THEM! and I LOVE THEM MOSTLY cause there's a story behind them and a makeover to them!

And last but not least... my dresser drawer! I have seriously had this dresser for my whole life. I wish so bad that I would have taken a before picture of it. But it was white with little pink flowers all over it. Its new outer beauty def adds a splash of color to our yellow/gray bedroom!

Well, thats about all of my projects updated for you! I have a few more in the makings, but they aren't done yet. I'll have to update you and let you know! And just so you know if you ever want to "project", give me a call! I'm a little obsessed!

WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

This weekend was so much fun! I love having something to look forward to. I could hardly stand the last hour of work on Friday cause I knew that my sister and Har Har were coming up for the weekend. Friday night Sar and I did a lot of shopping (baby food, stuff for salsa, decorations, clothes, etc.), dancing with Harley (who is not only walking around like a champ, but also dancing... she's not even a year old yet!), and eating pizza and watching movies.

SATURDAY rolled around and momma showed up to teach her girls how to can SALSA! I was at the disadvantage here because my mom is a veteran in this area and Sarah canned last year. They were both crackin comments about how funny this was going to be and how I wouldn't be able to handle it.... little did they know that I have the advantage on them of cutting onions!!! ha ha ha..... THANK YOU SPANISH MISSION!

You cant really tell with this pic of mom... but she was dying!

This is a classic of Sarah! Her tears were black because of her makeup and her nose got all stuffy. I wish I would have taken a picture of her by the window trying to suck in some fresh air!

This is the start of our delicious brew!

And this was after we had finished! I am so greatful for such an amazing mom who seriously knows how to do EVERYTHING! She is so kind and always willing to teach her daughters who either dont have the patience to figure it out or dont have the talent to make it beautiful. Lucky for us mom has both those things and is always willing to work with us to work it out! Also, I'm lucky to have such a great sister! The three of us always have so much fun together! I cant wait til the next canning project.... PEACHES!!!

Then Sunday rolled around and Cory and I decided to jump in the car and head to Preston for the day. We wanted to suprise Cory's parents so we got his little brother involved. We couldn't have pulled off such an amazing SUPRISE!!! without him. This pic was taken in the canyon where the leaves are already changing!!! It was beautiful!!!

I'm such a dope and forgot my camera the rest of the trip. Cory got a new gun and we all drove up, even farther into the canyon to shoot it! It was so much fun to be able to spend time with both of our families this weekend. We are so very blessed by their love!

BEFORE and AFTER

One of my favorite blogs ever is allthingsthrifty.blogspot.com! Pretty sure I'm a little obsessed. While we were in Preston for a few weeks I had to find a project. I went down to the DI and found the nastiest kitchen table and chairs and bought them. (Turns out I love the Preston DI more than any other). My poor mother in-law took one look at them and thought I was crazy, they were not in the best of shape. BUT with all the time I had on my hands I had to try something new!

After a lot of work and lots of learning we had the AFTER! You'd be surprised at how easy this was! And I absolutely love that I have my kitchen table and chairs for a mere $35 !!!

I wont lie. I've got a nasty bug now... one where I keep finding new projects and cant think of anything else! I'll keep you updated on some of my newest JOBS!!!

How about an UPDATE!!! PART 1

The Smithsonian

Well, we made it to D.C. again, and this time to check off the SMITHSONIAN!!! It was so funny cause as we were walking to the museum I noticed that we were walking along some pretty huge sights as if they weren't even there. SO... we slowed down just a little bit... and breathed it all in.

Here we are displaying the Capital of the U.S. of A! Note to self and anyone else reading this, when spending the afternoon in DC during June... always bring a hair tie for a pony tail!

AND THIS.... is the Smithsonian castle! I wouldn't mind living in a castle like this one day. Cory can even be a mad scientist if he wants to. This castle was cool, the first floor was the only floor we had access to (bummer), but to make up for it Mr. Smithsonian himself was right there in the front entry way... in his gigantic urn!

And this lil beauty is an actual piece of the original American flag!!! How insane is that! The actual flag is on display but you aren't allowed to take pictures of it. Something about preserving it cause its so old. ha ha ha. We are seriously so blessed to have our freedom and live here in the 50 nifty United States! Most important I am grateful for 2 of those states in particular. Utah and Idaho (got to throw that shout out in for the Waters).

Our next stop of course had to be the kids fun stop. Cory loves all the hands on stuff! Such a little kid at heart!

This is the actual Mr. Potato Head! You get the eyes, nose, mouth and other such necesities. And you provide your own face, such as a tomato, the classic potato, or if you wanted to get real crazy... a green pepper! But seriously, Cory and I decided that this toy was by far better as the original! The new one takes all the creativity out of it!

Julia Childs kitchen. Not going to lie, didn't know a thing about her until I saw the movie Julie and Julia. I loved it and now am inspired to cook better... not professionally, just better.

The actual ninja turtle suit. It was really short, I always thought of them bigger, probably cause I was a youngin when that came out.

This is Jared, Cory's brother. He now lives with us as he's working on becoming a millionaire along with us in the summer sales thing... ha ha ha.

I think that this is the museum that was based on the movie "Night at the Museum". Ben Stiller offers virtual tours.

Isn't it weird that this is real???I thought so!

And there he is! The famous movie star himself!

This kinda captures the whole day. Jared would walk behind us everywhere with his phone in his hand and when Cory would stop to look at something Jared would run right into him. ha ha ha.

We got this shot with the help of 6"7 Jared! Look at those chompers!

This was kinda cool. They actually had a lab that you could watch the people as they worked on the bones.

I couldn't tell if the guy was for real, or if he was one of the workers on break pretending. Cory insists that he was real.

This guy was HUGE! Cant imagine if I had to run from him.

This little (ha ha ha) baby was an added bonus to our trip cause I had no idea that it was going to be there or it would have been on my list of things to see. The HOPE DIAMOND! 45.52 carats.

It is amazing to read about where this bad boy has been. They can get info back to 1668! It has so much history. Its crazy to me though, that now it just sits in a clear glass case with a sercurity officer guarding it. It needs to be out in the world making more history. I know just the girl to do it too! Okay, fine, I'll do it!

And of course when the diamond gets to the United States some lady puts it on her dogs collar and hides it in her couch cushions! What does that say?

Well, it really did take us a full day to see this grand ol museum. We didn't even hit everything but we did see so much! Our minds were enlighlened and we learned so much. We had so much fun just getting to spend some time together and seeing some insanely awesome things! And even though it was a blisteringly hot day, we didn't have any casulties.