House Pictures

Now the moment you've all been waiting for....... ok maybe not, but here they are anyway! Ok our house is NOT finished, it's still a work in progress. You'll notice above all the doors and windows the casings are brown. We have to caulk and fill the nail holes (hoping to start that this weekend) before they can be painted white. So just use your imagination! Oh and also some of the doors and windows don't have their casings on yet. Who knows how long it will be until it's all done, we've been at kind of a stand still for a while, so I decided to just go ahead and post some pics. Loves to all!

Ps. I tried so hard to get them all in order before and after but once I posted and looked at them, they're totally not.... sorry!

Happy 50th!!!

This week, September 10-14 marks the 50th Anniversary of the love of my life..... Bonanza. Yes 50 years ago the first episode aired. They are having a convention in Lake Tahoe, I wish I could be there. It would be me and a bunch of elderly people, but I would LOVE it. I started watching when I was about 7. I don't usually like westerns, but with Bonanza it was love at first sight. I was so in love with Little Joe, ok I'm still so in love with Little Joe. Every episode has a moral to learn, they were such great examples. They had qualities that you never see in any of the male characters on tv these days. Just Fabulous. So Happy 50 years to my beloved show!



Who wouldn't love this face?

On My Soapbox

Today as I drove home I was listening to JD Hayworth. Love Him. He played a clip from a commercial. Celebrity after celebrity saying that they pledge to "Change the World". Most of the things they said, I agreed with, I pledge to be kind, I pledge to love others, I pledge to be the change I want to see in the world...... But then I heard the words " I pledge to SERVE Barack Obama". I think my heart stopped beating. What? What? What? I wanted to cry, I thought I was going to. I was in too much shock to produce tears. It seems like every day I am sad, or scared to death. Everyday I realize more and more that we are heading towards the unthinkable. What is wrong with people? I know that years from now he will be remembered and known as the tyrant, dictator that he is..... but what will happen to us in the meantime?
I might not be a celebrity but I am an American and I can state my opinions too.


I Pledge to work for what I need and want
I pledge to be accountable for my own decisions
I pledge to be kind
I pledge to love my neighbor
I pledge to comfort those that stand in need of comfort
I pledge to laugh at myself
I pledge to love my job and know that I am surrounded by the most precious things in this world. Children.
I pledge that they will know they are loved
I pledge that in my classroom they will not be forced to watch a speech by barack hussein obama
I pledge that I will be forgiving
I pledge to not judge others (well besides the liberals)
I pledge to love and serve my family and friends
I pledge to respect, honor and love my husband.
I pledge that I will not lose my faith in this country
I pledge that I will not stand by while my rights are taken from me
I pledge that I will try to not be so overjoyed that Ted Kennedy is dead. (ya right I hope he burns in hell)
I pledge that I WILL bear arms
I pledge that I WILL NOT go down without a fight
I pledge that I WILL NOT serve barack hussein obama.

Back to the land of the Living

I'm happy to say I am back in touch with the world! We finally got into our house on July 22, leaving us ONE week to gut and get as much remodeling done as we could. Let me tell you..... we freaking kicked butt! By the time we moved out of our apartment on July 30, we had all the flooring and baseboards torn up. Our railing removed, the entire house painted (every room, ceilings, closets... everything!) the bathrooms and laundry room had tile and we had the wood flooring done downstairs. I don't know when I've been so tired. Thank you to Tanner's parents for picking up and driving our more than 5,000 pound order of wood down from Cali! The first weekend Tanner, his dad, my dad, Bj and Tyler worked on the flooring. It looks unbelievable and I can't wait to post our pictures. Thank you to everyone in my family that helped us move! My dad blew his knee out helping us, so crappy! We're hoping it starts to feel better soon. My mom always says that "moving is a four letter word". Well as we were carrying boxes into our house I said to her "Mom, moving might be a four letter word.... but moving in July is a four letter word in front of a four letter word." It was so hot! But we had a lot of help! Once we had everything moved we were living downstairs until the upstairs flooring was done. We had four mattresses stacked up in front of our couch for almost a week, and that is where we slept...... four feet from the ceiling fan. Kristen and Jared came over and worked like crazy to get our baseboards, window and door casings on. All we have left to do is caulk and paint them. And put the wood on our staircase and my closet. Tanner's dad has spent so much time working on the floor! He drives down from Cali for a few days and works with Tanner the entire time.


Our house looks absolutely amazing! All I want to do is sit at home, I love it! I will post pictures soon!


Now you would think that doing all that and then having school start would push me over the edge...... Nope what did it was not having tv since June 12th! And then not having Internet since July 12th! It was fine at first but this past week I've been going insane. We finally took the time to have our cable and Internet set up! Now I'm in heaven!

My family went up to Josh's Cabin this past weekend, we had such a fun time! Thanks to the Taylors for letting us stay there! We missed Savanna who is already back up at BYU.

Hope all is well with everyone! Can't wait to catch up on everyone's blogs!