Couldn't wait any longer....

......I had to put up my HALLOWEEN stuff! I put it all up a week ago. I am a little bit of a weirdo, I just LOVE to buy holiday decorations......I can't get enough of it! I buy more holiday decor then normal home decor! I walk into a store and I am instantly drawn to the Halloween isle.....and I could stay there forever. I am even worst when it come to Christmas stuff, I have so much Christmas decorations, it all can't fit in my house! I have like two Christmas trees, and that's not including the OTHER 3 smaller trees and the little tree that goes outside on the front pouch. I get so excited every year, I even day dream about where things are going to go and things I can make. I think I will never, ever get tired of decorating for the holidays, I will decorate my house till the day I die! I get really excited about the little things!

I got this plate holder in my kitchen, so I am always looking for festive plates to change through out the year according to the season. I don't have any fall plates, so I made some. They turned out okay, but I am still learning.

I love pumpkins....we counted, and I got 10 pumpkin decorations in my living room....

but only two in my kitchen.

Oh, how I love my new mantle!

It was so fun to decorate!

The dinning room:

the chandler is my favorite.

I got this cute candy corn candle idea from http://littlenannygoat.blogspot.com/. It's a craft blog, and there's lots of great ideas! I love crafts, and it helps me fill my head with new ideas! It's so nice to have a hobby and stay busy. I sometimes feel my life is so routine....sleep, work, eat, then back to bed. It can feel like a never ending cycle.....and I find myself needing hobbies to change it up a bit. That's why I get so excited for holidays.....CHANGE AND FUN! I love all seasons! awww....I love Summer! I love tee-shirts and flip flops, boating, fireworks, etc. But I love the winter time too, when you get to snuggle up, with an nice warm blanket, in your cozy house.....with an good book or a movie! Most of our "Movie marathons" are in the winter time. I am ready for the change, I am getting excited to get down all my hoodies and sweaters. And I am a traditional girl, and the holidays are full of traditions.

We have lots of fun and exciting plans ahead.....we are getting all new windows and doors in our house! I know, I'm feeling old now, getting excited about WINDOWS!! AND....HAUNTED HOUSES are now open! Who doesn't love to be scared! :)

No work, all play....and some home improvement.

Ryan and I took some time off from our jobs, we were able to take ten days off total. The last ten days have be great, no work and all play, almost. Oh, how I loved being able to sleep in, wear jeans and tee-shirts everyday, and spend ALL day long with my cute husband of mine! It really was so nice to get away from the normal routine of life and get stuff done that we never have time for. We started our vacation with some boating, probably the last time we can go this year before the fall. Even though the weather was kinda cloudy the day we went.....the water was glass....and it was great. I have now discovered that it is way fun outside of the wake!

For LABOR DAY,

we went up to Wellsville and went to the founders day parade with my cute family.

Cute Aunt Connie and Tommy.

*Happy, Happy*

Ready, set.....get that candy!

sisters

Gramps and his tag-a-long.

THE SHAM BATTLE

Wellsville, Utah

FREE WATERMELON! I love free!

HOME IMPROVEMENTS!

Our fireplace, just a little bit bare, don't ya think? (Excuse all the tools.)

Ta-da! We now have a mantle!

Oh, and Ryan made it! He did such a great job! I can't even wait to put up fall decorations on it! AND the fan in the middle of the room is new too....we never had any kind of light in our living room, just lamps, which never gave out enough light. A new light was much needed, and BONUS...add a fan to it....I'm so happy! Plus, we added 4 other light fixtures throughout the house....to update the old fashioned ones we had. They look so much better! There is so many things we want to do, it feels like it is never ending. I am so happy I have a husband that can do everything....it saves us lots of money. I love my Mr. fix-it so very much.

PEACH DAYS!

There's my cousin Tommy!

One of the cutest floats in the parade.

{Family}

My work buddies!!

STAR WARS.....WOO-HOO!

Yes, I am kinda a Star Wars nerd, thanks to my brother Jeff! When Episode 3 came out forever ago, we waited in line at the movie theater for 9 hours for the mid-night show.....we had shifts of course, I was there for like 3 hours, then Katie come and waited for about 3 more hours, then me and Jeff met up with Katie and we waited the last couple of hours together.

CAR SHOW!!
My father-in-law cars.

68 Vette

Pretty, pretty!

I love when we get to ride in his cars, people are always looking and pointing at us. And best of all, they are FAST......

55 Chevy

This car is my favorite....every thing was restored. It was Ryan's dads first car, he dated Ryan's mom in it, and both him and Ryan fixed it up together (father and son bonding time).....so it has lots of sentimental value. It's so pretty and it wins lots of metals.

MORE YARD WORK.....

But, there is a light at the end of the tunnel! All we have left is to put in the pipe for the sprinkler system, level the dirt and put in the seed.....and hopefully next spring, we should have grass!! Happy day!!

Our back yard after we cleared out the ugly weeds.....

My hard-workers.

Our ten day vacation is over now, but we got SO MUCH DONE! Most of all, I loved to spend every waking hour with my Ryan. It seems that we would drive each other crazy, but for some reason, the more we are together, the better we get along. I just love him so much.

Odds & Ends

I have been wanting to update for awhile, but we really haven't been up to anything too big! The busyness of summer has calmed down, and now we are back to normal life. Most of our life is filled up with our jobs....but, that's life, dang it! I am very much looking forward to being a momma one day....."sigh"..... my time will come. Besides that, with the other time we have, we have been doing odds and ends around our house, we finally cleaned out the garage...WOO HOO! We have only lived there for 1 year and a half now...and finally did it!

An on-going project since last summer has been your yard! And I am happy to say....we finally have grass....in the front yard! The back yard....not so much, we are still working on it. It's full of horrible ugly weeds, blah! But that will change soon, we are clearing out the weeds and putting in a sprinkler system, well, that's the plan at least. Hopefully by next spring we will have grass! Oh....then it will be lovely.....we will have a back yard we can use!!

The backyard :(

*BEFORE*

Dirt.....ugly, ugly dirt.

*AFTER*

I love grass. It's makes me so happy.

Another project (we have many) that is pretty much done, is remodeling our little mini master half-bath....if you can call it that. It's the size of a closet, and only has a toilet and a sink. Besides the size, I am quite proud of how it turned out! I wish I had a "before" picture....but I forgot to take one. Oops. It was pretty sad....it had blue carpet...CARPET in a bathroom! Ewww! That was the first to go! We titled the floor and painted the walls from a dirty, dingy white to a light brown/dark tan color. We got new base board, a brand new sink, a new medicine cabinet, new lights, and new decorations.

One of the only things left to complete the bathroom was curtains. I was just going to buy some, but I couldn't find any that I liked that matched our new bathroom colors. I did finally find one at Lowes, but they cost $16.00....and were too big for our little window. So,I decided to put my rusty sewing skills to work, and got some fabric off the Clearance rack...and "WA-LA"....I got myself some new curtains....for only $3.00!

I have been in a extremely crafty mood lately.....I fill like my head is full of all these ideas and no time to do all of them! I have the best ideas for Halloween decorations! I am so excited to put up all my fall decorations, is it too early? I swear, every year I get excited too early and want to put them up....and it's only just the end of AUGUST!! That's my life story, I just can't wait for anything....I am so impatient.

"Ta-Da!"

The finished product.

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Last Sunday, we went on a little drive to Logan....just because. We just wanted to get out of the house and Ryan, of course, had genealogy on the mind.....wanted to stop by and see his great grandparents graves up in the Logan cemetery. We drove past USU.....which brings back so many happy, fun memories for me. I attended Utah state for 2 and a half years.

Even tho I lived up there in Logan, back in my college days (when I was just interested in my social life and most of all, boys!!) I never really stopped and looked the old Tabernacle or the temple. Ryan has never seen them either, so we stopped and walked around. Having a husband that loves church history is quite beneficial, I have learned so much from him and it makes these old buildings mean so much more, hearing the history about them brings them to life. We haven't been inside the Logan temple yet, but we hope to change that soon. Like every temple, it's beautiful.

*Pretty, pretty*

I love to see the temple.

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I am like years behind everyone else, but I just completed reading the whole HARRY POTTER series! And it was great! Way better than I expected! Before I read the books, I had seen all the movies, so when I started the books, I knew everything that happened up to book#5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. So when I started book #6, it was so fun, cause I had no clue what was going to happen! I finished book #6 right before the movie came out, which made the excitement of the movie coming out that much better! The last book was my favorite, it was so intense and like book #6, had no idea how it would all pan out. Loved it! Can't wait for the last two movies to come out!

I just thought this was a cute picture of the Harry Potter trio.

Emma Watson (Hermione) is so pretty.

OH...AND I CAN NOT EVEN WAIT!!
November 20th....is to far away!
82 days to go!!!

We are movie people.....I love going to movies, and watching movies at home. I have seen lots and lots of movies and am always wanting to see more and more. I have found a new favorite. I loved this movie! I have heard that a lot of people didn't like it, but.....I can't stop thinking about it. I know, I am such a weirdo. Ever since The Notebook, I have loved Rachel McAdams....and so.....I just had to see it. It has it's sad parts, but I thought it was so sweet and pretty entertaining. The ending was the best, so sweet. I think the reason I pick certain movies as my favorites, is because somehow I feel they relate to me. or just because I am a hope-less romantic.