What we have been up to.....

Well, we decided to keep the pup, and have a name for her now!

Ellie Belli.

She is crazy and has never ending energy and she is driving us completely nuts......but we love her too much and couldn't give her away. She is getting a tiny bit better......she still chews on almost everything in sight....including my table chairs (ahhhh!) but she is making less accidents in the house, which makes life so much more happier for me! I am kinda a neat freak....I think I am OCD when it comes to having a clean house. She is going to go to obedient school at the first of December, so they can teach ME how to train her.....cause I have no clue what I am doing!

We love it when she sleeps....it gives us a little break from all her craziness!

Ohhh, she looks so sweet, doesn't she?

BUT we know better!

She is the biggest stinker ever....I am pretty sure she has replaced Marley in "Marley and me" as the worlds worst dog!

Like always, we are always trying to improve our house....it's never ending.

WE GOT NEW DOORS! YAY!

Here is the BEFORE picture of the front door:

It's not that bad looking of a door, but it wasn't energy efficient and let a lot of cold air in our house, so we replaced it!

The new door !!

DOOR # 1

Door #1 painted! RED! LOVE IT!

I have always wanted a red door, and now I have one! :)

BEFORE picture of the back door:

DOOR #2

How about that doggie door?!?

Kinda big, the people who lived in our house before had a HUGE dog.....

not like our little Elle.

New energy efficient door.....

In RED too! :)

So, painting doors stinks....it's not easy! I thought it would be SO easy, that it would only take us a couple of hours.....not so much. More like all day! It required 4 coats! Blah....we'd be okay if we NEVER EVER had to paint a door again!

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!

Ryan put them up before the snow come. YAY!

She is just so cute.....I have to post the cute pictures of her.

It's our little family....and she is like my baby...

so I like to show her off.

She actually didn't mind her bath....she is a funny dog.

YAY !! It's NEW MOON time !!

FINALLY! After a year of waiting, it's finally here! We are so excited!

We get to see it Nov. 19th....a WHOLE day before it is suppose to come out!

We're having a GIRL night....and it's going to be great!

Thank you Jamie and Kassie!!! :)

Then, one time isn't enough, we are going again to see it the next day!

I love pictures.....so of corse I have to post all my favorites.

Oh, cute!

LOVE....her shoes!

....and her dress!

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

We have had a busy October, lots has happened! We've gotten a lot done on our house, insulation in the attic, all new windows through out the house, and two new energy efficient doors. So far, it seems to make a difference, last winter we almost froze to death cause our house was so cold, but now with all we've done.....we hope its warmer....it better be!!! Windows are not cheap!

We also got a puppy. She is so cute! She is a Scottish terrier ( Scottie dog) and very, very busy....like most puppies. She is such a spaz....we'll just stand there and she'll run circles around us like she is crazy.... she has so much energy. Her hobbies right now are to chew, play with her squeaky toy and get into everything. We haven't named her yet......we can't decide on a name. We've had her for almost a month.....and still no name.....we are such slackers. We have been thinking about Sophie or Lucy.....I like Sophie the best....but Ryan is still deciding if he likes it. Any suggestions? We actually haven't fully decided if we can keep her, we want to, but we are worried that she doesn't get the attention that she needs, we are always gone at work.....and she is alone a lot. We love her, and have grown very attached to her.....we just want her not to be lonely. I hate, hate, HATE decisions......we don't know what to do!

The Halloween season this year was fun, we were able to go to 2 haunted houses, a corn maze, and had plenty of late night scary movie watching. This year for Halloween, we were 1920's Flappers. We got all dressed up and went to the Weber state Halloween party.......we only stayed there for about 15 minutes tops. I am getting old, the Halloween parties are never as fun as they used to be....we only decided to go just to have an excuse to dress up. We made our costumes and some of the accessories, like the gloves and the feather hair pieces. We love to dress up and usually go all out. We are all grown up now....but we don't care....we still want to dress up! We love Halloween!

cool, huh!

The roaring 20's!

Dry ice is so cool.

Love.

Ha, ha....

Our friend John's outfit was the best,

he was like 9 feet tall! We got lots of attention walking around with him.

Our dear cute and adorable puppy....

that is is yet to have a name!

ohh, looks like she is laughing! :)

She is just so, so, SOOOO cute!

ohh....we love her.

Now Halloween is over :(

BUT...... it just keeps getting better and better! Yummy Thanksgiving is on it's way and then it's CHRISTMAS TIME! Hoo-ray!! I am thinking I will put up my tree in about two weeks, about the middle of November. Christmas is my most favorite time of year! And the decorating is so fun! I can't wait for all the happy feel-good movies, egg-nog, and Christmas songs! I really can't get enough of the Christmas season.

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.