Another one bites the dust!

Well, We've finished another room in our house, Finally. We started this room the day before we moved in, and after a Lo-ot of work, IT'S FINISHED! WOOOO! We finished our master bedroom last night around 10:30ish. It looks so nice. It took a lot to get it there, but we're done! When we moved in the walls were all this blue-green color, and one of the walls had a huge chunk of the wall paper removed, so we thought we would removed the rest of the wall paper and just start over on it....little did we know what we were in for. After we started removing it we realized that there was about 6 layers of wall paper, a couple layers of paint, and another layer of wall paper! Now, the house was built in 1941, and we're pretty sure this is the original wall paper that we were trying to remove. It wasn't easy, at all. We bought all sorts of chemicals, razors, and sanders to try to get all of the layers off. We had about 12 people that came to help us. and I'm so glad because we couldn't have finished it when we did without everyone's help. THANKS to those of you that came to help! After spraying chemicals that burned our skin to try to get it off, and sanding 1.5 walls, we decided to just razor it off with razor scrappers. It was a huge project that we weren't expecting. Needless to say, the rest of the rooms in our house, the wall paper is STAYING! I'm not going through that again!

Anyways, we painted our room Red and White! It was kinda a pain in the butt! I painted the Red walls first, let them dry, and then taped them off so I could paint the white on the other walls and the ceiling. Well after I painted the white walls, I started taking the tape off, and it started peeling the red off, in HUGE chunks. Not on the edge where I had just painted, but under the rest of the tape. So I had to go back and re paint all of the edges, and the trim, which totally defeated the purpose of taping them off because then I got Red on the white and white on the Red. I was about ready to just throw the cup of Red paint I was using on the White walls and call it good last night. I was so frustrated. I usually don't even take the time to tape it off, and now I know why. Ok, so that's probably not the reason, it's probaly more along the lines of me being lazy, but still. I wasn't very happy! But despite the issues I had, It looks pretty awesome if I do say so myself! We ended up scrapping the ceiling as well because it had the popcorn stuff on it, and I knew I would get paint on it, so we just took it off...but then we had to wash the ceiling before we could paint it! Such a pain....but it turned out awesome as well!  I'm excited to move everything in tonight and see what it's gonna look like with the pictures and other stuff on the walls. The white walls right now look really boring, but once we get everything put in, it's gonna look awesome! I'm going to post some pictures of the final walls without anything moved in, and then I'll post some of after everything gets moved in probably tomorrow or Thursday! I'm very excited to have this room done. Now I can work on our scrapbook, and slowly work on painting the other rooms that need to be painted...and trust me, there's A LOT of them! 







Our Home



So, I know that I've been promising some pictures of our new house, and here are a couple! We don't have too many yet, but we're still doing LOTS of work. We have finished one room so far, the living room, and we're still working on the master bedroom, which, if I may say, totally sucks! I'm about ready to just take a baseball bat to the walls, and make Victor put them back up! haha We are peeling layers of wall paper and paint off before we can paint it. but when we're finally done with it, It's going to look SOOOO good!



Before of the living room









Before of the living room

Finished Living room

Finished Living Room



Master Bedroom when we moved in



Our family is growing!

our little no name

No...I'm not pregnant...I wish, but not even close! haha

on Friday Aug 26 we got the cutest little puppy. he's a little English Springer! Victor is going train him for Search and Rescue! He is such a sweet little puppy....although he's sorta a Pain In The Butt! I want to call him MR. PIB! We still haven't come up with a name for the little guy. We want him to have a name after his personality, BUT since he sleeps the whole time we're with him, We haven't seen too much of his personality!

 We have him in a little 4 Foot by 4 Foot pen, and no matter what we do, he gets out of the thing. He's just a little too small for it. While he's in the pen he does nothing by cry and whine. Which is why he sleeps while we're actually with him, and have him out of the pen.

This is what happens when we spend time with him!

Last night we thought we were making progress since we both slept pretty much all night, and we were waken up by his yelping, but then when I opened the bedroom door this morning, he was laying outside our door. I'm not sure how long it took him to get up the stairs since he is still too small to really be able to do them, but there he was. So I took him into one of our extra rooms, that just happens to have a spare bed in it, and he goes to the bed, and falls alseep...instantly! I think he's gonna be a good little pooch, once he gets over the, being able to get out of the pen, stage! He will eventually be an outside dog, but he's only 6 weeks old right now, so we don't want to leave him outside alone yet. Here are some pictures of the little guy. We haven't come up with a name for him yet, so if you have any ideas, please throw them at us! 

amazement

Hello friends and Family! Thanks for visiting!

These last couple of weeks I have experienced lots of HAPPINESS, lots of PAIN, and lots of STRESS. Let me explain!

Happiness- We bought our first house and got moved in! It feels so amazing to actually own the house we're
                   in so we can fix it up, and not worry about what the landlord is going to say. We have done lots
                   of work on the house, and there is still lots more to be done. I will post before and after pictures
                   as soon as we complete at least 1 of the rooms. Its been so much fun to be able to do these
                   projects with my husband, even though it really feels like nothing is going right...its fun to be able
                   to do them together! We're re-finishing our hardwood floors in the living room and dinning room
                   as well as having to peel like 6 layers of paint and wall paper off the walls in our master rooom.
                   We are getting there though! We each have our own projects, and then the ones we are doing
                    together! L.O.V.E it!
Pain- The night before we moved into the house, Victor had to take me to the ER with Kidney Stones. The
          Pain started at about 10:30 while we were moving a load over to the new house, and just got worse
          until about 12:00 when Victor gave me a blessing, and then was prompted to take me in. I couldn't
          stand up straight, and was screaming in pain. When we got to the ER it took them about an hour
          before they could give me anything, and I wasn't very nice about it. The stones passed on Monday
          but not before 2 days of lots of pain, pain pills, and throwing up. Not a fun way to move into a new
          house! But we're in and loving it!
Stress- Last Friday, August 19, I had to have Victor drive me down to Cedar City to have a procedure
            done to remove some pre-cancerous cells off my cervix. I was so out of it, I don't remember too
            much, but I do know he took me to Cafe Rio after. They had me on Loritab, and Valum. Not a
            good mixture for a lightweight like me! Everything went well during the procedure, and they got
            all the cells removed. I have to go back in in a couple of weeks for a follow-up, but things should
            be good. I was so grateful for my mother and father in law for coming over, helping with the house
            helping cook, and clean! I'm so lucky!

The reason I titled this post AMAZEMENT is because 2 weeks ago I was totally LOVING life, then I got the call from the doctors saying they found these cells, and my world just did a total 180. I was scared that they wouldn't get all the cells, and just scared for the procedure itself. It's crazy how life can change so freaking fast.

OH WELL!!!!! I still have the most amazing husband, and I know I get to be with him, FOREVER...no matter what happens!
  

SOOOOOO much going on



Bryce Canyon



ok...so I sorta fail as a blogger...but I'm hoping that once you hear what has been going on, you might forgive me....if not, you can come visit, and there might be brownies! (Brownies have helped bribe people for the past couple weeks...still hoping they will work)



Victor & The Duke



alright....first of all, the Montana trip has been postponed due to mom being in the hospital again. We're hoping to be able to go out in October maybe...but we're not really sure now. I can't wait to see my nephew...and I'm pretty sure I would be considered one of the WORST aunts in history since I haven't seen him yet, and he was born the end of February. Instead of Montana Victor and I decided to celebrate our anniversary early and take the 3 days and go to the Grand Canyon. I went once when I was little with my grandma and poppy, but I couldn't remember ANYTHING about it. So since we live pretty close to it, we decided to take off. It was an amazing trip. We left Sunday morning, and went down to Bryce Canyon again, but we did some hiking this time. It's so pretty there. After we did Bryce Canyon, we drove down to Kanab, UT. Just a small little town right on the Utah, Arizona border. We went to the "Little Hollywood" museum there. It was pretty cool. It had a bunch of old Western movies sets, that were used in real movies. They included some sets that had John Wayne, and Clint Eastwood in them. And even though I've never seen any of the movies, Victor was pretty excited about them. He had to get his picture taken with "The Duke" just to show off!



Grand Canyon



    Then Monday we drove the 1.5 hours to the Grand Canyon. I felt like a little kid on Christmas morning. The closer we got to the visitors center, and to the actual Canyon, the more excited I got. I got butterflies, and I was all jittery. Victor was laughing at me, but I was just so excited! I took hundreds of pictures, just because I wanted to bring as much home with me as I could. We did a little hiking there too, and we found this Wedding Site. They actually do real weddings at this spot, that overlooks part of the Canyon. It's pretty neat. We spent most of the day there, taking pictures, hiking, taking pictures, driving, taking pictures, talking, and taking pictures. I can't wait to blow some of them up, and frame them. I'll be famous in my own mind! haha.



Wedding Site, where the guests would sit



Mountain Sheep



   After the Grand Canyon we decided to go to Zions, since that's where we went on our Honeymoon, and we didn't have to be home till Wednesday. We drove the Zions that back way, and saw some Mountain Sheep right next to the road. It was so cool. We could have pet on of them, if they liked us! Then we went to St. George to see Lori, and the girls! It was so fun to see them. Those girls are so dang cute!

   On Tuesday we decided to go back to Zions to do some more hiking. We hiked up the Narrows, which is the Virgin River. There were some spots in the river where I thought I was going down. Since I'm so short, I couldn't reach the bottom...and I just kept trying to float away. It was lots of fun though. Then we came home, cause we still had lots going on!



Wedding Site where the Bride and Groom would stand





Grand Canyon



 When I say lots going on...what I really mean is, WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOUSE!!!!! That's right...we're finally home owners. I love our house! Right now we're painting, and still trying to move in. We closed last Tuesday, got the keys Thursday, and started moving Friday. However, we had a little set back when Victor had to take me to the ER Friday night with Kidney Stones. These dang stones just don't leave. They like to tease me, making me think they are gone, but NOOOOOO they're just playing. We finally got everything moved in on Saturday. It's so stressful not knowing where anything is, but it feels so nice knowing that its ours, and we can do what we want with it.

   I also got to quit Wal*Mart, and go back to work full time at Rick's Richfield Monuments. I LOVE this job. I get to play on the computer working on Custom Artwork, working on people's headstones, and picking their stencils. It is really such a fun, different job. I love it!

     Anyways, that's pretty much everything going on with us. I hope you're all doing well!!!! :)

This Summer

Hello Friends and Family!!!!
     Sorry it's been so long since I've posted! Things have been CRAZY....but SOOOO much fun!!!
Here's the rundown of the "summer" so far! I put quotes around "summer" since it's been raining and cloudy since April....and it's only been the last few days that it's been nice here!

Anyways, I got hired on at WalMart as a Cashier...which is fun. It's so nice to get out of the house and actually meet friends! I told them I wouldn't work Sundays and I didn't want to work past 9:00 PM....and I haven't had to yet! It's been great!

May 9th was Victor's Birthday! That night we had a nice dinner (yes, I actually made a full dinner, and not just the main dish), then the next Sunday we had a little party, with cake and ice cream. We had his parents come over, and one of our friends from Provo came down! It was nice to see him!

   We also went to Bryce Canyon last weekend. It was so nice! I remember growing up and thinking I wanted to go there some day! It was soooo pretty! We hiked around a little bit, but it was super windy so we didn't do too much! We're also talking about going to the Grand Canyon and to Zions here pretty soon. I went to the Grand Canyon when I was really little, but I don't remember it too much!

Last week I made a trip up north to see my grandma!!! Oh...I miss my family lots! It was so nice to see them...even with all the drama going on!!! My thoughts and Prayers go out to my Nana!

oh...and the best part....WE PUT AN OFFER IN ON A HOUSE this week! We're waiting to hear back if they accepted it or not!!!! We'll see! keep your fingers crossed!
Click here to see the house, and let me know what you think!!!!!!


I hope you're all doing well!!!!

What have we been up to....?

WELL!!!! We've been up to  A LOT....of no good. HAHA Just kidding. We've been busy with work, trips, family, and US! These last couple months have been CRAZY!!!! I feel soooo cut off from the world these days, but things are getting better!
   I ended my job last week....and I was back to doing nothing this week. Well...almost nothing. i finally cleaned our house that needed it, got totally caught up on the Laundry, Caught up on my sleep for the first time since I started working, and spent some long overdue time pampering myself!

Victor Racing

Victor was busy with his BMX racing. He's loving it. He did crash a few weeks ago, and tore some muscles in his back. He couldn't move his back for about 2 weeks. Poor guy...but he's still enjoying it.

We have been super busy trying to find the perfect house for us to start our family in. House hunting is lots of fun, but also a little stressful. Especially when we were both working our butts off!

I made some GOOD friends while I was working at the MART, and I miss seeing them and laughing with them every  day, but it sorta nice to not have to get up at 4 and 5 in the morning. I've turned into a horrible morning person since we've been married!

Dad, Victor, Me & Mom at Dinner

We had family come visit us in March...My parents came down for a weekend, and Victor's sister Lori and her husband Aaron came to visit! We went bowling with them, and had a great time! Victor and I have been bowling a lot lately...we usually go every Monday night since we bowl for free. In fact we decided to get bowling balls for our birthdays! I'm so excited! I got a pink one (Of course) and Victor got on that smells like grape (I think). I laughed at him, but it is a pretty sweet ball!!!

Lori & Aaron

Tonight we are going up to Mona (about an hour and a half drive) to watch the UFC fights with some friends! I'm so excited to see them! Its been a while since we've seen them, or hung out with them. It should be a good time!

I hope you are all doing well, and that you enjoyed the Easter weekend!!! :)