new toy…

So a couple of Saturdays ago we decided to work on the outside of our home. Even though… the inside it a HUGE mess… really i think Ryan just wanted to pull his new toy out… I think he really enjoys mowing the lawn now. Ha. (we will see how long it lasts) So far he’s mowed it every Saturday… Looks good babe keep up the good work! Ha.

Also we have been “Under Construction” inside… Guess you’ll have to wait for the new pics to see how the house it coming along. 

 

(o how i will miss the yellow walls)

The current stage… ceiling= painted needs lights put back in, front room=painted needs some finish work, kitchen= premiered needs paint! its a workin progress and its actually going really fast! I always think its going slow regardless… i just hate living in a mess 24/7! Cant wait to start decorating! WoO!!!

fellow bloggers

For those of you who wanted to try the recipe for the home-made chicken nuggets  i posted a while ago here is where you can go to print it off! It was a good learning experience cause i have never peeled a garlic clove. Interesting… also i used bread crumbs instead of the crackers. Also i didnt use sea salt. So dont feel overwhelmed like i do! Just make it your style! Let me know if ya have a problem and also let me know how it goes for ya if ya did something different! I wanna know!

moab…

sleep, eat & jeep!

For spring break my fam wanted to hit up moab! Greg & Heather & there kids came, Sonia and Dan and there kids came, shawn & sara and there kids came and grandma & kim came along. We had a huge gang! The more the merrier! We left thursday and headed home sunday. Short but super fun! It was nice and hot! I got my first sunburn this year! woo! ha. Thanks for the good times!

  

 

 

 

Catching Lizards!

 

The delicate arch

The youngest one who made it up the mountain! Roxy!

The ride home… grandma & kim passed out! ha

re-modeling once again….

surprises arent always the best…

Okay, so monday night i was working and textin ryan. This weekend we are planning to go to moab with my family for spring break & me and ryan have been talking about re-modeling the front room. The yellow just needs to go!!! So i was textin ryan and telling him maybe we should wait to start and when we get back from moab we will start on it He told me he was at a job up in salt lake and wouldnt be home till late that night. So i finally get off work & walk into this>>>>>>>>

Surprise! He was working on this the whole time i was texting him at work! What a nerd!

He’s just doing the wood part for starters… he hung the bead board… and did the trim around the windows… it looks good so far! I’m okay with this surprise…

ry’s a chef

Okay for all of those who watched oprah the other day… this is for you. We tried the recipe on the show… and it turned out really really good! Ry had fun… the house stunk a little but it was good to learn something new!

 

The mess!

The end result! So good!

 

ry’s crafty crafty

So i’ve been beggin ry to build some shelves in our closet cause a good portion of our pants are existing on the floor… soo… one day i came home after work and to my surprise he was workin on this! I was so stoked! Makes our “walk in closet” so much bigger!

Thanks baby your the best!

crafty… crafty…

Crafty Crafty…. so i came home from work feeling very crafty… i had bought some picture frames form DI for $2 and decided i should do something with them… so… this what i did with one of them… turned our a little bit better than i thought! Woo… GIRLS… we need to do more crafts its freakin fun!

 

HCG DIET….

 Ryan’s new diet…

This is what it consists of… fruit, veggies, lean meat, NO SUGAR!

its call the HCG diet…

Good luck babe!

Diets suck! Cause when he can’t eat i can’t eat… well around him ;)

were goin!

Country Mega Ticket!

Okay, i gave in and got them! I couldn’t resist! 4 concerts! If you wanna come to get your tickets here!  http://promo.livenation.com/megaticket/usana-amphitheatre/  

Montgomery Gentry & Little Big Town             June 12th

Tim McGraw with Lady Antebellum July 30th.

Toby Keith Aug 14

 

And our FAVORITE Brad Paisley!!! with Darius Rucker September 24.

 

re-do’s

My grandpa left us a little bit of his old stuff from his house while he was doing his re-model. He gave us these little stands… so me and Ry went to work and dressed them up… it was so much fun!

Before:

after:

I love doing stuff like this…

1 room down….

Okay so here’s a little up-date of what we’ve been doing lately… this is the living room re-do! Turned out great! I still need to decorate a bit but am havin a little trouble deciding what i want on the walls…. blah!

Before….

 

After….

 

 

 

Thanks to my husband this room looks sooooooooooo good!

hot bean dip

for you aunt soni and whoever else wants it. I love this dip! So good!!!!

                    Ingredients:                                                                                     Instructions:

          1 (80z) cream cheese (soft)                                       blend sour cream & cream cheese

           2 (160z) refried beans                                     mix beans, seasoning, hot pepper, onion

5 drops hot pepper sauce                                          1/2 cheedar cheese & 1/2 monterey jack

        1/4 c. chopped grn. Onion                                                         put in 8x12 pan

       1 c. sour cream                                                                     top with remaining cheese

  1/2 (1 0z) taco seasoning                                                    Bake on 350 for 20 to 30 min till

     2 tbl. Dried parsley (optional)                                                      cheese is brown

     1 (80z) Montery Jack cheese                  mix all ingredients together.Not layered        

1 (80z) cheddar cheese

 

american idol 2010

This is who i’m voting for i really like him!

b-ballin

 

So sissy started this team! And… yeah were not too good but we have fun and get some good exercise and thats all that matters!

We thought this was our last game with sis! Fortunately we have our last one tomorrow and she gets to come! We love you sissy and don’t worry we will definitely play next year in your name!

(left to right: Ashley, nikkel, gentry, heidi, me and sissy!) missing: carli & steph

updating….

 Its coming along!

Just Adding a little updated picture… We are still painting as you can see! Its coming along though  surely but slowly. I just cant wait till this room is done so we can get the carpets all cleaned and move the rest of our stuff in!!! Ry also added some lights by the window you can see one. There cute. There little lanterns. It was a cute idea. He wants it so when were watchin movies we can have a dim light on. Ha. Well.. i’ll keep ya posted.

(Don’t worry Ryan came straight home from work and started workin on this. Thats why he looks like he has gray hair. He’s been sanding all day!)

house

Lately…

Okay so i need to update the pictures but the living room is coming along… Slowly but surely…  We’ve been contemplating on what we want to do with the front room… feel free to leave a comment or a site that gives ya some good ideas… were thinkin'  bead board on the walls and eventually way down the road doing a wood floor just in the front room so the carpet doesn’t get beet. I found a really cool lookin' chandelier that i want to put in the room… i don't know if goes with our style though. Give me some feedback…

I also love this idea and i’d put it right where this one is… behind the front door…

Anyways keep throwing me some ideas…. if ya have some!

Love you Sissy!

So my friend Jessica is leavin on a mission. Lucky bum got called to Honolulu Hawaii!!!! So a few friends got together to go to the temple and breakfast. It was so good getting together. Its awesome to see all our friends grow up and do there thing! So Happy for you Sissy!

us tryin to get a pic together at Kneaders.

Our Saturday night

Okay so Last night (Saturday night) Ryan got invited to go to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. He was just plannin to go by himself cause i had to work. Last min ryan asks me to get work off so i could go with him. So... I did. He hurried and raced home from work on Saturday and got ready and as we were heading out the door Ry asks "Lets just take your car". I recently heard they were giving away some pretty cool prizes at this thing, Guns, Four-wheeler, Safe ect... So i just threw out the comment "Maybe we should take the truck what if you win a safe". He laughed and said get your car started. So we headed to Provo. When we got in there were lines everywhere to buy raffle tickets and balloons that had tickets in them for certain prizes. So I got in one of the lines and bought a balloon and some raffle tickets for $100. ( i'm soo anal about this stuff i felt a little sick for just throwin' down a 100 bucks!) So... took my balloon back to our table and then they started dinner. Were all kinda hangin' out talkin and then the announcer gets up and shares some things and some good hunting trips and such. Then the Live auction starts. Listening to the guy is pretty cool! The auction goes FOREVER! After that they start doing the drawings around the room. We put in for a bowling ball. The womans gun, a sleeping bag and a couple other guns. No luck. So... they tell everyone to pop their balloons. Pull out there ticket write there name on one half and keep the other half. So we throw in our ticket and there is a 1 in 30 chance... this is for a nice gun or the big gun safe. Soo the announcer says k were drawin for the safe first... he pulled out a ticket and he shouted "Ryan Cottle" we both jumped up and screamed we couldn't believe it!!!! So... i'm glad we went!!! I take back all my bickering before. Pretty nice! Here is some pics. Ryan was pretty dang excited!

Our friends Tillie and Chase! (i think chase looks bummed? ha probably cause he didnt throw down! cause were hoppin he's savin his cheddar for Tillies ring!!!)

Ryan and his safe! Look at that big grin! ha

v-day

HAPPY

VALENTINES

DAY!

Happy V-day to everyone! Its been a good one for me... Ry ended up surprising me yesterday with a Valentine card and such. He seriously told me dont get anything this year... so i wasnt plannin on it. But he got me a sweet steppin stool (sounds lame but, i told him like a week ago i needed one, and HE REMEMBERED!) he's a cutie. He also got me a roberts gift card with some chocolate and coke! My favorite things! He's so thoughtful! I really appreciate him! So..... i didnt end up getting him anything..... so... we got in the car and headed to cabelas... blah! Lets just say he always get spoiled! ha. He deserves it.As well as a big breakfast the next morning. He such a babe! I love ya! Thanks for all ya do!