Busy Bees

Well, I have finished my Anatomy & English class, bunko at my house went successfully (& I plan on posting about that eventually . . . but no time now). We are pretty busy here lately. Yesterday I helped Dalan move straw bales. Today he finished it up while I was at work (also another post to be made) and burned the field and I couldn't drag him in the house to eat if I wanted to.

So we are going to have a picnic in the tractor & I'm getting excited. I am going to pre-apologize though. I have been waiting for Dalan to be ready for lunch and have been running around helping him on and off since noon & I am so excited for lunch.

Which is my excuse for having a mini photo shoot of our food. Our simple and easy lunch. Really there is no reason to take pictures of sandwiches and chips & snacks. It's embarrassing really.

But when you are this hungry it's just how it goes. It's the only thing I can do to keep from snacking on chips, and eating all of the grapes I bought today.

yummy. I can't wait to eat this. Happy August everyone!

Bunko!

Bunko is being hosted by yours truly this month. I am totally psyched. I love having people over & I love parties. Plus, only a hand full of lovelies have seen our cute little house.

The plans are starting to come together. The prizes are completely ready, the desserts are simple & delicious.

The house will be cleaned & hopefully our little friend the mouse will be captured by then.

I will definitely have an after-party blog post to ensure you know exactly how it goes.

I shouldn't post this yet, because I may or may not have given a sneak peak to some prizes. but I think I will anyways.

This bowl is filled with a piece of a prize. Can you tell what it is? At first glance Dalan thought they were cigarettes. I assure you, although this week has been rather stressful, the only bad habit I have indulged in is eating too many cookies :)

* I will show you the other 8 prizes later :) *

A Stressful Story

As we turned off the lights to go to bed a rather large spider raced across the floor. Dalan tried to get it, but it was dark and the little, but scary guy was fast. I knew that I would find that spider again in the morning when Dalan was in Idaho & too far away to come home & smoosh it. I took a deep breath & tried to forget about it as I drifted off into my dreams. The next morning I had basically forgot about the spider. Little did I know I had much bigger problems up ahead. As I worked on some more craft projects (more about those later!) I came face to face . . . ok fine. I came toes to nose with a mouse! Ah! it was everything a mouse is supposed to be, creepy & small & with beady little eyes except for instead of scampering in the fields it was in my house! I tried to make it escape out the back door, but it was all in vain as it ran behind the washer & dryer. Now there are traps galore & I wear my snow boots to do laundry. Does anyone have any tricks up their sleeves that you could share? I am going crazy. I am very hopeful that the little rodent came through the door & not through a wall . . . .

Pepper's new friend.

This is where it all started. Once upon a time when Pepper was just a little ball of soft fuzz there lived a cat. This cat was rather mean and territorial (to Pepper, not really to people, I don't think) She wouldn't let Pepper sit on the porch & she would scratch Pepper's poor little black nose.

Because of this experience, when Pepper first caught sight of Heather's new kitten she was equally scared of it as he was of her. Actually, she was more scared.

After many encounters & shy awkward moments, they are now good friends. They love to play and chase each other.

Such a cute pair, who would have thought they would be besties.

It makes us laugh to watch them play and many nights are spent on the front porch watching them.

Sweet Pepper just loves everyone.

4th of July

Monday we went and watched the fireworks on the baseball field.

Fireworks are my absolute favorite! I wish they had fireworks on New Years so that I don't have to wait so long.

This is Dal and I having fun taking pictures of the fireworks. Dal took this one. I love it.

I'm so glad Laura took this picture for us! Thanks Laura! I love it :)

Happy 4th of July to everyone!

It was so fun to celebrate with family. My mom, my sister Josie & my grandma Dorene were all here to celebrate with us!

The Other Woman

This is what happens when Dalan lays on the lawn. Pepper is instantly nestled into his outstretched arms & cuddling.

It makes me laugh so hard. She gets pretty jealous when I get to cuddle on the other arm.

No matter whether Dalan is in the house or outside, his lovely ladies are crowding his space & snuggling.

Aren't these two just the cutest :)

p.s. this is totally our lawn! It is coming along!

Summer Crafts

I have been on a craft kick lately and it is so much fun. These window shutters I found at the DI and got them for $3. Looking at the final project I love it and I am so glad that I saw some potential in these. I wish I had a before picture, the transformation is so great! I can't believe that I almost put them back. The plan is to hang these in the kitchen and put a couple more pictures in it.

This one I made this morning. I was in the middle of folding laundry when all of a sudden I found myself making a wreath . . . I finally hung the hook on our door and one hour later (ok. fine. 27 minutes later, I am an impatient girl) I hung the wreath! The best part is that I made it with some wire from around the farm and fabric that I found at the DI a couple months ago.

Now I am debating hitting up some more DI's and craft stores before classes start. I love that you never know what you will find there.

p.s I can't wait for my crafty sister to come to Utah State so I'll have a partner in crime! Take a look at her super cute rings here!

Best.Husband.Ever

I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday. Thanks to one of our good friends we were able to find a place that did the surgery completely free + paying us to let them do it. Can't get much better than that. Dalan dropped me off at the Jean Brown Research Center and by 6:30 the two teeth on the left side were pulled. And I looked like these lovely ladies, but a lot less chipper. (actually, I still do)

They wheel chaired me back downstairs and I said good-bye to Dalan in a mumble. He felt bad leaving me there all day but for $250 it was ok. I watched Marley & me first, super sad movie. By the end of the movie my numbing was gone and I was a 10 on the pain scale that they asked me about every 5 minutes. (seriously, every 5 minutes) They gave me four pills and I was crossing my fingers that I didn't get the placebo. Gratefully after about 45 minutes the 10 was dropping down to a 6 and slowly to a 4 and a 3. That is about where it stayed all day. The best part was when the I heard Dalan come to the front desk, I was in the room right next to the door. I was so exited to see him and to leave the little closet. He carried my stuff out and had a lot of great soft foods ready for me to eat. He even thought to bring me a spoon. And he had my prescriptions filled and ready to take. He talked to me the whole way home even though most of my responses were short and the left side of my face had little facial expression. When we got home Dalan sat with me on the couch and it felt so good to be home and be taken care of. Dalan had me eat some rice pudding and I was able to get something in my stomach. Dalan has been so great and helpful. I have the best husband ever. I love you Dalan.

P.s Dalan is officially done with his undergraduate! He took his last test last night :) YEAH!

Summer Heat

For two hours Dalan worked away to give Pepper her new summer-do. Although she still looks a little funny to me, it was clear that she was feeling so good after the long process.

She couldn't stop running and jumping and wagging her little tail. She wasn't shy about her new do in the slightest.

I'm glad we cool off with otter pops & air conditioner. I wouldn't be a cute or outgoing baldy like Pepper.