Googled it.

Well, well, well. It looks as if we have been living a double life. Click on this picture to make it bigger and you too will see that Dalan is listed as the manager over on the Rex Ranch. Here is a clearer link if you need more solid Proof. ;)  Now if only we were getting paid for that manager position. . . . Apart from the manager status, this was our address for a couple months. I say it is time that Dalan updates his resume ;)

Invite ideas!

This is an invite for some of the girls that are not excited to be wearing pioneer clothes on Trek. I don't really blame them, honestly. BUT it will be fun! And we are all doing it ;) Some positive peer pressure can't hurt, right? 

 

We can't go to Trek NAKED 

so . . . . . 

Join us Tuesday at 5:00 to make a skirt, bonnet or both!

Who doesn't love free juice and a cute invitation!

Dalan Rees

 The fourth was so much fun, but mostly because I was able to have Dalan to myself for a WHOLE day! Awesome, right?! That doesn't even happen on Sundays! Here is our three picture run to get the perfect 4th of July waiting for the parade to start shot. . . .

Tongue out from Dalan and a big head from me . . . .

 Perfect picture of Dalan and a  HUGE head from me, bummer . . . 

And the final shot!

Dalan is just so fun to be around! I am the luckiest girl. We had such a fun week together. We went to the movies, had pizza and Root Beer Floats Saturday and had our first ma & pa meeting Sunday, which we ended by watching 17 Miracles. I can't wait for him to get back from Idaho today!

Be warned. Super Long Post.

I am going to start something here on my blog. It is going to be a little list of my favorite things from this week, month, day what ever I decide. Overall, I think it will help me to be myself. As a little insight into me, I am not good at letting everyone see what I am thinking, feeling ect. I like to put fences up, believe it or not I  like to live a really private life. Sometimes that means that I don't let people in on what is going on. I don't want everyone to know what goes on. This blog is a way for me to show you without really showing you. It's kind of like cheating. And I bet you didn't realize that a little list of my favorite things could be so serious :) So here is to letting me show you more about myself and I will just pretend that I am writing to Dalan. However, if I was he would already know these things. He is sooo easy for me to be around and I love him for that.

Let's Begin. My favorite thing to watch: The Bachelorette! 

I don't care what you think. I know this is a silly show, but I seriously get excited to watch it! This season Emily is such a sweetheart. She reminds me that I want to live in the South. Currently I am thinking Texas or Tennessee :)

My favorite songs:

1. Call Me Maybe. Yep. I jumped onto that bandwagon too. But it is so dang catchy! And I love this video the best, although the others offer some great dance moves.

2. Pontoon by Little Big Town. They have always been awesome in my book! Party in Slow Motion. Summer is such a fun time of the year! One day we will have a boat, it may not be until we are like 80, but it will come ;) and P.s. I know this song talks about a pontoon, but close enough. I like pontoons too. In fact one time Dalan and I went out on his friend's pontoon & it was a blast!

3. Somethin 'bout a Truck by Kip Moore. Face it. There is something about a truck.

Next up. Falsies. Love this mascara! I always get excited when I get to buy a new bottle!

 

Red, White & Blue Mini Cheesecakes!  These are just great! They are delicious and easy to make. and very refreshing :) Plus people will think you spent way longer slaving away in the kitchen than you actually did.

And I will make this my last one because this blog post somehow got really long. 

My Wall! I have had this wall ready for ever! We finally had time to put it all up last week and I love it. I love decorating and I am excited that things are coming together. What room is next?

Ok. I lied. Now, I have one last thing. I promise. If you are still reading, way to go!  

My favorite date night this week was riding horses with Dalan. It was so much fun, so relaxing and romantic. Plus, I am getting more and more comfortable with every ride. 

Thank you cowboy, for the ride <3

Family & the Fourth

The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday! This year I was lucky enough to have my family (well, some of them) visiting for some of Honeyville's pre-4th celebrations.

 We went to the kid's rodeo last night and it was a blast! There was so much to watch, like, SOOO much, we were there for over 5 hours but anyway, kids of all ages were showing off their cowboy, roping & riding the night away.

My brother & sister entered the chicken chase, presumably copied from a favorite activity of ours in Melba, the chicken run ;)

They also did the Money Sheep & Money Calf. It was fun to watch. So much laughing. The strapped dollar bills onto the animals and the poor things got chased all over the arena by a hundred little kids.

 

 Here is my sister watching the candy scramble for the littlest cowboys and cowgirls there.

I would recommend going to this! It is definitely something that I will be doing in the years to come. Maybe next year I will just go for a couple of hours instead of five . . . . but who knows :)

Nebraska Bound Again

This month has been so full. We have definitely hit the busy summer months. But it's not so bad, I have loved going with Dalan on our little adventures.

 Here we are headed with a load of cows towards Nebraska. This picture was taken somewhere in Utah . . . who really know where we were at this point. Wednesday we drove to the auction and slept in their lot so we could load first thing Thursday morning. Thursday was a huge day of driving. Friday we started trucking home and made it back by 8:30.Not too shabby. We were both so glad to sleep in our own bed and to get a full nights rest.

 There are so many tunnels! They were cool, but also kinda eerie in the huge truck. This was our second trip to Nebraska and it was not as rushed as the first one was. That was both a good and bad thing. After a while in the semi you just want to go home and snuggle on the couch.

It was fun to reminisce as we passed the Sydney exit, the way to our first home and lots of good friends that we haven't seen in too long. It made me sad to know we had no time to stop. I miss Nebraska!  

And of course the handsome driver! Dalan is just amazing. It has been fun to go truckin' and talk about the world with my best friend. 

and P.s. my stomach is getting stronger and stronger. I didn't even get sick this time!