Getting Married

So I am really excited to show off these photo's that Troy and I took of Craig and his cute bride to be Erin a couple of weeks ago. Now if Craig finds out that I did a post on him he will kill me so lets keep it on the DL. I just had to share though.

They are getting married on August 22, 2009. I am so excited for him. Erin is great and her and her two adorable boys fit right into the family!

FaTHerS Day Weekend

For all of you that have been sitting on the edge of your seats waiting to hear if Troy has been able to go back to work... I have GREAT NEWS!! He is working again! Has been for the past week. He is surveying again for Rosenberg in St. George!! We are so happy that they were able to re-hire him.. Unemployment is the pits! :(

For Fathers day we spent the weekend up at the cabin. All Troy wanted for a presant was "salt licks" that he could put out for the deer and elk, so, that is what he got. 6 salt licks. As for getting them place in the strategic postions, I will just say three have been placed.

Sunday Troy and I decided to take the 4-wheelers for a little ride up 6 mile canyon. Check out 6 mile pond and just get away. Since it had been raining all week we knew we were going to get a little muddy, but thought it would be fun anyway. We set out at about 11:00 in the morning totally enjoying our ride when we looked up and noticed some huge thunder-bumpers. Oh well, we thought and continued to the pond. As soon as we got to the pond the rain began to come down. (If any of you have been up 6 mile, you know you must get down fast cuz the roads become a slippery mess. ) We started down the road, and within 15 minutes the rain had stopped. We arrived back at the cabin, with just a little mud on our machines.... Alright A LOT!! It took Troy an hour and a half to get all the mud off.

So Happy Fathers Day Troy! It was a great day! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

Bathroom Makeover

A couple of months ago, I decided that I was tired of our bathroom, and felt like I needed to do something about it. The quickest way to refresh a room is new paint, so I went to Home Depot, (Now, I have never painted before, so I went and picked out some color samples, and a book on painting.) After much looking and reading on painting, I went and had the paint of my choice mixed. Next I was going to need the painting tools. There are so many tools to pick from, but I finally settled on a roller, and some sponge brushes, a paint tray and some painters tape. I was now ready to paint my bathroom.

After three days of painting and some serious clean up here are the results! I absolutly love the look of my bathroom. Now I do believe I am ready to move onto a bigger room! Just need to settle on a color!

Before the paint, boring white

Taping off the doors

First coat around the tub

Finished! I two toned the doors and just love them.

I finished off the bathroom with a great vinyl thought

Costa Vida Ranch

So, a few months back, Troy and I were craving Costa Vida Ranch! There is a dish that I make, a simple one at that, called Chicken and Rice. Well, the dish just needed a pick me up so we began searching for the missing ingredient. Come to find out it was Costa Vida Ranch!! Now you can find it in our fridge daily.
I thought I would share the yummy recipe with all of you:

Copy Cat Costa Vida Ranch

1/2 jalepeno (seeds and all... Unless you don't like it real hot!)
1 clove garlic
1 tomatillo
1 handful cilantro
1/3 lime (zest and juice)
1 cup milk
1 cup mayo
1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch mix

Blend all ingredients except the mayon in the blender until all green is very tiny
Add blended ingredients to bowl with may and whisk
Chill

On occassion I will add green onions (chives) I think it gives really good flavor. And if you are like Troy and I and don't know what a tomatillo is. It is a small green tomato! Hope you enjoy it! We sure do..

~Chunky Watch Bands~

School is out for Summer!!



And so I thought that I would need a summer project... That summer project is watch bands.!! I am making and selling ~ChUnKy WatCh BaNdS~ Here are a few that I have already made. If you like them and are interested leave me a message and I will get back to you!
The Bands are $20.00 and the Faces are $10.00 I have white, silver, black and brown faces!

~Tribute to Troy~

This is a short tribute to my hubby!

For those of you that follow our blog I have not mentioned that Troy has been out of work for 6 months! With the down economy and construction at a stand still there has not been a big need for surveyors.. So Troy has been searching for a new career. Well, he has found a new career in driving truck! He will graduate from Southwest Applied Technology College on April 14th! then be leaving on April 20th to train and drive for SWIFT! He is so excited to start!! We both know that a truck drivers life is tough. We will not see each other for about 6 weeks, it's going to be hard... But are ready for the challenge.

I am so PROUD of him! For the decision he has made and the excitement he has in persuing this new career!!

I love you Troy!!!

Long ago

Friday Troy came home from school and said there were some really neat things that he wanted to show me out at Parowan Gap. ( I couldn't imagine what he would want to show me, for we have been out there tons of times! When we want to go on a short bike ride we always make the Parowan Gap loop. ) But I am always game to go somewhere with him, so Marquel Troy and myself jumped into his pickup and went to see the new sights...

The first thing we came upon was this rock formation.. Now I have seen it before, but if you look really close it resembles that of an Indian Chief! That's Cool!!! :) After looking at this, Marquel and I stopped for a few more photos and then on to see ,more... We drove about 5 miles and then pulled off the side of the road. Here is what we found! I thought it was pretty cool. Dinosaur tracks that aren't under lock and key..

Well, that ended our night of exploring! It was tons of fun!