Our Temporary Home!

At least for the next year this is our temporary home!

WELCOME TO OUR HOME!.....Well part of it.

There is so much about this apartment that I love! I never thought I would love an apartment so much, but coming from that POS in Herriman we have been so spoiled! We have a dishwasher, a disposal, air conditioning, a lot of electrical outlets, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Oh, it also has washer and dryer hookups! We just love it. The location is also another plus for us! I cannot tell you enough how spoiled and blessed we feel to have this place that we feel safe in! We have loved living here and enjoying the new area. My other favorite thing is that we live right across from Sams Club which has the best gasoline prices in town! haha AWESOME!

Halloween Subway Art

I totally love this simple Halloween Subway Art I found on http://sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com/ All I had to do was print it off and frame it! I think it is so adorable. You can find free ones to print off for every season everywhere on the Internet!

 I'm totally aware I could make them myself, but it's easier when someone else takes the time to do it for you!

Conference Crock Pot Chili

This Chili recipe I put together today after Conference. I'm getting so excited for soups and the fall season! It was kinda a combination of 3 family/friend recipes I had, but there were certain things I wanted and didn't want in it, so I put my own recipe together! I put it all in the crock pot and we took off to Big Cottonwood Canyon for a Sunday drive to see the colors of the leaves!!!!!!! We got home a couple hours later and it smelled so delicious when we walked in the door! I couldn't resist it any longer and Ryan and I absolutely loved it. It is totally simple, and I hope you try it out the next time you crave chili!

1 lb of (browned) ground Beef

1 Can of diced Tomatoes

1 Can of Red Kidney Beans drained

1 packet of Hidden Valley Ranch mix

1/2 packet of McCormick Taco seasoning mix

1 clove of Garlic

1/2 a diced Onion

1/2 a diced Green Bell pepper

1 1/2 C of water

Directions: Put it all together on high in crock pot and enjoy 2-3 hrs later.

Optional Items:  Sour Cream, and shredded cheese!

Makes 4-6 servings 

Prep time: 15 min max!
 -Gluten Free-

YUMMY!

A novel w/pictures!

Let me update you on our life lately...

We got new furniture for a sweet deal during the Ashley Furniture 4th of July sale! They were on back order for about 6 wks but we finally got them about a month ago and we love them!

They are so comfortable and look nice too! Something our first couch didn't provide! Ryan and I sold our old couch and coffee table on KSL in 3 days and now we love that website....it's awesome! Ryan got all his school text book this semester for $55 bucks!

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Two weekends ago while Ryan was inbetween summer and fall semesters we took a mini vacation to LA, California. We flew in on Friday and went to Six Flags Magic Mtn! We rode some awesome rollar coasters and about died of standing in lines for hours and the heat beating down on us all day. It was still very fun! One of the best parts of this day was El Toritio Mexican restaurant that night! Seriously, BEST Mexican food we have ever had!!!!!!

Saturday we went to Hurrican Harbor water park, and had so much fun in the water and on the slides!

 Sunday we drove our rental car to Fresno, CA to visit some people from Ryan's mission. We got to see and visit with many of our good friends.

 I made Ryan buy me some fresh Fresno peaches because we couldn't find any famous Hmong Berries anywhere!  We drove back to LA that night and Monday we went to Manhatten Beach and flew home that night.

 It was so much fun to get away for a bit!

What else.....

The following weekend after our vacation we went to Lagoon with Ryans family. We had our pictures taken, I think they turned out cute!

This weekend we went to the Herriman Farmers Market that across the street from our home! We bought some awesome Tomatoes, an Anaheim Pepper, Yellow Squash, and some delcious Peaches!

I made some salsa before taking a picutre of all the tomatoes. After today we had 1 tomato left for the picture....The salsa turned out awesome though! We had it for our pre game college football snacks.

Go Oregon Ducks....!!!

I love Farmer Markets and I think they should be on every corner!

Oh, I just remembered something else new! We bought a new car for Ryan, and sold our old one Ryan was given after his mission. It's a 2006 Mazda Speed6. It's pretty fast and scares the crap out of me...here is what it looks like!

I think the last and final thing thats going on is we are moving this week. Ryan and I are SO excited to get a new place! We are so desperate for a more functional and safe home to live in! We will be so much closer to work and school. We got a sweet deal from this apartment complex! It 2bd 2 bath with 1100sq ft. The luxuries included are more than one outlet in the kitchen, a dishwasher and air conditioning! I know those things sound silly to have, but we have been without for the past year. We are excited and can't wait to get away from the situation we are currently in. This is going to be a good move for us! We figure it's been another year...time to move again. 

Goodbye to our second home.....

We will miss our 1940's pink bathroom!

Oh, my very last blip on this post!

I am seriously in love with this blog........check it out!

http://prettylifeanonymous.blogspot.com/

So fun.

Enjoy!

Thanks for reading!

Well we got back from Lava Hot Springs and had a lot of fun! We had a good time seeing our family and spending some time together. The hot spring are always my favorite, but this year Ryan, dad and I went golfing. We really had a great time. It was definitely just great to get away for the weekend.

Fourth of July we went to Stadium of Fire! Brad Paisley was great as always, David Archuleta was super boring and the fireworks were the best they have ever been!

We got out of the show at 1030pm and we didn't get home until 1am. The traffic was so HORRIBLE and I about got us in a fight with some Tongans! (Yeah don't laugh at me, cuz I know you are!) We'll just end the story there and say we will not be going back to the Stadium of Fire . (Ryan says, "Unless we get a motorcycle.")haha

Ryan had his 23rd birthday last month!!! To celebrate we had family over for dinner/cake and ice cream. He was pretty spoiled and got some great things from friends and family. A Boston Celtics "Rhondo" bball jersey, the jump manual (which increases your vertical jump), some new running shoes and socks! He is all set to play some ball! Anyway, Memorial Day weekend we spent together shopping, eating out, playing some mini golf, go-cart racing and hanging out at the arcade. We ended up giving our tickets we won to some random kids. We didn't win anything super cool, but had a blast. The crazy part of that day was some lady in the parking lot there at Boondocks took a big turf on her way into her grandsons bday party. She ended up slammed her cheek pretty bad on the concrete. I was so lucky to be there when it happened and ended up helping her get taken care of. It kinda scared me just a bit. What else...Ryan started the Summer semester once again and is taking 3 classes. He seems to love his classes so far and is very greatful for his awesome math teacher that can actually teach! As for me, I am battling the obsession I have with candy. We are working out a lot lately and I am so greatful for my husband that is such a motivation. I just can't seem to give up on those sweets. Any ideas? Oh, we also put an offer on a townhome in s.j. but ended up after fasting and praying a ton both realized it wasn't the right decision to go through with, so we ended up backing out of it. We have a family reunion coming up soon in Lava and it should be pretty exciting! First camping trip of the summer..hopefully we'll get a bit of a tan! Anyway, we are still thinking of a winter cruise vacation...any suggestions for destinations?

New Hair

I cut my hair even shorter! Kinda crazy, I know. Kristine finally made it back to Utah all the way from Boston just so we could do each others hair! LOVE HER!!!!! well I think she is great. Oh, and look at my cute OPI Katy Perry line "Shatter" nail polish. Love it. I also got a pedicure on Friday before my haircut and love the springy Pink I decided on.






I just realized I uploaded these photos backwards. Oh well!