Here goes...

*WARNING* Put on your seatbelts, it's gonna be a wild ride!

Here goes what may end up being a very sad attempt to update you on our goings on the past several months. Sometimes I feel like I get soooo far behind that I can't post recent events until I've properly noted past ones...sigh...life is so difficult that way, it never seems to slow down for ONE second! So let's take a shot at this...

~JULY~
Ronnie and I moved into our very first house, it was kind of a stressful process (hopefully it gets easier each time...mom?) Anyway, we looked at several houses and finally came to an agreement (kindof) on the one we wanted. Ronnie was pretty set on the one we ended up getting, but I was a little concerned about the pet odors - no kidding it smelled like cat pee and I wanted to throw up everytime we went inside, but we were able to work some new carpet into the contract and now It's better than new! Ronnie actually got permission to go inside the house before it was ours so that he could rip the carpet out and seal the floors before closing...here is a picture of us getting the floor ready for carpet...it looked pretty disgusting, huh?


Here we are on closing day - I was really freaking out, not just pretending!

Since then we have beautiful new carpet (more house pics to come on a later post) and have been working on the next phase...PAINT! We started painting 2 months ago and still can't say its done! However, like a good husband, Ronnie is in the living room right now putting on another coat - gotta love him!

I really hope he stays focused this time...

And doesn't get distracted again...


July is also when little Gwenie was born! This year they came to our house for the celebration. With everything so hectic, I wasn't able to make the cake that I wanted, so I made (with the help of my mom and the girls) some ice cream cone cupcakes...I think Gwenie liked them, what do you think?


I was glad that everyone was able to come down to my house for it! It worked out really well...

Happy Birthday Princess!


~August~
Happy Birthday to me! I had an awesome birthday this year, although every year Ronnie and I say that we're gonna starting taking each other's birthdays off from work so that we have the whole day together, we never end up doing it...so, it was short, but sweet! Ronnie sent me roses at work and bought me my first sets of Fiesta dishes (this may be the start of an addiction)...I just love all of the fun colors, I'm already planning my next Fiesta purchase! Ronnie also took me out for sushi - one of my absolute FAVORITES-yum!



After dinner I got a surprise from some of my bestest friends ever! Ashley, Janell, & Stacy came over to Ronnie's parent's house to drop me off a "sweet" surprise...so thoughful! Love you guys!



~September~
Happy 2nd Anniversary Baby! This year Ronnie and I said that we were going to do something WAY fun for our anniversary, but as things go we ended up spending our WHOLE summer...literally...working on a tile job for some friends (we could only work on it at nights and it was a very large job and Ronnie was pretty much doing all of the work himself, although I did hand him tiles and was by his side EVERY night for months!) Anyway, we had to do a makeshift anniversary trip which ended up being really fun. We went to...

Isn't it beautiful?

We had a lucky day, we ended up running into someone VERY famous...and if I remember right, I don't think that anyone has ever actually photographed him before, but we talked him into one picture...check out this SEXY beast...(and yes, I'm talking about the one on the left!)



Check me out...and I'm not afraid to admit it...that wasn't the only bear I was caught kissing that day!



We ended the day with a really fun dinner show that started with a covered wagon ride through the mountains, it was pretty authentic (indian attack and everything!)


These were our trusty horses, Chic and Clay, I couldn't believe how HUGE they were!

Here we were after the show was over, it was so fun getting away together!

We love Jackson! It ended up being JUST what we needed - a really low-key getaway!

PS...gotta LOVE these antler arches, they are really amazing! It's crazy to get up close to them and see how they've inter-twined them-true talent!

~October~
Happy Birthday Ronnie! So, I'm the worst wifey ever! I didn't really take many pictures of Ronnie's 25th! All I got was this random picture of him shooting his birthday balloons with his new competition BB gun (I know, don't ask me - that's what he wanted!) Is this an "anything is better than nothing" moment or did I just totally blow it? I can't believe I didn't take more pics! Anyway, here it is!


Halloween this year at Mela was way fun! Our dept decided to go with Dr. Seuss as the theme and we focused on The Grinch, Horton and Cat in the Hat. I'm sure I don't have to tell you who won (sorry I get a little cocky, but we totally rocked this year!) I decided to be a Who from Whoville from the Grinch, it turned out way fun! I especially liked it when I had some special visitors...Tennessa brought the kids down from Rexburg, they were adorable!
Here's the whole group...

Here's a closer look at some of the Who's...including The Grinch and CindyLou Who herself!



Aren't these guys awesome!?!

And here are my little cuties! I'm lucky to have the best nieces and nephews-they are sooo adorable!


Now, I'm setting a New Year's resolution for 2009 - to blog during the months of November AND December! I know, I know...it sounds impossible, but I really really think I can do it! I hope that I didn't just put everyone to sleep with the last 6 months of my life!