Desert Adventure

Last week Reed and I set out for some adventures in the desert. It was a nice day, perfect for exploring.  We found an awesome overlook that had a beautiful view, we found an amazing arch, some sweet rock formations and some caves. It was a successful fun day and we got some awesome pictures of it all.

 When you don't have kids you pose your dog for pictures. :)

November & December

November and December were good and busy months for us. Reed's little sister Paige got married in Manti, UT in November. Manti is such a beautiful temple and it was a beautiful wedding.

One of Reed's new love is coyote hunting. I got to go with him a couple times in between study sessions. It was fun but it was more fun seeing Reed get so excited about it.

I officially finished my first semester the middle of December. It definitely was a tough couple of months, but I honestly loved it and am so happy I made this choice in my life. Only 4 more semesters to go but I know it'll go by fast. 

One of our favorite things to do when family comes to town is to go shooting. We had a blast but we also found this sweet pond when we went so naturally we thought ice skating. We gathered up some ice skates, hockey sticks, made a few goals and brought the lights to have some fun.

And it was fun! Despite the huge bruise I got on my knee from falling so many times. We tried to go again the next week but it was warmer and had thawed too much.

We had a great low key Christmas spent with both our families. Reed got this sweet benelli shot gun that he loves and I got a new camera (that I'm taking this picture with)

Right after Christmas we headed to Boise ID for yes another wedding. This time Reed's little brother Preston. It was also a great wedding, just a quick trip. I am so happy to have Jess as another sister.

 It was a great couple of months, and a great year. We know 2014 will be just as great!

Long Overdue Update

Wow so I'm the biggest blog slacker in the world. What can I say things have been pretty crazy lately. Between moving in our house and working on it this summer then starting school in August, I haven't had much time to blog. So here are some things we've done since the last post... 

We were able to go on a few hikes this summer. This arch is past Aztec and was pretty cool to see. Especially since it is so close to home.

Made some progress on our bathroom as well. It is done but just needs some finishing touches like painting and caulking. Maybe someday I'll finish it so I can post some pictures. It's awesome though and we love it.

 Survived another year at the fair, despite all the crazy rain we got this year.

 I got my first black eye at a family reunion on a slip and slide. It made a good story but I sure got some funny looks.

I started school and I couldn't be more excited about it. It's hard but I love it and get more excited the more we learn.

My studly husband decide to try out a triathlon in Santa Fe with his friend. He loved it and got 3rd in his age group. He thinks he wants to do some more because he liked it so much. Me, I'm really good at watching. :)

 While we were in Santa Fe we went hiking with Reed's sis Meshan to Tent Rocks Monument. It was a cool place to see and fun to get out.

The next weekend Reedo did a 30 mile mountain bike race here in Farmington. He completed it in 2 hrs 1 min. He did so awesome! He got first in his age group and 3rd overall. (minus the pro category)

Last week we decided to go for a drive to find this pumpkin patch that Reed found while he was working. To call it a pumpkin patch is an understatement. It was cool to see that many pumpkins.

 We are doing great, staying busy and loving life.

Home Improvement

As I promised here are some pictures of our House. This is what it looked like the day we moved in. Just a mess. I didn't want to put things away right away because we planned on doing some work on our house.

Reed was out of town for work the first week we lived in the house so as soon as he got back we got to work by tearing up the carpet in the living room and hallway. The owners before us had cats and we weren't fans of the smell it left behind. We eventually want to re carpet the bedrooms just not right now.

Then we got to work by laying our laminate flooring. Reed did an awesome job and it went pretty fast. Despite he only had a few hours after work each night.

But it turned out pretty awesome!

Once we painted and got some nice new trim up it looked and smelled like a whole new house.

We now have furniture in our house but I need to do a few more things before I post some after pictures.

The next project we started on was adding another bathroom. This house is a 4 bedroom 1 bath house. We definitely wanted a bathroom in our room and there was space for it since we had two walk in closets.

This is what the closet looked like before. The previous owners wanted to put a bathroom in here and had it partially plumbed but never went through with it so we got to work right away and got our bathroom going. It looks pretty small and it isn't huge but it will be perfect for us and will be just the right size for this home.

It kinda looked like this for a while and was a huge mess.

But we slowly made progress. This is the ceramic tile we choose that looks like hardwood floors. We absolutely love it and Reed did an awesome job for his first tiling job. He did this floor in one day while I was passed out after getting my wisdom teeth out.

...and this is what our shower is looking like now. We also added that new window, it needed it for sure.

We have a few things left to do in the shower and then we will be able to put the toilet and vanity in. Reed has been gone a lot for work so we haven't been able to get things done as fast as we'd like but we are getting there. 

 

Reed had training in Denver last week and I was able to go with him and hang out and shop. We had lots of fun and we went to IKEA and got some furniture for our bedroom and living room. We are super excited to finally have a house of our own and put our time and money towards something that is ours. More pictures coming soon...