Well, Chris and I had been wanting to go camping the entire summer. It was already September and we didn't feel like we had had a summer! So, thanks to Mark and Halee and Mom and Dad for letting us borrow EVERYTHING, we got to have one last hurrah before the end of the summer. We went to the Sawtooths and found a great spot literally 10 feet from this little stream. We couldn't have found a better spot. (Yes I know...we brought our cat. She was actually pretty funny to watch trying to catch grasshoppers and knats.)





















In honor of dad, we took pictures of breakfast! Gotta keep the tradition alive :) Yum Yum!



To top it off, we went fishing...well...we tried to! not much fish to be had, but still all in all, it was a great trip! I now officially feel ready for fall!

Meet Iola!

Well, it's a little late, but I'm true to my word. Finally, here's some pictures of our kitty that I promised!

These two were on the first day that we got her. She came home and went right to sleep on my shoulder! She's so little!
These were the the third day we had her. We took her out to the park near our apartment. She had never felt grass before, and she definately didn't like the feel of it in her toes! She would run between me and Chris with her legs as far apart as she could and climb up on us to get off the grass. She would run to Chris and he would walk away, and she'd just run after him begging to be picked up. Pretty cute to see a guy being followed around by a tiny little kitten!


I don't know if you can see it very well, but when she was really little, her eyes were actually turquoise! Green in the middle, blue on the outside.

So there ya have it. That's Iola (pronounce eye-oh-la) She's bigger now, but not a lot and still just as fiesty! She's pretty fun :)

My Apologies

Hey just real fast I wanted to say sorry about the song "What I Got" I didn't know it wasn't the clean version until I had already downloaded it, and it swears a bit. So please, if you're listening to that song, press the next button on the play list. Sorry again!

A family of three...well..maybe 2 and a 1/2

A couple of weeks ago, Chris decided to let me have a kitten! I've wanted a pet SO bad since we got married, but we can't have a dog because they're too big, and plus we're really not supposed to have pets at our apartment complex. Well, we'd seen plenty of apartments with cats sitting in the window, and so Chris (being the wonderful husband that he is) found an add in the paper for free kittens in the neighboring town, and surprised me and took me to go pick out our kitty!

I would like to introduce you to...(drum role please...) Iola!!! She's a tiny, sweet n' spicy little furball! From day one, she definately made herself at home. At first, she didn't like the feel of walking on carpet on her toes, so she would just bounce on the carpet with her feet as far apart as she could. Her favorite thing to play with is our feet. She will sneak up on them, crouch down, shake her little bum, and POUNCE! She's so ferocious! We've also noticed, that she refuses to sleep anywhere but right next to us. If we're up working on something, she'll complain to us until we sit down so she can cuddle up to us a doze off.

Chris at first wasn't such a big fan, but she melted his heart in no time! We love her and she's so much fun! I'll post pictures soon

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Yaaayy! I'm not a teenager anymore! Last week was my 20th birthday, and Chris and I went home for the weekend. It was so fun! We stayed at the Condie's, and I woke up to DELICIOUS waffles and strawberries (Thanks so much Linda!). All of Steff and Andi's kids made me an awesome birthday card. Tom and Linda gave me this neat little food storage starter kit which will come in so handy when we can start building that up, Steff made me some adorable cloth table napkins to match our kitchen perfectly, Chris gave me my newest favorite movie (P.S. I love you, we watched in on our honeymoon) and this crazy little wire head scratcher that feels SO good! It's like candy for the scalp! Best of all, Chris VOLUNTARILY went shopping with me!!!! I love the clothes, but the best part is just that he came with me! It was so fun!
Later that night, we went over to my parents house for a birthday/Mother's Day celebration. We gave mom our mother's day present, and Dad gave her the presents he got for her (he really did pick some great things!) Mom and Dad gave me a......(drum role please.......) SEWING MACHINE!!!! WOOHOOOO! This is so exciting! I have a hard time finding skirts long enough, now...not a problem! Home decorations are expensive to buy, not anymore! Pajama pants that are never long enough....never again!!!! There are a ton of fun projects I can finally get started on!

Over all, it was a wonderful birthday! Thank you so much everyone for making it such a great day!

Do I have the sweetest husband or what!

Sunday night we had friends over for dinner, and the kitchen was a disaster! Monday was my first day of work, I came home to this little note on the door (which brightened my day!) and then (drum roll please....) a CLEAN KITCHEN!!! Oh I was so excited! The icecream was delicious by the way!



To understand how fun this next little note was, I gotta tell you a little history. When we were dating, I worked evenings till 10:00, and once or twice a week I had to work a double from 6am to 10pm. Poor Chris had 2 jobs and had to work from 6am to 11pm almost every day! Needless to say, we were crazy about each other but didn't have a ton of free time to go out. So how did we manage? We would either leave a note for eachother on the car window, or surprise eachother by waiting at the car till the other got off of work for a quick "catch up" on our day.

So when I got off work Tuesday night, and this was on my windshield I was SO excited! What a cutie!