Another Fun, Relaxing Weekend in St. George

I like this tradition we're making:) Pedicures!

Our friends Britt and Brandon came down with us this time. We took them to our favotire hangout in St. George. It's kind of like Iggy's. We went on a hike near Snow Canyon.

I don't know if these boys will ever get bored together!

Katilin is sad she can't do what the boys are doing:( What a sad face.

We hope to do this more!

Dr. Suess Cake for my Momma

this is a super fun cake to make! i got the idea from a friend's blog. Dave and I named it The Dr. Suess Cake for obvious reasons. I've been wanting to make it and the opportunity came around with my momma's birthday this month. It's this Saturday but we had a mini celebration with her sister's family this last weekend at our place.

everyone loved the look and the taste, too! It went fast!

yes people are sitting on lawn chairs in our front room...we sold our couch and decided to start all over on the furniture in the front room. bad week to sell it:)

Happy (early) Birthday momma!

Girls' Night at Trolley Square

Cindy, Kara, Kortni, Rachael, and me

Lime Shell Helmet for a Cat

Just for your enjoyment....

I came along this picture today when googling images for artwork for our house. It makes me laugh to the point of crying everytime I look at this cats poor little face.

Some Good R and R

For Easter weekend we packed up and headed south. We wanted to get away before Dave started his new job on Monday so we took most last week off (not that it is hard to when you are a sub and school is out anyway:)) and went to St. George with my fam. It was really nice to get away and take a few days to relax after working 3 straight weeks on our house. The first day there my mom treated Kaitlin, me and herself to pedicures! It was a great start to the R and R-ful weekend.

We also decided to take a visit to Zion's National Park. My first time ever going! It was super cool and beautiful! Kaitlin loved it, too. At first she was a little sketchy about the heights but then when we got her out on a hike she loved it and couldn't get enough of it.

We miss Michael!

Dave's playground/sanctuary!

I am awful because I didn't get any pics of our Easter festivities. We did dye eggs and we did hunt for our Easter baskets. (Dave and I played the Easter Bunny, too.) But no pics. I'm getting worse and worse with taking pics:( But our Easter was great! I was quite distrot that by Saturday all of the good Easter candy was gone. The shelves were wiped out everywhere! No cadbury eggs for me and no robin's eggs for Dave:(

We were also able to hangout with Dave's newly engaged buddy Kyle and his fiance Mckenzie. Congrats guys!

Home Updates

Well we've been working our little fingers off to get different projects done around our house. We now have the floors done (except for the stairs, those will take a bit longer) and we're only a room and a half away from having the whole upstairs painted! We've also been able to clean up our yard a bit (I keep forgetting to take a picture of our backyard; the people before us did an amazing job on it). We truly love our house and it is so much fun making it our own! Dave is trusting me with paint colors. I try to get his opinion but he always says, "I donno." He says I've done a good job thus far... Well I've posted a few progress pics but I don't want to post the final ones just yet so I'm giving a little peek to those that haven't seen it:)

This is our front room with the paint done, the floor torn up and the room in dissaray.

Here's some of our crew working on the floors!

Our bedroom in transition from red and pink walls to BLUE!





Sorry you're going to feel like you are seeing double.

Homeowner Bliss

We've been in our new house for 2 1/2 weeks and we love it! We're loving the house, we're loving Riverdale, we're loving all the fun projects we've taken on. And those projects aren't small ones. We had about a week in the house before the construction began. For the past week we have been painting, painting, and yes more painting along with ripping up carpet and base boards and this weekend we began laying our hardwood floors. So our house has been a construction sight for half the time we've lived here but its all for the better. We love it. We love waking up to the view we have from our bedroom window. Not that we are, but we feel like we are in the country with a field behind us (that they are developing in the near future but we're enjoying it now) and the clear view of the sky that we have when waking up. We're so close to everything (just a block from Target which is probably not a good thing). They have awesome running trails and a park just around our corners. The neighbors are great too. This was well worth our fight! I'll post some updated pictures next time hopefully. Also, thanks to Dave's fam for the long service hours you have already provided towards this house! We love you all!!!

Two Weddings and A HOUSE!

Well, it has been a busy and eventful week for us. Last weekend we had two weddings. One being my cousin Natalie's up in Logan. The second was Dave's good friend Grady on Saturday. Both of which were beautiful. Monday came and we were FINALLY able to close on our house! For those that don't know, we've been searching to find and buy a house since before we even moved back from St. Louis last summer. It's been one of the biggest rollercoasters of both of our lives. No joke. I didn't think I would admit this ever but it's honestly made us grow and learn and appreciate so much more. Wednesday we were able to move in so, although it was the middle of a work week and with most people we knew working, we seized the opportunity to move in. Loading the first trailer was Dave, me and my mom...Dave was a maniac! He was carrying couches and beds on his bare back. I tried my best to help but I'm a weakling compared to him. Since Wednesday we've been non-stop. We were able to take a couple days off of work so that has helped the process go a bit faster but we've still got some more to do, plus we're installing wood floors in the next couple weeks. I can't really express in words how happy and excited we are to be new homeowners with all of our belongings under one roof and not having to live out of bags, cars, and boxes after a year of that!!! In the words of my husband, WAHOO...OOO!

Beautiful Natalie. I felt honored for her to wear my dress:)

Grady and Lauren's wedding. It was at the same place we had our reception. Gorgeous!

Alex, Matt, Grady, Dallas, and Dave

Monday: Closing Day Party
For those that haven't seen the inside or probably won't, here is a sneek preview but stay tuned for befores and afters to come!

Duh, duh, duh...DUN.

Here is our home. Perfect bright sunny day too!

Can't you just see the happiness in our eyes???

We want to give a shout out to those that gave us a helping hand in this process and those that will be lending a helping hand in the days to come!

I LOVE YOU

Two years ago today, Dave dropped that butterfly-infusing 3 word phrase on me. Not that I hadn't been dying to hear it sooner, catching myself from saying it plenty of times, yet it was perfect! He waited for the right time to say it and when he said it, he meant it that is for sure. We picked a date to get married that same night! 3 months and 2 days later we were married!

It is amazing to see how much those 3 words have grown to something much greater than what I thought it was before Dave. These two years have been full of the true meaning of those 3 words. I am so grateful for Dave. He is my backbone and my better half most days. He gives so much and expects nothing in return...well, unless its a back scratch in church (but even that he's pretty self-less with). He is my everything!

*Note to Dave: Thanks for taking care of your sickly wife!

Valentine's Tag

So I saw this on a friend's blog and wanted to talk about my husband even though Valentine's Day is over. Yes, our Valentine's was great! Very low key but great! Just what I wanted.



*What is your husband's name? David Albert Price (I was so glad to include a picture of us in our wedding announcement because it sounded like I was marrying an oldie:))

*How long have you been married? 2 years in June!

*How long did you date? Well we got married one day before our 6 month mark of dating:) I never thought I would be one to get married off that fast.

*How old is he? I usually answer this question by saying a 5 year trapped in a 23 year old body because he has the energy and is full of life like a young boy. (I didn't want it to sound like he was a child in a bad way so I had to explain myself:))

*Who eats the most sweets? Definitely Dave! I can't buy sweets without hiding them if I want them to last longer than a day.

*Who said I love you first? Dave but it almost slipped out a few times from me

*Who is taller? Him again; which I love! When we were dating I would always wear tall shoes so he thought I was a lot taller. It wasn't until we were married that he realized I wasn't as tall.

*Who can sing the best? I would say we're pretty even but I love his voice!

*Who is smarter? I think he would say me but I think it depends on what we're talking about. I just can remember things A LOT better and I'm better at directions than him:)

*Who does the laundry? I usually do it but he usually does the folding part

*Who pays the bills? The good thing is that we haven't had many so I think both.

*Who sleeps on the right side? We just switched sides to change things up. Looking at the bed Dave.

*Who mows the lawn? What lawn? (one day we'll have our own lawn)

*Who cooks dinner? Me! It's my favorite thing to do! Dave is great at cleaning up my mess:)

*Who drives? That would be Dave. Thanks to him we're still alive after many close encounters to death on the road

*Who is the first to admit they are wrong? Dave probably. I'm the first to break the silence though.

*Who asked who out first? Yep, Dave again:) He saw me from across the room and couldn't resist.

*Who wears the pants? Uh...that would be me. I even asked Dave and he agreed.

*I tag: YOU! I want to hear what everyone has to say:)

Some Catch Up Pictures and More

Saturday we went up to Park City to watch the International Freestyle Skiing Half-pipe Championships with Bridge and Ry. It was a blast! It was so cool when the skiers would do a trick right in front of where we were standing. Ten times cooler than watching it on the tv.

I was in charge of the food for my cousin Natalie's bridal shower. Can ya tell what her colors were??? I love doing this kind of stuff so when the opportunity arises I take it! Everyone loved the food, too!

These are a little late but here are pictures from our trip to Vegas and St. George over New Years. Vegas was crazy!

We went to a sports grill to watch the Sugar Bowl and see the Utes kick some b-hind. (Yes we are still Aggies but when it comes to football we don't like to admit that we are.)
Let me inform you that USU basketball is 22 and 1 which is they have the biggest winning streak in the nation! We're stoked for them! Here comes another Utah team to prove those big headed NCAA guys that Utah has some guts:)