Anniversary 2? Check!

Friday after work i headed over to Home Depot ( i had to try really hard not to type homo depo) to pick out a GRILL for Nate's anniversary present! I was going to try and surprise him but him being him the surprise was ruined with all his questions! He got his gift a couple days early so he could enjoy it for the BYU vs UTAH game that we invited his brothers over for.
Monday morning I didn't have work until 10 am and I hadn't gotten a text from Nate all morning long i was starting to get sooo bugged, i went into the kitchen to get a drink and sitting right there was a page long note Nate had left on the counter for me! All day i was trying to come up with something that would give him half of the giant smile he gave me and i was stumped! The instructions he gave me that morning were : " After work come straight home and start making dinner don't go anywhere! But you can stop at the grocery store first if you need too... " So that is what i did i stopped at smiths and picked up and couple things and forgot some.. and headed home to make our yummy anniversary meal! Spinach Artichoke Cheese Fondue, Lemon Chicken Pasta & Chocolate Peanut Butter Fondue! Nate came home to yummy smelling food and a handful of flower and the stool i have been begging for, for months! Since we still don't have our table back from refinishing it at Morgans we had a picnic on the floor and watch Xmen First Class. It was perfect!

Anniversary Year 2!

We just had our 2nd anniversary which meant our YEARLY St. George trip! We left Thursday after noon and stopped at that same cute diner in Beaver. We stopped in Cedar City for the night we had booked a room at the Travel lodge but when we got there the hotel was REALLY run down and scary looking. So we drove into the city a little more and stayed at the Quality Inn. The next morning we tracked down some power bait and headed up to the pond! The fish were keeping us busy!! Nate set up my pole and before he could even walk back to his i had a fish i was reeling in! We ended up catching 11 fish in the hour and a half we were there! 7 Katelyn and 4 Nate ( I won) 

When we got to St George and got to our room they had put us in a room with 2 Full sized beds apparently they were really booked that weekend and that's all they had... ( it was a very squishy night!)  We are used to our Queen bed even though i would LOVE a king! Friday night we are at Samurai 21 we got some sushi and hibachi, Nate even tried a sushi and LIKED it! Even though it had NO raw fish in it.

Then we headed to the Tuachan to see The Little Mermaid, I absolutely loved it! While we were there they announced next year will be Aladdin! Nate and i were so excited because we were torn between the 2 shows the were scheduled.. The wizard of oz and Hairspray.. now it is decided! Saturday morning we heading to Vegas to do some shopping i really wanted to go to the H&M store. I ended up buying more clothes in the shops in St George so i will remember that in years to come. We were also awful about taking pictures this year :( Hopefully we can start getting better about that we havent taken pictures with each other in a VERY long time!

Canning Mayhem!

Its that time of the year to CAN! Last year was my first time EVER canning! Nate's sister Alexis was more than willing to help me learn. We did Peach Raspberry Jam it is now my FAVORITE!! I made just enough to last us a year even though i'm sure we lost some in our 2 moves. This year she is expecting their 4th child in October and isn't planning on doing much canning. But Nate and i decided it was something we should learn how to do and do yearly if possible. This year we are canning Peaches, Apples, Peach Jam and Raspberry Peach Jam.

I wrote this like a month ago in hopes that would be everything we would ACTUALLY do.. Sadly we only got around to canning peaches. We missed the apple sales and we picked some peaches but they were way to hard and when they were finally soft enough they were also covered in MOLD!  Maybe next year we will do most Jam which was really the MAIN thing i wanted since we are running LOW!! I am addicted to the Peach Raspberry Jam and WILL NOT use anything else on my sandwich anymore.

We MOVED again!

Delayed post i thought i had already published this one!!!
We moved to Pleasant Springs Apartments in Pleasant Grove. We have definitely missed Pleasant Grove and are happy to be back! Miss Gracie is LOVING not being cooped up all the time. Yes our original plan was to stay at my Dads until the END of August but this place opened up for a good deal and we felt like it was time.

I cannot believe how quickly we were moved and COMPLETELY unpacked! On friday afternoon we moved EVERYTHING out of our storage unit. Saturday while i was at work Nate brought EVERYTHING over from my Dads house and set up the furniture. Sunday we started unpacking and got maybe not quite or just over half way done. Monday while I was at work Nate FINISHED everything!!

I about died when we went to Smiths to stock our fridge with the basics. Only saving like $20 on an $80 purchase makes me so sick! I cannot believe we used to pay that much on everything! 

I'm super excited to get to start decorating and moving things around :) and making it feel like HOME!

Project Overload!

Oh projects, how i take on way to many of you at once.. why must you tempt me so? I LOVE projects but i am realizing that i have WAY to many started at once right now!
 I am currently working on pillows for my bed 5 to be exact.. Which wouldn't be as bad if i didn't have such a LOVE/HATE relationship with my sewing machine! And the fact that i have never made a pillow before... I have 3 pillows in progress.. Why i didn't FINISH the first before starting the next probably several reasons... Excitement of a new project?. YES. Avoiding my sewing machine and the frustration it causes? YES. Lack of focus? DEFINITELY
 Nate, Morgan and I are also in process or REFINISHING our kitchen table and chairs. I bought a "newish" table off KSL 6 MATCHING chairs and the table WITH a leaf all with a deep natural brown stain finish. For $100!! Did it need some work YES but for just over $14 per piece it is worth the cost to fix up! .We stole the idea from Alexis because hers turned out SUPER cute( inspired by the rug that she passed down to me)! We are painting the table BLACK and then the chairs are each getting their own color OFFWHITE ,GREEN, ORANGE, RED, YELLOW and GREY.  Hopefully we get them back soon i am missing not having a table to each dinner on!
  And of coarse i am always working on my Wood Connection crafts right now... Currently HALLOWEEN yes i am excited! I love fall and cant wait for it to be here! I am working on this Scarecrow and the word WICKED. And have lots more i am wanting to do but those are my starters for now! Check out http://thewoodco.blogspot.com/2011/08/halloween.html and look at just SOME of their halloween collection!

And of coarse other on going projects that keep me busy like the family cook book which i am really excited about but since i am taking recipes from other people i cant do it just randomly over one weekend i have to

have PATIENCE. But doing it over time means it will look GREAT! and ALWAYS my coupons! Even though the DAILY HERALD has been awful about delivering them on time!I will be SOOO happy when a Sunday comes that i don't have to call asking where my papers are at..

Walgreens 7/25/11

Like always things don't always go as planned. When we got to Walgreen's some EXTREME COUPONERS had been there before me and basically cleaned out the store. So i wasn't able to get a couple items on my list. Here is what i did get:
2 Charmin 6 Pack Rolls
2 Off Bug Sprays ( which we even forgot to take with us fishing...)
2 Packs of Perfection Tampons
2 Bottles of Tums
6 boxes of Tissues

Before Coupons: I can't remember! :S
Total Cost out of pocket: 5.66
Total Savings:42.00

Random Smiths Trip

I will try and remember everything we got it was kind of a spur of the moment trip here is the run down.
KellogsCereal 15 boxes @ .67 cents
Kraft Salad Dressing 15 @ .99 cents
Colgate Toothe Paste 10 @ .25 cents
Pasta Roni 5@ .56 cents
Easy Mac 3 @.49 cents
and some couple loose odds and eats!
We spent 67 and some change out of pocket and save 98 dollars
On the list was Chicken, Ground Beef and Fresh Fruit. I was a little sad when we left the store because i really didn't want to spend more than $50 but once i started taking off the extra stuff like meat and fruit and other odds and ends i realized we were UNDER the $50!! So i left with a smiling happy face!

Sorry its side ways it wont turn!! But Nate wanted to carry in ALL 15 boxes on his own!!