Can't Wait Til it's Done!

The last few weeks of our lives have consisted of remolding our master bedroom. We can't stand the years of globbed paint on all the walls, baseboards and doors and have decided to start from scratch. We tried to salvage the old pine baseboards and poor Ryan spent hours stripping off the paint and sanding them. They just have so many dents and dings that it would be hard to make them look nice, so we have decided to get new ones. We are thinking knotty alder would give the room a good look. We are going to texture the walls and paint them an earthy tone, probably a light beige with a green tint. We're also trying to decide on what kind of carpet to get. It's kinda hard to make all these decisions. Don't worry we aren't going to keep that nasty light, it's up for grabs if anyone wants it... Anna? I know it's your style. Jk. Anyways, it's finally feeling like we're getting somewhere. Hopefully we can put in some good time this weekend and get it finished.

Another New Year

It's been a crazy last few weeks. We celebrated Christmas up at our cabin and everyone in my family was able to make it except Andrew:( But soon we will all be together at his wedding in February. Phil, Nicole and Tori came as well as Matt and his fiance Mitra. We all had a blast spending time together and taken it easy at the cabin. Tori was so much fun to play with, she is growing up so fast! Before everyone left we all went out to Five Guys and met up with our Cousins the Carrascos, G&G Clyde and my grandpa Smith with his wife LaRae. It was so nice to have everyone together, it rarely happens.

Anna got us nerf guns for Chrsitmas, lots of fun!

Tori got what she asked for, a computer!

Tori is so dang cute, I can't take enough pictures of her

All of us at Five Guys

Nicole, Tori, Grandpa Smith, Phil

After my family left, Ryan's brother came to town with his new fiance Lindsay. They stayed with us for a few days and we had fun shopping and snowboarding. After they left Ryan and I spent a relaxing quiet New Years Eve together, it was really nice.

We spent the last week working on our master bedroom trying to strip old layers of paint off the baseboards and doors. Anyone know any secrets? It's such a mess.

Yesterday Ryan and I both started back to school at UVU. Ryan's taking a heavy load of classes working on his construction management degree. I am taking a pathophysiology class as a first step towards my bachelors degree. Not gona lie, I'm kinda nervous. I felt a little lost in class, I took physiology and microbiology about 3 years ago and I don't remember as much as I wish. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hopefully get into a good study routine. At least I only have the one class and I'm hoping my experience in the ICU will help out. Wish us luck!

This Next year is going to be busy. We have three weddings in the family and a new baby boy for Phil and Nicole. Hopefully Ryan will get this internship he is applying for at Geneva Rock and we both can continue to work on our bachelors. We have lots of projects planned for our new house, so hopefully we'll find the time for those as well.

Best of luck to everyone and a Happy New Year!

Love,

R n R