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Weddings and Wyatt

My cousin Scott Holbrook married Laci High in Dillion Montana Saturday, Aug 6th.
We had a great time!This picture was too cute to leave out! Mom was holding William and Dan scared the crap out of him! Sorry William, you're scared, but it's still cute!

It was a very nice wedding, beautiful bride, handsome groom and one hell of a party for their reception.

Saturday Aug 13th a great friend of mine from college, Dana Withers married Chance Peila.
The wedding was at a Bass Pond on Dana's parents property.
The picture below was our method of transportation to the ceremony!
The wedding was in Dana's home town, Paisley OR.
This wagon was used by Dana and her Father as their grand entrance into the ceremony and used by the Bride and Groom as their exit from the ceremony and their grand entrance into the reception.

This wagon was built by Dana's father for her mother when they were married. Very special!

Classic picture, Dana usually does have whiskey in one hand an a beer in the other! She is much tougher than I! Love you Dana!

It was great to see college friends! Pictured above, Me, Dana, Kellie Frank and Katie Williams!

Jordan was farming for his dad and my father was farming at home so Mom and I attended the wedding together. (Sorry mom, you're not in any of my pics!)

What a beautiful setting, gorgeous bride, grinning groom and another great party! We had such a good time. My mom was able to meet lots of people and see the lay of land.

We couldn't be happier for our fellow newly-weds!
Congrats to both Scott & Laci and Chance & Dana.

And of course Wyatt has been growing so fast!
Here are few recent pics!

It's all about Wyatt

It's all about Wyatt!!!!
Wyatt is SO SPOILED!

He has been sleeping in our bed the past 3 nights because otherwise he isn't sleeping through the night without 2-3 potty runs and Jordan and I were to point of needing sleep! So, we'll see where this goes! Yes, he likes to sleep on his back and yes, I am watching The Bachelorette on the lap top!

Wyatt also loves to be in my flower beds, I try to keep him out of them, but we often put him outside while we are doing things around the house, so we are not always watching him..... look at my flower bed! The iris's are flattened and the other flowers aren't looking good either. I took this picture on Sunday and they are worse today! The good news is he is only doing it to ONE bed!

Wyatt has gone camping, swimming, ran around at Rice Farms and has played hard. As a result, he was becoming a stinky puppy! We gave him his first bath on Sunday. It was successful. I wouldn't say Wyatt liked it, but he didn't hate it. We couldn't snap a picture mid-bath, but here is a picture post-bath. Sad wet puppy!

Wyatt has also been helping me water my flowers each day. He helps me pull the hose around and plays in the water while I'm watering. I snapped this picture the other day! LOVE IT!IT'S ALL ABOUT WYATT! He is so spoiled!

My 1st Garden

We decided last minute this year to plant a garden. We planted June 5th. A little late, right? Maybe not?
I purchased 5 tomato plants from the green house in Vale (total bargain) and then bought 2 squash plants and 2 zucchini plants from home depot with our wedding gift cards!

We pick our first cherry tomatoes a few days ago and we have LOTS of green tomatoes!We can't wait for them to start turning! We also have a good amount of zucchini and squash coming in.

What have I learned in planting my first garden?
1) Plant the plants MUCH FURTHER APART! I can't believe how much they grow! Haha!

2) Make sure to have a cage for EVERY tomato plant, I thought the cherry tomato plants might be able to go without, putting a cage around it later is very difficult!

3) Plant in a raised bed, after planting and watering for about week, my plants sunk about 1"-2", they might be doing better if they were slightly raised!


I have learned a lot in planting my first little garden and we are looking forward to eating the rewards along with planting a better garden next year! Are you wondering what kind of tomato cages those are? They are ghetto-home made cages. I stole them (they were given) from my parents. I remember using them as kids! Thank goodness too, I purchased 1 cage for our last plant (the cherry plant I thought could go without), the purchased one was $8! Thank goodness I didn't have to buy 5 cages! YUCK! I hate buying things like that! But now we have 5 cages for next year!

Recent happenings!

We have been busy!

Attending 2 weddings in 2 weekends, taking care of a new puppy and trying to get our back yard fenced in, ya, it's been a busy 2 weeks!

We attended Melissa Maag's wedding July 2nd and had a wonderful time.




Then Sunday, July 3rd we picked up Wyatt in Rexburg Idaho.















Friday July 8th I drove with my parents to Silverton Oregon to attend Lisa Green's (2nd cousin) wedding. Lisa married Vineet Wahi who has a Hindu background, so they had two ceremonies. They had a traditional Hindu ceremony which was an hour and a half and very interesting and we fully enjoyed it! The Monk did a great job of translating the meaning of the ceremony so the guests could understand the concepts behind each part. (Sorry, the lighting wasn't very good from where I was sitting so the picture isn't the best, but it will do).


















Then they had a traditional Christian ceremony and my favorite part was the release of 25 doves! It was so beautiful! I had never seen anything like it, I've seen it done in movies but never in person. It was very cool, anyone who is planning an outdoor wedding, I highly recommend looking into renting doves. Yes, renting doves, they are trained to fly back home once they are released! (Maybe you knew that, however it was a shock to me). Both ceremonies were very nice!














While I attending the Silverton wedding Jordan went to the farm with Wyatt and worked for his dad along with doing some welding. Our mission was to fence off our back yard for Wyatt so Jordan was welding a gate and other small fence panel in order to accomplish the mission! Jordan got the gate & panel welded while home, however he had more work ahead of him once he arrived home. He had to paint and mount them! Mounting them was a little more difficult than he though. He worked on the gate & panel all day Monday and has been working on them every night this week. Last night the project was complete!
THEY LOOK GREAT! Jordan did a knock out job and he can weld for us any time! Little does he know, I might be thinking of more projects! Perhaps an archway over the gate for a clematis plant?

Wyatt can fit through the fence and the panel (if he was to try, they are detouring him for now) but once he grows a little more he will be fenced in! Great work Jordan!

Wyatt Danger Rice

What is new with us?
We have an addition to our family! His name is Wyatt Danger Rice.
The reason for his middle name, "Danger" is I have always thought Danger would be such a cute name for a dog, however it hardly seems safe to have a dog named Danger in the city.... I can see it now, DANGER, here DANGER in a city park and everyone is scared, looking around wondering what the DANGER is. So we settled on Danger as his middle name.


Jordan and I have been joking around about getting a puppy since we were dating. It has kind of been a running joke, I would randomly say "PUPPY PUPPY PUPPY" (I love puppies, who doesn't?). After we were married Jordan said something like "I know we always joke about getting a puppy, but I think we should really do it." So the search began!

Luckily Tiffany knew we were looking for a Chocolate Lab and the breeder they bought Roscoe from was having another litter! So we started corresponding with the breeder out of Rexburg Idaho about the littler and soon after our first email/phone call we sent our deposit check!

We picked him on Sunday, July 3rd and he is perfect! He sat on my lap for most of the ride but when he got really sleepy we put in the back on the floor and he slept like an angel. He was born May 8th, the day after our wedding! Again, perfect! Meant to be!

We love our little guy! Spending the day with him on Monday was great! Yesterday Jordan and I both went to work and came home for lunch to find a mess in his crate.... we neglected him too soon. I spent a few hours at home this morning, Jordan spent lunch with him and I'm going home from work early this afternoon to be with him again. Jordan is taking him tomorrow to Hill City for a long weekend of farming as Jordan helps his dad cut hay.

I hope little Wyatt is okay being away from his mom for 5 days... Jordan will be home on Monday. I don't know if I'll be okay, but I hope Wyatt is okay! The reason I won't be joining my men in Hill City is because I will be attending a wedding in Silverton Oregon with my parents. Gert Delong's granddaughter is getting married, Lisa Green.



Oh and Wyatt loves to lay in my flower beds, about a third of my iris's in a flower bed in the back yard are flat. I'm trying to teach him to stay out of them but we'll see how that goes!

My PINK .22 Rifle, complete!

What can I say, my husband is the BEST!

Ever since I bought my pink BB GUN to shoot the squirrels that eat my flowers I have wanted a PINK .22 rifle to shoot ground squirrels in the country. My interest in a .22 began Spring break 2007, (my first spring break working at BSU) when I went to Paisley OR to visit my good college girlfriends! What was our main activity? Shooting ground squirrels! It was a while ago, but I am pretty sure I borrowed my father’s .22 rifle for the weekend. (While mom was saying, you’re really going to send your GUN with her?) Before this weekend, I hadn't shot ground squirrels since I was a kid! I had forgotten how fun it was! I am sure my company made it even more fun.... gosh, we had fun that weekend didn't we ladies!?!?! Pictured is Dana Withers, me, Katie Williams and Kellie Frank (Davis). Love these ladies!

Between then and our wedding, I hadn't shot any squirrels, other than my new found hobby of shooting the city squirrels that eat my flowers. Don't worry, the city squirrels simply get "zapped" by the BB GUN, no damage is done other than a scurry!

After receiving a large amount of Cabela's bucks for our wedding (yes, we asked for Cabela's bucks along with Home Depot Gift Cards) we bought a .22 rifle for me. However, Cabela's doesn't sell PINK .22's, we had to buy the gun first and then buy a pink stock! I told Jordan that a pink stock is what I wanted for my birthday. I know my birthday is not until August 12th, however, I will be reunited with the lovely ladies above this weekend in Paisley OR. Dana Withers is getting married and this weekend is her Bachelorette Party! Yes, Katie and I will be arriving early to spend some time with our Bride-To-Be and shoot squirrels! So, I am sure you are putting it together, yes; I asked Jordan if I could get my birthday gift early so my gun would be "pimped out" for the weekend! If it was going to be pink sooner or later, why not sooner?

Do you think the squirrels are going to be scared?
Above, gun as purchased, below, gun after my wonderful husband bought my birthday present early!

The Pioneer Woman

At my Bridal Shower, Tiffany asked me if I had the cook book, The Pioneer Woman, I told her no, I don't have it and didn't think much of it. With the wedding coming up and everything going on, I am actually surprised I remember Tiffany asking me if I had it.

Then at Melissa Maag's Bridal Shower a few weeks ago, she received it as a gift and Tiffany asked me again if I had it. She and Alisha went on and on about how wonderful it is and how impressive this woman is. After arriving home from the shower I investigated! I believe I do need to purchase her cookbook, but in the mean time I have been cruising her blog.

While cruising her blog I saw this recipe
and thought I must try it!
I tried it last night and it was WONDERFUL!
I modified the recipe a little, instead of putting basil and garlic through the food processor, I bought a jar of pesto sauce, and instead of buying a block of Parmesan and grating it, I bought a packet of shredded Parmesan cheese. I also added some sun dried tomatoes that we had in the fridge and I must say they were a nice treat here and there.

While the pasta was boiling I heated the mixture up on the stove, it was a quick and easy side dish to our dinner! Jordan asked, What do you have going on over there!?!? I said, it's a surprise!

Once everything was heated up and the Parmesan Cheese was melted I tossed it with the pasta!

When ever I try something new, I always ask Jordan, What do you think? Does this qualify for a "make again"?

He said, "Make again, I could have this every day of the week!"
Thanks to the Pioneer Woman, I have another "make again recipe"! I must agree with Jordan, it was delicious and I think it would yummy warm or cold!