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!