Merry christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone! I couldnt have asked for a better holiday. Had a lazy morning with great gifts. We had a lot of fun with both our families. We ended the night taking our puppy on a walk to see the lights and relaxing on the couch! Cant get much better then that. We are so very grateful for all we have and that we got to spend this holiday together and with family.

Merry Christmas!!!!

Family party!!!

We had our little family party at our house on the 23rd we couldnt have asked for better company (except shane had to work boo!) We ate yummy food, played fun games and opened wonderful gifts! It was so fun all of us getting together.

\ and of course I couldnt get enough of these 3 cuties all night!

christmas eve.

The annual Barney christmas eve party was a success! It was so much fun we played a white elephant game and I think shane came out a winner!!! We exchanged gifts and of course got my favorite present of all my sweet grandparents always get us the cutest pjs and its my favorite tradition!

Waren Jeffs photo who wouldn't want it???

ugly sweater perhaps

We the Martins hosted the ugly sweater party this year. It was alot of fun. We always look forward for this party every year how couldnt we with this company???

tis the season!!!

Alright lets be real its almost the first of the year so lets make a goal early... Im going to try to be a better blogger. So lets start now. I cant believe that it is almost Christmas. I love this time of year all the leaves falling all the Christmas lights and family time. We havent been up to much lately. Shane works alot and I work part time. We both feel so fortunate to have the great jobs that we do. We just are enjoying this time of year and the each others company and of course Gus! Gus has been loving to snuggle lately and we love it! So here are some pictures

Home!

Okay I know its been a while sense we have moved in but I have been kind of a slacker. Here are a few pictures of the front room area and the kitchen. I will post more soon of the other spaces. Dont mind my awesome picture taking skills they really dont do it justice, we really love our home and feel very fortunate to be able to have what we do.

Judds!!

Judds is the place to go for icecream let me tell you. We went there a few weeks ago and its so yummy. Shanes favorite is the superman icecream. It is the funnest little place. They also have awesome soup and breadsticks and old school candy!

Bedroom!

Well tonight when me and shane went to target I of course had to go by the bedding section and of course The bedspread I have been wanting for ever went on sale. So of course I had to splurge and buy it:]

And we are currently painting a stripe in our bedroom Ill let you know how it turns out! crossing our fingers!

Gus!

Gus the bus is getting so big. He looks different everytime I look at him I swear. He is the cutest puppy ever. I love coming home to him. He is my little best friend:]

As of late!!

Well I have been trying to get everything put together but its been taking a little thinking. So Ill show you bits and pieces of what I have decorated so far with the house. Its coming along slowly but surely!

We redid this dresser last weekend. It was really pretty to start out with;} it was maroon and grey half primed. It has been sitting in the garage of our last place for a year because we started it but then never finished so here it is. We painted it sunflower yellow and then stained it.
Me and my friend morgan had craft night last week and This is what I made! A book page wreath it turned out pretty good if I do say so my self!
This is our kitchen table. Our great friend devin made it for us. It was just plain wood color then we painted the top black and the legs red then stained them. I love how it turned out.
I found that cute mirror at DI and I painted it red because it was nasty gold and brown before:] and I made the burlap banner above the window. This room is still coming together. We put up our picture wall on monday but I still have to fix some of the frames so ill post pictures of that later!

This is the actual kitchen decore. Ill take better pictures of the whole kitchen when its all done. Because I love the kitchen its so dang cute!

happy one year!

Yesterday was mine and shanes one year anniversary! We didnt do much because shane had to work but we do get to spend monday together and its been awhile sense we could spend the whole day together so it will be great.

Shane is the most amazing man I have ever met. He is so caring and genuine. I couldnt have asked for a better husband. I am seriously so blessed. It has been a great year and I cant for all the years to come. I am one lucky Girl!

update!

Well its been a while. We still dont have internet at our house it has sorta been a pain. So here is an update of whats been going on. Monday the 27th of June we closed on our house and moved in. It was an exciting day. We couldnt move in until one o clock so the friends we were going to help move had to go to work by then so Shane, Morgan and I packed up the trucks and trailer up and moved us in. It took all day and it was 105 out side talk about alot

of fun....not. But we got everything all moved in and we are still working on gettting everything arranged and in order. Im sure it will take us a little while to get settled. We also got a dog last Saturday and he is the cutest thing ever. He is a golden retriever and his name is Gus! It has been so much fun. He is my new buddy at night its been alot of fun. We have been kind of boring lately just been moving and loving the new house. We are seriously so blessed.

Also my brother, sister , and nephew came to visit for two weeks and it was so good to see them it was a blast!

California!!!

California was a blast. We had so much fun and it was a great get away.

The first day we left st george about 9:30 and headed out. We stoped in Vegas and went shopping and then went to lunch. After lunch we headed to california and we just hung out and relaxed once we got there

The 2nd day we walked around the shops by our hotel went to lunch at PF changs. From there we went to a outdoor outlet mall. We headed to the game arong 4 so we could watch batting practice and try to catch some fly balls:] Devin was the only one that caught one and Jake got one of the players to sign it. The game was a blast the Angels Won so that is always fun.

The 3rd day was our beach day! We woke up and went to a big swap meet. It was huge and had a ton of cool stuff. It had some really nice stuff and some not so much. We then went to Hunington Beach. Before we went to the ocean we stoped and had lunch and looked around at the shops. Then we headed to the beach. The water was freezing so I was hesitent to even get in but I did end up getting in for a minute. Shane and Trever loved it though and were in the water most of the time. We also played sand volley ball which was so fun I had never played before and its pretty tough. At about 5:30 after the boys finished there sand castle, we ended the night with dinner and icecream. It was a great trip and I hope we go again.

(sorry the picture is very good its from my phone)

But this little beauty will be mine and shanes hopefully the first of next week! We have been looking for a house for quite a while and nothing had fallin through and nothing that we loved had came up intil we saw this one. It was built in 1942 but the whole inside is redone. We are super excited and feel very fortunate to have found a house and that were able to get one. I will post more pictures after the move.

California Here we come!

Alright so we are heading out to california tomorrow morning and im so excited Its been forever sense We have been anywhere farther then vegas. We are going down with our friends Trever Morgan and jake. Then we are meeting Devin and whitney down there. We will be going here....

and Here...
cant wait see you monday....

and im so stoked that my sister nephew and brother will all be visiting when I get back cant get much better right? hope everyone has a great weekend!

whats for dinner?

Okay so my pictures dont look the greatest but it was good:]

Taco Pillows.

I saw this recipe floating around Pinterest and decided to give it a try. It actully turned out really good and it was super easy. So here is the recipe

• Ingredients.
• 1 packages refrigerated crescent roll or biscuit dough
• 1 lbs. ground beef or turkey
• 1 package taco seasoning
• .5 cup cheddar or mozzarella cheese, shredded
• shredded lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, etc. if desired

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375ºF. Brown the ground beef or turkey in a skillet. Drain in a colander and rinse well in hot water to remove grease. Return to skillet. Add taco seasoning; mix well. Unroll crescent rolls or biscuits. {I kept two of the rolls together to make a square. It made it easier to wrap.}Top each piece of dough with approx. 2 TBSP taco meat and a sprinkling of cheese. Roll crescent roll around filling (fold over and pinch edges to seal if using biscuit dough). Place on a baking sheet at bake at 375ºF for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, and a dollop of sour cream, if desired.

Freezing Directions:

Follow directions as above. When finished baking, allow to cool completely then flash freeze on a cool cookie sheet. When frozen, place in a gallon freezer bag. To serve: Heat frozen taco rolls in microwave for about a minute or reheat in the oven until heated through.