Big Wedding #2

The very happy New Mr. & Mrs!  Lots & lots of smiles! 

So many of our dear friends and family traveled so many miles to share
 this special day with us and also the evening of the Open House. 

We love you and Thank you!  It really meant the world to us.

 Daddy's little girl.  She's always had him wrapped around her little finger.

 The "Harper"

 (we know it's a Harpist but that wouldn't be as funny)

Funfetti, chocolate & pearls

All those creampuffs!



The Hot Chocolate Bar
on a cold Winter's night

The sparkly get away. 

Just like the credits at the end of a movie, we owe some Very Special Thank You's to the following for thier TLC with all of this wedding craziness.  We never could have pulled this off without you: 

The Chatsfam's, The Jensens, The traveling bunch from GP, Katie-the best maid of honor ever, Hair Kayleigh, Cream puff Kaylee, Whitnie, Summer & Mark, g'ma & g'pa N., Shawn & Julie, Kassie & Jaren, Jench, Barbie, Deb, Kitchen ladies,

Aunts Anita(s), Linda & JoAnn.

For their generosity & wonderful help at the Open House:

Leta, The Griffiths, Karri, Joseph & Jacclyn  from the Marriott

Awesome Pics: Angie, Shonda, Jani & Katlyn

Thank You! We love you!!

The Weekend without kids

So this weekend the kids all went to Provo to see the football game and stay at Jaren's house.  It left our house unusually quiet.  So Cameron asked: "what are you going to do with out kids?"  I jokingly said: "oh, run around naked".  So this is the picture we sent the kids on Saturday morning and the one we got back.....Nice!

"Without Kids"

and "With the Kids"

The new Mr. & Mrs. Nelson

Yes, announcing the new Mrs. Nelson.  We are so lucky, happy & excited to welcome the new Mrs. into our family.  We love her and we love how she loves her Mr.!  It was a wonderful, perfect fall day.  The weather couldn't have been ordered to be more perfect to accompany a beautiful Temple wedding with a gorgeous bride, a very handsome groom, a delicious luncheon and spectacular reception!  Kudos and much thanks to our family & friends who came to share the special day and for those who worked so hard to help in any way.  Pics to come soon......

Thanks! Mrs. Chatsfam...your pics saved the day!

Missy's Engaged!

Congratulations!

December 17, 2011

Portland Temple

SICK BABY

Tanner aka "Baby" is sick.  We're not exactly sure what is wrong with him.  I first noticed it last Thursday while cleaning out the trailer. I stacked a huge stack of blankets on the bed.  I was busy wiping the floor and heard him fall off the bed.  I thought "why did he jump off the bed?"  We don't like him to because it's too high and he's getting old and brittle.  Then it hit me that all of the blankets were also on the floor. He LUVVS to make nests and without seeing him do it, I think he made a nest on the top of the huge stack and tipped it over onto the floor.  The next morning he was just wierd.  Tight and tense and didn't stretch when he got up, walked around with his tail tucked, his ears down and he tried to chew a treat and acted like it was painful and then snapped at me when I tried to kiss him on the head.  I called the vet and she thought it was a tooth absess and made a dental appointment for him on Tuesday.  OF COURSE it was a FRIDAY and A HOLIDAY WEEKEND so she said just wait and watch and bring him in on Tuesday morning.  What a long, sad weekend. On Sunday we felt a marble size "something" on his neck. By Monday it had grown into the size of a ping-pong ball causing us even greater worry.  We knew he was in a lot of pain and suffering.  She had said not to let him stop eating and drinking and it was a lot of work to keep him going, but we did. We would dip our fingers into water and he would lick our fingers. I bought super soft dog food in a can for him which he would eat because it's usually been a treat for him.  He wouldn't even eat his treats which he LUVVS!!
Tuesday morning Missy dropped him off at the vet.  I picked him up later that afternoon.  Of course my stomach was in knots with worry.  When they brought him out he looked like he'd gotten in a fight.  All of the fur on his right eye was torn off and red and icky.  I asked the vet "what happened?!" He said that he had some gooey stuff on his eye and when he picked it off, the fur just started peeling off....wierd!!! Anyway, he then said that he was going to have MUCH better breath that they had removed all of the rotten teeth...all 19 of them!! I actually waited to see the joking twinkle in his eye and for him to say "not really, just 5" but he didn't!  I was SO Shocked!  19!!!! Holy COW! So our little guy looks like a little old man with out his dentures.  I felt so guilty!  The vet said it's just part of an old little dogs life to loose their teeth.  He said that when he heals up, he will feel so happy and healthy like a new dog.  He loves to give kisses and it is true...right now when he kisses you...NO BAD BREATH!!! So until then, we'll keep giving him his pain pills & antiobiotic and wait for our happy little guy to return to us.  We will miss his teeny-tiny cute teeth but not his bad breath.  We will also keep praying that the lumps go away with the antibiotics and that it's not something very, very serious and we loose him altogether. It's been a very fun 8 years!

My 24 second Cowboy

At our ward party last Saturday, someone begged to do a little showing off.  He says a real bull rider only has to stay on for 8 seconds....and he stayed on for 24.  Here's proof:

Fake Wedding Cakes & Better than....cake recipe

August in our town with 9 months of winter is definately the time for weddings.  With 2 weddings on the way....we've kind of got wedding on the brain right now. (Oh woops...you don't know about the other one YET!..soon) So having a friends bridal shower this week we decided to bring back the ole' towel cake shower gift...you know the fake wedding cakes made with towels.  I'm not bragging...by any means...but we think we're pretty good at making them.  So I'll show you the 2 that we've made.  The other was for a niece 3 years ago.  You can find lots of tutorials on line. Funny thing, her wedding cake didn't turn out...should I say very photogentic...so they used the towel cake in it's place. You can't even tell from far away and I was OK with that.


Here's pics...and then while we're at it, I'll throw in the best cake recipe ever...no not for a wedding cake but just to eat! Another funny thing...one of my good friends from Canada served this at her daughter's reception and didn't even realize the name...she just thought it was good cake! She was rather shocked when I asked her if she did that on purpose.

Cake #2 August 2011

Cake #1 August 2008

 Better than (shopping, whatever, #@!&*) Cake 

1 Devils' Food Cake Mix

-Mix & Bake per instructions, cool.

1 jar caramel sauce

1 jar chocolate sauce

1 8-oz. cool whip, thawed

1 bag Heath chips

I use the end of the handle on a wooden spoon and poke holes in the cake about 1" apart all over the cake.  Fill the holes with caramel.  Feel generous and use a lot.  Completely frost cake with cool whip.  Sprinkle Heath chips over cake before the cool whip if desired and again on top of the cool whip.  The more, the merrier!  Then with a chocolate and a caramel ice-cream topping sqeeze bottle.  Drizzle it over top of the cake in a quick whipping motion.  This will create thin, beautiful lines on your cake.  Keep refrigerated til gone!