Two down, two to go

I made it through the 09/fall semester. I had my last final on Tuesday and now have a break until January 19th. This last semester I took all online classes and it went pretty well. It took some getting used to but I think I caught on fast and I came out with one B for sure and I think the rest will be A's. Next semester I will be taking all traditional classes and will be driving to Powell Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I thought I was going to graduate in the spring but my planes changed and I will hopefully be graduating in the fall of 2010. I switched my major to business, so I will be able to use that knowledge someday for my own massage business. I plan on becoming a massage therapist once I graduate from Northwest. I found this great distance program out of Salt Lake City that I am going to obtain my certification from. I was thinking about going to Billings but I would have to be gone three to four days out of the week and that didn't sound very fun. This way I can stay home and be with Richard. I'm excited that I finally figured out what I want to do and thought I would let everyone know about it. For right now I'm looking forward to Christmas and a break from school.

Happy Birthday Richard!

This is really late, but I still wanted to post it. Also I did have pictures to go with it, but I accidentally erased them off of my camera. Anyway here is the post. It was Richard's Birthday on November, Friday the 13th. We had a little family get together at his parents house Friday night. We celebrated his dad's birthday also because it was on Wednesday the 12th. Friday morning I went over to Careen's to learn how to make Richard's favorite birthday cake, which is Devils Food Cake with white home made frosting. That night we had his parents, my parents, his sister Becky's family, his brother Eric's family, and his brother Shane's family come to celebrate. We just ate cake and ice cream and visited. It was nice and we want to tell everyone thanks for coming. Richard didn't get anything too exciting for his birthday and nothing was a surprise, but that is okay. He got some 22 bullets, three new t-shirts, and a floating frame with a couple of scriptures that he likes. My sister Lindi made it for him and we also want to thank her for taking the time to do that. Happy Birthday Richarch! I love you!

More Pictures of Addie!

Addie Adele's Arrival

Addie Adele Weber was born on Wednesday, October 14th 2009, at 11:46. She weighs 6lbs 4oz and is 19 1/2 inches long.

Addie's Room... Complete

(note: This post is copied from my moms blog)
Hi!! This is a shout out from Dani's house in Lingle, Wyoming. Katie and I headed down to Lingle yesterday and picked Lindi up at the Casper Airport as she flew in from Vegas for the week. It only took us 2 hours longer to get to Dani's house from Casper because of the WONDERFUL roads, which were covered in ice... BLACK ice that is... did you know that black ice is like the devil?... It's true, you can't see it but the evil is always there! Anyways... back to the story... we made it to Lingle SAFELY around 12 am. :)

As you can see, my daughters and I are having a good time creating this post together and you will see the same one on all of their blogs as well. NOW... the reason why we're posting...

INTRODUCING... (the FINISHING touches)... ADDIE'S ROOM!!!!!!!
Note: The colors in the following pictures don't show their true hue.

I picked out fabric for pillows to be made for the nursery and was hoping to find someone to make them. I hit the jackpot when I thought of Brenda, she did an AMAZING job!! The pictures don't do them justice, they are adorable and we all LOVE them!!!!...




















































The above pillow turns to the other side and it is pictured in the second picture in the rocking chair...they are all so cute and absolutely perfect!!!! THANKS Brenda!!!!!

The following items were made by Michelle and the ribbons were added by Lindi today. The ribbons are the same ones that were used on the pillows and we wanted to tie them into the room...



































(I couldn't edit any of the pictures, because I don't have my computer...hence not soooo good...)

The following decor was provided by the talented Lindi...


















Lindi made the name...addie...








































Lindi helping...























The expectant mother, anxiously awaiting the big day which is this Wednesday!! In this picture, one can see that she is carrying Addie on the left side and in real life she looks a little funny!!! But she's always been a little special and we still LOVE her!!!























I'll keep you posted on the excitement from Lingle!!!

Transforming our House

I know my mom already blogged about Richard and I painting our house, but I'm still going to blog about it anyway. I knew she would beat me to it. She is just WAY to fast for me to keep up with. Anyhow, on Saturday we painted our house and both of our parents helped us. We are so spoiled with all the help we get, but truly we are blessed and we are grateful for that. So technically this house isn't "ours" but we are renting it from Eric and Becca. Part of the deal is that we fix it up while we live here so we picked a color pallet and started working. I was so happy because we got two coats on the house in one day. I really didn't want to have to get the mess back out to finish, so it's good we did it all in one day. We love the color and how good the house looks with just a point job. The next step is to bend white aluminum around all the window and door frames. Then we will be getting black shutters, door knobs, and step railing. We are also going to get the doors spray painted white with car paint. So it is a work in progress and we are excited to see the finished look.

Here are some before and after pictures of the house:

Now here are some pictures of us painting the house:

My dad, got to love 'em

Labor Day Weekend

For Labor Day weekend Richard and I went camping up on the Big Horns. We camped with Craig and Careen, Becky and Greg and their kids, and David and Jenny Rael. We went up Friday night, ate a great dinner and sat around the camp fire and talked until bed time. On Saturday we had some breakfast and took all the kids on a four wheeler ride. Richard and I took a nap and then we all ate smoked ribs for dinner that David made. They were really good along with potatoes and corn on the cob. We went down that night to go to church in the morning. After church we all went back onto the mountain and stayed until Monday night. We had another good dinner on Sunday night and stayed up talking around the camp fire. On Monday the girls went with David and Jenny so the rest of us went on a four wheeler ride without the kids. In the middle of our ride Richard and I stopped and hiked down to see the Porky Pine falls. The falls are really pretty and we found some raspberry bushes so we had a little snack. The hike back up was a lot harder then going down. I'm really out of shape and it pretty much kicked my butt. Richard was very patient and waited for me every time I had to stop. After we finished our ride we went back to camp and had a sandwich and cleaned everything up and come down off the mountain. Richard and I just want to thank his family for letting us tag along and also letting us stay in his parents camper. It was a fun time and a nice little break.
( I don't have the best pictures because my camera kept dying)

Everyone around the camp fire

The kids waiting to go on a four wheeler ride.