Merry Christmas!

Scott and I came up to Blackfoot to spend our christmas with my family! So I'm very happy this Christmas!

As one of my Mom's Christmas wishes was to have updated family photos! We tried to get a local photographer to meet up with us at a location here in town. But she never returned our phone calls! (very unprofessional I think)

So plan B . . . We all loaded up in one of Dad's 15 passenger vans and headed to Idaho Falls to Sears in the mall. I wasn't very excited to go to the mall on Christmas Eve but was pleasently surprised that it really wasn't that terrible!

Should of gotten ties for the boys. Oh Well!

Feelin the love

Merry Christmas everyone!

Love the McIntyres

My Fly Boy

Scott started his flight program this semester! He told me that he'd be flying by the end of this semester, but I really hadn't anticipated him flying this soon!

He had some troubles getting a good flight instructor, but once things were sorted out, and with some much needed help from his brother Ryan (who works closely with the UVU flight program). Scott was finally able to get up in the air. (Thanks Ryan! Your the best!)

Today was his first flight, although nervous, I think there was more excitement then anything.

I'm so proud of Scott, putting his nose to the grindstone, and working hard at school, and at his job! And for always being there for me. Even when I find it hard to stand, and always giving me that "push"of reassurance that, He'll be there to take care of me. I Love you Scott!

MOLLY!!!!!

About a month ago, we could start to smell something funny in our house. Couldn't quite put our finger on it. The hotter it got, the worse you could smell it! Till one day Scott put his nose to the carpet. . . ."EEEWWW! come smell this. Does this smell like pee?" "sniff sniff" "Yep! sure does!"

We fully trusted our dogs to have pretty much free rain of our house while we were out, and gone to work. I would come home for most of my lunches and let them have a potty break.

We would spontaneously check for piddle marks/wet spots, but we almost always came back with good results. Little did we know the epidemic that was slowly building on our main floor carpet downstairs. Molly must of pottied ten seconds after we left, so by the time we got home, it was dry.

We shampooed and shampooed, and even tried home remedies to try and get the stink out. While doing research on home remedies online, they said to pull out a black light and the Urine marks would show up opaque. Sure enough! It was pretty much DISGUSTING ! ! ! ! We came to the conclusion that we were just going to have to replace it.

Let the gangster demolition begin!

for those of you with weak stomachs, look away!

It smelled terrible!

Caution Caution! Under Construction!

Looking better

Looking lots better!

Isn't he handsome!

TADA! all finished . . . kinda

Sorry that some are sideways, I tried. We are almost done! We just need to lay the carpet, and hopefully, that will get done by Saturday-ish. Cause I really don't want to leave for Spokane with my living room still in my Garage!

Scott worked his tail off! I tried to help the best that I could, with "assisting" him :) I could take all the credit for it, But I love him too much. Granted this wasn't how I pictured us spending our anniversary weekend, We were together and that's all that really matters in the end. :)

Thank you Scott for giving me new floors and kinda a new kitchen! :)

4th of July Weekend

On July 2nd we got to witness Scott's Second niece, Kiley Anne (Ryan's second) get baptized! She is such a sweet girl, And will make a fine addition to the church! We went to lunch afterwords with the family and some of Emily's family that came down from Washington also. And they treated us to lunch! so nice of them to buy us lunch, and let us all share that time with Kiley together!

Two days later, they came down and celebrated the 4th with us! We had a great time! Good food, good company, and a good show! The whole street was celebrating at the same time it was AWESOME! not to mention the show that Scott and Ryan put on for all of us. We had to take a little bit of a break though, cause it started to rain! So we went in, and had dessert, and watched a little bit of Tangled :)

All in all a Very good weekend!

Random update, full of everything, and nothing at the same time

What have We been up too?! Well . . . I think I'll start with my Memorial weekend.

Scott for my Birthday had bought tickets to go see Les Miz! One of my top five favorite shows! Seats where ok, for the amazing price that He got them for. The only reason I would of wanted better seats, was cause Scott had never seen it, and I wanted his experience to be as amazing as the show is. He said that he still enjoyed it, and would see it again. Also because it's the 25th anniversary (and my 25th birthday, cool huh?!) they had redone the stage work on it, they had gotten rid of the turntable! not cool, that was like the best part! in my opinion. But in their defense, they had a really cool effect for when Javert, jumps off the bridge! It is still an amazing show! turn table or not, and well worth the money!

Right after the standing ovation, my phone was ringing, it was my Mom . I knew something was up, she was sending me cryptic texts most of the evening. Scott and I hadn't even made it down the stairs yet, let alone of the building, before I was in tears. Mom had called to tell me that my Bucca had passed away, Not even 15 min before she called. So if you've seen the play or read the book, you know that, Jean Valjean dies in the end. So I'm sitting there watching this character take his last breath, when in reality someone I love, and miss so very much was doing the exact same thing hundreds of miles away. My family had agreed not to tell me anything, because they had wanted me to enjoy my evening. Which I am alright with. Because my last visit there was a good one, Bucca, knew that I loved him, and I know that he loves me. In the end, I think that's all that matters, to me anyways.

We said our last goodbye to Bucca a week later. on June 2nd.

Grandma, is a trooper. three weeks later (give or take a few days) she went on tour with my parents, down to the Manti pageant, and to St. George to the Tuacahn amphitheater. they stopped and had lunch in Provo, Scott and I meet up with them there, and let Dad buy us lunch. (thanks Dad!!) I try to call Grandma once a week just to chit-chat about nothing, but mostly just to see how the other one is doing. I love my Grandma so much, my heart aches every time I call, I wish so much that I lived closer.

Scott, had taken one class this summer block, English, not one of his favorite classes but it still ranked higher then math with him. But between seeing the play and the funeral. All of which He needed to do extra credit for. He still passed with an A- !!!! pretty amazing I think! I couldn't be any more proud of him!

Rocky and Molly, Rocky as always has been a good dog. Molly is ever so sweet, but boy! can she get into trouble! there is something every week! Just yesterday she got in the trash and licked the mayo jar all but clean. BAD DOG!! she's has since served her time and back on her sweet behavior.

Me. still working hard at the office, and having fun riding my scooter most days now. Scott and I go out on scooter-cycle rides, I would say twice a week. Up to the reservoir, out to the lake, up Hobble creek canyon, or just out in the country. I love my scooter! and spending time with my Honey out on the open road. :)

Life is good at the moment. Tough and never fair, but still, life is good.

My Bucca

In case you haven't heard. My grandfather Aka Bucca (my mom's dad) passed away, on May 26th. Here is the link to his Obituary if you'd like to read.

http://www.hawkerfuneralhome.com/images/Merritt,%20Jack%20laminated%20obit.pdf

What did YOU do this weekend?

I don't mean do brag. . . OK yes I do. I had a few days off because my Dr.'s took time off to go do a continuing Ed class back east. And where I just visited my family last weekend, I had pretty much nothing to do. So I brushed off my sewing machine and went to work!

I already had a few patterns that I already liked, so I just needed supplies.

I found this psychedelic fabric at Wal-mart for a awesome price, and had the perfect blouse to go with it!

So a few hours later! TA DA

New Birthday outfit! for under $15 I'm quite proud of my self!

Even Molly likes it :) (Just ignore my socks)

Now this skirt is from the same pattern. And I already had the fabric, and because I had practiced on the other one, I busted this one out pretty dang fast!

it's kind of a stretchy Levi material, it has a double slit, I use to have a velvet skirt like it back in the day, for band concerts. So I really like it!

I also bought some more fabric for yet another skirt, it's cut out and half way together but after making these two, I'm kind of loosing speed. But when and IF I finish it I'll post a pic for ya!

Spa Day

Molly has been an absolute sweetheart, this last week. We have a few habits that we are trying to break. But she is learning, and fast! She has not even had one accident! It's been kind of amazing! When she lived with he previous family, she had another dog that she'd kennel up with at night and cuddle. She's been a little shocked that Rocky won't let her sleep with him. but is still adapting amazingly well!

Because the other dog in that household was an outside dog, they would just put both dogs outside for the most part. With it being winter and having two little kids, they never had the time to really brush Molly. So she had quite a severe mat/nat problem.

So Scott set up an appoinment with a gal that works at Home Depot, that does grooming on the side. Molly was really good for her, and in return Kathy (the groomer) was good to all of us. Thanks Kathy for all your hard work!

Say goodbye to the poofy Q-tip head

a shot of the early beginning stage

And a close up after! We knew she was smaller then Rocky, but holy cow! she's so tiny! We've decided that she has pom poms for ears now :)

Rocky didn't get groomed but he still got a bath, blown dry and really good brush, from the one and only Scotty Mac!

Doesn't he look handsome :)

Meet Molly

Molly is a Yestie Moodle. Yorkie, Westie, Maltese, Poodle Mix. In other Words that just a nice way to say that she's a mutt. Molly is just over a year old. She's house trained, and knows how to sit, and kennel up. We got her from a girl I work with. They couldn't keep her in their yard. I guess she's quite the escape artist. that and she has a good memory of the neighbor kids teasing her, so every time they(the kids) are out, she'd bark at them. . . then the neighbors would call the cops. So Krista and Jordan just couldn't keep her any longer.

She has a very sweet demeanor, I haven't even heard her bark yet. Her and Rocky play so good together, it's amazing!

tonight is our first night together, so it'll be interesting

Oh my what big eyes you have!

"POOF!" her new name is now Q-tip :)

eating dinner together, and getting along so good!

Love My Husband

Many hours of hard work, and in the freezing cold! I'm quite proud of my husbands "exterior illumination"

OOOOOOOOO, AAAAAAWWWWWW!!!

I Can't tell you how many cars drive by slow in front of our house, every night. (I'm sure our neighbors love that.) With our Christmas tree up now, it doesn't bother me quite as bad.

here is a link to a youtube video. hope it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FhReDakXKs

Halloween

Our Halloween was pretty fun! The McIntyre's this year did not do a competition amongst ourselves. So this year we just had fun carving our own pumpkins. Scott's on the left and mine on the right. :)

We were invited to a neighborhood party earlier in the week, Had a total blast there! (thanks Chad and Tammy for an awesome time!) but I lost track of time and only finished Scott's cape for Halloween. So I went to the party as a belly dancer :)

But I did find an awesome deal on the fabric for my cape and made it pretty dang fast too! I'm quite proud of my sewing skills lately! though I shouldn't brag, I'll prolly jinx myself for the next sewing project.

I was a big girl and put my hair in my sponge curlers all by myself!!! usually my mom's here to help me, or one of my friends takes pity on me and does it. But " I'm a big girl now!!"

I waited till I couldn't stand them anymore before I took them out. which was about 12:30. I wanted it curly, but I was going for more of a romantic/sexy curl, but got this instead...

freaking Ronald McDonald Hair!!!! I should of either dressed up like him, or maybe little orphan Annie!!! Needless to say I wore my hood all night!!

I never did think to get a picture of me all costumed out, so you'll just have to use your imagination.

Rocky wearing his costume!

At Home Depot they had a Halloween costume contest. and sad to say that Scott came in third :( oh well there is always next year, with room for improvement.

we woke up early to do his makeup, and we even "spray painted" his hair too! We had planned ahead and made his teeth a few days earlier. He wore this outfit, minus the makeup, to our neighborhood party. I think he looks/looked awesome!!!

Now these pictures are long overdue. these are from his first day of school, back in August. I could make up excuses but I won't. I'm just a slacker, that's all there is to it.

I'm so proud of Scott for going back to School! And his dedication to it too! He loves his classes and his professors. He not only learns something new everyday, but comes and teaches me something new also.

Thanks Scott for being such a hard worker, in everything you do!!

I love you!

Life as we know it

same old, same old here. I've been trying to think what we've done in the last two months that has been as much fun as our trip to Washington. . . Well for starters, and if you haven't heard, Scott has quit Sears and is back at Home Depot, AND he's started School!! all of these changes have been very welcomed, and at times much needed. I'm so proud of Scott, for going back to school and surprising himself with his good grades!

What's new with me you ask?! nothing. Still working. With Scott having long days sometimes, I've needed to find something to do with my time. So I went a got a Library card. :) and have turned into quite the book worm. Since my birthday in April I have read over 15 books! and the number is still climbing now that I don't have to buy them, I can just borrow them :)

Rocky? you ask? had a birthday last month, he turned 2! he's such a good boy, and we couldn't of ask for a better dog! he also learned a new trick. We had been working on it almost all year. He's learned to spin AND .... wait for it.... to roll over!! We are super excited about it! and so is Rocky when he found out what he gets for doing it. So now, he does it all the time, and sometimes all of his tricks at once. it's pretty cute, and we'll have to get it on video for ya.

We are also proud new owners of Costco cards!!! I kind of wanted Sam's club cards so I could keep in touch with my friends I left there, and because it would be closer. But I already keep in touch with the friends I love, and want to keep. And really what's another 10 or so miles.

hows that for a random update!? Well until next time, whenever that'll be.

Vacation '10

So the first week in August we ran away from work, and headed to Spokane. To visit Dan and Denise (Scott's parents) and his Grandma Betty. We headed up to Blackfoot, to stay at my parents place, Saturday night after Scott got off work. Then we hit the road, bright and early Sunday morning, and we made good time. To change things up a bit in Montana, we took a detour, and stopped in a town called Phillipsburg. We both really enjoyed it! the character this place had was amazing! And their candy shop wasn't too bad either! :)

The first day in Spokane we hung out with Denise. (Dan just got off working a grave yard shift, so we let him sleep) We spent the afternoon strolling Manitoe park, enjoying the beautiful Gardens that they have there. Denise even bought us lunch at the Park Bench Cafe, Super yummy!

now the days are starting to get blury, I should of posted sooner when it was still fresh but this program wasn't agreeing with me when I first sat down and tried. but details shmetails right?!

We almost always try to find something I haven't done there, or somewhere I've never been. So this trip we headed up to Greenbluff to the orchards to pick apricots. We were just a few days too early for peaches, which is what I was excited about, But apricots will do. :)

Next we headed for an afternoon of snorkeling in lake Couer d' Alene! The water there is so clear that it almost always surprises me. It was a nice and warm day, and the water wasn't too bad either, that even Rocky went for a swim. But for what ever reason he doesn't look to happy about it. Actually Rocky was pretty upset with Scott most of the car ride home.

While Dan and Scott were bonding and watching Trains. Denise and I had a girls night and went downtown to the movie theater, and watched Eclipse! Which reminds me. Never buy a "large" soda, and if you do, share it with someone. I've nicked-named them the "bladder busters" they were so big that you couldn't even put them in your cup holder! And also NEVER park in the Parkade, cause it closes at nine. No really it does! they had locked us out, and the car in! It was a good thing that Scott and Dan had meet us downtown. Scott goes running up the ramp, and yells at the two guys left closing shop, to let us get our car out. If we would of been five minutes later, We would of had to wait till morning to pick up the car. Lesson learned, when it says it's closing, it really means it. And to park in the parking garage thats attached to the mall.

We said our goodbyes to Dan and Denise on Thursday, We had already master planned a trip with my family to meet us up there. Well not in Spokane but about an hour away, in Kellogg Idaho, at the Resort there called Silver Mountain. This was kind of another half of our Christmas from my parents.

We met them at the resort late that afternoon, which gave us plenty of time to spend at the indoor water park there! They had everything there, quite a few splash pads, a lazy river, some basket ball hoops, a grand daddy of a splash pad which had three little tube slides on it, a surfing wave thingy, and three more adult like tube slides. . . . how ever you want to inturpit "adult" all of my brothers and including my dad screamed like little girls. Not that they were scary, but just for the fun of it!

They had a tube slide that you could fit multiple people on, and the only way to go on that was with at least two brothers, you would go so dang fast, and the corners! it was all I could do sometimes to stay in the tube! It was a blast!

The next morning Dad Rented bikes for everyone, and a trailer for the girls. We had fun, and enjoyed the scenery. Some more then others, but we all had a smooth, wonderful ride ;)

After a Rest, and a shower for some, We headed to Wallace Idaho, just the next town down to go on a mine tour. We had some time to kill, before our tour, so we took a stroll down main street, I guess you could call it.

Some interesting Facts about Wallace. Wallace is where they filmed the 1997 movie "Dante's Peak" with Pierce Brosnan. Don't worry that Volcano isn't actually there, no really it's CGI-ed in.

It was also more recently daubed the "center of the universe" which is kind of neat I thought! Not to mention a great photo opportunity! :)

He's the center of MY universe :)

We had fun on our tour of the mine, but there were times that I think that our tour guide was out to get me, he kept teasing me. But he was super nice to Scott and let him try out his jack-hammer!

That night we headed up the worlds longest gondola ride. Dad bought a packaged deal with a ride to the top, and a really nice dinner to enjoy up there as well.

They had all sorts of toys up there for the" kids" to play on. Notice that there is probably only one kid that is under the weight limit here :)

Next we went to Silverwood. Which is like a Lagoon to the pacific northwest. It's not much bigger and it's probably just as packed on a Saturday there, then it is anywhere else at a theme park. which I was a bit amazed, cause it's kind of in the middle of nowhere, but I guess so was Lagoon at one time, and even I can remember that!

as you can see Scott was REALLY scared!

took this picture riding in their antique cars. Thought it turned out pretty cute for a self portrait

Sweet little Rocky dog did awesome the whole trip! His cousins ( Dan and Denise's dogs) took a bit to warm up to him, but after a few days, they ended up doing pretty good together!