Welcome:

My friend Heather & her boyfriend Justin are coming into town tonight for a fun filled visit! They recently moved out on their own into a cute house in Monmouth, so of course I had to make them a housewarming present! I love making mosaics and have made a few of these welcome signs for friends! I love the unorganized welcome with cool colors! Hopefully they will like it & it will add a little hello to wherever they put it! The best for the side of the house is to do the house numbers, but since this house is a renter for Heather & Justin, I have to wait until they buy :)

Riggins, ID

  ( Above: Seven Devils- view from the 1st lookout tower)

My Dad got a cabin in Riggins, ID this past weekend to have a little escape from Ontario. The 3 of us ( Dad, Tyler & I) headed up Friday night for a night of relaxing in a house right next to the river! On Saturday we all got up early & set out on a hike around the Seven Devil's area! The hike was amazing & a reminder that I haven't been to the gym since I graduated- ( * mental note to go get a gym membership!) Such a great thing to do & only a few hours from Ontario!
The Seven Devils Lake was right below the mountains &  was the coolest color of blue/green! The trout were jumping like crazy, while we were wishing we had a fishing pole!
The Seven Devils from below- as you can see from the first picture we hiked quite a ways up to get a great view- & that was the short hike! The second hike we took for the day was 8 miles with a great variety of steep slopes, steeper slopes, & a few downhill trails to let us catch our breath! 

On Sunday  Mom joined us & we headed down the Salmon River for Tyler's first rafting trip! The rafting was amazing & of course I was all smiles! Mom was a little terrified of getting wet, so this is the only picture you can see her head in because she was ducking behind me the whole time trying to stay dry! It started raining toward the end of the trip, which is so weird for this time of year, but we enjoyed the change of pace & weekend away!

Chelsea Elizabeth Photography

The Bridal Party: Jaela & Dane, Andrea & Rob, Val & Kelly, Us, Heather & Jared, Lauren & Chris, Kailey & Brennen!


                                 The Girls : Lauren, Jaela, Kailey, Me, Andrea, Val, Heather
     The Reception Site: Montanaro Farms!

    I just had to give a shout out to our amazing photographer! If you live in the Southern California area Chelsea Elizabeth Photography is OUTSTANDING! And the package we got with our price included all of the pictures that we get to print out, all of the 4 x 6 proofs, and an album! :) she is amazing! The pictures turned out gorgeous! 

To Baby Reece

  Today was my day off of work and I have been waiting for the time to do something creative! My cousin Lauryn is expecting to have her little baby any day now and I thought I would make her a few things to send our love! She lives in Nevada & with the heat my thinking is that that baby will be boiling in a onesie AND  normal clothes- so I decorated a few onesies for Baby Reece to strut around in! Now hopefully she will come in the next few days & give her mom a little break in the belly! :) 

   Reece Reynolds is coming soon! YAY!

In the routine:

Now that Tyler and I are finally settled in we are getting into the groove of our routine! I usually work an unpredictable 3- 5 shifts at Brewsky's and Tyler irrigates daily. His new project around my parent's house is sanding the deck so that he can paint it!  He also has mandatory drill practices every Tuesday night with the rest of the Ontario Fire Department! He finally is allowed to start going through the training checklist and is on his way to that pager! The top picture is yesterday's drill ( 7/14/09) which was a controlled field burn! Needless to say, Tyler absolutely LOVES IT! :)

Above is what Tyler did for Tuesday's drill
           Tyler's daily, never ending job!