New Carpet!

Last night we met with Empire Today and selected new carpet for our family room! It was an exciting event. They came out to our house and showed us all types of carpet samples. They have sample books they bring. There is a large piece of carpet on top and then when you lift the large carpet up there are several smaller samples underneath all of various colors.

Ryan and I felt each one carefully to determine which one felt the softest and most comfortable. When the salesman went outside to get some additional samples, Ryan suggested that I put my face on the carpet sample to feel how soft it was on face - or not soft. I complied and then suggested he did the same. The salesman came in as Ryan was lifting his face off the last carpet sample.

We continued talking and the salesman told us how he has to sanitize all the carpet samples after he is done for the day. He continued to explain how dogs sit on the carpet, cats roll on it. People put their babies on it... on and on he went. Ryan and I were just dying inside!! We had just rubbed our faces on that unsanitary carpet!!

When the guy went back outside we just about lost it! We were laughing so hard! We laughed and laughed and the poor sales guy had no idea what was going on.

Well, I guess the carpet wasn't that bad because we bought some... Being installed next Monday! Happy Thanksgiving to us!

CAMDEN HEATH REED

Welcome to my newest newphew! Camden Heath Reed was born last Tuesday - Nov. 11th. Congrats to my sister Stacey! Can't wait to see the new little guy!!

Cinderelly, Cinderelly...

"Cinderelly, Cinderelly
Night and day it's Cinderelly
Make the fire, fix the breakfast
Wash the dishes, do the mopping
And the sweeping and the dusting
They always keep her hopping!"

Do you remember that pudgy little mouse Gus, Gus in the Disney movie Cinderella? He was always my favorite. Which mouse was your favorite?

Since we've had the work done in our house, the entire thing has a fine layer of dust covering EVERYTHING! We had the ceilings painted yesterday and that was the last thing to do that would effect all of our house, rather than just the kitchen.

So, this morning, I decided it was time to "do the mopping." I felt like Cinderelly as I pulled my bucket of warm soapy water with me and hand mopped the dusty wood floors. It took forever! I barely finished 1/16th of the floor in our house, and then I had to get ready and leave for work.

Poor, poor Cinderelly... I was envious of her cute little mouse friends that helped her get everything done. Maybe if I had a fairy god mother and a fancy ball to go to I'd have mice to help me do the cleaning...

Morton's Steak House

This is a picture of the picture they took of us. We dressed up nice, but it wasn't as fancy as we thought it would be. There were all ranges of dress - guess that is what you get in California. It was still fun for us to dress up though! This is the personal menu we received! It was so cute! They had great service and even though the food was over priced it was delicious! I'd go there again - if someone else pays!

How's your Memory?

Want to play my game? If you have been to our house then you know this is what you see when you walk in the door. However, something has changed. Can you guess what it is?

Make your guesses!

Sneak Peak...

So, here we are in the final stages of our kitchen being complete! So exciting. Here are some pictures for you, but let me tell you that it looks so much more amazing in person! You'll all have to come visit just to see the kitchen!

FYI - just because there is a nice kitchen doesn't mean good food... However, I can provide good candy, possibly good ice cream and of course good company!

Also, does anyone want our ugly blue carpet? It's going too... (YIPPEE!)

Happy Anniversary! (To Us!)

Ryan and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary yesterday. Can you believe it has been 3 years already! We were trying to remember what we did on the other years, but it is all kind of fuzzy... The first year we had just purchased our home and then for our anniversary we both tried to buy a new king size bed for each other. I let Ryan buy the bed... That is all we remember about that year. Last year we went up to big bear and stayed in a cabin for a few days. That was fun too!

This year we are getting a new kitchen and that is really exciting. I took the day off yesterday so on Tuesday night we went to the Newport Beach temple for a session and then to the Laguna Cliffs Resort & Spa in Dana Point and stayed there. We really enjoyed staying in a room that wasn't covered in dust and ceiling particles like our house is now... The bed so was comfortable too! We slept in until I couldn't take it any longer. I wanted to see the results of the Prop. 8 vote. (YIPPEE for Prop. 8!)

We got free breakfast with our stay so we ate at the resort restaurant which was delicious. The view of the ocean was amazing. We ate outside on a little patio looking over the ocean. It was such a beautiful fall morning. The air was crisp and cool but not too cold. The ocean was calm and the sun shone all around. It was so nice.

After we checked out of our hotel we drove up PCH and stopped every now and then to walk around the cute shops along the road. Ryan agreed to get a pedicure with me so off we went. Unfortunately for Ryan we saw someone he works with... He is really hopping that doesn't get out... ha ha!

We tried to go home, but since they were texturing the ceiling we couldn't get into our house so we went to the mall and marched around like zombies. We were tired - not because we did anything fancy - just tired.

We finally made it home in time to get ready for our big dinner out. We went out to dinner at Morton's Steak House and it was delicious! They printed our names on a special menu that read, "Happy Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Price!" (Pictures to come of that). They also took our picture and put it in a little paper frame like the kind you get after Prom of you and your special prom date... It was a nice treat!

We had a wonderful 24 hour celebration! I am so glad I married Ryan. He is such an amazing man. He is so kind and gentle and is always taking care of me and my needs. (Or the needs I think I have). I am so glad we got to go to the temple together. It has been a long time since we've been able to go together with our schedules being so off. I loved being there with him. We also were the witness couple!

I am looking forward to spending eternity with Ryan. I saw the end of the movie Wedding Singer last Sunday and cried and cried. At the very end Adam Sandler sings a song about growing old together. I am so looking forward to growing old together with Ryan. When I told him that he said, "I don't want to get old, so let's just stay young together forever!" I love that guy! Happy Anniversary RyRy! I love you!!