*Beauty Tips From A Ranch Woman: Bed Head*

I was wondering what I should do with my hair at night when I go to bed. For the longest time I thought that if I put it in a ponytail or a braid that it would be best for my hair, it wouldn’t be all tangly in the morning and I wouldn’t rip it out when I brushed it out… So, I ended up asking my hairdresser what she thought. She informed me that putting my hair up in anyway while I slept is a no no. If your hair is confined when you sleep then it pulls all night long and makes your hair weak and brittle and it comes out super easy at the roots. So here’s what you do to have healthier hair when you wake up in the morning…

- Leave your hair down and unconfined as you sleep

- In the morning when you go to comb through your hair be patient, 

use a comb not a brush, start combing at the ends and move up slowly

-  If you shower at night don’t rinse your conditioner completely out, leave a little on the ends

- Before you sleep, tip your head upside down and massage your roots. This helps your hair grow

*Ranch Kittys*

Otis & Mr. President are now ranch cats. I miss having them at home and in the house and hearing their purrs and little meows. But, it was getting a little too crowded and we figured it was time for them to go to the ranch. I visited them today, they are loving it out here and Green Eyes is making sure to keep an eye out for them. Sweet babies 

*Joey's Quarter Of A Centry Old B-day Party- My Birthday/Our Anniversary Celebration*

I know it's been almost a month but I wanted to share... We celebrated Joey's on July 31st when he turned 25! I bought the most delicious Honey Glazed Ham, made my Momma's homemade Macaroni & Cheese (which Joey loves), heated up some home canned Green Beans, and Nikki made some awesome Vinegar Cucumbers. It was all in all a successful b-day dinner!

We topped it off with a Chocolate Cake w/ Chocolate filling w/ Chocolate Frosting... so in other words a Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Cake :)

Isn't he a handsome birthday boys?! :) Those were my b-day presents to him!

Joey & Bret Nicole

And I give you...

The Birthday Boy! (goon)

My birthday was on the 15th and for it Joey let me go shopping :) We were down visiting my family(where my parents gave me Photoshop CS5 for a b-day present!!! I'm stoked!)  so we headed to the big BIG city and went to Cabelas, AA Callisters & The Gateway Mall. I got a super cute pine tree pillow (for my future pine tree guest room haha) & sugar baked Cashews from Cabelas, a couple sweaters for this winter from PacSun & AE, a couple Wrangler baby onsies (haha... not comment) & cookie cutters in the shape of a cowboy hat and a boot at AA Callisters, and the most beautiful vase from Anthropologie.

After shopping we went to check in to our hotel room. We got to stay at the Anniversary Inn in the Swiss Family Robinson room! It was gorgeous. It had a fish tank full of exotic fish, cheesecake & sparkling apple cider, candles all around the jacuzzi tub, and the bed was up in a tree(with chocolate covered strawberries on a pillow)!

Cute story: Joey ran out to get a movie from the RedBox so while we was out I decided to go get some pops and some ice. I was getting the ice when along walks Joey around the corner with a big ol' smile on his face, he saw me and stopped like a deer in the headlights... he had a  huge bouquet of red roses that he was going to surprise me with in the bedroom. He has picked me beautiful wildflowers numerous time but he's never bought me flowers, so this was kinda special. I am glad I caught him in the act because his face before he saw me was priceless!!! Such a sweet hubby!

We dressed up nice and went to dinner at PF Changs. We were going to go somewhere super fancy but I was in the mood for Chinese and PF Changs is my all time favorite! It was, like always, DELICIOUS! 

The next morning I got to sleep in and we got to eat a delicious room service breakfast in bed. I have to say one of my favorite things about the whole stay in SLC was that I got to shower under a waterfall!!! 

These are my roses almost a week later and they still looked beautiful in my b-day vase

*2 Years Baby*

So I am sorry to say that I have been so busy lately that not only have I "forgotten" about this blog but I also forgot to announce to the blog world that Joey and I celebrated our

2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

on the 6th!!! Crazy days! I cannot believe it has been 2 years already. Here are a few things that happened during our 2nd year of marriage...

- Joey got a raise. I got a new job
- I've had a lot of heath issues that have developed and have found out about this year and we both have been getting used to them
- We had our 1st real financial struggle
- We lost 3 babies (Hagen, Lori & Bo). But gained 5 more (Coatsy, Dolly, Doc, Mr. President & Otis)
- Moved twice
- Joey's truck got paid off {hallelujah song plays}
- Decided we wanted to become Foster Parents (still in the process)
- Joey graduated!
- We've learned that communication is very important in a marriage and have learned how to do it a whole lot better

There were lots of other awesome things and not so awesome things that we have gone through this past year. All in all it has been a wonderful 2 years so far with my love and I have so happy and grateful to be his wife!

Happy (belated) 2 Year Anniversary Baby! 

(this is my song for Joey for this past year)


Joey made this for me for an anniversary present :) :)

*Exhausted, Yet Restless, Yet Bored, Yet Lazy*

Right now...

I'm plopped down on the couch

I got home from work not too long ago

I'm exhausted

I'm kind of excited though because I showed a puppy just a few minutes ago and sold it! The little Tri-colored boy!

Even though I'm exhausted I'm pretty restless and want to do something

There's nothing I want to do though

I'm too tired to clean the house, don't feel like reading a book, sick of TV, don't feel creative enough right now to do crafts or my scrapbook, don't want to take a nap during my time off. Exercise? Pshh, get real

Joey is out haying and won't be home until after dark

It's days like these that I wish I could just scoot on over to my parents house and hang out with my Mom or my sisters. That's never gonna happen though :(

Man, my feet hurt. I wore bad shoes to work today

I have the day off tomorrow. 1/2 {good sigh} 1/2 {bad sigh}

What the heck am I going to do?

I have gum in my mouth that has long since lost it's flavor and has gone rubbery, I should throw it away

But, I'm too lazy to get up

Coatsy is trying to get me to play with him

The cat/kittens are all napping and you can hear their occasional purrs

It's a hot day out but there's the nicest breeze coming through my windows

Maybe I will take a nap