New Addition to The Wanlass Family!!

So Riley and I made a deal a long time ago that if he could buy a Fancy Team Roping Saddle (which he bought this summer) then I could buy a Fancy Horse. Well today we bought the fanciest little colt ever made. Because of his breeding he has the potential to become the Lebron James of the performance horse world. I'm so excited that I can barely stand it. So this is "Mister Dixie" the new addition to our family of now 3 horses, 2 dogs, Riley and Me!! Our family keeps growing!!

Catching Up!!

I haven't blogged for a while, so here is my Catch up!! We have been doing lots of projects lately. I needed a desk for the new sewing machine I got for Christmas, so I found this beauty at DI for $15. Of course I couldn't leav her in the ugly state that I found her in, so with some help from Riley, we sanded it, painted it, distressed it, and then glazed it.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. We also bought new handles for it (I found them on sale for really cheap:)
Riley wanted to build shelves for storage and a work bench in his garage, so he got right to work. Notice on the very bottom he built a little place for the dogs to sleep.
Riley hard at work.

Tuff always has a look a mischief!! He recently got a new toy - A bark Collar!! We didn't want the neighbors hating us anymore:)

The dogs love having their new backyard to play in.
Jaci is such a sweet Dog!! We should have stopped with her - Ha Ha!!
Even though it was around 2 degrees this day, Riley still has to get his practice time in.
Riley's new Christmas Present. He spends all of his free time with this dummy!!

I don't have a picture of it, but Riley got me a new camera for Christmas. He got me a Canon Rebel XS. I haven't figured out how to use it yet, but I love it!! I'm excited to learn how to take pictures with it!!

We had a great Christmas and New Years!! 2010 was great to us and we can't wait to see what 2011 brings us.

Finally A House Update!!

We layed Sod (Thank Goodness - The neighbor's yard is really muddy)! Here is our front door - Thanks to Rachel for my awesome wreath!!

Here is what our living room looked like painted and decorated before the tree came.

Our Tree and Christmas Decorations.

My awesome desk - aka office!!

Our kitchen table and side view of my office!!

We painted a Wall Green (The laundry room)

We painted a wall Red (We love it too)

It snowed a lot (I loved it - especially since I don't have to leave the house unless I want to).

We painted our Kitchen, Living Room, and Hallway a carmel brown color.

A lot has gone on since my last post. We have been busy working, working on school, and working on the house. We love our little home and can't wait until people start venturing North to come visit us. So here is what we've done!! (Its not in order cuz I don't know how to place the pictures in order. And Blogger is dumb and won't let me type this above the pictures.)

Home Sweet Officially Home!!

We finally have moved into this beautiful little home as of 5 o clock today. We love our little house and we love that got to pick everything out. (If you noticed that the door and the shutters are different colors, don't worry, we are changing the shutters to match the door. I hated the color of the shutters, so I had to change it.) Anyways, we love it here and I'll post more pictures when I get stuff put together.

Our House is ALMOST done - YaY!!

There have been a lot of new things go up on our house since my last update. They finished the painting, the driveway, the sidewalk, all the steps leading into our various doors, the cabinets, counter tops, and the light fixtures. The even installed a doorbell and gave us electricity. Each time we go our house becomes more and more livable. I don't have a for sure date when we can move in, but based off what they have left to do I'm hoping that we move in next weekend. All that is left is the plumbing (sinks and toilets), and carpet. Here are a bunch of pictures of the new updates. Sidewalk and driveway!

The driveway right after it was poured.

Master Bath Cabinets

Kitchen Cabinets and Counter tops

Our "Chandelier"

Our master bath lights

Outdoor light fixture!

Utah State vs. BYU football game

On Friday Carl and Julie came up to Logan for the Utah State vs. BYU game. Unfortunately for Carl, BYU lost. But fortunately for me Utah State won (and yes Brett, I'm a fair weather fan, but I figured since I live in Logan I need to chear for Utah State). I actually could care less about watching the game, but the crowd was very entertaining. The picture below is the entire student crowd. (For those of us that went to SUU - we got ripped off - USU has a grand ol' time at games!!) We had a great time with Carl and Julie and can't wait until they come to visit again.
We had to force Carl to smile - He wasn't too happy with BYU at this point!

Sweat Equity!!

Cost of Tile and Supplies - A lot!!
Blood (literally) Sweat (lots of it) and Tears (itchy eyes from the really bad cold I had) - A couple years of my life.
Achey muscles - Another couple years of my life.
Time - 4 long days (keep in mind I had a bad cold too)
Cost of several diet Cokes - $20.

But the satisfaction of laying my own tile (with the help of mom and Riley) - Priceless!!

This past weekend (Thurs, Fri, Sat, and Sun.) my mom came up to Logan to help me lay the tile in our house. It was a lot of work, and I wondered what was I thinking several times, but now that its done I love it. On Thursday and Friday my mom and I got busy buying literally 1 ton of tile and laying it in our house. I seriously couldn't have done it without my mom's help. She kept me working hard and worked about 20 times harder than I did. We had a blast - most of the time. Then on Saturday and Sunday, Riley and I grouted the tile. It was an easier job than laying it, but I was so sick and sore and tired that it took us longer than it should have.

They put the brick on the house - now the exterior is almost complete!

Here is the tile in the kitchen before the grout.

Here is Riley grouting away!!

This is the entryway tile

And here is the kitchen's tile!! I thought it turned out really good.

This week they are installing the trim and painting the house. I'm getting so excited to live here - hopefully this last little bit goes fast.