We LOVE Visitors...

Well this post is a little late...infact it's almost two weeks late...but I haven't wanted to update my blog. But I decided we needed to talk about something other then Zoey...I didn't realize she was on the last two posts that we did! We are those weird dog people!

So my friend Kortsen came to visit me the other weekend...it was great to see her! We hadn't seen eachother for about a year and a half...that's a long time...but I think about it and I haven't seen some of you in that amount of time too! That's what we get for moving 9 hours away from everyone!

Well we ended up having tons of fun with Kortsen...mainly me, because Cody worked most of the days. The first day she was here my cheeks hurt so bad, we were laughing and smiling about everything! The fun thing about having visitors is we get to go and see new places...we ended up doing a lot down in Colorado Springs. I think that City is so beautiful! We had beautiful weather for her...she is a "desert rat", so I am glad the weather warmed up to the 70's in the day and only the 30's at night. I also made my first layered cake for Kortsen's birthday...Steph helped me the day before and it turned out beautiful! So with lots to see and yummy cake to eat we had a blast!

Here is a list of things we did...
1. Slept in!
2. Visited The Barn, antique store...it's so fun!
3. Went to the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame...now that was awesome! My favorite thing to do by far!
4. Went to Texas Road House...YUMMY!!!
5. Made Kortsen blow out 26 candles on her cake...too fun!!!
6. Played with the Horses
7. Went to Garden of the Gods...pretty cool
8. Went to a couple old towns in the mountains...old towns are so much fun! There's a lot of them around here too!
9. Went to Canon National Park and Helen Hut Falls...really pretty!
10. Relaxed...Kortsen liked this part!
11. Movie night every night...Kortsen said it was like going to the movie theater with all our movies...it was funny!
12. Went and took pictures of the old towns...Kortsen is getting her degree in photography.

It was a fun weekend...Don't you guys think it would be so fun to come and visit us???? We welcome any guest...and we can find even more to do then this list! And if you don't want to do anything, our place is really quiet and relaxing...just come and be lazy...we like to be lazy too, especially after a hard working summer in our yard!


Cody & I at Canon National Park


Kortsen trying on her Red Hat Society hat...I don't know how they wear these things!


Trying on my Red Hat Society hat...too funny...ugly hats!!


Kortsen and her beautiful PINK cake! It was really yummy too!


Kortsen & I...gotta love these kind of pictures!

Our cute little Zoe Zoe...

So having dogs is just like having kids...

We had to have Zoey spayed the other day...cause we didn't want to deal with her womenly issues...there's one in the house and that's enough! So the night before she knew something was going one...she was just snuggling with Cody and it was so dang cute to see. That dog has softened both our hearts, but I must say Cody is the cuttest guy in the whole world...I can't wait to see him with kids!
But leaving Zoey at the vets was awful...I hated it! Then going home to an empty house was just horrible...I even missed her messes! I make this seem like it was like a week before we could see her again, but really it was a day and we missed her like crazy. Cody even called a couple times to see if I heard anything from the vet.

We are pretty sad...but we love our animals!
She is doing fine...infact she bounced back so fast she decided she didn't need to have stiches in her stomach any more and tore them out! So we had to get her a special looking collar...and she did look special!

Zoey is doing great...acts like nothing even happened!


Zoey with her special collar...she hates this thing...she won't even move when she has it on...it's pretty funny!


After the surgery...she was drugged for a bit, but in our opinion the drugs didn't last long enough...


The night before...so cute!

Our Little Princess

I know I already updated the blog today but Cody and I had to show you Zoey's new outfit and hair clips! She is so cute! We don't have any kids to dress and have fun with so we are going to be the "weird" dog people and dress up our little dog, do her hair, and pamper her like crazy! We had so much fun shopping for her and are excited to get more little outfits for her! Plus, we know she will never talk back or be a brat if we spoil her too much!

Moving Dad & Mom

Well this past week I have been in Utah helping my Dad and Mom move out of their home. It was great to spend time with my parents and help them go through and move a ton of stuff! It's amazing how many things you accumulate when you live in a home for 15 years. I also got to spend a lot of time with my Grandpa and Grandma Garrett...I love them so much!
It wasn't the easiest week on me. For one I worked really hard. But I think the hardest thing was the fact that the house I lived in since I was 10 years old was empty and none of the familiar things were there any more. I didn't think that it would be that hard on me. But I soon realized that I loved that home, but also there are a lot of memories in it too! It is weird to think that there will be a new family living in it when I come back to Utah next time, but they sound like a cute little family and they love the home! It was really hard leaving on Saturday morning. I walked around the home and yard taking in everything, I cried...and just thinking about it makes me cry now. I have just been so sentimental lately, but I really did love growing up in that home, it was a good place to be young at! Life does bring changes no matter how old you are and that is what makes us strong! I will miss that house, but I have many more memories to make with my family! Life is GOOD and we are BLESSED!
Well I enough of the sappy stuff, I did take some pictures of the weeks adventures! I loved being there, but love being home in Colorado with my husband!