Kitchen Table Makeover

Alan and I were fortunate to be the lucky recipients of many hand-me-downs when we got married. One of these items was our kitchen table. I definitely would not have hand picked this table but considering it was free I can't complain. I decided a paint job would spruce this table up a bit. Here is the table before...

Alan pried off those hideous flaps on the end and almost stabbed his hand in the process.

The actual table was one of our first painting projects. This is when we had the brilliant idea to spray paint in our garage and ended up with a film of brown dust covering everything in our garage. Needless to say, we learned our lesson. It took me several months to get around to the chairs. Partly because I had to wait until it was warm enough to paint outside and not in my garage. I couldn't bear the thought of spray painting each chair so luckily by brother graciously let us borrow his spray gun. I wanted to use the spray gun so bad that we hauled the four chairs down to Salt Lake in our Honda over Labor Day. I'm not quite sure how we managed to do that. I was not aware of the intensity of this spray gun until we began the project. I'm pretty sure the spray gun was not really intended for kitchen chairs but it still did the trick! We had quite a set up at my brother's house to make sure we didn't get paint on the driveway but unfortunately there were some remnants. Sorry Scott and Anya! Alan sprayed while I basically stressed out and held the spray gun.

Here is our finished table...

East Idaho State Fair

Either I was really deprived or I have a terrible memory but I can't remember going to the State fair growing up. After hearing everyone talk so much about the Eastern Idaho State Fair, we decided we better go check it out. Apparently, you can't go to the fair without eating the food. I couldn't get over how expensive everything was and I felt like I gained a million pounds, but I will admit I thoroughly enjoyed the greasy fair food.

One of which consisted of a foot long corn dog. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that we ate this but I kid you not it was delicious. Probably the best corn dog I will ever eat. This was definitely due to the inch thick breading surrounding the hot dog.

We did not indulge in the turkey legs that I saw numerous people gnawing on. I think this might be the grossest thing about the fair.

Ali drove up from Salt Lake to go to the fair with her family. It was so fun to catch up and see her darling little boys.

We had a fabulous time and can't wait to go again next year.

Go Cougs

We spent our Labor Day Weekend in Salt Lake. While we were down there, my mom told me that she had tickets to the BYU Game and wondered if we wanted to go. Alan is an avid Ute fan so I for sure thought he would say no. Much to my surprise, he couldn't have been more excited to go. In his defense, he claimed his excitement was due to football in general but I think he is secretly a Coug's fan.

The stands were full and Despite the heat it was a fabulous game!

We were also able to go to dinner with Lisa and Melissa and their husbands while we were in Salt Lake.

It was so great to catch up with these wonderful girls.

Block Party

We had our 2nd annual block party tonight. We started this tradition last year when we moved in and we all wanted to get to know our neighbors. Little did we know that our neighbors would become our best friends!

Brett, Brooks, Alan, and Spencer manned the grills

The girls

This is our group last year...

And here we are a year later...

Alan didn't get the memo that we were smiling! Apparently, we are too poor to buy new clothes because Alan is wearing the exact same outfit as he was last year...or maybe it's just his favorite!

I can't believe we have already been in Pocatello for one year. I would have to say that the best thing about Pocatello is the wonderful friends we have met. And how lucky are we that a lot of them are our neighbors! We feel so blessed that we found the house that we did because of the friendships we have made. This little town is really growing on me and the longer we are here the more I realize how hard it will be to leave when Alan graduates. So thank you to all our fabulous friends who have helped make Pocatello feel like home!

T.V. Stand Make-Over

Remember this T.V. stand I bought at the D.I. a couple months ago...

I finally re-finished it! Well, I actually finished it a couple months ago but haven't gotten around to posting about it.

Here is our old T.V. stand

I think our neighbors think we are nuts because practically every Saturday we are painting something in our backyard. Someone actually told Alan once that they drove by and saw him spray painting in our backyard with his shirt off. Why not get a tan while we work?

Notice the nasty sheet we paint on. It has like 5 other colors on it now from our recent projects.

And here is the finished product...

This is definitely one of my favorite projects we have done. And I'm glad it is because it only took us 6 months to find.

Bunco!

For several years now I have heard about Bunco. It has always been quite a mystery to me because I didn't know anything about it. Well thanks to Charish for getting a group together, I now know what it is and I am totally hooked. We had such a fun night laughing, socializing, and eating tons of junk food! I did quite well for my first time, although it was pure luck since no skill is needed for Bunco! Lindsay, Mickenzie, and Kasi were the other lucky winners of the night.

The whole Bunco group

This is such a fun group of girls and I can't wait to get to know all of them better.

John Mayer

We couldn't think of a better way to end our summer than going to see John Mayer in concert! Alan and I might have a small obsession with him. Lucky for us, the Bringhursts and Beorchias wanted to make the drive to Salt Lake with us. We had a fabulous dinner at P.F. Changs before the concert.

The whole gang at the concert

Kasi, Mickenzie, and I

I had my once a year fix of cotton candy

After the concert we had a long drive ahead of us so we stocked up on some treats, which included introducing our Poky friends to Dunford Donuts. They were sold!

We were exhausted the next day but it was definitely worth it. Good food, good music, and good company. We couldn't have asked for a better night!