Dec 19, 2010

Christmas at The Davenport

So every year the Davenport hotel, in downtown Spokane, has a christmas tree auction. Companies decorate trees with all kinds of gifts. One tree had and ipad and a hot air ballon ride among many other things. This was our first year going to this event, and let me tell you it was so much fun! first you buy a raffle ticket, or two, or three, or four! As many as you want. then you write your name on it and decided what tree you would like to win! I think there was 14 trees this year. Each tree has a big glass box by it and thats where you put your ticket. The hotel lets people put tickets in the boxes for a few weeks. And then a week or so before christmas they draw the winner for each tree! its really neat because not only do you when the prizes, but you also win the christmas tree, decorations and all! Sadly to say we did not win anything this year. below are some pics of the fun time we had!



This is our friends the McIntires!





Dec 9, 2010

Family Pictures





So I have been wanting to take some new family photos for about 2 years now! can you tell I'm a procrastinator!! :)haha WELL, not anymore! Here are just a few pictures that we took this year! I can finally update some photos of us! Yeah!!!! I have even made christmas cards this year! so hopefully you will be getting one in the mail! and if not well i don't have your address so get it to me and ill send you one next year! I am gonna try really hard to take a new family picture every year! so wish me luck! lets hope i don't procrastinate next year! :) and who knows there might even be an addition to our family next year! and in case i don't get on and update our blog before the new year! then MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! we love you all!

Dec 7, 2010

CATCHING UP!

Wow! I cant believe I have let so much time go by with out sharing everything that has been happening in our lives! so let me get you up to speed. First thing that happened tyson and his friends ( Baden Fox and Kyle Shannon) our now in a band! us wives joke that it is the old man dad band! haha they had a show up at the Fox's house about 2 months ago. It was a lot of fun! Here is some pictures of the night!






We also had lots of family in town for thanksgiving!! Thanks to every one that came to visit. We really enjoyed having you here. We loved playing wacky six with all of you! AND Chesley, I don't know what we would have done all week if you were not there to serenade us with your wonderful music.

But the MOST important and exciting thing that has happened is.......... Drum roll please!!! :)
Tyson and I were Sealed in the Spokane Temple on Nov. 26th 2010!!! I was also sealed to my family! It was a very eventful day! we are so blessed to have this happen in our life. We are so grateful for the temple and for all that we have been given.
Well that is everything major that has been going on. I will try my best to update more often.

Jul 21, 2010

KAYAKING

Last Saturday (7/17/10) Tyson surprised me with a fun date! He borrowed some kayaks from some of our friends! I was so excited! As we were on our way to the river our other friends Sarah and Dan called to see what we were up too...... they decided to join us!! We all had a blast going down the Spokane River! It took us about 2 hours and I loved it! Here are some pictures from the trip! ENJOY! Sarah and Tyson getting ready to launch into the water


And We're OFF!!


Sarah striking a pose!

this one was a much better pose to show how excited we were!


Dan, Sarah, and Tyson


Dan Playing in the water!


Tyson's turn to pose!


And then ME!


Awh! so cute! what a fun day!

Sarah, Tyson, and Whitney


Tyson flipped over going threw rapids, so we had to pull over and dump out his kayak


and we had to pull over again! ( Tyson flipped like 3 or 4 times!, it was funny!)


don't ask! I'm not sure what is going on here!!!!

hanging on for dear life! :D

....... uhhh!????

Tyson trying to surf in his kayak! he didn't stay up very long! :D


After we finished our trip we all decided to go get pizza at savage land! Tyson found his dream boat there!!!! hahahaa he can barely fit in it!!!!!

















Jul 14, 2010

OUR OLD HOUSE

Tyson Loves to invest in real estate! I bought our first foreclosure house at an auction last June. It was scary! but a lot of fun once you figure out how it works!So over the last year we have been fixing this house.... We decided to move into it and turn our duplex into a rental! Which has been great! but once we moved in we got kinda lazy with fixing up the new house! I can now say that we are almost done! ( it only took us a year, but hey we did it!!! haha ) Just finishing up the exterior paint and some yard work/ fence. This will be the last time we buy a house that is over a hundred years old!!! TOO MUCH WORK!! ( its a 1906 ) We are recently looking at buying a nicer/newer house to flip and then we can buy a newer house that we can stay put for a few years!!! all the picture below are be fore and afters!




now its a pretty green color! and no more BLUE porch!


this is the new bathroom




new kitchen!! so much better!



we stained the hard wood a dark chocolate cherry color




the gross bathroom!!



Tyson Ripped up the commercial carpet that was GLUED to the original hard wood floors!!!!








the nasty kitchen!!!









this is the blood room!!! :) it was gross! the black paint would rub right off when you touched it!









I love the giant Picture of Marilyn in the window!!