Patio Pictures

Before



Table, rug, new hanging flowers, plants along the fence (wildflowers, roma tomatoes, jalepeno, habenero and green bell peppers)

New fire pit

(yep, I took pictures while Jonathan put it together!! :) )

We didn't have our wood moved over yet from the old place yet, so we got rid of some of our boxes and paper from moving.

Our first fire!!

Patio Project

This weekend we've got a lot of yard work. Jonathan cleaned up the cacti in our front yard. He only have minor wounds from that! I pulled LOTS of weeds and we're hoping to have our yard green again soon.

We made our patio a little nicer today. After helping some friends build a fountain/pond in their yard we were inspired and bought some plants (roma tomato, green bell peppers, jalepeno, habenero pepper), flowers and a fire pit for our patio. After a day in the sun I only have a sunburn on my shoulders!!

All-in-all, a successful weekend.

I can't get the pictures to upload, but will post them soon.

We're in

the new house. We had a big group help us over the weekend and got all the furniture moved in only two trips. Jonathan and I moved the boxes and small stuff Friday night so Saturday would just be furniture. We have mostly everything unpacked. There are a few rooms that still need to be arranged, but the house is coming together quick! This is our living room at the moment

This picture is looking into the living room from the front door.

Work for both of us and good. Jonathan is really busy at work and getting lots of projects done. The interns at COP have started to arrive, this means lots of activities and events will also begin for the summer.

We've (I've) started looking for puppies. We aren't planning on getting one until after our trip back to OK in June, but that hasn't stopped be from looking to see what's out there. We are pretty sure we will be going to the Farmington or Durango shelter to find a puppy. We both want one now, but don't want to bring a puppy that we're trying to train on a trip to OK soon after we get it. So we're waiting and will wait to find the right dog at the shelter. We both want a puppy medium-large size that we can take camping, hiking, etc. Jonathan wants a border collie, I want a lab. If you hear of anything in the OK area that's free or not more $$ than the shelter let us know. We'd be interested in picking one up in June in OK if we could.

We planted the wildflowers from our wedding in our backyard on our anniversary. It was a coincidence, but cute! :) We had the large half barrel pots that were empty and decided to plant them since we already had them. We should be seeing them in a few weeks.

We had a great anniversary. We spent it getting the house together, but it was fun. Can't ask for a better anniversary gift than a house! :)

It's been a while

since I last posted. We have been very busy lately so I'll try and fill you in.

We had a great trip to Oklahoma. I was fun to see family and spend time with them. We didn't see everyone, but luckily we'll be back in a month from today for four days.

We instantly felt the humidity when we arrived in OKC. The air was SO thick it was hard to catch out breath. Been away one year and forgot something we grew up with our entire lives.

The shower was fun and went well. Below is a great pic of our growing Coberly clan.

We move this weekend. We will close this Thursday, get the keys Friday and begin moving things after work. Our plan is to move all of our boxes and small things Friday night. Saturday morning we've got a lot of friends that are going to help up move. It should go quick! Then we'll have our first BBQ for those that helped up move.

I am officially full-time at my work. No longer a temp employee. I've got paid vacation and days off now, which will be nice. I've been bragging to Jonathan about the number of days I get off compared to Jonathan. It doesn't mean much since he gets more overall with one day off a month whenever he wants it, but it's still fun! :)

Our one year wedding anniversary is Sunday. I can't believe it's been a year already!! Not sure if we'll be doing anything special since we're moving.

Heading to OKC

at 2am this morning. Yep, 2AM!! Jonathan likes to leave at that time so we don't "waste" an entire day driving. This was we will get in OKC around 1pm. Jonathan enjoys driving and doesn't mind me sleeping a lot of the trip. I just take over for a few hours while the sun comes up.

We are both excited to see some family and be in OK again.

This is what happens

when the wind blows in Farmington, NM.

Look directly at the sun and this is what you see.

Why are weekends so short

We decided Saturday morning we wanted to go for a drive to Silverton, CO and see what trails were open and how much snow was left. We had a great day. We were able to drive around quite a bit considering there was about 10 feet of snow in snow areas. This is a picture of a stop on the highway between Durango and Silverton. Usually there is a large parking lot, trails, a look out spot and restrooms. This is what we saw when we pulled up, thinking we would go to the look out and get some nice pictures.

Jonathan found that out the hard way in one area. The snow was packed really firm, walking on it you didn't sink in at all. Jonathan got a little too comfortable on it and stepped in one spot and feel in up to his waist. After I recovered from laughing I realized he was soaked from the waist down and got some heat going in the truck. That was a priceless site!!!

We did get some beautiful shots. I've added some of my favorites below.

We are thinking we will use some of our favorite travel pics in one or both of our guestrooms in the new house for our walls. Maybe even showing the four seasons on each wall if we have enough of each.

We will be able to start moving into our new house on the weekend of May 15th. We can't wait. We're already started packing up winter clothes and things we don't use reguarly.

I can't believe it is almost May already. We're two weeks away from being back in OK for a few days. Also, a month away from our 1 year wedding anniversary and moving to NM. That really seems impossible. It sounds corny, but time does flies!!! I can't wait to see family and friends again soon.

HOME OWNERS!!!!

We are home owners!!! I've posted some pics of the house. All the pics have previously home owners furniture still in them, but our's matches their's pretty well, so the colors will work great!!

Front of the house

Now all you have to do is come visit and see it in person!!!!!!!

House

We put an offer in on a house Friday night. We're waiting to see if its accepted or we get a counter offer. Pictures and info. to come soon!!!

New or Build?

We are house hunting!

We've seen a few houses, driven by LOTS and are almost to be decision point. We are trying to decide whether we want to buy a new(er) house or build one. Building would be a little more, but we'd get exactly what we want. Not decisions yet, but soon! I'd say within the next two weeks we will have started paperwork to buy or build. We are VERY excited!!!

There are two houses we've looked at and narrowed our search down to. We like them both, but we don't like one or two aspects of each, that's why we are considering building and getting just want we want, and not something we don't.

I found out I am approved for all of my days off for our OK trips in May and June. We'll be back and can't wait in a few weeks.