It's Winter time finally! Snow days!

We finally got some snow this year! We were on a storm watch for 3 days but today it finally hit us...and of course when it snows everything closes down in Seattle.We woke up to over 9 1/2 inches of snow this morning. We slept in alittle and Josh made us a yummy breakfast. Then we decided to try our hand at dehyrating some fruit; all we have ever tried was jerky. It turned out great! The apples with cinnamon filled the house with the most amazing aroma throughout the whole day. This year the snow was so perfect for building a snowman we just could'nt resisit. We made a snow-woman and we think she turned out pretty darn good.

Peanut has been having so much fun in the snow lately, he prances through it and it's the cutest thing. He's almost 6 months now and almost 10lbs, I can't believe it...almost full grown. He has been such a good dog. He's been interesting with the cats and we are still unsure of how they will get along long term. Peanut has always loved chasing them but lately he has started to playfully bite them (since he's still teething) and just lay on top of them until they somehow get away. There relationship is interesting to say the least. We will see.

To catch up, we had a great christmas and new year! We loved spending time with Brittany and the kids while they were here right before christmas. Brittany was practically 9months prego at the time and has since given birth to our newest nephew Conner! We can't wait to meet him! We layed low this christmas and new year just enjoying time with our family alot and on new years getting together with some friends to play games and bring in the new year. The past year Josh has been getting more and more into boxing, training with a friend and co-league who used to be semi-pro. So his gifts consisted mainly of boxing gear. My parents splurged and got us an awesome, beautiful, will last forever, made in the USA vacumn a RICCOR...it. is. AWESOME! who knew I would get excited to get a vacumn ever in my life. Well it happened. Josh also gave me the most plush, soft bath robe in the world. This is not any ordinary robe because full body towel robes are literally next to impossible to find and I have been needing one forever! So..thanks babe!

All and all... the Ryen life is good. Happy new year!

Loving the season! Welcome to Fall!



Josh and I carved pumpkins this year and actually had a really good time, believe it or not Josh had NEVER carved pumpkins! CRAZY! I had'nt since I was probably 16 or so, I forgot how time time consuming it is! lol I was alot of fun though and the pumpkins turned out great! On Halloween we got a couple trick or treaters, we ate pizza and watched scary movies, kinda lame since it was a monday night..

I love this time of year, the crisp air and the trees all changing colors. It so beautiful! I hope everyone is enjoying the season! Happy Fall Everyone!

Meet Peanut!

Peanut is our 3 month old Jack Russell Terrier born on Aug 4th 2011. He currently weighs 5lbs and is cute and cuddly.Josh had been wanting a dog for quite awhile and I was'nt really sold on one and even on the way to pick him up I was unsure...but 6 hours, a ferry ride, and a speeding ticket later we got this little guy home and was worth every bit! He is full of energy, very loving and loyal. He's practically potty trained and knows how to sit and come! And we have only had him for two weeks! Jack Russell's are so smart! He is the perfect addition to our family and are loving having him around.

BOO!

To kick off the spoky season Josh and I drove down to my bestest friend Sarah's house to go to a haunted corn maze! So fun! It was alittle foggy and drizzling which added to the excitement. I am always jumpy and got pretty scared quite few times. Sarah took some pictures of the event. I'm learning if we don't document, it's like it never happened. We love Halloween as it is after all the month we met. It was Oct '08 3 years ago. I had been spending some time with a co-worker every now and again after work, one that funny enough I did'nt even really like..and Josh felt the same way! Anyway Josh just happened to be stop by with another girl on the night I happened to be hanging out with them. When he walked in I took one look at him I thought omg this guy is crazy. He had on baggy black sweat suit with a wife beater underneath and big gold chains. While I was thinking this he made his way over to where I was sitting on the couch not really paying attention to him and he practically sat on me and said "why you not smiling?" lol I just thought "this guy better get away from me, who does he think he is?!!"I found out later Josh had dressed up like a ganster since he been at a Halloween party before he came over. DUH! haha  A couple days later was Halloween and I went to a Halloween party with these same friends who just happened to be picking up Josh to go to the party as well. (Josh was dressed like a HOT army man.)When we got to his house instead of Josh riding with his friends he choose to ride with me when I asked him why he did that he said "why be squished in th back seat when I can enjoy the company of a pretty girl like you in your car?" At the party he flirted with all the girls and I was so jealous he was'nt by my side the whole night...lol he made the right decision though by the end of the party. Ever since I've been hooked, He is my best friend and I'm so happy he is apart of my life.

Josh had a birthday!

Josh got spoiled the WHOLE month of August, by both my parents and his! I swear they love him more than me and this birthday was a perfect example of this. My parents took us to a delicious brazilian steakhouse (which he was in heaven;hello all you can eat meat!) which he loved! He also got to go to North Carolina and spend 4 days with his best friend and his parents who are now in living in India for buisness! He had a blast playing golf in the Hurricane, going to the beach, bowling and just enjoying being away from work and his wife too ;) Due to bad and limited planning time I did'nt get to go because I wanted to be at my cousin Corey and Liz's wedding;I did not realize we had planned Josh's trip the same weekend. It was really fun to see all the family! I know he wished he could have been there but he had a blast spending time on the eastcoast!

ALSO for his birthday, we took a trip to leavenworth, the drive was really pretty and relaxing. Once we got there we did alot of window shopping, we ate gelato and loved the taffy shop.It was a beautiful day..and SO HOT!We then came home and had a bbq and dance party, by dance party I mean I was dancing and everyone was watching me. hhaha

 I hope my hubby knows how much I love and appreciate him! I hope you had a wonderful birthday month! Happy Birthday Babe!
P.S. I learn something new about Josh everyday...Josh loves Ice cream but hates cake so I thought ICE CREAM CAKE! PERFECT! wrong. He hates ice cream cake too. (too bad it was yummy).... ;)

New house, New job, A Vacation + 2 years!!

Josh and I finally moved!!! We moved into a beautiful 1350sq ft rambler! It has 3 bedrooms, a bonus room and huge back yard! We are so far are loving having no attached neighbors and living in a much better area. We can blast our surround sound all we want, open our blinds without people seeing in, and have lots of space! I have learned to really appreciate beautiful flowers since at the moment I seem to be unable to grow any. And the value of grass you can actually walk in. I have taken on "yard duty" since I was raised in a family where my yard always looked nice, and I get alot of satifaction from seeing such a beautiful end result. We are looking forward to the memories we will have in this home. Our first real home together.

My House is still a work in progress so bare with me...

                                    Open Living and Dining room with kitchen to the left side

Bonus Room/Exersize Room

Great Backyard

Josh and I finally moved!!! We moved into a beautiful 1350sq ft rambler! It has 3 bedrooms, a bonus room and huge back yard! We are so far are loving having no attached neighbors and living in a much better area. We can blast our surround sound all we want, open our blinds without people seeing in, and have lots of space! I have learned to really appreciate beautiful flowers since at the moment I seem to be unable to grow any. And the value of grass you can actually walk in. I have taken on "yard duty" since I was raised in a family where my yard always looked nice, and I get alot of satifaction from seeing such a beautiful end result. We are looking forward to the memories we will have in this home. Our first real home together.
I started a new job for a chiropractic office which is giving me loads and loads of experience and I am hoping will open more doors for me in the future with the experience I gain here. The hours are not as ideal as I thought 11-7 sometimes 8 puts me home after my hubby which makes it hard to cook dinner and spend time with the person that means everything. But were plugging along hoping it's a means to an end and will all be worth it in the end. It's about time I know what it's like to work a 40 hour week. It is challanging but I'm learning alot.
We celebrated our 2 year anniversary already! I can't believe it's been 2 years since our "I do's".Being married has been the best thing that has ever happened to me and I have loved every minute even those some of those minutes were challanging, life is worth living with Josh by my side. He is an amazing man and I am so lucky to be his wife.

The weekend of our anniversary we went to a family reunion in McCall, ID. We drove up on wed afternoon the 8 hour drive and got in about midnight. We woke up on thursday to a day full of boating! We rented a pontoon and jet boat it was soo much fun! We could drive the boats right up to the sandy beach and go swimming, the weather was PERFECT! The water was amazing, we tubed and even wake boarded, I tried to get up and almost did but by the time I got the hang of it my arms hurt so bad I could barely bend them. Friday the guys went golfing and the girls went to a shop that made pottery and jewerly. I painted Josh something for his birthday which just got shipped to me and looks amazing! I'm really excited to give it to him next weekend. I can't believe its so soon! So then that night we went to the best ice cream place in the world. Homemade ice cream with mountain size scoops! It was delicious and well worth the wait ( the line was around the corner). Saturday we went white river rafting which was sooo fun! We got to go through some level 4 rapids, push each other out of the boat, jump out and swim, enjoy the sun and best of all being together! Sunday we started driving back, we stopped and brundage mountain and rode the gondolla ride up the mountain and took pictures at the top. We drove the 5 hours to Cour'd lane, ID to make it to the long awaited Wolf lodge steakhouse! We waited an hour for them to open then ate the most delicious steaks you have ever tasted. Heaven in your mouth! Last time we were there I made Josh share with me the 40oz Rancher. Yes 40oz of meat and he wanted it all to himself. So this time I promised him he could order that and I would get something else. HE ATE THE WHOLE THING IN ONE SITTING!

 It was literally melt in your mouth so it was not to hard. Josh says "he has a special place for steak in his stomach" boy is that true! haha. We finished driving home, and was exhausted and eager to get to bed for an early morning! I was about to go to bed and Josh turns to me and says "babe guess what?! We don't have to work tomorrow! You did'nt really think I would'nt spend all day with you on our anniversary did you?" I was so happy he went through all the trouble to talk to my boss and get me another day off of work and then surprise me! We spent the day relaxing, we took a walk, went to a movie and dinner of course and just enjoyed being together and winding down from the very eventful weekend we had together. It was a wonderful time I am sure we will remember for years and years to come.....Happy 2 years to my sweetheart. xoxox.

More Pictures of our Trip....

This is the cute fox that hung out with us...

The lodge we stayed in

On our way up the gondola ride, very fun but also alittle scary being so high up.

We had such a beautiful view on top of brundage mountain did'nt we?

The Famous Wolf lodge, our favorite place

Keri ate with some indians that were there instead of us...

It sure was a great trip!

New start.

I finally quit The Cheesecake Factory after 3 long years! It still does'nt really feel real...maybe because I had already been taking a break from it since I got into my car accident. I was off for a month and then came back and put in my two weeks...God really does work in misterious ways. I have been praying I would be able to find something else to get me out of serving. And then just like that a blessing in disguise. I was rear ended pretty hard and was out of work for about a month and in the midst of it all was offered a job as a chiropractic assistant. It's alot harder work than I expected for an "office job" but I hope that once I understand the "details" of this job it will become second nature to me like every other job I've obtained. Josh and I are ajusting to the new schedule since I don't get home till 7 mon-fri so he gets to cook dinner and clean up a bit before I get home, the roles are reversed! I do miss all my free time and this job takes most of it but hopefully at some point I will find a happy medium.

Josh and I are enjoying having the weekends off together, this past weekend we spent in snohomish with Josh's grandma. Our first destination was my first swap meet then we made our way over to an outdoor antique strip mall; the biggest one I have ever seen! Saturday was absoulutly beautiful so we enjoyed spending it outside and spending time with family. Memorial day weekend we spent relaxing at home as it was the first full week at my new job, we went on a wonderful hike though to Twin falls in North Bend, it poured on us but was worth the adventure together. We hope to do another this weekend.

The days seem to be bluring together and I'm exhausted but thought I would write and update a bit.. Happy Summer! (if we get one ;)

Then and now...Valentines day and new adventures...

Its been so long since I have written and I have not because well.. for awhile there I didn't find anything we were doing all that interesting. Once again we have decided to stay in our current apartment. I redid the living room as a reward for staying. lol...josh bought me new black leather couch's for Christmas so that helped the "look" and I spoiled him with a new big screen TV. So we will probably not be getting each other presents for the next 10 years trying to recover from how much we spent this last Christmas. lol...
Josh and I are slowly but surely taking steps to make sure that Josh's tool gets on the market if its the last thing we do. There is just so much to do and know before you can even get the tool patented. Not to mention the money out of pocket it takes for a couple pieces of paper. Like $6,000 and that is super cheap supposedly for a patent. Not to mention all the money it will cost to build the tool. Yikes! We may be living in a box for awhile. hehe Josh has had two mentors helping him along the way...hopefully he will continue to be helped through this very confusing process...I want to help but I know nothing about tools and patents. I am hopeful this will work out and at the very least have the tool for josh to use!
I am getting back into couponing, since I was on medifast I did not feel much like shopping for food I could not eat. But I trying to get back into the swing of things. Josh for Valentine's day helped with this. I wanted a peg board thing to hang all the items I got that need to be hung up (yes like in the store) I did'nt know what it was called but josh did and  I had only mentioned it once before. lol he told the guys at work what he had got me and they thought he was crazy. lol he replied "You don't know my wife she will LOVE it" lol and I do! I was so excited about it! I feel so much more organized. Check it out!

That night we had our amazing version of "death by steak" or steak with a blue cheese onion cheese sauce. We used pepperjack cheese instead of blue cheese though bbq'd by josh and I treated up to chocolate fondue that was soooo good!!!!!!!!!We just made way to much!!

We started a new side buisness. Buying a selling used furniture and making it look new again. I love love love it so far...exept for dealing with the weird people on craiglist. I hate all the spamers. Like last night I probably e-mail back and forth with this older couple or so I thought for over 2 hours. They even went as far to pretend they didnt know how to use paypal and paid the wrong e-mail address lindseyryan@hotmail.com ryan with an A instead of ryen with an E. Then accuse me of getting the payment. It was very suspcious. So I decided phone calls are the only thing I will accept from now on. Anyway, so far it has been something so fun for me to keep busy with and make us some extra money. I hope to eventually just do this full time. I love it.

We are selling stuff like this...that keep in mind before they looked like this they needed ALOT of TLC!!! Now look at them...