D-Back's Game

Nothing new is going on with us, just working as usual and enjoying summer. HOWEVER! We finally did something I can blog about! A few days ago we went to a D-Backs game with my Brother In-law & Sister In-law. It was great to get out and do something different. Here are some pictures, and of course we can never get a good picture without one of us looking like a spaz or drunk.



We hope everyone is having an enjoyable Summer!! =0)

Wedding Bells!!!

My Brother Ryan got engaged on Easter Sunday to Jen Cordon!! We are all excited & happy for them!

It's Been Awhile!

Hello! It has been forever since I've blogged! Nothing really exciting has happened in the last few months. However, this week something happened! We finally got our granite counter tops installed in our kitchen. We found them on craigslist about a year ago (lol... forever ago, I know) and FINALLY got them installed.

Here are some before & after pics...

This is what it looked like when we bought our house a few years ago:

Here it is earlier this week with no counter tops:

The island all finished (I still need black outlets though). I was so nervous to paint it, but it turned out better than I thought it would.

New sink with soap dispenser. I was so excited for a soap dispenser!!

Finally the counter tops are done! Anyone wanting to get them, check out craigslist! We were able to find the same kitchen layout, with just a few modifications needed for a great deal!

I still haven't decided what I want to do with the rest of the cabinets. Im sure I'll get to it eventually!

Hope everyone is doing great & has a wonderful Easter!

GO ASU!!

Today we went to the ASU vs. UCLA game. It was so much fun! It was nice to have a night out & do something different. We even wore matching ASU shirts ... yes, my idea. Here are some pics of our night...

Me being annoying again hehe...
Have you noticed he hates pictures!?



ASU ended up winning & all the students rushed onto the court. It was a great game even though we weren't very familiar with the team this year. Hope everyone had a great week!

Back to School

Today was Tyler's first day back at school on campus. He started his online classes last week. Of course I had to take a picture to document the event! And....of course Tyler wasn't cooperative!

I think I drive him crazy sometimes! It's good for him =0)

Photoshop Fun

I LOVE Photoshop! I was messing around with it tonight & figured out how to make cool borders!!

One of those days...

Today I have been in a total funk! I decided to work from home because I have a ton of marketing work to do and it is so much easier to do it at home than get interrupted at the office all day. However... I keep getting distracted with the Inauguration, organizing my Itunes & catching up on TMZ.com. I have a tendency to procrastinate when I have a lot to do. So I haven't made too much progress on work. Then I was talking to my friend Melanie while she was baking a recipe from Bakerella.com. It sounded soo yummy! So off to the store I went!


You guys have to try it! Of course I messed it up by buying the wrong brownie mix & forgetting the semi-sweet chocolate morsels for the Chocolate Ganach. I also had no idea there was something called whipping cream! It was in a recipe I made not too long ago & I had used Cool Whip thinking that is what they meant... good thing for friends like Melanie for informing me of this fact! Of course I didn't confess my retardism to her heheh. But anyway, it worked out because I had accidentally bought the brownie mix that comes with the chocolate frosting! They are so good, but I am sure the correct version is much better. Click on the pic above from Bakerella to go to the website.

In other Vowles news, Tyler started school this week. He is keeping busy with online courses and one class on campus. He has so much on his plate... from work, school, & his church calling yet he still manages to do great at them all! I love him! =0)

I hope you are all having a wonderful 2009!

I MADE A CRAFT!

Valentines Day is one of my favorite holidays! I have ZERO Valentines decorations & I decided that needed to change today. After work I went to Hobby Lobby for the first time & I've fallen in love!! GREAT STORE! Anyway, I bought the letters, paint, and wreath hanger then came home & painted the letters. I Then hot glued it all together and attached the wreath hanger. UNFORTUNATELY the wreath hanger is too thick and when I hang it on any ( I tried them all!) of my doors, I am unable to shut the door! CRAP!

So now it will stay on the one door that never closes... our office. If you decide to make something like this, make sure the wreath hanger fits first!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas & New Years! Tyler & I spent New Years Eve asleep. We both came home not feeling well so we slept until 11:40ish & then watched the ball drop. TOTALLAY LAME-O but oh well!

We woke up this morning feeling much better and decided to go out to breakfast & then to hike in Usery Park with Dusty.

We wish everyone a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR... I won't tell you my new year resolutions because I probably won't keep them =0D.

IT'S BEGINNING....

TO FEEL A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS! This is the first year in a loongg time that I am actually excited about the Christmas season. I think the years of working retail during the holidays turned me into a Scrooge for awhile. But within the past few days something changed!

Tyler was gone all day on Saturday so I decided to put up the X-mas tree & surprise him when he got home. Here is out it turned out...

This year I had to cram it into our eat-in kitchen area because our living room is acting as a storage unit at the moment.

Anyway, I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! Good luck getting all those decorations up!

Grandpa's 80th B-DAY!

Today was my Grandpa's 80th B-day. All of my family that was in town got together and surprised him with a party at Fuddruckers. Tyler was MIA...busy working, but it was fun getting the Gould clan together.

Grandpa & my cousin Kayla... she is the cutest kid!

Prez Obama

WOW! What an election! I am still unsure how I feel about the whole thing other than I am happy it is over! NO MORE TV ADS! Obama was not my choice for President. I totally felt, and still believe that McCain has the experience we need...especially on foreign issues. I am still nervous about where our country is going & now who will be leading us. I hope I am wrong, & Barack Obama ends up being the best President we've ever had! I understand this has been a huge historical event for our country, especially to African Americans. Many never thought they would see this happen in their lifetime. I am hoping in the coming days people will start to change their focus from the historical achivement to the issues that need to be taken care of immediately. Anyway, I wont bore you with my long opinion on this issue.

On a happy note.... Prop 102 passed! I volunteered for three hours on November 3rd to call and remind people to get out & vote, especially YES on 102! Hopefully the little old lady with the bad hip (I heard her whole life story) was able to make it to the polls!

Hope all of you are doing great!

The 90's

I found this cool webiste, yearbookyourself.com. Here is what Tyler & I would have looked like if we grew up in the 60's!

WOW... good thing we didn't! Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like to grow up in the 50's, 60's or 70's. I loved growing up in the 80's and 90's. Who could live without Saved By The Bell!!?! I found this the other day and it brought back many 90's memories...

You know you're a 90's kid if...

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You've worn skorts and felt stylish

You yearned to be part of the Baby-Sitters club

You use to love playing with your MY Little Pet Shop

You know that "WHOA" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You wore a ponytail on the side of your head and had fluffed bangs

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in kindergarten

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

stumbed he's toe oe oe and thats the end end end of the elephants show ow ow

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare"

You remember Alf, the little brown alien from Melmac and Vicki the Robot from "MY Little Wonder"

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You played and or collected "Pogs"

You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger and you owned a Skip It

You had at least one GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You remember a time before the WB.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.

You know the Macarena by heart.. LOL

" Talk to the hand" ... enough said