Here is the floor plan for our home sweet home to be. The stairs go to an unfinished basement. We'll first work on having kids, then we'll work on finishing the basement! 

Brick colors huh? Aren't these all the same? 

This picture has a lot. This is the exterior of our home. On the far right is the color of our shingles. Then on the left from top to bottom we have two colors of stucco, we will have the lighter one be main and have a darker trim. To the left of the two stucco samples is a circular sample of the garage door color. Then the paint swatch shows our front door color, which is the third from the right. Then of course is the brick. That little black thing sticking up from the bottom left is for the black shutters, and then the window color and finally brown trim for the eaves and rain-gutters. Make sense? Yeah it was tough for us to figure it all out too! 

Wait a second... you are telling me that from this tiny little section I'm supposed to decide how this will look in the entire house? We compared with the lights on and the lights off, compared the wall colors (lights on and off of course) and a zillion other ways to decide which one we liked best. 

The floors. A decision was finally made. The carpet selection on the top row, second from right is the one we are going with. It is called walnut shell. The tile on the left will be for the master bath, the tile on the right will be the small bath and laundry room. 

Introducing the Kitchen! The wood on the left will be the floor throughout the entry and kitchen. Our cabinets on the right are maple with the medium stain. It will have black appliances and the countertops are dark sile stone as shown by the small square. And of course, the paint, which is the 2nd square from the bottom. Can you see it yet? 

Here is the fireplace material. The tile will surround the fireplace, with the dark wood mantle, and the carpet sample directly above the tile on the left is the color we will be using. The third lightest paint swatch is a sample of our wall color. It will be nice and cozy! 

Here is the Master bathroom colors. From tile on the left, to neutral/white with pink mink swirl (or something like that) countertops and wood cabinets. 

Finally, here is the colors for the small bathroom. From left to right, the large brown-looking tile is the floor, the white will be the counter tops and the wood will be the cabinets. So when you come to visit, this is what you will see when you do your duty! 

Happy Easter 2006!

It is Easter! You can't have Easter without the eggs, so we bought one of those little coloring kits from Macey's and boiled some eggs. The theme of the kit was sparkles, and it came with paint and little brush things. They didn't turn out as good as they looked on the box, but what can you do? 

Here is the picture of our easter eggs! Just wanted to make sure you knew what these were. If it is an ugly one, it was the one Dave did. 

25th Birthdays--Michelle January 21 Dave Feb 25

We both turned 25 this Spring with Michelle in January and myself in February. This is a picture of Michelle with the flowers I got her. For Michelle's birthday, we went out to dinner with her parents Ralph and Annette, and for my birthday we went out to dinner with our game night friends.

A closeup shot of Michelle and some of the camping stuff she got for her birthday. 

While Michelle decorated my birthday cake, I read the Ensign articles to her. I can't wait for the cake to be done, it looks good! 

For my birthday, the "game night" group got together for some Outback Steakhouse. It was great! The game night group was started when the guys in the group realized we didn't have a lot of friends to hang out with. We all work together at Haris Interactive and so we decided to get together on Sunday evenings to eat good food and play games. That is how it all started. 

Dan Hosford's wife Bekah left just before we took these pictures, so Dan was adopted into our picture. 

Here is a closeup shot of Travis and Michelle (Shelley as we call her, so as not to get confused with Michelle Droge) Millet. Travis really enjoyed the ribs... perhaps that is what he is thinking about right now. 

Here is Josh Skinner and Rosie Simmons. They are going to be getting married soon! 

My birthday was on saturday, but we didn't get to do the cake until Sunday, so here I am posing with the cake. It was superman themed because Michelle and I have been watching all the seasons of Smallville and we have really enjoyed them. 

Here is an overhead shot of the cake. It was amazing. Michelle's cake class has definitely paid off. This had a yummy raspberry filling inside. Good stuff!