Alicyn, Mike and Brody

IT'S ABOUT TIME!

2010-07-19T21:46:00.000-07:00

So this title felt appropriate because I'm pretty sure that's what all of you are saying :)

These next few blogs going to be a little out of chronological order. This is going to be the cabin adventures that we just had, and then the months since the last post will come later.

We really felt like some weird moose theme that we had going on. There were moose everywhere! Mike went out one morning just walking around and saw 15 of them. Which is crazy!

We even had one come up to the Mustang and decided to lick the hood... which was really weird! I've never heard of them doing that

Tim was pretty excited to see the snow and had to of course have his own little "photo shoot" of him fly fishing in it.

Now this was Mike's first time at the cabin so he got to go through the new man in the family ritual... Learning to fly fish

He loved it so much that now we are saving to get him some basic gear. If anyone needs any ideas for Christmas or Birthday gifts, he wants fly fishing stuff. So at least everyone knows what to do for him for the next few years! :)

And of course the boys were out fly fishing in the snow and with a moose hanging out by them

While they were out fly fishing the rest of us went out to play in the snow. Now my little nephew Jackson was crazily obsessed with snow! He would see a patch every twenty feet and holler "SNOW!" and then go running into it and make snowballs.

We went hiking

and then came to a fabulous patch of snow to play in.

And the snowballs were definitely a flyin!

The funniest part is that a lot of time Jackson was Asking us to throw the snow at him! What a goofy goober :)

Then we decided to make a snowman, who turned out adorable!

And of course Jackson had his Calvin & Hobbes moment

Nolan was such a trooper through it all!

Jackson and Grandpa had a great time fishing. I love this picture :)

Mike's car is a convertible and Jackson was just so excited to ride in it and he even got to push the button to lower/raise the top.

Jackson decided to be a little stinker and did NOT want to be in this picture! And when trying to throw a fit didn't work, he simply pretended to be asleep. That boy just makes me laugh!

Great White

2009-11-09T14:11:00.000-08:00

So this video is so amazing that it gets its own post. (it doesn't count as part of the four post series)

As everyone was standing in front of the glass I kept hearing people guessing at which shark they thought was the great white. But what was so cool was when she passed by the viewing window everyone knew that that was her.

LOVE IT!

Monterey Bay Aquarium Pt. 2

2009-11-06T19:33:00.000-08:00

So it is looking like the Monterey Bay Aquarium will end up in four parts. I just took hundreds of pictures and I want to share them all! So I'm trying to just post my favorites, but that is still a ton of pictures.

So with that intro, here is the second installment of images and fun aquarium stuff :)

Here is Jami and J looking into one of the largest tanks which is called the Outer Bay. This is where they have the sharks and the really big tuna and that type of stuff.

This was just fascinating! This is a big case of Squid eggs. So cool

I love looking at all the Jellyfish that they had there. There is just something about them that is so mesmerizing.

These were really cool Jellyfish. I loved their crazy mixes of color. They are called Egg Yolk Jellyfish

I stepped out onto a little pier outside and was enjoying to see the waves and watching the fog and then out in the bay there was a pod of dolphins! Just swimming right out there :)

There were these amazing touch-pools with so much cool stuff in them. Here J is 'petting' a starfish

And here J is touching one of the Kelp leaves with the help of Uncle Mike

These are some weird fish that are related to a squid. They're called Cuttle Fish

Monterey Bay Aquarium Pt. 1 - The Secret Lives of Seahorses

2009-11-03T10:54:00.000-08:00

So I took like tons and tons and tons of pictures at the aquarium so I decided it might be a bit easier if I split this up.

Well it started off really foggy. Which Mike and I thought was pretty cool, because we get our mountain fog here but it's nothing like the ocean fog down there.

When we first entered the aquarium they had this cool seahorse exhibition called "The Secret Lives of Seahorses" which I am dedicating this first post to

They had the really cute baby seahorses that were at the perfect height for Jackson to peek into

There was this Seahorse that they had for people to stand around and take pictures with. The creepy part is that it's a male seahorse giving birth!

Nolan had lots of fun with his Uncle Mike!

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T22:55:00.000-07:00

So I know that I need to post my pictures from my totally wonderful and fabulous California trip, but my adorable puppies win the cake on the post.

So here are Brody and Tayla all dressed up for Halloween :)

You might be able to guess that Tayla is a fairy and Brody is a robot.

Though I didn't take them Trick-or-Treating at all, they still got some of the most amazing treats ever for wearing this :)

At the vet they had given me a bag of homemade peanut butter cookies for dogs so they got a bunch of those and some other amazing goodies :) Crazy what bribery will do

Puppy Class

2009-10-05T12:27:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the cutest videos of Tayla in her puppy class! There are four other puppies in the class. Cooper is a cocker spaniel, the littlest one is Zoey, a Chihuahua -Dachshund mix. The other two puppies get scared of others so in off leash play time they are behind a little baby gate. There is a Husky and a lab.

Just the most cutest ever!

After Brody, I think that I deserved a puppy like Tayla. She has had maybe four accidents in the house in the last three weeks. She doesn't chew on anything she isn't supposed to and she isn't a crazy little monster choking herself on the leash. What an angel :)

(But it's only been three weeks so far)

The Little Munchkins

2009-09-20T14:58:00.000-07:00

Tayla is doing so fabulous! Her and Brody have become such cute friends

She loves to just follow him everywhere and pretty much tries to tackle him all the time.

And when they go outside it is just hysterical because Brody loves to stand and sniff through the fence and Tayla loves to run headfirst into him :)

She's Home!

2009-09-15T23:12:00.000-07:00

Our little Tayla has now come home to stay! She is just so precious and cute!

The little headgear she is wearing will hold her ears up so that the cartilage in her ears will harder upright giving her that doberman look.

I'll post more pictures once everything gets a little more settled and it's not so crazy late at night with a puppy, a dog, and a hubby waiting to cuddle with me :)

Tayla is now 6 weeks old

2009-08-25T13:42:00.000-07:00

So I'm having issues with the latest batch of puppy pictures. So here is a link to the breeder's site with the cutesy wutesy puppy pictures :)

Tayla

Once on the site you can click on Next Pictures in the upper right corner and see the latest pics :)

Newest Puppy Pics

2009-08-11T17:06:00.000-07:00

Here are the newest pics on our new little Puppy. We are feeling pretty solid with the name Tayla, we like it :)

So here are the pups just after they opened their eyes at two weeks old

And here they are at 4 weeks old

They are just getting so big! We are so excited to have a new little baby :)

The Bad Rap

2009-08-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

So I know that Dobermans are known to be aggressive. Almost everyone who we tell that we are getting a Doberman looks very scared for us and tells us "Well, ok, I guess. Those are just really hard dogs and you have to be so careful with them" or something like that. You can see it in their eyes that they see the breed as a mean one and think we are making a bad choice.

I guess I just want people to understand that this dog does not deserve the bad rap that they have been given so I am posting some of my favorite YouTube videos of Dobermans.

This guy who does these first two has had his dogs become a small YouTube sensation. He has a Doberman and a Chihuahua. The two dogs have been on TV twice now. They are pretty funny :)

If you want to see more of his YouTube videos, they are at http://www.youtube.com/user/cwdressen

This lady is just showing off how gentle her dog is, which is cute :)

These next two videos are from this breeder that I wish that I could afford :)

(We decided 3 grand was just a bit too much for a dog)

Their dogs are fully trained personal protectors, but these videos show the dogs with the kids. They also have live video feeds of their current litters which I just happen to watch maybe a little too much

www.familydobes.com

The boy in this next video is the same in the previous one, just two years later. My favorite part doesn't really start till half way through when instead of around the yard the kids are walking the dog in a Home Depot and then a PetsMart:)

So anyway, these are just some of my favorite videos and I guess I don't know how to say this without being preachy, but I feel very strong about not judging the breed but the people who own the dog.

I hate breed banning legislation, like with how Pit Bulls are illegal in Denver now, and maybe one day I'll blog a rant and rave about that, but for now just know that I am 110% positive that Mike's and I will have a Doberman just as sweet and fun loving as Brody :) :)

Heston

2009-07-31T12:04:00.001-07:00

Well Kaytee sent me this video and I've been trying to convince her to post something about Heston and how smart he is, but she's taking too long! :)

So here is a very adorable video Kaytee took, though it was with her cell phone so that's why it's just a little shaky

Heston is just so smart and learning so fast :)

Jackson and Brody

2009-07-28T10:15:00.001-07:00

So I came across these videos of Jackson playing with Brody and I just couldn't help but post a bunch. They are so cute together!

First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage......

2009-07-21T10:12:00.000-07:00

And then comes another puppy!!

Yes that's right, we decided to get another puppy :)

We are getting a Doberman! I know! It's so exciting :) :)

So we start with the picture from July 11th, the day that our new little girl was born

The mother's name is Foxy and the father is Gino. Though there were several of the red dobermans born, we are getting the classic Black and Rust color.

Then here are the puppies at 1 day old

Now we don't know which of the girls will be ours because the breeders are going to be keeping one of the Black and Rust girls. So when they are about 5 weeks old they are getting genetically tested and microchipped and all that jazz.

And here are the pups at 5 days old

We are working with our work schedules to see when to go pick up the puppy. It's going to be either the 5th or the 12th of September. And for the first 6 weeks or so after we get her the pictures will look ridiculous because she will have this headgear on. It is to get the cartilage in her ears to stand up and give her that Doberman look.

Here are the puppies at 6 days old. As you can see, they've already had their tails docked.

The name that we are partial to at the moment is Tayla, anyone else know some good doggie names?

More Honeymoon :)

2009-07-20T23:39:00.000-07:00

So here are some more Honeymoon pics.

We went to this amazing Luau! It was called Germaine's Luau and I recommend anyone going to Waikiki should definitely do this!

We start out with this gorgeous view of the lighthouse as we step off the bus.

Now there were like 500 or so people there, but the way we were all seated it didn't really feel that way. It was just so much fun and we had met some fun couples there. As it was time to get ready to watch them pull the 12 pigs out of the pit in the ground, they had the guy blowing the conch, which was way cool

They then had to reach in to throw all these really hot rocks off the pigs in the pit.

Then they pulled the first pig out of the pit. If you look close you can see just how tender it was because the meat is completely off the bones. You can tell by the pig skull just sitting on top of the meat.

Now they couldn't just send 500 people up to eat at once, so they were sending them table by table. While waiting for our table to go, they had some fun entertainment up on stage. Three guys were pulled from the audience and they got to go up on stage and show off their hula skills.

Watch the guy in Purple, it's no surprise that he won :)

There were tons and tons and tons of different dances. They were all from the different Polynesian islands. So here are just a few movies of those dancers.

And then the fire dancer was waaay cool!

So for some more pictures!

We came across this sign and just cracked up!

And the best part was that there was this old lady sitting up on the porch glaring at us as if we were going to step on the 'grass'

And then there were just these gorgeous flowers growing along the sidewalks. Here is a fabulous Bird of Paradise in bloom

Then at night there are just these beautiful sunsets over the water.

One of the most gorgeous parts of the island that we saw was in Hanauma Bay. We got there at like 8 in the morning so that it wouldn't be too crazy busy. We walked about all the way down to the far end of the bay because we knew it wouldn't be as packed because it was more rocky than sandy.

Since we had been there an entire week and not been sunburned, I think that we had gotten a little careless on lathering in sunscreen because we both burned pretty icky :(

This picture of me at the park you can see wear the strap on my swimsuit has moved and see the burn.

And then at the hotel room when I went to put Aloe on Mike you can really see how burned he got! I started to write my name in Aloe, but he wasn't a fan, so only the A and L are on his back :)

That night we went out to a really fancy restaurant for dinner. It was soooooo delicious! And though the seats right on the ocean were all booked, we were still only three tables in, so here is a picture of the view from where we were sitting.

We had the waiter take our picture, and now the burns are really noticeable. At least this didn't happen till the last day of the trip! However, the plane ride back was not comfy at all with such burns :(

The Honeymoon

2009-06-21T09:25:00.000-07:00

So I figure it's getting about time to post these :)

It's only been two months.....

So to start with, here is the gorgeous ocean view from our hotel room. Though it was a little extra, like ten more bucks a night, I felt it was totally worth it. Opening the curtains to this every day was amazing!

This is a picture with the amazing zoom on Mike's camera. I actually took this from the hotel window.

After enjoying the view we took a walk down the gorgeous beach!

As we were walking around downtown Waikiki a guy had these two parrots and asked if we wanted to take our pictures with them. So he put them up on our heads and took some cool pictures and then asked us for whatever money we could give him. Well maybe he should have asked before hand, cuz we only had 3 bucks in cash on us. He was pissed and stalked off angrily, but oh well, should've asked us first

We found this cool little restaurant called the Puka Dog. It was like eating a hot dog but it was in a giant roll with a hold poked in it. And they had tons of way cool toppings. I had mango relish on mine :) I can't believe we didn't take a picture of them! But they were so gooooooood!!

And then we walked down to the aquarium and they just had these amazing trees everywhere. They were just huge and had those big roots growing down from the limbs.

So at the aquarium (which was only 8 bucks to get in and I loved it!) there were some really cool exhibits. But my favorite was that right outside the aquarium there were some ceramic pieces by Jun Kaneko!! I love his work! :) :) This was my favorite one of the ones that were there

They had this really cool Nautilus, which was amazing because I had never seen a live one, just their cool shells.

While walking around the International Market Place we came across a place selling coconuts so of course, I had to have one :) So when I ordered one, they just pull it out of the fridge, chop the top off and stick a straw in it. I loved it

And that necklace I'm wearing was my favorite thing that Mike bought me on the trip :) :) :)

So this trip was everything that we wanted it to be. A special, once in a lifetime opportunity full of such amazing things :)

Some Cuties

2009-06-12T10:31:00.000-07:00

So I know you guys are dying for some Honeymoon pics, but I'm going to be obnoxious and post some cute pictures of my adorable nephews instead :)

Here is Jackson in the practice run when he is trying on his cute little tux. He is being very very good because he keeps being told he is getting lots of toys if he's good while in the tux :)

And here he is surrounded by all the bug toys that Mike and I bought for our little ring bearer.

Even Nolan and James were enjoying all the toys. And Jackson was letting them too!!

Swimming with Sharks

2009-06-09T21:12:00.000-07:00

So the Tuesday morning that Mike and I were on Oahu we did our craziest thing on the honeymoon and went swimming with sharks. Well it all started out with the craziest driver that we ever had! To start off, he picked up the wrong couple cuz he didn't even ask for names. Luckily we got it straightened out and were then on our way. He was driving like crazy! Going 80 in a 55 and weaving through traffic. One of the girls going was so car sick by the end of the drive that she didn't even get to go on the boat :(

Once we got on the boat we headed out to where they had the Cage anchored about three miles off shore.

Now it wasn't like they chummed the water or fed the sharks or anything like that to attract the sharks to the boat. They didn't want them in a feeding frenzy, which makes me feel better. What happens is that the crab fisherman fish out there and toss their extras over the side of the boat. So the sharks have learned to follow boats by the sound of the motors and then on our boat they were using just a little bobber and using it slap the water which was keeping the sharks interested.

So from the surface it looked like there was two sharks and not too big.

In that picture you can see the fin slicing through the water heading for the little red bobber in front. And to the side you can see the people that were in the first group.

So then it was time to jump into the cage and have a look underwater for ourselves.

Not gonna lie, I totally freaked out!! It was a lot scarier underwater. Took me a few minutes to calm down and then it was just magical under there watching them just glide through the water. There were about 6 Galapagos Sharks ranging in length from 5 to 11 feet.

So I really really LOVE all these amazing pictures that we got with just the little disposable underwater camera! Meaning that there are still several more pictures to come :) This was just such an amazing adventure!

Then we had probably the biggest shark that was there swim right under the cage, which was so amazing!

Wedding Pictures

2009-05-08T21:11:00.000-07:00

So they have scheduled my event on www.pictage.com and they are offering a $5.00 gift certificate if you register to view the event before it is posted online (I knew you would like this Cass). This will give you guys $5.00 towards ordering any of the wedding pictures.

http://www.pictage.com/653549

YAY! The wedding is almost here! :) :)

Next Fish Project

2009-04-21T09:11:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of my next piece that will be in my show besides the really big fish. Right now there are around 300 of those little pieces. Though for the show the plan is to have a minimum of 1,000. Hopefully more though. I know, it's crazy, but I'm going to pay my friends with pizza and they are going to help me cut them all out and stuff like that.

It's not the best picture, but still gets the idea across. Each little square is 1 1/2" square. And they aren't all connected so each time I put the piece up, it is individual. Here is a close up shot of some of the squares.

This way of putting up the pieces has the piece at about 3' high and almost 4' wide

Ta-Da!

2009-04-04T18:27:00.000-07:00

Well Hooray!!

It'a official! Yay for me!

From October 18th - October 31st I will have a show in the Fine Arts Building at the University of Wyoming.

My big fish will be one of the main pieces in the show. This is very very very very exciting :) :)

I'm currently working on the next piece that will be there, but there is still a lot of work that I will need to do to be ready for this.

But still.... Soooooooo exciting :)

My Print Project

2009-03-29T22:11:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest Printmaking project that I FINALLY finished!

This was such a crazy and exhausting project, I pretty much lived in the printshop for weeks to get this project done.

So here is the full view of the fish. Now this is in a hallway entering into the Fine Arts Building. As you can tell, it stretches from floor to ceiling, so I'm guessing it's like 8 or 9 feet high and close to 20 feet long. This thing is intense!

And then here are some close up shots of some of the parts

And then here are a couple of pictures even closer up of a couple of the images.

And then here is a shot of more of a side view so that it shows down the hall. Kinda gives it a perspective of just how big this thing actually is

The Rest of Vegas

2009-03-26T13:29:00.001-07:00

On the last night that Mike and I were in Vegas, we went out for a drive down the strip. He put down the convertable top and I got to see the strip in style :)

I was trying to snap tons of pictures, but that's really hard with actually driving so a bunch of them came out pretty blurry, but I did get some really good ones

Even McDonalds was done up Vegas Style!!

The next morning before Mike and I left, the Strazzo fam came over and we all got to hang out some more. Jackson was having tons of fun in the backyard kicking the rocks around. Since Brody is such a weird dog, he was having fun trying to catch the rocks Jackson was kicking at him. J LOVED this! :)

And of course he's swinging around his new Thomas toy that Uncle Mike got him :) :)

Thunderbird Museum

2009-03-19T09:11:00.000-07:00

So we got to spend a few hours at the Thunderbird Museum! It was such a blast. Cassidy had found this cute little flight suit for James that we got to wear around. He was a very cute little pilot :)

Mike felt like a kid in a candy store. He LOVES airplanes and being on base getting to watch the planes take off and land was heaven for him. Just look at his cute, goofy grin

They had the Thunderbirds all out on the runway getting ready because they had a show they needed to fly off to.

And since we were out on the Flight Line, there were many other types of planes taking off. Mike LOVED seeing all those, so we got tons of cool pictures of them too. This first picture is of an F-22

Then this is an F-15 landing

And now for something completely different....

We got back and had bought these cute little penguins. One for James and one for Nolan, but we couldn't wait and gave James his already (don't be jealous Nolan)

Fun Times in Vegas

2009-03-18T18:22:00.000-07:00

Well Mike, Brody and I are down here in Vegas enjoying the gorgeous weather and fun times with Cassidy and her fam. So we've taken like ten thousand pictures already, and better start putting them up here for all you guys to see!!

To start with, here is the skyline of the city as we were driving in to town. (The smogginess didn't look TOO bad at this point)

And then of course we put James into a cute photo shoot! This little "hat" is one of his little toys that just fit his on his head so perfectly!!

We also took a fabulous walk to the park nearby Cassidy's place. It was the most amazing park I have ever seen! There were several ponds with ducks and turtles and Canadian Geese. There is also a waterfall that was a perfect place for some pictures :)

The ponds also had bunches and bunches of these little turtles. So of course, we took tons more pictures

One of the things that was sooooooo wonderful was how Brody is around James. James was poking and prodding and pulling, but Brody just layed there.

Next was the St. Patrick's Day party!! I had never had Corned Beef and Cabbage, but it was soooooo delicious! I was very very happy cuz it was an amazing dinner :)

After dinner we had to try on these little St. Patrick's Day hats. Of course I put Brody in the hat, which was adorable!!

Isa was NOT at all liking this idea of putting this headband on her head! But with a couple pieces of corned beef we were able to convince her to hold it on her head long enough to snap a few photos.

We got to go to the best dog park I have ever been to. Brody did really really well, which made me happy that he was able to socialize with so many other dogs pretty well. The only problem arose when he decided to take another dog's ball. He always thinks he can just take things from other dogs and this dog sure wasn't going to let him!
Luckily, Brody found lots of other dogs that he wasn't annoying to play with :) There was this greyhound there who LOVED to run just as much as Brody so they were just tearing through the park chasing eachother.

So after the busy and fun days we have had so far (We also spent time at the Thunderbird Museum, but this post is getting LONG! So those will be in my next post) But Mike and James and fun male bonding time cuddling on the couch

Bowling!

2009-02-25T22:57:00.000-08:00

So tonight I bowled my highest game ever!!!

I bowled a 156!! That's just so crazy and insane! I'm so freakin happy :)

I also had my highest overall series (which is the combined score from all three games) with a 375 :) :)

Gift Registry

2009-02-24T21:49:00.000-08:00

Realizing that we now have less than three months till the wedding we decided that we really needed to get going on this registering thing. So the two places that we decided to register were at Wal-Mart and at Crate & Barrel.

So Mike and I enjoyed wandering around Wal-Mart today with a little scanner gun picking things that we wanted to register for. Only obnoxious thing is about everytime I turned around Mike was randomly scanning something and giggling about it! He just likes being really really obnoxious and thinks he is SOOOOOO funny!

So when you see any thing ridiculous on the list, just know that Mike thinks he is just hysterical :)

(The Hannah Montana Calendar was in no way my idea!!)

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-16T12:30:00.000-08:00

Well Valentines wasn't too super exciting since I got to work, and even though it was just Dollar Tree, it was still soooo crazy!! We sold almost 200 balloons that day! (Since we are very lightly staffed, that's pretty intense)

When I came home, a wonderful magic elf had washed all the dishes (Hooray for roommate!)
Mike and I had a delicious Steak dinner and had a relaxing night together.

And then of course, Brody got in the mood for Valentines as well :)

I found this super cute little Bow-Tie for him
Can't you see how much he loves it??

Double Post

2009-01-30T14:14:00.000-08:00

I'm just a little behind in getting all my posts up, so this post covers two very different events in January :)

First let's start with the fabulous birthday day that we had this year. On January 20th Brody turned 1 year old. He had a very fun filled day full of playing with his best dog friend Toby as the weather was gorgeous (50 degrees). Since it was so warm they got to play outside all day.
Then he got the most amazing and delicious dinner. It was this really fancy pouch dog food that actually comes in a very large pouch (13 ounces) which was full of veggies and meat and rice. He LOVED it :)

And we can't forget the cute little hat. I couldn't find an actual 'Happy Birthday' Hat, so instead, he's wearing a hat with Mater on it. He was gettting lots of treats for wearing this, so he didn't complain at all :)

Next was my exciting day in Surgery! But don't worry, I wasn't the one going under the knife, but the one holding it (well maybe that could make some people worry).
In my Animal Physiology class we get to implant a rat with a transmitter so I can keep track of its internal temperature over the next month. My cute little rat's name is Petey (short for Patricia) and she was a very good patient.
I weighed her to determine the amount of anestetics she was getting and then shave her belly where the inscision was going to be.

The only part my stomach did some little flips was the very first inscision, but after that I was good. I cut through the skin and then the muscle and poked the trasmitter in. The transmitter was a lot bigger than I had first expected. It looked a lot like quite a large macadamian nut. I tied it to a muscle, which seemed weird, but the TA said that otherwise when I go in to retireve it in a month I won't be able to find it. Then I stitched back up the muslce, then the skin and she was good to go.

You can see the gorgeous stitching job that I did. I definitely have a new respect for surgeons. I was bent over that thing for an hour and it was not only stressful but extremely hard on my back. I don't know how those guys go in for like 8-hour surgeries.

On the very positive side, the next day in class my teacher said that all the rats were doing fine and running around like normal, so she lived! I made it through my first surgery!

Christmas

2008-12-26T09:38:00.000-08:00

So.... Yeah, this post is a little late, but I guess better late than never!!

So this was the first christmas that Mike and I had together. And we went home to my parents. On Christmas Eve we all got matching superman jammies. The glow-in-the-dark on Mike's shirt is so intense! Just in a shadow you can see it glow!

But he loves the jammies and being part of the fam :)
If you look close at Brody's head, you can see a pair of antlers on his head. Though in the picture Brody doesn't look to happy in his antlers. It was easier when he was looking at me and I had a treat right in front of him. He's not as big of fan when he can't see me, so he looks grumpy :(

Then when Mike and I got back to Laramie the night of Christmas Day, we had our first Christmas dinner. So looking through the fridge, we decided the two things that we were the most hungry for.

Yep, fried SPAM and Pigs in a Blanket :)
We were both very happy and satisfied with this delicious meal (as crazy as that sounds...)

Different Video

2008-11-20T20:53:00.000-08:00

So that last video just didn't give these two justice. Sometimes it just seems that when they see the camera they settle down and just stare at me. This one really shows how crazy this kitty is and how patient Brody is with all her oboxiousness

My two cuties

2008-11-18T11:20:00.001-08:00

So here are some more pictures of Brody and Malibou. Thought you guys would enjoy some of these because they are just so cute!

And I even added in a video of the two of them playing

My favorite part is seeing how good Brody is with her

This last picture I just love. This is the field just right outside my back door that I take Brody out and let him run and play. Mike took this picture from the back steps of the trailer.

The other thing I LOVE about this picture is that it looks like Brody just walks right next to me off leash :)

Brody and Malibou

2008-11-11T20:10:00.000-08:00

So these two little guys are getting along quite wonderfully which makes me sooooooo happy :) :)
One really cute thing between them is that Malibou does not like drinking out of her water bowl, but will run all the way over to Brody's and drink out of it pretty much every time. Its really adorable :)

The two of them will occasionaly cuddle up together which is also really cute.

But the funniest is when Brody had fallen asleep and then shifted, completely forgetting that Malibou was cuddled up with him and next we just hear her mowling and Brody still oblivious and dead asleep. He's still learning.

Announcing my new little Malibou :)

2008-11-03T13:59:00.000-08:00

So craziest thing happened today. My soon to be Sister-in-Law just got a kitten last week and it turns out that her little girl Ivy (who is 3) is SUPER allergic and got an infection and it was so sad. So anyways, they were going to give this little kitty to the pound when my roomie Nicki said that we could take her. Soooooooooo now I have a little kitty! Her name is Malibou and she is only 9 weeks old and teeny tiny!

If you look on the dusty shelf above her you to the left you can make out one of Brody's paw prints. HUGE next to her :)

Her and Brody are still kinda working the kinks out. Brody just wants to tackle and play with her and she is not quite up for that yet. So he does manage to sit there and just watch her, though I know if I wasn't there he probably wouldn't be so controlled. Until she gets a little bigger, they will probably both be crated while we are gone.

and p.s. the reason that the blinds in my last post go from horrid to fabulous is because Mike was amazing and installed the new blinds between the pictures, and as you can see, those old ones just HAD to go! He's just so good to me :) :)

My little baby is growing up :)

2008-11-01T17:37:00.000-07:00

Here is an adorable picture with Mike and Brody cuddling, watching TV. And Brody is just getting so BIG!! I figure he is pretty much full grown with just a bit more to fill in. Of course, I said this a few months ago and he kept getting taller so..... I am pretty sure this is about it.

So around my trailer park there are at least 7 stray cats around that I've seen. And since my porch railing goes right up to the window, the cats love to walk around it and then just sit there and look inside. Brody is hysterical with this cuz he sneaks up to the window and just stares at them the WHOLE time they sit there. Mike and I just laugh and can't help but take tons of pictures.

Then the other day we went down to the river since the weather has been gorgeous lately! Like abot 60 degrees every day. It's soooooo fabulous. But down at the river things were very muddy and I decided to jump in with him and we both came back home very very very muddy. This is Brody just at the begining of playing in the mud, needed to put the camera away for obvious reasons. It was a great afternoon :) :)

Video of the Sting Rays

2008-10-22T14:57:00.000-07:00

So I thought that I needed to add in the video that MIke took of me attempting to feed the Sting Rays. It really was a lot of fun, but I think I needed somebody holding my arm in the water like some of the workers were doing for the little kids. Mike was enjoying laughing at me too much to help :) :)

This was definintely a Fabulous day :) :) :) :)

Saturday Birthday

2008-10-20T13:13:00.000-07:00

Because of Mike's crazy work schedule, we were just now able to spend some time together to celebrate my birthday. On Saturday we spent the day down in Denver and got to do several fabulous things :) We started off at the Aquarium. One way that anyone can tell that Mike is Amazing is that he spent four and a half hours in there with me, letting me wander through about four times. He even got me lunch there, which was so delicious.

This is me attempting to feed the stingrays. Its a bit shaky because Mike was laughing so hard at me jumping and squealing as the stingrays were eating the fish from my hand :)

So this picture of these three tigers might seem out of place. But no, in the Denver Aquarium they actually have a tiger exhibit. The water surrounding it is pretty cool cuz it has some really gorgeous fish in it.

Next on our exciting list was to go to the Butterfly Pavillion. They had lots of cool bugs there. This first picture was the creepiest spider by far.

And then I finally remembered the best setting for taking pictures that are really close up and so these next ones have a very good focus and I really really liked them :)

We concluded our day by eating at the ESPN Sportscenter. Which Mike described as a Chuckie Cheese for big kids. And it definately was! There were tons and tons of TVs, all with different sports channels on. And then after dinner we went and played tons of fun games, like little bowling games and motorcycle and NASCAR racing. The BEST part was when we played Basketball and I beat him by like 15 baskets! And then with Football and throwing the ball to the "players" I beat him 10 to 1!!! I plan on rubbing this in his face for a very very very long time :) :) :) :)

Memory of the Rat Dog

2008-09-09T12:44:00.001-07:00

I found some really cute pictures on my computer of maggie, our little rat dog. :)

This is her at six weeks old and only weighing two pounds.

And here she is wearing a little blue parka that I bought her :)

And here is a cute video of Jackson and Maggie when Jackson went to stay with Grandma for a week last summer. It was taken with a cell phone so the quality isn't perfectly amazing, but its such a cute video :)

New Jobs!

2008-07-20T11:01:00.000-07:00

So I was unemployed for about two weeks and not quite sure what to do. I was ready to start applying at Fast Food Restaurants cuz I hate being unemployed. And having a payheck coming in is pretty nice. So out of the blue last Monday a job that I had almost given up on calls me up and striaght offers me the job after reading my resume, don't even have to come in for an interview :) So now I waitress out at Terry Bison Ranch, which is over on the outskirts of Cheyenne. And even though I have to drive fifty miles to get to work, after paying for gas I am still making more than when I worked at Safeway! And waitressing is actually a lot of fun and I am really enjoying it :)
Now for job number 2. Friday I got called up that the Assistant Manager at Dollar Tree put in her two weeks and that they want me to do it. I told them I can start after Frontier Days (because waitressing is ridiculously crzy right now!)
Now the waitressing job is only through the start of school so this Assistant Manager job will be through school and most likely until I move away from Laramie.

Hooray for having JOBS! :) :) :)

Home Again

2008-07-05T09:06:00.001-07:00

Mike and I got the opportunity to spend a couple days up in Worland. It was tons of fun!

Tuesday:
Got to Worland about four in the afternoon. Had a delicious dinner of Tri-tip and then spent the rest of the evening playing Ticket to Ride :) Kaytee managed to win EVERYTIME that night!!

Wednesday:
We started off with a traditional Croft breakfast that was all new to Mike and had Dutch Baby. It was amazingly delicious. If I'm cooking, its mainly dinner, so it was so nice to have all these fancy breakfasts :)
Then we headed out to check out places for the Croft-Chapman Wedding :) First stop was at the TenSleep golf course. It did have some kinda pretty places, but Mike and I had decided that this really wasn't what we were looking for. It also had TONS of deerflies that kept biting!! OW!!
Then, the guy who was showing us around asked if we wanted to take the golf carts to see other parts of the course :) Didn't matter we had decided against it, we wanted to ride those golf carts. Kaytee even got to drive one!

Though the course was a bit bumpy, so the entire time wasn't this perfect little smile. I caught mom at the best time in this next picture.

That was about it for the golf course, though the golf carts were fun, it was not where we wanted to get married. We looked at a couple other places but none of them was really what I was thinking.
Finally, we stumbled onto the perfect place, without even planning on it.

I love how these trees just bend over and make the perfect natural arch! And the grounds are so green and gorgeous and well kept, and the bugs were even at a minimum.

Now I know your asking yourself where this gorgeous place could be. Well, here's a hint....

The Fish Hatchery! I know it seems weird, but as you can see from those previous pictures that it is so pretty. Only problem is that we are not sure that we can have a wedding there, so mom is looking into it since she knows the wife of the guy who runs the place. So hopefully its ok.
So after discovering the place to have the wedding, we went back to Worland, took naps and then headed out to a Bi-Ward dinner, so Mike really got to meet everybody!! Then we went to see the movie Wall-e, which is totally worth it and I think everyone should go!!

Thursday:
Started out with another fabulous breakfast, and then Mike taught Kaytee how to change a flat tire that was on the Suzuki. We are getting it all fixed up so that Kaytee can cruise around in it :)

What a good big brother he is going to be! Makes me so happy :) :)

So now the Suzuki is in the shop getting the tire all fixed up (And the muffler!)
Now we take some good time to relax. Mike and I want to play Ticket to Ride again so we drag it out during lunch. However, Kaytee does not win this time, but Mike does! He's very excited and convinced that since he is on a winning streak he is done for the day. So we head down to Lander for the best fireworks ever!

Now this next shot is no joke. He had the whole sky lit up and just solid with these fireworks! It was so cool :)

Friday:
Started out with delicious Breakfast Burritos with Grandma and Ralph joining us as well. Then we pack up and head home back to Laramie.

It was a really fun trip and I am so glad that Mike and I got to spend time up in Worland :) :) :)

Crazy Job Announcement

2008-07-02T08:00:00.000-07:00

So I quit Safeway!! This is a very exciting time because I really didn't like it there, so don't be sad for me :)

There are some job opportunities that I am looking at. I had a job interview at Kmart on Tuesday and don't know how fabulous it went. It wasn't like BAM! This is perfect. And it would only be about an average of twenty hours a week, and I'm not sure on the pay, I have to call them back on Thursday to see what they have decided.
However I just had the Dollar Tree store manager ask me again to be an Assistant Manager there. It's only part-time at twelve hours a week, but it's thirteen dollars an hour and will look good on a resume.

So yeah, there's a little bit of info on my current job situation. We will just see where things will go with this whole adventure :)

and p.s. congrats to Cass for creating a blog :) :)

He asked!!!

2008-06-12T18:31:00.000-07:00

Guess what?!?!?! Mike popped the question! It is so romantic and so wonderful :) :) :) So now I bet your all asking how he did it that was so wonderful.

We were up at his Uncle's rehearsal wedding which was up in a canyon around Salt Lake. I think it was called Mills Canyon. So it is up in the mountains and everything is just green and gorgeous.

We were up around this pond that had a creek running by it and a waterfall in the background. I see a bunch of little rocks around and decided to show off my rock skipping skills, well tried to at least. And no matter what he tells you, I really do know how to skip rocks!!

I know this next picture is a little blury, but it captures THE MOMENT!

I turned around to pick up another handful of rocks and there he was, down on one knee :) :) :) He didn't even get a chance to ask! I practically tackled him in a hug, so he knew pretty well that it was a yes. This picture looks like I stopped or something, but no, I tackled him completely.

His family was across the pond and they all started whoopin and hollerin when they saw me hug him. And I hadn't even noticed, but his mom had been stalking us with the camera so she got pictures of the whole thing! I love looking at them :)

So yep, I am now engaged, which makes me feel pretty special. Here is my gorgeous ring that I am completely in love with.

Sometime around the end of next May is when we are planning the wedding, and his dad is a pastor and going to be the one doing the ceremony. And one of the BEST parts is that Jami said she would make our cake! Lucky Us!!!

Tragedy Strikes!!

2008-05-25T13:24:00.001-07:00

Today was a very very sad day :( I was out walking Brody down by the river like I always do and to try to convince him to come into the water I had walked in to up to my knees almost. He actually came in to come to me!! I was so excited that I pulled my phone out to take a picture (Forgetting that I am knee deep in river water) Of course!! I drop the phone into the water and now.... NOTHING! Just turns on to a white screen! This is horrid! So know I have no phone numbers... NOTHING! So if anybody wants to give me their number that would be great. AND since it is Memorial Day Weekend I don't think I can get another phone till Tuesday at the earliest.

Isn't it just tragic!!

Trip Home

2008-05-23T19:24:00.000-07:00

Holy Cow!

I hadn't realized how long it has been since I last posted. Time is just flying by right now! I am taking summer school and also working so my days are busy busy busy.

I wish I could be more like Brody!

Here he is just lounging in the sunlight. He loves to find the spot of sun and take naps in it.

So a little bit ago I managed to find time to go home and visit the fam and also attend Auntie Jo Ann's funeral. It was so an extremely nice funeral and I know she would have loved it. Especially with all the family together.

Here are some of the cousins playing Tile Rummy of course!! I played the game earlier in the night and of course I won :)

Another special thing was that Jo Ann wanted all of us to have one of her rings to always remember her by.

This one is Turqiouse and always makes me think of both her and Grandma Roma because of hom much they both loved and wore turquiose. I found a picture of Jo with me at my High School graduation and by looking really close I can see this ring on her finger.

So that is just a little update for now. Hopefully I won't wait anywhere near as long to post again!!

Bowling

2008-04-30T15:37:00.000-07:00

Next year Mike wants me to be on his leauge for bowling. I am not too worried because he has been teaching me and my average is up to 110. To get ready for this fun event he is going to buy me a ball and shoes. So far this is the ball and shoes that I have picked out but am not positive for sure.

Any input would be great :) Or if you just so happen to see something else way cool that you think would be great for me

Picking My Battles

2008-04-23T13:33:00.000-07:00

So here I am with a final tonight on the fetal pig and all the organs and muscles and bones and glands and all the other good stuff. I have been studying off and on and have finally decided that I was avoiding studying TOO much when Cindy and I actually decided to do this to Brody instead of study.

He didn't mind at all and never even tried to chew it off! However, this was definately one of those times that I was picking my battle with Mike. Lets just say that he is not the hugest fan of me painting our dog's fingernails pink. I thought it was very dashing, Mike didn't quite agree

Toys and Tubs

2008-04-17T08:51:00.000-07:00

So not too much has been going on. Still working at Safeway, dating Mike and taking tons of pictures of Brody. So things here are pretty normal.

I have discovered a great new toy for Brody that he LOVES! I give him the empty peanut butter jar and let him lick the rest out. Keeps him quite entertained :)

Last Sunday Mike and I took Brody out on a walk down by the river. Of course we forgot the camera for all of that fun, but did not forget it to take pictures of his fabulous bath he got afterwards. He was very muddy and needed it badly!

He really does NOT like water and does NOT want to take a bath! He even avoids puddles on the sidewalk!

Mike tries to tell him everything is ok, but he doesn't really want to listen. One day I am hoping he will like baths.

Puppy Kindegarten

2008-03-31T19:11:00.000-07:00

Today was the second day of Puppy Kindegarten for Brody. There are lots of crazy puppies and lots of not so crazy one there that he gets to play with. Half of the hour long session is play time and the other half is lessons where I learn how to train him. He gets TONS of treats at these times. Today he even got a big piece of rawhide to take home!

And if you didn't notice in that first picture, here is another one to point out how HUGE his ears are getting! Whenever he puts his head down they drag on the ground, which is so cute!

Oh No!

2008-03-22T17:56:00.000-07:00

Uh-oh!! I have discovered an allergy of mine and its horrible! I am allerigc to the handwashing soap back inthe deli! My arms are bright red up to about an inch from my elbow since that is as far as I scrub every day. And since I have to scrub TONS every day, its just getting worse. Another girl I work with is also allergic and so now I am doing what she is, taking a bunch of Benadryl everyday that I work. I tried to take a picture to show you the fun redness, but it was just washing out. So yeah, bright red, chapped and itchy arms. not much fun :(

Since I couldn't get a picture of that, instead I will show you another picture of Brody! Surprise!!

This is Brody with his little stuffed duck. He LOVES this thing! I love playing fetch with this for two reasons. 1) He is looks sooooo cute carrying it around and 2) he 99% of the time brings it back! Which makes fetch TONS easier!

First Date

2008-03-19T14:17:00.000-07:00

Last night Mike and I had our first real date! We were going to wait a bit after I quit but instead he decided that he couldn't wait so we went out for dinner last night at Wingers. It was really fun! And it was so wonderful that we got to go on a date here in Laramie!

Kind of along the same lines, my new job is going really well. However, we are extremely busy in the deli. Another person just quit this week so now there are only four of us total! For the entire deli! And one of which (yours truly) is not yet ready to be left alone. It sucks cuz we have to shut down the deli at 5 every night to havce it cleaned when we go home at 6, but there isn't really any other way! But I am having lots of fun working there. The one big problem is that I love cheese. And Safeway has lots and lots of delicious imported cheeses. And of course, we have samples in the deli for the customers and I have to try all the samples so I can tell the customers about each one. So it ends up that I am buying a fancy cheese every shift so far. But they are so GOOD! My last purchase is an Aged Cheddar that was imported from Ireland. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Last but not least is one of the most amazing things ever! Brody is pretty much completely housetrained!!! YAY!!! He has about one accident a day in the house (Compared to his twenty or so before, this is wonderful). I just have to pay attention cuz he will go to the door, stare at it and sit down. So if I don't see it in the first twenty seconds, he can't wait any more and piddles there. But there is tile there so it is at elast easy to clean up. But that doesn't matter cuz he is still going to the door! Its fabulous!!!

Crazily enough, this isn't Brody stretching! I came into my room and he was dead asleep in this position!

Safeway

2008-03-10T17:41:00.000-07:00

I finally got a new job! On Monday I start working in the Deli at Safeway :) But I have like 16 hours of Computer Based Training that I have to complete before I can do the Deli, so sometime between now and Monday I am going to squeeze that in while I am still working at Wal-Mart. Apparently I didn't think my life was hectic enough, so this should help. Now it is a 50 cent paycut, but Safeway has merit raises instead of the once a year raise that I am getting now, so I am hoping that I will be able to earn those and make up the difference in pay.
Also, Brody has his first Vet Appointment tomorrow to get him all checked out and see when he gets his next round of shots. I am hoping that this will be a good experience for him. Today was gorgeous with practically no wind so we walked to the park and ran around a bit. He still isn't a huge fan of walks, but I am sure that will change.

More Pictures of Brody (Of Course!)

2008-03-04T13:33:00.000-08:00

Well Brody is adjusting into our little household. Him and Measure get along much better than they did the first day. She is getting better at sharing her toys with him and he has even figured out how to pick up the tennis ball she keeps rolling at him and how to tug-o-war with her. Whenever he is getting too rambunctious I just hand him to Measure and she will wear him out!

Here he is all snuggled up to Measure during one of his five naps during the day. This was NOT her idea! But she got used to it after Jezzy and I held her there and convinced her it was ok.

Mike and Brody are getting along great. Brody just loves to snuggle up with him, especially down by Mike's feet, which is hysterical because Mike's size 15 foot is the same size as Brody.

Ta Da!

2008-03-01T22:37:00.000-08:00

Here he is! These are a couple of photos that I was able to take so far. He is sooo adorable! Though at the moment his eyes are a little greenish-blue, they will eventually turn brown to match his the rest of him.

Here he and Jezzy are out on some grass playing after going potty. He was very good and didn't go potty in the car the whole trip! Everytime he woke up we would pull over and put him out on the grass and he would go. Even once we got home and he was playing for awhile, once I took him outside and put him down he went potty. So far so good!

Here he is all bedded down for the night in his crate. He has his little stuffed dog to snuggle with, and it's cute to see him play with it since at the moment it is bigger than he is!

Soon enough I will take bunches and bunches more pictures of him so you can see even more how amazing Brody is :)

Almost time :)

2008-02-27T22:01:00.000-08:00

Well the time is drawing extremely close for Brody to be joining me! Jezzy and I are headed out Saturday morning to go pick him up. The apartment is just about all cleaned and puppy proofed, his crate has his bowls, bedding and a few toys. He has already had his first shots and in the morning I am headed to the vets to set up an appointment to get him checked over once he gets here and then make an appointment for his next round of shots. I've got the puppy food, treats, brush, nail trimmer, collar, leash, dewormer, and shampoo. And he has soooooo many different toys to play with that I think he might get some disorder of indecisiveness because all of them are so much fun he wont know what to do!

Now for something completely different, my Biology lab was pretty fun tonight and we got to disect a roundworm and a crayfish. Also, we had some live leeches that we were observing and our TA let one feed off his finger so we could watch what it looked like when it was eating. Very cool.

Saltwater Tank

2008-02-20T15:59:00.000-08:00

So I decided to bust out my camera and get some way cool pictures of my saltwater fish tank. I've had this tank about a year and a half so it has gotten pretty well established. I have several fish and TONS of random life growing in this tank.

These are the Mushroom Coral that randomly started growing one day about a year ago, and they are doing really well. Just to the left of them you can see one of my Margarita snails in its purple shell.

This is my Yellow Clown Goby Cap''m' and yes, I know his name is completely not grammatically correct, but its ok. He's come to terms with it :) He does not have a swim bladder so he often sucks to the side of the glass, especially to let me know he is hungry!

This here is Franky and he is the first saltwater fish that I ever got! He is a Firefish and very gorgeous. He is actually quite skittish though and will either dig little holes in the sand to hide in or find a great place in a rock to hide.

I have no idea what these things are! however, they started growing within the first week of me getting the aquarium and have established this little colony. All I can tell is that they pull in little bits of food with their tentacle thingies.

And this is Othello. He is a Black and White False Percula and is extremely protective of his tank. Especially if anything gets near his anemone! Whenever I clean the tank, I have him constantly attacking me, which doesn't hurt, but still drives me nuts!

Just Under Two Weeks to Go!

2008-02-18T17:42:00.000-08:00

Here are the latest update on the adorable little puppies. They are now eating solid food and drinking water. I just can't believe that after all this waiting, he is only two weeks away!

Now for an update that doesn't include a puppy! Just the other day, Mike and I actually had the same day off work! We headed down to Fort Collins and spent the day there. We wandered artound the mall and he even put up with me wanting to go not only into the pet shop at the mall, but also into PetCo and two different PetsMarts! (Where I of course had to look at ALL the puppy stuff which was pretty much the exact same in all four stores, but still had to check it out!) I bought another two little chew toys for Brody. He will own quite the plethora of approved stuff to chew on when he gets here! So yeah, I made Mike take me to four pet stores, but we also did go into two different Best Buys and a couple of other electronic stores around town, so it evened out. We then had dinner at Old Chicago and watched NASCAR :) Then we went out and saw National Treasure 2. I really enjoyed the movie and it was just a great day :) :) :)

March 1st!

2008-02-07T10:10:00.000-08:00

My new roomie Jezzy has convinced me that we should take a road trip out to go pick up Brody. This means that I can even get him a week earlier because before I had to wait for him to be old enough to fly. So Jezzy and I will be picking him up on March 1st! It's soooooo soon! Just over three weeks away and Jezzy and I are extremely excited. We are going through the house this next week being sure it all gets cleaned and then going through and puppy proofing it as well. Measure is about a year old so we have let a lot of stuff slide cuz she is such a good dog. But having a puppy, definately everything will need to be kept clean and out of harms way!

Two Little Boys and A Teeny Girl

2008-02-04T10:01:00.000-08:00

Here is an adorable picture of two of the male pups. If you look at the one on the right, he is HUGE! I e-mailed the breeder saying that the big puppy is adorable, but I am definately more interested in the smaller pups in the litter.

This is the only little girl in the litter. She looks so small and sweet!

I can't wait for next week when the little tikes open their eyes! It's only five more weeks till Brody comes out here to live with me!

That Other Litter

2008-02-03T12:15:00.000-08:00

So this is so cute that I just couldn't help but post it, even though my little puppy isn't in this litter. This is a really cute video of the other litter and they are now five weeks old and soooo adorable! They also look kinda onrey as can be seen from this video!

http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=858e74c7c2db789b&type=video%2Fmp4

Puppy at One Week

2008-01-29T20:35:00.000-08:00

Hooray! The camera has been fixed and the newest addition to Brody's photo collection is here! These are the pups at about ten days old. And they are so very cute! In about a week and a half his eyes will open and then he really starts growing. And about then I will get to start narrowing down which one that I really want to join me out here in Wyoming :)

My New Place

2008-01-28T07:04:00.000-08:00

So sadly Brody's breeder dropped the camera and it broke! So that's why it has been a while since I posted a cute little picture of my pup. However, I decided I'll just give a little update on my life without a puppy picture. (Crazy, I know!)

I am in the process of steadily moving into my new place. Just so you know, my new address is 315 Fetterman, Laramie, WY 82070. It's a house and my roommate Jezzy and I live in the upstairs and her brother lives downstairs. Jezzy already has a dog. Her name is Measure and Jezzy got her from a pound when she lived out in California. She is a Pit Bull-Boxer mix, is one year-old and is very well behaved. Hopefully that will rub off on my little puppy. And it does make me happy that he will have a friend to play with.

Jezzy and I want to get a little exercise pen type thing to put in the dining area (on the hardwood floors in case of accidents!) That way they can have some good times together when both Jezzy and I are out of the house. Here are some pretty cute pictures of her. It's hard to get a picture of her cuz she is quite energetic :)

I should be completely moved in within the next few weeks. I'm not really rushing it at the moment. Hopefully I will remember to take a picture of the new place so you can see how cute it is. I really really do like it!

As for work, I start working days again this Saturday, February 2nd. I will be working over on the General Merchandise side of the store and be on the ICS team. Pretty much that means that I will spend my days working freight and doing whatever little projects management dreams up for me. It is a pay cut because I will be leaving nights, but it is totally worth it. Not only will school be easier, but it will nice to get to see Mike more than just twice a week.

Sadly, I did not get the job at the Animal Hospital that I really had my eye on, so I am hitting the want ads and looking again. However, pretty much the only jobs available here that are not in the fast food industry I need a CDL or a CNA or at least experience. So I am continually looking through the want ads, hoping to see something as soon as it opens. I did apply at Staples so I am hoping they will contact me and that will work out, but who knows?

Brody is Born! (For Reals This Time!)

2008-01-23T06:47:00.000-08:00

My little bundle of joy is born for reals this time! He was born on January 20th. This litter is a bit different than the last, if you notice the coats are a darker color. I am quite the fan of that, I think it's much cuter!

I am not yet sure when he will be coming home to live with me. I am in the middle of trying to find a new job, and so depending on what days that job can give me off will determine the exact date. However, it will be sometime between Sunday March 9th, and that Saturday the 15th. Hopefully earlier because I am getting just a tad antsy to have my little guy :)

Puppy Eyes Open

2008-01-20T10:57:00.000-08:00

The puppies are now about three weeks old and have their eyes all open and moving around. My puppy Brody is due on the 24th and hopefully won't really be any later. I am getting so antsy! I just can't wait!

Pups at Ten Days

2008-01-12T06:36:00.001-08:00

So I know that I am posting TONS of pictures of these puppies, but they are so CUTE! And I am so excited for my pup that I just can't help but show off how adorable mine will be. These are the puppies at ten days old. They are growing so fast! (At least to me they look that way!)

Puppies At One Week

2008-01-10T12:48:00.000-08:00

Here are the cute little puppies. They are so adorable! I can't wait for my little man to be born!

Change in Puppy Plans

2008-01-07T07:44:00.000-08:00

So originally, I was going to be getting my puppy out of a litter from Gracie and Rex. However, at first it had appeared that Gracie did not get pregnant so I switched and was going to receive my pup from Maggie. Well as things progressed, turns out that Gracie IS pregnant! Hooray! However, she is not due to have the pups until January 24th. He will then be flown out to me around the second week of March.

However, I will at least show some adorable pictures that my breeder sent me.

So in about three weeks my new puppy will be born and then more cute Vizsla puppy pictures will be posted.

Brody is Born!

2008-01-01T18:47:00.000-08:00

Brody was born last night a few minutes before midnight. So now we get to celebrate his birthday on New Years Eve! Looks as though he will be flown out to me on February 22nd. That will be so much fun because I plan on using my Vacation Time and taking three or four days off work and just spend time with him.

He is one of these little puppies. His mother Maggie had 2 females and 5 males. The picture looks a little weird cuz they have a red heat light on them, but either way, they are sooooo adorable! When he is about three days old he will get his tail docked and his dew claws clipped. Sounds painful but since a puppies nervous system isn't fully developed for another week, he will pretty much go straight back to suckling away.

Brody is Almost Born!

2007-12-30T17:47:00.000-08:00

My puppy Brody should be born at any time now! The breeder just contacted me today and sent a picture of the his mom Maggie along with his daughter Jess. And Maggie looks HUGE! Mike and I are quite excited for this little bundle of joy to join us. My Vizsla Breeder lives out in Iowa and the pup will be shipped out to me at the very end of February to beginning of March. Once they are born I will be able to nail down the date for sure.