Charlie!!! (and the Children's Museum, too)

I caved....we got a dog. For our 15 year anniversary, Jeff suggested a trip to the shetler. I went up there thinking to myself "I will ONLY get an adult Chocolate Lab". Knowing full well there would not be such a dog at a shelter.

And then out came Brian. I knew as soon as I saw him, we had to have him. So, we brought him home. We were on the fence about the name Brian. We figured we'd have to explain the Family Guy reference to just about everyone (well, except for my cousins, who work as cartooners for the Family Guy). So, we decided on Charlie. As in Charlie Brown, Char Dog, Charlie Horse, so on...



He's a skinny thing. He also refused to eat, until I fed him a Wendy's Single, and that kick started his appetite. The vet said he'd better eat soon or else he'd be facing IV fluids. Ugh, that'll be cheap.



In just a few days since that photo was taken, he's put on enough ounces to hide his ribcage.

I'm pretty sure he's Bubba, reincarnated.



And here's a shot of him just hangin' around.



On the other hand, we went to the Children's Museum today, with the kids getting into the face paint:

Maicy the Clown:



Emily the Clown:



Larissa, Age 26:



Here's a freaky fluke picture of Maicy:



Emily and a worm:



And, finally, Spaghetti Cat, just for Bethany:



God that's funny stuff.

One big update...

OK ok , so here it is. Where have I been? BUSY. Let's see, since summer started, I've been camping twice, had house guests twice, went to South Dakota, went to WI Dells, spent the night downtown with friends, had a tiring week of VBS...and that's in additon to working what...FOUR jobs? So, that's what I haven't updated. So, here it is, all my summer pix in one big fat post!

First...my sister's shower in South Dakota. I don't have any really good pix of the shower, which was beautiful, but I did make sure to take a bunch of shots of the sock flower centerpieces my Mom and I made. They were so cool! And now Bethany has 36 socks for her new baby.











Next, here are some random flowers in my garden. Of course I don't have a full shot of my garden. These flowers are from seeds that my Mom sent Emily from Hawaii.







Except for this one....

Emily is visiting her grandparents, so she missed VBS. Here's Maicy on stage during the final program.











Crazy kid.

Here's a few shots of Emily and the big fish she caught! She's a great fisherman, she does it all on her own. Gets out the worm, chops it in 1/2, hooks it, casts, catches her fish, reels it in, but doesn't take it off. All of this is done SILENTLY. Very strange to watch.






Here's a picture of the table on our back deck that shattered when Emily and I were trying to install the new umbrella. Yikes!!



And becuase I couldn't resist...a picture that Emily took of her sister.

The Big Cut

Jeff says to me the other day..."I can't take it any longer, they're getting their haircut TONIGHT". I said it's not possible, my hairstylist from the salon is on sick leave. He says we're not waiting for the salon....we're going to GREAT CLIPS! GULP! But...they did a good job. Here's a bunch of pix.

Spring Break 2008

Well...surprise, surprise. We went to Arizona for Spring Break. Think I was going to say some where else? LOL. It's hard to pass up the free lodging and transportation, and my kids love it out there, so....AZ it is.

This year we took some friends who's never been to the desert southwest. They wanted to do the whole tourist thing, so we hit Sedona, the Grand Canyon, the ski resort, and of course a few Spring Training baseball games. The rest of the vacation was spent by the pool doing nothing. Quite uneventful all around.

Here's Paul, Colleen, Jacob, and Andrea in Sedona.



Here's the 4 of them plus me about to fall to our deaths in the Grand Canyon



And here's Emily and Andi just being silly in my parents garage.


That's it! That's all I have for you. Unless you want the 50 billion pictures that Jeff took of orange blossoms, cacti, and rocks. YAWN!

Missing Teeth

Emily lost BOTH of her teeth on the same night. This picture was taken the next morning, right as she rolled out of bed.

Bathtub Pix

I have a bath mat that blows bubbles and turns your tub into a whirlpool. You're not allowed to use bubble bath with it, but I thought bath confetti would be ok. Nope, we eneded up with bubbles EVERYWHERE!

Father Daugther Dance - Valentine's Day

Here are some better late than never pix....




Chicken Dance