* me * and * my * dog * blog *

2010-03-26T12:24:00.000-07:00

ummmm

2008-11-13T22:53:00.000-08:00

oops, these things don't update themselves? I really do have some cute pictures and stuff to blog about, darn my cold and my weeks o' sadness, 2 puppies left and i think one goes tomorrow. What will I do with all my days now?

I'll put new stuff up soon, I PROMISE!

Jaxon, one year already!!!

2008-10-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

today is Baby Jaxon's first birthday, I can not believe how fast this year has gone by. he is so big and is even taking a few steps here and there.. Jill and David are having cheecky's party on Saturday so I will post pictures then..

one month

2008-10-14T08:49:00.000-07:00

it's crazy how fast the puppies are growing. 4 weekes ago they couldn't really even move and now they are like crazy little DOGS... it has been a fun, very tiring experience for us.

puppy videos

2008-09-30T13:52:00.000-07:00

puppies 2 weeks and growing *********

2008-09-25T17:40:00.000-07:00

here we are, two weeks and getting cuter everyday.. we all have our eyes open except for spot and monkey. sophie still wakes us up every night like 4 times, she just likes to bark i guess, really she just wants to sleep with us..

my dogs should be me and my many dogs blog!!!

2008-09-11T18:02:00.000-07:00

well. we made it. Sophie is the proud mama of six tiny puppies and they are soo cute.. we'll put up more as they grow but here's a sneak peak,,,

one good weekend!!

2008-09-03T11:22:00.000-07:00

This past weekend Jeff, Sara and Bennett came for a visit. I had been looking forward to it since we went down to K. Falls earlier in August.

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They got to our house around 10:30 friday and soon Jill, Jaxon and Cinnie got here too.. we played at our house all day and everyone took turns sleeping in our BIG bed..

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Jaxon and Bennett were sure happy to see Cinnie
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i had such a fun day and couldn't wait for it to be Saturday so we could go to Cottage Grove and spend the whole day and night and next day with the kids...
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I spent a good part of the afternoon outside with Sara and Ben while he drove around the hummer. He barely reaches the petals but don't even think about trying to take him out of there or you will have these horribly sad images stuck in your brain.
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I mean is that not the look of the most broken hearted boy ever? he tried to get back in himself

but after that didn't work Sara gave in and despite it being pretty cold outside she let him drive around, in a circle i might add, for another 45 minutes or so.. it was the highlight of my day to say the least plus it gave me time to take about 200 pictures of him:)..
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soon it was time to go inside and warm up with some of Cinnies famous chili. Papa got home right about the same time and brought cool duck balloons for Ben and Jaxon, the first game of the season was on that night.. we all ate way to much but haD A GOOD TIME VISITING AROUND THE TABLE...
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The next day we , jeff max and I , got up early and played some wii and then we waited and waited for the tappana's to get there. they had been camping and had lots to clean up so we forgave them and quickly got inside and right the business of opening presents.. I got a cool candle and planter and a new cd. We gave Paul his present, i think he liked it, hard to tell ;).. and then Jill opened her present. let's just say she got the present to beat all but I'll save that for another blog down the road.. all in all it was one of the best weekends this girls had in some ime and i was justsad that we won't all be together again till hopefully Thanksgiving, BTW sara, twilight is now opening on the 21st of november so that means you guys HAVE to come!,.
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I will leave this little update with the ouchiest lookin kid i've seen. good thing those Tappana kids are so fearless!!

the 4th of july & other things...

2008-07-14T18:11:00.000-07:00

we had such a great day on the 4th. We were at my mom and dad's with ALL of the family. there was way to much food but most of it was yummy, but not the thing with the pasta and peas, yuck. we had snow cones and pool fun an awesome peanut hunt and a pinata. it was fun but i was soo tired and Sophie didnt love the fireworks so we were the first ones to leave, and the last ones there, hey I've been sick give me a break.

following suit

2008-06-21T10:07:00.000-07:00

one word...
1. where is your cell phone? purse
2. Your significant other? Sleeping
3. Your hair? messy
4. Your mother? sick
5. Your father? worried
6. Your favorite thing?
7. Your dream last night? yummy
8. favorite drink? coke
9. Your dream/goal? Irelaned
10. The room your in? Den
11. your ex? regrets
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
14. Where were you last night? sick.
What are you not? well
16. Muffin's? Banana
17. One of your wish list items? tinted
18.Where you grew up? Novato
19. The last thing you did? cough
20. What are you wearing? Jammies
21. Your TV? silent
22. Your pet? everywhere
23. Your computer? good
24. Your life? fortunate
25. Your mood? anxious
26. Missing someone? S.J.B. :(
27. Your car? new
28. Something you're not wearing?glasses
29. Favorite Store? tjmaxx
. Your summer? HOT
31. Like someone? nephews/nieces
32. Your favorite color? Green
33. When was the last time you laughed? omletteville
34. When was the last time you cried? bye benny
35. Who will/would re-post this? hmmm

2008-05-13T09:26:00.000-07:00

just to show what i mean about Ben falling asleep anywhere.....

2008-05-12T09:11:00.001-07:00

i had such a great day yesterday.. (mothers day) I got to spend the whole afternoon with the people I love most in my world. my family. Even though it was really chilly we spent a lot of time outside. the kids drove around in there jeeps for a long time .

and then there was trampoline jumping. Max did a butt bounce and nearly touched the ground. Brady thought that was pretty cool. In the picture he is looking to see just how close Max will go.
Ryann kept telling me "look at your dad on the trampoline". i guess since Jamie calls Paul dad to them she must just assume a husband type would be "dad". I thought it was cute. She also called me dude which made me laugh.

while riding in the jeep with Brady,

Bennett took a little spill out the side, of course he cried, but it was kinda funny. One second he was there , the next he was on the side. Jamie was trying to make him feel better.

We had Jeff and Sara's birthdays also. I bought Jeff's big family present, it was a drill. woo-hoo. I guess that's what happens when you get old and get a house. Jamie had bought Sara's which I hadn't seen yet and i coveted it at once..

i might have to steal that one. Then Papa made us a wonderful Strawberry angel food cake treat, it was yummy. all in all it was a good day.. i am a lucky deedles

***not that all moments weren't great but this was my favorite. After Benny's tumble out of the jeep i went and pushed him on the swing so he would stop crying (because he wanted back in the jeep and there was no one to drive him) Max tried but he didn't fit, anyways, just in the middle of pushing he fell fast asleep. this boy can fall asleep anywhere it would seem. ***

2008-05-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

Since there is technically no "mother"
in our home I decided to treat Max
to a breakfast in bed..

i was rewarded with a bunch of
fresh flowers from outside.

it was worth the work.. I love
that he picked these and now
our home smells Lilacy fresh!

2008-05-06T11:29:00.000-07:00

last night , despite Max running a fever, we did it up Cinco de Mayo style.. I retrieved all our patio furniture out of the garage, plus a cool new rug, hung festive lights and made a super fun meal.

We had some yummy (I'll have to take Max's word for it) London broil, marinated with all sorts of stuff like garlic, chili powder, cumin and Worcestershire sauce, cheesy chili mashed potatoes, corn bread and a nice Mexican Cesar salad to top it off.. Max found some cool Mexican music on demand and we had a great night.

...of course Sophie was there to round out family meal time...

2008-05-05T19:34:00.000-07:00

sunny skies * * and * * chuck *e* cheese

this weekend was nice enough to walk to the park to fly our kites. The Lewey's came with us, well Stacy anyway, and we had fun but not much luck in the flying department..

Max and Beau spent the whole time trying to un-tangle their kite..

the girls gave up and went to play

while Aiden and i relaxed in the grass

Sophie and Lyssie watched the boys

it was pretty fun...

then we went to a little place i like to call Hell on Earth..

Not really, but there a more crazy kids , and adults for that matter, there then i have ever seen.

Max didn't like it because he had to wait in line for the "kids" to get done

so HE could play the cool ride games...

we actually had a really great time and will go back

(someday when the memory has faded :)

Max however did contract some sorta virus around the time of our visit in Hell,

i mean Chuck * e * Cheese's, and has been really sick ever since.

Now i'm not saying that he got sick there but I

would recomend a good handwashing after every game... ;)

My year in review

2008-05-02T20:34:00.000-07:00

since i am a late bloomer in the blogging world I wanted to make a little post for the last year.

this year has been such a good one, Max & I moved into our first "grown-up" house thanks to alot of hard work from Max..

we went on a super fun camping trip for Memorial Day

we played at Cinnie and Papas

went to a cool civil war show

had summer birthdays

and a cool pool party

baby Jaxon was born

Sophie came to live with us and she has been one of the best things Max and I have ever given ourselves. we love her so much we have even gotten in the habit of letting her sleep with us.

Benny boy turned one

Max's brother Jacob and his wife Aja
came to visit ...

and we got to meet Madison for the first time.

We had New Years at the Koleno's

And went to the snow

then we had a cool lunar eclipse, i'd never seen
one so i had to take a picture

we got more snow here this year then any other year and we had lots of fun..

Stacy and Ken had new baby Aiden

Kerry turned Eight..

Easter was fun, I hid 3 golden eggs with $5 for Kerry, Brady And Ryann...

the last "big" thing (before our coast trip) we did was a trip to sunriver

here are a few random things from the year....

coast

2008-05-02T08:40:00.000-07:00

This past weekend Max and I where lucky enough to get to spend 2 beautiful days on the Oregon Coast. Ken, Stacy, Shane, Jayne, Chuck & Jaime (OUR SECOND FAMILY) were there too. we stayed in a really pretty, big house right on the beach. Before we left I sent out a weather update that called for rain, and we were all surprised when we woke up to gorgeous blue sky. Since we had planned for rain we brought no fun beach toys but Stacy and i quickly fixed that with a quick trip the the Waldport Flea Market. A couple of frisbees and a used nerf football later we had all the makings of a fun afternoon on the beach.. it was a great trip and fun to get to be with all our friends.

The Begining

2008-04-25T11:26:00.000-07:00

first blog...
i am doing this mainly keep my memories organized and my pictures too.
hopefully it will help. here we go ......