Showing posts with label Mick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mick. Show all posts

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Throwback Thursday

Today we going back to November 2012.
Imagine this. On the road for 14 plus hours. Two kids. And a dog. Sam and I have the open road ahead of us. The radio on, singing our tunes. Arriving in Colorado excited. Tired. And in need of some peace. Even if it's only for 5 minutes ;)

My dad lives in Colorado and every year we either try to make it for a summer camping trip or Thanksgiving.
This past year we made it for Thanksgiving.
My dad is a simple man. He didn't care that we stayed in our p.j.s most of Thanksgiving Day. Or that I fed my kids sugar cereal every morning while on vacation. Or the fact that all we really wanted to do on vacation was nothing. He just was happy and thankful that we were there. And the same with us. It's a breath of fresh air from our busy body lifestyle. To slow down and enjoy the little moments that happen.

We played a lot on this vacation. In the backyard. It was a welcomed change to just hang out.
Looking at all these pictures though makes me realize that I need to convince my husband to get on the other side of the camera once in awhile ;)




































Friday, October 8, 2010

more rambling from yours truly

i don't know what's up with me lately? pictures just haven't been something i've been in the mood to take lately :( i'm trying to keep a log in my brain of all the funny/cute/annoying things sammy and abby have been doing lately...with little success. i need to start writing things down and taking more pictures. time goes by way to fast. (can you believe it's october?). i sometimes wish i was all into scrapbooking, and making picture books all cute and stuff. well, i'm not gonna make an excuse like "i'm way to busy" just because if i really really wanted to do it, i would make the time. my patience is taken up by a 6 and 4 year old :)
so you'll just have to deal with my rambling posts of how cool my family is. (we are. we really are.) i have been soaking up every minute, and when i'm old and gray it would be cool to relive some of these moments. like last night when we were playing a good ol' game of Wii bowling and sammy & abby's cheers for one another filled the room when they got a spare or a strike. or letting them jump on bed just so i can hear them laugh their best belly laughs. or when i video them wrestling each other because i think it's really cute. or when i get corrected by my first grader, on a daily basis because let's face it, he's a genius. or when abby puts her hands on her hips when she is "serious" as she would say.
my kids are angels. seriously. i'm not trying to be biased but my kids are pretty damn cool.
i guess what i'm trying to say through all this nonsense is...expect more rambling...and stories...and cell phone shots. not because "i don't have time" but because that's what i'm into right now :)

enjoy these few shots...and a little tid bit of a story with each one.

our dear mickey. we had him "fixed" last week and he is rocking the "cone of shame" proudly. try explaining to your kids why he needed to have his goods chopped off. i did the best i could without revealing too much. hopefully that birds & bees talk won't happen again until they are older. like 20 would be good ;) i know. i know. it's gonna have to happen way before that but i can wish right? this is how the convo went between my advanced son and I...
"why did he need to get fixed if he wasn't broken?"
"well sammy, we had to have him fixed so he couldn't make babies" (oh no! i thought did i just say that out loud...breathe & think...breathe & think)
"only girls can have babies"
"well it takes a boy and a girl to make a baby" (oh no again! don't ask how, don't ask how)
"ok, that's good because we don't need a lot of puppies when we buy a girl dog huh?"
"nope we don't need a lot of puppies"
i dodged it. by a hair. whew.

has the silly band craze hit your house? well it's in full effect over here. sammy proudly displays them on his bed...i think he has a total of 40 now? he knows exactly how many. to bad he's at school right now or i'd ask him. 

and my cool kids. can you tell abby wasn't into taking the picture? love that she still has her baby round face. sammy lost that round face last year. hoping hers stays a little longer, just because it is so darn adorable. like sammy's hair? thinking he looks pretty handsome huh? he got a haircut just before school pictures. and loves it.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Who Needs a Teddy Bear?

When you have a big puppy to cuddle with?


I caught Sammy & Mickey lounging together watching cartoons the other day. My phone was the only camera I had access to at that moment.


He is such a good puppy to let Sammy lie down with him :)

Monday, February 1, 2010

Happy Birthday Mickey!

Looking less than excited. Trust me...he LOVES this toy.

The Cake

Yes we celebrated our dog's first birthday, not to crazy right? He turned 1 on Jan 29th, 2010. Since I had kids before I had a dog, Mickey gets treated like, well, a dog :) BUT I couldn't pass up his birthday without doing anything. The kids and I baked Mickey a "dog" cake, edible to humans AND dog, but only made for a dog's taste buds. And we went to Target where the kids got to pick out a new toy for their "brother." Thank the Lord he has already chewed one of his squeakers to pieces :)

We LOVE you Mickers!!!

Monday, January 18, 2010

It's been awhile...

Since I posted some pictures of our puppy :) Mickey is going to be 1 on the 29th! He is really a great dog, we couldn't have asked for a better dog for our kids. He is GREAT with them. He plays with them like he is a child, digging through their toy boxes looking for something to chew...I mean play with. He is always where the action is!

Good boy.

Stay.

Sit.

Watch t.v.


This is where he sleeps once he thinks Mommy & Daddy have gone to bed.
Poor puppy... ;)

Friday, November 20, 2009

Why the lack of posting???

My dog ate my computer charger!!! Yes. Mickey. Chewed. My Charger. Therefore I have the lack of uploaded pictures, thus the lack of posting. I should be blogging again soon about things we have been doing, which is A LOT!! So stay tuned :)

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Funny Faces



I can't get over the way Mickey's face falls when he is sleeping and his muscles relax!

Monday, August 3, 2009

Snug as a bug....on a rug.



I had to capture my sleeping puppy :) YES, he is passed out in these pictures!