If I would have known sooner!

The happiest moments of the day: When I found out that...


Chelsi, you're Dwight Schrute:

Congratulations on that promotion! There's nothing wrong with clawing your way up the ladder, and you manage to do it with ease. Like your Office match, you've got a lot going on in your life, but you want even more and aren't afraid to go after it. No doubt, you'll be going places (like a corner office with a view)!

Just remember that no one likes a brown-noser except (maybe) the boss. Just be yourself and you'll be on the up-and-up before you can say, "Let's think outside the box!"

Give me Sun or Give me Death!

Ok, so it's not as dramatic the the title makes it out to be. I'm just very tired of these silly game our Utah weather so relentlessly continues to play on us so I'm leaving! ...for a long weekend.



San Diego calls my and K's name all too often so when my sis said they were blessing Baby Adam out there with her husband's family it didn't take long to decide I would inevitably have to be in attendance. And if I'm going to make my way all the way to San Diego I would like to take K with me... and if both K and I are going then we should make a whole weekend of it... and if we're going to make a weekend of it the only other question to ask is, "Should we come home on Monday or Tuesday?" Is that really a valid question? Who in their right mind, with the choice, would really choose Monday?!

Long story short, even though you've already received the long version, is that we are taking this opportunity for a vacation to see both Baby Adam get blessed and to see our dear friends Peety and Maxamillion aka Kyle n Brit who flew the coup last year and moved the Sunny San D. And yes, you must say it with just an "n" in between the two names.

I do not care to do anything out there but exercise my ability to sleep for hours in the sun on the beach,


(Yes I do wear SPF 30)


walk around the city for days with Kendizzle, Kyle n Brit,




play with K n B's two dogs


Maggie is the Brussels Griffon on the left and Buddah is the white Pekinese on the right... hiding.

and get to see Baby Adam blessed:




Please stay tuned for more... such as me coming back looking something that resembles a cherry tomato.

Woah!

I have been all consumed with work getting our new store opened in Pocatello, ID... well Chubbuck, ID to be exact. And really Chubbuck is a much cooler name. Anyway posts are soon to come since I finally got the store open and the staff calmed down and assured that they do know what they are doing so I could come back to Utah to have a normal life again and see my TOOL :) aka Kendall. (you woodworkers know what i mean)

Happy Easter

I didn't post anything for Easter and I realized that I had SOOO much to post! So here are a few quick pictures of my easter

Two of my favorite things!




The easter hunt festivities.

It was a great hunt because it included eggs like these:






Mommies and grandmas and aunts were there to help the wee ones:

















Everyone got a great amount of eggs and were so happy (sugar induced) for quite a while after!

Scottie Pippen in the House! Whoop Whoop

I went to my parents house and, even though I could do a whole blog series about things that remind me of my childhood and things that I L.O.V.E. about my parents house and the area they live, I'm going to focus only on our beloved Scottie. Everyone, meet Scottie:




Scottie is a 14-15 year old Lab/Retriever Mix so he's incredibly loyal, protective, and loving. He is my brother's dog technically, but as my bro has moved, Scottie has stayed at my parents. Wondering where the name came from? You guessed it, Scottie Pippen! My sis was obsessed with Scottie Pippen at the time and somehow she got to chose the name and that was that.

He is the most loving dog ever! Since he was a pup he has always wanted to be cuddled up to others. You go outside to pet him and he has to lean against your leg or press his face against your hand.



See the dried up dirt on his wet nose? Typical of Scottie. He's always burying bones, digging them up, or just plain digging in the dirt! We used to have holes all over his area from him digging. :)

He loves everyone especially children. He had to learn his own strength when playing with children and never quite mastered it, but he gets that they're little and he needs to be softer with them. He's so smart and is incredibly protective!

Living in a small town it's great to sleep outside on a warm night under the bright stars. Every time I did he would either lay down pressed against me or just sit right beside me and almost never sleep the entire night keeping watch out for me.




Another view typical of Scottie:


He ALWAYS has a ball to play with if not 3, 4, 5, or 6 of them. He'll protect each and every one of them and if you try to take them he'll stuff 3 in his mouth and still try to pick up the 4th before you get to them! He's getting quite old so his sight and hearing isn't all there, but he still is always ready to play with a good tennis ball that he has ripped the covering off of! Catch was always one of his favorite games and I don't mean that you'd lightly throw the ball in his direction for him to catch... I'm talking all star fast pitch straight to the kisser and he'd catch it with a "slap" to the tongue every time. You could throw him a ball every 5 seconds and he'd be able to catch it, drop it, and get in his "I'm ready" stance for the next one before it even left your hand!



Getting a good rub down

Did I mention Scottie really is the most loving dog in the whole world?!?! Nothing makes him happier than for you to scratch his belly, behind his ears, and on his shoulders. When ever you reach to pet anywhere below his head he wraps his paw around your arm as if to say, "Please just stay here with me!"



I love this dog and maybe forgot just how much I love him so it was great for me to get to spend time with him today. It breaks my heart to know that his time could come soon, but he's still a fighter and fairly healthy. And although he's slow to get up and maybe grabs a zucchini from the garden when you tell him to go get the ball because he can't see so well, he's just as loving and child hearted as he always has been. I love you Scottie!