Herron Island

Labor Day weekend was spent at Herron Island. Katie and I went early, ate geoduck and lamb, played nertz, fished for oysters, looked at baby raccoons, and went kayaking. Then the rest of the fam showed up and we partied, laughed, played volleyball, dug for geoducks, had a fire, BBQed, rode around the island in the back of the truck, ran away from bees, watched the deer, and laughed some more. I had a blast, and hope to do it again very soon!

Just one funny pic from the ever important Volleyball Game

The fam

Katie and Jess



The ladies

Bry is gooey-duck hunting

The pups playing

Whiskey swimming!

Katie posing

My two boys

A stag

A baby

Baby and Daddy

3 babies and Daddy

Katie and I preparing to kayak

updates

EDIT: I forgot to talk about my "Baby Beluga" and why I call him that.
at 8 weeks: 15lbs
at 13 weeks: 30 lbs
at 14 weeks: 33 lbs
I can barely pick him up anymore!
-Worked all weekend and week=tired & behind on housework
-Whiskey keeps jumping on me=holes in clothing+holes in skin
-It's still summer=little motivation and time to cook=takeout...yet I have TONS of recipes floating around this computer on different pieces of paper
-Thinking about friendships
-Working on a to-do list: laundry, dishes, water flowers...
-Skin infection=Benadryl and antibiotics for Whiskey :(
-Still need a patio dining set=shopping online and coming up with WAY too expensive options=no patio set
-Yearning to go hiking
-Attempting to decorate my house, one picture frame at a time
-Loving my handsome husband and baby beluga whale Whiskey

Anniversary...yesterday

I just realized I forgot to post something on my one-year anniversary!! We didn't do much but ate some dinner and played with Whiskey. We will be getting a couples' massage soon! Congrats Husby!!!

pics in picasa

We went to Ocean Shores over the weekend and had a blast! It was Whiskey's first time in a large body of water, and he also found a new best friend named Sassy. Instead of a thousand pics, I just added an album. [Jess-I have a few more of you and D I can send to you]




Ocean Shores August 2008

warning

a complete picture post to come!!!

Pictures!

All of my pictures lately are of Whiskey or of wildlife around the house. This pretty much sums up my life :) Whiskey and I went for a walk today and then watered the flowers. And when I say I watered the flowers, I mean I watered Whiskey. He loves water and he was SOAKED.


The other day Matt found this. It was still connected to the roll in the bathroom.

He also found this.

"Mom! Look what I found!"

With the weather so warm, this is his favorite spot to nap.

"Please let me up on the couch!!!!"

Today while watering, I found these cute little ones:

They were sitting so perfectly on my dahlias and were perfect subjects for photos!

I couldn't get the lighting just right on this one, but he was too cute not to post

The rest are all very similar, but again, too cute not to post.

Matt usually finds these little ones in the grass when he mows.











See him at the bottom?

pictures

I thought I should take a breather from the sun and my book, and post some pics:

dark pic of tomatoes

oregano & basil

oregano

basil

I call this the "Charlie Brown Herb Farm"

The new picture gallery

Up close

more tomatoes

Whiskey eating my basil

Whiskey making his usual landslide on the hill

Whiskey sleeping at Daddy's feet

Jumping on Daddy

Sitting on the stairs pretending he's being good

Dahlias

more..

cleaning up

Why is it that I feel like my spring cleaning was never done?? I would love to wash all of the windows, inside and out. I would love to wipe/vacuum out all of the windowsills. And I would love to be a little more organized, but it's summer and I love it! Cleaning will have to wait, I guess!

I put up some new pics in my front room (pics to follow). It already makes my home feel more like a home. When the weather starts to cool down, I think I will start painting walls again and attempting to decorate. Another thing on my list of to-dos: put plants on my hillside-too bad my dog will eat all of them right now.

changes...

I am now officially on the day shift. I get up at 5:00am and get home a little after 8:00pm. Luckily, I work 3 days a week because I am exhausted! I have the next 7 days off as usual, call me!

puppy pics

More mischief (addendum to prev post)

I have to show this for Matt. THIS is what he does when you are not here. I thought I could fill his water dish with ice because he has been "digging" out all of his water....