Timber...

Isn't that a pretty site to come home too!!! The thoughts that ran through my head within a minute... I'm so grateful it didn't hit my house, or the neighbors house, or the truck parked across the street. How am I supposed to handle this? Call Doug quick! But what is he gonna do, he is at work.

The root system was taller then me, but under the pressure of mother nature anything can SNAP just like that.
Thanks goodness for amazing neighbors! He was over within 10 minutes and cut up the whole tree in about an hour. Then the city came in with this nifty machine and scooped up the whole tree
And just like that it was gone... in less then 3 hours all we had left was a crater in our flower bed.

It was such an interesting proces to watch especially how quickly it was handled and how willing everyone was to help.

On the up side, maybe I can get a cute lilac tree to put there instead :O)

Aint She Pertty

My Baby sister is getting MARRIED!!!

She looks so beautiful in her dress... Don't tell the groom that I have pictures of her, could be bad luck :O)

Lily Puppy ~ Newf ~

My sister has wanted a Newf for a while and finally got the opportunity to get one.
The breeder is from Idaho and was coming to Utah to drop off a puppy to another family, so Krystal took the Jump and boy oh boy were we excited! She is such a sweet Puppy. She was about 20 pounds in this picture, but has already put on another 30 pounds in the 2 month's they've had her. She is already up to Mercedes hip in height.
After having her around for such a short time, we wouldn't know what to do without the big fluffy loves she gives us :O)

Gotta Get Working

As soon as I found out the Gender I felt like I cold start looking for the baby bedroom stuff.

I looked and looked and looked and didn't find anything that I really liked. Instead Doug took me to the fabric store and we picked out what we liked for a blanket.

If you were to put a pattern in front of me it would take me months to figure out what it was saying, I probably wouldn't ever finish what I started.
But without a pattern...
All it takes are little ideas and some creative time, and I can totally whip up a blaket within a few hours. :O)

Baby Gender

We were in the ultrasound room waiting for the nurse and I realized I had my camera in my purse.

Hurry Doug lets document this moment so we can put it in the baby's memory book.

Every picture turned out so nerdy!!! I'm out of focus.

Or we look horrible...

Or Doug just got so fed up that he starts making fun of me :O)

As you can see we really can have a good old time especially when we found out that...

Pitter Patter

Doug knows just how to make my heart go pitter patter.

Instead of buying me chocolates or roses, or bringing home a romantic comidy... he buys me TILE

My heart just flips for fun do it ourself projects.
He got me white subway tile for our kitchen backsplash. Then told me I could pick out an accent. We went on the hunt at Home Depot and I found just the thing... cut glass!

He spent the whole weekend doing it (keep in mind this was about a months ago)

Isn't he such a happy camper! He didn't look this gun ho by the time the project was coming to an end :O) Such a sport!!!!

Here is the finished product, Doug could go pro from the looks of it.