Good news & Bad news

Good news: Scout is doing much better and we have "lost" the lampshade, for now..

Bad news: Jeff started getting sick sunday night

Good news: Bachelor finale was on monday night!

Bad news: I got what Jeff had and after taking some meds, I was out for the count and slept right through the Bachelor finale :(

Good news: Didn't miss much. Ben chose Courtney. Figures.

Bad news: Jeff and I both had to work Tuesday

Good news: Actually made dinner tuesday after work and did a load of laundry

Bad news: Just the thought of eating said dinner above makes me want to die!

Good news: Pulled myself out of bed this morning to make Jeff breakfast and see him off to work

Bad news: Jeff threw up breakfast, still had to go to work :(

Good news: The spa is closed and I am at home resting

Bad news: Jeff is at work and I feel guilty :(

I promise I will never take being healthy for granted again! This week has been terrible, at least the weather is good and we have all our windows and back door open to air out our nasty germs! As soon as we kick this bug I am disinfecting this whole apartment.

P.S.

I found a darling haircut on Pinterest and cut my hair less than 24 hours later!

P.S.S.

The cut is not so darling on me. Here's to the next 6 months of ugly hair. Again!

Scout's week in pictures

Scout.

Scout.

Scout.

We love him but he is trouble!

We were watching a movie the other night when he jumped up on Jeff's lap with the end of our mac charger in his mouth. Our mac charger that was plugged into the wall mind you, while he proceeded to chew it into two pieces! It's a miracle and a wonder he is not toast right now! Naughty pup.

The time finally came when Scout was to become a puppy, forever! On Thursday our poor boy went into the vet and under the knife. He got snipped, microchipped and had 6 baby teeth pulled, he's so vain! He was surprisingly chipper and happy to come home when we picked him up but after a miserable night and a wound that was getting licked to death, he got his very own lamp shade.

He wasn't thrilled and Jeff and I couldn't decide wether to laugh or cry when we saw this mug staring back at us. So sad and yet adorable at the same time. Get better soon our four legged boy!

Have a great day and don't forget to spay and neuter your pets!

mi madre

My mom is awesome. Here she is playing me a little ditty on her accordion, that's right my mom plays the accordion!

Isn't she cute?!

Weekend Getaway

My cousin Katelyn, who is more like a sister to me than a cousin, came home from her mission in the Philippines. The same weekend miss Lauren or Lollie as we call her was turning 2, so I bought a ticket and planned to travel to Utah solo for a quick weekend. Jeff ended up being able to get off of work and even had monday and tuesday off so he drove up friday evening after work. It was a fun weekend and I was able to get to see a lot of people on friday morning when I got into town. I got to see this cutie and his sweet momma and their darling house, I had lunch with all the Larsen ladies and my friend Whit even came over and we got to chat! Thanks for everyone who made time for me :) Pictures were taken but unfortunately not by me. Thanks to Em and Ab for sending me these cute pics!

Birthday Girl with her "Lollie-pop" cookie pop Abbie made for the party

Nixon!

Mi Amore

Watch out Lance Armstrong, Jeff got his first road bike!

etch-a-sketch on my phone
Scrubbed in to observe at a conference in Houston a few weeks back

Both my boys, napping together

I love them.

V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E-S

Since February marks the first month of us making payments on Jeff's student loans we had agreed to not do gifts for Valentines. I should have known that Jeff wouldn't stick to our agreement and friday after he left for work I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth and discovered a hidden homemade card by my one and only. It explained in a very clever rhyme to back an overnight bag. I quickly put together the candy bar card I had planned to give him on tuesday and when he came home he got a little surprise too :) We dropped Scout off at Jodi's house (Jeff's cousin) and headed to Lake Las Vegas. It is awesome and so beautiful out there. We were there during their off-season and even though it was a bit of a ghost town we loved it and can't wait for the summer months when they put on their free jazz concerts.

the private beach at our resort
the courtyard view from our room

another view from our room

Celine Dion lives somewhere out there, or so I've heard. I'm happily spreading that rumor

Scout was exhausted when we picked him up and brought him home! And then we took him to 2 different dog parks and he resumed this position for the rest of the night when we got home

the candy bar card I made for Jeff for Valentines

Thanks for a great weekend! Love you b00!

On saturday after getting home from "the lake" we checked the mail and got a fun valentines surprise from Becky. She is so sweet and of course the first thing I mentioned was the fact that she made it turquoise just me. Thanks Beck!

I made some delicious and darling little rice crispy chocolate drizzled heart pops! They turned out so cute and Scout and I spent Tuesday delivering them around.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines! XOXO

Ab text me and her and Lollie were making valentine cupcakes. Yum!

2012=visitors!

We have had so many visitors since we got here in October and especially since the first of the year. We love it!!! In October, the in-laws, Chris and Tess and their friends John and Courtney came down and helped us move into our apartment. November, my parents came down for the weekend and then Chris and Tess came back down to play over the Martin Luther King Day weekend. A week later Ryan and Jill were here for a business convention and we got to hang out with them a couple of times over the weekend. The weekend after that Abbie and her kids came down and my mom came with them. Over Valentines weekend we went out to Lake Las Vegas and this weekend Dave and Becky will be here! Hopefully the rest of the year will continue this way, we love having all the visitors we can get!

Here are some pictures we took while Abbie, my mom and the kids were in town.

the gardens at the Bellagio were decorated for the Chinese New Year

War couldn't get enough of the dragons, especially when he saw them blow real smoke out of their noses!

Warner loved the glass Coke bottle elevator at the Coke store. Grammy was nice enough, despite her fear of heights to ride it more over and over with him

the park by our house

Thanks to everyone who has made the trip down to see us! Come again, we love you!