Doggy Birthdays...What Will We Do Next??

Well...I can now say that I've been to a dog's birthday! Tinker and Missy just didn't know what to think. It was there first time. I had them all dressed up in their sundresses...which were just adorable. They (the dogs) didn't seem to like it very much! Missy did really well. She roamed around for a bit but was ready for anybody to pick her up. Definately a lap dog. Tinker on the other hand did not do very well AT ALL!! If fact, she would not even place one paw on the floor. Chuck had to hold her the whole time. (We were there for 3 hours!!!) Tinker is the "sweet" puppy. Well, she showed her true colors this afternoon. She showed all teeth to every dog that came 2 foot from her. These little chis think that they are Rottweilers or something. Abby (the birthday girl) seemed to have a great time. They had a cake in the shape of a bone that had "Happy Birthday Abby" on it for her made from the doggy bakery. My dogs didn't care for it. They prefer the real stuff!!! They're no fool! Abby opened her presents and the dogs just loved playing with all the toys and sniffing all the treats. All and all it was an event that we will definately never forget. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBY!!

Happy Easter!

Well, Easter was a hit! The only bad thing was the weather...it was too cold! Now, the kids didn't mind so much but it just wasn't the best for us parents. I guess that's what happens when you get older. Before when we were little ones we were invincible!! Now...we're big pansies. HA! Charlie was doing so well finding the eggs until he got to the 7th one and then threw his basket down and ran to the swing set. He was just so happy to be outside. Cole on the other hand was an excellent hunter!! He was on the prowl! Poor Bailey felt left out since we didn't make here an Easter basket so she started hunting eggs and piling them up in her shirt. The boys had so...much fun together. They were squealing like little girls chasing one another. It was so cute. Olivia has gotten so big. She is crawling everywhere and starting to stand up with a little help. She was awesome keeping up with the boys. They were sugared up! Between all the candy and the cupcakes...whew, I am one tired momma!! Anyhow, we had a wonderful time with all the kids. I hope you enjoy the slideshow of them having the time of their lives!!

The Tree Hugger's Cult...

Ok...we have been living in Fayetteviille now for about 3 years now (I use to live here before I married Chuck, but that's a different story) and this morning at 7:00am we have been initiated into the capital of the "tree huggers USA of NWA". :) My family and I woke up at 6am to get ready for the first day of the farmer's market for the season. Today they gave away free trees to all residence of Fayetteville. We came home with 3 Dogwoods, 2 Sugar Maples and a Hydrangea bush. Now...where do we plant them without Prince Charles messing with them??? That is the question of the day. I'm getting ready to dye eggs for tomorrows Easter egg hunt. Here is a slideshow of Charlie's egg hunt at school. There will be more pictures tomorrow with the grandkids. Enjoy...

The hunt is on...

Today Charlie had his Easter Egg hunt at school. Let me just say two words...too stinkin cute!! Ok, that was three. He did so...good. His teachers made all of them Easter baskets that looked like a bunny out of a one gallon milk jug. All the kids came out ready to go. Charlie just started picking up all the eggs that he could place in his basket. He finally noticed that the parents were watching them like the paparazzi and got a little side tracked. He waved at us and went back to his own little world. After the hunt was over...all the kids just dumped out there baskets and started kicking all the eggs every where. One little boy, Cole, was body slamming the eggs. That was too funny! I'm going to figure out how to put video on this blog so everyone can get a kick out of it. The excitement was just too much that my son passed out before their lunch time. He has now figured out that those little plastic pastel colored egg shaped objects have surprises in them. He pretty much was loaded up with sugar today. Anyhow, I've got to put him to bed. Hopefully tonight I'll have a moment to upload the pictures. Good night for now...

In Memory of a best friend...

Today, I dedicate this blog to a truely wonderful companion ...Teddy. Teddy has left us today to be in the most beautiful place imaginable. Our hearts and prayers go out to his parents Shane and Samantha. You were and still are very much loved and we will miss you dearly Teddy!

I love Sunday's

At Grandpa's

Where does the time go??

Well...a lot has happened in the past month. Yes, it's been awhile since I've posted anything. Charlie has been keeping me very busy these days. He is such a great kid...but into EVERYTHING!! He's testing me here and there. There are times that I just want to scream but then...there are times I just want to laugh so hard because it's so darn cute. The other day he got in trouble and I sent him to his corner. He always has to place his nose right at the corner and just is so upset. He just looked so...cute that I just had to take a picture. So I went to get the camera and turned it on. Well, Prince Charles heard the camera turn on and as his nose is still planted to that corner and boo-hooing he says "cheese". I had to run to the other side of the room and snicker...I just couldn't help myself. His spring break was last week and let me tell you...he wanted to be on the go ALL THE TIME!

This past Monday was our 8 year anniversary. It just seems like yesterday we said our I do's. Bailey watched Charlie while we went out to dinner and a movie. She insisted that we go out. Come to find out, she had other things up her sleeve. This past Wednesday was my 32nd birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! I have started a collection of cookie jars and she searched high and low for a chihuahua jar. She found one and also found a chi cookie cutter. So she thought it would be cute if there were little chi cookies in the jar. Well, that is why she wanted us to leave Monday night so she could bake the cookies. Bailey's not much a baker and didn't realize how thin she should roll out the sugar cookie dough so as the cookies grew and grew and grew in the oven...they started to look a bit like mittens. Poor girl...she worked so hard for my birthday gift. It's those little extra things that she does that makes me love her more. The effort that she puts into everything. Anyhow, on the night of my birthday we had a nice family dinner at Hugo's. Yummo!!

This past Thursday we went to the Fort to take my dad out for his 70th birthday. I can't believe he's 70. He really enjoyed seeing Charlie. I wish he would come up more often. Charlie really enjoyed him as well. I think my son was in heaven when he got on my dad's water bed. Dad will be celebrating his birthday in Hawaii. How about that for a celebration?!!

Friday Chuck and I met with my friends for my birthday dinner. We had such a great time. They all are so good to me. Life would be so different without my family and great friends. So...my birthday has come and gone so here we go with another year of who knows what will happen. I got a new camera from Chuck so you'll be seeing more and more pictures of everyone and I promise I will not wait so long to do another post. Good night for now...

My 32nd Birthday!