Week 3

Almost finished :)

Denver Adventure

We road tripped it to Denver last weekend. Our goals were to take Boone to a bird dog training class AND to buy a dining room table. Since we needed to accomplish both, we had to take Will's single cab pick-up truck. Yes, all three of us! It was cozy to say the least. We drove down Friday night, stayed in a hotel and headed to Boone's class Saturday morning. Boone learned lots of new things and most importantly, Will and I learned all the things we were doing WRONG...oops. A lot of the puppies had been in the class since they were really young so Boone has a lot to learn but we were really proud.

He was really excited to find out where we were going...

He found a bird! (it was planted for him but still...)

Practicing his "point".

Another bird...if you look really close you can see it on the ground in front of him.

Got it!

Give it back, Will.

One of their German Shorthairs had just had puppies the day before and we got to meet them! They were so tiny and hadn't even opened their eyes yet. The mom, Ivy, wanted all of her puppies on that little carpet mat. If they squirmed off she went after them and rolled them back on...it was funny and only slightly alarming :) I'm sure they will be tough pups.

She was nice enough to let me hold one though!

Boone was worn out to say the least.

He slept the entire way home :) (it was a much nicer ride than on the way down!)

So after goal one was a success...we set off to accomplish goal two...a table. I found one on Craigslist that I liked and made arrangements to go see it in person. Will doubted me but it turned out to be even BETTER than I expected! It seats 6 but comes with a leaf and bench that can seat up to 8. I think we got a great deal and it is something we can have for a long time. I'm definitely proud of our purchase.

Loading it all up...can you say Klampets?

Isn't she a beauty!?! The bench is in the corner with the quilt over it.

Missions Accomplished!

Progress -Week 2

I went to my second crocheting lesson this week. Here's what I have so far...I think I will be finished with the scarf this week YAY! I'm already planning my next project :)

Play Hard, Sleep Hard.

Boone has been so full of energy lately that we have been trying to spend a lot of time outside with him and letting him play as hard and as long as we can stand it. He has been doing pretty good with it but when he crashes he crashes hard....

and Will does too :)

Snowman Cupcakes :)

My friend, Becky, so kindly let me make cupcakes for her 3 year old daughter, Makayla's, Birthday Party. Makayla LOVES snowmen so I felt like I had to try out the snowman cupcakes. I have the cutest cupcake book, "What's New Cupcake" (which I bought while I was with Becky), and decided this was a good excuse to try them out. In the book the snowmen were wearing hats but due to my lack of experience/ignorance, I couldn't figure out how to do them so I modified and went with earmuffs instead. Will helped me with some of the decorating and I think they turned out SO cute! They were chocolate cupcakes with white frosting, rolled in white sugar crystals. They had chocolate chip eyes and mouths, M&M and Twizzler earmuffs, and orange slice noses. But most importantly, Makayla loved them! Now I'm trying to come up with excuses to make MORE cupcakes. Let me know if you have any ideas :)

Boone was seriously "eye-ing" the cupcakes too but we didn't share with him...poor thing!

Partners in the Paper!

Partners, the agency that I work for made it to the front page of the Sunday paper! We are always trying to increase awareness of our program and recruit more volunteers, so needless to say, we were really excited about this article! Check it out...

http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2011/jan/23/partners-school-based-and-youth-mentors-change-rou/

Granny Square :)

I decided to start taking crocheting classes this winter.

1. to keep me occupied and
2. I love to be crafty :)

I've only had one lesson but I'm making a scarf (hopefully). This is what I have so far...I will keep you posted on my progress! Be expecting gifts in the not so distant future!!