Tag?!?!?

Oh Jana, I'll get you my pretty..... ;)

Well folks, my loving cousin photo tagged me. Apparently I'm supposed to post the 6th pic in my 6th folder and the 4th pic in my 4th folder with explanations.... Well, here goes...

4th of 4th

Nice, huh?

Well this pic dated, June 26, 2008, was my photo showing how gargantuan our zucchini were growing within just a couple days time. For perspective, my hand is about 7-1/2 inches long.

6th of 6th

This photo dated, July 21, 2008, is of my sister, Rachelle, opening a gift at her surprise 30th birthday party. This gift was either Cd's or 2 video games (one was a kitchen game..) or something.

Errr, so there you go. Fun stuff, eh? Well then, I tag: Jamie Prax, Rachel Campbell, Katie Jennings, and.... You!! hehe... ;)

In Case Anyone Didn't Think We Look Alike

I think that should clarify it.... :)

In Memoriam, We Love You Hinckley!

So, life has been difficult lately. As you may know we adopted a rather large and old Lab Retriever whom we named Hinckley in May 2008. Well, he had a growth in his jaw and ended up getting it surgically removed just before Halloween. Seven days later I noticed some white in the incision area, the next day it was slightly swollen and had a greenish ring around it. The next day it was double in size and the green was spread. The day after that it had doubled in size again and you could tell he was uncomfortable so I took him into the vet because I was sure it was infected. Wrong. His tumor, an osteogenic carcinoma (aka. cancer), was malignant and extremely metastatic meaning, mean and extremely agressive.

I asked the vet what to expect/do, as I've never had this experience with a pet before, oh, and did I mention Matt was out of town that whole week?!? So I was dealing with this alone but with assistance from Kayley and my local family. Pretty much the vet told me Hinckley would probably stop eating within the week and then starve to death and that removing the tumor again would be pointless and expensive. SO.... after much, and I mean MUCH crying on my part and a lot of painful thought after asking everyone else what to do, we had to have Hinckley put down on November 6th.

It's been very tramatic for me because Hinkster and I bonded right away, and as some of you know, he was like my shadow, always following me everywhere I went. I really loved him, and it's been interesting explaining it to Beau. Matt also had a really difficult time with this because he was in Monticello, UT for his work and wasn't able to say good-bye. Needless to say, we both had a good cry once we finally reunited.

So, in Memoriam I would like to say

Thanks Hinckley for letting us love you. You brought an awesome spirit in our home and we will miss you! We will see you again on the other side old boy.

Love: Momma, Matt, and Beau

Happy Halloween!

Yeah, so I know I'm slow getting my pics up and such. Oh well.

Well, this year was a Complete Blast!! We threw a party and everyone dressed up. We played some games like, Mummy Race & Sticker Stalker. We also had some very fun food. Special thanks to Janet, Jamie Campbell, Jamie Prax, Bonnie, Rachelle, Kayley, James Campbell, and Matt for all their help with the food! It was awesome you guys!! Thanks goes out to Janet for helping me with some of the the activities. The kids had fun with your story and song, and also the Spooky Trail was very, very fun! Also, a specially large THANK YOU to Kayley!!! With her it wouldn't have been nearly as decorous, and she kept me sane.

And, as always, thanks to all the attended. You're costumes were way fun and I truly hope you all had a good time! We sure did! Now, if I can get all the decor down... ;)

Here's whatever pics I managed to get. I know I missed a lot of good stuff, so if any of you out there have anymore pics, send them my way, Please!! I hope you all had a Happy Halloween!!!
P.S. Jamie Prax, "Bah Humbug." ;)

Halloween Party 2008

Click on this Pic to open my Halloween Photo File!!