Not Really

I just wanted to clear something up. In the last post I slipped the line in "Liz is pregnant". Its not really true. That last post took me two hours to write (pictures take forever to upload!) and I wanted to see if anyone even reads our posts. It turns out some people do. Sorry if we caused any unnecessary excitement.

Its been a while since our last post. We've both been busy working, going to school, working on the house, and watching our shows. Here are some things that we've been up to.
In February we went to the Broadway musical "Fiddler on the Roof". Liz had a blast. Here is a picture that I feel captured the night pretty well.

Next we have a few pictures from Liz's birthday dinner at Outback Steakhouse. It was pretty cool. Liz wanted steak for her birthday. It was a Saturday at lunch time and we tried 3 different places but none of them opened until dinner. So we thought we'd try Outback and of course it was closed until dinner too but as we were walking away the manager of Outback saw us and offered to call some other restaurants for us to see if they were open. After he called a few and had no luck, he told us "Well looks like you're eating here". So he took us in and sat us down. We were the only ones in the restaurant. He cooked us a couple of steaks and when he found out it was Liz's birthday, he gave us a couple of slices of different cakes. Then at the end he wouldn't accept our money, that was a good day. Below is a picture of the birthday girl showing off her new pearls.

And here we have a picture of a happy man about to be a very happy man when he finds out his steak dinner is on the house.

We've also done a little yard saling. Here is a picture of the dogs laying on their new $10 special bed. Yes we use a Lowes 5 gallon bucket for their water dish, they are a couple of water buffalos! We used a little dish before that and we were refilling it 4 times a day.

The last 4 months we have been working in the backyard. We've put up a fence around our backyard (thanks to Patrick), a fence around our garden, and an electric fence around everywhere and everything that the dogs are not supposed to go, dig up, chew up, scratch on, tinkle on...etc. Holy smokes, if they are not specifically told (yelled at and beatin') to leave something alone, it is fair game in their minds. People keep telling me that it is just a phase and that they will grow out of it, for their sakes it had better be.

When we first put the electric fence up, I preached to Liz that if I was going to put my dogs through getting shocked that I had to get shocked myself. So I went outside and put up a few feet of the fence. I hooked the wires up to the fence and plugged it in. I touched the fence with my arm, anticipating a little shock. Nothing, I could barely feel a tingle. Then I realized I had my shoes on and wasn't properly grounded, so I took off my shoes and socks so that I was properly grounded. I touched my arm to the fence again and let out a loud scream. I couldn't believe it! It hurt pretty bad and it was like the wire grabbed on to me. After that I looked over to see the neighbors all staring at me. They were outside having a barbecue friends over. Liz and I were so embarrassed all we could do was laugh. Then Liz touched it with the same reaction.

Below is a picture of our garden that we just finished today. It is 650 square feet of unadulterated gardening pleasure!




Our crops will include 3 types of tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, watermelon, pumpkin, jalapenos, bell peppers and banana peppers. We also just bought a little black walnut tree that we are very proud of.
We've recently begun taking the dogs to the dog park which is a blast to watch. We were a little nervous to take them at first because they tend to play pretty rough with each other but they both had a lot of fun. Here is a picture of Reggie picking a fight with the wrong dog. This was just before Reggie got tossed on his back by this big fellow.



The rule of the dog park "Sniff or be sniffed".


Reggie eye-balling some sweet great dane booty!

Here are the prisoners trapped inside their electric fence. Reggie has touched it 5 times that I've seen and Malfoy is up to probably 20 (he's dumb as a rock!). Liz is pregnant.


This last week when I was out working on the farm, I found a little dog outside of our fence. Being the sucker that I am, I took the little fellow into my arms, named him Bobo, and made him part of the family for a few days, just until we found the owners. After posting various ads, we came to find out that the dog was a french bulldog and that they are worth a pretty penny ($800 - $1600). We even had one lady offer to buy him off of us. Fortunately/unfortunately we found the owners and had to say goodbye to little Bobo. He was a hilarious little buddy that snored like a rinosaurus.

Holiday Recap!!!

We have been really busy this holiday season. We had a wonderful thanksgiving and Christmas. Over the last few weeks Tyler and I painted our bedroom. We both wanted to do something a little different, and I think we got the look we were aiming for. I know it is not a style many may like, but we absolutely love how it turned out. Our next ambitious project will be painting the rest of the house one room at a time. We also put up some address numbers on our house. Slowly we are making a home one day at a time. I love working on projects with Tyler it's a great time to spend together away from work and school.
With both families being within an hour we have two thanksgiving dinners. Tyler's family started a new tradition this year by going to the Tucson Country Club for dinner. The food was extra tasty and it was really nice not cooking or cleaning after the fact. My family stuck with the traditional packed house and cooking until the kitchen catches on fire.

For christmas we left the dogs in the wonderful hands of our neighbors. It is really crazy how much you can worry. They have been sick with a stomach virus called Geardia ever since we got them and after fifteen visits to the vet and several bottles of medicine they are still sick. I just hope they get better soon because it's not very good to my pocket book. We couldn't wait to get home and play with the little guys. My mom decided that because we don't have kids yet and she spent most of the Christmas money on the grandkids that she would buy some toys for our dogs. This was really nice because a couple days ago we bought extra tough dog toys and they had them ripped up within an hour.

Just in case you noticed. Yes Tyler did shave his head. I think it turned out really good.
I was offered to go back and work on Post over Christmas break that was really nice because the temps get payed desently I am still working as a nanny. I really enjoy my job. It is really fun.
This last picture is for people who don't believe it snows in Arizona. My cousin Sharon in Alaska tried to explain to me what a real Icicle looks like.I would just like to show her that I have seen them before. If you look closely in the following picture you might see one.
Over the Holidays we also had the chance to see some old friends at a wedding. It was the Saturday before our 2 year anniversary and we were getting ready to celebrate in Bisbee we wanted to walk around some shops and go through some tours. Tyler's friend John called and said he had just realized that Tyler never got an invitation, but he was getting married that morning. So, we changed our plans and headed to Tucson. We had a great time. John and his new wife will be living here close to us in a couple weeks because he just got excepted into the Captains training course on base. It will be nice to have some more friends close by.
There was one part of the Christmas that was not fun. That was last night we were sitting on the coach at my moms house and I spilled an entire glass of water on our new laptop. It started working again a couple hours ago, but I am really nervous to see if it stops working again. To bad we didn't buy a warranty.Today we spent the afternoon helping my brother move. It was nice because there were a lot of people to help. The holidays were really nice, but it was really nice to be back home, and play some games and watch a couple movies. My mom got us Planet Earth for Christmas I haven't seen them and I am excited to watch them.

Real Smart

Not to be crazy dog people and do a lot of posts on them but we thought this was pretty funny. So the dogs like to try and get stuff off the kitchen counter but they're too small to reach anything for now, and pretty much yelling at them and tying them up hasn't deterred them a bit from doing it. So yesterday we bought some little gates to keep them out of the kitchen. We thought they might jump it when they're older but that it would work for now. It took Reggie a few hours to figure out how to beat it.

Too Cold To Go Outside? Problem Solved

Liz didn't want me putting up anymore pictures of the dogs but I can't help it, they're just so gosh darn cute!

Gila Valley Temple

On March 18, 2010

The Gila Valley Temple is scheduled for opening. Since we try to go every couple of months the 4 1/2 hour drive one way will be cut in half. I can't wait. Hopefully we will be able to go to the temple at least once a month from now on. My birthday is March 21 what a great present.

October

This month consisted of many things. Halloween was a lot of fun. Tyler and I spent the morning painting trying to finish our porch and trim. White is much better then Pink. We then spent time together carving pumpkins. We both did a pretty good job if I must say so myself. Tyler's Skull took a lot longer to carve it was more complicated then mine. I was really excited to carve a wolf because I have always liked them since I was really little.
After the carving stopped the real fun began. Here in town there are several community Haunted Houses. Tyler had never been to a haunted house and I was eager to begin the night.
We went to four different places. Two were scary, one had potential but lacked a little the other one is another story in itself. At first Tyler wasn't scared but then once things started to jump squirm and scream he no longer wanted to be the first one to go around the scary corners. I didn't mind much. Mostly I went first with him behind me except for one place these creepers were chasing us. I got really scared and I just took of running. I did get really scared on several occasions. One Haunted House was very unusual. It was called the House of Hell once they got you in they tried to show different real life situations, murder, drugs, suicide, abortion, and abuse. All of these were acted out during the haunted house. Then when you entered the last room the lights were out they showed a video of Jesus on the cross, and then they prayed for our salvation to help us find Jesus if we were trapped in any of those situations. I must say I had never been so played in my life. Their motives were very deceiving. It was plain weird.
The day Before Halloween

My niece Destiny is in the marching band in High School. It was the last football game, anid we decided to go watch her. I was able to get some friends together from high school. I must say I had a blast. Riquel and I have been almost in separable since we were twelve. Eddie I havn't known as long. Mckay left right before we took the picture. It was great to see my high school buds on the old turf. Also that night we were babysitting for a friend of ours who went out of town for a funeral. I watch kids all the time. That's my job. Bryan wouldn't stop running off every chance he got. Up and down the bleachers, and around the snack bar.
Disney on Ice
My family all went to watch Disney on Ice a couple weeks ago. I loved it. Tyler thought it was ok. The production included; cars, tinker bell, little mermaid, and the lion king. The princess Pre-show was pretty neat also.