We have made a few changes to our back yard over the years. I must say, this is my favorite look so far!
August 19, 2011
August 13, 2011
Lucky's Tenth birthday!
My puppy is no longer a puppy. He is officially TEN years old! Its insane how fast the time has flown since I begged my parents to let me bring home this puppy that looked just like our old dog Jack.
I brought him home over a weekend for a little test run. And of course, everyone fell in love with him! How could you not. He is perfect!
I had the hardest time picking his name. I wanted something unique. I was thinking Sabation for a while but thats quite a long name for a dog. I tried a few others and finally, I picked the most common name!
Lucky!
And let me tell you, it fits him perfectly!
To celebrate his birthday, I invited over a couple friends and their pup's. I even made them all a dog friendly cake. It has carrots for the topping.
All of the dogs were more than willing to give my little experiment cake a taste.
Teeko pretty much swallowed it whole! Thats not surprising.
Then with another piece, his mom, Jen, decided to smash it all over his face. I am not sure he was impressed.
Kipsi was taking her time like a true lady
Jemma was not a fan of the plate. Apparently she enjoys her food on the ground.
Then the dogs got to play around for a while.
Lucky mostly stood by us at the table and begged for anything anyone would give him.
Lucky and his puppy friends!
Jemma was a huge fan of Teeko. She followed him all over the yard begging him to play.
All in all, I think Lucky's birthday turned out wonderful!
August 2, 2011
Camping - Soapstone
Jen and I went camping with the dogs on Friday. Kind of a last minute thing just to get out of town for the night. So we left work and packed up and headed to Soapstone.
I pick Jen and Teeko up and ask her "So..you know how to get there right?" and she says "No. I thought you knew how to get there." Oops! So she calls Steve and he gives us general directions so we can at least go in the correct direction! lol
So we start driving up the canyon. We have the two dogs in the back and Teeko has to look out the windshield so he knows whats going on. God forbid he take a nap in the car! lol So while he is enjoying his view, he is panting and leaning on my bare arm with his wet sweaty mouth. The whole time! We tried to block him but it wasn't happening. Next time I will wear a long sleeve shirt! lol
So we stop in Park City for some dinner and then head back up the canyon. We are looking for Soapstone Basin. So we are keeping our eyes open for the sign and for deer because there were tonz around and I didnt want to hit one. We finally see a sign for Soapstone Campground. We know we don't want that one cuz you have to pay to stay there. So we keep going looking for Basin. And we drive....and drive...and drive some more. We get to an elevation of over 10,700 ft! And we have been driving for a lot longer than I remember we should have. So we start to just pull into places hoping to find a spot. Everything is taken. So we head back down to see if we can find Soapstone Basin.
We finally see the sign for Soapstone Campground again and what do you know, the NEXT sign is Soapstone Basin! We drove almost an hour past our exit! So we turn in our correct exit and start to look for a place to camp. And we look and look and look. There are so many people!
We tried to pull into a few places and it ended up either not being big enough or it didnt have a place for a tent. So I had to back out a few times which wasnt fun in the dark with a tarp covering your tail lights! So we finally find a place that will work. Its right off the road which isnt ideal with our two dogs but its all we have. So we pull in and start to set up camp.
We left SLC at 6 and arrived at our camp site at 1030! We should have been there by 730 at the latest had we not gotten lost!
So we set up the tent and I bend one of the poles a little too far and it snaps. The tent is still able to be set up thank goodness cuz there is no way I was sleeping in the truck! lol
We also set up my cute little bathroom on a hill. Not the best place but its all we had.
Then we got our fire going and took a seat! The bugs were out so I wanted to put on my pajama pants so they wouldnt get my legs. I looked in the tent for my black bag. Not there. I asked Jen if she saw my bag. She said she didnt remember seeing a black bag at all. Only a green one. (silently freak out inside) I go look in the truck and there is NO black bag! Oh great! That bag had ALL of my clothes in it! So I had no pajama's...no sweatshirt...no pants...no nothing! What else could go wrong!? Oh and I only had flip flops to wear for shoes. Not even any socks.
So lucky for me, it wasn't that cold that night. Teeko wasn't a fan of all the noises so every 5 seconds he was growling or barking. Jen was up all night with him. I was good though. I pulled Lucky in my sleeping bag and zipped him in to keep me warm. ( I am sure he loved that ) I went right to sleep and didn't wake up more than once cuz I was cold. Jen on the other hand was up every time Teeko started to make any sounds.
Its finally morning. Teeko is really wanting out but we are right by the road so Jen gets up to tie him to a tree so he wont attack anyone on the road. But he is whining the whole time so she gets mad and just lets him loose! lol
We finally get up and have some breakfast. Bagels and cream cheese! Yumm. Lucky for us, i didn't forget any food. I did forget a camera as you might have noticed as there are no pictures.
Later that day I take a nap and Jen goes for a little hike. On her way back she notices my tire. Its really really low. Oh boy. Just what I need. Its not too low that I cant drive on it but I still probably shouldn't. Good thing we are going home soon! lol
So we pack up and leave and hit the gas station for gas and air.
We finally make it home in one piece!
So I call the shop yesterday to find out the status of my tire (it was low again when I got home) and I had 9 holes in it! What the heck did I do?!?! LOL
Oh what an adventure!
I pick Jen and Teeko up and ask her "So..you know how to get there right?" and she says "No. I thought you knew how to get there." Oops! So she calls Steve and he gives us general directions so we can at least go in the correct direction! lol
So we start driving up the canyon. We have the two dogs in the back and Teeko has to look out the windshield so he knows whats going on. God forbid he take a nap in the car! lol So while he is enjoying his view, he is panting and leaning on my bare arm with his wet sweaty mouth. The whole time! We tried to block him but it wasn't happening. Next time I will wear a long sleeve shirt! lol
So we stop in Park City for some dinner and then head back up the canyon. We are looking for Soapstone Basin. So we are keeping our eyes open for the sign and for deer because there were tonz around and I didnt want to hit one. We finally see a sign for Soapstone Campground. We know we don't want that one cuz you have to pay to stay there. So we keep going looking for Basin. And we drive....and drive...and drive some more. We get to an elevation of over 10,700 ft! And we have been driving for a lot longer than I remember we should have. So we start to just pull into places hoping to find a spot. Everything is taken. So we head back down to see if we can find Soapstone Basin.
We finally see the sign for Soapstone Campground again and what do you know, the NEXT sign is Soapstone Basin! We drove almost an hour past our exit! So we turn in our correct exit and start to look for a place to camp. And we look and look and look. There are so many people!
We tried to pull into a few places and it ended up either not being big enough or it didnt have a place for a tent. So I had to back out a few times which wasnt fun in the dark with a tarp covering your tail lights! So we finally find a place that will work. Its right off the road which isnt ideal with our two dogs but its all we have. So we pull in and start to set up camp.
We left SLC at 6 and arrived at our camp site at 1030! We should have been there by 730 at the latest had we not gotten lost!
So we set up the tent and I bend one of the poles a little too far and it snaps. The tent is still able to be set up thank goodness cuz there is no way I was sleeping in the truck! lol
We also set up my cute little bathroom on a hill. Not the best place but its all we had.
Then we got our fire going and took a seat! The bugs were out so I wanted to put on my pajama pants so they wouldnt get my legs. I looked in the tent for my black bag. Not there. I asked Jen if she saw my bag. She said she didnt remember seeing a black bag at all. Only a green one. (silently freak out inside) I go look in the truck and there is NO black bag! Oh great! That bag had ALL of my clothes in it! So I had no pajama's...no sweatshirt...no pants...no nothing! What else could go wrong!? Oh and I only had flip flops to wear for shoes. Not even any socks.
So lucky for me, it wasn't that cold that night. Teeko wasn't a fan of all the noises so every 5 seconds he was growling or barking. Jen was up all night with him. I was good though. I pulled Lucky in my sleeping bag and zipped him in to keep me warm. ( I am sure he loved that ) I went right to sleep and didn't wake up more than once cuz I was cold. Jen on the other hand was up every time Teeko started to make any sounds.
Its finally morning. Teeko is really wanting out but we are right by the road so Jen gets up to tie him to a tree so he wont attack anyone on the road. But he is whining the whole time so she gets mad and just lets him loose! lol
We finally get up and have some breakfast. Bagels and cream cheese! Yumm. Lucky for us, i didn't forget any food. I did forget a camera as you might have noticed as there are no pictures.
Later that day I take a nap and Jen goes for a little hike. On her way back she notices my tire. Its really really low. Oh boy. Just what I need. Its not too low that I cant drive on it but I still probably shouldn't. Good thing we are going home soon! lol
So we pack up and leave and hit the gas station for gas and air.
We finally make it home in one piece!
So I call the shop yesterday to find out the status of my tire (it was low again when I got home) and I had 9 holes in it! What the heck did I do?!?! LOL
Oh what an adventure!
July 26, 2011
First Camping Trip of 2011!!
My first camping trip of 2011! I was sooo excited to get out of the city and up to the fresh air. Jen and her friend Lexi and I went up Friday July 15 after work and stayed until Sunday July 17. We drove up to Manti which took about 4 hours.
For Christmas, Charles got me a porta-potty. I was so excited to use it!
We set it up and this is what we used as our potty...
Awesome right? :)
Being that none of us have kids, I took a million pictures of the dogs
We decided it was a good time for a hike. We went down a little trail and found it was a dead end. So we headed back up the hill and got back to camp. We were all really beat! We didnt even go that far! Come to find out, we were at a high elevation so the air was really thin and we just couldn't handle it! The lighters even had a hard time!
Lucky spent a lot of time sleeping. He would sleep on my chair....then he would move to the ground....then he would walk to a new spot, dig a little and then lay down again. He basically did this all day long. What a lazy old dog!
We finally caught our breath enough to take another hike walk. And what did we find??? SNOW! Teeko was in heaven! He was rolling all over the place in the snow. It was hilarious!
Jen made a few snowballs and Teeko jumped as high as his legs would let him to catch it!
After our little walk, we decided to go back and get in the truck and take a long drive to try and find the spot we used to camp at when I was little. I loved that place! So we drove and drove and then drove some more! We found a lot more snow. So much snow, that it blocked the road so we weren't able to get to my spot. Oh, well. Maybe next time. We still had a lovely drive!
Lucky didnt let us down. He not only slept on the ground and on my chair, he also took a nap in the truck as we were four-wheeling on the trail.
Oh ya, That is a good time!
Then it was time for dinner! We had to have tin foil dinners of course! And they were delicious!
We were in need of some fire wood. So we found this tree and we all three picked it up and carried it to our fire. We didnt have an ax so we just burned it as it was! It was awesome!
Once the night started and Miss Pyro was taking a break from messing with the fire, I informed her that she had black all over her face. She didnt believe me so I took a picture for proof.
Oh Lucky. So so tired!
The boys are making sure we dont leave them :)
Once lucky was finally home, he did a lot of this...
July 19, 2011
Girls night - PA
My mom went to Pennsylvania for a visit and had a fun girls outing with her two sisters. I only posted a few of the pictures but it looks like they had a great time!
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