Monday, September 22, 2008

Our new addition.....maybe



On the morning of my birthday, Sean and I went on a long run. Something we have not done at Vickie's house before. It was a beautiful morning , so we went on a 45 minute run in the Forrest around her house. On our way back a dog came running up to us, soaking wet. We both waited for it's owner to come after it, but that never happened. We continued our run, not realizing we were being followed. This dog crossed Hwy 44 to follow us home. He ran along side of us until we got back home to Vickies. Once we were there, he stood outside the gate playing with the dogs thru the fence, and whining. After 20 minutes or so, we let him in. We figure he's around 6 months old or so. He did not have any tags or anything. He loves to play, and is a chewer. He's great with the kids, and very light-footed. We decided to take him home. ..see if he's micro-chipped, and possibly keep him. If it didn' t work out, Vickie would take him back to her place and find a home for him. We love him, he is such a great dog..SO sweet. The only problem is that he's a puppy...and puppy's are a lot of work...Something we're just not sure we're ready for right now. Already having to look after 2 little ones, and adding a puppy that needs constant supervision...we'll have to see how it goes...we named him Trax (because he followed our tracks home!)

My Bday Weekend-The big 2-9

My birthday was this past Friday...


We decided to head up to Sean's moms' house for an extended weekend (Wed night until Saturday) ..once we left Vickies, we headed to Sacramento for my brother-in-law's 40th Bday party and stayed there until Sunday! We had a really great time up in the mountains! Shad and Kaihla had a great time too...On my Birthday, Sean and I went out on a quad ride. The paths were so beautiful, and the weather was really nice too. After that we drove into town to have dinner and ice cream! This is me on my quad going thru a stream, thankfully it wasn't that deep!
Sean and I on our quads

My birthday dinner, we went to Red Robin (had a super yummy burger with onion fries on the bottom!...mmmmm fattening ...Kaihla had fun, and was SO well behaved in the restaurant!
Shad had his first taste of soda! Of course he loved it..let's just not make this a habit!
Sean and his mom went on a quad ride the first day we were there....the end of summer= really dusty trails!! They got SO dirty, I had to take a picture! It looks like Sean has a beard, and Vickie's hair...well it just speaks for itself!
It looked like so much fun, Sean and I went for a ride...and again, thru the dust, came back pretty dirty!
Happy Birthday to me! So glamorous!


These got a little out of order, but after we left Vickies we went to my Dad's house to celebrate my brother-in-law's 40th Birthday. Kaihla and Papa had fun, but Shad, as usual, had the best time making pancakes in the morning with Papa..
Kaihla on Nana's quad! She loved, loved the quads. When you turned it on she would run up to you and say up, go. Once she got used to the quad I would try holding on to her, but she kept pushing my arm away, she didn't want to hold on at all...totally fearless this kid! Shad also loved them..we made many, many laps around her property!
Kaihla and her Nana cuddling before bed
Shad loved being around Nana so much! We had a great time, and a wonderful, relaxing Birthday weekend!