Yosemite

So we took a day trip to Yosemite on Saturday.  Drove up there about 8am and got home about 8pm.  We walked around to see the waterfalls and there was still some snow on the ground.  The weather was really beautiful and sunny all day.  Stella was dead tired when we got home.  She was almost to tired to jump into the truck to go home.   Enjoy the pictures!  

Stella

OK i just realized we don't have a picture of our catahoula leopard dog on here for you all to see. So I'm sitting at work and I'm bored and have time to post her pic. She turned 2 in January and we have had her for over a year. Yet another cute addition to our animal house. We had an adorable hamster who passed last summer...he was really sweet. I also have managed to kill 2 beta fish so at least Jewel and Stella are still alive!

Would the Real Norman Bates Please Stand Up

The Florida trip was put together by this guy. This is pre-dying his beard blue.

Florida Vacation

So for Brandon's birthday present his parents sent us all to Florida. Jewel and i went with Betty Stephenie and her hubby Nathan to Disneyworld while Brandon and his dad went to Dodgertown in Vero Beach.  We had such a blast at each park and we rode all the scary rides..well i didn't ride all the scary rides.  Jewel and Stephenie were VERY brave to go on the Rockin Roller Coaster.  My mother in law was even brave to go on the Tower Of Terror.  We stayed at the Wilderness Lodge and whoa that place was awesome.  You could rent boats and cruise around and sit on the beach.  85 degrees so we were all lovin it!   They went to fantasy baseball camp and got to play games and meet some older players back from when they were the Brooklyn Dodgers. After our fun at Disneyworld we drove to Vero Beach and watched our men in action. It was the coolest vacation ever. I can't thank his family enough for all they did for us. They made a lasting memory!

10!

OK so yesterday my monkey turned 10! I still can't believe that she is 10 and almost 5 ft tall. I sat there last night looking at the clock about the time i had her and thought wow what an amazing 10 years it has been. She is such a funny sweet and just all around awesome child. I know all moms think that their kids are perfect but I'm sure that mine truly is! She has so much family and they all love her more than i thought was possible. So 10 is here and now we are getting closer to the teen years...lord help me! Her present from Brandon and i was a leopard gecko and she really wanted one and Brandon really wanted to make it happen for her. He went and read about the care of the gecko and he got it all set up...he takes the award for best step dad in the world..next to mine of course!