Monday, November 30

Family, friends and food, OH MY!


I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I had a full house for Thanksgiving this year!

My wonderful husband was in town for the week along with his three teenage boys.


As boys tend to do, they just fought all week.....

They took turns in Kevin's sparring suit called a FIST SUIT....



Then it was Dad's turn to get in the suit..





Then they moved from land to sea and had a rousing good game of NOODLE WARS!!!




On Thanksgiving Day we had some friends over for dinner and the hounds, of course, enjoyed the constant attention.

Luke found a friend as always...




FYI: Our friends here, Jackie and Mike,
will be adopting their first greyhound this weekend!!!!
YAY!!!

We had planned on eating outside on the patio but, alas, the 3 o'clock sun was a shinin' right into the patio and no one wanted to be in the direct line of fire.
(It's a hard life in Miami)


After dinner and dessert, we had a nice round of night swimming.
Complete with heated pool....
(check out the steam coming off the pool..aaahhhh...)



And after all was said and done, Strut ended up with the hambone.


Kevin got a wild hair and decided to bleach his hair blond.

(I guess it is true when they say that husbands and wives
eventually start to look like each other)


Here is me, Jasmine and Luke
enjoying some quiet time by the pool...



Even Sandy got some me time in during the week....

While the boys were here, we took them to the zoo which is all decked out for Christmas.




The Elephants were very active that day
and were enjoying playing in their pool with their ball...




The monkeys put on a good show for us too...


We even got an x-rated show by the Howler Monkey.


A great father and son shot...
...aaawwww...


The Parting Shot:
I love this picture of Luke in front of the Christmas Tree.
I gave it a light antique finish and I think it reflects him well...


Friday, November 13

Lovin' Life in the 305!!

Ok so here is my famous "catch up on the last 6 months" post.

So what have we been doing?

(Besides LOVING MIAMI!)


We've been chillin' in baby pools....


Hangin' out in the photo booth....



Chillin' with our favorite Dalmation/Whippet mix....



Eyeballin' momma....


Went fishin' with my daddy....




FINALLY had my tattoo masterpiece finished!
This is our boat sailing off into the sunset on the high seas.
It is inspired by a Thomas Kincaid painting called "Perseverance"




We moved into an AWESOME new house, just down the street from the old one.
LOTS of yard to run in and a very nice pool!!!




A very nice pool that Jasmine just LOVES to lounge around in....


Crouching tiger, lazy greyhound....



My family came to visit and help with the move...



The dogs always love it when the boys come to visit....




Kevin came home from Iraq!
YAY!!!



I shaved my head....



Sandy started to cockroach again....
she must love Miami as much as I do!!



A grasshopper escaped from the nearby zoo.....
and hopped by for a visit...



I upgraded my iPhone to the 3GS!
(sooooo worth it!!)

(Kevin got my "old" 3G)


My little baby sister got married!!!
They grow up so fast!
She got married in the Shenendoah Valley at the Fort Lewis Lodge, it was just beautiful.
And her photographer was just incredible.
You can check out more pics on the photographers website.
(just scroll down to Melissa and John)


The 3 sisters after the wedding...



Went to the VA State Fair with Kevin....




Sandy has had a rough few months...

FIRST:
She busted her leg up in running into a tree in the yard.... yuck!
(she's all healed up now)


SECOND:
She had 18 teeth pulled! 18!!
We have been fighting tooth decay ever since we got her and have pulled a few teeth over the last 2 years but just couldn't fight it anymore. Her breath was really starting to clear a room! So we just had them all taken out and she is almost a different dog!
More energy and spunk than ever!

Although she did not have much spunk after her surgery!


She was so out of it she couldn't even reel her tounge back in...
...my poor baby girl. :(


Strut also had 5 teeth pulled out but he faired much better....
(after 8 years in the kennel its amazing all he lost was 5!!)



Finally made my first trip to Key West just in time for Fantasy Fest.
Celebrating 30 years of debauchery.
crazy times, crazy times.

*Warning* Authentic Fantasy Fest Pics to follow**

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This is all body paint!






And this brings us up to date with my latest adventure....
Last night I went to my first NBA game!!

Go Miami Heat!!



Here is Shaquille O'neal getting ready to shoot a foul shot.
Even from our nosebleed seats this guy was just HUGE!


So that's it in a BIG nutshell....

hhhhmmmmm....I wonder if I will keep up with it this time....

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