My boys

I walked downstairs and saw them watching TV just like this.

Jackson likes to kick back and watch TV too, I guess. He isn't very modest though...we'll have to work on that.

Get your vote in!

Jackson has become a finalist for the Weiner Dog Races being held next weekend. Highest vote wins the last spot in the race and he needs your votes. So do him a solid, head on over here and cast your vote...for him, not any of the other cute dogs.

We're Jackson is counting on you! Don't let him down. We don't want to have to deal with his constant crying if he doesn't get picked. Seriously, he can be such a whiner. ☺

and it gets even better

Lindsay just texted (or is it just 'text'??) me this picture and it made me laugh.

I forwarded it onto Rob, but then realized that he won't take it as a joke...he'll probably pick one up on the way home from work tonight.

Then we'd be a big ol' happy Snuggie family...we just need one for Sox now.

Doesn't that sound like a great picture for our Christmas card next year!?! Oh, and did you catch my sarcasm there? ☺

Arizona, in a nutshell

AZ was lots and lots of fun! What a better way to share that than pictures! Not many pictures came out well though...I used our new camera down there (which has at least a million and seven different settings) and didn't take the time to read through the manual before using it. And, of course, I can't find the manual now. Awesome.

For Thanksgiving dinner we ended up heading to Claim Jumper. A great dinner with absolutely no clean up...plus they gave us some gift cards...that never happens to me when I cook at home! You?

I thought it would be funny to see Lyndon bite into a lemon (I know that sounds evil and rude, but I promise, it wasn't...or at least I wasn't trying to be!), but he ended up LOVING them!

Every time we went out to dinner he sucked on the lemons, made a sour face and then sucked on them again! Yeah, not so good from a dentist standpoint, but I doubt his responsible parents he will make a habit of it.

We skipped out on the early Friday morning shopping and opted for sleeping until noon (embarrassing, but completely true) The Cheesecake Factory for lunch and then
browsing through the mall.

Well, Lindsey and I browsed, Rob was chasing Lyndon around the mall. Even though we had his stroller Rob would hold Lyndon's hand and slowly totter around the mall with him...that is until Lyndon darted away and then Rob went a chasin'!

They spent a bit of time at the outside fountain...super cute to watch the two of them! Lyndon is so inquisitive and Rob (although he would deny it) loved doting on him.

Lyndon really took to Rob and I thought it was incredibly adorable. Nothing cuter...really!

Friday night we went to the Tempe Festival of Lights Parade. We got there a little on the later side, so it was really crowded. We still managed to score some prime street space to park our blanket though. It was really weird to have all of the Christmas festivities going on while it was so warm out!

On Saturday night we dined on Mill Ave again, then headed off to the Phoenix Zoo to check out Zoolights. All of the light displays were really impressive!

Sadly, we didn't see too many animals out, but the lights were the main attraction anyways. We were excited to see Lydon's reaction to all of the lights, but he slept through the entire thing...waking up at the very end as we were walking out.

The trip was really fun for us and we were so glad to finally get down there to visit. Rob was bummed that we didn't make it out to the Challenger Space Museum, so he says we'll have to go down again. As long as it's between November and March, that's fine with me! ☺

Doesn't feel like December

It's no longer Fall.

No matter what I do, my mind/body just doesn't want to admit that Fall is over. Perhaps it is because we still have Fall-like leaves on our trees still...unheard of past mid November usually!

So in hopes of moving along into the Christmas/Winter-like mood, I borrowed a few desktop calendars from Smashing Magazine to adorn the screens of all my computers. I am certain that they'll be pushing me into the Winter mood any second now.

Just a few of my favorites...grab one...it'll have you feeling all Christmas-y in no time!

Never thought I'd see the day

Ever since being a pet owner I swore that I would never be one of those people who treats their pets like they are their kids by dressing them up and taking pictures of them.

Well, it looks like I might be veering a little in that direction. And I don't like it. Not at all. But my friend tells me that it's happening, so I just need to embrace it.

While at Target I got talked into buying this pumpkin shirt for Jackson. At $5 I thought 'Why not? It'd be good for a laugh.'

Turns out Jackson loves it and doesn't like it when we try to take it off him. Total goober!

Then as I was walking him the other afternoon, I thought it would be cute (ugh, I know!) to take a picture of him in the pretty fall leaves.

At this rate, we'll be doing holiday photos with our pets wearing Santa hats. Don't worry, I won't let it go that far. I've got to put a stop to all this nonsense!! ☺

Weiner dog

Last week Rob called me from his Mom's house and told me to hurry over, he had a surprise for me. I was puzzled, but bored, so I drove on over. I was greeted by this darlin' little gal, Maggie.

Turns out she wasn't my surprise though. Rob's Mom bought Maggie for herself and the 'surprise' was that Rob was bringing Jackson home to live with us. Sure I was surprised, but not necessarily the good kind of surprised, but I thought I'd roll with it.

It's been quite the adjustment dealing with him at our house. I wasn't raised with pets and I think it's an understatement to say that I am not an animal person, but I am trying to stay positive about the little guy.

Over the weekend wandered down to the lake (which this blah cell phone picture doesn't do justice) to test him out around other animals and all was well. He didn't even chase the ducks that were wandering all around. I think he might be a sissy kind of dog, but don't tell Rob I said that. :)

The two love birds

There have been a couple of times over the past few days when we have been ready to send him back, but for now he is still around...we'll see how long it lasts!

Memorial Weekend

Utah turned out to be loads of fun. So much fun that I stayed an extra day. Poor Rob had to go back to work alone. We didn't do a whole lot, just all hung out together and laughed at the silly kids.

Mel had her wedding dress out and all the girls just had to try the veil on. Chase was a good sport and took a turn as well.

Monday morning we stopped by the West Point cemetery to visit some family graves. While Saturday and Sunday were a bit rainy, Monday was the perfect day to be outside! We really missed Tyler and his family though.

After the cemetery we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's house for breakfast with the whole big family. It was really nice to be able to see everyone while we were in town. Following breakfast we took the trip out to Antelope Island...Rob was thrilled!! Too bad he had to leave half was through the trip in order to catch his plane. He also missed the buffalo sightings, which happened right after his departure. Apparently next time we visit he plans to spend an entire day out there. As you can imagine, I am counting down the days. :)

We visited the 'beach' and did a little rock skipping and wading. I got a killer of a sunburn. You'd think after all these years as a redhead, I would have the sunblock thing down. Apparently not!

The water was SO far away from the shore...it was quite the trek back up, especially in the deep sand!

Rob and Jordan now and five years ago. Jord sure has gotten big!

It was so fun to have everyone together...we had a great time!

Election sweets

These cookies made me laugh. Little Rae's Bakery is patriotic and yummy!

Oh, how cute!

Head on over here to see two of the cutest little girls ever...my nieces! You won't be sorry. :)