Good Ol' Time

Canyon and his classmates on their first field trip.  They went to the Dardanelle Visitor's Center and the public library.

(photo stolen from teacher - Mrs. VanEs)

This Friday they are going to the County Fair to see their entries and then lunch at Dairy Queen.

Sahara's Birthday

Thursday, September 4th, Sahara turned 19!

Jared was out of town but Brittany came over with a handful of balloons.

 Then we made sliders for dinner with Brittany.

And had mini cup cakes which are really tasty!

Saturday we decided to really celebrate.  We all went out to Las Palmas for lunch.

After lunch, Jared and Canyon went to the house to hang out and the girls went to Pottery Worx.  We ended up each picking a mug to paint.

Sahara tried to do an ombre look with blues, a red handle and red inside.

Brittany picked one with a chevron pattern and used blue and purple with green speckle inside and for the handle.

Moms was a mug in the shape of an owl.

Here they are, upside down because the bottoms are drying.

Looks like blue and purple were popular today!

They all turned out great.  We go back in about 10 days to pick them up.

Then back to the house for gifts.  Thank you all for the cards, Starbucks gift-cards, and money :)

Plus she got a new, very light weight computer that will hopefully take her through college.  Jared got her a pair of Oakley sunglasses which he gave to her early because he has zero patience.

And last was an ice cream cake!

Happy Birthday girl! 

 Love you bunches :)

Spring River Trip

Sahara, Canyon, and Jared went to camp at Spring River with dad and Rita.

It's about 3 1/2 hours to get there and Jared drove.  They left shortly after Canyon got home from school.

Friday evening.

Canyon is a little model at the camp site.

Heading in the water.  It's very cold because as it's name states, the river comes from a spring so the water is underground and doesn't have the chance to warm up in the sun.

Saturday.

Sunday.

Some guy there who made a mask out of different skeletal parts to scare people floating by.

Sahara found and egg of some sort.  She brought it home for us to figure out what it is from.

She googled it and thinks it's a goose egg. 

A house of some sort with tons of windows.

Party barge up ahead!

They had a good time. Canyon was sunburned even though they applied sunscreen several times. 

They got rained on while tubing. 

And they had lots of stories about snakes and drunk people!

Just me, myself, and I

It's been one of those weeks.  

Now the kids are off on a camping trip and I am enjoying this colada on the patio watching a sun shower and a rainbow develop.

Ooooh!  It's a double rainbow :)

Captured

So it seems last year's yearbook, which isn't given out until the next school year, had some photos of the Can-Man.

From one of the school dances...

to Special Olympics from last year and years past.

I was told they have extras and I could buy one in the office, but they are $50.  I think we will just get his senior yearbook.

She's a Sophomore

Sahara starts her second year today.  She leaves for school after I do so she has to take her own photo.

Have a great year girl!

The New Girl

Friday, on the way out from work, a co-worker asked me if I wanted a puppy. Before she could get the words out I said noooo.  Then she said she was hoping I would since I know about Weimaraners. Well, that kind of got me.  Sascha has been gone for 19 months now.  The plan wasn't to get another Weimaraner, or any dog for that matter, but I just said yes before even thinking about it.

On the way home from work, without even seeing her, I decided her name would be Lola.  Why Lola?  I have no idea.

The next afternoon we picked her up.  Basically, she will be Canyon's dog and so will be his 16th birthday present (a little early).

Upon picking her up we saw that she was not silver like Sascha but chocolate.  Which isn't a 'true' Weimaraner color.  Mouse brown is a true color but she is darker.  So, she may be mixed with something, but has all the Weimar characteristics.  She was going to be put down along with the litter and rescued at 5 weeks old. (Stupid people didn't know that even if not full blooded, they could have been sold for $100-150 a piece) Anyway, somehow Michelle got a hold of her and fostered her from then on.

Well, being Canyon's dog, we quickly concluded that he could not pronounce Lola.  He would call her Noah and Nova.  That wasn't going to work.  We went through a list of names and Sunday morning decided on 

Isn't she so pretty?

She is 3 months old and is going to be HUGE.

Jared really likes her because she likes to rough house...waaaay too much.  We have a LOT of home-training to do.  At Michelle's, she must have been allowed to do anything she wanted and get away with it. They have a baby in the house learning to crawl and this pup was way too much to handle around the baby.

She barks in the house a lot, chews shoes, gets feisty (we all have battle wounds), and is very hyper, has accidents....loves to snuggle, gets along with Malaki and Chloe (although they aren't too thrilled she is here, (but a lot of progress has been made), sits on command, and can fetch.

She also loves to play in the sprinkler :)

Canyon is warming up to her, but like Malaki and Chloe, the hyper-feisty play is a little too much.  We are working on calming in the house and a lot of hard play to wear her out outside.  She sleeps fine through the night in the living room which is a big plus.

I'm going to plan to have her fixed and have her dew claws removed during Thanksgiving break so we can be home for her recovery.  Unfortunately her tail is not docked and I don't think that is something that can be done at her age.  The nerves and arteries are formed now and recovery would be a lot harder.    

Well, guess we have a new pup!

He's a Sophomore

I don't think one day of summer went by that Canyon didn't ask: 'School tomorrow?'

He was so ready to get back to this schedule.