Ms. Kitty

This little cat right here is pretty special. Maybe not to you, but she is to me. Her name is Smokey. I know, I know, really original. I was like 14 when I got her so my creativeness wasn't quite there, give me some slack. 'Sides, we don't really call her that. It's just Kitty. 

She's a good snuggler (when she wants to be), cob-web eater, and beetle eater. What would I do without you little lady? You make my life so pleasant. 

I know of her love for me because she has stuck around through it all...she so willingly took me in after a year of abandonment while I was in Utah for college, having her defense mechanisms taken completely from her, Ryan joining the fam, the addition of her oh-so-affectionate canine sibling, and three moves. Yikes, that could kill a cat right there. Tough times, tough times.

So, here's to you Ms. Kitty. Thanks for being my buddy.

Jumpin' on the band wagon

Well, it has been a long time coming, but we finally invested in a DSLR camera. We are sooo excited about it! We have been going back and forth, trying to decide on a Canon or a Nikon. After a lot of research, we decided to go with the Nikon D300. It is AWESOME! We still have A LOT to learn about it, but the little bit that we have been able to mess with it, we have seriously fallen in love. Here are a few pictures that we have taken.Roxie keeps us on our toes...stay tuned and you will see why.... Sophie girl...oh man...she is a monster. A cute monster though.Usually we put Roxie in her kennel when we leave the house. We have been slowly letting her stay outside of the kennel. We started with 10 minutes, up to 30 minutes, up to an hour. Now she can stay in there all day. She was doing pretty well for about a month but one day this week she took some major steps back. I came home for lunch, went up stairs to let Roxie out, opened the door and saw money ripped to shreds all over the floor! She immediately knew she was in trouble! After I got mad at her, I decided I needed to take a picture. She felt really bad. Anyway, after picking up all the tiny pieces and trying to put them back together, we found out it was only 3 dollars. She no longer stays in the room...we have reverted back to her kennel.Smokey is loving life. She has plenty of room in the house to avoid any other specie of any kind.

We hope all of you out there have a wonderful 4th of July holiday weekend!

Our kiddos

Thought I would post some pictures of Roxie and Smokey. Roxie wasn't feeling so good the other day. She wanted to snuggle with me, and ended up falling asleep laying on top of me. So cute, but so heavy!

She has also out grown her doggie bed. She fits in it only if she curls up, but she usually sprawls out. When she lays on our couch she sprawls out, nose at one end, tail at the other. It's her couch, not ours.

Little Miss Priss is doing well too. She is much more tolerable of Roxie. It's fun to watch them interact. They can actually lay by each other now and get along. It has taken almost a year for that to happen! UGH! She likes sit on our towel rack and our hamper and watch us get ready.

Cheap Entertainment

Random Thoughts

We hung out with our friends, Callie and Cash the other week, and I have been meaning to post this picture of their dog, Chloe. She is a sweetheart.

Smokey and Roxie are slowly becoming friends. In this picture, I like to think that Smokey is saying, "Hey Roxie, Sounds like you've had a hard day. Why don't I give you a back massage?"
Roxie the "Cowdog". Like Father like....dog.
Most of the time Roxie drives me nuts with how much energy she has. However, every now and again she surprises me and does something that makes me say, "Aww". Like here, After getting into bed, Roxie decided to join me. She jumped up on the bed, crawled under the covers and poked her head out and cut her eyes over at me. I had Ryan go get the camera (I was already cozy under the covers) and I quickly took this pic. Don't get the wrong idea though....she doesn't sleep with us. She's not THAT cute :):):)
Last Saturday morning we went goose hunting. We met my Dad there with two of his friends. There were nine of us all together I think, and we only got 6 birds. Not so hot....but, it was still really fun. I think my Dad, Ryan and I got at least one bird each. Dad got the first shot of the morning, it was pretty sweet. Here I am in all of my gear...I'm pretty hard core...don't be scurred.
Here is my pops. He's got a feva! And the only prescription is more hunting!
My cute husband. Those aren't real geese, Silly.

He's makin' a list! He's checkin' it twice! Gonna find out who's...

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We laughed so hard doing this! The humiliation on their faces is priceless:)

A couple of updates

My cat hates our dog so much....but Roxie thinks the cat is the greatest thing on the planet. Roxie doesn't want to hurt her, she just wants to play, but the cat doesn't know that. I happened to have my camera at the right time so here are a few pictures of Roxie trying to be friends with the cat....haha. On October 14, 2007 my cousin Paris and her husband Jake were blessed with a handsome little boy, Jaxen Jacob McCuistion. They are going to be great parents. We are so excited to see them and the rest of the family next week!!!!