Thirty years

I've had trouble with birthdays the last few years. Every year since I turned twenty-four, it's been harder and harder. The momentum I created of freaking out about birthdays got so bad that I've been referring to this birthday as my twenty-tenth every time anyone asked me how old I was. Today I am thirty. […]

A Morning Walk

This morning, Shauna decided that we needed to take a walk with the dogs. We started off in the neighborhood and wandered our way into Dimple Dell along Dry Creek, then under 1300 E to the side with the horse trails. I had my new phone with me and decided to snap a few […]

Well-Trained Dogs

Our dogs thrive on routine. Every morning, they get excited because they know breakfast is coming when I get out of the shower and get dressed. They do the same thing around 5PM when they know dinner is coming. Last night, I found out just how ingrained their patterns have become.
Every night before we go […]

Four-Dog Night

We had some adventures in dog-sitting over the weekend. Our friends Bobbie and Jeremy went to Disneyland with the fam and were left without a dogsitter, so we volunteered to watch their Jack Russell Terrier (Daisy) and bichon (Max). Max acted like a cat, standoffish most of the time, playing the part of […]

New Photo Album: Our Dogs

There's a new photo album up with pictures of Annabelle and Chloe. Why don't you go check it out?

Babies and Puppies: A Dangerously Cute Combination

We took these during Conference in April.

You can check out more in the new photo album. Why don't you go take a look?

She’s all growed up.

Monday morning, Annabelle was acting like she really didn't feel all that well. She didn't eat her food and spent the entire morning laying down instead of playing like she normally does. We were feeling pretty sorry for her and decided to leave her out instead of putting her back in the kennel.
When I came […]

Puppy Update: Week 10

Annabelle has been doing much better after that round of antibiotics. She's gone a few days with no peeing on the floor and actually goes outside on her own to go potty on the grass like she's supposed to. I'm kind of amazed that such a young puppy can not only be housebroken so early […]

Looks like it’s not her fault.

We've had a lot of problems with Annabelle peeing in places she's not supposed to, and it's not limited to the house. As noted previously, she's peed on various dog beds already. She's even had problems with wetting her kennel, something dogs just aren't supposed to do. We've been taking her outside every 15-20 minutes […]

Playing Hookie

For those of you not living in Utah, we have a ton of snow right now. It's been coming down for over 18 hours now and the place is covered. This morning was particularly bad. Just look at the aftermath.

Keep in mind that I was crazy enough to try digging my car out to go […]