Halloween A Month Late

I just wanted to post some pictures of our Halloween....I can't put the pictures of the kids on here yet because I had to take them with my mom's camera and I haven't gotten the chance to download them yet...But I will do that as soon as I can.

So Felix had options because I bought him two costumes, I just couldn't resist. The first one was a chicken, which we decided he couldn't be because thats what he is every single day of his life. The second was a dinosaur hat. He didn't really mind either one once they were on but he hates to be held down so I can tie them around his head...Hence the dirty look in the pictures.
Spike was a cowboy...Or a horse. I don't think I really know. He had a hat, but then he had a rider on his back. Jason picked it out. It was the biggest one that they had at the store but it still didn't fit him so I had to sew extensions on to make it fit...It fit on the cat perfectly though, so we have his costume for next year already picked out. We put it on and then Jason got him all wound up so he was bucking around and it looked like he was a bronco...but then he would turn around and look at me with his little hat on and I would say, "well helllllloooo there sheriff"...

Then me and Jason had to carve pumpkins since its our first year in our first house. They fit us both perfectly, Jason's looked kinda like a monkey or a pig to me and mine had my signiture sign. I didn't remember how dirty the process was since I hadn't done it in twenty years...Ironically enough Jason (just like way back when) didn't trust me with the knife so he ended up carving both.


(Not my cutest picture ever but Jason caught me at just the right time and he loved this picture and said it was priceless!)

Our newest family photo...

An Exciting Couple of Weeks...

The last couple of weeks have been so busy around here that I'm surprised that I even had the chance to grab the few pictures that I have. First and foremost we got a new addition to our family!!! I have always wanted a bulldog and so since we moved into our house we have been looking for one, but they are just too expensive. We were looking on Craig's List one night though and we found an ad for a bulldog named Tank. So I called the following morning and he was still available! Since I no longer drive the lady offered to bring him to me so I could see him. He walked up and it was love at first sight. So Jason gave her a check and the dog was ours!

It would be an amazing story, if it ended there.....but as with everything else with us, there were complications. I knew when he walked up that he had a little water tumor on his side, since Jason had Ivory we weren't too worried about this little bump. However...as the day/night progressed his breathing became really labored. He kinda wheezes and grunts a lot especially when he's excited. So the next day I made an appointment with our vet. I also called their vet and asked for his records to be transferred over...To which they replied..."Ohh so they did decide to get rid of him...We were wondering when they didn't show up for the FIVE surgeries that we had planned on Monday". They ended up not being able to transfer the records because the lady that I got him from wouldn't answer my phone calls or release the records to my vet. So we ended up having to get all of his shots again, he has breathing problems because his nose is so squished and there is something wrong with his upper pallet...but other than that he's in perfect health (lol).

With how much we've spent so far we could have practically bought a puppy...I cried after I figured that out...But Jason just looked at me and whispered that God brought him to us for a reason, that he knew that since we already have a "special needs" pet we would help this dog and love him more then anyone else ever could, without resentment. I am a very strict believer that everything happens for a reason...but sometimes its nice to be reminded.

So here is our new baby...He is 45 lbs. Approximately 3 years old. Loves to lay in the sun and eat ice. Sleeps with his tongue hanging out and snoring. He smells really bad, like trash...His new name is Spike, based on the Gremlin that sings New York, New York in the movie because he snorts and growls just like him. He doesn't mind being tormented: by kids, or us/me dressing him up. The cat doesn't like him (but whats new the cat doesn't like anyone or anything). All and all he is a really good dog and I couldn't imagine life without him now that he's here...smells and all.

Here's Spike getting ready to go to sleep for the night...The lady we bought him from told us not to waste our money on a bed or toys because they would just be a waste of money...The first ten minutes he was in our home he adopted this blanket as his own. My mom bought him his first toy, that he loves. I guess its because they only had him for a week before they sold him to us but they sure didn't know a whole lot about him.

Our new family photo- You can't see Felix very well but he's there on top of the couch behind us, and believe me he was not very happy about it.

He might seem lazy to most of you because in all of the pictures he's laying or sleeping, and to be honest with you...he really is (unless Jason gets him all wound up. But thats why we wanted him. I don't feel very good most of the time so I wanted a dog that didn't take a whole lot of effort, and believe me he doesn't. He lays and sleeps with me all day and never wants to play or fetch (he even gets winded walking to the mailbox)...occasionally he wakes up and wants pet, but other then that he's good. Thats why we love him.

In other news, my Grandad just celebrated his 75th birthday...We hosted the main party, although he celebrated like 30 times. My cousin Chuck came in from New Mexico and stayed the weekend. We all chipped in and got him a c.d. player for his Jeep.

Sheina graduated from beauty school. It was so amazing to be a part of her special day. She said she wasn't going to cry but she did....of course. And we all know that I bawled.

And as a really special treat Mike came into town for a business related trip. We wish that he could have stayed longer, but it was really nice to be able to see him. I got to wow everyone with my new culinary talents (lol, or at least they all let me believe that I did...thank you by the way). He was so sweet while he was here he drove back and forth to Denver every single day, which couldn't have been an easy commute, and then stayed up a lot later then he probably should have hanging out every night. He helped Jason check our furnace to make sure we wouldn't die from carbon monoxide poisoning if we turned it on, and because of him I can be warm now on cold days =). We even threw in a little guitar hero time...Which ironically is the only picture I got. We were really sad when he had to leave but we invited Laurie, Tyson, Rachel and Kariah down for Thanksgiving or Christmas one of these years...Hopefully they'll take us up on it soon because we would love to see them and we have the room. ..

Ohhhh and one last thing....I voted!!!! I never really got into voting, I was never even registered to vote. My dgma said I should get involved though...and told me what an honor it is to be able to vote and stand up for what you believe in and I should feel lucky to have that privilege. So I registered and voted last Thursday. =)

Are you ready for some football???

Sorry everyone time has really gotten away from me lately...lots of new news but I figured I should finally post this since Im almost done being upset, its been sitting in my edit post box forever....Then we can get on to all of the new and exciting things going on.

Last year me and Jason started a new tradition...messing with my dad during football season. He is an avid Broncos fan and I am a die hard Raiders fan. My dad thinks that I developed this rivalry just as pure amuzement because it bugs him. However, this could not be further from the truth. I will admit the fact that it bothers him does intice me, hence the tradition. I like the Raiders though because when I was little they used to play really dirty and fight a lot. It seemed like every game I watched someone was being taken out on a stretcher or every play was being flagged. They made football interesting to me. I know that sounds sadistic but its true. So I thought you might all want to know just how mean and dirty me and Jason play. We're running out of ideas though so if any of you have suggestions on our next prank let us know. We will keep you updated on what tricks we play on him this year.
This was part of my retaliation last year. I called my dad right before the first game last year and left him a very nice message...It went something like this...."Hi, daddy its me. I just wanted to give you my birthday and Christmas list considering you probably wont want to talk to me after the game for a couple months. Call me back, love you"....To which he replied by calling back and leaving me a message..."hey puntin...I don't think I'll have too many problems talking to you because your team sucks and their going to lose"...

And thats how this all started....We woke up really early before the game even started and began plotting, and this is what we came up with...

We made the posters and then went and got the balloons. My dad lives about an hour away from us so we ended up missing most of the game but we listened to it in the car on the way there. It was totally worth it though especially when I found out that Christine was the one that opened the box and let the balloons out in their house. Hehehaha.

The note attached read:
Box of crayons .99

Poster board .49

Getting carpletunnel to finish something that you started...PRICELESS!!!

The next game we sent him a box of "consulation" candy with a little poem about how his team was gonna lose and we thought he might need something to lesson the pain. The funny thing about that one was the fact that it was left over halloween candy and he almost broke his tooth on it because he actually ate it. Oopps...

The last thing that we did during the season was we tried to put a Raiders antena topper in his car...Unfortunately he doesn't have an antena so it was easily spotable on his rear view mirror. It was found and then chucked towards us before he even started the car. =(

By the end of it I had enough to make him a little scrapbook of the season and all of our "fun", although I don't think it ended up being much fun for him. Because of this we ended up making a bet that we both ended up dreading this season because of. We decided to "get" each other hats from our respective teams for the other one to wear once a week (out on the town) if the others team one, until the next game and then the cycle would start all over again.

I was trying to be all smart and sneaky when I came up with the idea of making my dads hat. I inlisted the help of my grandma.

Little did I know that so did my dad...Thanks again grandma...or traitor. And this is how both ended up turning out.

Well another season begins tomorrow....and one of us is going to have to wear the others hat until the next game. Lets hope its not me....Either way I'll post the pictures. (sniffle sniffle...I had to wait a couple of weeks to post this because I was soooooo devistated that we lost...) As another little side note, my hat is not easily wearable. Its tall and awkward and likes to try and fall off my head if I am not standing perfectly still. Thanks again Dad!

Alert the press!!!! Jason let me adopt an elephant!

Ok so he didn't really let me adopt an elephant but Felix got a new hat and because of that it occured to me that most of you have never been introduced to our entire family, so I figured its about time. Especially because those of you who have been over to the new house know that we "say" that we have a cat but yet you've never actually seen him.

So everyone meet Felix...

He actually wasn't originally ours. I went with Sheina a couple of years ago when she bought him and from the first second I was completely in love. I begged Jason to buy him back from her and literally cried when she drove off with him still in her possession. A couple of years later and Sheina wasn't able to keep him anymore and offered him to me. It always seems to amaze me how wonderful God is and how he works in mysterious ways. It was right around the time that I got sick and was no longer working because of it and so Felix helped me through all of it. I know that sounds silly but I wasn't used to being home by myself and it got really lonely really quickly, and Felix managed to dull some of that.

Ironically after we got him he got really sick too. In the last couple of years we have had major bladder issues that have sent us to the emergency vet at all hours of the night to be catheterized. I always tell Jason its my practice for having real kids because I could never imagine loving anything more and would go to the end of the world to make sure that he is safe and healthy. We never really knew that it was such a common problem with male cats but apparently it is. Luckily though he seems to be doing much better with his change of diet.

On a lighter note let me tell you a little more about Felix without all of the sappiness.

The last thing that we moved into the house: Felix. The very first night that we spent the night here, Felix spent the night too. No sooner, no later.

He is helpful when it comes to any project around the house...even helping Jason play guitar hero.

He is French, that and that alone is the only reason why he talks like pepe la pue.

He does not mind sock hats (after they make him pass out that is)....

He does not like weenier dogs named Toby...He does however love his weenier dog made out of catnip, either that or it reminds him of Toby we can't really tell it doesn't have any more ears though so you be the judge.

He doesn't like to be hot and to remedy this he sleeps in the sink.

Although it might seem like all he does is sleep, at night when me and Jason are trying to sleep Felix likes to pretend he is part of the kitty Olympics. He does flips and jumps but his specialty is the balance beam....TA DA!

He loves pretending that he's a stuffed animal and trying to scare me by moving.

He is very loving to his "babies" and he can not go any where without his stick. If we are all sitting downstairs he will run up stairs and all you can hear is the thumping of his stick bouncing down the stairs. He also feeds and waters everything.

He is a lot bigger then he looks. He can take up an entire bed, no matter how big.

He likes to make phone calls but were a little concerned about that since we've never been introduced to any of his friends.

And last but not least, he is a die hard Raiders fan, and he will go to every extreme to make that perfectly clear. He is after all black and white. We will be watching Monday night! GO RAIDERS!!!!!! (LOL...Hi dad!)

The zoo, who knew it could be so inappropriate at times?

WARNING: Although funny, this blog contains some images that may be deemed inappropriate.

So Jason took a couple of weeks off for vacation and since gas prices are so high we decided to not venture very far from home. Most of the time we stayed home and watched movies or played video games or went shopping, but this Thursday we decided it would be lots of fun to go to the zoo. So we called my grandparents and this is what we encountered....

This is me feeding the giraffes...

This is Jason getting mad at a giraffe. LOL. I don't really know why he was mad at the giraffe but this picture is priceless because if he had been looking at the camera I have a picture of him as a little boy (actually most of the pictures of him, up to a certain age) that looks exactly like this without the giraffe.

I love this picture. I think it would be even better if the giraffe was sticking his tongue out though. Maybe I'll have to photo-shop it before I put it in a frame. LOL.

They have all these little caves all around the zoo for some reason and so this is a picture of me and Jason being "cave people" for my grandma.

Ohhhh no, the bear got grumpy! Dgma to the rescue! (I think it would be a better picture if my grandma looked the least bit concerned, or if she was actually feeding him to the bear it would be more realistic) LOL.

Pet the Wallaby time was probably one of my favorite parts of the zoo. You got to pet one of the babies, but you weren't allowed to touch his head. He gave us all kisses which was cute. It felt a lot like a cat. (I kinda want a wallaby too=)

You would think that this was a statue, but Jason is just that good with a camera and he has perfect timing. It's a beautiful picture though, I think we're gonna blow it up and frame it.

Ok, this is where the zoo turned vulger. It all started out very innocent. The orangutans are a lot bigger then I ever remembered, which is funny because the last time I went to the zoo I was really small, so I put my hand up to this particular one to see the difference. You could imagine my surprise when he very quickly yanked his hand back and gave me this gesture at the mere concept of being that close to me. I shrieked in utter shock, which of course got everyone around us attention, and that's when the flash bulbs started going off. So needless to say, everyone that was at the zoo in the area at the time now has a picture of me and the monkey flipping me off. I don't know what I did to him but he really didn't like me. Maybe it was the fact that I kept calling him a pretty little monkey?

On a lighter note....I want an orangutan, lol, but a different one. When I walked away from the mean monkey as he continued to flip me off the whole way, I ran into this one. He was the sweetest little creature that ever lived. He automatically came up to the glass and put his hand up to mine, and squished his little squishy face up to the window and started giving me kisses. He was so cute, I just wish that I could have given him a huge hug. As we were walking out though I was informed that you can adopt an animal for $25.00 and you get to say you own an animal at the zoo for a whole year. So Im gonna keep my fingers crossed. (Although I asked him for a bunny and I was told I couldn't have one of those, so it might take a miracle to get him to consent to an orangutan).

All and all we would have to say that the zoo was a hoooot, but now were pooped! Hahahehe... Nobody thought that joke was funny when I said it at the zoo either. =( Oh well at least it was corny just like me.

Well thats all for now. Jason's vacation officially ends on Tuesday morning so I will try and post some more vacation and house renovation pictures then. Until then we hope you all have a safe and wonderful Labor Day weekend.