January Instagram Style…

Wonderful Scripture to go with my theme for the year, “Miracles”

Took Jasper shopping in Cabela’s…he hated it! Learned our lesson!

Lots of snow

Made this vinyl sign for our bedroom with my silhouette\

Got fun mail in a care package. My family and I have this little book full of random vintage papers, cards, and randoms and we write little notes to each other in the book wherever and then send it off and they have to go searching through it to find your message. It’s been a fun thing to pass around.

Jasper just being cute.

Sequoia National Forest…

This weekend Neal had Friday off so we decided to take advantage and head to Sequoia National Forest. It was beautiful! While we were there we got to see the BIGGEST tree in the world, General Sherman, it’s not the tallest, but the biggest around at 109 ft. It keeps growing wider every year too. It was breathtaking.

Welcome to the Giant Forest. Neal said he felt like we were back in the prehistoric days of the dinosaurs :)

Here’s a few of Jasper enjoying the sun, he loves to just lay out in front of the window in our living room, look out and watch people, dogs, and most of all soak up those sun rays!

Here’s a shot Neal took, he’s becoming a really awesome photographer and enjoys trying new things.

 

We had to make a wish! 11/11/11 at 11:11

Jasper

Here’s some recent pics of “Jasper-Dog”…Can’t believe it’s almost been a year since we got him. He’s such a little sweetie and we love his guts!

His annoyed look…stop hugging me

Nice fluffy pom-pom ears since we got his haircut

 

His favorite toy (that he stole from our nephew Kolbin)

His favorite spot to sleep  on the couch while we’re gone

Spring Break 2010...

This last week Neal was on Spring Break...and boy was it needed! It was so great to be able to spend time with him after he's been studying like crazy and practically living at the school. His parents were able to come down and spend time with us. We love family and visitors so when our family is our visitors we are in a state of PURE BLISS!


We played pinochle many times, by the pool, on the beach and at our home. It was the ladies against the men and the men won (not because they were good but because they got lucky hands) haha. I mean come on..2 double pinochle's in a row!!! Unbelievable!




We also found a new little fav place to eat...Rubio's (loved it!)

We went whale watching and to Balboa Island, it was so fun and such a great experience. We saw a couple of whale's, dolphins, sea lions, and lots of seagulls. The weather was amazing the day we went so no one got sea sick because it was so calm. Balboa Island....SO FUN! If you haven't been it's a must. It's just a quaint little town with ships in the habor, cute little beachfront houses, and some fun shopping. We are definitely going back, we didn't get to spend enough time there to fully enjoy all there is to do.

Neal and I went to the Los Angeles Temple because Newport Beach was closed for maintenance and we haven't been there yet. Talk about huge rooms! It was the biggest temple I've been to. It was beautiful and nothing beats the feeling you have while in the temple.

We stayed the night in Laguna Beach, did some window shopping, went to the beach where we also played pinochle, and went geo-cashing. This was Jasper's first time at the beach and he LOVED it.




Here's a little taste of how hyper Jasper got while at the beach:

Jasper dog...

Last week Jasper did a funny thing and I just had to share. :) I guess I'm becoming one of those people whose pets are their kids. Not that I think that is a bad thing of course!

So I was cleaning the house when I noticed I couldn't see Jasper anywhere and usually he follows you around wherever you go, so I thought he was hiding under the bed because he was sick and had to poop or something. So I was calling for him and just as I was about to look under the bed he sticks his head out from the pillows on the bed! I interrupted his nap. It was too cute I had to get a picture. What a funny dog.

Ellen Show, Memory Walk, and our dog’s new name…

I went with some of my friends to the Ellen Show on Oct. 19. It was so fun! Shonee, AubRee, Sarah and I got to go. We did A LOT of dancing… like during every commercial break! Ellen stopped and danced in front of us too!! Lauren Graham, One Republic, a 4 year old hip hop dancer and Mary Murphy from the TV series “So You Think You Can Dance” were on. I hope to go again and maybe win something cool next time! It was such a blast! Thanks for letting us use your extra tickets Shunae! :)

On Oct. 17 The Student Spouse Association participated and donated money to the Memory Walk a nation wide program to aid in the research of Alzheimer's. We had a pretty good turnout and it was fun!

So we finally decided to name our dog…Jasper.

He’s quite the little guy and we already love him! He has a funny personality. Just a quick story about him. Neal took him out to go potty the other day and gave him a treat, when he went again Neal tried to give him another treat so Jasper took it and put it in his mouth but wasn’t chewing on it. Neal waited for like 30 sec. and then turned away and as soon as he did Jasper spit out the treat and pushed it away and was trying to shove grass on it to hide it. He must not have wanted Neal to feel bad that he didn’t want the treat. Pretty smart dog!