Plants, trees, and flowers

Prison Puppies

Oh the joys of having a pool gate!

Dogs

The dogs LOVE the pool. Well Duke loves the pool, Rudy loves being outside and Harley loves chewing on rocks!

Getting Settled

We have been in our new house nearly two months now. Progress has been slow, but it's getting there! Mainly waiting on contractor availability. We are loving our yard (especially the pool)! There is always more to do, we are realizing how easy we had it buying a brand new house in Colorado! We have gotten the gas grill working, which is awesome! Luke has patched the patio roof, the whole exterior of the house was painted this past week. We pulled out most of the bushes in the backyard because they shed into the pool. We have replaced them with cacti. A little bit concerning if there are kids around but Luke believes that they will only have to touch them once :-) A little evil, although that philosophy doesn't apply to dogs, as Duke has stepped on, sniffed, ran through them a few times without noticing. Question is, is it because he is a dog or a blonde? Rudy and Harley tend to avoid the cacti...interesting.









Pictures of the exterior will show up when I decide to go take some pictures of the paint job.

Arizona....here we come!

So Luke has accepted a job with the VA in Phoenix, Arizona. So after only a year and a half in Colorado we are packing up the house, selling the house, and moving again!!! Not thrilled, but it is what it is!

2010 Motorcycle Trip

California






Oregon







Washington



Idaho




Montana





Wyoming

Luke's Homecoming

Well these photos are really old, they are from when Luke got home from his deployment in August.







And a video from when the dogs greeted him. In one of the above pics, Rudy was sitting at the door waiting before I left to the airport to get Luke.

Thanksgiving

We had a fantastic Thanksgiving here in Colorado Springs. It was just Luke, Kelsey, and myself and lots and lots of food! My only wish would be that we had some snow to make it feel like winter, instead of these sunny, cold days!


I think that what I am most thankful for is opportunities. The opportunity to spend lots of time with family and friends. The opportunity to travel and live in comfort although many others aren't. The opportunity to pursue all my crazy ideas without Luke going insane!!

I hope that everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Pictures

Well I haven't posted in awhile obviously. With everything going on there really isn't much to post about. These are some airport pictures I had from January and some with the dogs.






For Valentine's Day, Luke had sent me these beautiful flowers!





One thing Duke loves about being in Nevada is being able to go and swim at the spring with my parents Labs!