Two firsts!

Break through!!! Rose gets along with small dogs!! Crystal's sister Jessica brought over her cute little shih tzu Ryder and Rose loved him!!! He didn't really want to play with her but it was very encouraging to see her running around trying to play with someone. so someday when we get a second dog, we'll get a little one.

also, i held a baby for the first time ever last saturday! and it was caught on camera!


that's laney. she belongs to my second cousin penny. her husband plopped her in the chair with me and i didn't know what to do! hahaha. but she was really cute and sweet. so it wasn't bad at all :)

Pegasus!

while waiting a thousand years for jason to get ready we played that game where you say "if you had to make out with someone, which of these three gross guys would you pick?" or "out of these three ugly skin rip tattoos, which would you get if you HAD TO get one". which is a very fun game. 
stencil! did i tell you that i am getting a creature of the land, sea, and sky? so little mad pegasus is the sky one. i wanted him to match my octopus.
cute little baby. hopefully his back legs won't look so crazy after the next session. i always forget how much getting tattooed takes out of you. i'm so exhausted now.

It is my birthday! Today I turn 25! I spend yesterday at the parthenon with Travis and Crystal to celebrate!

Happy Birthday to Me!

last weekend we went to the celebration at the craft center. that is where dana went to school. and on that day they open up for the public and have demos and all kinds of sales.

this is the only demo we actually saw. i think we got there at a weird in between time. i wanted to see glass blowing really badly, but nothing was going on and i'm really awkward so we didn't stick around.there were tons of these on someone's work station. so cute and tiny. i want to take a glass blowing workshop. maybe next summer i can save up to do one.
does anyone know what kind of trees these are? i've been seeing them everywhere! and i love them!
we got veggie burgers for lunch, and this scone. it was unbelievably delicious. i wish i had another one to eat now.


on the way back i decided to take travis to cuz's! the worlds creepiest antique store! he was not as creeped out as i thought he would be. it's the grossest place. i feel like everything there is cursed. haha.

especially that "alien" in the front window! ahh! there is a huge stuffed polar bear behind it.


weird crappy taxidermy EVERYWHERE!! and none of it is priced.



i think that mountain goat is embarrassed by how terrible the background he is standing on looks.
it was so strange in there. i swear it was all the same stuff from when i went in there almost three years ago. same furniture and everything. creepy.

this matched my dark brown set! but it was WAY more expensive than what i paid for the other set. so i passed it up.

there is so much stuff blooming in our yard! the lady who lived her before us took a lot of pride in her yard, you can tell. first we have a beautiful lilac bush!





and a pretty pink dogwood!

travis also found tons of four leaf clovers in our backyard, all within a few feet radius.
i want to keep track of everything that blooms this year so i can make a plan for what to plant next year.

i've finally decided on the route for our anniversary road trip.



nashville to charleston to cherokee to asheville to cave city. i still haven't decided how many days to stay in each place. but we are staying both of these places!!





i am so excited!! we are renting a cute little car for the trip. so if you have any suggestions for any of these places, let me know!!

that is scout! she is getting so friendly! she lets dana pet her every morning and i even got to pet her last night! we finally took her to the vet the other day and 200 dollars later she finally has all her shots and we know she is FIV negative, no worms, and will soon be spayed. she was supposed to go to a friend once she was tamed, but she is pretty much ours now. i love her so much. i can't wait to cuddle her some day.
i went to the dog park again. it's right up the hill from the parthenon, you can see it from the park! so cute.


crystal met me there, and brought scurvy. remember when she was a tiny baby last year? she's so big now! and so sweet! rose was still mean to her, but not as bad as at crystal's house.

there were three cute poodles there with funny haircuts. look at that fluffy tail!!

i was very excited to pat this dalmation! i was totally obsessed with them when i was little but i don't think i've ever actually touched one. rose hated her though! she could probably feel how much i loved her, and was jealous. haha.
ahhh i love this face so much!! it's my favorite. even though i'm always worried about her getting too hot, because my pug book says they can overheat easily because they have no nose basically. poor little flat face.

mother daughter portraits.

we left the dog park and went to a grassy hill overlooking the small dog park (that i somehow didn't see before) and had lunch. crystal brought me a pb&j and it was delicious.

after that i had to go home for scout's vet appointment. afterwards we hung out in the backyard while travis did some yard work. i had to take a few pictures before he cut the grass. i love all the clover and i miss it. the yard looks so sad and boring now.

then i had to give ole stinky sharkface a bath. she has been smelling so bad lately! i don't know what the deal is. 

i think she couldn't decide if she liked it or not. she run towards me and dance in the hose water for a minute, then run away. it was fun though. and i finally got her all rinsed and we sat outside so she could dry in the sun. she smells much better now.

the other night thomas asked if he could come over. he has a grown up salary job now, so we never ever see him. so i started calling around and a bunch of people were available for a little last minute cookout! of course the day turned out cold even though it's been beautiful every day lately.

first time we've used our awesome grill thing.

for some reason everyone had on green. haha.

rose was so excited to see her dad! his tattoo looks so cute. i hope it isn't less cute when it gets finished.
here are my failure cookies. they didn't spread out like they should have. oops.
we sat around and played games and watched micheal jackson videos. and the end of free willy for some reason. it was really fun. i'm going to try and do some more stuff like this, instead of getting really stressed about a big planned party.