Still here.

Wow, how quickly a week goes by! I haven't given up on the blogging, just hoping to come up with some new material. :)

Anyway, here are some photos from a walk at Homer Lake Jon, Scruffy, and I took in November. We saw some deer!

Happy Birthday!

Today is a very important day! Besides the fact that we have a NEW PRESIDENT OMG!!!, it is also Jon's Birthday!!! He's 26 years old. Wow.

Happy Birthday babe!

Holiday Randomness

Although these photos may not be too interesting to people who don't know the people, I really liked them! These are photos from the most recent Christmas holiday.


My sister Lori being a thug with her Christmas money from Grandma.


We visited Oklahoma where my Dad's sister and her family live for a week after Christmas. Here is my cousin Cory lookin' cute.



A beautiful Oklahoma sky. It was the day after Christmas and 70 degrees out! It was wonderful. My Aunt's house in the background.



We visited this awesome Science Museum in Oklahoma City, and they had a hurricane simulator. Jon is trapped!


They also had a pirate exhibit, and Megan and Jenny fit the part!



Overall we had a great trip, as we always do in Oklahoma!

Mono Lake

Some photos from my (annual) trip to Mono Lake in California last September. Can't wait to visit this year! Maybe you should come with me, TC!!

Also, apparently I'm turning this blog into a photo-blog. Whatever. I'm not convinced anyone (but maybe my Ma) would find anything I have to WRITE actually interesting. But I can take a decent pic once in a while.



Tufa @ Mono Lake



The beautiful hot water spring at Mono Lake where Jon proposed to me back in the summer of 2005.



The Devils Postpile National Monument



Rainbow Falls, just a short hike down from the Postpile.

Backyard

Some random flowers in our yard this past spring and summer.

Return of the blog?

Due to the constant pestering from certain friends of mine (GRANT), I'll do my best to try to join the blogging world again. We'll see how long it lasts! :)

Lets start with a random photo, cause that's easy.



Giant Orange Moose. 'Nuff said.

Scruffy and Joy, pt. 2

Scruffy and Joy, looking cute!

Scruffy and Joy

Proof that my 44 lb dog is scared of my 10 lb cat!

Winter fun!

Sorry for the delay in posting.... so much to do, so little time!

This last week we got about 10 inches of snow over night! Snow day on Friday - woo hoo! In any case, snow is something Scruffy is actually not afraid of, so we've spent some time outside playing! Check out a video of him playing!

Hairs cut!

For the first time since my wedding (10/7/06) that I got a hair cut! Woo hoo! It is always super curly after I get it cut because they put lots of gel and stuff. But here it is!

Honeymoon V2

Round 2 of the USVI Honeymoon Photos.
The theme this time, creatures from St. Thomas and St. John.

Lizards - they were everywhere!

Millipedes.

WILD HERMIT CRABS!


Semi-wild chickens in downtown Charlotte Amalie.

Jon feeding the (non-native) birds at Coral World.

A katydid we sent to his death (don't ask).

A SCORPION in our room! EEEK!

Some crazy cool caterpillar!

Pets

Jon's parents bought us this lovely bowl for our 1 year anniversary. Its tan and green and matches our dining room really well, so it is the centerpiece of our (messy) table. Throughout most of the last 2 months it has held about 1/2 a dozen little gourds. Apparently now, it holds cats. Our house seems to be full of really expensive cat beds.

And here is Scruffy again. He's continuing to adjust - quite well. We got him a big crate today, so tonight will be his first night inside - he's been in the garage each night so far.

Scruffy

This is our dog Scruffy.

We adopted Scruffy from the DeWitt County Animal Shelter on Friday. He is very frightened of the world, but he is warming up each hour. They found him as a stray, and he has been the shelter for the last month or so. The shelter says he's a Whippet/German Shepherd mix, but we don't buy it! He's definitely part German Shepherd, but we're guessing also part Pit Bulll. They think he is somewhere between 1 and 2 yrs old. He is so, so sweet and gentile. He is afraid of the cats. He loves running in the yard. He's only barked twice since we've had him! He is a bit afraid of being inside, but he's warming up to it - especially since it is so cold out!

They named him Scruffy, but we'll be keeping that name. Hopefully you'll be hearing more about Scruffy from now on!

Honeymoon

Jon and I recently celebrated our one year wedding anniversary on October 7. Go us! To celebrate this occasion we took a Honeymoon trip to the US Virgin Islands. Let me share a few of my favorite photos from our trip!

THE BEAST!

A cool plant we saw on a hike.

The view of Big Maho Bay from our "hotel" room.

Silly

Jon Our cat bed.

Violence is wonderful.

Since it has been FOREVER since Jon or I have updated the blog, I thought I'd start today. My friend Grant has been bugging me to update, so I will make him be a part of the update.

This is what we do at work all day.

Hopefully more to come!

Shake your groove thang!

Jon dancing with the Gods.

Birthday loot!

Well, despite our lack of blogging lately, life has been going well! The house is coming along quite well, work is busy, and fun activities abound!

Today is a special day, though, as it is my birthday! I'm 24 (thats TWENTY FOUR) years old. A special shout out to that girl I've shared all my birthdays with - you know who you are! :)

As the official birthday is nearly over, its time to review the birthday loot.

Jon got me exactly what I wanted - a PSP. This is the handheld game system made by Sony.

He also got me a few games: "Me and My Katamari" and "Loco Roco." Both VERY cute.

From my co-worker Katie, a DARLING cake pan! I mentioned this to her one day, and she got it for me! How sweet! I can't wait to make a cake!

From the Mom and the Grandma... a bit of cash! Always welcome.

From the group of seniors my organization works with to improve Medicare, a WONDERFUL rendition on Happy Birthday at our monthly meeting today. It was beyond touching.

From the rest of the co-workers, some wonderful cupcakes with purple icing.

From many friends, some happy birthday well wishes!

Needless to say, I'm feeling very loved today!