Being Lazy

I have quite enjoyed my break.  My sweet puppy is enjoying it with me.

No Mom,

I don't like onions

Poor Boys

miss hunting season so badly ... I think they'll survive ;)

Brock

the brat.  Have I ever introduced you to our puppy?  I love our 90 pound *puppy* with all my heart.  But he is a spoiled thing.  Will bought him for me four years ago when he was a tiny thing.  He is our baby & I love love love him.  But, he is rather spoiled.  He gets table scraps (most nights), peanut butter ice cream (sometimes) and doesn't eat lukewarm hash browns (seriously).  He wakes up most mornings in our doorway wagging his tail, waiting to go out.  He also loves his daddy & likes being scratched, anywhere.  Unless I pull the sneak attack, he does NOT like his picture being taken. 

 Almost got him

Watched him for a few minutes with my camera ready & then BAM (notice the stuffing exploding out of the toy - he loves it)!

Side note:  Will bought Brock "for me" as a hunting dog for him ... Hmmmmm.  Oh well, love my honey & my puppy!

Healthy Puppy

I took Brock to the vet last week to check out his skin/hair loss problem.  He LOVES the vet and is very misbehaved when we go.  However, he got a clean bill of health and is on his way to recovery.  The vet checked him out and told me he has some sort of fungal infection (which is easily treated & nothing to be alarmed about).  We received two different medications that should take a little over two weeks to finish and he'll be as good as new!  He was less than entertained with me trying to capture his chest and lack of hair ...

Already so much better than this!

Trying to get as far away from me as possible

Checking out ...

... for the week!  Will's sister comes tomorrow and we will be having lots of fun.  Too much fun for posting.  We plan to eat a lot, workout (some), go to Sea World, eat some more, head to the beach, hopefully go to Magic Kingdom and outlet shop.  I pick her up from the airport at 10:15 am, which means she has to get up super early since she's on central time.  Boo for that.  But stay tuned for lots of good pictures!  Besides picking up A from the airport, I'm taking this guy to the vet.

He has developed quite a sick intense skin infection.  He stayed at my parent's house for two weeks (so thankful for them keeping him) and managed to get some type of infection while he was there.  He plays outside, in the pool and sometimes the pond, so no telling what it is.  His hair has started to fall out under his chin/on his chest/on his elbows/most other places in little clumps and his skin is red and kinda blistery (sorry, so gross, I know).  I would post pictures but it's quite gross and doesn't photograph that well anyway.  Let's pray it doesn't cost us as much as I think it will.  You gotta love him and I feel so sorry for him :(

Update ...

... on Brock's SPCA procedure.  If you remember me talking about Brock's procedure then you remember me saying how disappointed we were with the whole thing.  What I didn't tell you was that Will filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and sent plenty of emails to different people on the board of the SPCA.  He was NOT happy about how things were handled and wanted to make sure a lot of people knew (besides me).  Sure enough, his complaint was heard and he got the money for the second half of the procedure back.  He was very happy!  The SPCA's response to the claim was somewhat rude but Will is more than happy to have been heard.  Happy hubby here :)

Fun Weekend!

Since I was in Tampa all week, I was eager for Will to get in town Friday night.  I was at dinner with some girl friends and he joined us (along with E's boyfriend) after dinner for some drinks.  Hula Bay is an amazing restaurant on the water near my parent's house and they have live music at nights on and the weekends.  We had lots of fun!

Will and I went to the beach Saturday and Brock stayed at my parent's house.  Since there are no grandchildren yet, Brock fills in!  I got two picture messages Saturday while we were gone ...

He obviously wasn't missing us!

We enjoyed the beach and love to know that Brock is being spoiled at home.  We didn't quite have our usual view of the beach and gulf since the building is being repainted.

Sunday night, we had family to dinner.  It was mostly to celebrate my two cousin's high school graduation.  My dad's side of the family is HUGE (he's one of nine children) and we are always celebrating a graduation, engagement, wedding, birth or something.  I love my family and am so happy we are all so close!  I got a cousin picture and one of Will and I.  Working on my picture taking skills!

 A little blurry

 Some of the cousins on my dad's side!  The twins are the ones graduating (on both ends).

Just some of what's been going on around here!  This Friday marks six months of marriage AND we are taking a long weekend to visit Will's family in Alabama.  Super excited!

L's Wedding Weekend

Last weekend, we headed to Jacksonville for my cousin, L's wedding.  She met J while studying abroad in Ireland and they fell in love!  It really is such an interesting story and they have been waiting a long time for their wedding.  They had to fill out tons and tons of paperwork and get the right "cards" and such for J to be allowed to move to the country and get married.  They both looked so happy and are enjoying a fantastic honeymoon!  

We headed up to Jacksonville Friday after work.  When I say "work," I mean subbing for me :)  We got to Jacksonville in time to have dinner with my family, both sisters, parents and uncle and his girlfriend.  Then we went back to the hotel for a cocktail party.  There was such nice weather Friday evening so the outside party on the river was so pretty. 

Saturday Will and I got a chance to go to the beach with Will's friend J.  We were only there a short time but it was nice to catch up with J, who went to college with Will and I and was in our wedding.  Then we booked it back to the hotel, got ready and went to the wedding.  The church was SO pretty and the ceremony was really nice.  L and J seemed so calm and happy!  After the traditional K/P extended family photo, we headed to the reception at the Cummer museum.  

The museum is a pretty art gallery on the river.  It was so nice and we spent the majority of the night outside.  

 Beautiful church and ceremony!  Such a happy couple!

 My sisters and I before the reception.

Will and I before the reception!

Sunday we enjoyed a brunch at my aunt and uncle's house and came back to Orlando.  We had to leave early enough to get Brock from the boarders.  He did great with his cone and stitches and we have left the cone off since.

Just for fun - the L/P picture from our wedding!

Easter 2011

Things have been pretty busy around here and I just realized that I missed two weekends of fun!  We headed to Tampa for yet another weekend and had so much fun!  Saturday Will and I went to the beach to relax.  Side note - Our sweet Brock was neutered the previous week and we had a terrible experience with the SPCA (to say the least).  If you have a dog that you are thinking of taking to the SPCA for ANYTHING at all, don't do it.  We were told Brock's procedure would be $95 and in the middle of surgery, we received a phone call while he was open on the table, saying he needed something else done and it would cost a total of $245.  It was something he needed so we obviously agreed but it was NOT handled appropriately by the SPCA.  He was totally fine afterward and is doing perfect now, but it was somewhat traumatic for me.  Moving on ...

Will and I enjoyed a nice day at the beach Saturday and an even more beautiful day Sunday.  We went to church with my parents and younger sister, M, Sunday morning.  We had a wonderful breakfast and then an egg hunt.  Yes, an egg hunt.  It's true that I am 23, my younger sister is 16 and my dad is well, older.  We did indeed have an egg hunt!  It's a tradition we've had for years (thanks to my sweet mom) and we're still enjoying it.  Gotta do that before any grandchildren are involved ;)

 Before church, rather bright ha!

For dinner, my grandmother, my uncle, L, and two cousins, M and J, came over.  I love when everyone is together and that's one more reason I LOVE living so close to home.  I am really really trying to get better about taking pictures!

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all!  I was out of town Thursday through yesterday and had no Valentine's plans when I left.  My sweet hubby surprised me with this when I returned yesterday!

We also went out to a yummy dinner at Macaroni Grill last night.  Thanks sweet Will for such a nice night :)  Here's how Brock and I are spending our day ... 

And finally, our Valentine's Day card!  We were going to do Christmas, but I was still writing thank-you notes from our wedding, so the cards got pushed back.  I am happy though because I LOVE them!  Hope everyone has a great day!

I couldn't figure out how to post it from the website so it's a picture of the card :)