Water Dog!!

We took Ella down to the river to see how she would do with the water and...
SHE LOVED IT!!!
She splashed, and chased sticks, and splashed and tried to sniff under the water.
It was hilarious!

Also, we have recently found Ella to be quite the POSER.
Piper will not take a picture to save her life... she HATES it.
Ella on the other hand, must enjoy it.
At least its cute!

The Travel Bug

I think this is the longest I have gone without going on a fairly large trip. Therefore, I have the travel bug... BAD!!

I want to sunbathe here....

And explore here...

And visit friends here...

And kiss some chubby cheeks here...

And take gorgeous pictures while hiking here.

*sigh*

Random Photos

Danielle and I playing with photobooth.

Eddy getting cuter by the second

Danielle didn't want me to take these, but I did anyway. They are for posterity!!

Garden Plants

Our plants are growing! We have started several new plants since I last took pictures.
we have made a greenhouse type thing in this front bed thing that is completely useless for anything else.

SPENCERS!!!

We hosted Spencers Theatre of Illusion this past weekend. I really do love these guys. They are super awesome to work for. BSU catering has recently become more stupid than they were before, so Matt and I decided to make their dinner for them. It was easy, we grilled chicken and asparagus, made pasta with tomato basil sauce, we made to loaves of the easiest bread recipe EVER, made a simple salad, and whipped up a batch of cookies and brownies. Nothing complicated and we did it for WAY cheaper than catering. They would have charged about 20 dollars a plate for 5 people. We made all that food and fed them and our show crew.

They wanted to take us with them. :-)
We had a blast sitting at dinner and listening to their stories about their stalkers back east. There are some weirdos in this world!!! It was a really good weekend overall. Good food, good show, and good people. Its experiences like this that fuel our love of this profession.

The show crew and Kevin Spencer (bottom right)

Make a Wish Movie

I work in such an awesome industry. We had the opportunity to go watch part of the filming of a movie that our friend Ben Shedd (he has an oscar ladies and gentlemen!!) was making for a young boy for Make a Wish Foundation. The whole premise behind the movie is an adaptation of Star Wars. They got permission from George Lucas and were offered the rights to some awesome songs. They closed down a few blocks down town for a big dancing scene, taught choreography for a while, and filmed with several handhelds and a crane.

The star of the show was Mitch, who was playing Luke Piewalker. He has spinal muscular atrophy, and did most of his scenes on a Segway. His dad played Darth Waiter, his mom played the Imperial Health Minister, Chewbacca became Stewbacka and storm troopers became Corn Troopers. It was very creative.

In this second picture you can see him in the middle in white on his Segway in front of the crane.

Lil miss Ella Rae update

Little Miss Ella Rae is getting
SOOOOO
BIG!

She is SUCH a good dog. We show her a lot of love, so she is a very loving dog.
She has grown so fast she still doesn't know her own strength yet.
She fetches like a pro... we just started working on the frisbee.
that might take some time though. She is always happy and that tail is
ALWAYS
wagging. Even when she is in trouble. It makes discipline really hard sometimes.

She is getting very protective of us in the sense that if someone is walking to close to the house for her liking... she lets them know. Piper is a good watch dog, but squirrels and neighbor cats didn't always catch her attention. Nothing gets by Ella. Even if shes in the middle of going after a ball, if a squirrel lands in the yard, Ella knows about it and is off like a bolt. She could be outside all day everyday if we let her. Ella and her brother Chaz get together every week or two and literally BEAT the CRAP out of each other for hours. Its quite the site to see. He isn't outside as much so its funny to watch her look at him like hes crazy when he whines at the back door or window. Ella just cant understand why he wants to be inside! She isn't a huge digger. She has a few spots in the flower bed that she messes with but has been relatively good. She brings everything to the doorstep when she is out by herself. We have found sticks of all shapes and sizes, bark, toys, ground cloth she has dug up ( only from the flower bed we are digging up anyway, which is why we let her do it.) I am anxiously awaiting the day she brings a dead squirrel.

Along with motion sickness, she also has gas. She sits with me on the carpet in the office while I am checking emails and what not. She had been sleeping and created some pretty heinous smells. I looked down and found her like this. I thought it was pretty funny!!

Come What May... and LOVE it

I don't know how many times in the past year this message has gotten me through. I just found the video... so watch it!

Brought me to tears!

I meant to post this yesterday but with all that went on, I didn't ever find the time. I encourage all of you to watch this if you haven't, and to ALWAYS remember to true meaning of Easter.

Another neat opportunity

Okay, only one more, I promise. We have a behind the curtain series that is REALLY neat. I know I have blogged about it before. The audience sits onstage and there are drinks, snacks and what not. It is a incredibly laid back, really cool, intimate experience. Our last one this season is Rachael Sage who is a multi award winning singer/song writer from New York. The show is May 2nd and tickets are 25 or 30 bucks. Not bad for a date night. more info on the links below.


http://eventful.com/boise/events/multi-awardwinning-new-york-songwriter-rachael-sage-/E0-001-019151305-8

rachaelsage.com

I little advertising doesn't hurt

Okay, I am doing a little plugging for the place that pays my bills. For all you moms with kids that are fascinated with magic... or anyone interested, we have a group coming called the Spencers Theatre of Illusion. It is a family who tours and puts on these amazing shows. We had them a few years back and we LOVE them! Hopefully this video works, its a small trailer of just a taste of what their show is like. Also, the tickets are really really reasonable. 15 for students, 25 for adults. I am not sure about kids but I would assume its the 15 dollar price.

The show is Friday the 17th, I think 8pm.

Go to mc.boisestate.edu for more info and to buy tickets.

It's going to be a BIG boy!

As you can see she was THRILLED about getting her picture taken.
This was a week or so ago and she is not quite 6 months.
Baby Rylan is going to be a big boy!

Be Jealous

We had a very quick chance to get away to Stanley with Rick and his girlfriend Fayanna.
It was heaven
while it lasted anyway.

It was PERFECT weather the entire time.
Sunny
and hardly a cloud in the sky.
Not even jacket weather!

Really the biggest thing it accomplished was increasing our
HUGE NEED
to go
CAMPING

Although,
It was nice to escape just long enough to breathe a breath of fresh air and
clear our minds

This is how our day ended

at
SUNSET

In the
HOT SPRINGS