Isnt she the cutest???

3 years!

Three down, forever to go!

Random pictures

Yes, we got snow in March, the Hawaiians were freezing

I love Eddy's expression in this one..

Uncle Matt has the magic touch

We sure miss her and her momma and auntie!

Update

For all of those wondering, Grams is doing well. She has been a bit down but otherwise progressing. Within the next few days she will be moved from St. Lukes to Capital Care Center where she will build her strength back to where it needs to be in order to go home. Prayers have been answered! I was not sure I was ready to lose both of my granparents within a year. I think the scariest was knowing that she may be not willing to fight... She has missed him so much she may have wanted to go.

At any rate, we have been ridiculously busy at work, and my sisters have been here which I have LOVED every minute of. Getting to know my sweet little niece has been such a blessing!

Our computer is down, therefor there won't be any pictures for a while. I am able to update this relatively easily from my phone so I will continue to do that.

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What a Week!

Last weekend marked the beginning of an extremely stressful weekend. We were in the midst of teching Ballet Idahos production of A Midsummer Nights Dream when my grandma took a nasty fall. She's tough and didn't want to go to the hospital even though she nearly knocked herself out and had a nasty gash across her forehead, as well as a shiner that left her eye closed shut for three days. Needless to say, she ended up going to the er. Once there her body went into shock, septic shock, and started shutting down. We were given a 10% chance of her making it through... Long story short we nearly lost her, it got that bad. It's been a LONG weekend and a rough start to the week. As of today, I think she's gonna stick around for a while. We were incredibly blessed that she didn't break any bones.

This experience has once again brought our family together. Shiara and Chante along with sweet little Eddy flew home just in case we were going to have another funeral to plan. They are my silver lining in this dark cloud of a week. As you all know, I have missed my sisters terribly! We are complete, even if it only lasts a week!

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I Ipod Game

The iPod Game

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INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Put your iPod or other music player on shuffle.

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.

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WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? 

The Freedom Theme from Braveheart

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? 

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (a Man after Midnight) Mamma Mia

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? 

Go All the Way-Twilight Soundtrack

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? 

Aint No Sunshine When She's Gone-Al Green

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? 

Africa-Toto

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?

 Hard to Say Goodbye-Dreamgirls

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? 

Defying Gravity-Wicked

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

 A Boy Named Sue-Johnny Cash

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?

 Bubbly-Colbie Caillat

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? 

Pork and Beans-Weezer

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? 

Keep on Loving You-REO Speedwagon

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?

 Smile Like You Mean It-Killers

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?

 Viva La Vida-Coldplay

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?

 Lost Highway-Bon Jovi

HOW WILL YOU DIE?

 The Devil Went Down To Georgia-Charlie Daniels

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET? 

I'll Be Seeing You-Tony Bennet

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?

 Peel Me A Grape-Diana Krall

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?

 The Brilliant Dance-Dashboard Confessional

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST? 

Lose Yourself-Eminem

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? 

Never Letting Go-Nothing Ever Stays

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? 

Stronger-Britney Spears

YOUR ULTIMATE FANTASTY? 

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds-The Beatles

Warning... if talk of vomit makes you retch, turn away now.

We have both worked quite a bit the past few weeks so last weekend we decided to go for a nice drive in the mountains. We loaded the dogs up, stopped and got sandwiches for lunch and headed up through Idaho City to Lowman.
Here is the important part:
Morres Creek Summit makes Ella
HURL
you read that right...
she
chucked chuncks
in our back seat
right past the summit
I really do feel for the poor girl because unless I am driving or take my precious
Dramamine
I puke too
The only other person to
Throw up
in our car was Matt, on our way home from Zions National Park
literally 20 yards past a rest stop.

As you can see, Matt is just thrilled with the prospect of cleaning Ellas puke and then getting his picture taken.

We stopped for lunch between Lowman and Garden Valley.
The view was breathtaking with all the snow.

We got Ella right around Christmas when there was a lot of snow to run and play in so it didn't faze her a bit. Piper on the other hand... not so much. For reasons unknown, she is becoming quite the little
princess

Proof that at the end of the day, they do indeed love each other.

A few pictures from a few shows

As always, photos are courtesy of Dave Jensen

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

THE NUTCRACKER

Not my favorite version. Above is Drosylmonkey...

The Snow King

The Sugar Plum Fairy

Ella Update

I still cant believe how big she has gotten in the last couple of weeks.
She plays fetch and tug of war
Is learning to sit, although if a treat is involved she cant focus and loses her mind.
She sleeps at the foot of our bed
She is completly housetrained
...unless she is mad at us, or we aren't giving her the sufficient amount of attention...
negative attention is better than no attention apparently
She drinks like a cow, water sopping from her mouth and ears dribbling all over the place when she is done
She is learning to walk on her leash without pulling
except when she is walking with Piper
then its play time.
She is a cuddle bug, but only when she wants to be.
She doesn't know her own strength yet
I SWEAR she has some form of doggie ADD... maybe even ADHD
She deperately wants to play with the cats and cant understand why they just growl at her.
All in all she is such a good dog
and we
LOVE HER!!

Superbowl Sunday

I am not sure if you can tell or not, but this is what we watched the Superbowl on.
It is a 10ftx14ft projection screen.
We pulled all the comfy (and uncomfy) couches from their respective homes and had a nice party onstage. We have way too much yummy food.

Yes... I know its not a picture of the Superbowl.
I think my favorite part was watching the
GHOSTHUNTERS
marathon for a few hours prior to the game.
Yes... I missed all that pre-pre-pre-game crap.
Who wants to watch the athletes leave their hotels... get on their busses,
follow the bus to the stadium, get out of the bus....
blah, blah, blah...
I enjoyed watching Grant (he's my fav) and Jason
instead

Currently accepting donations for a ticket to go see my sisters...

Okay, I am throwing in a few updates. Dont get your hopes up for regular posts though. I am still on hiatus...

I got a bunch of pictures from Shiara and Chante and Eddy right around Christmas. All it did was make me ridiculously upset for the period of an hour because I can't be there with them... now I miss them.
A LOT
At any rate, for those of you that know them, here are a few pictures.

Chante and Eddy at some gorgeous beach

Chante and Eddy in front of Eddys first Chhristmas tree

Mrs. Bowsky is Beautiful

Photo Courtesy of Becca Robins Photography