family fun

Saturday Ry & I had each of our parents, Jeremy, & Ry's grandma who is in the state for the summer, over for a bbq & out to a movie. The guys went to see Batman on the Imax, and us girls went and saw Mama Mia (i still have the great songs in my head!). After we went to the movie, the guys still had an hour left in theirs, so we went to Jo-Ann to pick out & buy materials for my veil. I asked Rys grandma to make it because shes really great at sewing and such, and it will make it a personal touch that is important to me and to her. :) It was a lot of fun, plus it was nice to get attention from my mom, rys mom, and grandma! :) After which we came back and the guys were already grilling. We had a great dinner & tasty ice cream cake for dessert in celebration of my moms bday which was Sunday. Everyone stayed until about dusk, then we walked the dog & relaxed on the couch. It was fun to see everyone and have them come here, and it was a good time for our families to bond; usually where both sides of our family are together, there are lots of other people around too. This gave them time to get to know each other a bit more. Everyone had a great time, and warm & fuzzy feelings had by all. :)

lets not repeat

Thursday night, i sat for the baums. usually they are very excited for me to get there, but i got there within an hour of bed time, and ryan is in his terrible twos... anyway, he began to fake-cry, but then really worked himself up. i told his mom (and grandma & sister who are visiting) that its fine. within a minute of them leaving, ryan proceeded to throw up. luckily i was leaning against the couch and he was facing out, so only some got on my capri's and the rest on him and the floor. that calmed him down, so i clean him up and put him to bed, then had to rifle through her drawers to borrow shorts while my capris washed & dried. When they got home I told her what happened & she was horrified & said she would've came home if I had called! I told her it wasn't that big of a deal; I'll be dealing with projectile bodily fluids for the rest of my life, and that made her feel better. But they did tip me!
But, it got me thinking; this is the first time in my sitting history that I've been puked on, which is surprising. It's also the first time I've dealt with other peoples vomit that was not alcohol related.
Nonetheless, I hope it doesn't happen again!
:)

Back From Canada

We are back from Canada, & had a great time!
Thursday night Jerm came and spent the night here so we could get a jump start in the morning.
Friday Jerm was up around 6 to run, shower, and repack, and I was up at 7 to finish packing and such. Ry got out of work at 7 so he was already packed & began loading when he got home. We left around 8, and after a few readjustments to the kayak, we were on the road! We made pretty good time, with only a few pit stops along the way, and made it to Rys cabin around 3. We unloaded our stuff & put it away, played with Rem, then got the boat out and took it to go swimming. The water was chilly but it was warm out so it felt good! We spent the rest of the day swimming, hiking, eating wild blueberries we found, showing Jerm (and Rem) the Crooked Tree, and eating. We also enjoyed s'mores on the camp fire, but only for a while due to wind & being tired!
Saturday I awoke early & read outside with my coffee as morning grew sunny & warm, with Rem. Saturday turned out even nicer than Friday, and we were able to swim more, and do some rock jumping, along with some cabin maintenance. Ry also decided to see how Rem does in the boat, and got him in there and took him for a short ride. He was not wild about it. We made a short trip into "town" 20km away for a few sides for our dinner as well. Then back for some more swimming, kayaking, dinner, poker, camp fire (shorter than the night before due to skeeters), and we were tuckered out.
Sunday Jerm awoke early to go on a long run. I slept til 9 then had breakfast & woke up, and took an early kayak trip before we had to start backing up to go. We left about noon. Ry drove since I drove the whole way up. A few pit stops & we got back to GB around 6:30, and Jerm left shortly after we unpacked so he could get back to his place too.
We had a great weekend!

summer fun

this weekend ryan, jeremy, remington, & i will be heading to ry's family cabin in canada. yay! :)

Vicious

Thanks to a new article & real results & not stereotyping, maybe this will make people less wary of bigger dogs that are of the "vicious" type.
"According to the results of research published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, the breed most prone to aggression is the dachshund."
Check it out:
http://www.parentdish.com/2008/07/07/dogs-breeds-to-be-wary-of/?icid=200100397x1205428207x1200270679

And leave pit bulls, dobermans, and rottweilers alone. :) most of 'em are great!

a fun weekend

4th of July came & went; I didn't go watch the fireworks. Rem does not like them, so I stayed home with him. Plus GB does not set any off thru the city. Of course, some of the neighbors did their own. I did sit by the pool in the afternoon; the weather was a in the 70s and sunny. it was even nicer that less than 10 people were at the pool the entire 3 hours I was there, and those who were there were not loud white trash-- quite unusual & a good surprise!

Saturday Kelly turned 21. Christy & I planned a party & everyone had a great time! ...not such a great next day; I think everyone was moving pretty slowly, myself included. But I had a blast, and I think Kel had a great 21st as well! Rum Runners was a blast, and there was around 20 of us. :)

This pic about sums it up:

Hooray!