A Letter to Pepper

Dear Pepper,
We miss you. Thanks for being such a great pet to our family. I don't remember life without you. You were such a wonderful part of our family. I always joked that you were as much a part of our family as Tanner, since you were the same age and all. I remember when we first got you and you were tiny! You were the sweetest little thing. We all fought on who got to sleep with you. You were always so content, and would just walk around our backyard, I know you had your routine. When we left you would always peek your head out the gate and watch us, and when we got home you would be in the same position. You were looking out for us. Thank for being sweet with Mariah, she loves you and was always so excited to see you. Anyway Cheps, we love you and we're going to miss you. I am glad you aren't in pain anymore.
Love,
Ferf

Flying

Yesterday was a special day.

Katie and Ryan blessed baby Ellison.

It was amazing.

I love baby blessings, they are so sweet.

Ryan did great, and little El Rae looked precious.

After the blessing and luncheon,

Thomas, Sonny, and I flew to Utah.

It was my second trip to UT

and I was there for less than 30 minutes.

Kinda crazy.

We got to fly over the Grand Canyon.

It was beautiful.

Thomas and I flew home in the helicopter

listening to Brad Paisley.

Besides the headache and popping ears,

it was a wonderful trip!

Here are some pictures, unfortunately I didn't get any of

the happy family, but rest assured, they all looked great!

Sometimes...

So sometimes, for no reason at all, I just feel like saying, "Hell".

. . . I can't explain it . . .

Like its not like I am mad or anything, I just feel like saying it.

Today is one of those days.

And unfortunately typing it isn't the same as saying it.

So rest assured that today I said hell at least once.

Here is a cute picture so you don't feel like this was a

complete waste of your time.

Mariah likes to show everyone her "button"

and sometimes she will come over and lift up your shirt

to show everyone your button. Its pretty funny.

San Diego 2010

So for Thomas and my last hoorah before

we have to go back to the real world of work

. . . AND school . . .

We decided to go to San Diego.

It was SO fun and I realized, again, I love going

on road trips with Thomas.

They are the BEST!

It was just a Friday to Sunday trip, but

I love those ones the best sometimes.

So on Friday we went to work for a couple hours,

then I picked Thomas up from work (Thanks Sonny)

And we were on the road by 10AM.

Our goal was to get to Sea World in time to see

the Shamu Show. . . and we did. And it did not disappoint

Thanks to my sissy Rachel we had 2 day passes

and were able to go on Saturday afternoon too.

(Day 1 at Sea World)

After traveling all day then going to Sea World we were pooped

and went to our hotel. Which I highly recommend BTW.

The Double Tree in Del Mar was Awesome!

They gave us delicious warm

oatmeal chocolate chip with walnut cookies upon our

arrival and when we left they gave us some for the road!

That's what I call hospitality.

Anywho . . . Saturday Morning we decided to go to the beach

since Sea World was open til 11PM that day.

I loved it. I am not a beach person.

Like I think its pretty, but I cant spend all day there.

I think one reason might be because I am pasty white.

But this time I really enjoyed it.

There was grass at this one, and it wasn't super crowded.

So we pulled out our Diet Mountain Dew, our Cheez-its,

and our football and had a blast at the beach.

When we decided we'd had enough of the beach,

we went to Hodad's to eat a delicious hamburger . . . only

problem . . . it was 12:00 and everyone had the same idea.

So we settled for a pizza place down the street and I am

SO glad we found that little gem.

Our pepperoni and mushroom calzone was to die for.

After that we went back to our hotel to get showered and

ready for Sea World.

In case you didn't know . . .

Sea World on Saturday= PACKED.

but we were able to do everything we wanted

and at around 5:00PM it started clearing out some.

We might have gone to the shark exhibit twice

and I loved it both times.

I have a interest/hate relationship with sharks

and whales for that matter.

Shamu scares the crap out of me.

(Thomas saving me from Shamu)

But I love Sea World.

(and the shamu beetle)

After Sea World we journeyed back to Hodad's

and were able to eat that for dinner.

Then we went back to Hotel and watched

youtube videos of shark/whale attacks.

It was awesome, and I think Thomas is scared of them now too.

San Diego was so Fun and I am so

Glad we were able to go and see Shamu,

the star fish, the penguins, the sea lions, the dolphins, the

polar bears, the moray eels(this is more of a hate/hate relationship),

and all the other animals at sea world. And I am

glad I have my best friend to go on all my trips with.

I love my life.

Twins

Since Mike D'Antoni became the Suns coach

my family noticed an uncanny resemblence

between him . . . Coach Mike D'Antoni

and him . . . Rikki Tikki Tavi.

. . . Angry Mike . . .

. . . Angry Rikki . . .

I miss Mike. ALOT.