we went tubing.

sooo.
my grandparents have this cottage right on the Cacapon River in West Virginia. yesturday, some friends and i went up to go tubing down the river. it was... a blast. sooo much fun. thanks so much Nanna and Grandpa for letting us come!!

here's the whole gang at the scenic overlook in WV

Josh showing everyone pictures from their Texas trip

me and Laura

me and Kris

hahaha Dallas vs. Pittsburg... and they're still friends :)

Sean and Emmy

me and my girl :)

me and John

me and Sean

me and Chris

me and Caleb

me and Jenni

Caleb Chris and Jenn

Emmy and her marshmallows :)

Aunt Michelle eating her yummy s'more

playing Monopoly! John won :)

Emily coming down the shoot after a 3 hour tubing trip

Josh Kris and Chris at the end of the trip

Uncle Johnny finishing up the trip

John heading towards the finish line

Laura was the first one back... just chilling on her blue raft

sorry, out of order... this is all of us at the beginning of the trip.

getting ready to do some tubing!

the guys blowing up thier tubes

sorry some of them were kinda out of order... but anyways that was our day. we had so much fun... my friends are the best :)

some random stuff from Kentucky

so i'm using my dad's macbook pro to upload these... and if you know me well, you'll know i hate macs. so these are in no particular order, most are unedited, and they're generally random. but at least it's something ;) i'll have more once i dump the rest of the pics that are still on the camera.

quay and emily

joey tried his hardest not to let me snap a picture of him... this is one of the only ones i could get. (notice the toothpick in the mouth... seriously, that kid had a toothpick in his mouth 24/7. i'll bet he slept with one in his mouth. lol)

brianna and emily making funny faces...

hahahhaha look at silas's face... uncle brian was a big hit with the little kids, as you can see :)

Quay sat on Em's lap and almost killed her =P

Jessica

Allie and Sage

Silas was going around trying to kill Edward the Fly. :)

Kai

Emma's eyes are seriously soooo beautiful.

Emily and Allie

Silas's eyes

went for a walk down by the lake

Jess and Als

ok story... i wrote on the back of our car (with car paint) "Kentucky here we come" ... and at a gas station, my dad erased the "Ken" part. so for the rest of the week we drove around with our car saying "tucky here we come" =P

more coming later.

the end.

ps - i'm sooooo glad to be home :)

my puppy.

dear rutty,

i love you.

love, me.

a lot of pictures.

okay. so a lot of these pictures aren't amazing quality. but... they pretty much sum up our life for the past 3 months. we have 4 puppies left right now. and thier mama. and they'll all be gone by this Sunday. :( except for Otto :)

this is Ellie at one month

this is Chuckie at one month

this is Rutty at one month

(btw, Otto and Rutty are the same dog... Rutt's just a nickname :)

and this is Bailey at one month

now skip ahead two months....

chuckie runnin' around the backyard

Otto and Bailey playing. they're so cute together.

Em filled up the pool for them to play in and as usual, Chuck was fascinated by the stream of water from the hose.

Ellie is the other "water dog" :)

Bailey giving Em "puppy kisses"

so sweet.

okay, so Otto and Ellie are like, best buds. they love playing together and snuggling together and it's cute :)

(ps - see the hole in the wall? that would be darling little otto. who likes to chew on walls. hm.)

sooooo puppy baths were today. last ones before they all leave. surprisingly, chuck was not a fan of his bath... i guess he likes his water in small amounts ;)

i almost fell in because he was wiggling so much. haha

Otto was pretty easy... he didn't like the bath, but he definitely didn't struggle, which was nice ;)

heehee :)

the deck was very... wet.

and full of puppy paw prints :)

haha look at Otto and Millie playing in the background. baths give them these burst of energy and it's hilarious to watch them roll all around.

Millie didn't like her bath either :P