Puppy Vision 2.0

My little child Spencer is growing up. The little guy has definitely put on a few pounds in the week or so that we have had him, and has become so comfortable with us that he gets kinda puppy craaaaa-zy at times as well. Also, I have noticed Spencer has grown in some of his coarser adult fur, which makes me sad that our little guy is growing up :(

Spencer tried to give Hello Kitty a lobotomy. Sadly, she could not scream for help because she has no mouth.

Our puppy sitting in "jail" for the first time ever. AKA, the kennel. Poor little guy has the jail house blues!

Told ya he's getting bigger! But he still has his puppy dog charm.

We got Spencer his big boy bowls the other day. At first, he was scared of it because the metal identification tag on his collar would clank against the bowl..... But he got over that pretty fast!

Our pup taking a break from the heat at the dog park. Spencer rolled in a puddle of water and laid in the shade, like the cool dog he is. This is one of my favorite pictures because you can see the little puppy paw prints all over the place.

Yup, he likes to crash out on his back.

Stay tuned for scenes of Spencer going to the bars for the first time. Our little boy going to the bar at age 11 weeks!

In the Garage

On Father's Day, I spent some time in the garage with my dad and checked out what he has been working on. I really admire my dad's handiness and sense of organization. He has one of the most highly organized garages I have ever seen! Every tool has it's place.

My dad made this rolling tool box at work out of scrap metal. I was amazed at the details he put into it and the ingenious design. My dad makes stuff! What does your dad do?

Hanging in his locker is a super cute photo of me from when I was a high schooler along with a photo of a 56 Nomad.

This is the front end of my Dad's Corvette. Jealous much?

Here are photos of my Dad's 39 Ford. This car is in primo condition with a cream vinyl interior. I always loved playing inside of this car as a kid.

My Dad always has a naked lady calendar hanging in the garage just to mark the territory as man territory. And plus, he gets it for free every year from the car parts store down the road.

This is the mini bike my brother and I would ride around on as kids. It is totally kid sized and used to be street legal. Imagine that!

Digging up old photos....

I have come to realize that I have not always been the best at documenting life..... I was trying to find some photos of Will and I when we first started dating and I can barely find a single photo for the first year of our dating. Sheesh! The only reasons I can think why this is so is because we were dating long distance and only saw one another on weekends and I hated the way I looked at the time. But still!

Here's to documenting life, no matter how silly or ugly it might be! Cheers!

Will and I look like absolute kids here. This was taken at the Mill in the fall of 2006.

This photo sucks. Well, Will looks OK. I was kinda chunky looking. Anyhow, this was St. Patty's Day, March 2007.

Will turns 21! Pre-drunk, I think.

Our first anniversary! September 2007.

Will and I at the Mill again... September 2007.

Halloween 2007.

His mom said she needed a holiday photo so we took this one in front of the tree. December 2007.

Sycamore Mall Photobooth

I love photobooths, I love friends, and I love photos, hence why the photobooth has got to be one of my most favorite things in the world. I have dreams and ambitions to own one someday! Imagine how cool it would be to have a photobooth in your living room. If and when I get married, I totally want for there to be a photobooth at the reception cause that would just be amazing!

I am very grateful to have Kendra as a friend. We went to the same grade school and middle school but since she was one grade below me, I never hung out with her until high school. We were definitely partners in crime in our teen years but drifted apart when I went to college. Kendra and I didn't even speak to one another for years, so when I moved back with my parents a few years ago, I was grateful to have the opportunity to meet up with her again. She had just had Aurora and if it wasn't for my curiousity to meet her daughter, we probably would still not be speaking to one another.

It feels good to grow up a little bit and have stability in your relationships and friendships. We all go through different phases in our lives and grow in and out of friendships, so that must mean that the ones that stick around throughout the years are the truest friends of all. I feel very happy to have true friends at last because it seems that for years, I was constantly pushing people away and as a result, only had acquaintances- what a lonely life!

I love you, Kendra!

Friends 4-Ever!!!

Cake Toppers in Nature

Today, some friends and I went to Hickory Hill Park to take some nature photos.  Seeing as I had just taken a trip to the Crowded Closet and found some amazing little cake toppers for 25 cents, I felt the need to encorporate them into nature.  Hell, anyone can take  nature photos, but cake toppers in nature?  This is much more my style!!!

Photofunia is Pretty Fun!

Gotta love Photoshop! Thanks to a slew of free photo editing programs on the net, you can reap the benefits of Photoshop without putting the effort into it! The other day a friend on Facebook had posted some great photoshopped goodies of herself online so I decided to follow suit and try some for myself. Very gratifying and easy! Maybe you can try it for yourself?


Check it out at: http://photofunia.com/