Calm After The Storm

Well, my husband is home safely after being lost on Mt. Defiance. Thanks to the sherif's department, Tracy the 911 dispatcher, and the wonderful pilots who circled the Gorge until they spotted Dave and his canine hiking companions, eventually leading them to safety.

Thanks to everyone who sent good thoughts his way. And thanks to Leslie for holding a Mike's Lime Aid vigil with me :)

Prior getting to Dave getting lost on the mountain we went to Del Ray beach with our family from Portland.

After disappearing for a while (hmmm...do I sense a pattern??) Dave returned with a giant piece of kelp. What do you do with giant kelp you may ask...you jump rope with it, of course! :)







After chasing a ball on the beach for HOURS, and then getting lost on the mountain the next day, Holly is one tired little doggie!

What a Hot Day!!!

After months of cold and rain we finally have sun. HOT BLAZING SUN!!! My family and I don't quite know what to do with ourselves. It is too hot for the dogs to go running. After about 8:00 in the morning it is too hot for humans to go running. We have lost all desire to leave our air conditioned house.

We pushed back this session from afternoon to evening, hoping that it would be cooler. Nope! It was still well into the 90's!
These three little girls could not have been any better. They put up with an awful lot and stayed in pretty good spirits!

Mothers

Happy Mother's Day to all you fellow moms. I hope your day was as wonderful as mine! I was so excited to receive a dog from Build-A-Bear workshop, complete with a hair bow and a High School Musical 2 t-shirt. How did my kids know JUST what I wanted?? :)

When the excitement of my Mother's Day surprise wore off, I was able to relax and work on my new referral cards.

Drum Roll, please........

Perfect Little Pearl

Did I not tell you that this is the cutest puppy ever??

I am pleased to announce that Dave's "Candy Experiment" failed. I fell asleep early last night (I couldn't even stay awake to watch Grey's Anatomy), and did not partake in any sleep eating. Yay me!

We are off, once again, to visit friends and family in Eugene and do a bit of horsing around. I will be back on Sunday in time to do a session with a little girl and her (absolutely positively adorable) puppy. After I return I will also share some pictures from the Boone's Ferry Fun Run, organized by my bestest friend Leslie :)

Sleep Eating?

After years of sleepless nights, my doctor prescribed me a sleeping medication, Ambien. One of the side affects is sleep walking, but I didn't take a single step. When I woke up this morning there was an empty (large) bag of jalapeno chips on my night stand. WHAT???? Well, I did have a DREAM that I ate chips in bed. Turns out, and hubby confirms, that I did in fact eat the chips, however (and I swear it is true) I don't remember actually eating a single one! I don't even LIKE jalapeno-flavored things!

And I didn't even sleep well!!! Either the medication doesn't work for me or the over dose of jalapenos counteracted the affects. Dave is threatening to buy a whole bunch of candy and scatter it around the bed to see what will happen tonight!

My post-ambien day has been tough. After running, picking up Zoe, making a quick trip to OHSU so Dave could turn in his pager, going to story time, making lunch, and getting out for a walk/flower picking session I am ready for a nap! :)