My favorite place!

I LOVE this place, this is what I could call, my perfect place, thankfully I will be there in the morning!

Didn't I say "Constant Change"

Yes, yet another change.  It looks as though Isaac will be leaving to training a little sooner than we expected.  Which brought a change to our family vacation this year.  It seems that we always pick September to take our family vacations, I love fall and all the beautiful autumn leaves.  Last year we visited Rocky Mountain National Park and had a wonderful time.  The temp was perfect, no crowds, and all the Elk were in rut, so wildlife viewing was real fun.  Skye even perfected her Elk call.  Well, I started planning early this year and had us all set up for Yellowstone during the 3rd week of September.  Well, that changed.  We have decided to take our vacation last minute and head up to Yellowstone, it will be a shorter stay, but we should have a goodtime!  I will most certainly be sad to miss seeing the Elk and leaves like last years vacation.

Peaches!

Our long awaited peaches are ready!  Last year I didn't plan accordingly and our peaches were prime while Isaac and I were in the middle of doing the master cleanse (10 days of only drinking spicy lemonade), let's just say I have been craving a good peach.  I made some fabulous peach lemonade (what is with all the lemons?) and wonderful oatmeal peach cookies to freeze.  

Our fish!

We have always had the nickname "Fish" for Skye, she has loved the pool every since her first dip at the age of two.  So, I put Skye in three different sessions of swim lessons this summer.  I have spent many mornings this summer sitting by the pool watching her develop into a fantastic little swimmer. Charli sat beside me each and everyday.   She wasn't interested in the whole swimming lessons idea, even after watching numerous children her own age play water games.  I think when Charli is older you will likely find her laying out by the pool reading some magazine.  

Well, you think I would be a proud mother and record Skye's milestone, but no, I even briefly attempted to remind myself to take the camera on this, her last day.  I was reminded at my failure when I arrived today to see numerous video camera's, digital camera's and extended families, I mildly felt I was on a movie set.   My poor neglected children.  I have been so impressed by the progress Skye has made, she even won in her division in the little competition they hold at the end of each session.  She is a proud owner of a red water noodle due to her new found ability. Go Fish!

THE ONLY THING CONSTANT IS CHANGE

Routine is a word that does not exists in our home.  I wish it did.  Our lives revolve around Isaac's ever changing work schedule... of course when you have a job in law enforcement, it's a 24/7, 365 days a year deal ( plenty job stability).  It's nearly exhausting with the numerous shift changes, assignments and various training.  Well, another big change arrived last week.  The Chief Deputy over Corrections has requested Isaac for a special detail.  They want to send him to Federal training back East.  He is thrilled, since this is something he has wanted for sometime.  He will be trained as a Federal Agent with the FBI.  (I think he is excited about the new badge).  What this means in the future is still unknown exactly, or maybe he doesn't want to worry me.  As of now, he is off the road and working in booking (until he leaves for training sometime this fall).  Which is good, I have never been exactly thrilled, just supportive, about him being on the road. When you are in the jail you only deal with the offender, when you are on the road it is the victim's and the offenders.  The world is a very sad and scary place and thankfully there are people like Isaac who are willing to be on the front lines.  We will miss him while he is gone to training, hopefully is won't be too extended. 

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Bling Blang!

Here she is, our Bull Terrier, Lexi.  I think some bling bling, is an acquired taste.  Personally if you have to train it, babysit it, clean up after it, it's more of a bling blang.  I will admit she is growing ever so slightly on me.  

Charli and her horse Watermelon

This is Charli, meet Charli's horse, Watermelon (bike).  Charli loves to ride her horse.  Charli seriously treats this bike just as if it were a horse.  Today she gave her horse a bath.  This is a snap shot of Charli brushing Watermelon's fur.  The most important thing about Watermelon is if she bucks you off, you always get back on your horse.."huh mom huh".

Bling Bling!

Well ladies, don't be jealous because I have got myself some new BLING BLING, well... that is what my husband is calling it.  I know each and everyone of you can think of something your husbands get overly excited about.  Well, today Isaac gave me the "please, please, please", look of an 8 year old boy as I found out what he was up too via Skye, and the "don't tell mom" failure.  A few months back a new friend Isaac met stated to Isaac that his dog was going to be having puppies.  Since Isaac has such a high respect for this particular breed the man wanted to give Isaac one of these dogs.  Isaac comes home all excited and tells me about it.  Well, I of course say no, we already have 3 dogs.  Isaac made a few mentions here and there, but for the most part I thought this was water under the bridge, but no, this morning Skye tells me a little secret idea her dad has been festering.  Skye loves dogs, and she is so good with her little Kiah, she rarely needs reminding to take care of her.  Well, she is all excited because Dad is telling her about a little puppy to take care of.  It was all a whirl wind, but somehow Isaac got me to go to the shop where the dogs were being sold, he had the owner there in what seemed like seconds, and I was holding the dog in the car on the way home.  I couldn't bare to see my grown husband cry and sulk, yet I am still in shock and awe over the whole ordeal.  We do not need another dog.  It seems like I just got Kiah acclimated.  So, we are walking the streets of Ogden tonight and people are commenting left and right about our new dog.  One man even stopped and turned off his sprinklers as we are going by after he checked out the dog.  Isaac in all seriousness says to me, "This dog is Moses, see what kind of status we get because of her".  "You are walking the streets of Ogden with 2000 dollar "Bling, Bling".  I was rolling inside.  I will get a pic of our new addition Lexi (defender of mankind) soon, until then you will have to be in suspense over what breed she is.  Prize to the closest guess!

Dog Sitting

We have been having a lot of fun with an extra furry friend this week, Zar.  My parents are out of town and it's fun to have such a sweet dog around.  I do think our other dogs are a little jealous, note Kiah in the background under the ottoman. 

Farmers Market

We went to the Farmers Market in Ogden on 25th Street Saturday morning.  Well, Skye is still into her doll playing, the unfortunate thing is she is taking this all pretty serious.  She had to pack a diaper bag in order to go, (striped bag) she had EVERYTHING in there.  (How I don't miss those days).  Well Charli decided she needed a baby too, that didn't last too long.  By the time we were done Charli's doll was very dirty from being dropped and ran over so many times. We stopped to take pictures by some of the horse statues along the street.  A horse painted like a dinosaur, couldn't be any more perfect for my girls.

Finally the Day Arrived

Finally, the day that I thought would never happen, did.  Skye starting playing with dolls.  Okay, so it's really not that big of a deal, but I was seriously surprised. I bought that doll for her on her second Christmas when she wasn't quite two.  I bought all the doll accessories the Christmas after that.  No I didn't learn.  ( I loved my doll when I was little, I guess I secretly wanted the same for my girls).  This year they got remote control dinosaurs and an art easel for Christmas.  Maybe I learned.   Horses are still the classic around our house (note the messy room pic), followed by dinosaurs, but I was pleased to see the little mother at work with her baby. 

Time Out!

The things that I allow to drive me crazy!  I hate when my girls room looks like this, which is daily, I think I will allow this to be the death of me and I haven't figured out a great solution to the problem yet.  Any help?  I got frustrated the other day and told them to both go sit in time out.  Of course we only have one time out chair and the two of them do nothing but bat their eyes and smile at me.  Yes, I had to take a picture, but I still wanted to throw everything away!

Drizzly Day at the Zoo

This year we decided to get a membership to the Zoo.  About a month ago we planned to go on Isaac's day off,  so he could join us.  Well, it ended up being a rainy day, but it didn't stop us.  It was the best time to go!  All the animals were out and active, and no crowds!  We got to talk with several of the zoo keepers and enjoy the animals more one on one.  These were a couple of my favorites shots from that day.  Isaac put his hands up on the window and this little guy put his up against Isaac's.  He was so sweet.

Graduation

I know this will be high school graduation before we know it!  The sad part is she only finished preschool and already is excited about summer vacation.  She doesn't like school much and says that her teacher makes her do too much stuff "I rather just play".   She has been telling us for months how she wants to be a doctor when she grows up, a "new knee" doctor that can fix knees.  (I guess she hasn't had much faith in current "knee" doctors).  Then she decided she wanted to be a Chiropractor, until her Chiropractor told her she would have to go to several years of school.  Well, now she wants to be a "shell finder"!  I guess she figured there isn't too much classroom work in that.