Gotta Love Her

My constant companion.  She follows me everywhere and stares at me often.

How can you not love that black nose?!

Happy Campers

A fun little weekend.  The rain Saturday and today wasn't ideal.  Sunday was beautiful.  My kids had a blast.  The family time was needed.

Spent Friday getting her all shinny.

All set up.

             

 I was walking back from the bath house and this site of my tiny Lemondrop next to all these beasts made me giggle.

 My kids are awesome kayakers.

 Even the smallest guy was skilled!

 I mean it's pretty hard to beat this view.

 Bain and Piper enjoying the water too.

 Friends came for a little visit.

 A found string, bobber, hook, worm and patience payed off.

All closed up and ready to leave.  Our truck is bigger than the trailer.

Close to Home

I am making a point to stay close to home this week, in the hopes of making it a habit. Since I put the kids in school I have been in the van more than in the house. Maybe it was the freedom of it all, who knows. I am finally sick of running around. The colder weather may be helping with me wanting to stay in. I am welcoming it. This house of mine needs some attention. I often get defeated with how quickly it gets away from me, or how it only takes Sat and Sun to destroy all the work I did the previous week.

I will admit one of my faults is accepting defeat too quickly....In my mind this house is so crazy organized I would put Martha to shame, but in reality it is lacking. I am human and I don't have a fleet of workers to get stuff done. Goodness a lot of the time I don't even have a partner to help thanks to his crazy job. I am not complaining because it keeps us fed and a roof over our head and clothes on our bodies....he just has to leave...a lot!!!

With all that being said I came to the conclusion that I need to try to stay home and get into some sort of routine. Some of the days have been spent on the couch crocheting gifts and trying to get a few items together to put in the shop. A lot of laundry being put away is taking place...vacuuming and throwing away bits and pieces of trash. It has been a breath of fresh air.

Piper is not complaining either....

Happy Second Birthday Piper

This little doggie has gotten a lot of face time on my blog lately. Can't help it, she's my friend. Today we celebrated her 2nd Birthday! Not that she had any idea what the day was. So we made her "pupcakes" for her big day.

They are peanut butter and carrot pupcakes(however I didn't have carrots). Frosted with a bit of cream cheese and more peanut butter.

She had one and my hubbys dog Bain had one(they are best buds) and we took two next door for her walking partners, Cody and Riley.

Needless to say, they were a hit. She licked the plate clean, and the floor and anything else she thought might have peanut butter on it.

**Of course we had to take Birthday portraits

Piper

She should be white, after all she is a West Highland "WHITE" Terrier

*first pic the color she should be
**all the rest the color she is most of the time.....