our little family

We managed to get some family pics done yesterday...with much thanks to my photog friend angelina! (thank you!!!)
Moose was soooo good! Dixie...um well she was not herself! she is usually the good one!! That just shows to not have a vision or high hopes when you are working with baby dogs! They are waaay harder than children!

catching up...

WOW! it has been a while! I guess I had less of a life in arizona and was able to keep up with this thing! hahaha
this really is the LAST thing I should be doing right now since I have a HUGE to do list with clients orders and lots of emails to tend to..oh and the new website I'm building!! exciting stuff...but that's all in the future! Right now we'll catch up on the past because there is a lot of it! We'll do it mostly with pictures...

First... Had a party for Cassidy & Cody's birthdays! sister niki and grandma worked very hard on their cakes! hers was a purse and his was an army tank!




spent the day in Lake Arrowhead



And my baby dogs turned 1 and 2! yes i did get them cakes from the dog bakery! They were awesome...peanut butter flavor in the shape of a bone <3 they loved them!
sooo awesome that they have the same birthday!!



can you tell she loved it?! Seriously love the cake all over her face!!!

yes my large dogs are in sweaters but it is REALLY cold here and i think 33 degrees justifies the sweaters! especially since only less than 2 monthes before we were in 120 degree arizona weather! and they look cute! ;)
I should also mention this was in their new backyard with the new fence andy and I built ourselves and moose proofed! well nothing is ever really moose proof but it's working now and he hasn't found a way to escape yet! and not to mention they LOVE it!!! it's on a slope (because we live in the mountains!) but they run up and down and chase each other and fight over sticks even though there are 1,000 of them but of course they want the same one! Honestly putting up the fence has made life in the cabin SO much easier (and the floors and dogs very dirty!)



And then there was thanksgiving...

we went to my mom's because my brother came out to find a place for his wife and boys and the new baby (due in march) to live while he is in afghanistan :( He deploys the day after Christmas...the baby will be 9 months old when he comes home.)

So I of course had to do some pictures..




Then the day after Thanksgiving we got our FIRST SNOW!!!!





Dixie LOVED it!! she was running around like crazy, sticking her nose in the snow, licking it...they were both shivering but once I grabbed a snowball and fed it to them they went nuts like it was a treat! (they eat ice cubes as treats too!) i was throwing snowballs in the air and moose would jump up and catch them! Dixie doesn't quite get the game...she wants everything to be handed to her like a baby ;)

Then andy made a fire and we put the dog bed in front of the fire for them to warm up...


That about brings us up to date.... I'll try to be better but I can't make any promises!

xoxo

ps. spell check isn't working for some odd reason and my eyeballs are tired and I'm being lazy so please excuse spelling and grammar :)

life...it gets in the way sometimes

a couple people have been nagging me to update this poor neglected thing for a while so with a little extra time this morning here goes...
Things have been crazy busy! It has been so nice to be back around family and friends and thats been keeping me busy visiting everybody and hanging out! It makes the times of andy being gone much easier and the weeks go by so much faster.
We've also been working on getting this lil cabin in the woods ready for winter because it has already gotten really cold here! last week it rained for over 48 hours straight! no stopping even for 5 mins! Moose of course was a big baby and did not want to go outside to potty..when one raindrop hit his head he would shake like he was soaking wet then stand there and cry...andy says i ruined him and hes probably right but I love my moose snuggles!
We've been taking them on lil adventures on the road behind us and they LOVE it! there's so many smells for their hound dog noses. I managed to get a few pics on an adventure i took them on by myself...hard task, you'll notice dixie was more interested in exploring than paying attention to me!


she loved walking on the top of the dirt pile and when she did all the dirt and rocks would fall down the side of the mountain and she would perk her ears and tilt her head all curious and get low and watch them all fall down...now she's a little more brave and chases the falling rocks!! it's seriously funny!


The puppies birthday is coming up (i love how they have the same birthday!!) and i found this super cute dog bakery in arrowhead to make them each a birthday cake! I was going to do something myself but when i found these and they were peanut butter flavored and shaped like a bone i was sold!
Andy leaves for maui for work for 2 weeks next monday and sadly we werent able to pull off me going for a few days because theres so much going on...my little brother and sisters birthdays and i have 4 newborn sessions next month and a few family ones and somewhere in there theres thanksgiving and getting our little family pictures done...november is looking to be a little crazy but i am so looking forward to all of it!
My grandma and i have also been working on quite a few projects that i will share when we're all done...im so excited about all of it!
until then...


xoxo

we're HOME

back in California that is...and it feels good!

We finaly got all settled in and andy's back to work without a day off until the end of the month which sucks.
We found a dog park up here a couple miles from the house which has been awesome and has become a daily trip for us. We usually take them in the morning so they get nice and tired so they lay around for the rest of the day!

my little mountain dogs..


and this is why i get asked if our dogs are dobermans...

that dog could have been dixies long lost sister!!


thats all i got for now because it's snuggle time with the baby dogs!

xoxo

I'm pretty awesome

to be able to get a 3 day old to do this...






let's see my wanna-be copy that! :)

We think he is FUNNY!

they were in their crates and andy called me over and this is what I saw....


so flippin funny! that eyebrow, that super cute lil bottom lip he actually sticks out when he pouts, and that smooshed nose!! goodness I couldn't love that dog anymore!! He is beyond adorable!

heres another one just because it is that funny!


I seriously had thee worst camera shake because we were laughing so hard and it was actually pretty dark in the room!

In other news...
the dogs are running around like maniacs enjoying the house getting more and more empty as Andy has been taking apart things like the dining room table and stuff. We're pretty much all packed just a few things here and there. This week is nuts! Have a couple photoshoots with some of my favorite Arizona people before we leave.
Very excited to see them one last time before we go!

4 MORE DAYS!!!!

So excited to be back around family and friends! especially with the holiday season fast approaching!

ok to be honest I really don't have time to be doing this but I just needed a break from the chaos!

See you soon in Cali!!

xoxo

here's the BIG stuff

we're moving!!!! back to california!!! we're sooo excited!!!andy will be going back to school to be a radiology tech so we'll be living at his moms cabin near lake arrowhead so he can go full time and be done faster. should be interesting...2 big dogs in a tiny cabin and it snows in the winter! kinda excited about that though! I'll finaly get the white christmas I've been longing for! the weather will be completely opposite of Arizona...might be hard for the dogs but I'm so ready for it!! the best part...in a couple months andy will be quiting his job which means no more traveling and we'll get to see him more...even if it is with his nose in a book!

The dogs and I just got back from a cali trip and we stayed at my aunt and uncles who have 2 dogs about the same ages as both ours and moose LOVES playing with the older one! well both of them but he used to play with elle more before we moved to arizona so we're looking forward to many more puppy play-dates! I loved how much he just wanted to be outside since its been way too hot here for them to be outside at all.
heres a couple pics from our visit..mostly of the doodle bug because moose was too busy running around like a crazy dog to even see him!

can you tell how much kami loved dixie??! and doodle was more than happy to give away all her kisses..especially to 3 year olds with yogurt all over their face!

moose loved that toy..and kami's bean bag!



momma & doodle playing in the spa

dixie wanting in the house

i know shes pretty much the cutest ever!!

can't wait to see you all back in cali!! 2 weeks!!!!!


xoxo

BIG stuff coming...but first the cutest kids ever!!

Have some big exciting news to share but first here's some pics from the cali trip...got to see my gorgeous lil sister and brother!!












it was awesome seeing them and how much they've grown! they are getting so old now :( i love them to pieces!

have lots more pics to share and the big news...all coming soon!

xoxo

getting ready

for our trip to cali tomorrow which had to include a bath for these 2 adorable babies of mine!

they're so good they both just walked right in and they always just stand there till i'm done and then its crazy time! They run around and wrestle really crazy as if the shower just gave them a rush of energy! Can't blame them it wakes me up most of the time too! ok onto more packing and preparing...

xoxo

another river trip

So Andy is working in Colorado for the next 2 weeks (lucky!!) and he left Friday so I decided I would take the dogs to the river so they could play in the water and stretch their legs since it's so hot here they won't go outside! Dixie was SUPER adorable and crazy playful in the water! She's been there before and played but this time she was swimming like a lil fishy! she went all the way out and came back of course because she listens....unlike mr. moo who had to be on a leash the whole time! i tied him to a long rope though and ran back and forth with him so he could have some freedom. We took them on the boat and up to the sandbar where I wish my hands weren't so full because I couldn't get any pics!!! Dixie was in love with this boogie board i had sitting in front of me in about a foot of water...she kept getting on it shed stand then sit then lay down jump off jump back on...it took some muscles to hold it steady for her! They finally both passed out on the boat giving my arms a much needed break of leash holding! so those are the only pics I got of my sleepy babies....


we're headin to California tomorrow to visit family and to do some photo sessions! I get to see my lil sis and bro so I am BEYOND thrilled about that! Kinda bummed andy won't be with us but sad to say we are so used to it with his job. We miss him so much when he's gone and I hate that he doesn't get to be there for some of the everyday stuff.
Well lots to do...have to pack for Cali get all the photography stuff ready and loaded into the car and my babies are in need of bathing! Can't wait to get to grandmas and relax in the pool with family! The dogs will be swimming in the pool too! ;)
Will have lotsa pics when we return....

xoxo