Happy Happy #3

I love lunch. Not only do I get to eat, which is one of my favorite pasttimes... (And the size of my bootay is proof) But I get to see my nephew and sister! Aren't they just cute?





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Happy Happy

How can you be down and sad with a face like this beaming at you? Oh, wait. You can't.

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A new family member!

Deacon James was born on 11/28 at 5 or so PM.

A nice full head of hair like his cousin, Alexandra Jean.

He weighed in at 7lbs 13oz and 19 inches long.






Monkey Joe holding him for the first time! Doesn't he look comfortable holding the baby...? Just sayin'!

While Sighting in the Rifles....

I was really surprised that my nephew didn't freak out. Guns are loud, right? He just covered his ears and watched the guys. Here are a couple cutes pics of the day.

He was really amazed at the woods. He lives in a suburb of Minneapolis, so being surrounded by so many trees was fun. He wanted to go play in them.


He's such a ham. He was posing for me and running around like a goon. Such an adorable little face!














It was cold, but so lovely outside! Minnesota is so nice this time of year!


Hanging out with great Grandpa and Grandpa. He really wanted to drive the tractor. And backhoe.... and scoop.









The sky was so perfectly blue!


Following Joe and Grandpa after seeing how well they shot their guns!
















DUCK AND COVER!


I ended up having to hold his ears closed. I'm already half deaf anyway.... Darn that gangsta' rap I listened to (and still do) so loud.













Trying to figure out what Joe was doing.



Just being cute!

Duluth Trip!

Ok, yeah, I took a vacation in the middle of getting my new line ready. Not something most people would do when they are feeling slightly stressed about the whole thing.

Was it worth it? Heck yeaaaaah!

I can't go into details about a lot of things, but it was fun. Joe and I met up with his friend Zach and his sis Vanessa on the beach. I never though Lake Superior was swimmable. I mean, it's cold. It's huge and it's cold. Well, I burnt my feet on the beautiful creamy sand... so I had to walk in the water. It's cold. Very very cold. I was expecting the weather to be about 70... Duluth is a weird place, it's got it's own climate compared to the rest of the state it seems.

That pic is the other side of Lake Superior from the beach.

I'm really really white mind you... Red hair, palest skin. I look like a vampire most of the year... So I was under my umbrella most of the time.

Guess what, thanks to my umbrella, I'm actually tan. I don't think I've ever been tan. Ever. EVER.

I'll stop babbling now... If you are ever in Minnesota though, you have to check out Duluth. It's really a lovely place.

Here are some random pics from the weekend too. I kept out the embarrassing ones or the ones I just couldn't make sense to you even if I tried to explain... :D

My sweet little babies...

Ok, they are cats, but they are my little babies!


A sleeping Cassie.




An awake Cassie




A "I want to snuggle" Cassie





Brutus just woke up.




He's like, get that thing out of my face, lady!





"But if you have treats, you can take as many pics as you want"

I'll get you my pretty!

My dad's flowers. They spread like crazy! They definitely didn't look like this last year!

Pitter Patter of Little Feets

Cat feet!!! Drew Jaeger is getting married soon and his fiance is allergic to kitties. Well, his little girl, Cassie, sadly needed a new home!

I offered to take her in and love her like my own... Right now Brutus is not loving her.... And she's kind of bossy... lol. It's been fun and only a few hours!!!!

Here's a pic of her!

Slow as Molasses...

I've been rather hectic this last week again. Sometimes vacations are highly overrated.... Just for the simple fact that you have to come back to work and do more in one day than two.

I have some awesome photos to show you though! Yay!

Pamela's Strawberry Pie! Was delicious!


The sailboat... A very NOT windy day. The next day was too windy though. I didn't get to sail... :(


Birthday flowers for our coworker.


Joe and I on the boat.


I made these a while ago, but I still love them. Cow Bone and Czech Fire Polished bead on Antique Brass.