My Little Goofball!

He thinks he needs to be the center of attention AT ALL TIMES!!

Man OH Man

I have no idea where the past few weeks have gone, but I am glad to say it is almost spring break and a much needed vacation!! 

First and foremost some picture!!

my boys enjoying some nice spring weather!!!!

I recently became a consulant for Scentsy Wickless Candles and am looking forward to my launch party next weekend March 21 at 3pm ... hope it goes well because it is followed by another party on Monday March 22 for a friend and then a co-worker is having a party on April 16 ... so I hope my new business continues to do well .... http://lindseydunn.scentsy.us/ check out my website!!

My mom was in a car accident last Friday March 5th, she is fine BUT totaled the van :-( so sad as we all LOVED the van!

We have had 2 pug meets in the last 2 weekends and the boys LOVE going to the new dogpark!!  We are thrilled to have a place that is fenced that we can let the boys run and play in and not worry about them getting hit by a car!

We have been doing a lot of work on our guest bedroom / someday nursery ... we are very HAPPY with the way things are turning out, just a few more Sunday's worth of panting and then carpet and then we get to move into the nice new bedroom and start on OUR bedroom .... yippee

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!

We took this weekend off so Shawn could plan a tree and we are taking next weekend off for my Scentsy party, but then after that we are back on full force!!!

Hope to keep up on this better as things are starting to slow down just a little bit!

Another Weekend Gone

I am way to exhausted to post anything but wanted to share a picture of my very favorite DEXTER ... lots to update on, but tomorrow!!

Valentine's Day

Shawn and I celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday because we didn't feel like racing the crowds on Sunday evening, we would rather be at home watching movies than our with 1000 other people.  So we went to Chili's and then saw "When in Rome" which was a very cute movie.

For Sunday we decided to paint our spare room, this has been a work in progress for many many months and it is finally comming togehter.  Last weekend Shawn and my dad textured the walls, and the paint when on today!!!

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

Next weekend the wainscotting goes up next weekend, then painting all the trim the following weekend, then carpet install and we are moving into the new bedroom to start all over again in our bedroom!!

Then comes the new king sized bed THANKS mom and dad :-)

Off to my parents for Valentines dinner with my parents, the boys have been there all day hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa!!!

More to come soon!

Another day in Paradise .... right?

What I week it has been ... I have been busy at work - always trying to get new ideas for teaching my students and trying the them to engage.  You would think I was a three headed monster sometimes trying to get them to write in a foreign language, when all I want them to do it answer a few questions related to Mythbusters ... but everyday I learn something new and I think I finally have a routine that my students understand and respect. 

We started a career unit in my Independent Living class and I am really excited to teach them all about job applications, resumes', cover letters, etc ... we are starting the unit by watching Mr Hollands Opus, and let me tell you my kids are not so excited about it, I was surprised but we should be finished with it by Wednesday, we cook tomorrow, and get to move on ... and I bet they are going to be sad when it is over!

The season premiere of LOST was on Tuesday!!!!  We were very excited, and looking forward to the final season ... Dexter and Milton had school and then we came home, with Nikki and watch, it didn't answer many questions YET .. but I sure hope it does soon!!!

We had a pug meet on Saturday, it was the 1st one that Milton got to go to and play.  He had so much fun playing with other pugs that are more athletic like him.  He made many new friends!!!

When we got home I was sure to take some pictures of my little men!!  Here is my DEXTER being as cute as ever!

And Mr Milton showing off his favorite toy and his cute teeth!!

and my cute boys together showing me how they will do just anything to get a treat!

and Abby watches them thinking they are CRAZY

I never applied for the job I was so excited about, I decided I didn't want to work 80 hours a week, I have done that already and I am not ready to do it again!  Maybe in a month or two I will see if it avaliable for the summer, but right now I enjoy getting to be home with my family at night

Dexter started limping on Sunday afternoon, this time it is his other hind leg ... GREAT!  We are hoping it is just a little strain and he will get over it in a few day!!  Please keep him in your prayers!!

Enjoy the rest of your week, we have LOST and Puppy School TOMORROW ... and I have a 4 day work week, but have a learning improvement on Friday and then get to spend the evening with Miss T !! :-)  Then I hope a weekend with my babies, and I HOPE DEXTER isn't limping anymore!!

Until Next Time

What a busy weekend

With Shawn working on Saturday's it gives me time to clean up the house and get things all nice for the following week ... my plan this weekend was to clean out couch and then move it to my parents house where in turn we inherited one of their leather couches ... Shawn and I have been waiting for this for about 5 years and I am SO SO excited that it finally happened ... after some much needed cleaning the pugs and I went to my parents to spend the afternoon while the couch dried ... then we loaded up the leather couch (it fit in the van NO PROBLEM) and met Shawn at our house to do the swap ... I LOVE THE LOOK IT GIVES OUT LIVING ROOM!!!

we are set to get the other couch from them in March ... then our old couch and chair go to Seattle for my parents "vacation house!"  As long as they find a new couch for their living room before then!!

Shawn and I had a relaxing Sunday morning, with Shawn getting his schoolwork done and the pugs and I relaxing on the NEW COUCH!!  Then we went to walmart and did our weekly shopping, and since Milton was 6 months old yesterday he got a new toy ... just thing they needed RIGHT?!?  And since I am SO tired of picking toys up all around my house because they don't all fit in their toy chest I decided it was time to get a new one ... DEXTER and MILTON think it is pretty cool, if only they knew how lucky they were.  I couldn't get Milton to hold still for a picture but Dexter was more than happy to show off his toy collection

Look at that FACE :-)

Missi and Grant came over with Gunner tonight for about an hour and since Gunner was sleeping Missi and I played New Super Mario for Wii ... it is an addiction, and I really should seek help but it is SO MUCH FUN!!  Grant needed to take pictures of his BB Gun, and since he wanted them in a bigger file I decided to post them here for him...HERE YOU GO GRANT :-)

While I was looking for any new pictures to post I came across this older picture of Milton and thought is was cute

well off I go to watch our TV shows, eat dinner, and get ready for another busy week .... hope everyone has a great week, and I hope to have  more pictures sometime within the next couple of days, I don't like how much I have been slacking :-)

January Catch Up

January has FLOWN by and I finally have a chance to relax and reflect on a busy 2009 and an amazingly fast January 2010.

First off Milton got neutered December 28, he recovered almost the same day.  He came home and was ready to play, I tried to keep him calm but that wasn't going to happen.  After 3 days of keeping him on a leash I gave up and let him be crazy.  He is all healed now and happy as can be, the only downside is it didn't stop his dominance and he still likes to mount Dexter ever so often which gets REALLY old REALLY fast, but we are working on it.

Shawn went back to school January 4 for computers, he seems to really be liking everything, except his English 101 class, good thing I am pretty good at English so I help out.  It is going to be a LONG 2 years but when he is finished he will be happier and I hope find a great job!!!

Dexter is doing well, seems to be 100% from surgery, no problems and he is a happy camper!! 

We didn't get any snow this winter, and the few light dustings that we got were gone within a day, it was kinda nice to not have to worry about driving in snow, hope it doens't mean next year is going to be horrible!

I am still working hard, my students keep me busy but I fall more in love with my job everyday.  My job prospects don't seem to high for next year as they are doing some restructuring within our program but I hold out hope that things will start looking up for me and my quest for a full time job.  I just applied for a part time behavior technician with SL START which would have me working with kids 8-21, it will be challenging but worth the experience if I get to position.

Shawn and I have no plans for February, but I am hoping to get our 2 bedrooms refinished in the next 6-8 weeks so that we can enjoy a king size bed!!!

here is a recent picture of little Milton, he is getting SO SO big!!!

I hope to keep up with this next month, as things seems to be slowing down.  I have not been taking many pictures lately so without those blogs just seems so lame. 

Night!