No idea where to start...

So... it's almost been 3 months since I've blogged last... so much for keeping up eh?? Things have happened... but I don't know what happened first... what would be seen as interesting... and what I even feel like writing about... This poses a serious problem when one signs on to blog...

I have 2 new puppies... that's the only thing I can think of that would be interesting to anyone who reads this. Their names are Rudolph and St. Nik, Rudy and Nikke for short. I got them from Kamloops, mom was a Maremma and the dad was a working Border Collie. 10 puppies in the litter, and they were all living out in the horse trailer when it was at least -16C at night. By the way... no... the mom wasn't living with them, she didn't want to have anything to do with them anymore so they were all out there shivering. I went only expecting to come home with one puppy, but Nik had other plans. I had agreed to take Rudy and went to put Nik down and take Rudy from the woman, but as soon as I turned back to look at Nik he was sitting there staring at me, looked SO sad. Not sure what happened but, the way he looked at me broke my heart and there was no way I was leaving him behind. I feel horrible that I didn't take the whole damn litter! And I really hope that they all got good homes. I am going to bombard you with pics now... and then continue writing after :P

Nik and Rudy having their first pics taken.

Rudy showing off his brindle stripes...

Sable vs. Brindle Sable

Meeting Auntie Maddie for the first time.

Maddie wishing she didn't have to put up with more puppies! LOL!

Rudy having a snuggle!

Rudy meeting Jenny

Rudy... not sure what he's doing...

Giving his favourite aunt a kiss!

Nik... being a total nerd!

Watching the goings on around the yard...

Learning to climb on the stump and be a mountain dog like his cousins!

Rudy planning on the best way to steal the stick from Kap!

So that's the puppy update... there should be more to come... but for now that's all you get :P

Hmmm other than that I don't think anything else really happened... so I'm just gonna end this here... and hope to come back in less than 2.5 months to write again!

HOLY CRAP!!!

I didn't realize it had been over 2 months since I blogged last... and it's not that nothing has happened... but... I just didn't feel like it??? hahahaha... good excuse right? Well I don't even know where to start!! Hmmmm...

How about I just start with a puppy update???

The boys are getting HUGE... and getting their adult coats in so they look a little strange but awesome! haha! They also went on their first bikejoring run... Kap with Maddie and Mac with Shay... and they did great! :D I'll get you some pics! :D Steal them from Shannon's Photobucket haha!

Here's Wylie (Dad) and his boys outside playing and getting SUPER dirty!! :D

Here's Mac and his Auntie Shay in their Bikejoring gear!

Here's Kap and Maddie (Mom) in their gear! :D

Hope that was enough puppy update... there's way too much and if I ever wanna get to bed then I gotta get this done quickly... short version of everything! haha!

Hmmm ok well onto the Hanson concert in Vancouver in Sept... how about that??? Means I gotta go and edit more pics :S

Haida, Alyssa and I all went to Vancouver for the Hanson show... they went on to go do the Spokane show, which I had planned on going to as well but I had to housesit for my sister while she went to Minnesota to go to a preseason Wild game... we stayed at their friend Kenn's house... who was awesome... we had loads of fun and barely any sleep... which is always the best right?? lol!

Us girls the night before the show.

Alyssa and Haida inside before the show... it had been pouring outside :(

Taylor

Isaac

Isaac

Zac

Zac
Taylor
Zac and I after the show... again had been pouring rain :S

Ooooon to the next thing... For my birthday (although 2 weeks before my actual birthday) Haida and I went to my first hockey game in years (her first hockey game... ever... I know... disturbing right?? ;P). We went to the Canes vs. Canuck game, unfortunately my Canes lost :( but we had SO much fun... laughed WAY too much that weekend... and I got to meet Chad LaRose and Joni Pitkanen... very nice... I had always heard that Pitkanen wasn't very fan friendly but he really was... I didn't even need to call him over to sign the jersey (my sister's Finnish jersey she wore to the olympics, I told her I'd try to get the Finns to sign it)... I just looked up and smiled and he knew I was going to ask so he smiled and came right over... and took a pic with me... other than Mikko Koivu he is definitely my fave Finn... got my pic with LaRose too...

Other than losing the game... the WORST part of that day (other than having the teams "friendliest" player Tuomo Ruutu COMPLETELY ignore me when I was the ONLY one calling him over) was the FREAKING Puck Bunnies... GAH! I REALLY can't stand them... I don't think Haida really understood my disgust with them until that day... they don't care if a player is happily married... they just want them... no matter what... freaking disgusting... tacky... bleh! But yes... this was supposed to be short right??? hahahahah! Time for pics!

Haida and her first hockey ticket! Too bad it has Linden on it :S

Me and Joni Pitkanen

Yay for Chad LaRose!!! :D

Haida getting ready for the warmups!

GO CANES GO!!

Kostopoulos

Peters

Cole stretching out haha...

Eric Cole

Eric Staal (Puck Bunnies loooove him!! gag!)

Wee Jeff Skinner! I am loving this kid!

Tuomo Ruutu... jackass ;) haha

Ruutu

McBain

Sutter being interviewed by Sportsnet (I believe)

Eric Staal again...

Patrick O'Sullivan (former Wild ;) )

Chad LaRose (think I scared him??)
Cole

The day after the game was still a busy day... Haida and I went back down to Vancouver to just see some sights (she doesn't go don't to Van very often lol). This was kind of her weekend of firsts hahaha... first hockey game, first Cinnzeo hahahaha! Too bad I didn't take a pic of her eating her first bite! :P But here are like 2 pics of her Vancouver adventures... we were having too much fun to keep taking out the cam!

Haida and the world's Largest Tin Soldier haha!

Haida and "The Drop"

Ok... well I think that's it for now... it's 3am and I have too to get to bed soon! haha! Hopefully I can keep this up... for a little while ;)

3 Days out with PUPPIES!!

So Shannon, my dad and I took the puppies out to the Princeton Traditional Music Fest over the weekend and then we went walking on a trail today! They're getting pretty good on leash, get tired easily but they are only 8 weeks!!! haha!

At the music festival they got to meet a few new dogs, one scared them, a 5 month old chesapeake bay retriever who decided to lunge at them cause of treats... some new people and a few rambunctious kids! Mac got scared by a few of them, but it wasn't his fault... they were being a bit rough! For the most part everything went well... only thing that bothered me was that like only ONE person guessed that the pups were border collies... the rest either asked what they were mixed with or said they must be huskies... WRONG... they are purebred registered BORDER COLLIES!! JEEZ.... YES BC's can have BLUE eyes!! GAH!!!

Here are some pics from day #1 and day #2...

Mac meeting a nice little girl :D

Kap getting some good belly rubs from kids!

Mac posing on a pillar type thing...

Kap on the pillar... after his suicide attempt.... he jumped off :S

Mac's first swim in the river!!

Kap on his first swim... they both did surprisingly well...

Drowned rat anyone??? Hehehehe poor baby! hahaha!

After the first day... they were exhausted...

The boys playing...

Near the end of day #2 when we stopped for coffee...

One of the moments that Kap actually relaxed... Mac was asleep by this time...

Day #3 consisted of me bringing Mai-Bee along for the boys to meet a nice friendly stranger dog... Maddie, Shay and Miki came along for the walk... the boys seemed to be a bit weary of Mai at first but got used to her quickly... and Mai behaved as expected... lol... Walk wasn't long of course... can't wear the puppies out too much... or myself hahahahhaa!!

Nice family picture.... minus like 10 dogs MUAHAHAHAHA!

Another pic... I just absolutely love these dogs!!

My dad and I walking with the dogs... Mai taking lead... which she doesn't usually do... but it was because Shannon was crouching taking pics of us walking towards her...

Here's Mac taking a rest on Grandma (Shannon's) shoulder... this was near the end of the walk...

And Kap taking a rest on Great-Aunt's (ME!!) shoulder...

Nothing else is new really... but I wanted to give you an update... so there it is... hahahaha... enjoy!!

Talk soon! :D