Whoa! Long hiatus since last post! And wow have things changed!! Adam and I are engaged :) Could life get any better than this? I am marrying my best friend, I can't wait!

And oh how the wedding planning has begun! In full force, I'm trying to get as much as I can done because I know that in the next few months work is going to consume my life! So in the few seconds I have I thought i'd update my blog. More soon, but for now, that's all!

All Dogs Go to Heaven

It's been a hard day today, Shasta went to heaven :( To make it even more hard, I'm in New York this week for work and wasn't expecting it to happen this week. She's almost 14 so she was an old girl. They think on Wednesday morning she had a stroke, because she woke up panting, started throwing up and then was unable to stand. My mom and dad took her to the vet and gave her a few shots to see if she got better. If not, it was decided we would put her down because she had no quality of life. When she didn't improve they decided to take her in today. She couldn't stand and could barely move her head. So at 9am today, they took her and we let her go. Now she's running free and not in any pain anymore.

Probably one of the hardest things in the world when you own a pet is to let them go, I guess like anyone. But they're always so loyal and loving, no matter what that tail always wagged when I came home. Since I was 13, when we got her, she was just a little fur ball of love and compassion. Such a good dog she was, losing a family member is always hard! Since I've been in New York since tuesday, my parents have been keeping Tuck. Hopefully that doesn't make it worse, but I guess he's been a really good boy. He sensed something was wrong and has been laying by Shasta. I wonder if maybe, they could talk to each other, and Shasta told him to "take care of her family for her". That's what I'm going to think, that she knew how bad she was and now it was Tuck's time to take over. I just wish I had both pups here to snuggle with me, kinda hard being in a hotel room all by yourself when things like this happen. Can't wait to get home! It's been hard getting all the texts about her while I'm sitting here with all of our customers, trying as hard as possible to not cry and break down. I was able to skype last night with my mom and see Shasta one last time and be able to say my goodbye's to her. Nic gave her a kiss for me, so it was like I was there to say goodbye. Maybe it was a blessing it happened out here, would have made it 10 times worse to probably be there.

Shasta may be gone now, but the place in our family never will be, she will be missed! Love you Shep have a fun running around in Heaven chasing all those balls and bunnies and chewing all the rawhide bones you can, I'll see you again one day!

November..yikes!

Yikes, the days seem to just be flying by! Soon it will be Thanksgiving and then Christmas. And soon dun dun dun....my birthday. Another year older. Boo. I need to stop time, it seems like I went from my early twenties, to mid twenties to now I guess I'm considered my late 20's in a matter of days.

Well I'm sure some of you remember this face....

My old Iowa State college roommate from freshman year, Miss Katie Higgins! Yes, she got married the last weekend in October and Adam and I made the treck down to Omaha for the wedding. It was a long drive, but worth it! I hadn't seen her in alosmt 2 years. 2 years too long I might add, so it was sooooo good to see her! Even though, I didn't get to see her that much, with her being the center of attention and all...really, I can't imagine why anyone would want to talk to the Bride?!? :) Anyways, she was so very thankful that we were able to drive down there to celebrate with them. We may not see each other much or talk as much as we should, but it doesn't mean we're not just as good of friends as the day I met her, and I really miss her. Even back to that first day in college, when you click with someone that easily and have such similar personalities you just know you're gonna be friends forever!

So here's to the beautiful bride and her new husband, all the blessings in the world! Love you!

Are you ready for some football!!!!

It was the Packer vs. Viking game this weekend at the Dome.

The crowds were cheering and the rivalry between us was in full force! With Ponder as our starting quarterback we were looking pretty good, but the Packers pulled off the win. Watch out though, I have a feeling the Vikings will be looking good in the next few years. Ahh to actually watch a team that came out to play this last Sunday, it was great! Such a fun game to be at!!

Until next time....maybe the purple and gold will pull off the win next time!

Cape Cod Vacation

It's been a busy few weeks, with a lot of work then we got a nice vacation and we were able to get away to Cape Cod with Abbey, Justin and Lucy! It was so relaxing and wonderful.

One of the days we took a 2 hour ferry ride out to the island of Nantucket, it was gorgeous out there. All the quit homes that look the same, and then there are huge mansions that sit on bluffs. We walked around and looked at the town and we also took a tour of the city. The lighthouses and scenery were gorgeous! Crazy to think people live there year round.

The sun sets in Cape Cod are gorgeous, we were lucky to find a few different beaches we could walk along and see the sunsets.

Adam and I were able to walk along the beaches.
One of the days we went to Provincetown, it's a small town at the very tip of the Cape. Some of the pictures we got were gorgeous.

Lucy was such a good baby the whole time we were there. She's such a cutie, I just couldn't get enough of her :)

One of the days we went to the town of Chathum and walked around and looked at the shops, the beaches and the fish market. So much fresh seafood, it was great! I love being able to get fresh seafood when you're on the coasts.

Best friends :) I'm so glad we were able to take a trip with them, we'll have to make it a yearly thing. Funny how every time we go on a trip together people think we look like sisters, cuz I just don't see it!


It was a great trip and so needed! Now it's back to the grind, getting stuff done. Next few months are going to be busy with birthdays and holidays!

Allergies

My poor baby Tucker has such bad allergies, basically since he was born. And it's just so hard to pin point what it is. We did a food trial for 3 months and he seemed to do ok and then 2 weeks ago his ears flared up and got super red and he got a rash on his belly and all he could do was itch. So I gave him benadryl (instead of dragging him back to the vet and them saying the same thing and spending an arm and a leg). Well it got so bad he had itched so much this morning his poor ears were bleeding, so I called a veta nd took him in. Maybe it's seasonal allergies and after we have a frost it will go away. But it never does. So he was given prednizone for 3 weeks. I just hope after those 3 weeks he's better. I'm kind of at my wits end and don't know what else to do. :(

India

Well Adam's off to India for 2 1/2 weeks so I recently have found myself living the single life....with 2 children (aka dogs). It's funny because my roommate calls the dogs my children. So for the next 2 1/2 weeks it's just me and the boys. Oh whatever will I do. So far I've been very productive, took them to the dog park, made me some dinner, cleaned, and that was all in 2hours. I have some dates with some friends, and it will be nice to just kind of relax and enjoy the fall weather. He's in New Dehli right now, he left on Monday. Kind of hard because his morning is my night and vice versa. I think we've figured out that if he skypes me at 8am, it's 10pm my time...pretty much the only time we can talk. He said the work day over there is from 10am-6pm so he has a few hours when he wakes up and before I go to bed we can chat. It's crazy with technology, he's halfway across the world and I was seeing him and talking to him last night, got a nice tour of his hotel room and everything!

Last weekend we went to a wedding of one of his friends in Eau Claire....I think the highlight of his weekend is below. A guy who works for the Packers was there and wearing his super bowl ring he got, so Adam asked if he could try it on. Seriously a kid in a candy shop...never seen him smile so big. He should have been since that ring cost $56,000! You think he'll think to spend that much on my engagement ring one day??? hehe...not even close! We had fun though.


Adam gets back on a Wednesday and he's running another Marathon on that Sunday...not sure how his body is going to like him after all that travel and running 26.2 miles. Then just a few short days after that we're off to Cape Cod for a nice long weekend with Abbey Justin and Lucy....I'm looking forward to it, it's going to be so much fun!!!