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Day in SLC

Well Today Jaimee and I went to SLC with Holly n Robbie. Our first stop was Sunflower Market to get my hubby some of his favorite muffins and for Holly and I to pick up a few groceries, then it was off to the biggest library I have ever seen, it is 5 stories tall with glass elevators, and little shops. The children's reading area (where Robbie visits) has these cute little alcoves for the kids to read and play in. After we got our fill of the library and checked out some reading material, it was off to this wonderful pastry shop called "Les Madeleines Cafe" where they make some of the most deliciously sinful pastries that should really be illegal. The prices are a bit high but oh sooo worth it. After we got our pastries we went to a memorial park and got some good ideas for our family photos later on this summer. At noon you can hear the chiming of the bells from the state capitol building. Jaimee n Robbie had fun playing and Robbie decided to put his feet in the water shoes and all, but Holly always brings extra clothes n shoes for this type of fun. Well, it's fun to Robbie! Then it was off to the Gateway Mall. It's an outside mall with a fountain in the middle that shoots water out in different places at different times. The boys really like to play in it. We shopped a bit and went and had lunch and then it was off to another mall to do some more shopping, but I don't remember the name of it. We had a great day! Hanging out with Holly n Robbie is always so much fun.

Our New Puppy

We are now the proud owners of a 10 week old mini piebald dachshund that we named Jasper. He is quite the little roly poly character and oh so adorable. Last night when we brought him home Jer decided to put him on our bed on top of our down comforter and you guessed it, he peed. But on the lighter side of life, he peed on Jer's side not mine...hehe. I guess Jer has been initiated now. Simon and Maiko (the cats) aren't quite sure what he is or what to do with him yet, especially when he gets a little burst of energy and wants to play with them. They just kinda stare at him. Maiko is like "should I attack him?" and Simon is like "here we go again, they brought in another brat!". We just wish we could've found Eddie so he could be here with us to enjoy him too.

A Long Trip

Hi everyone... Hope you all are well. Jaimee, Sarah, and I started our trip to Utah Friday. Unfortunately because of an unforeseen medical emergency on my part, we weren't able to leave Roseburg until 1:00pm, about 7 hours late... We were going to spend the night in Sacramento, but because the weather was turning bad we decided to push through to Nevada. We reached Sparks about 4:00am where we got a motel and slept till about 8:00am, that's right only 4 hours and we were back on the road again. Pour Sarah, she ended up driving most of the way since I had to be dosed with pain killers every 4 hours... She is truly great!!! We made it to Wells, Nevada about 2:30, where Jeremy and Toby came to rescue us as we still had 3 hours to go, and we were both now really sick... It seemed like Nevada would never end... We both have never been so happy to be out of a vehicle! Jaimee did excellent, couldn't ask for better behavior. That's a long time for a fidgety 12 year old to be locked up in a vehicle with nothing to do but stare out the window, not to mention the cats that were in the car behind us being towed. They did exceptionally well also. Both Sarah and I got here to find our computers no longer working. She is fixing hers, and I am using Jers. Parts of the road was so bumpy that it actually about shook us to death... We were really good about checking the car and stuff but when they went to take the car off of the dolley, the dolly was already loose and popped up and hit Toby in the chest, he's ok, but thank god he's so tall or it would've taken his nose off! Jer started his new job yesterday.. Will post about that later, I gotta get back to unpacking. I will write again when I can... MUAH!!!