Riley at 13 weeks

Got this picture of Riley today...was being bugged by a friend to put a new picture of Riley up on my web site and it was hard to choose between this one and the one I put up there so I thot that I would put this one on my blog instead....He is proving to be quite a cutie....He gets along great with all my dogs and is learning to get along with Pippin...my daughter's Golden that has been staying with us for too long...his parents are on vacation and grandma got the puppy to watch....man having a little dog is some much easier than a big moosey puppy...specially when you get run into from behind........ouch :)

Friends Forever??

Joyce came through Seattle on her way back to San Diego from a Alaska cruise with her mom and sister. I went down to the airport and had lunch with them. It was so much fun to catch up...we figured it had been about 7+ years since I had seen Joyce and lots more since I had seen her sister and mom. Catching up was fun. All the old stories of not only us but our husbands too...it was too sad to come to the end of the visit and know that we wouldn't see each other for a bit....but there is email and phone calls to keep up with now :)

Man have we gotten older Joyce :) But so much smarter huh?????



Here is the adopted family...or should I say...I was adopted by them...the only memory of me that Kathryn had was stopping by my house to pick me up for church and the driveway that was really steep :)
Joyce, Kathryn and Mom :)

Flies

I got this from my girlfriend whose picture is below :) We talked for over 3 hours the other night and she found some old stuff of hers and found this poem that my husband wrote...not sure when he did it but she had the original copy and typed it for me and emailed it....she is into scrapping too and told me I had to do a page about it so here it is...my rendition of the flies poem :)

Paper: COL Garden Plot
Flower: Raspberry Road Java Joe
Butterfly: BLBbb
Ribbon: SAS Mega Freebie
Staples: Melgendesign fastner
Fonts: Dragonfly, Century Gothic

Oops...

I put this Layout on Jessica Spragues site..........and then realized that Riley is only 11 weeks old.....so much for making him older than he is :) He was so cute...I was trying to get a good picture of him for my web site and he kept following me every time I would move to get into a different position...then he went a bit away from me and I called him and he came a running...and as luck would have it.....I had my camera with me and took shots as he came toward me full boar........and they just screamed...LAYOUT......so here it is

Paper and Photo splits from Maria LaFrance
Font Courtney Dorkling
Leash...by me :)

Riley the Conqueror

Sometimes you just have the camera when you want it :) I was trying to do a photo shoot with Riley and he kept following me so that it was hard to take a picture of him. Got a couple that I will put on my web site but he got a hold of this pot that everyone has chewed on...
At first he had it under his control...

Then it got stuck on his head...

And it wouldn't come off...or at least it wouldn't come off easily...

Then he conquered it......and got it off his face...........

Aren't puppies just the cutest things around????

Friends are friends forever

Every once in a while you come across a friend who you lose contact with and then get back in contact with and it was as if time never passed. This is a picture of my friend Joyce who was the maid of honor at my wedding with yours truly. We talked on the phone yesterday for over 3 1/2 hours......it was so much fun to catch up after a way too long quiet time. I am hoping to see her and her mom and sister when they come thru Seattle to go on a cruise. Maybe then we can get an updated picture of the two of us 35 years later...until then this one will have to suffice