Spring!
>> 5.05.2011
A few recent images from this spring, taken at our house:
A few recent images from this spring, taken at our house:
It took me long enough to post these... I guess my New Year's resolution should have been to update my blog more, huh?
New Year's day is Greg's birthday. It was unseasonably warm that day (despite my wearing a hat- my head was definitely hot by the end of the hike) so we took the boys to Appalachian trail to hike to Annapolis rock.
I miss hiking sooo much in the winter. I yearn for warmer weather so that I can take them out whenever I want. It's especially hard since we live within minutes of Gambrill and the Watershed, where there are several great hiking trails. It's just been too darn cold. We even attempted to hike one Sunday back in December when it was below freezing and windy, and lasted 12 whole minutes. Maybe I'm a fair-weather hiker, but I just don't enjoy it when my feet and hands are frozen and I can't feel my face.
Anyway- here are a few photos captured with my phone:
The kids in the veterinary science class do dog-grooming periodically, and staff can bring in their dogs to be groomed by the kids. I planned on bringing the boys in on the same day at first, but then thought better of it- they would be a lot better behaved individually. :)
I brought Jackson with me yesterday and he hung out in my classroom for part of 1st period, and then was off to be groomed. He ran around the classroom and the kids LOVED him. He was brought back to me a few hours later, looking handsome as ever! They bathed, trimmed, clipped and pampered him. The kids did a great job and the best part is, it was free! Here are some photos of Jackson from the day:
Running around my classroom before leaving to be groomed:
I've been really horrible about keeping up with blog posts. I can blame it on nothing else but having an incredibly busy life that leaves me exhausted and not wanting to blog at the end of the day.
But, today is the boys' first birthday- and it definitely deserves a blog post!
I can't believe they are already a year old- as cliche as it sounds, it seems like only yesterday we were picking them up at just eight weeks old! They've grown SO much in that time- it's just amazing. I haven't weighed either of the boys in a while, but would guess that they are around 75 lbs. each. (They were just over 10 lbs. when we brought them home). I look back at the photos and my heart melts when I see a photo of me holding one (or both!) of them - I definitely can't do that now! (Like this photo below):
Greg and I are big fans of Dogfish's seasonal brew Punkin Ale. Unfortunately, it goes off the shelf way too early- it's nearly impossible to find by Halloween. Thanks to a tip from my friend Brie, I was able to find a case of it at a liquor store right outside of Frederick. Greg took this picture of Lance sitting by the box o' beer on Saturday.
Greg and I always like to carve out interesting designs on our pumpkins for Halloween. It's no surprise what we chose as the design for this year:
Although Jackson is close to 70 lbs. now, he still wants Greg to pick him up all the time!
He's such a daddy's boy (and a big baby)!!
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