Fall 2010

Okay, I am very, very guilty of never writing on my blog. I realized my last entry was about our new puppy, and now that puppy just had her first birthday on Thursday! For Halloween this year, Ryan was Captain Hook, I was Tinker-belle, and Blanca was Peter Pan. Originally, we had wanted Blanca to be Tinker-belle, but she would eaten her fairy wings.

For Blanca's birthday, we took her to the dog

park on Wednesday and then we went to Petsmart

and Sugar Bear's. She got a new ducky, a squeaky

reindeer toy, a bone, and a happy birthday doggie

cookie from Sugar Bear's. She ate both the cookie

and the bone in record time. She also has already

pulled the squeaker from her duck and ripped a hole in the reindeer.

On another note, can I say that Skype is awesome! Well, when you have a good connection. When Ryan was in Mexico over the summer, we had the worst time with Skype, and ended up having to IM each the whole time....it was awful! But I have recently been talking with my littlest sister Cassie on Skype and we have been having a lot of fun! The whole family eventually ends up in the room and my brother and sister have a lot of fun watching Blanca run around the house. Travis told Blanca to speak over Skype and she barked right in my ear. Cassie was super amused (she's 8 years old), and Travis was very proud of himself (he's 18). It is also nice for my mom because she can actually see Blanca with out dying (she's super, super allergic to Blanca, like anaphylactic kind of reaction). Yesterday, I talked with my other little sister(Delaney, age 9) and brother(Adam, age 6) that live in Florida. They also got to see Blanca for the first time and she showed off her tricks for them and my dad and step-mom. I have decided that I have to utilize Skype more often! Especially because I have two cute little nieces that just turned one! I can not wait for Thanksgiving break so I can see my family!