And did she ever put on a show!
Showing posts with label finn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label finn. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 11
Mud Bath
I was ridiculously blessed this Christmas to get a few new lenses. And so in an effort to learn them, I pulled out the 85mm f/1.8 and 200mm f/2.8 and took Finn outside during nap/rest time.
While he's actually doing fairly well in his obedience training, Addie's ability to follow directions is still far superior to his! So I let her get up from her rest time a little early to play outside let me take pictures of her!
And did she ever put on a show!
It's rained here for almost 2 days straight. I mean rain like monsoon rained.
Rain boots on, she carefully walked through the puddles curiously investigating what they held.
Errrr...that is until I had the bright idea of what awesome pictures we could make if she JUMPED in the puddles!
And I think it's safe to say that we both had a blast!
And then she and finn got a real bath!
And did she ever put on a show!
Sunday, June 5
Staying Cool
It has been brutally hot here over the past few weeks. We were stuck inside for 8 days with everyone being sick, so I don't think I realized the intensity of the heat and humidity until this past week.
We started the week with popsicles outside!
And then brought out the baby pools. To the front yard...
With heat in the south comes mosquitoes. Even with my hate for all things toxic chemicals, I hate my girls being covered in mosquito bites even more. And then there were the {verified} reports of west nile virus found in our area a few years ago. Toxic chemicals it is.
But they aren't working! So we've {temporarily} moved to the front yard!
Baby pool from last year for Addie. Splash pool for the babies. And Abbey's old dog pool for Finn.
You know you're a red neck if you have 3 baby pools in your front yard! Right? Don't worry. We move them before we go in. ;)
Apparently Finn had other ideas for staying cool. He chewed off his leash (within minutes). As I was taking pictures of Addie in the sprinkler, this ran into the frame!
So while Finn was banned to the backyard, we spent time attempting to stay cool in the front!
I was so thankful my mom was willing to brave the heat with me! There's no way I would have been able to get a single picture (or keep my sanity...or cool) without her!
Anne Perry thought she had it made (and I was clearly preventing her from continuing her fun here!)! Just wait until I catch on camera the look she gave me today...
She loved the water.
Loved the splashing.
Loved being able to go wherever and do virtually whatever she wanted!
All of a sudden I turned around and she was splashing in Finn's pool!
...continuing to enjoy herself!
Of course Addie enjoyed herself (in her swimsuit that is already too small)!
She also enjoyed helping Anne Perry enjoy herself too! Never underestimate the strength of a 3 year old!
She even ASKED (yes, you read that correctly) for me to take this picture!
But the funniest thing was when she looked up at the clouds and busted out with, "Oh look! It's an alligator!" Love her imagination!
This is pretty much what Audrey Kate did the majority of our time outside:
That is, when she wasn't doing this! (yes, it broke my heart!)
Oh how I love her sweet baby cheeks!
She was not a fan of the cold pool, wet grass or water spraying in her face! Thankfully she decided to get down and crawl around...
...and figured out she actually enjoyed it!
And she was super happy when Daddy came home!
We all were!
Have I mentioned how much I love those sweet baby cheeks? :)
Hope everyone is staying cool too!
We started the week with popsicles outside!
And then brought out the baby pools. To the front yard...
With heat in the south comes mosquitoes. Even with my hate for all things toxic chemicals, I hate my girls being covered in mosquito bites even more. And then there were the {verified} reports of west nile virus found in our area a few years ago. Toxic chemicals it is.
But they aren't working! So we've {temporarily} moved to the front yard!
Baby pool from last year for Addie. Splash pool for the babies. And Abbey's old dog pool for Finn.
You know you're a red neck if you have 3 baby pools in your front yard! Right? Don't worry. We move them before we go in. ;)
Apparently Finn had other ideas for staying cool. He chewed off his leash (within minutes). As I was taking pictures of Addie in the sprinkler, this ran into the frame!
I was so thankful my mom was willing to brave the heat with me! There's no way I would have been able to get a single picture (or keep my sanity...or cool) without her!
Anne Perry thought she had it made (and I was clearly preventing her from continuing her fun here!)! Just wait until I catch on camera the look she gave me today...
She loved the water.
Loved the splashing.
Loved being able to go wherever and do virtually whatever she wanted!
All of a sudden I turned around and she was splashing in Finn's pool!
...continuing to enjoy herself!
Of course Addie enjoyed herself (in her swimsuit that is already too small)!
Have I mentioned how much I love those sweet baby cheeks? :)
Thursday, April 21
the Finnster
yes. I am dedicating an entire post to our dog.
because he's kinda like our 4th child.
he's sweet. patient. mostly calm. and soft as he can be.
consumes his entire dinner, lunch, and breakfast.
sleeps through the night.
oh, and he eat shoes.
we've lost 3 shoes in two weeks to this little guy, 2 of which have been Addie's.
but the coolest thing happened early yesterday morning.
one or the other of the little girls likes to get up somewhere between 5:30am & 6:30am to eat.
Finn likes to head outside and lay in the cool dirt when the little girls wake him up.
this morning was no different.
Anne Perry was up at 5:30 and Audrey Kate up around 6:30.
But I woke up at 6:15 and for some reason started worrying that the workmen might have been in the backyard yesterday and possibly not closed the gate all the way.
I got up without my glasses to get Audrey Kate and peaked out the kitchen window.
The gate was just cracked enough that I could see it without my glasses (ok, so it had to be cracked enough for an almost blind person to see...because that's me without my glasses/contacts).
I calmly went back and got them.
It was open.
I took a deep breath. We've had him two weeks. He's fit perfectly in our family, our life, and our home (minus the shoes he's eaten). We just got him fixed Monday.
I was heading to the backyard praying that he was still back there when I heard a whine at the front door.
And there he was. He was so happy to be inside. So happy to be home!
...and he'd been waiting for us at the front door!
I'm thinking it's confirmed:
he's a pretty awesome dog.
because he's kinda like our 4th child.
consumes his entire dinner, lunch, and breakfast.
sleeps through the night.
oh, and he eat shoes.
but the coolest thing happened early yesterday morning.
one or the other of the little girls likes to get up somewhere between 5:30am & 6:30am to eat.
Finn likes to head outside and lay in the cool dirt when the little girls wake him up.
this morning was no different.
Anne Perry was up at 5:30 and Audrey Kate up around 6:30.
But I woke up at 6:15 and for some reason started worrying that the workmen might have been in the backyard yesterday and possibly not closed the gate all the way.
I got up without my glasses to get Audrey Kate and peaked out the kitchen window.
The gate was just cracked enough that I could see it without my glasses (ok, so it had to be cracked enough for an almost blind person to see...because that's me without my glasses/contacts).
I calmly went back and got them.
It was open.
I took a deep breath. We've had him two weeks. He's fit perfectly in our family, our life, and our home (minus the shoes he's eaten). We just got him fixed Monday.
I was heading to the backyard praying that he was still back there when I heard a whine at the front door.
And there he was. He was so happy to be inside. So happy to be home!
...and he'd been waiting for us at the front door!
I'm thinking it's confirmed:
he's a pretty awesome dog.
Wednesday, April 13
Recover
-ing
pictures.
Because this was me a mere 4 nights ago.
And after throwing up my hands in the air,
While some of us were laying around
Thankfully my sweet husband wasn't so quick to give up.
And it's been his bright idea
that's been
recovering
retrieving
rescuing
repairing
restoring
my pictures.
By the time it's done,
it will have taken over 110 hours to actually
restore
the files.
While there are still hours to go,
I feel pretty safe doing a little rejoicing,
or relaxing in the cool grass,
regaling in a little fun,
and relishing in the relief
that I will once again have accessible pictures of our precious girls!
Today I am thankful for my patient, persistent, phenomenal husband who can solve presumably preposterous problems!
Precisely, my dear Watson. Precisely!
pictures.
Because this was me a mere 4 nights ago.
I gave up and went to bed.
While some of us were laying around
And it's been his bright idea
recovering
retrieving
rescuing
repairing
restoring
my pictures.
By the time it's done,
it will have taken over 110 hours to actually
restore
the files.
While there are still hours to go,
I feel pretty safe doing a little rejoicing,
Today I am thankful for my patient, persistent, phenomenal husband who can solve presumably preposterous problems!
Precisely, my dear Watson. Precisely!
Saturday, April 9
What did you do on your Friday night...?
Weekends are so different now that we have 3 kiddos.
They involve naps
and playing
and birthday parties
and spending time with friends and family
Ok. So they aren't so different...
...but this one also involved cooking.
Yes, cooking! I'm so thankful for our friends Mandy, Chad, and Cady.
As Addie says, Cady is her bestest friend!
But in addition to being an amazing cook (among other things of course), Mandy is an incredible organizer!
And because of her, our freezer is now stocked with 8 meals and 2 sides.
Seriously? Seriously!
I'll let Mandy tell you more about that!
After Mandy left, I sat down to download some pictures and blog about Finn's story.
And there was nothing on my {external} hard drive.
Let me repeat that: there was nothing on my hard drive where I store all of my pictures!!!!
0 bytes out of 983 gigabytes.
Zero
Nothing left of over 30,000 files.
And I proceeded to have a complete and utter meltdown!
After many tears and Paul attempting to figure out what happened, we discovered that somehow my hard drive formated itself.
Yes, I know I'm giving my hard drive more power than it deserves...but I didn't reformat it. Addie didn't reformat it. Paul didn't reformat it. No one reformated it!!!
There is no explanation, but I'm praying what Paul is doing will recover 3 years of our pictures.
And today he's going to buy two additional hard drives so we have a backup and a backup of the backup.
Seriously? Seriously!
But the whole reason I sat down to blog {at 12:30am} was to show you these pictures of our boy.
We knew we would get another dog sooner than later.
We're a dog family. Ok, I'm a dog person. Well, really, I'm just an animal person!
But I started realizing that Audrey Kate was becoming very fearful of dogs we would be around. So I started looking at Golden Retriever rescues and moved to shelters in search of a Golden mix.
What I found though, was nothing short of amazing.
Finn was relinquished to a local shelter on March 11th because his family had too many dogs (um, don't get me started).
He became part of our family on April 4th.
I have no idea why he remained in the shelter for as long as he did.
He is so gentle with our girls. So kind with Addie. So calm.
His coat is in perfect shape. He is heartworm negative. He's a great age, being halfway through that puppy stage.
But I think he stayed because he was meant for our family.
Sure, there have been some ups and downs. Some accidents on the floor. Some barking and whining in his crate at night.
But as a whole, he is simply an amazing dog!
He loves to lay on the cold bathroom floor
or in the bathtub.
On the cool dirt outside or underneath our huge magnolia tree.
He hasn't been mean to the cats, but he's clearly chased them enough that they are {on their guard}. You think?
But who could be afraid of this smile?
There will always be a special place in our hearts for our Abbey girl. No dog will ever replace her.
But we are so thankful to have found another perfect dog for our family!
Welcome to the family Finn-ster!
They involve naps
and playing
and spending time with friends and family
Ok. So they aren't so different...
...but this one also involved cooking.
Yes, cooking! I'm so thankful for our friends Mandy, Chad, and Cady.
As Addie says, Cady is her bestest friend!
But in addition to being an amazing cook (among other things of course), Mandy is an incredible organizer!
And because of her, our freezer is now stocked with 8 meals and 2 sides.
Seriously? Seriously!
I'll let Mandy tell you more about that!
After Mandy left, I sat down to download some pictures and blog about Finn's story.
And there was nothing on my {external} hard drive.
Let me repeat that: there was nothing on my hard drive where I store all of my pictures!!!!
0 bytes out of 983 gigabytes.
Zero
Nothing left of over 30,000 files.
And I proceeded to have a complete and utter meltdown!
After many tears and Paul attempting to figure out what happened, we discovered that somehow my hard drive formated itself.
Yes, I know I'm giving my hard drive more power than it deserves...but I didn't reformat it. Addie didn't reformat it. Paul didn't reformat it. No one reformated it!!!
There is no explanation, but I'm praying what Paul is doing will recover 3 years of our pictures.
And today he's going to buy two additional hard drives so we have a backup and a backup of the backup.
Seriously? Seriously!
But the whole reason I sat down to blog {at 12:30am} was to show you these pictures of our boy.
We knew we would get another dog sooner than later.
We're a dog family. Ok, I'm a dog person. Well, really, I'm just an animal person!
But I started realizing that Audrey Kate was becoming very fearful of dogs we would be around. So I started looking at Golden Retriever rescues and moved to shelters in search of a Golden mix.
What I found though, was nothing short of amazing.
Finn was relinquished to a local shelter on March 11th because his family had too many dogs (um, don't get me started).
He became part of our family on April 4th.
I have no idea why he remained in the shelter for as long as he did.
He is so gentle with our girls. So kind with Addie. So calm.
His coat is in perfect shape. He is heartworm negative. He's a great age, being halfway through that puppy stage.
But I think he stayed because he was meant for our family.
Sure, there have been some ups and downs. Some accidents on the floor. Some barking and whining in his crate at night.
He loves to lay on the cold bathroom floor
On the cool dirt outside or underneath our huge magnolia tree.
He hasn't been mean to the cats, but he's clearly chased them enough that they are {on their guard}. You think?
But we are so thankful to have found another perfect dog for our family!
Welcome to the family Finn-ster!
Wednesday, April 6
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