Happy Birthday!

Yesterday was my husband, Eric's birthday. We celebrated by heading up to the cabin for a nice weekend. (summary of that in another post to come soon)

Happy Birthday, baby!! I love you.

A Weekend at the Cabin

This weekend, we headed up to the cabin with some friends. Initially, it was supposed to be a small deal, in celebration of the hubby's birthday. However, it didn't end up being very small by the time the weekend was over. We ended up with 9 people and 6 dogs. Needless to say, it was cramped and that cabin isn't small by any means. The 6 dogs turned out to be quite a pain.....to me anyway. But we made the best of it.

Here are my long underwear buddies, getting ready to head out into the snow because someone's truck got stuck!

Oh no. Not OUR truck. The Chevy. A Chevy would get stuck. Here is Rob attempting to dig it out.

And my hubby watching, lol!

So the girls headed out to watch and snap pictures.

Nicole and Rob

Nicole and Rob brought their two dogs, Taz and Taya. Taya would be the attacker in this picture. She's so cute! She takes on the big dogs at only 4 months old! This picture cracks me up!
And shortly after getting the Chevy unstuck, the boys headed off to snowmobile. They said they would be gone for ONE hour - but several hours later, Nicole and I were still alone. Drinking by ourselves. It got quite amusing after a couple hours!

I'm tellin' ya, it was definitely hazy after a couple of hours.

My brother and his girlfriend, Tracy, showed up during our binge.

After which, Nicole passed out. Never mix beer with liquor folks. She did some cleanin' up in the bathroom the next day, poor girl!

My brother brought his puppy, Guiness. Guiness and Taya are the same age and they had puppy-fights all weekend. They were so cute to watch! Saturday, during the day, we were once again ditched by the boys, so we headed out to do our own sledding.

Here I am, pulling Dana behind the 4 wheeler. He told me I'm a wuss, because I don't go fast enough.

However, after a LONG night of drinking, here is Dana recovering.....with a full pitcher of water. Who's the wuss, now?

Taya nibbling on Guiness' ear.

And him lovin' her back.

Mini-Me

This clearly amuses him just as much as it does us. It takes all his energy to cart around dad's shoes, and then he sits down and attempts to actually get them onto his own feet. It's quite comical to watch!

Movie Review: Traitor

This movie was ok. I expected more out of it simply because I love Don Cheadle. He's an amazing actor. There were several twists and turns in this movie while trying to figure out of Cheadle's character had loyalty to the terrorist group, the US government, or his own religious beliefs.

Introducing My New Friend

Do you see my new friend?

He doesn't like to hang out on branches where a better photo would be taken.

He needs to hide, so the prey cannot see him.

This eagle comes around every winter at my office. We have seen him snacking on a poor squirrel, and even pull fish out of the river that runs right next to our office. It's regular Nat Geo around here!

I hope to get more pictures of him - on another branch, of course. But we have yet to have that talk. He's quite stubborn. But we'll work on it.

Mr. Clean-Up - To The Rescue

So this is what I let the child do while I am getting ready for work in the mornings. I open up the bottom drawer, which is full of storage containers, and let him have at it.

It makes him happy. The mess makes him happy.

He tosses around the lids and sometimes even matches up the lids with the right containers. I tell ya, I really AM surrounded by geniuses.

And about 10 minutes before it's time to leave, I tell him it's time to clean up the mess.

And I think he gets even MORE excited about that part. It's strange that a child gets so excited to clean up. But I don't utter a word. Because this is acceptable behavior! A child that obeys and minds his manners? That's an angel. (though there is always a time and place for goofing off....and we do plenty of that, let me assure you)

*sigh*

He makes a mama proud! I could not have asked for a better kid.