I'm already falling of the wagon

PHOTO OF THE DAY:

4.16.09
This weekend Mat's brother, Stephen, was in town. Friday night I went to pick him up from the airport. This shot was taken Sat. but I really feel like it expressed how I felt driving over 5 hours on Friday total. (oh and it reminds me of my friend Drew).



PHOTO OF THE DAY:


4.17.09
Saturday we drove out to Wamego, KS to visit the Tulip Festival. They have the most beautiful tulips scattered all over the park. Just an FYI, tulips are my favorite flower in the whole world. I love them.

YAY It's back!!! Picture of the day!

Well well well....it's been a while hasn't it.

I am here by resurecting Photo of the day! After Mat got home I sent this project to the wayside, but after many (like 3) people asked me to bring it back (I sorta missed it myself) I am going to start doing it again.

So without further ado....(please remember I have no photography training, other than like 1 photo class in college)......

PHOTO OF THE DAY: April 16, 2009

This is my very first Tulip of the year. It's a beautiful red color with yellow stripes. I've never grown anything in my life, so here is my start.

Ashland

Today we got a new puppy. His name is Ashland. He was born January 5, 2008. He's a salt and pepper mini schnauzer. We love him. This morning we went and picked him up in Topeka from a breeder. So sweet. He rode all the way from Topeka to Pet Smart and back home and he didn't make a sound. So far he is the most precious thing ever.

Change in plans

Well since my last post (the non-post) things have changed and cooled quite a bit. One of the things that we were looking forward to was that we were going to be getting a Great Dane. Since yesterday we have decided not to get the dog since she is just way too huge for us right now and Poodle not so subtly reviled her "dog aggressive" side and bit the stinkin doo doo out of my hand. Which landed me in the hospital for a few hours last night getting it all looked at and cleaned up. She bit into my tendon on my thumb so my thumb decided not to move for all of last night. Thankfully I'm on the mend and in a few days I'm hoping my hand will be back in working order.

The other news was that Mat was planning to leave for WLC next week. Well Monday night he found out his date got moved back to March so we get to spend Valentine's day together. Yay it will be our first one EVER together.

The Kansas weather is crazy, today it was 70 degress, yesterday it was 40. Nuts.

Some big stuff coming up

This is sort of a non-post. I am just writing to tell everyone that we will be having some exciting stuff going on in the upcoming weeks and to look to the blog for photo updates.

Christmas

The last leg of our Christmas Block Leave journey was Christmas in Richmond. We took the train down to Richmond from Philly. This was Danielle's first train ride and over all she wasn't impressed. It was disappointed that for the first part of the train ride the train was so packed that she and Mat didn't get to sit together. Also they had to move their things half way through the trip. Danielle said she would give it another try but, next time if it's not better we're flying.

After we arrived in Richmond we spent the first night with Danielle's parents, then stayed in a hotel for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Night, then the rest with Mat's mom. Lots of running around but, tons and tons of fun.

Here are some photos from the last leg...

Christmas at Danielle's parents house. Linda, Mat, Caleb and Robert.

Caleb bought Danielle a pair of moccosins but didn't get Mat anything. That's ok, we wear the same size shoes, we'll just share.

At Mat's dad's house he gave us caracitures of each of our spouses from 1994. Our's hangs proudly in our hallway.

At Saxon Shoes in Richmond (Danielle's favorite shoe store), there is a child sized door into the Children's section. Mat's brother Stephen felt like a kid again haha.

Pennsylvania

Part 2 of our trip started with a plane ride to PA. As fun as the Philly airport is (NOT) we were very glad for Mat's cousin Megan to come pick us up. We didn't get much time with the PA Porters but as always they are tons of fun and love letting us roam around PA.

Here are just a few pictures from this leg of our journey...

The 4 stories tall Macy's light show.

Dicken's Village. A self guided walking tour of the Charles Dicken's book.

Mat having an intimate chat with a very quiet man.

Mat in front of the Liberty Bell

Danielle in front of the Liberty Bell

Mat's cousin William as the Gingerbread Man in the school Christmas Padgent.

Last leg of our journey to come...