A Wabbit

THE SCENE:

It's 12:15am and I step out of my car........what the heck! There's a cute little rabbit in my front yard!.....I stalk it.....and stalk it.....then, chase it down the road.......and stalk it some more.....then feed it some grass.......then a little more stalking......then BAM!!!! I got him!!!

This cute little guy escaped out of our neighbor's backyard. For two-and-a-half days I had a precious little bunny living in my bathtub. He was so sweet that I almost wanted to keep him-until he escaped out of the tub and chewed a GIANT hole in the side of the towel basket as well as poop and pee all over the towels.

Until we meet again my sweet Snowball......

Bath Time

Sometimes I feel bad when we have to give her a bath......but then she does something bad, and I don' t feel that way anymore.

The Grown Up Backyard

As of July 11, 2009 our backyard was considered finished. I'm so stoked! (I'm channelling Keanu Reeves for this one) The sod was laid on Saturday thanks to Donny, my bro-Adam, and my bro-in-law-Mike. So thanks to the 3 of you for doing it. :) It's been a long process-seeing as how it all began in February. So last night Donny and I decided to eat our dinner in our new beautiful backyard-a Grown Up Backyard!

Hangin' at the Pool

On Saturday my sister-in-law and friend Carrie went to Firesky Resort in Scottsdale to lay by the pool and have some drinks. It was the perfect little getaway, for just a few hours. Thanks for the pic Stace! ;)

Greer `09

We came home from Greer a week ago Wednesday and it's been crazy with everything that goes on day-to-day to be able to do this specific post in a timely manner. So, I apologize to those who read my blog. I realize that the events listed in July are not quite in chronological order.

This year was better than last year....and for Donny and I this is now our third time we have graced Greer with our presence-and guess what?!.....I didn't get sick this time! Woo Hoo!! We did a ton of fun/relaxin' STUFF! My favorite was playing a new game called Ladder Ball. Super Easy....well, it was for those of us who totally dominated their first try (that was me :p ) We also went on a fun little bike ride-which turned out to be so exhausting at the end. So, April and I decided to relax and give ourselves some quickie pedies. Oh, and the questionable pic of me is how bored I was when everyone came in all tired and noone would play with me. So sad.....

Drum Roll Please......

Good News! Yesterday I had a conference call at work and they announced that we're coming out of Chapter 11 by the end of the month. YAY!!!!!! So I guess I'll still have a job, insurance, and a ton of stress. Can you feel the excitement?! It still has me thinking, though: Is there something else I was meant to do? I feel like I have a hidden talent or cause tucked inside of me-real deep- and I haven't found it yet.....maybe I have special powers (I've been watching ALOT of Charmed lately) :p

4th of July

What did you do on 4th of July? As my brother put it, "I killed his dreams." So this is how the story goes.....My sister and bro-in-law were in town and staying with my parents. My parents were having a mini BBQ to celebrate and thought we should all go watch fireworks, naturally. So we piled into 3 cars and headed on out to Queen Creek to catch a good spot. It all started out quite lovely as we/I decide we should take pictures of how excited we were to see the fireworks (see pics below). Of course Donny resisted.....and everyone else was game. We searched.....and searched.....and searched-then we missed a ton of good ones because we were following my dad, and passed them all. Finally! We find a spot and park in the Queen Creek High School parking lot to catch a glimpse. Now, I don't know if it was the fact that I was frustrated with looking too long, or the fact that I was extremely hot from being wedged between 2 uncontrollably sweaty men in the backseat of Ape and Cam's car, but that's when it happened-I killed my brother's dreams. The mini conversation went something like this:

Adam: "I wonder how they make fireworks and how they get all those designs and colors..."
Erin: "It's SCIENCE." (I had seen a special on the Discovery Channel)

And with those 2 little words-my little brother's dreams died. He turned to me and said, "Well, aren't you a dream killer? Couldn't you have lied to me and said it's magic?! Or maybe it's Tinkerbell up there waving her wand around? Jeez.....some big sister you are."

Coming from my brother it wasn't that big of a deal-but the fact that he hasn't given up on the dream killing thing for a week IS a big deal. So, this is my formal apology: I'M SORRY :( I never meant to kill your dreams. In fact, I think that special I watched was a complete hoax. I personally believe that it's God throwing out giant sprinkles so that we all are smiling and happy ALL at the same time.


HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!!

Circus, Circus, Circus!!!

This post is defnitely 2 weeks late....but we all know the saying, right? We went to the Circus on some free tickets my father-in-law received, payed for some ridiculously priced popcorn, and had a ball. :) It was only the 2nd time I have ever been and I still think it's great! Elephants are truly amazing animals-and I kept thinking/wishing, "I hope we don't show up on that show: When Animals Attack." That is.....in regards to the elephants and their ability to squish me like a pancake.

Meet Herbie

This.....is HERBIE. Herbie has been visiting our house for the past month, now. Though he is not dangerous to us-he's definitely caused quite a scare a time or two.....whether he was flying at our faces or trying to get into our house by way of Vista's mouth-he has certainly out-stayed his welcome. Since I wanted to know exactly what I was dealing with I decide to do some research on my good buddy. Herbie is known as a Paloverde Root Borer and is quite harmless, but the fact that he is quite LARGE does not sit well with me. I actually felt more in tune with nature when I landed on this site: http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2005/07/09/paloverde-root-borer/ , I had the chance to learn a ton about Herbie and other types of beetles that are native to Arizona. Hopefully you will too!


The Before......

....And the After.......

This was before I had a chance to gain a little knowledge on the poore little guy. May he rest in peace.

Father's Day Montage

So, this is a bit of 2 "manly outtings" Donny went on-2 Weekends in a row- and Father's Day.....a montage in the smallest sense.

Donny had the chance to go on a trip to the Black River as well as the White Mountains for an annual Father's Day trip. The guys had a ton of fun-especially Donny because he had the chance to use his new "Dutch Oven". The night before he left we both spent a good amount of time choosing the perfect recipes for him to WOW all the guys with (he chose a fabulous peach cobbler). When they got back it was onto 2 BBQ's where it was food, food, and Wii games!!!! Talk about some good ol' fashion man love! (not that kind..... :)

End of Year Dance Concert

In late June I had my final dance concert of the year. It was a fantastic show consisting of 60 dances performed at the Mesa Center of Performing Arts. All the girls did really well in all the pieces (boys did good also.....just none of mine performed). It was so great to see them at a professional venue, and it really made me miss performing myself. Maybe one day I'll get back out there!!!