Author: kristenperreault

Jamie and I were played today, by whom you may ask?  Well, none other than our four legged lovable puppy- yup that’s right, Piper.  She has been pretty itchy lately so we have bathed her more frequently to try and get the itching to stop.  So, today (even though it was raining) we bathed her- yup nice parents.  It was against my better judgement, because who bathes a water dog when it’s raining?  But we did, and we even gave her a treat after she was through since she was so good for us.  Well tonight on our walk she took off into the ditch and yup right into a small pond- hence, bath number 2.  So she got to play in the water (in the “pond” and from the hose) was cleaned twice, got a treat and is now- as we speak- on her mat in our room (even though she doesn’t normally sleep with us).  Life’s tough I suppose…

Happy Mom’s Day to all!!!  Jamie and I had a great weekend filled with a little bit of R&R and more importantly family time.  We started celebrating Mother’s Day early yesterday by seeing Jamie’s Mom, her sisters and his Grandma.  We have been very sneaky and hiding some cousin pictures that we took (all 7 of the cousins were in town over Christmas) and were finally able to give them out yesterday.  I think it was a huge hit!  We got a little bit of “us” time Saturday afternoon which will be much appreciated with this upcoming crazy week and then we got to see both of our Mom’s (along with George, my brother- Scott and his wife Frannie) again today.  It was great!  Here are a few pictures from the weekend, I didn’t take any at my Mom’s house with Scott and Frannie- it don’t know why I had the camera with me.  Oh well, enjoy what I have.

(Left to Right)- Aunt Holly, Grandma, Aunt Nancy, Mary Sue

Jamie and his Mama after brunch today

I have been trying to catch up on my blog reading tonight. I was away for the weekend with 8 wonderful teenagers (I can say that when they are not mine) at a SGA state convention, so I haven’t had much time to read.  I read multiple blogs, 60 plus, so it can take awhile to catch up-I know it’s crazy!  But most of them are photography blogs so I am able to claim that I am “working” while taking in all of the wonderful pictures.  While reading tonight I came across the same theme multiple times, and that was “life is good” and man o’ man, is it!

Me and my fab father-in-law at the shrimp boil- my favorite pic from the whole day!

PIPER!!!  I don’t have kids yet so I am allowed to be crazy about our furry kids!  That being said Piper is two today- yippee!!  We have loved every minute that she has been in our home.  I was really crazy before we got her and got to know the breeder before she was even born.  So when she was born (I practically did Cartwheels) I got to see weekly updates in the form of pictures- what could be better than tiny puppy pictures?  I still have all of those pictures, like I said I am crazy (but not super crazy like some people).  I was so excited the day that she was born and the day that we finally got to bring her home.  I will leave you with some “birthday” pictures that we took in the front yard before the sun went down.  She had a really good but busy day, aside from hurting her eye- which was an accident.  Go figure, the kid goes and gets herself hurt (noticeably hurt I might add) before Mom wants to take her birthday picture.  I don’t think that she could get any closer to real kid by doing that…

the “Mom, do I really have to do this?” look 

so pitiful and cute

I received an Easter Card in the mail today from my Grandma and Auntie Deb, have I ever mentioned that I really enjoy mail?  If not- I do, so it was really exciting to get it.  But the best part was that they put stickers in it for me, and not just any stickers- sparkly PUFFY stickers.  It has been ages since I have seen a puffy sticker much less received one and especially not in mail.  It makes me smile every time I look at it.  I really miss them and wish they weren’t so far away.

Last Friday Jamie and I got the pleasure of watching Leyton while Nan and Jeremy attended a friends wedding.  It took us a while to get used to each other, and for Jamie and I to realize that when they said he likes to move all the time that they really meant ALL of the time!  We had fun hanging out with Leyton, taking him for walks in the pouch/ jumper thing (which he crashed in- twice), and introducing him to Piper.  I have been meaning to post these pictures but things have been crazy.  

Either way here they are, enjoy…

Fancy Family Shot- ooh la la…

Snoozing or shall I say crashed- take a look at those smoochy lips!

Traveling in style- that thing was surprisingly easy to wear

too precious- baby giggles

stud

Leyton’s visit with Piper. His parents may not let him come over after this but I am going to risk- he LOVED watching Piper!

Late Wednesday night Jamie and I returned from a much needed vacation in Chicago. We had bizarre weather (sunshine, snow, wind, rain- the works), enjoyed the company of dear friends, enjoyed great food and well just plain relaxed- it was amazing!! We enjoyed all every minute of our trip and were envious of all of the culture and the sites that you get to see in Chicago- Orlando is really lacking. We even enjoyed the 6 inches of snow that we got- you can enjoy it when you don’t live in it. Enjoy the pictures, some of which are self portraits- the product of a vacation with just the two of us.

We made it, although the trip was long (which is another post entirely).  It is chilly here right now so we are  bundling up, but we are enjoying food and good company!!  Will post more later…

Only two more days left until a full week and fun and freedom!!!  That is less than one whole hand, or four fingers worth-woohoo!!  I am so excited that Spring Break is next week, can you tell?  Jamie and I are taking off for Chicago first thing Friday morning to visit our dear friend Aimee and her husband Marc and will be there until late Wednesday.  It should be so much fun, I have never been there- cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last weekend Jamie and I were able to spend the whole weekend outside- it was FABULOUS!!! We went canoeing on Saturday down the Rock Springs Run and then to Wekiwa Springs on Sunday (a cold water spring swimming area). The weather was beautiful and we had a blast!! On Sunday we were lucky enough to borrow a friend of Jamie’s Camera and underwater housing, which allowed for us to take pictures (and video) underwater- so cool!! None of the photos are super great, blow-up and post on your wall but they are really fun! Jamie made a video today while I was editing some photos from a shoot on Saturday (if you want to see that check out my work blog).

Here is the video and if you want click here to see a slideshow of the pictures (if you are looking for something to do).  Happy Monday to you, the count down to Spring Break is on!!!!

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