lucy

We got Lucy for Christmas, she is a pug mixed with a pocket-puggle(pug/beagle)

the big snow

Here are some pictures of the snow.At its highest point we got about 17 inches.

Raccoons!

We've posted before about a little three legged raccoon that showed up to visit one day. We named him Tripod... Well, today, five of his friends/relatives came to visit. We were sorry to see that he wasn't among them but it was very exciting to see FIVE crawl out of our back bushes. They are so terribly cute and fun to watch. However, if worse comes to worse with the economy, we may end up eating 'coon stew and wearing 'coon skin caps this winter!

I'm not thrilled about this video as I make a brief but beautiful appearance near the end... thanks Joe (videographer)!

Enjoy and have a great day -
LD ;-)

Happy birthday Libby!

For Libby's 19th birthday, her daddy took her out to dinner at the Oyster Bar. Here she is showing off her leftover crab leg.










When she got home we sang happy birthday and ate cake!



It was an okay birthday considering daddy is on strike... Wish you all could have been here to help us celebrate!

ummmm nothing really

hello every one who reads this. this is jordan and we haven't done a post in a while so, i decided/my mom told me to, do one.









we were really board so we decided to roasted marshmallows with the lighter yummmm!


This one i thought looked kind of cool, so i put it on









this one dad was late for work and the grass was really long so he thought "maybe if he yelled at it it would shrink" :)
well thats all bye
8-) ☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻

Exchange Students

It's been a while since I left a post so I thought I'd show you all some pictures of my exchange students. I had a group of 12 that I was in charge of for 2 1/2 weeks and then a week before they left we got another boy who will be with us until August 22.

Our older student, Kouichiro is from Hiroshima and our younger student, Naoyasu (yasu for short) is from Okinawa.

Look at Joe and Jordan, don't they look like twins?



We took a walk around town on the hottest day ever! I thought I would die of heat stroke... next time I will take umbrellas like the Japanese girls to keep the sun off...







Kouichiro and the boys hiked around little mountain. I think they wore him out. Most of the time he didn't act 36 but sometimes I could tell he was tired from trying to keep up with them!


We took the three boys to the lake one day. It was not warm enough for them and they got out of the water quick! I guess it's warmer in Japan...








And here they are all dressed up for the farewell party. What a great time we had at the party. They were so funny and energetic! Not like the sad farewell parties we've been to in the past...














Hope you all are having a great summer!

LD :-)

Dance Joe Dance!

This is just a little clip from the boys musical that they did last month. It was really cute! Joe and Jordan both had parts, Culley managed the back stage crew and Caleb ran the lights. It was a lot of fun!

This is only dress rehearsal, in the show, Joe wore a costume like the other boy dancing with him.

Enjoy and have a great day!

L