So we haven't posted for a while. Fail. I find that I usually start out our posts like this. I am going to try and do better so that people actually know what is going on in our lives, and we have a cool blog, rather than be the guys that have the stupid blog that no one wants to read because the last time they posted was in January.
Moving and Dog: We moved to Mendon. Our ward is fantastic, but we haven't been very much due to crazy weekend stuff. We got a puppy the Monday after we moved into Mendon and she was so fun. Her name was Moab and she was a Golden Retriever/Weimaraner cross. She was super cute and we loved her, even though she was timid at first. I loved her little whiskers about her eyebrows and her soft floppy ears. She was a great snuggle buddy and fantastic on walks. And we have never gotten so many compliments on a dog! However, we had to sell her about a month later because of yard complications and the fact that she had a super thin coat of fur, and we didn't feel it would be good on her to be out in the frigid snowfields of Mendon or cramped up in a tiny kennel inside. We sold her to a great home and we hope they enjoy her.
Picnic Adventures: We have pretty much lived up the canyon this summer what with breakfasting up there every morning on Teddy's break and half the time eating lunch or dinner up there too. Needless to say, we have had a lot of cereal and hot dogs this summer. Not a fantastic diet to be sure, so we plan on amending that soon. Not today - tomorrow :)
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| One time, there were caterpillars falling from the trees! We think it was probably the smoke . . . |
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| Two cute kids |
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| Moab was climbing the tree to try and get up it to capture Teddy. Right after this was when we went to sell her. We also threw her in the river. She liked it, but oops, she was all wet for the ride to her new home. |
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| Teddy up in a tree at Card |
Father's Day/Teddy and Lou 2nd Anniversary/1st Anniversary of Dad's Death Weekend: We had so much fun this last weekend celebrating what a great guy our Dad Draper was. We honored him by having a backyard camp-out under the stars. Everyone but Mom slept outside on Friday and it was so much fun (even if I was scared of demon spiders). We ate lots of yummy food (gourmet hamburgers, homemade ice-cream, dutch oven chicken and potatoes, cobbler, tacos and pineapple nut cake) and got started on a major project: cleaning up the backyard. We hit the woodshed and next to the metal shed hard this time. We found all sorts of treasures including an old mower blade (not lawnmower!) and some pretty cool yokes. Sara and I even discovered that there is cement by the metal shed! I honestly thought that it was dirt . . . To top off the fun and fantastic festivities, Teddy and I had made some pretty sweet bow and arrows for the kids out of PVC pipe and dowels. Teddy thinks that they would be perfect for rabbit hunting, but we made the kids promise not point them at each other. However, this is hard to enforce when Teddy and Jess are sneaking around the house trying to nail each other. Sunday was good - we skipped out on most of church so that we could eat earlier, and we had fun sharing memories of Dad. Teddy and I exchanged anniversary presents and he surprised me with a gorgeous bracelet made out of antique silverware! He is always so sneaky about his gift purchases; I was right with him while he got it. (Teddy note: It was so hard to get Lindsay to go back to the booth at SummerFest. Then she wanted to leave before it was ready! I had already paid for it and the lady was struggling putting the safety chain on. She probably would have been okay if she wasn't trying to look inconspicuous. As Lindsay started to head out, I had to try and stall her and so I said 'look at these wind chimes.' Yeah it was pretty obvious but it worked!) It was a fantastic weekend dotted with good memories both new and old.
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| Making Strawberry ice-cream! YAY! |
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| The whole gang outside - Indi wanted to come on the tarp SO bad! |
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| Making bacon, eggs and pancakes Saturday morning |
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| Teddy making arrows |
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| Cutie Mama - She has been so strong this past year. |
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| Such hard working boys . . . |
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| and girls . . . |
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| and menehunes! |
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| Sick! Kole and Indi were good buddies this weekend. |
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| Getting ready for the big surprise - What could it be? |
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| Picking the bows |
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| I just love how Maylee is holding the bow :) |
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| Painting our arrows |
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| We decided to tie the feathers on like you tie a fly. It worked great and Teddy is now a professional arrow feather tier. |
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| Beautiful sunset - doesn't do it justice |
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| Second anniversary and still loving life! Do you see my pretty bracelet? |
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Well from here on out hopefully we will keep everyone a little bit more updated! We love our life and love our everyday adventures!
