The Dog Days of Summer…Literally Speaking

This morning Brad went and helped his parents move some things into a storage shed while I spent some time with our pups.  Nala (rhodesian) loves to run and fast I might add.  My mom calls her our horse, which in a way she does have similar mannerism.  For instance, she runs like a horse, all four legs come off the ground together, its really neat to watch.  Bentley (Mutt) is our little explorer and our “alcoholic” as Brittney’s dad would say, because he can’t hold his “licker”… haha!  He will lick you spotless.  Anyways, I started off the morning by taking the dogs across the street to the park.  They love getting to run and explore, Nala is pretty good about staying in our eyesight, where as Bentley likes to wander behind fences and trees to where we can’t see him… crazy guy.  But when it is time to go they are both pretty good about coming and getting back on their leashes.  This morning our time at the park got cut a little short because of a decapitated animal whose guts were spilling out everywhere.  Obviously, both dogs were overly intrigued by the smell of fresh blood and… need i say more?  Nala is really strong and at one point she got over to the deceased before I could get her to stop, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to pull her off, I ran at her full speed hoping that she would move out of the way… instead she laid down on her back and surrendered, waiving her white flag.  I laughed and home we went.  I decided that it was so hot outside that the dogs needed to be cooled off in the sprinklers and below is how it all went down…

Too much Rock for one hand baby…

 

In order to sum up the past couple of weeks I needed to reach back in my movie collection and pull out “Stick It”! One of my favorites, and thanks to Caylin I own it!

**disclaimer don’t google “Stick it” for images… especially if you have young children in the room… my bad**

So Life…

Brad and I have been able to enjoy the company of our families and friends for the past several weeks and it has been so much fun!

Over the 4th, My mom and Dad (Gary) came in town to help us celebrate America… not so much Obama, but definitely America! The boys golfed early on Friday and mom and I had a late breakfast at Cafe Brazil and followed it up with massages!  We did a little shopping at Old Navy and Eye masters (mom wanted some new shades) and then met back up with the boys.  We made a delicious sopapilla cheesecake and then headed over to the Webb’s for more family fun.  Margaret’s (Brad’s Mom) side of the family was in town and it was the forth annual “Gordon family reunion” (always over the 4th of July)  Let the games begin should really be the theme, because that's what we do!  We started off with “things” a fun family game, that you can get at target ( shout out #2 for Cay).  Then we split into smaller groups and played different card games (spades, golf, fruit salad, and more) and shuffle board.  Dad and Russell (Brad’s lil Bro) wrecked shop the first night and were crowned champs! Way to go Dad, you won your way in!  We had so much fun hanging out all together and I was so glad that my mom and dad got to be there!  They fit right in… which might have something to do with the fact that my mom and Brad’s mom accidently lit our unity candle together before Brad and I even said I do!  They are two of a kind for sure!  Thanks for the fun weekend Mom and Dad!

Brad and I have also been blessed with several friends in the area!  We celebrated Matt’s birthday a few weeks ago and had so much fun! We went on a double date with Caylin and Stephen (Blind date on their end).  We finally hung out with the Walsh’s again.  Chase came over for Dinner last week and so many other things that I can’t remember!

Then this past weekend Dad (Scott) came in town for some Birthday celebrating and more fun!  Friday we ate an early dinner and then I had to work open gym for a few hours, so the boys went and shot some pool and played some shuffle board.  The next day was “my day” (Brad’s words… he’s so sweet) and we went to Bread Winners for breakfast and then willow bend for shopping!  I got these for my birthday! Mine are White and Brown, instead of red. and a few fun shirts from Anthro!

 

That night we headed to a rough riders game to meet some of my co- workers and Caylin and Stephen got to come along (date 2, if anyone is counting)  I don’t think I had laughed so hard in my life! My dad was cracking me up! After the game we went to Dave and Busters for continued celebration of my birthday!  Seriously this was some of the most fun I have had in a long time!  We all raced each other and played against each other in Basketball, which I was the surprise winner of the bball games! Thank you very much! Maybe Brad did marry me for my basketball skills? “Make it Rain!”  We also played this trivia game in which Dad won every time! It was ok with me though, because he was contributing to my ticket collection.  By the end of the night Brad and I decided that we would have “hammerheads” instead of kids and Caylin and Stephen were the proud owners of a Jay- Z chain, later to be bedazzled! 

Sunday, Caylin and I didn’t want the fun to end and went shopping together! She got a super cute dress (that she wore for date #3) and I got some cute shorts!

To top it all off, this Thursday is my 24th birthday, and that my friends is “Too much ROCK for one hand!”