dog day!

Last night (Friday) Bailey, my friend Daniela's little Beagle, stayed with us. Daniela's daughter had a Karate competition in a town further away (sorry, can't remember!).....in MESA (thanks for your comment, Daniela!!!)and they had to leave reeeeheeeeahly early Saturday morning. Nelson and Bailey were both happy and wrestled for at least 3 hours around the coffee table. After that both layed down totally pooped out and slept great that night.
Eric and I had signed up for the mutt march on Saturday:



At 7:30am we arrived at the park, got our hot yellow ts and marched our "mutts".





Waterbreak at the gas station:





What a nice view along the way:

".....Dude, did you see the new Audi?"


".....how about a new doghouse from Lowes?"


"...dummmdidummmmdidummmm...."

The entire walk was about 5ks and the dogs had a lot of fun sniffing and marking everything along the way.


Almost done!


Sniffin' and makin' friends!



After we got home the dogs had their breakfast and ......guess what happened next....







While my 3 boys were napping/working on the chevelle I walked Liberty and Bandit, our friends' and neighbors' (Stefanie and Joe) Shiba Inus(?). Stef and Joe participated in a running event in Tucson and asked me to look after their dogs for that day. No problem!!! They both walked great with me and had fun sniffing.



Back at home Nelson, Bailey and I had some afternoon cuddles:




Guess what happened next....

Sleeeeeeeepyyyyh doggies!!!!


It was a good day with lots of dog slobber!

...graduation...-party!

Monday was the guys' graduation from their "thingy"- course (sorry, I always forget the name of it...). Here're some pics from the ceremony (sorry about the bad quality- I better read my camera's manual):







Eric


Lester


Nolan

Sorry, Brad, you moved to fast for my camera!

Here're some couple's/family's pics:


Eric and I


Leigh and Brad


Christine, Nolan and little Liam (my boyfriend!!!)

...and just the guys....aka "G.I.Tract":


Here's G.I.Tract in action:


THE ROADIES/GROUPIES!!!!!!!:


The roadies and the band:


I went home with this one!!!!!:

....party...

Last night was my green card party! Back in Richmond one of our dear friends, Reza, got his green card a few months ago. His wife and friends organized a "green-party" for him. I loooved the idea and of course we had a green card party as well!!!! It was a lot of fun!


My boys in their green outfits.


GO GREEEEEN!




Goin' greener!




The green beauty!


The green food. Yummmmmy!


THHHHHHIIIIREEEDHHH!

Party....

Last Friday was the guys' last day of class.....a good reason to celebrate with a party:


The guys and one girl!


The girls!


GO NOELANI!!!!!


PaaaaaartY!


The girls again!

Oktoberfest

Last weekend Sierra Vista had a Oktoberfest! We were really impressed- good beer, good Bratwurst, a big beer tent and good people- well done for America! We had a great time and of course showed up in our "Trachten"-outfits!



It was a little bit of a pain though to get the "liquid gold". First you had to get a pretty wristband after they've checked your ID. Then you had to buy tickets for the drinks you intended to ingest across the field. After that you could pick up your drinks back at the first place- a lot of walking to get a little plastic cup of beer! Very Un-Oktoberfest-y!! Godd beer though!

Scrapbooking

I recently started scrapbooking. For the Germans who read this blog: Scrapbooking is a method for preserving personal and family history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabilia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks. The idea of keeping printed materials of personal interest probably dates to shortly after the invention of printing. This trend is probably similar for photographs. Historically, scrapbooking was a tradition similar to storytelling, but with a visual and tactile, rather than an oral, focus.
I started a wedding-scrapbook:











...and one for Nelson:









Some may say "..uuuuhhh...how kitschy..." but it really is a lot of fun for me. It's surprisingly relaxing and when I go with Leigh and Christine to the scrapbooking- meetings (at a nice little store in Sierra Vista) Friday nights from 6-11pm (you get to use all the machines and 10% off the stuff in the store) I meet nice people, hear entertaining stories and enjoy some snacks. Hey- I am a self-confessed kitsch-being (?).....with a freckles-mustache.