October '08

October '08 - We had fun in October! Even though Derek had school, we had an opportunity to go to Phoenix, AZ with one of my new best buddies, Kristina and her boys. Kristina moved here to Pioche about 1 and 1/2 years ago after marrying a "local" boy! We have become great friends and she is my big time work out partner! In the summer we (along with a few other friends) walked about 4 miles a day. Kristina's boys are ages 8 and 7, so they are good friends with Derek. Kristina is from Phoenix, and Dave's neice was getting married in October there in Phoenix, so Kristina offered to take us there and she would be able to visit her family. It worked out great! We had great fun. Here's some pics!

August, 2008

August was a good month, but a sad month. That is why I got behind on my blogging. I was in "mourning". For dog-lovers, you may understand why, and others may not, but we lost our beautiful RuRu (Gamine-Tache) in August. We were on our way to our family vacation spot in Southern Cailfornia when we heard word from my mom that Ru had gone out early that morning and not returned. She was getting pretty old, (almost 15) and we knew the time would be coming soon, but we are never really prepared for it. We hoped and prayed she would make it back home, but she never did. :{ I'll post pictures of her when she was an adorable puppy and one from last winter that I love. She'll forever be in our hearts though. I still cry over losing her.

But, our vacation was GREAT fun! We went to Knott's Berry Farm, a water park just across from Knott's Berry Farm, and the Ocean. That is Dave's most favorite thing: THE OCEAN! We miss being in Reno, cause it was easier to go to San Francisco and Santa Cruz from Reno. We have to travel a little longer from Pioche, but it's still fun. The kids traveled well and we all had a great time.

Derek also started school in the middle of August. He is so smart and does so well in school! We are very proud of him!