A Place for Kenai

Happy Birthday Cai!

His puppy Kenai.

Leila, Cai and I walked down to visit him; they let us take him home!

He was sad and missed his family.

Cai loves him so much.

We made him a little place.

"You're in the doghouse now..." Cai was scared to get in!

We worked on it as a family. It took a week.

We got up in the rafters where there was old wood and nails.

Jarad got to use his saw I got for Christmas though!

Building Kenai's house was no easy feat. We gave up once, opting to buy a pre-built home, but I'm so glad we stuck it out and stayed with the project. We had no idea what we were doing. It made a lot of great memories!

Cai and Kenai. Like I said, Cai gave Kenai a hug as soon as we took him out of his stroller.

His way of welcoming him home on February 15th. He's 8 weeks old.

Valentines Day

On Saturday, February 14th, we went out to the Beach to pick up Leila for the President's weekend/early Birthday fun! Before we went to the airport, Jarad was so sweet to take me down to Oceanside, to walk on the beach. I miss it. It was super windy though, so we opted for the Duck pond. It was so awesome to be together again! Jarad took us all out for a Valentine's Dinner at the Virginia Diner in Wakefield, VA. My Dad's going to love it. Everything is peanuty. They even have free peanut samples. (Dad, I got teary eyed thinking of you--I love you!) I even ordered their famous peanut pie in your honor. It was totally weird! I think you'll love it a lot. Just for you, Dad, Jarad had the country-fried steak, Leila had the pulled BBQ pork, and I had the famous Smithfield ham biscuit. Jarad and Leila had spoonbread, which I had never tried, it was so tasty! It was cute, they lit a candle at our table for the "romantic" atmosphere. Cai ate my food, but really loved Jarad's yams. It was so nice! Thank you again Jarad. I love you. He hung up Valentines all over the house for me, cleaned up the whole house and just played with Cai and I. We love the warmer weather, it's so lovely out there!

Fun Cleaning the Yard

It's a lot of work, but it sure is fun when we're out there working together. Especially rewarding at the end of the day, with a beautiful sunset like this one. We're so happy out here in Franklin, it's nice to be outside (so we're excited for the weather to warm up around here! Cai's especially excited to take his bike outside...I make him ride around the house, where it's warm!)

Kentucky Family Fun~Happy Birthday Leila!

The fun times happened last weekend at the Millers-- We visited Opryland (Cai loved the waterfalls), played lots of fun games, fed the horses, went to Oliver, and enjoyed Leila's birthday celebration with the family.

On Sunday, January 18th, we celebrated Leila's birthday! It was so much fun...we had Charlotte's amazing home-made Chocolate Moose Cake before a fabulous Gyoza dinner. I like it that way--dessert first, just in case there isn't room for it later!

Gyoza making is intense, as you can see everyone's in deep concentration--you should try it.

Of course, where's Cai through it all? Hiding. He loved playing under the Kitchen counter...and with Toby and Stewart (the dogs) and Buddy (the rat) and Ty and Ryan (the brothers). What a blast!

p.s. Leila's got some great shots on her Blog too!