Sammy's Tricks

Our baby Sammy

Here is a video of Sammy for those of you who haven't met him yet.
He loves to get into things. He chews up anything he can get his teeth on. It's not on the video, but at night he will go crazy and just run around the house as fast as he can for no reason. He is such a good puppy.

Deep Sea Fishing

Yesterday the techs and respective wives went deep sea fishing. It was a nice day, and everything was fun until I felt sick. I just couldn't be standing for a while. Other than that, the fishing trip was fun. Brett caught a fish that we got to keep. Most of the fish people caught were too small and had to be put back in the water.

This is boat that took us fishing

Brett very proud with his fish, which he is cooking tonight for dinner!

Back to Philly

My lovely sis is visiting for about 3 weeks. Last Sunday we headed down to Philadelphia to show her around. We also took Sammy with us. He had a great time and as usual a million people stopped us while walking to see him.

Independence Hall

Liberty Bell

The Franklin Fountain

Love Park

Sammy


Together with Rocky


Brett and Sammy got tired after a couple of minutes


and of course, since we were in Pennsylvania, I had to stop at a Super Giant and buy my favorite dessert: Brownie cheescake........yumm

Our baby Sammy

Brett and I have wanted a little puppy for a long time, and we finally got one! His name is Sammy. He is the cutest little Maltese. He is really playful and loves to cuddle. He is the new addition to our little family! We took him for a little walk and every person that saw him told us how cute He is. We are very proud of our baby!

Washington, DC

A quick summary: Brett and I moved to Long Branch, NJ. We'll be here all summer. I went to Peru for about a month and came back with my mom. She'll be here for a couple of weeks. So we finally got to do something fun last weekend. We went to Washington with Brett's sister and nieces. We had a great time. We visited the Washington Monument, the White House, the Abraham Lincoln memorial, the reflecting pool, and the WWI and WWII memorials.

The best part of the Lincoln memorial was when Jax decided to get passed the security chain and started climbing up the monument! Sadly, it all happened too fast to take a picture of it.

And of course my mom loved the baby!

What cutie!

Obviously this is not DC, but just some pictures with my mom. It was a very nice day!

Pier Village, Long Branch

This is where we live!


The next two pictures are the view from our living room......

Loving beach living

We got to Long Branch, NJ last Saturday. It is fabulous, and hot! Our apartment has an ocean view from the bedroom and living room. We are loving it here!

Goblin Valley

Last weekend we packed some clothes and food, and drove to Goblin Valley with Brett's Family.
It was a fun weekend.
We got a big part of the family there. It was a little colder than we expected, but it was still fun. We got there Friday night, stayed all day Saturday and half day Sunday.
On Saturday morning, we had French toast, bacon, and sausage for breakfast. Thanks to Scott for cooking all this food for everyone.



We had some yummy hamburgers for lunch. We were too concerned with eating and didn't take any pictures. And for dinner we had dutch oven chicken and potatoes.
At the end of the night we roasted some marshmallows and made s'mores.
On Sunday morning, we had our Easter egg hunt. Some of Brett siblings will be gone for the summer before Easter, so we had ours a little early. The kids had a blast.

Summer Plans

So we've been pretty busy with school and work all winter. Luckily, summer is right around the corner. In a couple of weeks we'll pack everything and leave to New Jersey for the summer! We'll be living right on the beach, which I love. But that's not all, I'll be leaving to Peru when we get to NJ. I'll spend a month with my family and then bring my mom to vacation with me for a couple of weeks. We have a lot to look forward to, except all the packing and cleaning!

Valentine's Day

I had never seen (much less smell) a skunk other than Pepe Le Pew until a few days ago. Last week we were on the freeway on our way to Salt Lake. Everything was fine until a car next to us hit a skunk and it sprayed all over! Yeah, that was bad..........we washed our car as soon as we could and put air fresheners in it. It's been like 5 days, and it still smells a little. I'm not sure how that ties to Valentine's Day other than I used to think of Pepe Le Pew as a crazy romantic in love with a cat!
On a happier note, we had a great Valentine's Day. I had to work during the morning, which wasn't much fun, but later we went for dinner and a movie! I love that Brett and I need no more than each other, a good movie, and good popcorn to have a good time!

The Odgen's Wedding

Yesterday we spent most of the day having fun with Brett's family at Kim's wedding. The sealing was in the morning, then there was a luncheon for the family, and the reception was at 6:30pm at the APX hangar. Everything looked so pretty! The best part for me was to watch all the little kids dance.

The Newlyweds: Kim & Steve

Brett, as a good uncle, took some time to dance with Jax.

She is getting so big so fast!