Monday, January 19, 2009

Kyle being Kyle

Kyle likes to show me how flexible he is, mostly because he knows I think it's creepy that he can do things like this. I finally had to take pictures of him. Someday I'm going to scrap them, I just have to think of a title first. He didn't think "Hail to the Freaks" was a good choice. Funny boy!
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Eric's an All Star!


Eric bowled in the Ada County Youth All Star Invitational Tournament yesterday. The 30 top average youth bowlers are invited to the tournament, so it's quite an honor. This is Eric's first year bowling in it, and he was so excited to receive that invitation. The kids are placed on teams of five and they bowl each team once, for a total of five games. Eric won 3 out of 5 matches (and was oh so close on the 4th. Darn stubborn 7 pin wouldn't fall). He averaged 180 for the 5 games, bowling on a PBA shot (the Shark pattern).  He also won the high handicap series award for the tournament. We're super proud of his awesome day at the lanes!

Friday, January 9, 2009

The "Proof"


Kyle's been wanting me to share these photos for a while. His "proof" that he is now officially taller than me.  I scrapped them the other day, so I thought I'd share the layout. He liked it. I'm not so crazy about being called "Shorty" all the time, but I guess it was inevitable :)

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Could it really be?

Yes. Yes, it is! The sun! We haven't seen the sun in forever, it seems. Just gray, dreary sky and snow clouds. Finally, the sun decided to make an appearance. I had to take a picture :) I hope it stays all day! Melt, snow, melt...
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Monday, January 5, 2009

Will it never end?!

Woke up to snow again...UGH!  No new pictures, because really how many snow pictures do you want to see?  Marc had a run to La Grande, OR today.  Guess what?! Yep, he couldn't even get there. The freeway was closed again 4 miles east of La Grande. He sat in Baker City for 3+ hours, then his dispatcher told him to go home. What fun! At least he had company today. Bob chose today to do a ride along. What was he thinking?! :)
The dogs at least had fun playing in all the new snow. I should have gotten a picture of Copper after he did a face plant trying to rescue his favorite toy from under all that icky white stuff. He looked like a white dog instead of a red one. They don't much care for being dried off and having the ice balls pulled out of their fur, but that's the price they pay for running around like fools out there.
The weatherman is predicting a warming trend with highs in the 40's by mid week. Crossing my fingers that he's right.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Bunny Hunters, Bobo Destroyers & a Candy Bar Thief

















Marc wanted to know why the blog was called "Who Let the Dogs Out?" when there are hardly any posts about the dogs. Well, it certainly isn't because life is dull and boring with them! Here's a few of my favorite recent pictures and the stories behind them:
Kyle outgrew his bunny slippers so they've been hanging out in a box to go to St. Vincent de Paul. Bosco discovered them one day and decided they looked like a pretty fun chew toy. Of course, Copper had to get in on the action, too. There was a whole lot a growling going on. I think the hunt was a success.
The second picture is of their giant 4 ft stuffed Bobo dog. They've destroyed more of the small ones than I can count. I really thought they didn't have a chance with this one. Yeah, right! Never underestimate the Dachshund. We were in Mountain Home for a bowling tournament, so Mom came over to feed them. All was well when she left. We arrived home less than 2 hours later and poor Bobo was toast! I've never seen so much stuffing in my life.
Now you may think from reading these stories that Copper and Bosco are the troublemakers (and that's true 99% of the time), however Corky is not as innocent as he appears. I had gone shopping for stocking stuffers and picked up a couple giant size Hershey Dark Chocolate candy bars. I left the bags on the bed when we went to dinner and never gave it a second thought. The little boys were in the living room and Corky never gets into anything, so no problem, right? Um...not so much. We came home to find one of the candy bar wrappers ripped off and the corners chewed off. Yep, Corky managed to get it out of the bag, opened and eaten in about an hour and a half.
Never a dull moment around here!