Holiday 2008

Season's Greetings!

Halloween 2008

This Halloween, I decided to make Missy Lou a costume. Earlier this year, the movie Underdog came out. When I saw the movie, I knew that I had to make the costume for Missy.

She was a pretty good sport about it. She let me take it on and off her alot when I was making it. She even didn't mind the cape that was attached.

On Halloween we took her over to Trent's parents house so they could see Underdog. They loved the costume.

See, I don't need a kid - I have a dog!

Camping in Colorado

June 26-July our family went camping in Montrose Colorado. Those who came were: Todd, Mary, Greg, Madi, Troy, Pam, Lauren, Logan, David, RoseMarie, Trent and Nichole. We stayed at a campground on the western slope of the Rockies called Pleasant Valley.

During our time there, we were able to relax and enjoy one anothers' company as well as some recreational activities. On Saturday, Todd & Troy took their bikes out for a ride to the Black Canyon National Park (about 18 miles from the campsite). The girls (Pam, Mary, Madi and myself) were driven by Trent to the National Park to meet the boys. Once they arrived the six of us went out on a 9 mile bike ride around the park.

On Sunday we all went for a picnic down in the base of the Black Canyon. The boys took their fishing rods and after lunch went down the river to test out their fishing skills. Unfortunately they were unsucessfull in catching anything.

Monday was another relaxing day. The boys decided to try fishing one last time. However, they were still unable to catch any fish.

In all it was a very relaxing vacation full of good times with family.

Spencer & Annie

Annie & Spencer

Here are some cute pictures of Annie and Spencer. Spencer flew home from Indiana for a few days to visit family and also spent time with Annie.

Mom, Dad, Spencer & Annie all went to dinner at Market Street and then came back home and took some great pictures.

They are such a cute couple!

Frisky

Sunday June 1, 2008 was a very sad day for the Owen family.

Our little Frisky passed away. She was 12 years and 11 months old. Her little body finally gave out on her and she began to suffer. Mom and Dad decided that the best thing to do was to take her to the vet, and allow her to pass on, rather then suffer through the day.

Frisky was such a big part of the Owen family. She was such a good dog and was always there to snuggle and be your buddy when you were having a bad day. She lived 13 wonderfull years and added so much value to our family.

Things about Frisky:

• Born 06/22/1995
• Loved her 'poppie' toy
• Liked to chase her ball around the backyard
• Loved treats
• Loved belly rubs (especially from Grandma)
• Didn't like people to ring the door bell
• Loved to get in the warm clothes from the dryer (aka: toasties)
• Enjoyed going for rides in the car
• Took care of her 'sister' Pepper
• Loved chewies
• Loved taking naps with Mom

It has been a difficult week with out her. We miss her very much.

Frisky Owen 6/22/95-6/1/08

Frisky & Pepper

Camping!
Trent & I took our first camping trip with the pop-up trailer on May 16th-18th. We decided to go to Bryce Canyon. The drive took us about 2 1/2 hrs to get to our location. We stayed at Ruby's Inn RV. It was about a half mile from the start of the Bryce Canyon park.

The trailer worked so well. We didn't have any problems.
On Saturday we decided to go to the park and take some photos. It was a very interesting place. The wind had eroded away a lot of the rock and so you are left with these 'fingers' that are just amazing.

We had such a great time and the weather was beautiful.

Missy & Max

Max came over to visit with us for a weekend. He is a three year old beagle that belongs to Andrew and Marci. He enjoyed playing with Missy and sleeping on the pillows. He is so much bigger than Missy. He is a fun dog.

Easter

Easter was great this year.
Tammy, Dave & the kids came to visit family over the Easter break.
On Saturday we had a bbq at our house. After dinner we colored Easter eggs.
It was a great time. Uncle Trent was a big kick with the kids. They even got carried away with the usage for their egg dying gloves.

It was great to see them and spend Easter together.

Coloring Easter Eggs

I am now a blogger

Alright, I never thought I would be a person who'd get into this type of thing, but some of the blogs I have seen are really well done. So, I thought I take a shot at it.

I am hoping this will be a good way to keep intouch with family and friends that I don't chat with on a regular basis.

So here goes nothing.