Weekend Activities

This weekend was surprisingly eventful.  We had all sorts of running around on Saturday which included getting the puppies a haircut.  Then, we had the opportunity to go to the Pen's game.

Hockey games in Pittsburgh are always fun.  We were given company tickets since we both work for the same company.  It was a very new experience for us.  There was a special parking space we got to use and we got passes to go up and see the company suite.

This was the view from the company suite:

and this was the view from our seats:

We did not win, boo!  We did have a great time though.  It is always nice to do something together.  Dave is going back to work soon.  His radiation is wrapping up.

On Sunday we managed to get our puppies to one of the malls for their pet night with Santa.  I've done it every year since we got Toby.  This year's picture is the best in my opinion.

Here are our previous years, I had to add a border on 2014 myself because I must have forgotten to download it with the border.

I love my puppies.  Santa kept saying they were so well behaved (HA! We fooled him!).


This week is going to be amazing.  I can feel it.  I've taken days off around Thanksgiving so I'll have a nice long weekend starting on Wednesday.

I'm going to see if I can start putting together some posts from this past year that I missed.

Sam <3

My Boys Toby and Jimmy

I don't think I've told you lately just how cute my puppies are, I mean, seriously, look at them.

They cuddle each other.

Toby has a tendency to sleep upside down.

They are not morning puppies.  They like to sleep in.

Last week, I tried to get a new picture of them for the background on my phone.  It is very hard to get them to both look at me for a photo.

Who knew, that all it took was a whistle?  I will forever keep that in my back pocket!

I just think my pups are so stinking cute!

They snuggle with Dave all the time.  Jimmy has become Daddy's little boy.

We even got a family photo during our engagement photo session (I'll post photos of that later).

It's amazing how they can grab so much of your heart.  Do you have pets that just tug on your heartstrings?

Sam :-D

ETA: fixed last photo

Little Things

• My friend Candice and I went to lunch, then shopping last week.  We had a really good time.  We bought a lot of stuff, and we had a great lunch with Sangria!

• I got a manicure the day before our engagement photos and it made me look at my ring a lot.  I probably look like an idiot, but I think its so pretty. :-)

• Have you noticed that stores sometimes display scarves like skeins of yarn?  I think I will store my scarves like this.  It will save space and I think I can display them better so I don't forget what I have.

• Jimmy chewed my knitting needle.  It wasn't an expensive one, and this was the first time he's done anything like this.  He is a big chewer, but thankfully he loves his nylabones.  I left this out after I finished Baby Boy Stripes.  Thankfully, he didn't swallow any wood.

• Owen says, "Go Faster Pappy."  My dad was pushing him around the mall the other weekend.

Sam :-)

A Few Weekends

The past few weekends have been awesome.  We've managed to relax and have a lot of fun.  Dave has been feeling pretty good, which tends to set the mood.

Three weekends ago we went to a baseball game to see the Pittsburgh Pirates with my parents.  We went into PNC Park early and ate dinner at Rivertown Brewing.

The day was beautiful.  I loved just looking at my city while we ate.

The sky is so blue it looks like I photoshopped it!  I promise I have no clue how to do that anyway.  I loved it.  It did get a little hot sitting in the sun while eating, but I didn't think it was that bad.

The restaurant is on the side of the ball park.  Here was our view into the park.

Dave got pretty warm sitting with the sun at his back.

Our seats for the game were amazing!  It hits me everytime I'm at PNC Park, that it just has the best view.

My mom and I took a selfie!

The game was a lot of fun and ended with a win!

The next day, Dave and I went to the casino to watch the Belmont horse races.  The random horses we picked didn't win, but we had a really good time.  While we were there, our puppies got their hair cut....FINALLY!

They were so tired when they finally got home.

It took me a while, but I got a good picture of them together, looking at the camera.  It is in my bathroom, but beggars can't be choosers.

Even one day after getting his hair cut, Jimmy (on the right with red collar), manages to fluff up his beard so that it gets in his eyes.  I don't know what to do with him!

I think my pups are so cute.  I can't help taking and sharing pictures of them!

They snuggle!

Jimmy didn't want to get out of bed!

Dave and I were getting ready for work and as I was leaving the bedroom to grab something, this is what I saw...

They are just too cute!

This weekend I went out to lunch with my Grandma Betty, Dave, Missy, and Owen!

I think this was his first time in a high chair at a restaurant.  All the other times he was in the car seat sling thingy.

He was so excited when he saw my sister opening his food.

He took a nap after lunch.

I was watching him a bit at my house while Missy took a nap.  He's doing this army crawl type thing so I got all the pillows from the couches and made a circle.  He didn't mind too much.

The dogs would hop in and out checking him out.

Toby was even watching Owen for a bit.

The puppies started to play with each other outside of the circle and Owen wanted to know what was going on.  He was like a litte meerkat.

The pups said, "What did we do?"

Toby played with Owen.



Overall my weekends were pretty good lately and I thought I'd share my pictures with you!

Picture heavy post, but that's how I like it.

I have a small update for Wednesday.

Sam :-)

Edited to add:  I forgot to show you that Owen came to my and Missy's soccer game yesterday!

I don't think he was impressed...