Is August here yet?

Soo close to August! I'm ready, it will mean I will be back on Day shift schedules will be the same, and my summer will officially start.  Ready to spend some more time in the sun!

We haven't been up doing too much the last couple weeks.  We did attend the Pikes Peak or bust Rodeo once again this year.  It did rain the day of the rodeo just like last year when we went, but held out while at the rodeo.

Tonight we went to Margarita Fiesta! A great night, and a lot of laughs and delicious foods and of course Margarita's!!  Sam was awesome and cooked up the taco meat, as I accidentally slept in a lot (there was an alarm set, must have turned it off in my sleep).  One of the difficult things of working nights.  I did get ready in 20 mins and out the door we went!

Last weekend Sam took place in UpaDowna's ROAR in the city event.  This was a type of scavenger hunt that took place throughout downtown Colorado Springs.  All the hunting was done on bikes.  These pictures I pulled from the linked webpage from the event.

Some unfortunate news.  Our pups had there annual exams/shots on Tuesday.  Logan is healthy, good weight, clean teeth, and did well with the vet for his shot.  We found out that Brooklyn has a heart murmur, just developing over the past 10 months.  This we have known is common in her breed, we will be going in for an ultrasound/x-ray later August to find out if what the status is and the level she is at.

Brooklyn has no change in attitude, appetite, or activity level.  We will be watching her closely for any symptoms that may arise, but still enjoying all the time we can with her.

Happy 4th of July!

This year we actually celebrated our 4th of July on the 3rd.  Our small town we live in outside of Colorado Springs had an event on the 3rd.  What a great way to extend the celebration.  Here is a photo taken prior to us leaving to avoid the rain!

Like I said, we left before the fireworks actually started at the Golf Course.  Lucky for us, we were able to see them from our Front Porch Perfectly!!

The last couple months I have been working night shift, it has made for a different summer, defiantly less time spent out and about, and usually starting my day about 5 pm, not much time to get anything done if shopping is needed.  Not to much longer till I will be on days again!!

One thing we did get to do, was see a Lacrosse match in Denver at the Mile High Stadium.  I was fortunate enough to win tickets to this while at an expo in May.  We had a great time attending and watching!  We also discovered an awesome small place that served some great chicken wings!

In mid June we were able to make a quick trip to Texas to go to Sam's Family Cousin Reunion.  It was a great time, beautiful weather, and some beautiful views.  This was also the weekend of the Honey Moon.  Unfortunately I did not get a good picture of the moon coming up over the water, but it was a great site to see.  The humidity was a great welcome, really is a great thing after living in Colorado and having to invest in hand/body lotion all year long!

Unlike last summer here, this summer we have gotten soo much rain!  It has been pretty consistent raining every afternoon.  It has been great, our grass is now green, and the afternoon rains provides some great view for photos.  This one I snapped on the corner of our street.  A awesome double rainbow!

Some very exciting news for us! Sam is getting promoted this year!! It will be a few months till the new rank, but we are excited!  Like I said up top, we haven't really been doing too much this summer.  I have some days off for the holiday hope to catch up on some things, around the house trying to keep quite as the rest of the house sleeps.

I leave you with two pics of Brooklyn and Logan.  Brooklyn is now 3 years old and Logan is coming up on 2.  We haven't had Logan yet a year, despite his shyness, he has learned quite a bit in a short time!  This photo has him doing a high five, he hardly ever does this when new people are around, I have proof of it now!  Love the way he is looking at the camera in this one as well!  And we have sleeping Brooklyn!