Happy Birthday Duke!!

Today my baby boy turns 2 years old!!!

Here are some pictures of him with us on our wedding day!!!

Hello I am alive!

Hello!! I have not been able to blog for awhile since I was so busy getting readay for the wedding and then getting married and going on our honeymoon but I am back!!!

There is so much to update on so I will just list a few things and then will have to come back and post pictures and go into more deatils!!

First, the week before the wedding was crazy busy, lots of lose ends to tie up but in the end everything was PERFECT!!!
The wedding was amazing and suprisingly nothing went wrong! I couldn't of asked for a better day, weather was great, friends and family were/are great!!! It was just what I always wanted!!!

The honeymoon was also perfect! we had great flights, great weather and we got to do something I have always wanted to do...swim with dolphins!!! so much fun, now we are back to reality : (

While we were away we found out we are going to be getting a little niece or nephew early next year...Justin's sister Sara is pregnant!!! Very exciting

Heather was able to keep baby Reed in for the wedding as has yet to pop...I did get a text this morning that her water broke at 2 am and they are at the hospital so I am just waiting for the call that he is here!!!!

Anyway, just wanted to say hello!

More to come!

Dogs, Dogs, and more dogs...

Just a little update! The 2 dogs from my friend at work have found homes!!

If you are looking for a puppy though the spaniel/basset hound mixes still need homes!!



Does anyone want a dog/puppy? There is a girl at work that has 2 dogs she needs to find a home for, she found out she is alergic and keeps getting sick. 1 female blond lab, 1.5 years of age And 1, female 8 month old German Shepherd puppy, the smaller size G.S. breed. If anyone is interested let me know!!

Also some friends dog had puppies...they are springer spaniel/basset hound mix, I think there are 4 that still need homes...again, let me know! If you would like pictures or want to meet the dogs I can arrange that too!!

Bachelorette Party

Well last weekend was my bachelorette party and it was so much fun!! I am so lucky to have such great friends!! I have some pitures and will post them later.
We rented a bus and went to the Stray Dog in New Buffalo and then came back to the South Bend area and went to Simiri's to enjoy the band and be outside, then off to Club Fever for a little dancing! Don't worry, we hit up Corby's too for a late night hot dog!! Our bus driver Michael was great! He put up with a lot of crazy ladies!!!!
I can't believe I am getting married in 10, yes 10 days!! I can't wait for all of the planing to fall into place! I just don't want the day to fly by even though I know it will. It is going to be such a great day, although emotional without my dad and grandma, it will be the best day of my life!!!! I am so happy to have such great friends and family and that they will all be there with me!!!

Dog Mom

I realize I don't post many pictures of Duke even though he is my "baby" so I thought I would share some!!
Duke and I went to Justin's softball game last week and of course Duke wanted to play!


One night Justin and I were watching TV and realized Duke wasn't around, I went upstairs and found that he had decided to go to bed already!! So funny!


This is after Doggy Daycare, he was just so tired and was laying with my boxing glove, he is a boxer you know!!!

Pet Refuge

Last night I did my volunteering at Pet Refuge. When it is time to go I never really want to go but when I get there I am happy I went! Some days really get to me and I get really sad that all these really cute, good dogs are stuck in cages when they should be running in someones back yard but I guess they could be somewhere worse and they are at Pet Refuge where everyone cares about them! Last night was not one of the sad nights, of course it was adoption day and there were lots of people, the nice weather is helping bring people in I think and we were a lot lower on dogs than usual which is nice, more and more are being adopted. However, there are still dogs coming in, some from owners that just can't afford them due to the economy. The dogs that are there really are not bad dogs, they just need the right home. If you are looking for a dog PLEASE look at Pet Refuge, or even the Humane Society, the dogs that are at these places are not bad, they are very good dogs!! I know our next dog will be from Pet Refuge and I hope that we can foster a dog too!! If you know me you will know that if I had it my way I would take them ALL home!! Some day I hope to have a kennel or refgue place of my own where I can help the animals! Until then I will do my volunteering at Pet Refuge and help out that way. Every time I come home I think how lucky Duke is to have such a great life...today he got to go to doggie daycare!! Some of the Pet Refuge dogs get to go there too so I assume they are all best friends!!!

PS 23 days until the wedding!!!