Here are the final products:
CR's is on the left, Tara's is on the right.
Kamiah's is the one on the far right.
Spooky, huh?
Monday, October 25, 2010
Carving Pumpkins
This weekend CR and I, along with our neighbor, Kamiah, carved pumpkins that we picked at a local pumpkin patch. Kamiah helped us find outlines online and last year we found a battery powered carver on clearance. We also sipped hot apple cidar and baked the pumpkin seeds - an overall festive night!
Kamiah's is the one on the far right.
Spooky, huh?
Kamiah's is the one on the far right.
Spooky, huh?
Monday, October 11, 2010
Canda, eh?
A couple of note worthy things have happened since we last posted so we thought we'd catch you all up...
Last Saturday Ty "graduated" from puppy obedience school at Petsmart! After 8 weeks we have seen significant growth in Ty, especially in his ability to listen and have better impulse control. We learned so many great "games" that he enjoys but still learns basic commands from. We consistently had one other dog in class with us. He was a chow named Winchester, Chester for short. He was so well behaved we often wondered why he was in obedience class to begin with. He made Ty look like a tyrant for sure! Ty absolutely loved his trainer who we lovingly refer to as "Uncle Ron." Even after classes have concluded Ty will still automatically sit for anyone wearing a blue shirt or a fanny pack. We took him for a walk in Olympia around Capital Lake and a guy walked by wearing a dog fanny pack for treats and Ty immediately ran up and sat in front of the guy!!
Last week we took Ty to the vet because he was scratching and chewing some places raw on his neck and foot. CR thought it was nothing to worry about, so Tara took him in :) The vet was absolutely wonderful! She loved Ty and could not say enough about his wonderful personality and how cute he is - however she clearly does not live with him. $140 later we had two antibiotics, a cream, and a new flea treatment. The vet said Ty still has his "puppy mites" and the flea treatment we were using had failed. So now we (a.k.a.CR) are giving our 20lb. dog two pills twice a day and rubbing cream on all of his open wounds.
Recently, we have been playing hide and seek with Ty. He absolutely loves it and caught on immediately. One of us will go with him into the bedroom while the other hides. As soon as Ty hears "ready!" he leaps into action to try and find the other person who is hiding with a treat. He gets so excited and into the game! Do I sound like an obsessed dog owner yet? I guess I should move on for fear that if I don't I might :)
This past weekend CR had four whole days off! Friday our friend Lindsey Wagner from Portland came down with her dog, Ruth. Lindsey and I spent hours at Shipwrecked Beads looking for beads to make earrings. The dogs played all day!! CR and I took Lindsey to her first taste of pho (Vietnamese noddle dish) before she had to head back. Friday night one of CR's fellow interns had a family medicine cook out at her home. There was a great turn out and we were reminded just how much we love the people in this program!
Saturday, TARA got up early and drove 3 hours North to spend the day sight seeing/shopping in Vancouver, Brittish Columbia. CR is not legally allowed to go more than 250 miles from home or leave the country without a 10-week notice, printed itinerary, and approval from his program - so he DID NOT go. Crossing the border was an interesting experience. Border control asked a number of interesting questions including, "where are you going? why are you going there? do you plan on buying anything? who are you meeting while there? where do you live? what do you do for a living? etc." As far as differences once you cross the border, the main two were measurement conversions (they use kilometers) and they don't like our money. I spent hours walking in downtown Vancouver - ALONE - and loved going into all of the local shops and boutiques. Overall, it was a fun place that I look forward to going going to again, this time with more planning and a place to stay..oh, and with CR.
Canadian Border - beautiful!
Took a while to get through...
$1.15!?! Nope, gas is measured in liters...
We were going 102! Kilometers that is.
On Sunday we were truly blessed with the opportunity to watch our good friends Mike and Soobin Kim get baptized and become members of the Korean American Church here in the Tacoma area. The church has recently moved and does not have a baptistery so they are using a local lake. It was freezing but amazingly the rain held off from the time we left church until just after they were able to dry off. It was incredible to be a part of, especially sharing the joy with Mike's parents who were in from Cincinnati, OH.
That's all for now. Tara is still on the job search but turned in an application on Thursday and got a phone call for a potential job on Friday. We shall see what happens this coming week :)
Last Saturday Ty "graduated" from puppy obedience school at Petsmart! After 8 weeks we have seen significant growth in Ty, especially in his ability to listen and have better impulse control. We learned so many great "games" that he enjoys but still learns basic commands from. We consistently had one other dog in class with us. He was a chow named Winchester, Chester for short. He was so well behaved we often wondered why he was in obedience class to begin with. He made Ty look like a tyrant for sure! Ty absolutely loved his trainer who we lovingly refer to as "Uncle Ron." Even after classes have concluded Ty will still automatically sit for anyone wearing a blue shirt or a fanny pack. We took him for a walk in Olympia around Capital Lake and a guy walked by wearing a dog fanny pack for treats and Ty immediately ran up and sat in front of the guy!!
Last week we took Ty to the vet because he was scratching and chewing some places raw on his neck and foot. CR thought it was nothing to worry about, so Tara took him in :) The vet was absolutely wonderful! She loved Ty and could not say enough about his wonderful personality and how cute he is - however she clearly does not live with him. $140 later we had two antibiotics, a cream, and a new flea treatment. The vet said Ty still has his "puppy mites" and the flea treatment we were using had failed. So now we (a.k.a.CR) are giving our 20lb. dog two pills twice a day and rubbing cream on all of his open wounds.
Recently, we have been playing hide and seek with Ty. He absolutely loves it and caught on immediately. One of us will go with him into the bedroom while the other hides. As soon as Ty hears "ready!" he leaps into action to try and find the other person who is hiding with a treat. He gets so excited and into the game! Do I sound like an obsessed dog owner yet? I guess I should move on for fear that if I don't I might :)
This past weekend CR had four whole days off! Friday our friend Lindsey Wagner from Portland came down with her dog, Ruth. Lindsey and I spent hours at Shipwrecked Beads looking for beads to make earrings. The dogs played all day!! CR and I took Lindsey to her first taste of pho (Vietnamese noddle dish) before she had to head back. Friday night one of CR's fellow interns had a family medicine cook out at her home. There was a great turn out and we were reminded just how much we love the people in this program!
Saturday, TARA got up early and drove 3 hours North to spend the day sight seeing/shopping in Vancouver, Brittish Columbia. CR is not legally allowed to go more than 250 miles from home or leave the country without a 10-week notice, printed itinerary, and approval from his program - so he DID NOT go. Crossing the border was an interesting experience. Border control asked a number of interesting questions including, "where are you going? why are you going there? do you plan on buying anything? who are you meeting while there? where do you live? what do you do for a living? etc." As far as differences once you cross the border, the main two were measurement conversions (they use kilometers) and they don't like our money. I spent hours walking in downtown Vancouver - ALONE - and loved going into all of the local shops and boutiques. Overall, it was a fun place that I look forward to going going to again, this time with more planning and a place to stay..oh, and with CR.
Canadian Border - beautiful!
Took a while to get through...
$1.15!?! Nope, gas is measured in liters...
We were going 102! Kilometers that is.
On Sunday we were truly blessed with the opportunity to watch our good friends Mike and Soobin Kim get baptized and become members of the Korean American Church here in the Tacoma area. The church has recently moved and does not have a baptistery so they are using a local lake. It was freezing but amazingly the rain held off from the time we left church until just after they were able to dry off. It was incredible to be a part of, especially sharing the joy with Mike's parents who were in from Cincinnati, OH.
That's all for now. Tara is still on the job search but turned in an application on Thursday and got a phone call for a potential job on Friday. We shall see what happens this coming week :)
Friday, October 1, 2010
Happy Birthday Nanny!
Why blog when the person you are blogging about will most likely never see it?
Because a Nanny Birthday is nothing less than momentous occasion.
Helen V. Hickman turns 91 today.
I asked her once what it was like being born in 1919. She said,"the stone tools were hard to use and living in caves was probably the worst part...that and the fear of the mighty
Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Ok, while that may not be completely true, what is true is that my Nanny has played an immense role in my life. Her love and support throughout the years. Her laugh (cackle?) and smile is always near to brighten everyone's day and we as a family as supremely blessed to have such a experienced leader and matriarch to guide us and to love us as she does.
Nan,
Tara and I love you and we miss you very much. May this birthday be one of your greatest. Know that our thoughts are with you on this day...your day. Come visit us soon.
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