Ephraim Canyon with the Derico's

Kirk and I had a wonderful weekend adventure with Ralph and Cheryl at Cheryl's Bed and Breakfast in Ephraim, Utah. For reservations just get with me and I will give you the number :)

We spent Friday driving around beautiful little towns in Sanpete County, desperately looking for garage sales and admiring beautiful old homes. We had a most amazing dinner at the Sage Brush Grill. If you haven't, you SHOULD!!

We enjoyed cottage cheese pancakes with homemade fruit jam at the B&B and left from the Derico's on the four wheelers for a 5 1/2 hour tour of the beautiful mountains above Ephraim. I highly recommend it!

Thanks for a great get away Ralph and Cher!

Buddy, The Electrical Wonder

Let's just start by saying....DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!! Seriously, horrendous results can occur!

Now that the disclaimer has been stated....Guess what Buddy has been up to?
Three guess and the first two don't count!

You guessed chewing up more valuable items?

Wow! You're good!



I had to place an "aren't I so irresistibly adorable" picture first so you know why we keep the darn dog.

Buddy is amazing. Buddy is charismatic. Buddy tried to be an electrician and, SHOCKER, things didn't work out so well.

In all of his free time (time unsupervised whilst we are earning a living trying to pay for all the damage he does) Buddy decided that the computer cord looked delicious. How does something look delicious to a dog? Presentation. It as all about presentation. Imagine, if you will, a luscious, plump, juicy cord, plugged in of course, tantalizing your taste buds. Making your mouth water. Being the one thing that you would request for your last supper if you happened to be on death row for being convicted of animal cruelty for killing your beloved dog.........got the picture? Well, Buddy could not resist. He had to partake, just like Adam of old in the Garden of Eden. And like Adam, God sent a shock wave that would be felt through Buddy's body (via the electric company). As Buddy's teeth connected with the inner wiring of the cord a yelp was heard throughout the neighborhood. He quickly left the Garden of Eden and was banished to the lone and dreary world where he licked the end of his tail for quite some time.

Poor Buddy. I know I keep saying this but, he really is a very smart dog! Time will prove me right on this:)

Buddy Strikes Again!

This may appear that I am angry with the sweet little man, but I am not. I wanted him to stay while the picture was taken. We came home to this one day. Kirk actually got home before I did and took a picture on his phone and sent it to me. It was difficult to see and it appeared that he had 'undressed' the wing back chair. and piled it in the middle of the living room. Wrong! He took the braided rug which is 6x9', piled it up and tore big chunks out of the under padding. He really isn't that big of a dog and I am starting to wonder if the other dogs join in just to set him up.

We have taken the 'take a picture of it' approach with Buddy's adventures (to the dismay of our eldest daughter). I look at it as parenting your youngest child that showed up 20 years after the 'other' youngest child was born.....you just have to giggle, clean it up and hope you prevent the next disaster. Remember when you had your first baby and you sterilized EVERYTHING and made everyone wash their hands before they came within a block of the babe? By the time your baby is 6 months old you simply blow the germs off of the binky when it drops on the bathroom floor and hand it back to your little one.

I sincerely hope that Buddy grows out of this little stage soon. Until then, enjoy the updates :)

The Freaking Adventures of Buddy

Let me start out by saying...I have already taken the sleeping pill prior to typing. Let me also say.....dang, that is funny :)

So, the newest addition, Buddy, the amazingly brilliant and worth every red cent puppy.....we love him, it is true. He loves us. That, is also true. As Claire and my favorite Uncle have said, "He can't believe his good fortune." How do we know how much he loves us? Simple. Every day, while we are at work, Buddy destroys something we enjoy and/or appreciate in our home. In dog-theory I believe this means "Now that I am in your home, you won't be needing this_______ as I will bring you much greater enjoyment." Then, he proceeds to eat the item. We have found that he doesn't like wheat bread......otherwise he would have eaten the entire loaf.



Maybe it was the plastic wrap that threw him off, who knows.