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So i know, i'm a terrible blogger, but here's the thing..... our life right now basically consists of our work, since we are here 20 hours a day, basically every day. our work is at times, HILARIOUS. a lot of the time actually. but......we can't post about it, because of confidentiality and all that. Therefore, i neglect the blog, 'cause i have nothing to post.

Anyway, let me see, what happened on our 6 days off this month? Well, my ma and pa and brother and sister came down to visit for a couple of days, to see Switchfoot in Boston, to shop, and to meet their new grandson/nephew Barkley :)

It was so good to see everyone, and Barkley behaved himself on his first weekend away, despite being smuggled into the Days Inn, with no pets allowed. He fell right asleep as soon as he got in the room, but I was working myself up into an anxiety attack, worrying we would be found out, so we had to smuggle him out again and he spent some time in the car. So, it was great to see everyone and show them some of the sites (aka stores) around Portland. Switchfoot was also awesome, if anyone gets a chance to go see them, it's totally worth it, they put on a great show.

ALSO, there is a big festival here in August (I think), called Soul Fest, with basically every christian artist you can imagine (except Delirious, we missed them a couple weeks ago). It's three days, we're going camping, it's gonna be a great time! everyone should come. I mean it.

This past weekend, we took off for the Great White North of Fredericton, to hook up with Sarah and her beau Peter. It was a really great fun, relaxing weekend. Joe was very grateful for another guy to hang out with, I think we could have left them for hours quoting Napoleon Dynamite, Borat and The Family Guy and playing country songs, pretty funny! Of course, Barkley made the trip too, and settled in well after a brief period of madness. We went to Aldo and Elna's church on sunday, and then to their place for lunch, so it was great to see them again too. All in all, a great weekend, SO good to see some friendly faces, we miss everyone so much!!!

Some random pics with Barkley:

A'ight, I guess that's it for now, I'm sick today, probably sneezed 50 times and used half a box of kleenex in one day! I knew it was coming though, always with the beautiful weather! (although i'm glad, 'cause CB got a huge dump of snow in the last day or two)

Anyway, everyone have a happy spring!!

more puppy pics!

Just some more of our new puppy, we've renamed him 'Barkley', for various reasons. Only thing is, he doesn't bark, so hasn't lived up to his name yet!

Our new baby!!!

Well, I'd like to introduce you to the newest member of our family, 'Uno'!

He's a six month old beagle, and we just picked him up from the animal shelter today. We had been looking into getting a dog for a long time, and had decided on getting a beagle. We contacted some breeders, but wanted to check the shelters and see what they had. We went a couple of days ago, and there he was, waiting for us!

He's the cutest little thing I ever saw, these pictures do not do him justice! He fits in great with the house so far, and he's gonna come with us everywhere from now on!

p.s. Joe got all his hair/beard cut off, maybe i'll post pictures of that process soon!