Pig Roast

This past weekend we were invited to a pig roast. I'm not quite sure what I expected but it was a PIG ROAST. Just like he said. We had such a good time. It was at my cousin's. My Aunt and Uncle were there and my other cousin and her husband. It was good to see them all. They are headed on a cruise soon. I'm a tad jealous but not really. I hope they have a blast! The weather was suppose to be iffy but it was actually very nice. At one point it tried to rain but didn't last and it was a beautiful day. Bugs was with a friend so it was just us and Monkey. They provided the pig and everyone else brought side dishes and drinks.


The Pig.

Monkey and the Pig.

Carrying the pig to the carving table.

My cousin is on the right.

The food line.

The man in black is my great Uncle - I think. I know we are related I just can't remember exactly how.

Group shot

My cousin's wife. I didn't ask permission to post so I won't do their names. I should have asked.

Monkey and 2 friends.

Cousin starting the fire with a flame thrower! A tad overkill. BUT when I mentioned it to him he said, It's burning isn't it? Ha!

Fireworks.

My cousin roasting a marshmallow. She knew I had my camera so only gave me ONE eye!

The fire

Sweaty Monkey from running around.

Cousin. Thanks so much for inviting us. It was a blast!

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Wordless Wednesday

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They call me Andretti

Well yesterday was a red letter day! You might detect a small note of sarcasm.
I was driving in the morning and all of a sudden a guy starts walking out in front of me waving me towards the shoulder. I thought there was a problem and slowed down and then all of a sudden it hit me that it was a sheriff. Oooops. I stopped and rolled down my window and he showed me the radar gun. It said 46. Apparently the speed limit is 35. Well lucky me! So he takes my insurance card and license and registration and walked across the road to his motorcycle to do what it is that they do. I was upset but not at him, I was speeding. Got it! When he came back to the car and handed me my ticket he started out by saying that his personal over limit is 11 and that's why I got the ticket - $154. OK. Then he proceeded to tell me that I shouldn't pay it but ask for a court date to go before the judge. At this point I just starred at him then laughed. I do that when I'm nervous anyway. I asked him "If you don't want me to pay this ticket, WHY are you giving it to me? He replied, Well it's my job. *EYE ROLL* I totally get the job thing, I get the ticket thing. I was speeding, but telling me to not pay it? NUTS! I do not get it. It's only the second ticket I've ever gotten. The other was 21 years ago. I did get a expired tabs ticket when I was 16. I have a good driving record so maybe a judge will reduce it. I have a few days to decide what I want to do. I guess the first thing I'll do is slow down. :)
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Wordless Wednesday

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Kidless Adventures.

I did these backwards. Ooops
On Sunday we decided to take a drive. Our Little's are still and Grandma and Grandpa's. They would have HATED it. We loved it. We did the North Cascade Highway. Then on Sunday we went to the races. They are the figure 8 and demolition derby. They are always fun. Then they have the best firework show. So this is Monday first then Sunday. Just imagine your looking at them the other way around. Oh and yes the kids would have loved the races. They have been before. It was a good time without them though.

Dh and I.

Some of the cars

The hornet heats.

Hornet heats

Elvis showed up!

They burned a van. I don't' know why, well actually I do. Guys like to blow stuff up!

Guys on bikes.

We practiced our OOOOOOOO's and AAAAAAH's

Pretty!

The music behind these was really good too. I hope everyone had a good 4Th. Happy Birthday America.
On Sunday I had told DH that I did not want to just sit around. I was either going to do something fun with him or he was going to do a whole list of stuff I want done. We took off for the day. :D I had said Mt. St. Helen's, the ocean, or...? and Dh said lets go North. So off we went. It was beautiful.

Diablo Lake on Diablo pass

Over the mountains.

We live in one of the most beautiful places!

We stopped in Winthrop. Neither of us had been there before. We had dinner there after walking through the town. It's a cute place.

Then we went and had homemade ice cream.

Dh got a brain freeze.

Methow Valley

Towards Wenatchee

Over Steven's Pass

Tail lights of I-5

It was a really good day. However I think it might make us officially old. We took a Sunday drive! HA!

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Bella

My Scout is a wonderful dog. Everyone wants to steal her. My daughter in law is one of those. In fact I'm not sure she hasn't tried to put Scout in her pocketbook at one time. Princess and Scout are the same age. Scout has chewed on Princess feet since day one. Princess and her mama have wanted a puppy just like her for a long time. I have been telling them for a long time that when they got a house ( the apartment was a HUGE walk up) that I would get them a puppy of their own. One day Drummer brought home a pit bull puppy, that didn't go over. Buster was a TINY baby and they lived in an apt. That just wasn't going to work. I reminded them when they got a house I would make it happen for them. Well you know they moved home early this year. I think the day after they got here Princess said Mana(Nana) are you going to get me a puppy? I said when you get a house I will. They got a house and got permission. They have a fenced yard and are in a position to be able to vet a pet. So I contacted my cousin who is a breeder. She had ONE tiny girl left and wanted to keep her. I said no problem we will just wait for the next liter. Not a problem. Well she decided that she would let her go for me. We made all the arrangements and I went with Rescue Rita to get the baby. I was amazed at how little she is. I got Scout at 12 weeks. This baby girl is 8 weeks. She is so TINY!

Introducing Princess Bella

She chewed on me for a while, had a snack and a drink and fell asleep. I gave her a drink out of a water bottle lid. :)

Meeting her new daddy. He loves her even if she isn't a pit bull.

Me giving Princess her new puppy.

Daddy showing Buster.

Dinner IN the bowl

Always ready to muck it up for the camera.

Just admiring her. She is totally in love!

Potty break. She didn't like the grass.
Tonight DIL and the kids came over and brought Bella. She needed to be introduced to Scout and Bolt since I'm sure we will all be spending time together. Yesterday when I got home Scout smelled me all over. Since I had Bella in my shirt Scout had her whole head down my shirt sniffing and pushing with her nose trying to find where the interloper was. It was so funny!

Bella and Scout. Scout isn't a little Chihuahua but she is a small dog, that's how tiny Bella is. Scout smelled her all over and Bella chewed on Scouts feet and was trying to play. She tried to pounce at Bolt and he flew backwards! We laughed so hard.

Trying to eat Scouts tags.

The girls.

Such a happy little girl. She almost broke my heart though. She asked me if I was going to take Bella back. I said NO! Then she relaxed. I think she thought her mama was bringing them here to bring the puppy back to me. She is totally head over heels in love with that dog. She holds her like a baby and is very gentle and soft with her.

A nap attack after playing with the other dogs.

Then mama was tired so they had to go home. Princess put Bella in her purse and carried her out. So very cute!

Today is Monkey's birthday. He is 7. I'm shocked! I can't believe it's been 7 years. He and Bugs are still at the farm. I know Grandma and Grandpa had a little party for him tonight. He asked for Pizza. PIZZA? That child has never asked for pizza in his life! He doesn't DO cheese. What a goofball. We called and sang to him today. Talking to him on the phone is like trying to nail jello to a tree. He doesn't want to miss whats going on where he is to chit chat on the phone. I miss them.

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