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A lot has happened since my half-assed, iphone pic only, blog. Sorry about the length but I've got to get caught up here!

1 - GRADUATION! 

Charlie graduated from Puppy School. Graduation day was filled with games, races and competitions. After each game, the winning puppy was given a small bone and the puppy with the most bones was the winner of the Graduation Ceremonies. Charlie won. Not to brag because it probably was her parents' competitive nature that catapulted her into the winners circle. 

shaking hands to accept her diploma

diploma!

"give me that kong"

2 - ENGAGEMENT!

Tyler and Courtney are engaged!! It has been a couple months since Tyler told me that he was planning on popping the question. After that, the planning and scheming came into play. I wish I could say that all went exactly according to plan, but it didn't.. but who cares? They're getting hitched!! 

A couple days after the big question - family gathered at bonfire for 30 mimosas a congratulatory toast. It was so wonderful! I can't wait for the wedding!!

celebrating!

3- VALENTINES DAY.

You may or may not know that Phil and I really don't celebrate valentine's day, per se. What we do do is eat a heaping pot of mac & cheese with cut up hot dogs and dip into a nice bottle of wine (or two!). It's fun and it's us. And really something that I look forward to every year!

I mean.. just look at that amazing-ness. 

 4 - CHARLIE

This little puppy is testing us! She's starting to push the boundaries and test our limits. Even when we want to scream - she licks our face and looks like this. Can't get enough!

5 - CABIN WKND

We made our annual winter trek to the cabin and brought along a few buddies! I didn't get stuck (first time in 2 years) and we had an amazing time - per the usual. 

deer in the clearing

saddle up buddies

ride it.

ice fishing buddy

I had a crappie on my line and wasn't so sure about it. Phil and Corey were yelling at me; "Do you have a fish?". Then I pulled this beaut out of the lake. Boom!

cribbage & coffee

the best

That's all, folks!

Until next time - which hopefully won't be months and months away.

iphone snaps

please ignore the poor quality but here's what we've been up to:

walking

bloody drinking

more walking - a tired puppy is a good puppy, right?

being adorable

puppy selfies

out with the old - in with the new

A couple of weeks ago I got the dreaded phone call from Mr. Mahal; "

something is wrong with my truck". 

Great. With a passion, I hate fixing vehicles. It seems like such a gamble in my world - what if you fix it and three months down the road it happens again (i admit this logic may be flawed). There's no guarantee and I don't like that. After much deliberation we decided to explore the option of getting something new - dumping the obnoxious, loud truck and starting over. 

Now, if anyone knows how the Mahals buy vehicles this was going to be a quick process! Let me give you a little background.

2010 - I asked Phil to 'test drive' some cars with me and we left the lot with a new car.

2012 - Phil went to look at a used car at the dealership and pulled into the HP parking lot two hours later with a new (used) truck. 

We make decisions fast. 

That said, this decision was more thought out than the previous two vehicles combined. We took our time, did our research and made the jaunt up to the north metro to test drive some Jeeps. After I made the salesman run around the whole lot looking for the perfect one with the the appropriate amount of bells and whistles - we landed ours. 

We're the proud new owners of a Jeep!

saying goodbye to chuck.

the new!

until next time, darlings.