A Girl and Her Dog

So here's a little post dedicated to the sweet dog in my life...

Meet Daisy

Daisy is my first real pet. After a few months of married life, I some how convinced JP that this 95 pound smiling mass of fur was what we needed in our lives. She is a complete handful and requires lots of walks, games of fetch, rawhides, milkbones and lots of tummy rubs. 

She also doesn't think she's a dog and will often try to jump in the bed with us, or eat off of the table like us....these are two big no no's in our house, but she doesn't seem to realize it.

Asleep on the couch, when she's not supposed to be. (That's me in the corner of the pic, working on school stuff..she kept me company, so I let it slide this one time).

You would think that being high maintenance would cause us annoyance, but not really...We tend to think that high maintenance means high quality.

 Note the last one in which she's running off to scare off a bird that mistakenly landed in our yard. (She has JP's attention span.)

Despite being a handful, she's such a great companion and somehow knows when I don't feel well.

Case in point: Last night I wasn't feeling too hot and decided to cuddle up on the couch. JP had to go somewhere and told her her to "take care" of me while he was gone. I guess in her world "take care" translates to snuggle. She immediately JUMPED directly on me. lol yes, I did say jump....

95lbs of love.

She makes me smile :)



Whooosh

Is it me or is this year just flying by? When you're young time takes forever to pass, but as you get older, it just whooosshhes on by!

We're already halfway through June, which brings Father's Day! I have a super sweet dad who has always been amazing and super supportive.

 My awesome dad! He's honestly so much more than a great dad, he's a great friend too.

Other June events:

I started a new job last week and so far it's going great! The people are nice and the job is a nice change from auditing. Furthermore, I get to work with my great friend Laura again!

Kim and Laura :) Reunited!

I'm really excited to start something new and have a more relaxed work schedule. No more weekends and late nights! Along with the new job, I'm also teaching another class this summer. I've officially been teaching a year now and it has been great! I have a great class and a wonderful department chair. I'm really looking forward to this semester :)

Fun Vacations with the Family

So my first trip over to Europe was a blast! JP and I served as chaperones to my mom and dad for a week long adventure aboard the Norwegian Epic. (They need supervision at all times....trust me on this).

We stayed in Barcelona for a day before our cruise took off and we really enjoyed the city. We toured around and saw the Segrada Familia, enjoyed the beautiful weather and had a really nice night out on the beach. In between touring the city, my mom and I managed to get yummy massages at the Bliss spa in our hotel... to help us get over the jet lag of course!

Segrada Familia

Mom and I pondering over it's bigness..... our signature pose      

 JP and I on our way back to the hotel after dinner on the beach

After leaving Barcelona, we got to visit Florence, Rome, Naples (where we went to Capri) and Palma Majorca. We really had a blast and got to do so many neat things! We visited a vineyard, saw so many beautiful cathedrals, saw the Statue of David, eat the best gelato in all of Tuscany, went to the Colosseum, Circus Maximus, The Vatican, Sistine Chapel, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Spanish steps, Blue Grotto, castles, villas and more...oh my! So many things in such a wonderful week!

Needless to say, we had a great time...now it's back to the real world :) After coming back from such a fun vacation, the summer semester is about to start up and I get to start a new job soon too. It was a really great way to start the summer...now ahead to all the great things to come!

 We saw Blue Man Group!

 Gelato break!

 Boats going into the Blue Grotto-Capri

 JP taking his shirt off in the ice bar!

 Family fun!

 Mom and Dad in Florence

JP and I in Palma

Proof that they need supervision ;)

First Post

So I'm starting a blog.....I made this decision about a month ago and I'm just getting to it....talk about procrastination. Oh well, what can I say, it's in my nature :)

So just to catch you up on the year so far:

January:

I turned 26 and rang in my birthday with some great friends

AP got married! We had a blast celebrating with the happy couple!

February:

JP and I celebrated Valentine's Day in Austin with a nice little weekend getaway.

March:

The world welcomed our new nephew Tate into the world....isn't he precious?

Our nephew Brodie got Baptized. With his proud Godparents.

April:

Aileen got engaged! Totally hijacked this pic from Dahyna :)

Ok.... the class is all caught up on this years events through April...I'll have to do a separate blog for May, b/c it's probably going to be about our fun trip that I'm still not quite over yet. Hope you enjoyed my first blog ever!

Kim