Looking back, we've accomplished a lot this year.
Maybe not as much as we had wished but a lot...
and we've started a really great personal charity for our K-9 friends,
which has proven to be a very rewarding experience.
I put a lot of this in my previous blog,
but am moving things over for our own personal scrapbook...
hopefully I keep up with it better this year.
Maybe not as much as we had wished but a lot...
and we've started a really great personal charity for our K-9 friends,
which has proven to be a very rewarding experience.
I put a lot of this in my previous blog,
but am moving things over for our own personal scrapbook...
hopefully I keep up with it better this year.
DECEMBER 2013
We bought our first house and moved in together.
JANUARY 2014
The projects began...everything must go or be painted gray!
Painted living room & guest room.
Ceilings painted throughout the house!
Ceilings painted throughout the house!
New washer, dryer and refrigerator!
Moving those heavy things almost brought me to tears...lots of tension.
Prepped the music room.
Had a little chiseling competition with Zach...
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| Zach's Chiseling |
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| My chiseling |
Installed a bathroom door.
Painted Kitchen
FEBRUARY 2014
Textured and painted music room.
Snow day with the doggies!
MARCH 2014
Re-potty training the pups.
A lot of moving stress created potty issues.
Weenie wraps and retraining was necessary.
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| Temporary Gating |
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| New Bedding |
Toyota Family!
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| Dad, Zach & Justin driving poles. :) |
First cookout at home.
Family Weekend!
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| All the kids together at my mother's house. |
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| Casey & Justin |
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| Baby Ryder! |
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| Riding along with dad in the mule. |
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| Casey and Sean jamming in the music room |
APRIL 2014
A break from house projects.
A break from house projects.
Couples baby shower for a beloved friend.
Easter Weekend at mom's house.
Autism walk with my sister.
My brother's wedding shower!
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| The happy couple! |
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| Lacey (sister), me, Sunny (sis-in law), Jamie (niece), and Casey (sister) |
MAY 2014
Mother's Day
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| My gorgeous mother |
The Harmon House Rescue Officially Started!
The foster that started it all...
Sam (AKA Roscoe)!
HH Intake Date: May 23, 2014
Adopted: June 13, 2014
San Marcos Trip...
wedding dress shopping for Casey!
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| Sean & Casey's adorably retro home |
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| "Avett" the engagement kitty |
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| She tried on so. many. dresses. |
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| Coffee stop before heading home |
JUNE 2014
Jake + Sunny = LOVE
My brother's wedding
June 14, 2014
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| Welcome committee |
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| Sisters! and nephew. |
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| Zach & me |
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| Sean & Casey...the newly engaged! |
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| "Bio's" |
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| The wedding location |
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| Bio's with our mother |
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| After-party at the Ranch |
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| ...it was a very small...very short after party. |
Dad's Annual Pool-side BBQ
June 15, 2014
August 2014
Casey's Bachelorette Party Weekend
Dinner, Dancing & Floating the River
August 2-3, 2014
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| Sisters at Dinner |
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| Dancing |
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| Food truck before floating the river |
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| Wickett was glad that I was home! |
Wedding Shower
August 10, 2014
Harmon House Rescue #2
Jet
HH Intake Date: August 13, 2014
Adopted: September 21, 2014
Yard work & Root Wrestling
I got a bright idea to remove the dying bushes from the front garden...
and it turned into quite the nightmare for Mr. Harmon. :)
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| Zach's trophy |
September 2014
A night out to watch Mr. Harmon do his thang!
Wedding Prep with the Family
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| Dad and me |
Sean + Casey = LOVE
Sister's Wedding Weekend
September 20, 2014
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| Casey rubbing it in...bitch... |
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| By Mary Boyden |
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| By Mary Boyden |
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| My hot date |
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| Zach and I trying to make The Twist look cool... |
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| ...it's not easy. |
October 2014
Finished the guest room
(Still need one more side table)
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Completed a little remodeling
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Hustle for Muscle
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My man can fix things
Water damage on our siding in the entryway
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Harmon House Rescue's #3 & #4
Wellington & Cloe
Halloween Fun
Wellington & Cloe
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| Wellington HH Intake Date: 10/20/14 Adopted: 11/6/14 |
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| Cloe HH Intake Date: 10/20/14 Adopted: 12/6/14 |
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November 2014
My 31st Birthday...
...at Ryder's Birthday Party
...and visiting my dad and Tammy!
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| Baby bunny from the backyard |
LuLu...the stray
So, two days before Thanksgiving, Zach called me one evening to inform me that a friend found a Shih-Tzu in their area, so we picked it up and posted flyers on every mailbox in the neighborhood and joining neighborhood.
She is about 8 years old, kind of dumb, has the breathe of a dead animal,
coughs like a lifelong smoker, has few teeth left, is super needy, and loves to cuddle.
After a month of looking for her owners, we assume she was dumped...
and since she is old, smelly, and probably dying, she's not the most adoptable candidate,
which leaves us to be her retirement home...which is fine with me.
I absolutely love her.
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| Little Lulu doing what she does best |
December 2014
Painting Kitchen Cabinets
All we have left in countertops, back splash & flooring...I think.
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| Excuse the mess...I had not cleaned everything up yet. |
Our first full Christmas together in our home.
Christmas Eve at Mom & David's House
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| Christmas Eve Hayride |
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| Zach & Justin...being goofy |
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| My mother and me |
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| Aunt duty! |
Christmas Morning at home
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| Wickett |
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| Leah |
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| Lulu |
Christmas Day at Dad & Tammy's House, then
back home to enjoy a quiet evening.
Happy New Year Everyone!!!
I can't wait to see what 2015 brings our way!
