Sandy Bottom Nature Park

Yesterday was Georgia's day...

we decided to check out the closest dog park which is located about 20 minutes south of us over by the base.  It is at a nature park called Sandy Bottom.

georgia loves to go for car rides so i wasn't sure if she knew we were going somewhere for her 

 stopped by starbucks (for me) and chris got a cupcake (that he has been obsessing over for awhile now, ever since he got a free sample from a grocery store starbucks)

yum!  mid chew!

We couldn't get into the park because she needed to be registered with the park ranger so we decided to take a "hike" around the park.  sooo pretty!

the dog park is behind the fence.  rather large.  i can't wait for her to go back and be able to play with all the other dogs!  it was a very popular dog park :)   

self portraits

part of the hiking trail was around a lake.  probably about a mile walk.  

more self portraits by the lake

bridge...

 saw this at the end of the "hike"...  can't we just get away from rattlesnakes!?!

tired pup on our drive home.  i think she had a good time :)

being a tourist...

we decided to go explore historic yorktown during the day.

it has a cute little tourist area with stores and restaurants.

we ate at a different restaurant than last time.  more of a country club feel.  they brought out my salad and it was so pretty and impressive looking i decided to take a picture... too bad it didn't taste as amazing as it looked!

chris was being silly and said that this was the size of the ships that the pilgrims came over on... that people were a lot smaller back then...  so i made him take a picture with it.  

he can be so silly sometimes :)

canons on the battlefields...

puppies and peacoats!

the long anticipated puppy peacoat!

she doesn't quite love it yet... but she will! :)

why so serious?!

 back view, even has buttons!

36 lbs

We decided to take Georgia in for a vet visit... she has been having worms in her poop for awhile now and we decided we should address it.  TMI i know...

well we found a vet about 2 minutes away from our house.  Took her in and as always they kept saying how cute she was and little.  turns out she is just a little dog.  The vet said she is a great apartment size Boxer.  Nothing being wrong (besides the worms - which apparently dogs get from fleas- ugh yes the flea problem again... wont that go away?).  She is perfectly developed and growing normally, just petite.

Well this trilled me because i have been hearing we haven't been feeding here enough (3 cups of food 3 times  day seems like enough!) which we were also told to bump that up a bit... but still she is normal :)

Georgia in time lapse...

no matter how old she gets she loves to cuddle with higgins :)

this was from halloween :)

  

i think we'll keep her :)

Engagement Pictures

So while we were in Tucson over Christmas we met with out wedding photographer and got some pictures taken.  

We walked around a neighborhood near the Z Mansion and they had all these colorfully painted houses.  We only got the copyrights to 2 images so here they are.  I think they turned out pretty good :)

first home cooked meal

After being homeless for a few days (while we traveled across the country) we were excited to actually cook something at home.  and also to use our new table!

Georgia watching Chris cook potaotes...

the view of our kitchen.  very spacious and washer/dryer hidden behind the doors.

 looking good!

our table... all put together.  notice the plastic still on the chair cushions :)  

definitely a rafacz-ized moment

 this cracks me up :)

Georgia trying to keep warm :)

self portraits... chris wasn't ready for it.

 parmesan tilapia, green beans and potatoes!

i love how georgia found her spot under the table 

larry's

our friend jess had us meet her at harpoon larry's oyster bar...

 i couldn't help myself!  i thought it was sooo cool that they had this van decorated like this!

How could you not smile when you see this?!