Weekend Get-A-Way

Shane’s good friend, since he was a young boy, lives in the fabulous city of San Diego. We are sad to say that we don’t visit him and his wife often enough. But we took the opportunity to get-a-way this last weekend for a quick, not long enough trip to San Diego. We picked the perfect weekend, the weather was just right, lots to do, and great company. We were able to spend time with good friends, hit the beach, sight see, and eat awesome food. What more could you want in a weekend, well the 5 pounds I ate of food to magically disappear would be nice. But we can’t always get what we want.

    We were able to visit Old Town in San Diego and visit the Mormon Battalion. If you have never been, I recommend that you go. I even got to be the demonstration solider. What a sight I really was. I can’t even imagine carrying all they did and having the little amount of food, water, and storage   for personal belongs.  Seriously take a look at the gun, it’s pretty much my same height and weighed between 10 and 15 pounds.

 

We also went to the Tide Pools at Point Loma and the boys enjoyed playing with the sea life. Shane didn’t learn his lesson with the first crab when he grabbed on to his finger so tight he said it felt like he had slammed it in the door. OUCH!!! Us girls pointed out all the sea life, enjoyed the breeze/ocean view, and stayed far away from grabbing anything.

Pregnant?! I Highly Doubt It.

    Ok, ok this post is not what many of you might be hoping for. I just needed to grab all your attention somehow. HA 

    Two weeks ago tonight I was coming home from my first night of boot camp and got the strangest phone call from my mom.”Katie, I think Bella (my parents Shih Tzu) is in labor.” I of course immediately denied any thought in my mind that this could possible be true. She doesn’t look pregnant, nothing really has changed, and well frankly Diesel and her just don’t get along. They don’t want anything to do with each other. BOY, were we wrong. The phone conversation carried on and I kept saying I’m sure she isn’t in labor, and things will be fine. Lo and behold no longer than 20 minutes later, my mother called “WE HAVE A PUPPY!” Shocked out of my mind I quickly drove to my parents house to see. Let’s just put it this way there is no doubt that my little wiener dog Diesel man knocked up Bella. It’s very clear and I am sure you will agree by the pictures below. We got very lucky and there is only one puppy. You may ask why I am considering us lucky to only have one, well none of us have ever really experienced this whole newborn puppy stage and plus my parents are the one’s with the dog currently since she still is nursing. 

     It’s been two weeks ago and the puppy is getting bigger and bigger by the day. Her eyes finally opened over the weekend. It’s like having a little kid around. My whole family isn’t sure which one of us will take on the little girl but there are plenty of us that are willing to take her. Just a matter of figuring out which has the right home and most time to do the puppy stage. I am not quite sure if I am ready for that stage again. But we will see what the next 4 weeks hold and if my mind quickly changes as she becomes more lively. We will keep you posted on all her milestones!!

Isn’t she so cute? We are curious to see what she looks like since she is a Schweenie. Will she take on the wiener dog body and features or be like a Shih Tzu OR be a total mix of the both of them.