tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48674675059443480972024-03-13T06:07:41.764-04:00Our Journey...TERRIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538990092461615808noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4867467505944348097.post-14585128456316563862010-11-14T22:00:00.007-05:002011-09-24T13:05:04.420-04:00The Oregon Coast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">After being in Oregon for a week we we're beginning to experience some feelings of withdrawals from the smell of the salty air. So we woke up, got in the car and drove straight for the coast! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ie0vu1-qbp4qHJBNkrj_1SDzQUylRSpzqpipCC4D57eWxVz2rUJpHSD_I4j8EgCyJ3H7RFROVxCAF87ECa3AmPnThZ_19jGqko03P1Z6QvvIfUSeEmniU0xEQYMMFA0NOV6JrJSr9vU/s1600/003+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ie0vu1-qbp4qHJBNkrj_1SDzQUylRSpzqpipCC4D57eWxVz2rUJpHSD_I4j8EgCyJ3H7RFROVxCAF87ECa3AmPnThZ_19jGqko03P1Z6QvvIfUSeEmniU0xEQYMMFA0NOV6JrJSr9vU/s400/003+-+Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">After our 2 and a half hour drive, we we're a little hungry so we stopped into Mo's for some clam chowder, in a bread bowl! It was warm, salty and delicious! Yes, that yellow in the middle is butter. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWN-eIbiNb_PIWkeVFlVOYVzmdI9-x31YgkbyGPHSRgnPHf3AdXKru1ve20HBEJeQA53oVJuV_Ti8nyp1ozedsjP-Hhru90EWpUH3YdOAB4JAeANcW-dsD07AIOIGMAMHctwV43WN2MU/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWN-eIbiNb_PIWkeVFlVOYVzmdI9-x31YgkbyGPHSRgnPHf3AdXKru1ve20HBEJeQA53oVJuV_Ti8nyp1ozedsjP-Hhru90EWpUH3YdOAB4JAeANcW-dsD07AIOIGMAMHctwV43WN2MU/s400/004.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After lunch we walked into a candy shop that sold fresh salt water taffy! We bought a pound of taffy! There were just too many flavors I had to try!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebauIMB-DYjsEUlj9EFQAOTbSbJIxOinVNqQFFuMV4wgw4qrX1lytQpYBbizYzQGVuhdqK8yGMHyJ5dKm383rfAyUOcvWlatPosduLWmq02rMQhAXg1yre6RdegpKy5h9WK3L4wSzuhM/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebauIMB-DYjsEUlj9EFQAOTbSbJIxOinVNqQFFuMV4wgw4qrX1lytQpYBbizYzQGVuhdqK8yGMHyJ5dKm383rfAyUOcvWlatPosduLWmq02rMQhAXg1yre6RdegpKy5h9WK3L4wSzuhM/s400/008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">As we were walking along the bayfront we could hear the barking of the sea lions! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwoTtn7UyVyspGc58kEnfdqU-hEFlfx1fveMPxcn70Zk2KHh4sUjjRxqjG1sbNme0OyKZSl-pDh9XNJvK56-PCKw8zuJOWIwDSYST85Uj-DVUBNxleImPjwGBB2gSuRlKcGo3aOGJuJs/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwoTtn7UyVyspGc58kEnfdqU-hEFlfx1fveMPxcn70Zk2KHh4sUjjRxqjG1sbNme0OyKZSl-pDh9XNJvK56-PCKw8zuJOWIwDSYST85Uj-DVUBNxleImPjwGBB2gSuRlKcGo3aOGJuJs/s400/027.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And we walked until we found them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YW6H18U1JyvhZxIYZIQNoZzkKd_13V0SRmFIYH-8IuXO801jZqMWitSPczK0gB-xOH0IY1CUUhAkf3MveoL48ZINjNPUZBvanKlS3KPhRi0HiomByc9hXQaySvgImAbzA3WhcOG4WkA/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YW6H18U1JyvhZxIYZIQNoZzkKd_13V0SRmFIYH-8IuXO801jZqMWitSPczK0gB-xOH0IY1CUUhAkf3MveoL48ZINjNPUZBvanKlS3KPhRi0HiomByc9hXQaySvgImAbzA3WhcOG4WkA/s400/038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After I googled over the sea lions, we got in the car and drove north to the Yaquine Head<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Lighthouse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8b1n15j8XUbW3aWv72gNqlaHeQ8glXGIxI-BU3SPO0SUFD1lWTpoquBQhRhvmg8FzW7cGnX7CGdEyHEI8KeBZszdj3NhMBvtbNGbl3BGcEGK9AVW61k0kB3tYCIijzZS9J_MbX72llW4/s1600/080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8b1n15j8XUbW3aWv72gNqlaHeQ8glXGIxI-BU3SPO0SUFD1lWTpoquBQhRhvmg8FzW7cGnX7CGdEyHEI8KeBZszdj3NhMBvtbNGbl3BGcEGK9AVW61k0kB3tYCIijzZS9J_MbX72llW4/s400/080.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The beach had large tide pools at low tide with tons of aquatic wildlife.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgepeR3Mg1NUi86W01Vr89fdRyBer8-SLWNOANU-i06foigeqKVenGO35qBaLdc58vrk0MwtG3CX2wkpyEjlOkvIKQsDHkYgUBzurPhOzyl69Nhp_LQpzRfDTKSWONTLunj8p-_M3eVQY/s1600/091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgepeR3Mg1NUi86W01Vr89fdRyBer8-SLWNOANU-i06foigeqKVenGO35qBaLdc58vrk0MwtG3CX2wkpyEjlOkvIKQsDHkYgUBzurPhOzyl69Nhp_LQpzRfDTKSWONTLunj8p-_M3eVQY/s400/091.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnOn5ATuLWbxOSLyYVNGQB7ZUzKNAd_m0VmMS4eFebVCDx3RZcb0vSNFZ4fdVNAW_ae8DSQGYL5zH49azfcd6TlKz7KPwWCq8iARqOCE29WLdhWuuSEEWR0CReqOJezyOxu-JNjLJWOk/s1600/096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Beautiful rocks surrounding the beach.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yhjyltw7JmBlSnA3FyaAMFJrdYYaxa9cOoxrkBaOTpRRCXsmbw3O3MemEIuYkgGLKZCtVeTeQuP0bkiMq6C-h-viKdzrl3n24vU37ndQiRm1ZVu2mLYEFO3lL2j5Q17W8ERuauub-8c/s1600/DSC00530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yhjyltw7JmBlSnA3FyaAMFJrdYYaxa9cOoxrkBaOTpRRCXsmbw3O3MemEIuYkgGLKZCtVeTeQuP0bkiMq6C-h-viKdzrl3n24vU37ndQiRm1ZVu2mLYEFO3lL2j5Q17W8ERuauub-8c/s640/DSC00530.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> This one John is standing on the</span><span style="font-size: small;"> bridge just in front of the main fall! It was </span><span style="font-size: small;">freezing cold and covering him in </span><span style="font-size: small;">mist. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-r3A2o5O2QyePdvKqeDVY4Wa-iX2YqYBbELmbB8ivnZPrCNpt_BWLHbX8ywlgGJTlizVsdAMmPAV1TPwycY_QLEDNEbkumOVKU-WCYQMU1DF6BYC1C8-d03GqAEoHvlG2GNCnAbDmp-M/s1600/DSC00531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-r3A2o5O2QyePdvKqeDVY4Wa-iX2YqYBbELmbB8ivnZPrCNpt_BWLHbX8ywlgGJTlizVsdAMmPAV1TPwycY_QLEDNEbkumOVKU-WCYQMU1DF6BYC1C8-d03GqAEoHvlG2GNCnAbDmp-M/s640/DSC00531.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />
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</a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">After the open market, we </span><span style="font-size: small;">walked around this </span><span style="font-size: small;">beautiful park along the river. It was so cold next to the </span><span style="font-size: small;">water, but once we got deeper into </span><span style="font-size: small;">downtown it warmed up (good </span><span style="font-size: small;">hot coffee helped too!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It took us awhile to </span><span style="font-size: small;">navigate downtown and find a map! Oh and did I mention we stopped by the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Columbia store and bought warmer jackets! ;) Our </span><span style="font-size: small;">Florida blood needed some assistance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We found China Town and walked to Portland's own </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chinese Garden. </span><span style="font-size: small;">The garden was beautiful. And of course I took too many <span style="font-size: small;">photos</span> to post. But here are a few. </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We ended the day, after walking for 6 hours, in </span><span style="font-size: small;">Deschutes Brewery to watch the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Oregon Ducks play the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Washington Cougars. The Ducks won of course. ;) But it was fun to sit down and sample some of the breweries </span><span style="font-size: small;">signature beers. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LlHy-8hOXCKT9JoROqDDCOjGWgoyaew93rfYNx6QuQ-1WBHKh1p1InX3JnLTSVHWmgsZ4eeg75pXxLLlqhQgfRiMm5TySv58AB14qGUyU05vlZJIhxwnaa8bevAOBTYQmAiQCsYTAaA/s1600/DSC00493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LlHy-8hOXCKT9JoROqDDCOjGWgoyaew93rfYNx6QuQ-1WBHKh1p1InX3JnLTSVHWmgsZ4eeg75pXxLLlqhQgfRiMm5TySv58AB14qGUyU05vlZJIhxwnaa8bevAOBTYQmAiQCsYTAaA/s640/DSC00493.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>TERRIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538990092461615808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4867467505944348097.post-42834523243355047742010-10-31T16:27:00.005-04:002011-09-24T13:12:37.314-04:00Happy Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaf7UM2oXnSVOqNkAGZX6WdyFk3vfGG8GjxdmdWJKbxXZ8PFkmv8GOB79QJVAf6DWwoTY-9ZD2yoSkZwl9kUNlvqFV8kBX0pJ9A62WRYrJIFTOyE_HVwQjkEDu9HJjPFhZ9tlNBPUsQpY/s1600/halloween+044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaf7UM2oXnSVOqNkAGZX6WdyFk3vfGG8GjxdmdWJKbxXZ8PFkmv8GOB79QJVAf6DWwoTY-9ZD2yoSkZwl9kUNlvqFV8kBX0pJ9A62WRYrJIFTOyE_HVwQjkEDu9HJjPFhZ9tlNBPUsQpY/s640/halloween+044.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">We made our costumes from scratch this year. John thought of </span><span style="font-size: small;">Mario & Luigi. Instead of searching for overalls that we will never wear again, we went to Hobby Lobby and picked up some </span><span style="font-size: small;">blue fabric. Since neither of us had ever sewn before </span><span style="font-size: small;">we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into! John asked the lady cutting our fabric how much we should buy to make 2 pairs of </span><span style="font-size: small;">overalls. She said, "Well, do you have a </span><span style="font-size: small;">pattern?" John and I looked at each other, and he said "kind of." Then we got home and John had me lay on the fabric while he made an outline. Once we made our "pattern" we started to </span><span style="font-size: small;">sew. We had so much</span><span style="font-size: small;"> fun making our </span><span style="font-size: small;">costumes this year!</span>TERRIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538990092461615808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4867467505944348097.post-3845375375051156152010-08-30T15:24:00.005-04:002011-09-24T13:09:25.812-04:00GEORGIA ON MY MIND....<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We took a trip up to GEORGIA to see the family this week while John is on a break from school. This time we finally made the drive up to ATLANTA. We first went to the GEORGIA AQUARIUM, which I loved!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">John took tonas of pictures for me because I was too busy standing in awe at their amazing fish tank!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> After the aquarium we visited the World of Coke, which at first I didn't think I would be very interested in, since neither John or I really drink soda. However, it was so much fun! We saw how coke is made and got to taste 60 different coke brands including BEVERLY, a drink from Italy that was unexpectantly bitter</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a beautiful park near John's parent's house. We always love to take the dogs and walk along the lake.</div>TERRIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538990092461615808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4867467505944348097.post-50564398920097926262010-06-16T22:00:00.001-04:002011-09-24T13:09:51.697-04:0023rd Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYnzxKQ4ZirJNLO89mlTkNKjIeF-Ab5F7mxQslvgZHX4xtpOlcIZOHhdfLUre9_rc4A3S4ZiLbKKVj9WkxqMwjxbDT_E_gD0fiDPEciAVuT4nD_nx_dwpV58-C5hJqXrJ05E1aKGaoTh0/s1600/DSC00040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYnzxKQ4ZirJNLO89mlTkNKjIeF-Ab5F7mxQslvgZHX4xtpOlcIZOHhdfLUre9_rc4A3S4ZiLbKKVj9WkxqMwjxbDT_E_gD0fiDPEciAVuT4nD_nx_dwpV58-C5hJqXrJ05E1aKGaoTh0/s400/DSC00040.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hung out with<span style="font-size: small;"> these two on my Birthday... what a good day!</span></span></div>TERRIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538990092461615808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4867467505944348097.post-22237798195084046072009-04-24T14:00:00.002-04:002011-09-24T13:12:19.344-04:00WE GRADUATED!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-bKIzEIP5LuuYMwC_uyDoCqgZYgkHxGDOoPdlJGe8dipwdZtAo3U9Y9NkR57K1RNXRig50j0HTeYnkCOHlTlaHgKhMUItv540rQ80xLPY4GEACNUB8knpSdhC-bhTnwkIlfo_X0-b-E/s1600-h/3239_563924314242_25108853_34187337_7296066_n.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446728143587521810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-bKIzEIP5LuuYMwC_uyDoCqgZYgkHxGDOoPdlJGe8dipwdZtAo3U9Y9NkR57K1RNXRig50j0HTeYnkCOHlTlaHgKhMUItv540rQ80xLPY4GEACNUB8knpSdhC-bhTnwkIlfo_X0-b-E/s400/3239_563924314242_25108853_34187337_7296066_n.jpg" style="float: right; height: 183px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 122px;" width="266" /></a><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">John and I both graduated on April 24th, 2009. 4 years flew by. I also received my first job offer at Baptist Medical Center South on 5A, which specializes in peritoneal dialysis. I start orientation June 10th and will complete an 8-12 week internship before I start on the floor on my own. I plan on taking the NLCEX-RN before my birthday.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">John will begin Physical Therapy school at the University of St. Augustine in September. We both feel very blessed at this time in our lives.</div>TERRIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538990092461615808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4867467505944348097.post-6762979954210954372009-04-19T08:39:00.010-04:002011-09-24T13:12:05.797-04:00Sigma Theta Tau Induction<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG_o6vnPhIw1mAMTL9A8wgyOf-vzZ5ZuKzS999OEtIyq-5EOIK6dGgC4C-kYOP0b8PNIjygUJLlt1h4-ynux7ARQefZC598bUs-oK9oonVkCb9N7DmnaHLe4KkA7wcUMPdcrVQshgM6Y/s1600-h/SIGMA.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="300" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326381957207152338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG_o6vnPhIw1mAMTL9A8wgyOf-vzZ5ZuKzS999OEtIyq-5EOIK6dGgC4C-kYOP0b8PNIjygUJLlt1h4-ynux7ARQefZC598bUs-oK9oonVkCb9N7DmnaHLe4KkA7wcUMPdcrVQshgM6Y/s400/SIGMA.jpg" style="display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" width="400" /></a><br />
I was invited to join Sigma Theta Tau Lambda Rho Chapter at Large. This Honor's Society invites those in the top 1/3 of their nursing class to join. I remember my first day of nursing school, sitting in an auditorium, listening to the director of nursing. She went through every page of our student handbook, one by one, informing us of what to expect throughout the next 2 years. When she discussed Sigma Theta Tau and what an honor it is to be an invited to join the local chapter, I <span style="font-style: italic;">knew</span> I had to earn it. Although I would have to say, there were many times throughout the program when it got really tough and all I wanted to do was quit. Keeping Sigma Theta Tau in the back of my mind and how I felt that first day kept me trying harder. What a great feeling to be at the end of my goal, graduating nursing school, and being inducted into Nursing's highest honor. On Wednesday April 15th, 2009 12 out of 48 students were inducted into Sigma Theta Tau.TERRIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538990092461615808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4867467505944348097.post-80682271856051749952009-04-05T13:05:00.005-04:002011-09-24T13:11:43.945-04:00Another Russell<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tcSQXSO9iWYIpLxgQq5OzSUHi3DisoSLyFPEH4mI62IulDSzU6q2w4MT7NWXwbxm7L156pAb2fsRCX8ArEpPM6AWShVXsdS3igo3wsv0YceTdFbysu346J3fCsAOYZgzB3hl-6ZEQu8/s1600-h/n25108853_34066129_7948218.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321255014241538418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tcSQXSO9iWYIpLxgQq5OzSUHi3DisoSLyFPEH4mI62IulDSzU6q2w4MT7NWXwbxm7L156pAb2fsRCX8ArEpPM6AWShVXsdS3igo3wsv0YceTdFbysu346J3fCsAOYZgzB3hl-6ZEQu8/s400/n25108853_34066129_7948218.jpg" style="float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 240px;" width="300" /></a><br />
Bean will be our newest addition! He is a 5 weeks old (DOB: February 28th, 2009) yellow Labrador, so we are being forced to wait 3 more weeks to bring him home, which means he will be the perfect Graduation gift! He is one of seven in the litter, 4 males & 3 females. He is the lightest in color and the fattest! His dad is a 2-year-old white lab named Gunner and his mom is a 2-year-old yellow lab named Chloe. At 5 weeks he weighs 8lbs! Chloe's owner tells me he is the bully of the bunch. He likes to pick on all his sisters. He is also the first one to sniff out the meals!!! Always the first one in line! We are both very excited to bring him home, Reese will finally have some one to play with all day (as opposed to eating the plantain trees alone).TERRIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538990092461615808noreply@blogger.com