The Uniform

Erik is an official FPO now, with a uniform and everything! Lookin' good babe :)

THE NAME TAG

THE OFFICIAL PATCH

THE BADGE

OOH YEAH!

Baby Birds

You may remember that some time ago we were doing everything we could to get the Robin to stop making a nest above our garage. We even had a stuffed penguin nailed up there for several day... BUT there was no stopping her. She now has a name "Tweet Tweet" and has made herself a lovely little home for her 3 babies right where we told her not to.
Yesterday when we came home from work, one of the babies had apparently tried to fly... unsuccessfully :( There he was looking helpless, right in the middle of the driveway.

So, Erik decided to help the little fella out. With gloves on, of course, while Tweet Tweet looked upon from afar.

Here are all the little birdies, back in their nest.

Hopefully they had a better day today :)

Ickle Me, Pickle Me

I ran across this book while I was at my parent's house recently, and couldn't help but open it to my VERY FAVORITE poem from when I was a kid. Love love love it! You have probably heard it before, but just in case, here 'tis:

Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
from the book "Where the Sidewalk Ends"

Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too
Went for a ride in a flying shoe.
"Hooray!"
"What fun!"
"It's time we flew!"
Said Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.

Ickle was captain, and Pickle was crew
And Tickle served coffee and mulligan stew
As higher
And higher
And higher they flew,
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.

Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too,
Over the sun and beyond the blue.
"Hold on!"
"Stay in!"
"I hope we do!"
Cried Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.

Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle too
Never returned to the world they knew,
And nobody
Knows what's
Happened to
Dear Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.

Taste the Rainbow

This beautiful rainbow appeared the other night over the mountains by my house. At least there's one benefit to all of this crazy rain...

AND if you look close, it was even a double rainbow!

This brings to mind a very inspirational thought:
As we struggle through the turmoil of this poor economy, it is important to remember, "One can’t have rainbows without the rain!"

Sisterly Love

For all of you who know Bandit in the slightest, this is totally out of character for her. BUT it was totally cute! They really do love each other :)

Dog Day Afternoon

The day started with a visit from Harper and a swim in our luxurious backyard pool...

Brandi thinks it's really just the world's largest water bowl

Then we took the girls to the baseball game on Sunday afternoon. Sounds like chaos, right? Well it actually turned out better than expected! They met lots of friends in all shapes and sizes, including Brandi's new crush, a 170lb male St Bernard. Sooo cute.

Brandi, checkin' out her boyfriend...

We only got a butt shot of him, but you get the idea

After the game they we're VERY tired. Slept the whole way home!

California... Knows How to Party

Had an awesome time in Cali with my BFF over Memorial Day weekend! Went to the beach, got a tan, AND well yea that's all that really matters...

Looks like Jeff's tan still needs some work ;P

OH yea, we went to the AVP volleyball tournament too! Hot boys playing in the sand can never be a bad thing! This is the Gold Medal team Rogers/Dahlhauser playing in the finals. They won.

Jeff and Erik had a litte 3 point competition at Six Flags. The grand prize for making all of the shots was a big screen TV! Funny how they walked away with 2 teddy bears and $40 short.

Our last night in Cali was spent in true soul mate style with Jen-aritas and fajitas!