Busy, Busy

This month is a pretty busy one for me. I got home a few days ago after being gone and away from internet for a week and a half. And I'll be leaving again tomorrow and will be away from home for another 2 weeks. This will probably be a long boring post so beware. We were in Gilbert babysitting Derrick's little sister and brother and watching 5 dogs (yes, you did read right...........5 freakin dogs.) Derrick's mom has 3 dogs and we were watching Derrick's brother Nolan's 2 dogs as well. Many of you may know that I DO NOT like dogs/pets very much. If I had my way, I would never own a pet (other than our cat Kiki who I'm all ready committed to.) And now, after watching these 5 dogs, I will fight very hard to hold off getting a dog for a very long time (hopefully I'll get my way since Derrick and Scotty both like dogs.) Derrick made a deal with his brother that we would watch the dogs as long as he would bring over his Rock Band game so we could get our rock on!! Now, I love this game. I played and played until I thought I had blisters on my fingers. But........after dogs waking me and Scotty up WAY too early every morning, after dogs chewing/tearing numerous things up (a huge plastic water bowl, the doggie door, Scotty's football, cookie cutters for Scotty's play dough, etc.) and after a dog peed, yes peed, on my leg, I don't really think the Rock Band blisters were worth it

On to better things. I was able to have my favorite hair stylist Koi color and cut my hair. I wanted dark in the front and underneath but I wanted something a little more fun than just brown. So, I had her do a violet color. Some people may not like the purple look but I am having a lot of fun with it and I love the contrast. This pic is not good at all, but it's the only one I have with the new hair. Thanks Koi

We were able to spend the 4th of July with Derrick's family. We ate a lot and some people swam and then we hung out and watched fireworks from the upstairs windows of Derrick's mom's house. We were all glad that we weren't outside in the heat watching the fireworks and then fighting our way out in traffic to get home. I was too lazy to go and get my camera out so there are no pictures of the 4th

The next day we left for Pinetop. We went up for a mini-vacay and so that I could go to a Dr appointment. It was nice to be back in all of the pine trees and in the cooler weather. Derrick had a plan to eat at all of his favorite restaurants there. So, we had the vacation of eating! We were able to meet up with a couple of friends but didn't have enough time to see everyone we would have like to have seen. I spent a lot of time at the Dr's office and at the lab getting tests done. When we were packing up the car on Tuesday afternoon to come back home, Scotty was sitting on the stairs by the door of the condo. He had a shoelace untied so Derrick told him to stay on the stairs while we finished loading up. I was putting some stuff in the trunk and heard him running and heard him fall. I looked up to see his face planted into the pavement. He started wailing and started to get up. I saw blood on his face so I ran over to check it out. He had scraped up his face and had a mouthful of gravel and blood. Luckily, it wasn't too bad. Here are some pics of his injuries

So, now I'm on to my next adventure! I get to go to Pennsylvania to help my sis Suzi. She is having her C-section on Monday and I get to fly out on Sunday to help out with Kassidy and with Suzi and the new baby when they get home from the hospital. I will be staying there for a week and a half. Scotty gets to stay at home with Daddy. I'm sure that I'll miss them both like crazy but I'm so excited to see Suzi and her little girls