Fred The Bunny

One Friday evening, j and I sat talking in his office for a brief moment - chats are always brief lately as he's always studying… wonder what it will be like to have normal, lengthy conversations again? Hopefully someday. A girl can dream.

Anyhow, as I looked out the sliding glass doors, I noticed a deer looking befuddled by something moving in the garden. A snake perhaps? Clearly it was a critter that the deer was unaccustomed to seeing. As I open the door to check things out, to my surprise the most adorable little bunny comes hopping up the steps! Of course I am now giddy with excitement and j is trying to tell me that rabbits are hard to catch, but I mosey on over, bend down, and pick him right up (clearly he's someone's house pet).

Well, it's now starting to get dark and stormy. I bat my eyes and smile, which is quickly met with rolling eyes. How could I possibly leave such a cute, vulnerable little thing outside to endure a surely fearsome rainstorm?

Obviously I couldn't. So I brought the little fella inside. He made himself right at home, hopping all around the place. Melted my heart. And as a HUGE bonus, he was potty trained! Would use a little box I set up for him in the laundry room.

Jeremy decided we should call him Fred. And so we did.

Now, the j let this go on for a bit until he coerced me into putting up a "found bunny" sign. I knew it was the right thing to do because I would surely be missing him if he was my pet, but secretly I was hoping that no one would claim him (come on, I never thought I would be allowed to have a pet, so this was just pure dumb luck).

To my dismay, a girl called me that very day and said he was hers. She was so grateful that I had put up the sign (brilliant idea). And although I only had little Fred for maybe 24 hours, I still got a little teary-eyed when I had to give him back.

Little did I know that Fred had paved the way for a much better opportunity. Details to come.

j's last first day

Oh the days fly by so fast. Jeremy was trying to rush out the door, but I begged him to wait so I could snap a photo of his last first day of school... ever. I was so excited to take this photo, but I must admit that I felt a tinge of sadness creep up as I realized that an end to some of the most challenging days, but wonderful days were drawing near. I don’t know why it hit me, but where does the time go? I thought these three years would feel like an eternity, and at times they did, but now that it's almost over, I find myself already missing the adventure. Crazy I know.

Who knows what lies in the road ahead - but if we can get through this, we can surely get through anything. You and me against the world babe.

Sheep Creek Camp Out

All summer I have relentlessly petitioned Jeremy to go camping. I love getting outdoors and getting dirty, though we really haven’t camped together much. We were lucky enough to get to go camping at Sheep Creek (just past Logan) with dear friends. We had a great time roughing it as we slept on the ground, tinkled in the trees, got dirt beneath our fingernails, and ended up smelling like campfire. 

Jer doesn’t get to ride nearly enough… what a cutie.

There was this little lake turned out to be loads of fun – especially as all of the guys piled into one canoe. It was hilarious – I laughed so hard it hurt. We kicked up a lot of fun - swimming, four wheeling, and staying up laughing well into the wee-hours of the night. We devoured delicious Dutch oven meals, smore’s, banana boats, and roasted hot dogs. It most certainly felt like summer and the great outdoors are always greater with dear friends circling the campfire.