Moose the Bulldog(?)

The first picture is our dog Moose, he was expensive, and we have loved him very much but we have always thought he didn't really look like a bulldog. The second picture is what he should look like. The fact that he doesn't look like a bulldog has not affected how much we love him, but we have felt a little ripped off, money-wise. People always ask us if he's a boxer because his legs are so long.
The other day Ryan had taken Moose with him to play softball with a bunch of friends and someone asked him if Moose was an Olde English bulldog. I always thought an English bulldog and Olde English bulldog were the same. Turns out, they're not!!! We got on the website from the people we bought him from and it turns out Moose is Olde English Bulldog.

This is what they are supposed to look like:


Much more like Moose, turns out he looks just as he should. Olde English bulldogs are a mix of Bull Masstiff, American Bulldog and Pit Bull. They were made to look like an english bulldog without the health problems. So mystery Solved and kind of a funny story!!!

C, B, & K come to play!!!

Camryn, Brooklyn, and Kendyl all came to stay with us for a few days while they're mom was having some much needed r&r. We LOVE when the girls come to play, they are so fun, and have such great personalities!!!
And they LOVE Moose!!

DC & Annapolis

Over Easter weekend I joined my parents, Sean, and Dani (foreign exchange student) in Washington DC along with 20 million other people who decided to be there for the Cherry Blossom festival. I haven't been to DC since I was 12, so it was neat to neat to go see all the sights again. This picture above is Sean, Dani, and I on the metro making our way into the city.
This is the Capital building the first day in DC the weather was beautiful!!!



Mount Vernon with my dad and Sean.
This is George Washington's tomb.
Museum of Natural History
Arlington Cemetery


On Sunday my parents dropped my off at Carole Ann's house to spend a few days. It was so much fun to meet her little boy Johnathon, who is adorable. I didn't get many pictures, sad. On Monday we drove to Annapolis and did some shopping. It was a beautiful place to just sit on the water and eat crab legs and crab cakes and catch up.

Watch out Lance Armstrong!!

Since I have had such a hard time running lately, because of my knees and hips, I decided it was time for a road bike. I was a little shocked by the prices, mostly because I had looked at Wal mart at their huffy bikes first and expected their prices to be similar at a specialty bike store, but I found a really good deal on last years top model. And I think it's so cute!!! I have big plans of all the races I will be doing this summer, I just have to learn how to use my gears first! Wish me luck!!!

1 Year!!

This guy and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary last week, and what a year it has been. Some of our major highlights have been:

*2 cruises and being able to scuba dive together
*we ran a half marathon
* Trip to Hawaii
* Trip to NYC
*wakeboarding all summer with our families
*Lake Powell
*Moose
*Thanksgiving in St George with the Nelsons
*Christmas in Ohio with the Clarks
*5k with the Clarks
These are just a few of the highlights of our first married year together. I love spending everyday with Ryan, he always makes me laugh and makes me feel special and beautiful. He is the Best!!!

Cozumel

Our last stop was Cozumel! It is one of my favorite places I've ever been. And it was this last day that we all decided the Clark's would go and just stay there on our next vacation, I have verbal agreements from all of you, so don't even think about backing out. I've already started looking at houses!! The weather was beautiful and the ocean was so blue and crystal clear it seemed fake. The picture above is at the dive shop signing in and getting fitted!
Our first dive of the day was like passing through a mountain range under sea. This is a picture of us swimming through some caves.

When we first went down to bottom of the ocean there were all these conch shells, everywhere! I wish we could have taken some, however we were in a preserve, and couldn't touch anything!


My dad just loves Scuba diving, and I love that it's something we all can do together!
These three sexy ladies are my aunt Sue, my aunt Pam, and my momma!
This is my aunt Patti, my cousing Sydnie, and Tan Tan!
No, he's not standing on a bucket he really is that tall!
This funny little fish was triangle shaped, he was completely flat on the bottom with a crazy tail, he absolutely did not look real. Our dive master found him and rubbed his belly and when he did that the fished followed him where ever he led him. So we passed him around from person to person.

Un-Belize-able

Thursday we made our way into Belize. Belize used to be a English settlement so everyone speaks English. There are 3 stop lights in Belize City and 1 of them works. We started on a 45 minute bus ride, and traffic rules are more like a suggestion rather than law. After the bus ride we loaded into our boats and and had another 45 minute boat ride up the river through the jungle. After I heard we might see alligators, I swear I saw at least 12. Not really but at that point every branch in the water turned into a tail.
We arrived at the Lamanai ruins, which are ancient Mayan temples. It was pretty cool seeing something so old that was still in relatively good condition.

The first temple our guide showed us, we were not allowed to climb on. So when we went to the next one and he said we could climb to the top, I took off. I was racing someone, and when I got to the landing on the top, I panicked a little when I realized I still had to get down. It is steeper then it looks, and a little scary! Not to worry, we all made it back safe!

The made us yummy chicken, beans and rice! And I thought it was incredible.
We had another formal night on the ship that night..............
and Melanie and Sue got down with their badselves!!