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Puppy Vaccinations

admin August 19, 2019 0 Comments

So this weekend Kenzie really impressed me. We needed to give the new puppies their vaccinations and she decided that she wanted to learn how to do it.

Rather than turning her loose on the dog with a syringe, we decided to do some practicing first and used an orange to perfect her technique. She stuck with it and practiced over and over again until she felt confident. Then she got down with Oreo and did a perfect job putting the needle in and giving her the vaccination. Not bad for 7 years old. This kid amazes me!

Funny sidenote: I just about peed myself laughing when during the practice phase she handed me the orange so that I could “hold the patient” 🙂

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Weekend in Denali

admin June 27, 2019 0 Comments

We’ve had Denali National Park in Alaska on our bucket list for a while, so this year we planned a long weekend to check it out. We didn’t realize it when we booked the trip, but we arrived on the Solstice (the day when the sun is at it’s northernmost point and the longest day of sunlight all year) and in Alaska apparently that means it’s a party weekend! Cars were all rented out and everyone had sold out of ice. But we worked it all out and after some shopping, we headed out to Denali.

Our first day in Denali was beautiful, and we got really luck with the weather and animal sighting. They say if you spend a few days there you’ll have a 30% chance of seeing Mt. Denali through the clouds. We go lucky and had a great view our first day!

We also spotted sheep, caribou, eagles, a lynx, hares, moose, and bears. But the highlight for Kenzie was the little Arctic Ground Squirrel!

It was also really interesting/odd to have it be completely light out at midnight. I went for a walk around 11:00pm and took some pictures, and looking at them, you’d think it was noon.

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Wildlife Safari

admin April 21, 2019 0 Comments

This weekend we met up with one of Kenzies friends from school (also named Kenzie) to visit the Wildlife Safari park in Winston, OR. The girls had a great time together driving through the park, and we got some cute pictures of them.
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Las Vegas with Friends

admin April 14, 2019 0 Comments

This weekend we went to Las Vegas to meet up with friends. Kenzie has a GREAT TIME playing with Noel, hanging out at the pool, and seeing a Vegas show. Jodi finally did the zip line over Freemont Street. We also hit up Red Rock and did some hiking to see petroglyphs.

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Kenzie’s first swim meet

admin March 9, 2019 0 Comments

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Fire Training at Brooks

admin February 17, 2019 0 Comments

Yesterday was training day at the fire tower in Brooks. I think we all had a great time playing with fire. P.S. Kids, don’t play with fire…unless you have a couple of fire engines handy and at the ready.

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