Tennessee

I went to Tennessee for Easter Weekend. My mom and cousin Alison also came up from Kentucky. I stayed with my aunt Bianca. She is married to Shannon and her children are Matthew and Jordan. My cousin Eli is temporarily living with them as he is in transition. That is Eli and Jordan in the picture. It was a good visit but it went by way too fast. I was able to take Bella and she got to play with their dogs, Katie and Jake. It is only 6 hours away so I am going to have to start visiting more often!

john john

I haven't been updating my blog like normal so i have several things to catch up on. Here is a recent picture of john that Donna and Leonard (his mommy and daddy) shared with me. This is after he got out of the bath one night!

After I got back from Kentucky it took me a few days to get back into the swing of things. John is thriving though! He is now crawling and he has a tooth! Plus, he has grown so much!!! It is strange to think that just in a few months he will be walking and talking!!!

i was tagged

Thanks for tagging me Ashley! I didn't think I was going to get tagged but I did so it hear goes:

Three Jobs I've Had:
1. Nanny
2. After-school counselor
3. Camp Cheerio Kitchen Attendant... haha

Three Movies I've Seen More than Once
1. Harry Potter - any of them
2. Anne of Green Gables
3. Lord of the Rings (i have so many more that i have seen more than once)

Three Places I've Lived:
1. Lexington, KY
2. Raleigh, NC
3. Glade Valley, NC (just for the summer)

Three TV Shows I watch:
1. The Office
2. Lost (Jen - I DID watch the ones I missed online! tell Jay!)
3. America's Next Top Model

Three Places I've been:
1. Belize
2. Kenya
3. Italy

Three People I'd Like to Meet (Living or Not)
1. Emma Thompson
2. John Krasinski
3. my grandmother (Oma)

Three Favorite Foods:
1. Steak
2. Chicken Piccata
3. Rasberries

Three Places I'd Like to Visit:
1. Portland, Oregon
2. Los Angeles, California
3. Spain

Three Things I'm looking forward to in the coming year:
1. the summer - going to the beach, swimming, emerald pointe, etc.
2. getting my new puppy fully trained!
3. the birth of my friends' babies!

Three People I'm Tagging:
1. Jen Joyner
2. Chelsea Le Chatelier
3. Alison Dance

bella baby

I love my puppy SO much! She is such a good little puppy too! She went to the vet yesterday and had some puppy shots. She has an ear infection though and I have to put this medicine in her ears everyday. She is on her way to being potty trained. If she can't make it outside then she always goes on her puppy pad. I love my little puppy and she is so sweet! Oh, I am trying to crate train her too but so far she does not like it!

ilona's art

i am putting some of my aunt ilona's artwork on here. these are the pictures that we hung around at her funeral. i took pictures of them with my camera so they are way better in real life, though i think the pictures turned out good!

make sure also to read my other two new posts below!!

many people think that this was her best painting. this is my cousin jordan that she painted. i love it.

this is my other favorite

the beatles! she LOVED them.

i also love this sunflower!

and a lot of people think this is her best too. it is very good!

ilona

Okay so I have been meaning to do this all week but I finally got it done! i made a little slideshow of pictures of my aunt and i would love for you to look at them! for those of you not in my family, here is some help with names:

jason: ilona's son and my cousin
natalie: my sister
melissa: my mom
bianca: my aunt, the youngest of the four sisters
alida: my aunt, the oldest of the four sisters
alison: alida's first daughter, the first niece in the family and my cousin
josie: alida's middle daughter, blonde hair and my cousin
eli: alida's youngest son and my cousin
doug: alida's husband, my uncle and like a brother to my aunt ilona
karsten: my mom's cousin who lives in germany
phoenix:
her last puppy that she got 2 years ago. she named her phoenix because of the meaning of the name. here is the definition:"a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years: often an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope." for those who don't know.... phoenix became ill about 2 months ago and she passed away 2 days before my aunt. we think that she died so that she could greet ilona in heaven.

i think that is all. i hope you enjoy these pictures of my sweet aunt! i still have more pictures i want to put up here but seeing how long it took me to get these on here, then it might still be a while.


***click on the slide show so it opens up in a different window so you can read the captions!



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Bella Luna

This is my new puppy, Bella! I will post more pictures soon. We are already best friends and she actually is a really good puppy! And for those of you who don't know, she is a puggle. She is 9 weeks old. She isn't replacing Sierra, they are just going to be sisters.