Some vacation pictures

We spent some time this week at our timeshare. Since this is all new to us, we chose to hang out at our "home" resort, and since it was fairly close to home, we did a lot of back and forth trips, some without Ari, and some with her. So... I have pictures.

Our room had an amazing jacuzzi tub. Ari loved it as much as I did...



All these pictures are from Tuesday. I got Ari dressed and she insisted on wearing this hat, then asked, "Mommy, do I look fashion?"



We spent most of the day at a place called Hancock Shaker Village... the highlight being a behind-the-scenes tour of the barn and baby animals. (As it turns out, this is the perfect time of year to see all the baby animals.) Here's Tony and Ari walking in, with the big round stone barn in the background.



Ari with a duckling.



And with a chick. (Obviously not your typical fluffy yellow chick... and I don't remember what kind of chicken this was.)



Ari and some other girl saying hi to a cow...



And this was on the behind-the-scenes tour. Ari told me later that the lamb was her favorite.



They took us into a pasture and let a whole flock of sheep out of the barn, then let us all feed them. Ari kept wanting to hold another lamb, but none of them were too keen on that idea...



Here's Ari holding a piglet... I think they said this one was about 3 weeks old.



And another piglet... this one was only 3 days old.



Meeting a calf...



In another part of the village, they had a big hands-on area... here, Ari was weaving on a loom.



That's all I've got for now. I do have pictures from Easter, but they're all on my regular camera, so it will take me a little longer to get to those. (I took all the above pics on my Droid, and it's a snap to upload them from that.)

The weekend is over

Woo hoo, the weekend is OVER.

I know that seems a strange thing to say. It wasn't a bad weekend... just a crazy-busy one, and one that has been months (or, you could argue, years) in the making. Our church celebrated its 10th anniversary this weekend, which, of course, was a Big Deal. But everything went so well. The concert was fantastic (and our Praise Team did a decent job being the "opening act" which was a huge relief, seeing as our rehearsal just before the concert didn't go so smoothly), and the service on Sunday was great too. I would share pics, but I was much too busy to take any. I think I got tagged in a few pics and a video on Facebook, though.

And in spite of all the busyness of the weekend, I still managed to squeeze in a little "me" time. I took Sharla for a long walk on both Saturday and Sunday, and it was lovely. This new Easy-Walk Harness is the best thing EVER, and now that she's walking so nicely on leash, it makes our walks much more pleasant. Which is part of the reason we walked for so long. I think I tired her out well. Exhibit A...

They are always so cute when they're sleeping, right?

And Ari's latest artwork for me. In case it's not obvious, that's our house and Sharla.

Last night, I took the dog for a walk while Tony and Ari ran to Costco. I was unsuccessful, though, because said dog did not want to walk. (Side note: What kind of crazy dog doesn't want to go for a walk?!) So I brought her home after tiring of trying to convince her that walking is fun and good, and continued the walk alone, which included much walking after dark.

When I got home, I was greeted by an exuberant 4-year-old who made me close my eyes before revealing this surprise...

Aww.

Just 2 videos

Just a couple quick videos of Ari and Sharla.

Ari inherited this 4-wheeler from her cousin, and she's really gotten good at maneuvering it. Which is a good thing, seeing as this crazy puppy likes to chase her on it.

And here's a close-up of Sharla. If you look closely, you can see the Shar-Pei wrinkles on her face. Also, her ears have started folding themselves differently... now they lie like triangles, instead of being all funky.