27 December 2010

December

Me with Isla while eating yummy food.

Pudge (Isla) under the tree

Isla with her dolly


Owen and Finn

owen, finn, and declan


Declan reading the paper

shoveling with Declan

Sugar Hill house after the storm

28 November 2010

November Skiing

November 26-28
Alpine Meadows

ben

ben having a lot of fun!


Nancy playing in the snow!


16 September 2010

European Chickens

our chicken adventures in europe:

mr. chicken??

i was excited because i found a chicken in paris!


chickens in versailles!

an egg in london!

we could not find any chickens in cassis so i brought my own!

20 August 2010

Wedding

Mike, Amy, Ben, Marika, and Ari

bouquet from aunt donna and julie

we are married!



24 July 2010

Summer 2010

this summer started off really well (we got engaged!) but then got a bit rough. spot got sick and died and ari needed knee surgery. we also had a lot of good times. here are a few of the fun moments of the summer!

tillie and etheldore

queen elizabeth

ari ended up having to wear a cone because he kept licking his incision

mexican breakfast!

playing on the john deer!

the newest addition to troutmere farm, goslynn, the african goose!



Fillet (now know as misty)
We found a knew home for fillet. She is living on a 10 acre farm in pescadero with lots of chicken friends and two nice children.

our new chicken coop!

Tillie!

16 July 2010

ari's knee surgery

Ari tore his CCL earlier in the summer but it did not heal so he had to have surgery to fix it. He cannot be let off leash for two months.


it was really hard because i could not tell ari what was going on.

sad boy


ari doing one of the many things he should not be doing...

28 June 2010

Spot

May 6, 2010 - June 28, 2010


my little friend

2 days before she died

20 June 2010

Engagement Rock

Ben proposed to me while backpacking near roundtop off of carson pass.

starting to unpack the car

it was beautiful! everything was still covered in snow. we were able to ski most of the way to our campsite.

ben and ari


ben proposed to me at the rock in the background of the picture. he tied the ring around ari's neck!

I'm engaged!

skiing the next day

ari relaxing after skiing

ari taking a nap on ben!

ben making breakfast

having a burger at our favorite burger place in tahoe after skiing out!