Mexico!!

At the end of September, we went on the annual Cook vacation to Rocky Point! It was fun as usual. This time we took Roxy with us... that was an adventure... fun though. Roxy LOVED the water and she showed us that she knows how to swim while we were down there.

Rob and I enjoyed the short time away from school and life... we wish it had been longer, but were grateful for the time we got to spend with family.

We forgot to take pictures, so these are all I have to share...

Birthday Rewind!!

This is way old...but still worth blogging! Rob turned 52... wait I mean 25... at the beginning of September... I can't believe he is already 25... crazy!

haha... we were trying to do 2-5 to show how old he was but did 5-2 instead. We have like 4 pictures like this and NONE the correct way... yes we are geniuses!

Anyway, he had a FUN birthday. To celebrate, we went bowling, to dinner, to the movies, and out for ice cream... and the best part of it was that I had such awesome coupons for every place that it made it super cheap (thanks mom for letting me steal some out of your entertainment book). Sometimes it is really helpful that our birthdays are so close together... we get two of all the free stuff.

Anyway, we started out bowling. We went in the afternoon, so the place was empty and they didn't have their cool music and lights going (I guess that is why it is so cheap during the day). We had lots of fun though. We bowled "Skittle" style. Before we bowled, we had to pick a skittle and what we pulled out determined how we bowled.... threw the legs, eyes shut, opposite hand, etc.


After that, we grabbed something to eat and went to a movie... it was so long ago, I can't even remember what we saw...I do remember it was something Rob wanted to see though. After that we went and got our FREE cold stone birthday ice creams! =).... see what I mean about the advantages of close birthdays. Saturday, we then celebrated his birthday with my family and Sunday we celebrated mine and his birthday with his family! It was an exciting 25th birthday indeed!

First a dog... now what?

As many of you know, my husband ALWAYS wants to help other people, animals, and plants. He is definitely the kind of person that stops and helps every person that is pulled to the side of the road. He also frequently picks up animals that are in the street and moves them to the side or takes them somewhere... his favorite are snakes...yuck! Although he is a little overboard sometimes, I do love this about him. He is very sweet and truly willing to help anyone.

However, due to Rob's kindness, this week I came home to this....

it is hard to tell... but this is about 2 feet long.

Yes this is a Chinese Water Dragon... he went to a pool to service it and this was by the gate. He went and told the owners and they were surprised to see it. It previously had been their son's pet, but the boy didn't want it anymore so they just let it free in the desert.(Not the smartest... this is NOT a desert animal). It had been three weeks since they had let it free and it had found it's way home. By this point, it looked and smelled like death. The owners said that they were going to let it free again. Rob couldn't bare to see this, so he took it. They gave him the cage and everything. He didn't tell me he was bringing it home. He just did. He called my mom and told her about it and she went and picked up some food and met him at my house.(my mom always encourages Rob...haha). When I got home Rob said that he was going to call an Animal Rescue place and take it to them.... that was Monday and it is now Saturday... I am still wondering when that phone call is going to happen! Anyway, it looked horrible the first 24 hours, but Rob got it to drink and eat and it is now looking a little bit more normal. I am happy that he was successful is saving it... but now I want it to find a new home! For now though, we have a dragon and a devil (that is what my dad calls Roxy) for pets...what a combination.

Does anyone want this little beauty?