Merlin

Holly's buddy Merlin came over for a pedicure last week. Jason has a new job - Creative Claws by Jason! Merlin is Glen and Angie's puppy. He was adopted by my friend Charlene from school. Jason clips his nails for her. He is a great wrestler and even wore out Holly! When she lay down, he would run circles around her taunting, "You want a piece of this?"

Backyard Shenanigans

It all started with this flower. Grandma Connie wanted to see what it looked like, so I went on a photo trip to the backyard. Well Grandma, here's the flower. I also found :


a naughty puppy, digging up the pretty flowers. The naughty puppy found:


a large, poisonous toad, which she chased into the corner. Then, the naughty puppy kissed the toad. I am pretty sure that's what she was trying to do - not! She began foaming at the mouth(the vet said she would be O.K.) - I guess she thought the toad might turn into a prince, but :


the poisonous toad turned into - a garden gnome! Hooray, I have always wanted one of those!

Hiking

Jason and Holly before the rain.

Heather and Holy before the rain.

After the rain in our first ever hold the camera in front of your face and shoot the picture!

Today we went for a hike in the mountains near Ruidoso. Awesome - for the first 30 minutes - before the thunder storm! We turned around and headed back out, while listening to huge cracks of thunder. Jason had a hummingbird mistake his red shirt for dinner - it landed on his sleeve and stuck its beak in his arm. When it came up dry, it craned it's neck back and stared at Jason. It appeared disgusted at its mistake and took off!