My jealous parents!

OK, so my Dad got really jealous because I posted a picture of my brother and not of him so I thought I'd add this to get him off my back. This is a picture of my parents taken at my wedding. Aren't they cute? My Dad is part of this amazing organization called the Miracle League and he sent me this link that I will post in order to make him oh so proud of me :-)
http://www.visaliamiracleleague.com/video.html Enjoy!

Check out my hot brother!

Brian Foster, not to be confused with Brian Michael, and yes ladies, he is single. He sings too, and plays the piano, and the guitar, and the drums, and the trumpet and...

He was the first one to leave a comment on my blog so I thought I'd give him some props.

Props little bro, props.

Parker
Parker is our 10 month old Beagle that is currently our greatest source of entertainment, frustration, and joy. Although he is so precious (I mean...look at him!) he is DEFINITELY a puppy! On Friday while I was in the shower he stole a pen from who knows where and chewed it to bits leaving a lovely ink spill on our no longer lovely, once cream colored carpet. We plan to have our carpets cleaned, but at this point, I think saving up for new carpet is a much smarter option! Since there is no way to cover the ink spill, I am considering pulling out the permanent markers and adding to it, making a mural of sorts directly on our carpet in order for it to look intentional and somehow more intentionally obnoxious...sort of a "take that Martha Stewart" sort of statement. We'll see!

We spend most of our evenings at the Bark Park so that Parker can run his little heart out and so that we can hang out with other dogs who are much more poorly behaved than Parker so as to feel better about ourselves. He's an overachieving sock-aholic (although his addiction is not exclusive to socks, but to laundry in general) who is about to reach the 1 million mark for number of squirts from the spray bottle when he is naughty. Why is it that the naughty things are so much easier to remember right now than the sweet ones? He is really so much fun and brings a lot of fulfillment to our lives. Even my Mom likes him, don't you Mom (even though she won't let him call her Grandma!) He always makes you feel like a million bucks about yourself because he is SO happy to see you and can't wait to hang out with you. There is nothing like a dog to make you understand unconditional love! I will close this entry with one last, more recent picture to show him off. This is the little devil after wearing himself out chewing the stuffing (literally) out of one of his toys. Lucky for him, it also doubles as a pillow.