My Tribute to MJ

I've never been a particular fan of Michael Jackson, nor have I viewed him as any sort of role model (although his tunes are catchy and his dance moves are impressive)...but I sure do have a Michael Jackson dress!

I purchased it while melting away in Thailand about a month before Michael passed away. It was FAR too sweltering to take modesty into account.

Thailand was the last time I donned this little number, but I thought it was appropriate to haul it out on the one year anniversary of MJ's death & strike an MJ pose. Perhaps I'll resurrect the dress in honour of him... but call it a tank top.

Kumeu trick reel - age: 12 weeks

It's Kumeu's 12-week birthday today, so we thought we'd let him strut his stuff PRE-puppy kindergarten.

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*disclaimer: normally 'high five' is his most consistent trick....we'll call it trainer error. OR... we'll cut the pup some slack because he IS only 12 weeks old...

Kumeu starts puppy kindergarten tomorrow, and we're pretty sure that he'll be at the top of his class.... and we're toooootally not biased.

Our baby

Kumeu isn't so little anymore! He even has a big boy sweater sent from Grandmere & Poppy in New Zealand...

Our preppy puppy looks all ready for Kindergarten! Good thing because he starts on Monday!

This 11-week old bundle of joy is up to 18 pounds already...

He inhales his food, swallows whole ice cream sandwich wrappers, and devours ROCKS, but he still does us proud...

My two best men...

Kumeu has met a lot of tiny children so far. The kidlets are always super eager to meet him, but as soon as he reciprocates the enthusiasm, the little ones tend to shy away. Two-year old Bella, however, THRIVED on Kumeu's energy. He took her for a few rides and she erupted into giggles every time. It was SO cute to watch...

On this same visit, Kumeu interacted with Bret & Sheena's shitzu, Rudy. I had the camera out at the exact moment that Rudy barked, and Kumeu jumped back in fright. He got over it promptly, but it was a pretty priceless little moment...

It's so fun watching this little guy grow up... although I already miss his tiny little scrunched puppy face. Remember this little face?? Awwwww....

So much family... SO MUCH FUN!!!

Over the past month, we've had the pleasure of spending oodles of time with BOTH of our families. In May, Marc, Kylie, Ty, Carlynne & Dan were here for one glorious WEEK. Carlynne and Dan came to help decorate Lowell and my house (more to come on that another day!!), and Marc, Kylie, & Ty unexpectedly came at the last minute because Kylie's Grandpa passed away (which was sad, but it was so great to have M, K & T here!). Total coinkidink that they're trips coincided. Given the enormity of this family get together, it's shocking how FEW pictures we took... but at least we got SOME.

Last weekend we got to hang with Lowell's fam when we made the trek to Sherwood Park for little Julia's dedication. We were more our camera-happy selves on THIS trip!

And now I'm just going to let the pictures do the talking. We'll start with Lethbridge...

Okay, I WILL explain the following picture. Ty's bottles were left to sterilize in the boiling water a TAD too long which resulted in a pile of melted bottle products. Mom signed it and it's now proudly displayed in my parents' garage...

Now Sherwood Park...

And I'm also going to talk about THIS picture. Lowell captured this somewhat disturbing shot of Kumeu seemingly having a massive stroke? Not TOO sure what's distorting my adorable pup's cutesie little face at this unfortunate moment...

Oh good, now he's back to his cute adorable self...

Let me interject for another sec here. I didn't get any shots of the twinnies, so I toootally stole this picture from Lori so you could see these adorable growing girlies. Just over 3 months old now and SO CUTE...

Now back to our shots...

The end.