"World's Greatest Dog!"

I thought I would share some pictures of the best dog a person could have. This is Bear, he is incredibly sweet, playful, spoiled and loved! He protects me when Houston is gone at work, he loves to play and swim at his gwama and gwampa's house. He loves to be around people 24-7! He loves to swim (we think he would probably win gold in swimming if dogs had olympics) and he thinks that our bed is his bed (Houston has half of the bed, then Bear has half of my half). I was so not a dog lover before we got Bear. Houston came home with him a little over two years ago and he was such an adorable little puppy. I knew he'd grow up to be a beautiful dog. We couldn't imagine our lives without him in it that's for sure. Now I know why they say that dogs are man's best friend. That couldn't be any more true in our case. He just turned two on July 2nd and he weighs about 90 lbs. This is truly our very hairy little child until the real ones come one day :) he will always be our first little baby though.

New Mexico Trip

Well one of my cousins got married last weekend on 8-8-08, so we made a little road trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico for her big day. We left early Friday morning and the wedding was that evening. We made it into Albuquerque a few hours before the wedding, went to our hotel to get ready and then off to the Sandia Resort we went. There was a really nasty storm surrounding the hotel before the wedding but luckily they got the ceremony in before it hit. It really did make for some cool pictures though and the lightning was so beautiful.
We headed home the next morning, so it really was a quick trip. She was a stunning bride and she was beeming all night long. It was so good to see her so happy and you can tell that her husband just absolutely adores her too. Houston wasn't able to come because he had his paramedic refresher course that they have to take every two years. I was bummed about that of course because he's my dancing partner! I did have a great time with my mom and brother and extended family though. My cousin Julie looked beautiful too as did the rest of the Planeta family. I don't get to see my cousins and uncles and aunts very often so it was great to be able to catch up with everyone. The newlyweds were off the day after the wedding on an Alaskan cruise, so I'm sure it was the perfect ending to their fairytale wedding.