All about our people...day

We got this idea from Oskar - click the linky/picture above to learn more!

We live in Denver, CO but before this we lived in North Dakota. Mommy and Daddy are both originally from the St. Louis, MO area but now love living with a view of the mountains! They love traveling and seeing new places so what better place to live than a vacation destination?

Daddy got out of the Air Force last year and is going to school full time for his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering. In his spare time, he plays with us, plays video games, and builds things (like our new deck!) He also loves backpacking but has yet to convince Mommy to go on a true multi-day backpacking trip. We would be excited to go! We need a bigger tent first!


















Mommy is getting her Master's in Genetic Counseling. Most of you probably haven't heard of it, so don't worry! She has 1 year left and then will hopefully find a job in the Denver area next year. In her spare time (which she doesn't have much of), she enjoys taking us to the doggy park, taking fancy pictures, quilting, and is looking forward to being able to relax on our new deck!





















Hope you enjoyed hearing about our people...now let's hear about yours!

1 year celebration!

Hello! We let our 1 year blogging anniversary fly by, so here we are 3 days late with some pictures and even a video for you to enjoy.

It has been HOT here! Maybe not as hot as Arizona or as our grandparents in Missouri, but we don't have air conditioning here so we are hot inside and hot outside too! Last weekend was Mommy's friend's birthday so we went to the BIG dog park with them after getting some ice cream. (Turns out, Yoshi didn't like ice cream, so he gave his to Lacey, our new friend). The big dog park is at a state park - it is 300 acres of off leash heaven! We even got to play in a creek! Mommy was going to take her nice camera but the weather turned kind of nasty so she left it in the car and is still waiting to get pictures from her friend. But here is Yoshi checking out the ice cream and the remnants of Cody's ice cream bowl!


















Mommy and Daddy have been spending almost every weekend this summer building us a new deck. Here is their progress (please excuse Awkward Cody who doesn't like being on his back!)












Mommy happened to snap this picture of Cody and Daddy - it is one of her new favorites. Look how happy Cody looks to be sitting on Daddy's lap!









Mommy and Daddy were tired after working on the deck and didn't feel like cooking so they went to Sonic. They didn't share their tater tots, but Yoshi got a hold of a napkin...almost as good!


We will be participating in Oskar's "All About Your People Day" this weekend - so stay tuned!
http://thedailyoskar.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-about-your-people-day.html

Not so Happy 4th of July!

We've tried to make the best of it. Yoshi had to go for a haircut so Cody got ice cream! (Hardly fair) Good Times has a special treat just for dogs with custard, dog treats, and peanut butter - and they freeze it so it took awhile for him to get through! Sorry the pic is turned funny - Mommy is having issues again.








Mommy and Daddy headed over to our neighbor's house for some BBQ and it started raining on them. Not just raining though - hailing! They are crossing their fingers that our tornado watch doesn't turn into anything!

We are not liking the fireworks - how about you guys?

Construction

We have been busy helping Mommy and Daddy build a new deck. As soon as they got our doggy door installed they tore down our old deck (it basically crumbled as soon as they started, so it was definitely time to be replaced). Since we have a split level house, the only exit to the back yard is now through the basement window, so we have all been using the couch as a jumping point to get out there. Cody especially loves it because he has never been allowed on the couch before (Mommy keeps catching him taking naps on it now but isn't saying anything until the deck is done). So here are some pictures of the progress so far. Today some of the basic framing went up. We will all be glad to have things back to normal!

Looking down from the back door.









The couch is protected and ready to be trampled on!









In use










Yoshi gives the framing his paw of approval. Those are temporary planks just for show.









Oh, and for those of you who read our post about our neighbor doggie, Dakota - his family has decided to keep him after all. We are glad and will miss him once he goes to his new house.

Please help!

Our neighbor came over and asked if we would be able to take their dog, Dakota. They are moving and have to spend some time in a motel for awhile and decided that they cannot afford him any longer. If there is anyone in the Denver area that you know who wo to adopt him, please let us know. If they can't find a home by Saturday he is going to the pound :(

He is a very nice doggie - he is about 12 years old, fixed, house trained, good with kids, and very easy going. He gets along with us just fine so I'm sure he would get along with you! He is about 60-70lbs. Please please please spread the word like wildfire and let us know if you are interested!

Silly photo challenge

Hello everyone!
This is Mommy here. Yoshi found this link http://squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/ and decided he wanted to participate in the Silly Photo Challenge! I also decided to add a few pictures of our trip to Belize a few years ago. Photo credits for those two are MY mom and a friend of the family, but they were on our trip and are indeed funny so I thought I'd share!

First, here are Yoshi's entries.
There is a reason the block of cement was in place - he didn't quite figure that one out and got stuck!









Spring thaw.














This one was on accident - fish fry anyone?









This one was not so much on accident, but funny none-the-less. And yes, he's holding lighter fluid!












Feel free to stop by the SquirrelQueen's blog to check out other silly photos!

What's in a name?

Mommy and Daddy have lots of nicknames for us.

Yoshi
Yosh
Yoshties
Yoshies
Yoshter
Stinky butt
Little dude









Cody
Codies
Codster
Cods (with the long o)
Big dude
Awkward










When Cody was adopted he already had his name and Mommy and Daddy decided they wouldn't change it. That explains why many of our nicknames sound the same.

Do your humans have any nicknames for you?