Mama's Got a Brand New Gig!!

I wanted to officially announce that I have a NEW job! Woohoo! My last day at my current job is Thursday, September 27th and I begin my new adventure on Monday, October 1st. I am going to work for a software company called Activant Solutions (www.activant.com) as a Web Trainer and Implementation Specialist. Probably the most exciting part of this new endeavor (beside a bump up in income) is the fact that I will NOT have to relocate but will be officing 'remotely' - which means out of my home! Yes! Of course, it's always hard to leave people that you've worked with for a long time, but luckily there is technology to keep in touch with them all! I'm really excited and hope it all goes well...

September - where hast thou gone?!

Like the Green Day song says..."Wake me up when September ends..." Well, time to wake up! I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted on the blog but what a busy month it was! September starts with Labor Day and we very honored to have our special friend, Susan, come and visit from Oklahoma City for the weekend! It was a blast and so much fun hanging out with Susan...cousins Shelly, Tony & Spencer also came up for a day and we went to the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. It was a HOT day but also a LOT of fun! The next weekend, Zoie & I went out to Uncle Gary and Aunt Chris' because it had just been too long since we'd seen them! A small town near where they live was having their fall festival so we got to partake in those activities. My work sent me on a training trip to Lafayette, Louisiana, so that took out a whole week...but I lucked out on my rental car and ended up with a shiny red Mustang convertible! Not a car I would buy, but man it was sure fun to toodle around in for a week in the nice Louisiana weather!! And we can't forget that September brought in the 2007 Nebraska Football season - it must really be fall now! Go Big Red!! (2-1 so far!) In between all that we've just been trying to enjoy the cooler fall weather as much as we can by getting outside and just living one day at a time! We hope that you are all doing well and enjoying September too!!!

All our Love,
Heather, Zoie & Indie

* The 2007 Nebraska State Fair *

Corndogs...Funnel Cakes...Fresh Squeezed Lemonade...Hot Weather...Rides...Farm Animals & 4-H exhibits...every type of home improvement display you can imagine...concerts...and, last but not least, all the people watching you could ever want (including the 'carnies')!! Yep, it's State Fair time again! Mom, Zoie & I went to check it all out and it wasn't too bad. Zoie enjoyed all the animals - we saw the Budweiser Clydesdales, baby pigs (11 of them, only about 3 hrs old!) & chicks, and there was an exotic petting zoo where Zoie & Mom fed a camel, a zebra & a giraffe and had quite a pecking experience with an emu or ostrich!! But what she liked even more than seeing the animals was her first funnel cake - she truly does take after her mama. Ha!

The Lincoln Zoo with Friends...

Zoie & I met our friends, Vonda & Connor, at the Lincoln Children's Zoo one Saturday morning for some fun...and fun we had! Connor gave Vonda quite the work-out as he likes to run! The kids also enjoyed looking at the animals - especially the monkeys! My favorite thing was the Butterfly Pavillion...it was beautiful and peaceful and the butterflies were just flitting around us...

Connor tells Zoie all about how monkeys climb...

Zoie taking her time to get close to the goats.

Zoie petting a guinea pig...so soft!

In the Butterfly Pavillion...butterflies everywhere!!

Look who just hatched...cute 'chicks'!!

Easy does it, Mister! I'm not THAT kind of girl!!

Zoie, Zoie Quite Contrary...How Does Your Garden Grow?

Better put a little water here...don't want it to get dry!

Gotta water the flowers, too!

Gardening makes me so happy!

Off to take care of more nature!

A Day In the Life...

These are just some sweet pics I took of Zoie playing and at bathtime the other night...it's the simple, sweet, everyday moments with her that take my breath away!

^^ Indie's New 'Do! ^^

100 degree weather...99% humidity...hot thick hair on your neck...what's a dog to do? Well, to beat the "dog days" of summer...get a haircut!! Check out the 'before' & 'afters'!!!

Here are the BEFORE pics:




And here are the AFTER pics (looks like a different dog)!!