Stitch - Jekyl & Hyde

For all of you who don't know...Stitch is the love of our life but is a terror when it comes to other pets, especially other dogs. He hates them with a vengeance and can't stand to be anywhere near

them. He's just an old man who wants to be left alone.

Well I decided to take him for the very first time ever to a dog park and thought that it would be a once in a lifetime experience because he would growl and bark at every passing dog and I would get dirty looks from everyone and leave because I was so embarrassed. I don't know what possessed this little monster but he was an ANGEL the entire time! A few low growls here and there when some dogs came at him too fast or kept wanting to play with him but other than that he was SOOO good!!!

For the first time in my life, I wasn't the embarrassed owner with the small yappy dog! There were times where I just walked way ahead of him and he never once wandered off! Poor John missed this amazing moment in his kid's life. Joey was actually pretty scared of all the other dogs and had his tail inbetween his legs the entire time. He did some sniffing but got really frantic and tried to hide if too many dogs came at him. Poor Kid. He would hide at anyone's feet the minute he got scared. We're going to try and go as often as possible so that these 2 can get used to it.

We're on our way to Magnuson...here Joey is trying to get as close to Stitch as he possibly can.

I think he's trying to kill him with love!!!

Amazing or what?

Joey was pretty curious but wanted to approach and not really be approached for the most part.

Our New Entertainment Center

Tada! Here is the final product.

John's creative juices were flowing...built us a new entertainment center. It's actually really nice and professional looking, once he's done staining it, we hope it will look like something out of Crate & Barrel or Pottery Barn!

Check out the molding detail...very nice!

Pumpkin Patch

Isn't this a nice photo of Johnnie?

We went to The Farm in Snohomish to load up on our first pumpkins of the year. We spent a lot of time choosing them out and finally settled on 4 for ourselves and one tall but wide one for Amy and Brian! =) It's funny because John chose out one for A & B but when we got to their house we let Amy pick out which one she wanted, and she ended up picking out the exact one we had in mind for them! Does John know his sister or what? =)

This is the first pumpkin we choose to carve...I gave John a tracing that was 3 out of 4 stars in difficulty level but of course he tackled it and 2 hours later we had our first Jack o' Lantern!



Such concentration...

The photo just doesn't do it justice...it's a Haunted House just in case you didn't know. =) See the bats? Clouds? Moon? Creepy walk way up to the house? Of course you do!