Easter with the fam...

The calm before the storm...


Andrew insisted on tickling his big sister...




Big sister gets even...






The loud laughter had Bella a little spooked. She came to check on me.


The two Andy's...


Puppy love...


Easter morning


Yep, that's a box of dryer sheets and a $1 bill in my basket ;) My mom likes to go all out...




Popcorn likes Andy. Andy thinks Popcorn is just okay...


Popcorn is such a beggar....he dances for food...




Little brothers with Grandma...they're horrible when it comes to not acting like jerks in pictures...




This is how hard it is to get a decent shot:

Take 1


Take 2


Take 3 (This is when I'm trying to explain to Stevie what a nice smile is...)


Take 4 (almost there...)


Finally...sortof...


All that work left Stevie just exhausted...


...and helped him work up an appetite for his favorite: mashed potatoes...


It's so hard to be a dog when you're locked out of the kitchen while people are eating...

Stevie grows up...

My younger brother Stevie, 18, (!!!), had Andy take his senior pictures.

The results:

B&B for R&R

Wow, it's been a long time since we've posted!

A lot has been going on, including a trip to Galena, which I'll post about now.

We stayed at the Tierra Linda Bed&Breakfast a few weekends ago. It was dog-friendly, so Bella got a trip too. The house sits on a ton of land, so we did some hiking.







The owner, Armando, had about four Airedale Terriers. Willow was a puppy who drove Bella nuts. She kept biting Bella's butt to get her to play. Bella wasn't having it.



But sometimes they would play nice.




Not understanding Andy's expression here...







Armando dug out some of the woods and carved steps out of the rocks to make an amphitheater.



Bright eyes...


The chase is on!






Not as easy as it looks...

Don't 'f' with the screenprinters...

Andy and his friend Ryan took a screenprinting class in Chicago. On the last day Andy brought the camera and got pictures.

Andy didn't realize until after Ryan got the shots what his apron said...

(We've never even 'f-ing' been to New Orleans!)









What got them through it all...the cup of coffee


Some of the finished products: