I'm in LOVE!... Puppy LOVE!

Meet DEXTER!

Although he has not taken the place of BOB the Dog, he has filled a hole that was left open in our home! We LOVE this little furry thing! AND, he even sleeps through the night! Now off to potty train!

Harder than childbirth in my opinion!

I did it! A marathon! Something I have been wanting to do for a very long time and I did it! BUT, WOW! That was 4 hours and 53 minutes of the hardest thing I have done EVER!!! The mental stress that a marathon puts you through is both thrilling and draining. I could not have done it without Sharla my running partner and my hubby who is forever putting up with my crazy dreams. Thanks Honey! SO,People asked me if I will do another one, and my answer to that is.......
BRING IT ON!!!! Well, give me a few months, my legs hurt!

THE RESULTS ARE IN.........

The conversation went something like this.... or so I heard.

Dr: Well the biopsy results came back and they are all negative.

B: Ok, that's good news. (It really is REALLY GOOD NEWS)

Dr: But the ulcers in your stomach are extremely severe. So severe that we were lucky to catch them when we did. You had about another 4-7 days before they perforated your stomach. Which would have killed you immediately. So you are VERY LUCKY to be alive!

Tribute to BoB the Dog!

Our hearts are broken and there is a void in our home. It all happened so fast! One day you were here and the next you are "our angel dog in heaven" (as Mara put it!) THANK YOU for the memories, cuddles, barks, walks, growls, caring, hugs, licks and everything else you came with! We couldn't have asked for a better dog!



Goodbye to our little furry buddy! BOB THE DOG! YOU ARE A ROCKSTAR!

They're BAaAaACK.........

You know it's Spring at the Elggren's when you can hear the birds right outside make just CRAZY noises. AND here it is again..... THEIR NEST IN MY BBQ!!!! Last year we finally had to remove them because they layed 4 eggs and I wanted to grill food!
How they get in! ARRRGGG!!!!

Today... well last Thursday...

Today (last Thursday) we went to the endology clinic for my husband Brandon to get a colonoscopy and endoscopy and to hopefully find some more answers with his health. It's Thursday (last week) and he ate his last meal at Bambara on Tuesday night around 6pm. All day Wednesday he could only drink clear liquids. Water, chicken broth, gatorade, sprite, you get the picture. That's it! He was sooo hungry! I felt guilty eating in front of him, so I'm not. I thought the hunger was subside by this morning, but they didn't. Nope, it got worse!

Anyway, we arrived here at the clinic around 830am. When we walked in, the office was already full of people. Old people. REALLY old people. We were the youngest by about 30- 40 years. It even smelled old in there. Not to mention, it was really HOT! All the people in the room but us and one other person were on oxxygen, had hearing aids and talked really really loud even though they were sitting right next to one another. The Today Show was on full blast, my guess was so they could all hear Matt Lauer talk to people that none of these people really cared about. However, for me this was the only positive thing going on in the entire room. A distraction. A much needed distraction. UNTIL, they started cooking with a lady from Martha Stewart. Poor Brandon, this was cruel and unusual punishment for someone who hadn't eaten in about 2 days. But, as we were watching and salavating over the cake they were baking, one of the older ladies asked if her husband could watch the Price is Right! "He can't miss his Price is Right!" What?! NO! and is that show still on?! Brandon and I watched as the lady put someone on hold on the phone to get "Luther", who I might add was half asleep, the Price is Right.

Well, B and I caught the giggles about this whole scene. We were laughing so hard! So hard in fact that we had to grab a magazine to cover our faces. Much to our laughter attack, we opened the magazine that we were hiding our faces from to this very page!

Oh, that brought the laughter to an uncontrollable point. I think that I even snorted! Brandon was so hungry and I opened the magazine to this VERY page. YOU FOOD! The only good thing was, I don't think anyone could hear us! They were too busy watching some lady win $21,000 playing Plinko! (I always wanted to play Plinko, but it's just not the same without Bob Barker.)

And then one of the ladies looked at her husband, yawned and said, " Well David, we are going to have one hell of a nap today!" She then pasted gas! OH MY GOSH! What the hell was that?! It was 9am and all they could think about was a nap and letting it all go!

Needless to say, when Brandon was finally taken back and after I regained control of myself, I had to leave. I more or less ran out of the office. BREATHE! Fresh air! Of course when I came back, the old people were gone, but it was still really hot and did not smell any better. AND now the Young and the Restless was on the TV Really?! I felt a little young and restless, so I guess I could relate. Maybe. However, why couldn't I be here when Days of Our Lives was on. I needed a quick Sami and EJ and Stephano fix. I needed to dwell on someone else's problems, so mine didn't seem so bad. (I also, have always wanted to star on Days. I really would! BUT, that's another post for another time! A guilty pleasure of mine you could say.)

BTW, have you ever noticed that the commercials that are on during daytime TV are all about being hurt in an accident, needing a motorized wheelchair, bowel regularity and debt problems?! hmmm....

Anyway, I digress. Sorry! But here I was still waiting.... waiting for Brandon to be done with his tests so I can get him so yummy food. Waiting for answers that will hopefully put us in the right direction with his health. Praying as always, well begging and pleading is more like it. I have faith that all of this will turn out and we will be better for it, but for right now, I am back to watching the young and the restless.. in a very smelly room, and oh yeah, did I mention it's HOT in here?

Memories that will last forever....

Pictures pictures and more pictures!Vicki and Kelly
One exhausted William

Ready to play!

Mara getting ready to go snowmobiling!

For Easter/ Conference weekend, we have made it a tradition to go to our favorite family getaway with our great friends, the Alders to our family cabin! We had such a blast (literally... we blew up 2 snowmobiles and a vaccum...oops)! Can't wait to go back! Thanks Alders for the memories! Here are some the pics we took from our trip!Anna is concentrating very hard!

Our friend Paul, just resting his eyes!

Silly faces!!

The Alder Family!

The girls getting ready for more snowmobiling!

On the sled and ready to go... FAST!!!

Coloring eggs!

The Easter Bunny knew we were at the cabin?

More egg coloring!

It was a cold ride upto the cabin. Will is under the red blanket.