Welcome!

Meet Polly!

We weren't sure we could get another dog. Losing Caesar was just too hard. But Cleo was so lonely. Then we saw this face, and that was that.

Polly is our 8 week old Bench Bred, English Springer Spaniel Puppy! And she is a dream.

She has the most laid back, yet playful personality. She loves to cuddle, and sleeps through the night! A miracle!

And that face! Have you seen anything sweeter?

Meant To Be...

After we lost Caesar, I started looking for Great Dane art work. We didn't have the best camera, so pictures of him may be plentiful, however pitiful. There are some interesting Dane pictures out there. And then I was stopped dead in my search, when not only did I find a great painting of a Dane, but it WAS Caesar! Every detail down to his crook ear! Seriously, this artist Judith Stein, must have summoned Caesar for a muse. Those of you who had the pleasure of meeting Caesar, tell me, is this not his portrait?

Needless to say, this 11"x15" portrait is ours! Now to find the perfect frame!

The crafting bug is still in full force!

These coasters are made our of magazine pages, rope and change. I need to seal them, and then thinking that I may want to try and sell them. Similar ones can found online, but you never know, the coin in the middle may catch someone's eye. That little beauty was from my own little mind!

And then came this hassle! I had this "genius" idea to make a piece of art out of Pantone chips.... Boy was that an epic nightmare... One by freaking one, I cut out the colors, and then one by freaking one, I glued those little beasts onto the board.... In. Way. Over. My. Head. That was my mantra while working on this beauty. Now that it's done, after I put it in the corner and glared at it for a week because my thumb was callused from the Hair scissors I was using (only ones I could find), and my fingertips burned from countless glue gun mishaps. I quite like it.

I painted mat board gold, and need to paint the frame gold. I might also recruit Drew to to cut some crown moulding to out around the one inch frame, to give it more bulk! What do you think? You likey?

P.S. Kami, those clear pictures are for you!

Craft Palooza

I went a little craft crazy... I have a pinterest folder dedicated to D.I.Y stuff, and I finally got around to making some.


Saw these cute Pantone chip magnets, and thought I better make use of my expired Pantone swatches. And because our fridge is a slightly different white then our cupboards, I like to cover our fridge with cute pictures, with these Pantone magnets, it just makes it all the better! This DIY is from howaboutorange.blogspot.com. She has all the step by step instructions, so I won't post them here. The above are hers, and below are mine.


I will admit, I used scissors instead of an exacto knife, so my lines aren't as crisp, but I still love them.


While the glue gun was hot, I slapped a magnet on anything I could get my hands on. Above is an extra 1X1 glass tile that we used in kitchen, that now looks darling holding up the sweet picture of Lily.


Above, I glued a magnet on Drew's money clip that he got in Bluff, UT. I LOVE IT. It and my Pantone magnets hold up the cute picture of my grandpa.


Next I saw a hex necklace I believe online at Nordstrom. I looked online for a how to, and this cute bracelet popped up from honestlyWTF.com. Love that name, anyway, I went and gathered supplies and made my own.


Above is a picture from honestlyWTF, there camera is much better, but I love how mine turned out, and I get a lot of compliments on it wherever I go. It's been a great DIY week. Up next are my magazine paper cup holders!

I'm Ready for the SUN!

I'm ready for Spring, enough of the snow! Until mother nature is ready to cooperate, we will on a mini vacation in Park City, where the weather may be awful, but at least here we have a shower, Internet and a t.v. Heaven!

Sun by Lilly 2 y.o.

Our House...

In true Lindsay and Drew fashion, we have bounced around from project to project...

We started on our bathroom tile, while waiting on some of Drew's tools that were out on a job site. I am loving how the tile looks, we have been waiting on putting this tile in for almost a year. It looks like it will be worth the wait.

Drew got his tools back home and we were able to install the three drawers he built and the hardware on the cabinets. I fell in love with a new product, I painted the cabinets and trim with an oil base enamel paint! This stuff is so incredible, it goes on thick, and dries rock hard. And is SOOOOO easy to clean! It does take longer to dry then regular acrylic paint, but is so worth it.

We have the side cabinets Drew made hung, and one of the glass doors he made installed. I love it so much, the amount of storage we added has been life changing! I need to finish painting the glass doors, and find a fun wallpaper to install in the glass cupboards.

We are getting so close to finishing! One project down, hundreds to go!

St. George

Whew, it seems like we are finally pulling ourselves together. We still miss our big guy. We made a trip to St. George so Drew could tie up some loose ends on trim at my brothers house... More on that later.

It was such a great break. With some much needed sun. Cleo loved having someone to follow around... Even better, someone to follow around who was constantly dropping food... And was more then willing to share licks of suckers.

Mike and Hill are great hosts, especially to people with dogs... We could have stayed there forever! Well, until summer hit, and the I would be miserable.

I love how much these boys love our dogs. We would look over at them, and without fail, one of the boys would be laying on Cleo... It was too cute.

Love it!

Cleo got some major sun, and wind in her hair.

She loves adventures...

Sunday I taught the boys the fine art of duct tape sandals...

They loved it!

So many uses for duct tape...

Love those boys.

We had an awesome bonfire in the backyard, where we roasted some reeses s'mores.

We went on several bike rides, poor Cleo ripped her foot pad open on one of the runs... Hopefully we can build up her pads, she is a great biking companion.

And then we spent a lot of time, lounging in the sun... It was amazing! It was a perfect vacation, except for the sick feelings I would get when I would panic thinking we had forgotten Caesar, or needed to get home to let him out.

Then watched in amazement how much energy this sticky little boy had! We miss them, and the weather already.

Our Guy

This is our buddy... This is the picture we fell in love with and we knew we just had to have him.

We got him for Drew's birthday 3 years ago, and the day after Drew's birthday last week we had to say goodbye to him.

Caesar was there from the start of our little family. We had only been married 2 months before we got him. He went through the good and the bad with us. Happy to be part of the ride.

It was so hard to make the decision to put him down. He got bloat, that's where their stomach twists. It was worse to see him so sick. As many of you know Caesar had a pretty sensitive stomach, and the vet told us even with surgery, he would have even more problems and be more uncomfortable. We couldn't put him through that.

So we had to let him go. I hated it, I am not sure I have ever cried so hard in all my life. Especially not in such a public place. I was a wreck, Drew was a wreck, but while I was alone with Caesar while the vet was preparing the meds, and Drew was signing the papers, Caesar laid next to me while I sobbed. He picked up his paw and put it on my shoulder. I was a goner. I wailed and told him over and over what a good boy he was, and how much he meant to us.

He was probably just happy knowing I wouldn't be making him wear clothes anymore... Ha, he loved it.

We love our fat guy, Big C, Caesar my Naesar, big bear, big bear-o-potomous, big bear with no hair, old Mr. Grey beard, big fat fat fattegan, and will always miss him.

We will miss his snuggles, and we nose in our faces, I'll miss him saving me from moose, and scary dogs at the dog park, I'll miss telling him what a good boy he was for sitting like a gentleman. I'll miss telling him to leave me alone in the bathroom. I'll miss listening to him toot with every step he takes down the stairs. He ate our couches, shoes, got sick in our house, and I would do it all over again. To see his excitement he has in his eyes every time we got home. To see him wake from a dead sleep because he heard Drew's truck before anyone. To see him be so enormous and gentle at the same time. Parents loved him because kids could step,fall, tug and pull all over him without him even batting an eye.

I always had this vision of when we got around to having kids I would hire someone to take Caesar's picture of him looking into the crib, because for sure he would be tall enough and curious enough to take sneaky peeks in a crib.

We are so grateful we have been lucky enough to experience his love for three years. It would be a sad life not knowing the love of an animal.

We are so so so grateful to our friends and family who have made this hard time just a little easier. Friends and family who called or text us letting us know they understand that it wasn't just a loss of a dog, but a member of our family. To my siblings, all I had to do was tell one of you what happened and the news spread, so I didn't have to be the one to repeat it. Thank you for checking in on us everyday to see how we are doing. It means the world to us. Thank you to our friends for the treats, presents and the flowers. Thank you for knowing what a huge part of our life our pooches are. We miss you Caes, and always will!