Olive meets her new friend Jordie!!

My Mom just got a new dog, Jordie. She is part beagle and seven years old. She is so adorable and such a good little girl. This weekend Shawn and I and Olive all got to meet our newest family member and we all fell in love with her!


Olive and Jordie running free outside




Jordie on the couch (Olive taught her to sleep up there hehe)



Look at this beautiful face!





Cuddling together on the couch after a long day of playing






Cuddling up to me!




They can run so fast!

Digging through the snow







Following close behind my mom while we were snow-shoeing in the woods



This is how we found them while we were enjoying our delicious homemade chili for lunch!

We love you Jordie, welcome to the family. Olive misses you already :)

This is awesome

Quotes about Relationships

Since it is Valentine's Day tomorrow, thought I should share these quotes that were posted on Oprah.com about relationships and marriage.

"People who say they knew right away are lying! It's a marathon, not a sprint." — Denzel Washington

"Marriage is a subject that does not give way to analysis, sadly. Who should I marry? You can make all the charts and have all the discussions, but it doesn't guarantee anything. I knew I felt right, and that's all you have. Marriage is a big bet. It's the only bet of its kind, one in which you say, "This feels right...I think I'll change everything.'" — Jerry Seinfeld

"Relationships are about kindness. You have to constantly watch what you say and how you say it." — Barbra Streisand

"There's nothing worth arguing about. I married a sensible, intelligent person, and if we want this thing to work bad enough, then it can. It's very logical. Making her happy or making her laugh is a priority." — Jay Leno

"[I realized] she didn't expect me to always have an answer for her. She wasn't coming to me for a repair. She just needed a shoulder to cry on. From then on, my relationship with my wife, with my mother, female friends, sisters, has opened up. They have become more honest, and we've gotten to know one another better. I'm no longer afraid to not know." — Blair Underwood

"When I love somebody, I like him to be around; I like him to take me out to dinner; I like to look at the sunset with him. But if not, I love him and I hope he's looking at the same sun I am. Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age." — Maya Angelou

TED Talk

I found this TED talk about the balance between work and life to be very inspiring, especially when he said: "If you don't design your life, someone else will design it for you and you may not like their idea of balance."