SAM I AM :)

We still have him! He's such a great dog! We took him to get neutered on the 19th, and he's doing really well. He loves to run and play with Rocky and Kaia. He gets along well with our kitties and hasn't had a single accident in the house. I don't even think I've heard him bark. He loves to snuggle and be by your side.

We changed his name from Bo to Sam I Am. Jeff's brother has a black lab pitbull mix that is already named Bo. I thought... just in case we end up keeping him he deserves to have his own name. We are really starting to fall in love with this guy and I think he's awesome!

O'Hara Christmas 2009

This year we had the O'Hara clan at our house for a Christmas breakfast. I struggle so much at Christmas time with all of the pressure to spend money and buy gifts for people. Gifts, that they don't even need.

Send a card, make a call or even send a simple email to express what you're feeling.

Christmas does NOT = gifts!

Christmas is a time to celebrate Christ and make memories with family and friends. This year, my family decided to not feed into all of the commercialized gift buying for the adults, but instead, made breakfast, ate together, and enjoyed each other's company. It was very relaxing and enjoyable. I am truly lucky to have such amazing family on my side and Jeff's side.

Tink a.k.a goldie a.k.a. tigger and Rustad Oh.. and Jeffy

I love my family!

Jeff and Emi's birthday!

Jeff's birthday is Dec 6th and Emi's is Dec 12th. Emi turned 5!! and Jeff turned 34!! :) We had a little O'Hara family party for them a few weeks ago, here are some pics from the FUN event.

We still have Bo-Diggity

Well, here we are, one week later. Still taking care of the wondering black lab, who we now call Bo, because he reminds us of Jared and Lindsay's lab mix.

I've posted fliers (too many to count), placed online ads, contacted 9 local shelters and the humane society. I'm starting to get the feeling that this sweet dog's original owners don't want to find him, they just don't seem to be looking. :( I don't know what else I can do.

Bo is getting used to our kitties and is a little scared of them. We are still really weary when they come out to smell Bo, I would hate for him to try to attack them. If he did, I would have no choice but to send him to another foster home. The shelter would be my last resort. I think they are so stressful for animals and they most always get sick when they're there.

Bo is an amazing dog, he is trained and is really not any adjustment for us, he watches Rocky and Kaia and kinda follow their lead. At the park, and off leash in the yard, he listens really good to make sure he is where is supposed to be and still following all of the rules. He just wants to please.

So... I guess if we don't end up finding him a home soon, we're going to be too attached to let him go. It's a really good thing we're planning to move to a bigger house, at least we'd be better able to accomodate our little Lane Animal Rescue. :)

Found Black Lab 9000 S. Redwood, Utah

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=8965775&cat=&lpid=0

Work, work, work

Here are the most recent pictures of our downstairs bathroom.

We are so close. Jef is soooo Anazing!!

Thanksgiving 2009 - a little late

This year we spent Thanksgiving with the Lane's. They like us to do an every other year kinda thing. We all pitched in an rented a cabin in Bear Lake, it was soooo cold, but the views were amazing.

Ron and Amanda are married!!

My brother and Amanda finally tied the knot yesterday! It's about time! Here are some pics from the event.

Eden
Annie a.k.a Beeba
Emily

Mesquite, Nevada

This past weekend, Jeff had to work at the Eureka Casino in Mesquite, Nevada. He is an audio/video technician, and the best one there is!! He also installs and repairs garage doors on the side, he's amazing at that too! :)

I was able to go with him because I work for the most amazing company and have the most amazing boss!

We stayed at Elena's house with the dogs. Jeff also does audio/video for friends and family, and Elena wanted to surprise Russ with a big 58" Plasma. I helped Jeff hang it on the wall and hook all the wires up. When Russ and Elena got there on Friday it was all ready to go, and Russ was so surprised, he didn't even know what to think. It was super cool to be a part of such a fun thing!!

On Saturday we all hopped in Elena's Euro Van and drove to Mesquite for a little gambling. The highlight of my night was as I was walking to the ladies room, a short old indian guy stopped, looked me up and down and loudly said "DAAAAMN!!"
hahahaha, I guess I still gots it goin on :)

Glitter Toes with the Nieces

The other day I had the opportunity to hang with two of my nieces, Katie and Sami! Their birthdays are really close to each other, so I decided I would treat them to a fun girls night of glitter toes!

I'm really lovin this new glitter toes thing, this is the second time i've done it. It's like a gel coating over the top of the nail, and it lasts for about 6-8 weeks. :)

The highlight of the night was listening to the fun loving 11 year olds in my backseat singing Party in The USA by Miley Cyrus, word for word! LOL so much fun. I love these girls so much!

Introducing Tink Erbell Lane - our newest sweetie

Yes, we did it again! On November 3rd we adopted our 5th baby, Tink. She is a patch tabby who's about 4 years old from Tender Heart Techs Pet Alliance. http://www.theyuppiepuppie.com/index.htm

Right now there are so many homeless animals because of the current economical situation. People are losing their homes and being forced to choose between feeding themselves or feeding their pets. It's a tragic situation.

With that being said, Jeff and I are some of the very few people who thankfully haven't had to deal with the hardships so many other people are struggling with. Because of that, we decided that we CAN do more and so we did.

The rescue we adopted Rustad from just recently lowered adoption fees on all adult cats to $10.00 each. They have so many and are continually rescuing more and more. Please spay and nueter your pets. It is so irresponsible to condone breeding. These animals suffer for people's selfishness.

The animals we care for are our family. They share our days with us, they witness us love, stress, relax, laugh and cook. They know our mannerisms better than some of our human friends. They take care of us as much as we take care of them.

We are lucky to have the opportunity to be best friends with our cats and dogs. We are lucky to know how much love and camaraderie an animal can bestow.

So far, Tink is adjusting very well, she is super skinny and has a little bit of a cold, probably from being in the shelter. :( She is VERY friendly and is really good with the rest of the gang. Bella hasn't yet accepted her friendship and is still cranky with her, but it's only day 2.

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MonaVie Ranks No. 1 in Utah Business Fast 50 Awards

I am so fortunate to work for this amazing company, with strong business ethics, morals and values! Go MonaVie!!

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705339026/MonaVie-takes-top-honors-for-Utah-growth.html


A South Jordan-based multilevel marketing company that sells juices was Utah's fastest-growing company in 2009 — and Friday it was given the award to prove it.

MonaVie received top honors given by MountainWest Capital Network at the 15th annual Utah 100 Awards Program. The event lauds the 100-fastest growing companies in the state, the top 15 revenue-growth companies and 12 "emerging elite" companies that are young but show great promise.

Gov. Gary R. Herbert heralded all the companies for their outstanding contributions to Utah's economy. His own "first priority" is to "grow the economy, followed by education and energy," he said. It's a list of priorities he emphasized in similar fashion recently during a press conference with the Governor's Office of Economic Development.

But he called Friday's honorees the "backbone" of state competitiveness and said that "their hard work, sacrifice and success represent all Utah businesses." Every day, he added, he hears that "Utah is a state that understands it and gets it right."

For the companies being honored, "success is no accident," said Lex Watterson, MWCN president. He said they are "well-conceived," with strong staffs and excellent leadership.

The 100 fastest-growing companies are selected from thousands of applicants and represent a cross-section of industries. The ranking of the top 100 is determined by the percentage revenue increased from 2004 to 2008.

The top 10 was rounded out by Skullcandy, American Liberty Insurance, VMI Nutrition, Interbank FX, Revinetix, SwarmBuilder Inc., Hyper Interactive Media, Cymphonix Corp. and Wasatch Software Inc.

Top revenue-growth winners had the largest dollar-amount revenue increase in that same five-year period. This year, top-five honors in that category went to Questar, Zions Bancorp., MonaVie, The Layton Cos. and Sportsman's Warehouse.

The 15 "emerging elite" companies had to be at least two years old but to not have been around the full five years to be measured in the other categories, so they were not ranked.

The complete list is online at www.mwcn.org.

Armando moved to Denver!

Our very favorite Mexican, Armando Varela has moved to Denver, Colorado. He left last Wednesday with his wife for her new job as a furniture sales person.

Armando and I became friends 13 years ago. We went to the same Jr. High. We are closer than friends, I would say we're more like family.

Anyway, Armando is like a brother to me, we are super duper close and would do anything for each other. Although, there was this one time he let me down... not entirely his fault though. He has apologized and I have forgiven. :)


We went out last Tuesday night to bid him farewell and wish him the best of luck in his new endeavors.

We will miss you Armando!

random pics for today

search tool to the left!

I found this cool new search tool on the left. You can now search my blog for anything you like. If you want to read everything I've ever posted about Rocky, my wedding, Kaia, Mexico, or anything else that I may have written about, just type the keyword in the little box and it will pull all of my posts related to that word.

Special thanks to all of you who care so much about Jeff and I, we love you more than you know! You complete us! :)

Last Day in Cancun! Friday October 2nd -Isla Mujeras

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My funnest day!! We took a ferry boat over to the Isla Mujeras (Island of the Women) for the day. When we got there we got to see a short dolphin show! I love these guys, they're like labradors! Then from there, we went down town and rented these golf carts. Jerica wasn't with us this day because she partied hardy the night before and was too tired. So we made friends with a 23 year old girl from Switzerland, traveling by herself named Nadine. Very cool chik! She tagged along with us all day! That's her in the green. When we got back we headed to the zip line. It was SOOO much fun. I'd never been on one before and was a little apprehensive, but I'm so glad I cowgirled up and did it. Alas it was time to head back home! Russ and I started a conga line and got the whole boat to join in, it was a blast. He still wanted to dance and so he did.

Xcaret - Thursday Oct 1st

We had heard so many good things about this place. It was the most pricey tour we went on at $120.00 per person! Sad to say, we all thought it was the most stupid thing we had ever done! We were all bored. It's a very expensive zoo, that's all it is. I didn't take any pictures because we didn't really care.

Anniversary Massages Wednesday, Sep 30

To celebrate our anniversary, Jeff and I went to the Fiesta Americana resort to get a couples massage. It was so awesome and very romantic. We were in a little hut thing right on the beach and the thunder was rolling a little, it was perfect!

Tuesday, September 29th - Chichen Itza (Mayan Ruins)

Happy Anniversary!! It's been two years since we took the plunge and became one.

Today we ventured out to Chichen Itza, it's about two hours from our resort. On the way out it started raining, and most of you know what happens to me when it starts to rain while I'm in a vehicle! If you don't be thankful you haven't had to see it first hand! We made it through the rain (just barely) and then stopped at this run down gift shop. I have never seen such poor living conditions, I'm sure there are worse, but this was truly an eye opener for me. There were starving dogs
everywhere. :(



We learned about the Mayan people and how smart they were. They strategically built all of these temples. There is one that you can clap from the ground and at the top of the temple you hear the clap's echo is a bird, i guess the sacred bird.

There's also a temple that every April 6th, (jesus's birthday) the sun sits in between the two posts and it looks as though the little guy in the middle of the posts is holding the sun.



Here is what Jeff and I looked like only HALF WAY though the tour!!!! It was SCORCHING HOT!! We all had sweat dripping from our bodies.



After the ruins, we headed to our next stop, the "cenote". It's a sink hole in the earth with water in it, the group swam here for a little bit and Russ even jumped from a really really high spot that no one else was allowed to jump from, he payed 50 pesos to do it.



After the "cenote", we made our last stop in Colonial Town. I made friends with these cute kids and met some LDS missionaries.

Deep Sea Fishing in Cancun, 09/28/09

Jeff and the boys went fishing on Monday and my amazing husby caught 3 fish, a big barracuda, a mahi mahi and a horse eyed amber jack. They caught 5 all together!! That night he brought the barracuda and the mahi mahi home and Luis cooked it up and brought it to us with baked potatos and salad. It was so good. They really just catered to us.