Out with the Old!

When we get bored, we tend to buy things....not a pretty picture. Except when the new thing is this!

We traded our CRV for an Acura MDX this week and I absolutely love it! I have XM radio now and my favorite station is "90's on 9" - all 90's music, all the time! It also has a backup camera so that I don't roll over one of the little fur balls in the driveway. We are about to take it on our first road trip to visit Ashley!

Here are a few pics of Heidi Honda on her last day at the Krusmark household. I hope she'll make a new family very happy :).

Summer Fun

Summer seems to be flying by as always. We've had a lot going on in the past few weeks! We recently took a trip to Duluth for a Michael Buble concert and we took the doggies. Here they are on the car ride, nice and safe!

We took them down to the lake shore but they hesitated a little about going in. They much preferred the sticks that had washed up on shore.

After a long day of walking around we decided that it was time to find some snacks and delicious summer drinks!

While we were eating we spotted a little something interesting.....see if you can figure it out based on this picture :)

And of course there was the concert! We had floor seats and they were worth every penny! Michael came down to the floor to sing a couple of songs and I stood on my chair and was eye level with him! He looked at me, smiled, and pointed his mic at me! Then I fainted and had to be revived by Chris....just kidding. His gorgeous model wife was sitting just behind us and I'm sure she was seething with jealousy.

What Happened to Spring?

I'm glad that I managed to snap this picture of my peony plant before the 100+ degree temperatures killed everything! So much for spring.

Another impediment to the growing season seems to be my dogs....they have been enjoying my plants more than I have. A little too much!

On an unrelated note, we've recently acquired some lovely end tables and lamps for our living room. Adding the lamps gives the room a lot more light and having 2 end tables creates a lot of symmetry in the room where there was none before.

We also decided to update the window treatments in the living room and dining room. It was hard to part with the mauve honeycomb blinds that Nancy (previous owner) installed, but somehow we made it through.....

Stay tuned for the 'final' reveal once we've finished the room!

Wildlife

So, I was in the back yard with Leo (the bad dog), in pajamas and no bra (give me a break, it was 8:45 pm on a weekday!). We've been taking chances with some 'off leash' bathroom breaks outside before our Invisible Fence is up and running, and this happened to be one of those days. Usually when we have 1 - 1 time outside, they go potty and its right back inside. On this occasion however, I was waiting for Leo to do his 'business' when a giant (according to me) coyote ran into the neighbor's yard. It took less than 3 seconds for Leo to bee line for Mr. Coyote - cue Krystle's heart attack. Luckily, coyotes are scared of people and this one ran away....right back to the elementary school playground that it came from. I didn't get to my camera on time, but this photo is a pretty solid depiction of what I saw.....

I'm ready for my close up.....

Some of you may not know that Rudy and Leo's cousin, Olive, is a famous TV star. Here she is in just one of many Subaru commercials. Olive has black fur with a pink collar.

Well, we're giving Olive a run for her money because Rudy and Leo have been featured in a Select Comfort print ad! With any luck this will show up in the fall catalogue. Look out world!

Chris took them to their photo shoot (it was all he could do to keep them from the Kraft Services table....kidding but I've always wanted to say that). Rudy was the star because he's our good dog that does what he's told. Hence Leo only appears in one cameo shot.

Rudy and Leo are not doing appearances yet, but if you send a request by mail you they will send a limited number of "paw-tographs" to some lucky fans.

Ciao!

Spring Has Sprung!

My tulips are blooming! Luckily I grabbed my camera in time to get a picture in between thunderstorms (what else is new). Finally a sign that winter is over!

Someone ate the Easter Bunny

We had a great Easter hosting the family at our house for some brunch. It was a low-key day and we thoroughly enjoyed it! Some of us sported our Twins gear especially for Grandma (her favorite team - even though we're not doing so great!).

Here we are with our bunny costumes from Grandma Gretchen. They are a little too big so we have to pose really nice for the picture.

Someone ate the Easter Bunny!

After such a long day we were tired so we took long naps!