Mountain Trip: Round Two, plus snow

a group of us traveled to Sugar Mountain, North Carolina Presidents' Day weekend; we picked a great weekend to go because it ended up snowing pretty much the whole time! this was my second time skiing and after a couple of runs down the mountain, i'd like to say that i picked it up and was doing pretty well. i only fell twice the whole trip; once when getting out of the car, i slipped on ice & landed on my hip (i still have a gnarly bruise on my thigh) & the other time i fell, i took T down with me. it happened right below the ski-lift, so everyone riding probably had a pretty big laugh at the two of us. i accidentally skied into T while trying to stop and somehow our skis got interlocked. this resulted in me turned backwards with my bum in the air screaming at T to somehow stop us. we ended up falling in a tangled mess & i didn't have my gloves on so my hands were freezing. we even attracted the Ski Patrol who came over to make sure we were OK! looking back i crack up when i think of the show we provided for everyone on the mountain.

here's the few pictures i took on the trip:

winter wonderland

the back porch balcony

bunny slope

looking down Sugar Mountain

T & I at the top of Sugar Mountain

heading home :(

and for some fun Vine videos to prove we actually had friends with us on our vacation check out my 

Vine account: @shealymargaret

kiss♥kiss

happy valentine's day

xoxo

one word

ok, so here goes another one of my rants about a television show.

you've probably already realized that i'm ob-sessed with certain TV shows.

well here's another show that should be added to your watch list, DVR, TiVo, etc.
one word,

 // Nashville //

just go watch it, i promise it won't disappoint!
Connie Britton is ah-MAZING & who wouldn't want to watch
Hayden Pane strut her stuff in 5-inch heels and mini-skirts?!?
plus, they sing all their own songs!

believe me, you will be opening your iTunes app and downloading every song on the show.
just trust me ;)

head-tilt

he's a weird one, like his sister

sorry for the annoying sound in the background

02.10.2013 // pup's first beach day

Sunday morning began like this:

Chief woke up at the crack of dawn before the sun ever began to shine.

side note // Chief & I now have a morning routine, 

he wakes up at 5 AM, we go potty & then back to bed, well at least i go back to bed.

the minute i get back to the bedroom after morning potty, 

i shove a Nylabone in his mouth & that normally gives me about thirty more minutes of sleep.

Nylabones are to dogs, as pacifiers are to babies.

Chief woke T up around 7 AM & i'm so thankful that T quietly took the dogs and allowed me to sleep.

around 9 AM, i get woken up by T saying that he & Pierce were taking the dogs to the beach.

i was instantly awake. there was no way i was missing this monumental day!

 Chief's first time at the beach!

we packed up the 4 Runner and headed to the beach.

the first trip ended with the beach patrol telling us the puppies were not allowed on the beach without a leash. 

// seriously, whatever //

we ended up at Atlantic Beach.

we definitely were a sight to be seen; we had four dogs in tow & everyone stopped us to pet the little monsters.

the puppies immediately followed the big dogs into the water &

 i was very surprised to find out that they were not the least bit scared of the water.

they played in the small waves & watched the big dogs as they retrieved a buoy, over & over again.

the day ended when we noticed the puppies shivering in the chilly water, 

even then though, they still did not want to leave the big dogs' sides. 

we played on the beach for awhile to dry everyone off & then headed back to the car.

like i said before, we were a spectacle to everyone we passed, until...

as we walked pass One Ocean hotel a bunch of rather tall, muscular girls were loading onto a bus; 

the girls saw the puppies and right away asked to take pictures with them.

being friendly & knowing how much girls love puppies, 

i handed Chief over to be passed around to have his photo taken. 

that is when i heard T, under his breath, telling me to get a picture with the girls.

but, why?? 

ohhhh, the light bulb went on & i realized it was...

the USA Girls' Soccer Team!

they had played a game against Scotland the day before & won 4-1, how exciting!

now i bet your wondering about the pictures we took with the USA Girls' Soccer team??

...well i had a little case of stage fright when put on the spot by T & chickened out...

yeah, i'm pretty lame.

but my sweet, fluffy-faced puppy is not; somewhere out there is a picture of Chief & the girls' soccer team.

blog gone to the dogs

i know, i know...

i really hate being one of those people who post hundreds of pictures of their baby, 

but i seriously cannot get enough of this sweet puppy. 

i wish i was snuggling his fluffy face right now! 

the other night while the boys were playing zombie-whatever video games,

i sat and watched Chief & All-Day playing in their cage;

all i could think was that one day i will be watching them play & they won't be my 

sweet, fluffy-face puppies...they will be big, gigantic dogs.

i am loving every moment i get to spend with my puppy and 

i'm trying to capture it all so that i will have lots of memories one day.

to be honest, i did not think i would love Chief as much as i love Dooley;

but i have fallen head-over-heels hard for the little monster.
i'm not as concerned for Dooley's feelings as much as i was before
because i know that Chief was meant to be apart of our family. 
i now can't imagine my family without him; 

he has filled a missing link that i didn't even know was missing. 

All-Day

Chief Osceola Farnell

brother & sister

Chief was registered with the American Kennel Club and his official name is

Chief Osceola Farnell =)

sorry for the grainy iPhone pictures :(