My Jazzy Girl

On Friday morning, I was just about to start getting ready for the day when Simon came running back inside, " Help, Lauren! Jaspah either has caught a really big rat, or a possum!" I grabbed my dressing gown, slippers and of course a camera!

Snow Bunnies

In July we were lucky enough to go to Mt Buller with my mum and sister. The weather was perfect! beautiful blue skies and lots of snow to have some fun.

13 weeks old tomorrow

Okay, so it's obvious I have nothing else going on in my life to blog about. Just wanted to put up a recent picture of Jas to show how much she has grown again.

Her ear is like that because cleaver mummy wanted to clean her ear before we went to the vets. I irritated it a little and it flopped over immediately. I was so annoyed with myself for "ruining" her chances of being a show dog (-not that we are going to :P), but I am happy to report that today it is erect again :D

My Girl and My Man

Last night we were trying to take a photo of Jaspah, as I do every Monday, to document how much she grows every week. She wouldn't have a bar of it! All she wanted to do was play rather than sit for her photo. I did capture this gorgeous shot though-

Arn't they so cute! I LOVE you guys!

Our baby is growing up!

Have a look at how much my baby has grow in 1 week! If you can't see, just look at how long her front legs are getting! Jaspah is now 9 weeks and 4 days old and weighs 6.7kg.

We attended the Bundoora GSDCV dog obedience class on Saturday and had so much fun! From the very second we stepped out of the car, everyone looked our way. Jaspah was the youngest dog there, and EVERYONE- including the GSDs wanted to come and pat or play with her. We met some great people and absolutely gorgeous dogs. We can't wait to go back and wow the puppy class with our tricks. Jaspah learnt how to "sit" and "drop" very quickly. We have been practicing "stay" and learning to heal, but that's taking a little longer. Saturday just can't come quick enough!

Our Puppy

This is the new addition to our family.... JASPAH

She is our 8 week old German Shepherd. It was love at first sight! Isn't she gorgeous?

Go Dees!

David, Jason, Jacob, Scott, Madison, Megan, Simon and Lauren, along with Poppy Jack, went to the footy on Saturday to see the Melbourne v. Hawthorn. This was Jason's FIRST ever AFL game...only took 10 years to get him here!

The Hawks may have beat us (by aLOT),

Jacob may have vowed never to come again (coz it's sooo boring!),

Jack's team won and he had the best seats at the ground he couldn't see the game (due to eye problems),

I think the rest of us had a reasonable time... well when Simon stopped pouting!

Bring on the Rain, and bring on the Thunder

As rain and thunderstorms had been forecast for today I was thinking of how I could collect the water that flows from the bungalow roof. I wanted to save the water for our vegie patch on the hotter days.
Here's what I came up with:

Our green garbage bin seemed like the right size until it started to overflow after 30 mins of rain! I shut the lid and collected some more in a red bucket.

Methinks I need to buy a tank... and possibly a new pipe for that leak! Oh and gumboots

Meanwhile.......

While the guys where virtually murdering each other, Courtney, Courtney and I had a "Girls Night" in the bungalow....

My sister Courtney face masks my sister-in-law Courtney.

What an IMPROVEMENT!

Attack of the Nerds!

Simon invited all the guys over for a PS3 games night to play Modern Warfare. It required them to all bring their own TV's.... even if they were 42"! and of course, their own PS3.

Steve and Scott try setting up the network.

At 10.30pm they had it all working! But that ment they didn't leave until 2.30AM!!

The next time you guys hold one here (which i hear is planned to be soon), make sure I have plans to stay somewhere else!

Visitor

So went out to water the plants at about 10pm after a hot hot summer day, and lo and behold thought i saw something in the dark sticking to the wall, i squirted it with the watering can and i disappeared. came back with a torch and almost gave up, as you can see its hard to find, when i saw this frog. there isn't any sort of water source out the front of our house. its a nice surprise.

Attacking the Garden.

So we decided to attack the garden this holidays. Went pretty well i believe, ripping all the shrubs and weeds and other plants that have taken over the garden bed, deciding to start from scratch when we plant more.

We found alot of snails, they almost filled a 2L ice cream container. No Lauren, you're not French, they arn't ones you can eat!

First tomato from the vegie garden.

For those of you who know Lauren, you'd know she hates tomatoes with a passion.

Our vegie garden is coming along and we only have a few plants but one is a tomato plant. We've been caring for them for a while now and she vowed that she would have a slice of tomato from our first one picked, well today was the day... Safe to say, she still isn't a fan!!