Summer Time!!!

Can you tell that I love my dog?? I love this shirt!!

The summer has gone by so fast. I can't even believe that it's almost September, and almost my 1 year anniversary! Time flys by when you're having fun! Here are some more pictures of Nate and me on the boat with our friends and of course Yukon! My friend Kristy and I were convinced that Nate had a fish on his line, but it was a false alarm...we were bummin. As you can see the net is empty, so NO FISH......It was so hot out on the boat and poor Yukon was panting like there was no tomorrow. So we put a wet towel over him and he became full of life again! He is the cutest thing ever, well next to Nate :-)

Lovin' the Boat

I absolutely love the sun coming up in the morning, it's so beautiful. We have been loving spending time together on the boat. I am not the best at driving the boat, I do try....sometimes I end up getting too frustrated and I give up. Good thing Nate knows what he's doing..LOL!

Unfortunately our weather here in NY has been soooo rainy. We have not had many opportunites to go on the boat because it's been too nasty. We have had a few good trips on it...Yukon LOVES the boat. We've only caught a couple of fish too....not sure what's going on, but we still have tons of fun. Here are some pics of Captain Nate, Yukon and just some fun times on the boat.

OUR NEW BOAT!!!!

So we did it!! We bought our first boat and we are so excited!!! This is a serious fishing boat and we hope to catch some really big fish on it and have some fun in the sun. It's a Wellcraft Excel and it's 24 feet long....I am really glad that Nate will be towing it..... I don't want any part in it...LOL. The thing that I am most excited about is that there is a bathroom on it and it's big enough that Yukon will fit with no problem..... We are going to be taking it out for the first time this weekend....we can't wait!

Visiting Family!!

This past month Nate and I have been visiting with lots of our family. We recently went to Buffalo, NY to my cousin Alexa's 16th Birthday party....that was a blast. My aunt and uncle had a big tent, lots of food and of course a DJ. I had so much fun dancing with my cousins, but I realized somthing....I am getting old. None of the 16 year olds thought I was cool I guess because I would start dancing and they would all walk away! LOL! There are a few pictures from the party up there. My cousin Alexa is Miss Diva w/ all of her girlfriends surrounding her and there is a picture of my cousin Emily and me! I just love my "girls"..... Then there is Nate and myself..."the old ones" ha ha

Spring is Here

Wow, it's been forever since I have posted anything... I guess we have just been super busy! I started a new job with in my company, so that has been keeping me very busy. I got to go to Pittsburgh for training and it is just so beautiful down there, it was a good time, but I was so glad to come back home to my family. Nate and I have been doing some fishing, not as much as we have wanted, but we have all summer for that. Yukon and Cocoa are loving the warm weather. Yukon loves to just go outside, lay in the yard and watch all the people with their dogs walk by. He likes to bark at them like he's some big, tough guy...little does anyone know that he is afraid of his own shadow!! Cocoa loves that the windows are open , so she can keep an extra close eye on her boy, Yukon and the birds that come close to the house.... In the end of April, Heather, Cody and Logan came to visit and I had the best time with them. My little nephew is getting SO big I just love watching him grow. Nate is working a new job for Colorado State University up at the Fort Drum Military Base. So far he is liking it and he will be doing this until October.... Other than that we are just trying to spend as much time together that we can get. I am so excited for Memorial Day weekend.... I need some R & R with the family. Hopefully we'll get to do some fishing and we'll have some yummy dinner's!

Fishing, Fishing & More Fishing......

We have been doing a lot of ice fishing. We have been getting a lot of Lake Trout (which don't taste good we found out) and Nate's been catching some perch. Yukon has been loving this since he goes with us all the time. He can hardly contain himself when he sees us getting ready. He runs all over the house with excitement...Ha Ha ha.

I am posting some pics from a day we went ice fishing on Owasco Lake with our friends. I caught a nice sized Laker, but was waaay too afraid to pick it up! Also that day our friends brought out their female Lab puppy, Raven, I swear she's Yukons Mini-Me! There is another picture on there of a Gar Pike that Nate caught....that thing is Scary lookin!! Good times and fun memories!!!

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!

Nate and I had our friends Seth and Renee over for the Superbowl. They have the cutest Chocolate Lab, Kayla, she is 2 years old. She is still in that very hyper Lab stage that doesn't end until they're like 3.... She was running all over the house, licking Yukon, trying to play with him and just loving on him....it was really cute. The funniest part was watching Kayla and Cocoa interact. As you can see from the picture above, Cocoa was not very happy that Kayla was at our house. She was growling and hissing at Kayla and even took a few swats at Kayla's nose (she's declawed) But, by the end of the night I think that Cocoa and Kayla started to become friends. It was a wicked good superbowl and the commercials were great too. My favorite ones are the Budweiser commercials with the horse and the Dalmation. I was happy that the Steelers won.....

Ice Fishing at Owasco Lake

Nate, Yukon and I went ice fishing on Saturday for some Lake Trout, we caught one! We were hoping for more because everyone around us was getting them, but I guess we didn't have the luck that day. It was still a great time, kinda cold, but it was nice to get some fresh air. Yukon ran all over the ice that day visiting everyone out there! He also got into our friend Justin's dad's hut where there was a nice heater running and burnt off the whiskers on the ride side of face! He is the biggest goof! I posted some pics of Nate with Yukon and the Lake Trout. I also posted a picture of a Tiger Muskie that Nate caught. They are the coolest looking fish! Hopefully next time we'll have more luck!

Ice Fishing Begins!!!

What an awesome time Nate and I have been having ice fishing! We have been catching lots of perch and having lots of yummy dinners (prepared by Nate of course) It seriously is so much fun out there on the ice (besides having to dig all the holes thru the ice) Nate, myself and Yukon usually make a weekend of it and have a blast. Last weekend we went rabbit hunting and boy were we in for a surprise that day. Nate thought that Yukon was on a rabbit so he was telling him "good boy", but come to find out, it was a SKUNK!!! Yukon of course had the skunk in his mouth and got sprayed all over his face.....UUGHHH! He smelled so bad! FYI if that ever happens, use baking soda, hydrogen peroxide and dawn dish soap. It works the best, trust me I have had plenty of experience doing it!! Hopefully he will stop smelling soon??!! I posted some pictures of perch, a northern pike (that Nate caught) and a pic of Yukon on the car ride home after he got sprayed!!

Christmas Time

It's almost Christmas and I finally finished putting all the ornaments on the tree. Now, the big challange is keeping Cocoa from knocking all of the ornaments off of the tree. We have already had numerous ones knocked off & they have been hidden in our bedroom!! She keeps us laughing. We have been very busy with Christmas parties for work and we had one at our house, it was tons of fun! We have had so much snow here, it's crazy! Yukon loves playing in the snow, he is so cute. I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas! We love you all!!!