Puppies & Cheesecake (Life is Good)

I haven't posted in a while, sorry! I will make it up to you with puppies. Here ya go:


My aunt Jane and my two cousins, Melissa and Shannon, came to visit this weekend. (They are some of my favorite people in the whole world.) Yesterday was spent running around looking at baby stuff for Melissa who is due in January. I'm really excited for a new baby cousin; Melissa is going to be such a good mom! We were all pretty tired by the end of the day, but we made sure to drive down to my uncle's house where those sweet, newborn puppies have turned into naughty, adorably cute 6-week old puppies. Everyone picked their favorite, then forgot which one they had picked (for they all look the same), and picked a new favorite.



While we were there I served up my newest creation:


It is cheesecake with a Biscoff cookie crust and a layer of chocolate on top. I was too tired to take any good pictures of it, but it was delicious. I found the recipe at bakerella (where you will find deliciously good pictures of how it is supposed to turn out).

(Sorry for the disjointedness of this post; my blogging muscles are out of shape.)

Puppy Breath

I went to visit the puppies today! They are so big, I can't believe it. They were all being squirmy and they all look really healthy. I counted 6 girls and 2 boys. Maia is such a sweet girl! She was so happy when I showed up. She was being such a good momma, taking care of her pups. I'm excited to watch them grow up!

Kayaking Down the Colorado and Puppy Alert!

mrrph. so tired.


I went kayaking with Casey and her crew today! We drove over to Webberville to a place called Cook's Canoes. The place was like a tiny, broken down house. It was a little sketchy at first, but the man (Mr. Cook I'm guessing) who met with us was very nice. It turns out he is an Aggie - class of '67. He even gave us a discount! After the initial scare the place was pretty interesting. The front of the house was bordered with a bunch of deflated soccer balls as if they were some type of flower arrangement and there was a big, huge - like 3 inches huge - spider on the mail box. (It was possibly a yellow argiope; it looked like this.)


It was scorching hot, which isn't really surprising for Texas in July at 2:00 in the afternoon. We couldn't get into the water fast enough. Casey's mom & dad were in one canoe, and her sister (her very pregnant sister) and her sister's husband had the other. The rest of us - Casey, myself, and Casey's friends, Alyssa, Joel, and Fro - were in kayaks.


There was a little mishap starting out as Joel seemed to be too big for his kayak. He immediately flipped over, lost his glasses, then his paddle, and was then swiftly pulled under a tree where he lost his kayak too. Casey grabbed the paddle, I rescued the kayak, and Fro rescued Joel. We mourned his glasses. Alyssa switched kayaks with Joel and we were good to go.


It felt so much better in the water and we paddled a relaxing five miles down the Colorado. At one point we stopped and did some swimming and had some snacks. Alyssa gathered some sea shells and I flung mud around using my paddle (I'm very mature). We also bypassed some very loud cows and an army of little, chirping birds. At the end of the trip we were picked up by Mr. Cook and his gang, wherein it immediately started raining. Good timing! Fun was had by all and I got a funny souvenir.


It's for when someone says, "I'll get around to it." And then I guess you hand them the token to show how clever you are. :D

As soon as a got home I got a text from my cousin Dana that read, "Just had the first born!" with this picture attached:

I didn't even know Maia (momma) was pregnant until a few days ago. My uncle asked me to visit tomorrow while he is at work to check on the pups. (Me, "okay!") As of now I am watching facebook updates. So far there are 8 pups. Grabbed this picture from Dana's facebook photos: