The Dudley's

Orlando Trip

2010-05-23T13:03:00.000-07:00

Darle had a business trip to Orlando this month and I got to go with him. While he was at his meetings I lounged around the pools reading my book and doing homework. After his meeting and on Saturday we got to play in the Florida sun. We toured the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, Magic Kingdom on Wednesday, lounged around the hotel Thursday (Darle had meetings all day), watched the shuttle launch on Friday (very cool), Epcot on Saturday, then a swamp tour on an air boat before getting on the plane to come home Sunday.
We had so much fun and enjoyed the warm sun the whole time.

Magic Kingdom was not as fun as we thought it would be. Childhood fantasies were overtaken by adult perspective. Buzz Lightyear is just not something we squeal over like the little boys in line with us. We did the whole park in 6 hours. It would have been much more fun if we had little ones to take and be excited with.

So Magic Kingdom was a bust but we had a fantastic time at Epcot. I didn't post any pictures from Epcot but we were the from nearly open to closing, and could have stayed another 2 hours or so. Our feet nearly fell off but we had a great time. So glad we had the whole day Saturday to spend there.

We spent nearly the whole day Friday sitting in our spot with thousands of others waiting for the space shuttle Atlantis to launch. We had to get there early to get a spot with a clear view. The water was nasty and smelled like rot, some people waded in it to get a closer view even though we were 7 miles away (30 feet wont make a difference). It was really intense to watch it launch. For Darle, this event would be the equivalent to me getting to tour Tara Plantation and the Big house in Atalanta, if such places actually existed.

Darle waiting for the big moment.

This was at Kennedy.

This was on Tuesday before the launch.

This is what they call the "crawler" used to transport the shuttle from the big building behind to the pad. the road was specially made for the crawler.

And the big event...... Huston we have lift off.

This is the trail it left after the shuttle was out of site.

This the last photo from the swamp tour. Not really any alligators in that part of Florida.

Beautiful Spring

2010-05-02T18:23:00.000-07:00

I just love when Spring comes. All the earth comes back to life, the birds are singing, and the air is filled with the smell of fresh flowers.
We planted our garden two weeks ago and have already been able to enjoy fresh cilantro on our taco night this past Friday. We also planted all of the flowers in our front yard and created a planter bed in a ring around the base of the tree in the front yard. This year my Wisteria has already produced tons of flower clusters. I absolutely love it! Last year I only had 2 flowers on the whole thing.

And a drum roll please......... The bathroom remodel is finally done!
We are elated that we finally get to fully use the Master Bath after a year and half of living in our house. We forgot to take "before" pictures before starting the demo work but here are the Bathroom before and after photos.

The wall that you see exposed made it difficult to maneuver when two people are trying to get ready for work at the same time. Not to mention that there was only one sink with a small mirror above. Attached to the sink cabinet was an attached bookcase. Since I do my homework in the office, this was wasted space; and the shelves were fixed in position so I couldn't put any bottled items on it. It pretty much was used for toilet paper storage.

Before

After

From a different view. Darle Incorporated the same glass tile into the back splash as was used in the shower. The pictures came out much darker than the bathroom actually is. The tile on counter is a light cream / beige color and the light from the window really brightens the area.

Before

It was even smaller that it looks.

After

I just love this shower! Complete with two shower heads and a center rain head, built in seat in the back and a beautiful glass tile insert. We put in a clear glass door so we could see and admire Darle’s hard work even when not using the shower. Plus, having the clear glass keeps the bathroom feeling open.

April Shower's Bring May Flower's

2010-04-13T20:24:00.000-07:00

April started of with definite showers in our house. Bella went into heat again. Dealing with a male dog in the house with a female in heat is absolutely unbearable. The worst was over the weekend. I took Riley to work with me so for 9 hours a day there was peace. On the weekend we were all stuck in the house together. It made us look forward to Monday again; and that never happens! After eight days the worst was over. By Easter everything was back to normal and we were able to leave the dogs home together and enjoy Easter with Darle's family this year.

I currently have all my nursing applications turned in and we are now waiting to hear from each school on acceptance. I am trying very hard not to become too neurotic but I am really getting quite anxious. I have to talk myself out of coming home at lunch just to check the mailbox. All of your thoughts and prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Darle has finished the Master Bathroom remodel. The shower door comes in Friday and once it is installed we will post some finished pictures. It turned out beautiful. I cant wait to share.

Bella in her sweat pants while she was bleeding. So cute!

This is the Easter cake we made. It was a strawberry flavored cake with homemade butter cream filling and covered with chocolate ganache. Topped off with a chocolate nest. Delicious!

Busy Busy

2010-02-06T19:28:00.000-08:00

Even after all the the puppies went to their new homes we still find ourselves very busy. Over the past month I have been preparing applications to submit to the Nursing programs at 4 local schools. I have been laying awake many nights totally stressed out thinking, "Did I get good enough grades? I should have worked harder. What was the deadline for____ school again? What if I don't get in again this year?" I will find out if I move on to the essay / interview stage around the beginning of April. I will know for sure, in or out, by mid May. Then classes start in Sept. I am trying to thing positively and visualizing myself getting in. For now I am just taking a few courses and working full time.

Darle's job has been very stressful lately. As the manager of his office he is dealing with insubordination and general lack of effort on a daily basis. Which I think in this economy is foolish. A wise man always builds his house up on a rock. As usual in this house, Darle has a project going. This is one of the "major" ones though. We (he) is remodeling the Master bath and closet. There was a bunch of unused space in the closet so he knocked out the wall shared with the shower. The plan is to make the closet more functional and the bathroom bigger. We never used the shower in there because it was a single stand up shower. Also, the toilet was so close to the shower that your knees were in the shower while sitting on the toilet. At this point the closet is done and the bathroom is about 20% done. Here are some of the remodel pictures.

This is the closet with the wall into the bath already gone. The part where the ladder is will be where the shower will eventually expand to.

Old Shower.

Bathroom in the process of being torn apart.
The new closet. Both sides are symmetrical. On the floor Darle built a shoe rack that is tilted under the clothes. Perfect shoe solution! On the back wall there is a special portion specially custom made by Darle for my long dresses and shelves above for purses and whatnot. I love whatnot stuff!
This is the shelves and rod for long dresses. (we just don't have the rod yet. But you can see where it will go once we put it in.)

This will be the shower. It will be huge compared to the old one. The big box in the back will be a bench on the back wall of the shower. The shower will have two separate spray heads and a big rain head in the middle. It will feel like a spa in my very own home! (Actually, I have never been to a spa so I have nothing to compare it to).

6 Week Pictures

2009-11-17T08:30:00.000-08:00

This post is mostly for my mom so she can see all the puppies. She was going to come out to Oregon to do me and Brandy's hair, but she couldn't make it out, and didn't get to see the puppies. The first part is right off the blog we are using to sell the puppies so it has a little description of each pup. Then there are tons more of them just playing.
Mom, here are the videos I promised you. Make sure your speakers are nice and loud so you get the full effect! Wink Wink...

Chocolate Girl #1. She is a very sweet girl. She is the smallest of the litter but she is very feisty. She does not let the other puppies push her around even though they try. She loves human attention and is a little cuddle bug.

Chocolate Boy #2. SOLD His owners have named him Trask. A real handsome boy. He is sweet and playful.

Chocolate Boy #3. He is sweet and funny. He loves to play and bounce around. The other day he was running and looking behind him and ended up swimming in the water bowl. This little guy love attention and to be held as much as we are willing. He is a light chocolate color with a white shoulder and arm, very cute.

Tri Boy #4 SOLD. His new owners have named him Boomer. Boomer’s little face just says it all, very charismatic. Once he knows we are home or awake he is usually one of the first to let us know he wants out of the puppy box to play or be held.

Chocolate Girl#5. She is sweet and snuggly, content to sit with us on the couch and watch a movie.

Chocolate Boy #6. He is a sweet boy and loves to play with all the others but does not have to be the center of attention. He has a cute little splash of white just above his tail.

Tri Boy #7. SOLD This guy is the smallest of the Tri boys. He really has the cutest little puppy bark. He loves to play, bounce around and be silly. I find him doing silly things all the time. From the day he was born we would find him sleeping on his back. He loves having his little pink belly rubbed. There is a classic picture of him below on his back.

Tri Boy #8 SOLD. His new family has named him Sawyer. Sawyer is our biggest puppy but he doesn’t know it, always sweet and gentle. He really loves to be held and cuddled. We have found the littlest girl (#1) playing and tugging on his ears and he just gently plays with her and she is half his size, literally.

Here are lots of pictures taken this past week of the puppies playing and other cute shots.

Chocolate #5 with a stuffed puppy toy.

Boomer with the stuffed puppy toy.

Girl #5 and Boy #7

Chocolate Boy # 3 giving momma kisses.

Chocolate Boy #2 with Riley. So cute!

Both sisters being cute and snuggling.

Tug of war.

Tri Boy #7 posing so cute

Sweet picture of Girl #1

A funny shot of the puppies sleeping like they are in recliners

3 Week Old Pictures

2009-10-22T20:33:00.000-07:00

The puppies are three weeks old this week. They have had their eyes open for a week and are now playing with each other. Their personalities are beginning to come out as they play and interact with us. Enjoy their sweet pictures!

Chocolate Girl #1

Chocolate Boy #2

Chocolate Boy #3

Tri Boy #4

Chocolate Girl #5

Chocolate Boy #6

Tri Boy #7

Tri Boy #8

Other Cute Pictures:

Big Yawn!

I'm a happy girl!

Will somebody come hold me?

We are still bottle feeding the first little girl.

Girl #1 aka Scrunchy, snuggling with Darle

Puppy Picture Day

2009-10-04T17:30:00.000-07:00

Today the puppies are 5 days old. Here are a few pictures we took today. Their eyes and ears are still closed. We are now bottle feeding the first little girl as she is the runt and kept getting pushed off. She is less than half the size of our bigger boys. Each pup has a face shot and a top view so you can see their markings. If you know of anyone that wants one of our sweet babies please refer them to our Beagle blog at http://www.nwbeagles.blogspot.com/. It is already all set up with some pictures and I will be adding some of these pictures shortly along with the asking price for them.

Girl#1 Chocolate

Boy# 2 Chocolate

Boy#3 Chocolate

Boy# 4 Tri

Girl# 5 Chocolate

Boy# 6 Chocolate

Boy# 7 Tri

Boy# 8 Tri

Here are some really cute random pictures of the pups.

This is Girl #1. We nicknamed her scrunchy because she is so tiny her skin is loose like a girls hair scrunchy. And yes, we are already especially attached to her. It's hard not to when you get up every 1.5 to 2 hours all night to feed her. You can see how tiny her little head is compared to Darle's hand. Her skeletal structure is smaller than the others. even when they were the size she is now. I think she will end up like Bella if not even smaller

Milk mustache after her feeding.

Everyone nursing.

The puppies have been off limits to Riley until today. Bella would not even allow him to look at them from the living room. She would do this bark/scream at him that made the glasses in the kitchen ring, very weird. So we had to drape a blanket over the puppy gate we have closing off the nook so Riley couldn't look in. Poor Riley. Well today Bella allowed him to look at them. This is one of his first peeks in. The look on his face was so funny A cross between bewilderment and caution.

Bella Had Her Puppies Lastnight!

2009-09-30T09:48:00.000-07:00

Bella had her puppies in the early morning hours of 9/30. The first one being born at about 2am and the last at about 7am. There are 8 puppies. 3 Tri-colored males, 2 Chocolate Females and 3 Chocolate Males.

Bella with her first puppy, chocolate female.

This is also puppy #1, she is the smallest weighing in at 6oz.

The first 4 puppies.

The whole litter nursing on momma.

The Final Week

2009-09-28T13:39:00.000-07:00

We took Bella in to have X Rays taken to see how many puppies there are and to make sure they will be small enough to fit through her pelvis. She is getting really big. She is due to whelp them on Friday 10/2 but could go as late as Sunday.

Can you count how many puppies? Click on the image to enlarge it.

Okay how many did you count? Well the Vet is not totally sure either but we counted 10 skulls. Two are hiding behind other pups. We will keep you updated once the puppies are born.

This Broke My Heart

2009-09-16T21:06:00.000-07:00

Last night I took the dogs to the dog park. While we were there a guy that I have seen before comes in with his two adult dogs and his 6 month old Pit Bull puppy. The puppy was dragging her hind leg behind her. I approached the owner to ask what happened. As I got closer noticed she had fresh bleeding wounds all over her body. The owner said they were on their way to the dog and she put her paw on the window control and rolled the window down then fell out, while he was driving 45 miles per hour!!! He said he looked in his mirror and saw her bouncing down the road. I told him he needed to get her to the vet. He said he called his vet but they were closed so he had to wait until the morning. By this time more dog owners has gathered to see the puppy. She was so lethargic already, she wanted to close her eyes and sleep (in the middle of the dog park)! I gave him the number to our emergency vet and another person with Internet on her phone looked up directions for him. He asked me how much is it going to cost him? Who cares! Is there another option? He cant just let her be in pain. He was such an Idiot! I can't believe he continued to drive to the park and then walk her in. I would have scooped up my dog off the road and went immediately to the emergency vet. Well, once he had directions and all the dog owners were telling him over and over that his dog is deteriorating in front of our eyes, he headed to the car. With 3 dogs he tried to make the poor puppy walk. He pulled on the leash, she would not budge. His other two adult Pit Bulls needed to be leashed and taken too so I told him I would carry the puppy. I opened her mouth before I picked up her broken little body, there was foamy blood, probably internal bleeding from a punctured lung. I held her in a baby position and walked to his car, she continually licked my face and neck. This poor little girl just broke my heart. I do hope he actually took her. This is what she looked like only a little older and chunkier.

Summer Vacation 2009

2009-09-15T20:44:00.000-07:00

Last year we did not get to take a vacation because we were buying our house this time last year (Wow it has already been a whole year!) So this year we were able to take off for 10 days and go to Glacier National Park and Yellowstone. We took the dogs with us and all had a great time.

Riley had so much fun hanging his head out the window and watching the country side go by. He loved watching out for cows, bison, or elk. He never barked even once at any of them.

Once we made it to Glacier we drove the main road through the park and came across this Big Horn Sheep close to the road. We got out of the car and took some photos. There were about 25 people gathered to see him.

This is the only glacier that can be seen from the road. Jackson Glacier

Just a beautiful view. Mid way up the mountain you can see the road we drove.

We hiked up above Logan Pass 1.5 miles and came across these mountain goats. There was a mom and dad and 3 kids. Logan Pass sits right on the continental divide.

The very next day it snowed in the area we were at here.

It was pretty cold in glacier and though very beautiful, I was ready to go to Yellowstone and find some warmer weather.

When we drove too fast for Riley to hand his head out the window he spent some time on Darle's shoulder.

As soon as we got into Yellowstone we found Elk. This was on the Mammoth Hot Springs lawns. there were probably 75 elk in the area.

The hot spring behind us were slightly sulfur smelling, not as bad as some of the other springs. All of the flat areas are little pools.
There were many bison sighting at Yellowstone. We found these two baby bison with mama. Right around this area were 7 or 8 male bison too.

We spotted Coyotes two times. This is one of them.

It was just a short hike to this point to see the beautiful Lower Falls. The picture does not do the actual sight justice.

On of the deep deep very hot -hot spring.

Classic Old Faithful.

This picture is for the Dudley side of the family. We found this huge exposed gear clock in the Old Faithful Lodge. The building is over a century old. Not sure the age of the clock.

In all we had a wonderful 10 day vacation. We saw a Big Horn Sheep, Mountain Goats, Bison, Elk, and Coyotes. We got to spend 10 days together, mostly cell phone and computer free. The Dogs has a wonderful time with us. Bella really grew a big belly in 10 days. By the end we were ready to go home. Even the dogs were ready to get back home and play in their back yard.

Today Bella Became A Woman......

2009-07-23T20:47:00.000-07:00

So we put her in little boys underwear!

I noticed blood on the tile in the kitchen so began checking the dogs paws to see which one punctured a pad. Then checked Bella to see if she started her doggy period. Bingo! I knew she was getting close because our friends who own Bella's sister said Coco went into heat when she was Bella's age. Coco was born the in the litter before Bella. They gave us the idea to put the underwear on with the tail through the hole.

Summer Barbecue

2009-07-14T06:22:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful time at the Summer Barbecue we hosted at our house last weekend. It was so nice to spend time with my Aunt Becky and Uncle Chris and their son Jordan. Their other son Jacob was at a summer camp. Grandma came up with them and they brought their beagle. Brandy and Ray brought their lab Willy. All the dogs has a wonderful time playing in the yard. The new deck worked out wonderfully! We all sat out there in the evening visiting and eating cake.

Fourth of July Camping

2009-07-14T06:17:00.000-07:00

Over the Fourth of July we went camping with some friends and family up on the Brittenbush river by Detriot Lake. We went into the town of Detriot to watch th Fireworks over the lake. We had Riley last year and he sat in the car under the seat scared of the noise. He did the same this year but was not as scared. Bella just sat on Darles lap sleeping and sometimes turning her head to look at them. What a good girl! At home if we accedently kick the garbage can she bolts away. Go figure.

Birthday After Birthday and More to Come

2009-07-14T06:07:00.000-07:00

In May we Darle's family up to our house for her Birthday. That is her poodle, Toby.

June brought our nephew Andrew's 12th birthday. Darle and I made him a Boston Red Sox Baseball icecream cake. The dinner was at the Olive Garden.

This was the Raspberry Icecream cake we made for Dad (Jack), Becky and Jordan Mesa's Birthdays this past weekend. Dad's birthday was on the 6th. Becky and Jordan were at our house on their birthday which was the 11th.

The next day on the 12th we celebrated our nephew Isaiah's 4th birthday. He had a WALL-E themed birthday so Darle and I spent hours on this WALL-E cake. You can kind of see the Disney charachter on Isaiah's shirt. We got him an old school, original looking, Big Wheel.

Beach Trip

2009-07-13T21:17:00.000-07:00

With all the hard work doing projects we needed a break. So we took the dogs to Seaside.

Home Improvements

2009-07-13T19:19:00.000-07:00

Over the past 9 months, since we have owned the house, we have done many home improvement projects. We knew when we bought the house there were some things we wanted to change and make our own. The biggest improvement was the flooring. As of two weeks ago, all of the flooring has been replaced with either tile or carpet, except for the upstairs bathroom and the master bathroom. Here are the before and after photos.

This is the deck before...

During...

After!

Another View. Darle built a small lattice frame on one side for a little extra privacy and it gives it a little charachter too.

This is looking intot the master bedroom with the old carpet. The dark spot in the carpet close to the bed is where Riley picked at the carpet. Since it was a looped carpet it pulled up a huge patch.

With new carpet

This is looking down into the Dining room and Living room with the old carpet. Notice the old pink tile in the entry and arount the fire place.

And now with the new carpet.

The family room was really bad with staining. You can see where the people who owned the house before set a hot iron on the carpet.
Before.

After.

Dining Room Before.

After.

This is the Kitchen Nook when the previous owners were still living in the house.

After.

Uncle Dick and Auntie Cheryl

2009-04-27T13:12:00.000-07:00

Darle's Uncle Dick and Auntie Cheryl came to visit this past weekend. We had such a nice time with them and the family. Saturday we had a BBQ at Uncle Chuck's farm, sadly we didn't get any pictures. Then Sunday we had all the family over to our house for smoked brisket. Aunt Cheryl brought pictures on a CD that she had put together from slides she found. The slides were pictures Darle's Grandpa Darle, obviously named after, took back when Darle's dad and aunt were children. We were all able to see them on our big tv. Everyone really enjoyed seeing the pictures. There was a fly fishing pole in many of the pictures that was distinctive. The base was red and green with a cork handle. Darle and I ended up with that exact pole after grandpa passed away. Darle and Travis, or Trapper as Dick and Cheryl call him, got it out of our garage to show everyone. The pole is going back east with them to be displayed at their cabin in New Hampshire. The boys are very happy to see the pole go "home" where it was used. This fishing pole, along with a camp box is one of those sentimental items to the Dudley Family. In our home you will find various gears, one of the big ones we use as a door stop. Gears are another precious item that reminds the boys of Grandpa Darle.

Spring Break in California

2009-04-27T12:57:00.000-07:00

For Spring Break 2009 Darle and I, along with Dave and their mom Vicki, drove down to San Diego for a visit with Darle's Grandma Dotty. She is living in a very nice facility in a two bedroom apartment. We took some photo's in one of the many beautiful garden areas on the property.

On our way back north we took a stop in L.A for a few hours. This picture was taken in front of the Chinese Theatre. Most of you probably know this about me but in case you don't, I love Gone With The Wind! This was a real find for me. I looked for Vivian Leigh, I am not even sure if she has a square. The picture was very difficult to take because there were people everywhere and all of them looking down at the ground. It is kind of hard to see but this is Clark Gable's hand and shoe print.

We went to San Francisco for a day. We took an Alcatraz tour, ate clam chowder on Pier 39, bought some chocolates at Ghirardelli Square then headed further north.

This was taken on the boat that took us to Alcatraz Island. You can see the steep streets of San Francisco behind us.

Couldn't Ask For A Nicer Day

2009-02-08T08:58:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a beautiful day here in Oregon. We took the rare opportunity to go target shooting with Travis, Andrew, Dave, and Dave's friend, Josh. For Christmas I got Darle a Remington 870 magnum express with a magazine extension. Then last week Darle got me an early Valentines present, a Ruger 10 22. We went up to break them in. Also, Dave just got a new AR, it is similar to what the soldiers are using.

Darle and Dave shooting clay targets.

They both own the same model of shot gun.

My first few shots from the new .22

Andrew shooting Travis' .22

Dave's assault rifle which he let us all shoot. What a sweet firearm.

This is a cool picture. You can see the cartridge eject and the new round in the chamber.

New Year

2009-01-31T11:06:00.000-08:00

2009 began the same way 2008 ended. We received news that Grandpa Warren was not doing well. On Tuesday 1/13, Darle and I went to Roseburg to see Grandpa in the hospital. Mom and Dad met us there that evening. Aunt Carol and Uncle Gary also made the trip from California to be with Grandpa. On Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Grandpa passed away. There was a beautiful service held for Grandpa at their church in Roseburg. I would like to warmly thank Becky Mesa and Grandma Warren for all their hard work in planning his services and giving us all the opportunity to celebrate his life.

Here are some pictures we took after Grandpa's service.

Lots of dark curly hair.

Four Generations

Christmas 2008

2009-01-30T22:53:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was bitter sweet. We were excited for our first Christmas in our new home but received some sad news Christmas morning. Darle's 96 year old Grandmother took a turn for the worse and would not make it to New Years. After opening our gifts we rushed down south of Salem to see her. Darle's grandmother, Pauline Legenza, passed away on December 26th, 2008.

December Surprises

2009-01-30T22:11:00.000-08:00

When we adopted Riley we knew we would get another beagle someday. We had planed to get a female beagle and have a litter or two. We really wanted a lemon male to start with and we finally found Riley back in March of this year. We knew eventually we would want a Chocolate female beagle. Chocolate beagles are even more difficult to find than the lemons. I searched all over the country and found only two breeders that bread for chocolate puppies. One was is in North Carolina and the other is in Texas. Just before Christmas I came across across an LDS family from SLC who had recently moved just outside Salem. They had chocolate beagle puppies! This litter was going to be their bitch's last one. So we went to "look" at the puppies. Yeah Right! Needless to say we left their house with the last chocolate female and named her Bella. She is very different from Riley and soooo sweet! We have had her for eight weeks now and she is wonderful companion for Riley. She has the sweetest face with her green eyes. She is 15 week old now and she can sit, lay down, shake, and hi-five.

November Milestone

2009-01-30T21:21:00.000-08:00

We hosted our first gathering in our new home to celebrate Darle's 30th birthday on November 22nd. Somehow we forgot to take pictures with our camera. But Mom Norton took pictures with her camera and shared copies with us. Lots of Darle's family came, as well as my parents. I told Darle I would make him whatever he wanted for his birthday dinner. Well he chose to have smoked brisket. So he actually ended up making his own birthday dinner. He also decided to experiment in making his own barbecue sauce. It was a vinegar based sauce that turned out wonderful. It was so nice to have everyone over to celebrate with us.

Our First Home

2009-01-30T19:59:00.000-08:00

We moved into our first home at the beginning
of October. These pictures were taken before
we really got settled. There are now more
pictures on the walls and furniture has
been moved around.

This is our very open Kitchen. It opens into the breakfast nook and family room.
The doorway you see enters into the dining room.

I love the french doors to the master.

We now have so much room to walk around in the bedroom.

The window looks into the back yard.

The other two bedrooms are just standard. Sorry no pics.

The living room.

I wish we had a picture out this huge window in the

summer because we have a small covered porch with a

beautiful climbing vine growing up and around it.

You can kind of see a view from the out side on the

picture of the front of the house. The pink tile in this picture

around the fire place and entry is long gone.

Darle put down a slate looking tile.

Looking into the family room.

The dining room.

The window looks out into the back yard.

A partial view of the back yard and the back of our house

We love the neighborhood with all the trees and greenery.

OUR NEW HOUSE!

2008-09-17T19:52:00.001-07:00

Here's some excieting news from the Dudley's. We have purchased our first home. The plan is to close on September 27th and start moving in on the 30th. Here is a sneek peek. More to come once we close.....

Mr. & Mrs. Simon Scheffel

2008-09-17T19:52:00.000-07:00

On August 31, 2008 our very good friends Simon and Karen were married in Eugene, Oregon. Darle was Simon's Best Man and Simon was Darl's best man at our wedding. Simon was the last of our close great group of friends to get married.They have all been friends since high school. This was a great oppertunity for us to see all of our friends and make a nice long weekend of it.

Their Dog Zeke was the ring bearer.

Here comes the Happy Bride!

The Dudley's past few months

2008-07-13T19:41:00.000-07:00

We have been busy lately with work, school, and life. Lynsay is taking a summer class two nights a week so Darle and Riley are by themselves. As you can see Riley is a big help with chores. The top picture was a few months ago.

We went camping at Mount St. Helens. Riley loved the camp fire.

Gosh, It's windy out here!

4th of July at Detriot Lake, Oregon

Riley in his cute little life jacket. We rented a boat for the day with some friends.

Our friends Simon and Karen came up from the Bay area with their Visla Zeke.

Zeke and Riley had so much fun playing. This is the area we sat to watch the fireworks.

Meet Riley

2008-03-26T20:27:00.001-07:00

Meet our new puppy Riley, he is a pure bread Beagle. He was born on January 20th and came home to live with us when he was 7 weeks old.

2008-03-26T20:16:00.001-07:00