Poor Vern...

Joe is constantly trying to get him to do new tricks, or new ways to do old ones. Which is good, it gives him good mental exercises (Vern not Joe). Tonight Joe took his mouse toy and decided to put it on Vern's head and make him sit with it there. It's comical because when we do that trick you can tell Vern is just tolerating it! He hates it, he looks at you with eyes that say "I look so stupid, I can't believe your doing this to me!" Anyways here are some pictures of the attempt tonight. They turned out pretty good.

Valentines...

This year I was surprised with a dozen roses! They were so beautiful... thought I would post a picture of them.

Carnival Pictures

Well here are some pictures of last weekend. It was freezing outside, with blowing snow and falling snow all weekend. Needless to say you really had to bundle up when you went outside so that you wouldn't get wind-burned. These pictures are courtesy of Dad Kirklin, I unfortunately missed the outing when they all went to look at the statues due to my poopy sinuses. Oh well, at least I've got pictures!

Winter Carnival 2007

Our last and final carnival has now come and gone. We had a busy weekend... Joe's family came up to see us and all of our wonderful snow! Family came in on Thursday night and stayed until later Sunday afternoon. It's sad to see them leave, but we were both pretty beat. Unfortunately I ended up with a terrible head cold for the entire weekend (not over it yet), and am hoping that I didn't spread it to anyone else. Sore throat, sinus congestion, headache... is what consumed most of my time. My best friend became my sudafed & nasal spray!! My only hopes at being able to breath. I also am a huge baby when I am sick (thank you Joe for putting up with me... and the popsicles :) Aside from that it was a good time, and Vernon was thrilled to have all the company! In fact he was quite sad when everyone left. I guess Joe & I are boring!!

(Below: Vern thinking he is one of us, and squeezing onto the couch, it's pretty amazing how much he can shrink himself to fit where he wants to! Poor Emily, she was always his target lap.)