Oaks..

Well it seems like all we have to blog about these days is oakley. He is quite the character but today while Braxton was working i was thinking about all of the things that Oaks has destroyed. So i wanted to make a list.

 1. Internet Cord.  $25
 2. Another internet cord... which was today. Good thing we have a backup. $25
 3. One of my flip flops. $ 1
 4. Battery charger. $50
 5. Another battery charger. $15- we found a cheap one online.
 6. Our blinds. $ 8 dollars or so.
 7. Phone charger. $ 20
 8. Dad Robertson's phone charger $ 20.. good thing we had 3 at the time.
 9. Oh yea another phone charger. $20. Now we are down to one.
 10. Beach towel $10
 11. Rolls of toilet paper $ 2
 12. Ipod headphone $ 15
 13. My cell phone. Worth $200 but 50 for the replacement. I will just add $50.

Grand Total: $251 dollars

Having your puppy get so excited when he sees us that his hole backside shakes and he just kisses us for hours. Him cuddling with me in the morning when Braxton leaves for work. Oaks knowing that i was hurt when i got in my accident and him never leaving my side and kissing all of my wounds. Him running into whatever room we are at and kissing us and then running back to what he is doing. Him always having to chew his bone next to us and when Brax layes on his stomach to read or something Oaks always sits on his back too.  PRICELSS!!

You know it may sound like we don't watch him very well but we do. He is SO SO sneaky he puts all oh his toys next to things he is not supposed to chew so when he does chew through it we think he is just chewing a bone. But he isnt. I am sure there is more.. but i just can't think of any right now. Now you know how crazy our dog is though.. but we wouldn't have it any other way. He is really is too cute. I sound pathetic...i guess we really do need a kid hah. But we love him and that is that!

Oakley and I hike Rock Canyon

Hey everyone. Hopefully everyone is doing really well. I don't know how many people follow our blog but we are trying to do better about posting things here and letting everyone know how we are doing.

Britta and I are doing good. There is nothing new going on for us right now because all we do is work. Costco is...well, work. Honestly, we can't complain. We get paid very well and we have great benefits. School is starting for me in about a week. I am excited to get back in the swing of things. I have a pretty hard and full semester coming up so hopefully I will be able to get good grades.

Today, after work, I went to the grocery store to pick up some powerade for Ricky. He recently returned from Brazil and he was pretty sick. The doctors said that he had strep throat. He was running a pretty high temp for a couple days. He felt better for a day and I helped him move into his new place... that was the last I heard from him for 3 days. Everyone at work was worried about him because he wasn't calling in sick any more in the mornings. I tried calling him and texting but he didn't respond til this morning. He had us all worried for a bit. I guess his fever came back and he was in his place just lying around. He is better now but I decided to get him some sports drinks to help get his fluids and electrolytes up. After visiting with him for a bit I came on home and sat around with Oakley for a while. I decided to go on a hike up Rock Canyon in Provo so that Oaks and I could get out of the house for a bit. The hike was only a short hour and a half.

This is Oaks and I as we turned around to go back down the trail. Oakley loves to hike, although we haven't gone in a bit and he was a little out of shape. Oakley plays a game with me whenever we are hiking down a trail. He loves to run way up in front of me and hide in the bushes. I can usually find him easily but I act like I can't see him til I am really close to him. Then I act like I am going to jump in the bushes and get him. He will take off running farther down the hill to hide in more bushes. It's our hide and seek game. On our way back down the trail, there were tons of dragonflies everwhere which meant Oakley was having a blast trying to chase them. Oaks and I discovered a really dark cave in a huge rock. As I looked down into the cave, I could distinctly smell the pugnant odor of a skunk.

Here is a picture of the cave. Luckily a skunk didn't come out and spray us. Oaks and I had a really good hike. When we got home, Oakley crashed on our new futon. He was asleep...until he smelt the chicken I was cooking for dinner. Oakley is pretty big now. I think he is about 14 lbs. now... and he shouldn't be growing much more. He is our bud and he is spoiled rotten. I think that its time we had a kid. Well that is it for us now. Here is a pic of Oakley getting a drink from a fountain by the trail.

Birthday boarding ends in an ER bash!

Hey everyone.

It has been a long time for us on here. I just wanted to update everyone on some of our summer adventures that we have had so far. Well this post is dedicated to Britta and her birthday.

Our friend, Ricky, was staying with us for a couple weeks before he went to Brazil. We didn't plan on doing anything big for Britta's birthday. As we sat around thinking about what we could do someone suggested that we go longboarding because Ricky had three or more boards. Britta had never gone before and it had been a while since I had been longboarding. We were all excited to go but Britta wanted to practice a bit before we try to go down Provo canyon. Britta did a really good job as Ricky and I tried to explain to her how best to stand and turn, slow down, and what to do in case she has to eject ( get off the board).

Here she is as she practices on the board. I tried to see if Oakley would stay on the board with me as I went down the street. He didn't like it too much.

Anyways, we packed up and went up to nuns park in provo canyon. We were going to ride down to the bottom of the canyon. Britta was doing a really good job as we went down the hill. We were almost to the bottom when we came to a turn that Britta was going a little too fast. I think that she might of had speed wobbles. She wasn't going to be able to turn the corner and just as she was about to hit a huge rock she bailed and tried to duck and roll. Bad idea. She hit the pavement and bounced back up pretty quick but there was blood on the ground already. The damage: a scraped up elbow and knee and a bad gash on the backside of her head. Ricky rode down to the bottom of the hill to get the car and then we went home. The bleeding from her head had stopped but she wasn't feeling good at all so we went to the ER. As soon as we got in everyone in the Hospital knew immediately that Britta was in a longboarding accident and they knew that it happened in provo canyon. I guess that during the summer, longboarding accidents are the number one cuase of traumatic death in Utah county. Britta ended up with a neck collar, two staples in her head and a tetnis booster shot. Not bad for a 20th birthday party. Here are the after photos.

She will be ok... but I guess next time she should wear a helmet.