The Laney Family

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Happy Birthday Cal!!!

Happy Birthday to my Calaney!!!!

Happy Birthday to my Sweet Husband! I hope that you have an amazing day. I can't even express into words what you mean to me. Thank you for being my best friend and my rock. You always believe in me and that is something that doesn't go unnoticed. Thank you for always sharing the load and giving 100% in every thing that you do! I love you so very very very very much!!!

I LOVE YOU TOO DADDY and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! LOVE- AVA!!!! ruff ruff!!

P.S.- Isn't my hubby the most handsome man you have EVER seen!! :)

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Pass the Word and sad news from Kindergarten

I know I posted about this a long time ago- but just wanted to send out a reminder for any of you that may read today. Please pass along this information: The 1st meeting is tonight at 6:30. Please email me at adairlaney@gmail.com if you know of anyone that might be interested in coming- we will be meeting again in early March.

Sad news from Kindergarten:

Our hamster, Teeny Sugar, went on to the great hampster heaven in the sky over the weekend. It was really hard telling the kids, but I want them to know that death is part of life, and that we didn't just send Teeny Sugar to the "farm". We read a book called the "The Tenth Good Thing About Barney" which is about a little boy that looses his cat. The book talks about where the pet might go after dying and about how the pet makes flowers grow in the ground. The kids made up their own list about the things that we loved about Teeny Sugar. Here is a picture of the poster that they made: so cute!!

Death is a hard topic to approach with 5 year olds: Have any of you appoached this differently???- I'd love to hear other ideas: I'm sure our other hampster "Sergio" will not be far behind "Teeny Sugar"- so please give me your suggestions!??!!

Monday, February 16, 2009

A New Friend!!

Hello All and Happy Monday!!! Ava haw a new friend next door!!! yay! Our neighbor, Kevin, found this Siberian Husky-mix puppy under some brush as they were clearing a field on Saturday. They seriously saved this puppy's life. He was eaten up with bugs and fleas. They took him to the vet and got him all cleaned up. On Saturday, all he wanted to do was sleep...but Sunday, he was a bit more active, and today- Well- you can see for yourself in the video- he is a full-blown puppy now! We know he is part siberian husky- but we can't figure out what the other part is- What do ya'll think???

Here is the video of Ava and the pup playing- notice the tail biting going on haha- Ava is scared to death of him for some reason- she will attack the biggest lab- but for some reason will not let this dog get near her- notice how she freezes when he approaches her...haha

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Recipe blog

Check out my new recipe blog! I'm so excited that I created the button myself!!! YAY!!! I am going to upload my recipes to this blog and save our family blog for things that go on with Cal and I! I'm so excited! The button to the left will always link you to the recipe blog!

Thank you Mom and Dad!!!

Thank you Mom and Dad for the coat that you gave me money for on my bday 3 months ago - I just had to wait to find the perfect one- here it is- I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like to twirl in it! :)

A very special Valentines night

Cal and I celebrated Valentine's Day last night- Cal is on call today on Vday. Here are a few pics from the night:

This is Cal's little setup of presents from me- the flowers in the picture are from my student teacher Ale' to me (how sweet is that!). The dog in the pic came from a student to me yesterday and ended up becoming one of Ava's new favorite toys- I am posting the video of her obsession with it at the end of this post! ha!

This was Cal's main present from me: we are slowly collecting things for Cal's office one day: (I thought it would match the duck hunting theme that I know the office will have... haha)

This was my little spread of presents from Cal- I will definately be reading my present this weekend- the LAST Twilight book- SOOOO sad- I can't believe I'm about to be through with the whole series!!! (Ale'- I hit the nail right on the head didn't I??...haha- I can't wait to see what Alex did for you!!!)

Cal and I cooked out steaks from Mr. P's deli (the best filet in the USA- i swear!) we also had sweet potatoes, brocoli and cheese casserole, and yummy rolls. And for desert......this is what we had...

O.K.- there is a perfectly good reason that this nasty- cheap bottle of Andre' pink champagne is sitting on my kitchen counter. Some of you that are reading this already know this story- but for those of you that don't- here goes: On our very first date- Cal called me and said."What do you want to eat tonight, and what can I pick you up to drink?". Well, my response was this, "Why don't we just pick up Abner's chicken, and I would like Andre' pink champagne." (yes- i had very poor taste at the time ha) So- My, ummm, how should I say this???..... "very frugal" husband instantly fell in love with me. He was VERY excited about the cheap dinner and 3$ bottle of champagne..hahaha! So- we kicked it up a notch last night and poured ourselves a glass of Andre' pink champagne for old times sake.

and chocolate covered strawberries...

...and here we are with our little desert!!! :)

After our dinner and desert- we watched the movie "Fireproof"- a very powerful movie! If you haven't seen it- GO get it NOW!!!! It was wonderful!

As promised- here is a video of Ava and her new toy- which she will now not let out of her sight- haha- she is hillarious!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Mexican and friends- always a good combination!

We had a nice dinner the other night with good friends Adam and Brynnen. They are seriously two of the sweetest people that we know. They have always been there for Cal and have always made me feel like I am just as special. We really enjoyed sitting and talking for hours with old friends! Here are a few pictures from the night: