Annie Peaches Van Orman

 

After months and months of consideration and research, I convinced Warren we should get the girls a puppy.  Not that Warren and I are animal lovers but the girls are!

 

I found a breeder in Calgary who had a litter of Yorkie-Shih Tsu puppies being born in March.

The breeder wouldn't let kids come to the puppy-picking so my friend, Lindsay, and I went to pick a puppy.  Unfortunately at 3 weeks all the puppies look the same.  I picked our puppy because she seemed calm and had white tipped paws. 

 



 

 

Of course she likes Warren

We had a puppy play date with our friends full grown Yorkie but the dogs wouldn't stay still for a picture.

 

I had heard that having a puppy is like have a baby.  Wow, they were right.  The first 2 nights she cried the whole night.  As of last night, she puts herself to bed in her crate at 10:00.  I take her for a potty break at 1:30am and then she's awake at 6:00am.  Last night I filled a kong with peanut butter and yogurt and managed to go back to bed until 7 :)  Since I am not a morning person, it's good for me to get my butt out of bed! I've been told they get lazier as they get older - just like kids.

Annie's currently 3lbs but will max out at about 8lbs.

 



 

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New Brunswick/PEI Trip

 

Warren had a conference in Charlottetown, PEI so I tagged along.

 

 

The first day we rented a car and drove to Moncton, New Brunswick.  We took a great tour of Hopewell Rocks.  We stood on the ocean floor and then 6 hours later came back to see the tide come in.  That day the tide was over 35ft.

 



 

Six hours later.....

 

Tour of a lobster factory

 



Lobster cages

 

 



11:00am.....No water.

 



 

1:00pm.... Lots of water!

 

 

 So many neat, old graveyards!

Confederation Bridge that connects New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island.  It costs $40 to cross and come back again.

 



What's a trip without touring at least one old catholic church?

 



The beaches were amazingly beautiful!

 



Loading up the double decker bus for our tour of Charlottetown.

 



Anne of Green Gables house! Not actually her house since she is a fictional character.  The author, L.M Montgomery used to visit this house often as a girl.  She used this setting in her book, Anne of Green Gables. Lovers Lane and the Haunted Woods are real places.

 



Don't know why this happened....I was influenced by one of the ladies on the tour bus ;)

 



The famous red dirt - made red by all the iron in the soil.  Great for growing potatoes! 

 



This is the oldest church on the Island.  It was built back in the 1700's and I got to ring the church bells!

 



 

 Fitting that we visited the very first credit union on the Island. It was created by a French priest who saw the farmers struggling.

 

 

We ate at the Culinary School of Canada - we weren't sure what was on our plates - we had to ask the server.  It was all very delicious though!

 

Part of the closing entertainment was Rick Mercer!  He was hilarious!!

 



 

We feasted on some famous COWS ice cream once or twice while in Charlottetown :)

 



Spring!!

 

 

 

 

 

Easter Egg hunt at the high school.

 



My Ally on Easter morning

 



 

 

 Fairy House!

 

 

Watching the dog agility competition at the horse palace.