A few scrapbook pages

Here are a few scrapbook pages that I did this weekend.  I am so behind.....

Back to School

Classes officially start today! But the past week or so have been in sane. On Sunday we hosted our annual Welcome Back Pack Event, RecFest. This is the forth or fifth year that we've run the event and it just keeps getting bigger. I got to school at 11:00am and drove around campus in our gator for two hours passing out freeze pops and telling everyone to come to RecFest and at 2:00pm we started set up. The event is from 5:30-8:30, but starting at 4:30pm we already had a line. In the first hour we had 2,000 participants. Total we had about 4,500 students at the event. It was great fun, free food, and free tshirts.
Sunday started what we call hell week. This week is full of training, meetings, hiring students, surprise visits from every student you know, and more training. It will settle down a little after Labor Day.


Here is a picture of the line before the event.

A picture of some of the professional staff that worked the event.

Nellie at Camp Yemma

Here is my dad playing with Nellie. If you turn up the volume you can hear Nellie.

Camp Yemma

Last weekend at my parents house we watched a friends dog. Well, Nellie is not a normal dog. Nellie the bulldog is a big dog in a small dog body with bulldog problems. She had eye surgery so everyday for the rest of her life she has to have antibiotic drops put in her eyes because she can't produce tears. You also have to clean her wrinkles and under her tail with antibiotic wipes. My mom took care of that for us while we were dog sitting, thanks mom.
Nellie likes water and likes to play but she sinks, doesn't swim well, and gets tired after only a few minutes of exercising. We bring her outside for the first time and the first thing she does is fall over the side of the pool and into the water head first. Luckily I was right there and saved her. So for the rest of the weekend Nellie got to wear a doggy life vest. We got the vest for Nala so she can wear it on the boat, she has a tendency to jump out even if the boat is moving. She has a slight obsession with water. I think Nellie enjoyed the weekend and was exhausted when we took her home. I'll post a video later. Any other campers interested in Camp Yemma, we are not charging.

My Poor Baby

A week ago last Saturday we took Nala to the dog park in Cary. All of the dogs were having a great time playing. A couple came in with three dogs and it went downhill. First of all, you are not supposed to bring that many dogs because they typically form packs and bully other dogs. They had a boxer, german shepard, and a junk yard puppy. Nala is playing with a few other dogs and the german shepard comes in and bites her on the side. I didn't see it happen but Nala immediately started crying really loudly. Kyle and I ran over and she was scared to death. Finally after a few minutes we got her to calm down. The owners of the dog did not come and apologize or anything. Another women at the dog park yelled at them and said that every time they bring their dog it bites another dog. We stayed at the park for a while and got Nala to calm down and got her to play with a few other dogs. When we got home we noticed that she was bleeding so Kyle cleaned it.
On Monday we noticed that she had a big lump the size of a lime where the dog bite was. Of course I made Kyle take Nala to the vet. They shaved her, drained the wound, and gave her some antibiotics and muscle inflammatory pills. The wound wasn't infected but they wanted to be safe. Here is a picture of Nala after she left the vet. She was so embarrassed and slept for the rest of the day.



She still has a small lump and if it doesn't go away by Friday/Saturday they may have to put a drain in. Please keep your fingers crossed that Nala doesn't need a drain. I don't know what she would do if she couldn't go swimming or play because of a drain.

Carolina Beach State Park

On Sunday we went to the Carolina Beach State Park for a walk. I had never been so it was fun. Nala absolutely loved it. We were on the Cape Fear River and she was able to play in the tall grass and water. My sister and Dad went a few months ago and were eaten alive by horsefly's, but luckily we didn't get any bites. On the walk we found a pile of old crab pots that had washed to the shore, so my Dad and Kyle took one of the buoys out of the pots for Nala. She played fetch for over an hour.

Early Birthday Present

This weekend Kyle and I went to Wilmington for one last visit before work starts to get crazy. Students come back to campus in two weeks. For my birthday I asked for a waterproof camera and since we were home for the weekend we went out and got it. My birthday is in a month and 2 days, so it isn't too far away. Check out the camera here, I love it. We had a blast taking pictures under the water at the pool and not having to worry about getting the camera wet at the beach. Here are the pictures we took yesterday at the pool.