Our DFW Trip

On Sunday mom & I took a road trip to the D/FW area. We spent the night at a hotel with a pool and ordered pizza.


On Monday we went to the Ft Worth Zoo. It is a great zoo and we will be going back to visit soon so that we can visit the entire zoo.

After spending the day at the Zoo, we went to race go carts at Speed Zone. We had a total blast. When my mom was younger she use to spend a lot of time at a track in Chicago that a friend of hers owned. Boy did it show, she beat everyone on the track with her wicked driving skills. Way to go mom!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patricks' Day..

The Chicago River is green... again

Colin \c(o)-lin\ as a boy's name is pronounced KOH-lin, KAH-lin. It is of Irish, Scottish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Colin is "young creature". Diminutive form of the medieval name Col or Colle, a short form of Nicholas (Greek) "people of victory". In Scotland, it has been used as an anglicized form of Cailean (Gaelic), popular among the Campbells and the MacKenzies.

R.I.P. Will

Rest in peace Crazy Eyed Will. You were a crazy and good companion to Colin for the past 7 years. Always watching out for him and taking over as his best friend after Blue died in 2008.

We will miss making fun of your wagging "nub" when we played fetch with you or when you would put your cold nose on us in the morning to wake us up.

We will miss you!

packing list

mom and I started our packing list today. we started this list so that we can remember all the things to bring on our trip next month. we will be gone for 10 days and 7 will be on different islands in central america, so it is important to have everything that we need.
I already have some things in my backpack ready to go.

1. passport & ID card
2. shorts -5
3. jeans -1
4. sweat pants -1
5. shirts -7
6. sweat shirt/jacket -1
7. vibram shoes
8. teva shoes
9. socks -5
10. underwear & undershirts -7
11. black socks & dress shoes (for captians dinner)
12. suit, dress shirt & tie (for captians dinner)
13. backpack
14. hydropack
15. waterproof bag
16. swim suit -2
17. gear & tank
18. sunblock
19. hat -2
20. toothbrush (change batteries)
21. toothpaste
22. brush
23. shampoo/soap
24. GPS
25. geocaching vest/supplies
26. my camera

Geocaching cards

My mom designed and ordered some cards for me to leave in when geocaching. She did it as a suprise for me and I really like them.

We are taking a road trip to Dallas next week for 2 days and we are going to go geocaching along the way. But the cards will be so great to have when we are in Florida and on our cruise next month.

What do you think?

my new shoes

Today I got a pair of Vibram five finger shoes!

Mom is the coolest she got me a pair before they are even on the shelves or the internet to the general public.

Mom I love you. You are the best.

I got the Sprint style and mom got the Bikila LS. She has 5 pair and I have 1, but I don't care.

These are the coolest shoes ever and just in time for our trip to Florida and our week long cruise to the islands. They will come in handy hiking, kayaking, swimming and everything else we are booked to do.