Life Without the Cone

We were FINALLY able to take that stupid cone off of Zoey last week and she is lovin life! She runs around like a crazy cat again and is much happier :) These are some photos I caught of her playing since the cone has been off.

She loves to sit on the computer...warmth is our guess :) This time, though, she totally looks like she workin on something! It's pretty hilarious!

It started making a noise because she was holding one button down continuously...she wasn't quite sure where the noise was coming from :)

Another place she loves to be...inside an empty bottled water case. She will sleep in these for hours sometimes...again, warmth is our guess :)

The Fray Concert

We were able to see The Fray when they came into town on July 18th. They played at Usana Amphitheater...probably one of our favorite venues! The night started out a little warm, but there were clouds that ended up blocking the sun and it cooled down making it a fantastic night to be outside at a concert! Jack's Manequin opened for them and they were amazing and then the Fray put on a fabulous show as well! The only thing we don't like about Usana is their parking...it takes FOREVER to get out of the parking lot!!! Oh well, though, it was still worth it! The pictures aren't the greatest, but picts from concerts never are...

Zoom Zoom!

Yep...it's ours as of July 9th (we weren't really planning on buying it on my birthday, but that's the way it worked out and what better day to get a new car than my birthday) :) We decided to trade Nate's truck in for something newer and a little more reliable. Nate's truck was starting to make this aweful noise and nobody could figure out what was making it. We really didn't want to chance having something major break and spending thousands to fix it...so we bought a 2010 Mazda 3. Even though Nate was the one who traded his car in I am actually the one who gets to drive it most of the time :) (I know...I picked a good one to marry!) You might be wondering why it's white? Both Nate and I are suckers for black cars, but Mazda uses this white paint that is absolutely beautiful so we decided to try out a white car for a change. It's so much easier to keep this car clean!!!

Happy 23rd!!!

July 9th was my 23rd birthday :) I was lucky that both my sisters were here to celebrate with me this year. We decided to spend the day together in Salt Lake. We started our day out by going to lunch at the Sky Box restaurant at The Gateway. It was really yummy! These are some picts we took while we were waiting for our food...

Me, Marlee, and Melanie

Me and Marlee

Later that night, Mel and Nate made me a delicious steak dinner and then we had an even more delicious carrot cake that Mel and Mar had made for me! Zoey is eyeing the cake in this picture...she got to lick some frosting that fell on the table :)

Hangin at the Pool

My sister, Mel, is staying with us for the summer until she can move back into her sorority. So, while my other sister, Marlee, was still visiting we decided to spend a few hours laying out at the pool one day. Pretty cute sisters, huh!?

Bye-Bye claws :(

We decided to have Zoey de-clawed and spayed at the same time. So on July 6 we dropped her off at the vet and later that afternoon Marlee and I went to visit her (she had to stay overnight). She was doing really well...up eating and drinking when we got there. The vet tech told us that before they gave her the anesthesia that morning she and another kitty (male) the same age were reaching through their cages and trying to touch paws :) Wish I had picts of that...

As you can imagine, the cone was not her favorite thing...a little hard for her to coordinate ;) I don't have many picts of her with the cone on...but she would just lay around most of the time and when she did get up she would mope around with her head down (it probably felt like she was carrying this 20 pound thing around her head). It was pretty funny and pretty sad too :(

We were able to bring her home on Tuesday morning...she was still getting morphine and pretty sleepy. We found her trying to soak up this little sliver of sun on the floor...

We were told she had to keep the cone on for, at the very least, a week. And the day before we could take it off, I came home from work and noticed one of her stitches had come out and I could pull back her pad. So, we had to take her back to the vet the next day so they could put another stitch in. Unfortunately, that meant another week of wearing the cone (a longer one this time) and a week of antibiotics as well :( Lucky for me she is awesome at taking medicine!

Aunt Marlee

My sister, Marlee, came to stay with us for a few weeks and visit her friends. Zoey enjoyed having Mar around...she spent a lot of time hangin with her :)

This pic was taken after Zoey had her surgery...hence the cone around her head :)

mmm....ice cream!

Zoey doesn't care what she has to do to "share" my ice cream :)

Miss Determined :)

Zoey was playing with my sister's toothbrush so I put it inside her makeup bag...but she was determined to get it out! See what happens :)

Celebrate!

Both Nate and I were promoted this month! I was promoted to a Charge Nurse on my unit earlier this month and Nate was just promoted to a Level 2 Technician at Dish Network. Both promotions came with pay increases :) We decided to celebrate at Sonora Grill...a yummy Mexican restaurant in Ogden!

They make fresh guacamole at your table...it is delicious!