Belle's Pregnant...Again....

On top of everything else we just found out that Belle is pregnant with her second litter. We tried to keep them separated while she was in heat, but those two sneaky puppies somehow managed to get past us. She is due April 22. Poor little Belle, she is already starting to get the pregnant belly and has a hard time jumping up on the couch. She already waddles everywhere she goes. So it looks like we'll be having some spring-time puppies:) (Pat is not too happy about it...)

Pictures of the Spa

Here are some pictures of the inside of Spa Cascada...

Entrance.

(The Massage Room is the closed door on the right & the Relaxation Room to the Facial Rooms is the door in the far back on the right)

The hearts are only up because I took these pics in Feb.

Break Room

The Break Room is the closed door on the left

I LOVE all the crown molding the spa has, it is absolutely beautiful.

Make up Table- Glo Minerals Makeup

Waiting Area

Pedi/Mani Room

One of the manicure stations

View from inside the Relaxation Room

Relaxation Room

Picture taken from inside the Relaxation Room.

Hallway to Facial Rooms. Facial Rooms are the doors on the left & the two doors on the right are the bathroom and the laundry room

Facial Room #1

Facial Room #2

Massage Room (it obviously wasn't set up when I took this picture)

Just today Spa Cascada was voted "best massage" in Saratoga Springs for 2010!

Pat Did It!

Today Pat took and passed all his examinations and officially became a Nuclear Mechanic Instructor here at the Malta Nuclear Power Plant. The examination consisted of 73 page written examination then a 2 hour oral examination; and he did it!!! I'm so proud of him. He is working one crazy schedule of at least 60 hours/week rotating shift-work. We hardly get to spend much time together but we're managing and spending every change together that we possibly can.

Our Belated Christmas in Denver

Pat was not allowed to take off for Christmas this year, so we waited until his four-day weekend, last weekend, and went to Denver and celebrated a "belated Christmas" with all of the Gotberg's together. Pat was also not allowed to take off last Christmas so this was the first time he saw my parents and Rae in over a year & a half; as you can imagine there was alot of catching up to do! We all had a great time while we were there. The whole weekend was jam-packed. Here is a re-cap of our trip:

Shopping at the Outlet Malls where my Mom & Rae work They were cutting down the tree while we were there; I guess that means Christmas is officially over:(

The whole family and Nick, Rae's boyfriend, all went to the University of Denver vs. Alaska Hockey Game Saturday night. Alaska was undefeated so this was a very exciting game. But in the last 38 seconds Denver scored and won the game! This was Sophie and my very first hockey game and I loved it! Pat and I are now talking about going up to Canada and going to a hockey game there, or maybe to Boston; apparently New York is huge fans of hockey so we have plenty of options; however, I will have to say, all the fighting is very tacky...

After the game back at my parent's house during charades

Sunday night we had our big Christmas dinner and did the presents. After dinner Nick and my parent's good friends and neighbors, Paul and Barbara, came over for dessert and coffee. Paul and Barb are actually from Buffalo so they gave us many pointers on New York!

Everyone helping cook (well except Rae)

Pat really wanted to see the Air Force Academy so my dad, Pat and I all went to Fort Collins all day Sunday. The Academy is absolutely beautiful. We toured the campus and watched a short movie about the school and what all it has to offer. We also found out that there is a Nuclear Weapons Reactor near Denver Pat can work at once he gets out of the Navy.

Outside the beautiful Chapel

Inside the Chapel




Garden of the God's


My Dad and I in their backyard- they have an AMAZING view

Papa, Soph, Pat and I leaving Monday morning for the airport:(

Christmas 2009

This Christmas Pat could not take off so we had to stay here in Saratoga. Sophie came and stayed with us for a few nights. This Christmas was such a beautiful, white Christmas. In fact, we were snowed in most of the time Soph was here (I'm still not completely comfortable driving in the snow yet- I'm getting there!). However, we did make it out of the house to see Avatar; Pat and Sophie were dying to see it (not my kind of movie- at all, in fact I fell asleep for a little bit of it...) and they loved the movie- I had to hear them talk about it for the following two hours after the movie was finally over (James Cameron and his 2.5hour movies- however, Titanic was AMAZING!). We had a great time though, I always have fun with my Koo!

Sophie left to go back to NYC last night and I already miss her. She's staying in NYC for the rest of the holidays and her, Pat and I are all flying to Denver for a belated Christmas the beginning of January. Sophie's lease is now up in NYC so she's trying to figure out her next plan.

We couldn't get their attention for the picture- they're watching Pat cut the turkey

That's all I could get- she wasn't wearing any makeup!
20 minutes after dinner...

I love my Koo!!!