http://leake-family.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:42:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We adopted a new puppy -- this is my first dog ever!  We found him at the local animal shelter last week and fell in love.  The vet said he's a 1 1/2 year old Chihuahua / Terrier Mix (not sure which type of terrier, cairn or yorkshire, maybe?).  He ... http://leake-family.com/2010/07/eddie John, Camden, and I had fun on our trip to visit Carolyn in Georgia. We stopped in Vickburg, Mississippi to enjoy the 4th of July fireworks on the Mississippi River. In Georgia we enjoyed visiting downtown Atlanta (including eating at The Varsity -- yummm) as well as shopping ... http://leake-family.com/2010/07/vacation2010 http://leake-family.com/2010/07/camden9thbday Yesterday, Camden and I went grocery shopping.  We saw one of those stickers you can purchase that is personalized with your family's last name and the first name of each family member.  You know, the one with the cute little stick figures to represent each family member.  Well, I was ... http://leake-family.com/2010/04/meet-the-asses Happy Easter from the Leake family! http://leake-family.com/2010/04/happy-easter We had record-breaking snowfall on Thursday & Friday (2/11 and 2/12/10) in the North Texas area.  Approximately 12.5 inches of snow fell, beating the previous 24-hour record of 12.1 inches set in 1964.  The most snow recorded in DFW in 1 day was 7.8 inches, set on 1/15/1964 and 1/14/1917.  The ... http://leake-family.com/2010/02/snowfeb10 We had a movie night a few evenings ago and were left with some candy boxes.  We came up with a creative way to reuse them -- at least I think so! :lol: Tiger slept on the bed with those boxes on his paws for about 2 hours. http://leake-family.com/2009/12/tiger-torture The other day I was surfing the internet looking for an online retailer where I could purchase additional pieces of my favorite Czech porcelain, Zwiebelmuster.  Along the way, I landed upon a blog written by a woman named Tanja, who moved to the US from the Czech Republic in the ... http://leake-family.com/2009/11/growing-up-czech Camden was very excited to be an Army Sergeant this year for Halloween.  We found a great costume and all the accessories at an army supply store. They even embroidered his name, US Army, and added patches for a small fee.  I had fun painting his face for him - ... http://leake-family.com/2009/11/halloween-09 I just had to post this.  Dennis created it for his niece and nephews. http://leake-family.com/2009/10/halloween-cartoon