http://www.bouncingmarty.com Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:58:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We had the pleasure of being in NC to see my sister's wedding, and took a bit of vacation to make the most of the long cross country flight.  We spent the four day weekend with our East Coast family and friends, and endured some of the hot humid weather ... http://www.bouncingmarty.com/2008/08/05/nc-visithumidity-edition/ My big sister Laine married Geraud Staton a few weekends back and we had the pleasure of watching them tie the knot.  It was a beautiful ceremony full of family and friends, and it was wonderful to see both of them so happy.  Congratulations Laine and and welcome to the ... http://www.bouncingmarty.com/2008/08/05/laines-married/ When Mollie and I brought home our first dog Nyah from Spokane just a week after getting married, my Dad mentioned to us that having two pups running around the house really wasn't any more work than having the one. And the companionship for Nyah would be priceless. ... http://www.bouncingmarty.com/2008/07/29/introducing-ko/ Did I mention that we are getting one of these? We'll be taking home a male vizsla puppy on July 19th.  We have wanted a companion for Nyah for a while now, and this summer seems the perfect time to make it happen.  The pup is bred in Illinois from Busch ... http://www.bouncingmarty.com/2008/06/24/puppy/ When we moved into our house the back yard didn't have a whole lot going on besides an impressive crop of crabgrass, a whole lot of sunshine, and a ceramic chicken.  We have a fairly large area out back (by Vegas standards) and wanted to create some more livable and ... http://www.bouncingmarty.com/2008/06/23/patio-cover/ Living at the North end of the Vegas Valley has its advantages. The Spring Mountains and Mount Charleston are a quick 30 minute drive away, dropping us at around 8,000ft and surrounded by pine forest and limestone canyons. Just in the last week or so we realized how ... http://www.bouncingmarty.com/2008/04/11/mount-charleston-trail-canyon/ About 20 minutes of freeway driving from the house brings us to the entrance to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, a giant parcel of land that the government decided needed some protection and conservation from the ever growing Vegas Valley. The DNWR was designated way back in 1936...and I'm ... http://www.bouncingmarty.com/2008/03/25/deadman-canyon/ Well...its been a while. I don't even know where to start. We had a great and low key holiday season at home, and it has rolled right into a nice Vegas spring. Adventures have been fairly limited and photo taking even more so. Combine that with ... http://www.bouncingmarty.com/2008/03/20/springtime/ It saddens us both to know that this year's holiday season will be almost completely void of family. The older I get the more that I realize how important it is to spend good quality time with family and friends. The biggest drawback of living so far from ... http://www.bouncingmarty.com/2007/12/04/thanksgiving-travels/ Something arrived on our doorstep not long ago. What could it be? It comes from a rather suspicious location in NC. Mollie hasn't the slightest. Its not every day that we get a package in the mail, so Mollie was kind enough to wait for me to arrive ... http://www.bouncingmarty.com/2007/11/19/something-in-the-mail/