A lot has changed since Feb 2009 (my last post)

In 2009 I was living at my parents house, just met Dave a few months back, was only 6 months into my job at Smooth, and I had no clue how my life would play out. Now, over two years later, I own a house, live with Dave (and the other love of my life - Bailey), and we're expecting a BABY BOY! I would say my life changed a little in the past two years but I've loved every second of it so far! More to come....

Jackson Hole

Jackson Hole is unbelieveable. The mountain is huge and ridiculously fast. As Scott put it yesterday, "it's hard to go slow!" We're trying to upload more videos but they take forever.

Jackson Hole Day 1 Videos

Back to Work

Clearly I haven't blogged lately so here ya go! July 2008- Pretty much hung out and did a whole lot of nothing. I did manage to get some drinking! Now I'm at work. I got a job 3 weeks ago and so far I love it! I have my own office with a door and windows! It's pretty freaking nice! But thats about it.

McFatridge Doggy Day Care

The joke around here is that I should open a doggy day care in our back yard instead of finding a job. I'm not interested in either! haha! Anyway, our neighbors Pat and Mel (the owners of Duke) are dog sitting Charlie and Only Girl, their friends two choc labs! So now best friends Bailey and Duke have two more dogs to play with! Bailey is 11 months old and the other 3 are all around 2 years old but that doesn't both Bailey one bit! He's the instigator! I added some pics of them swimming and playing this morning!

Happy June?

Hey all, I haven't updated this in a while so I thought I would. Not much in new. By now most of you heard about Scotts accident. He's doing good. Healing faster then we expected so that is good. I leave for the beach with all my old college friends on friday so that should be so much fun. Hopefully we'll manage to stay out of trouble! I've been going through old pics and added TONS of pics to my pics site. All my older pics from Africa are up (warning: i was out of the country so don't judge by some of my actions in those pictures)! Also added some pics from this past week/weekend. Rory's dog Sirius was up for the week and Uncle Donny brough his two doberman over for fathers day! We are thinking about running a doggy daycare out of our back yard! Just kidding but somedays it feel like we are a kennel! Anyway, not much is new. I managed to put of cleaning my room and unpacking another week so I'm trying to finish that up today! Have fun!

The Dogs run the house!

Clearly the dogs run the McFatridge house. Instead of Dad working on the pool, hanging up the new TV outback, or building moms walkway, he puts a gate in for Bailey. Not Duke and Bailey have 2 yards to run freely in! I added pics of all the dogs and the new gate. *Notice the size of Bailey and Finley's Kongs.

Yay! We made it home!

Dad, Bailey, and I made it home Saturday night! We ended up leaving thursday night at 4:15 and arrived home Saturday night around 6:30! We made pretty good time considering we drove exactly 2298 miles! Bailey was such a good boy; we only stopped once on Saturday. He LOVES his new PA home probably because the back yard is 5 times the size of the whole property in Utah! He hasn't jumped in the pool yet which is good; its only a matter of time. Duke came home today (our next door neighbors yellow lab), Bailey and Duke are going to have a blast playing together this summer! Besides that, not much is new. I put up some new pictures.

Bailey and Killian!

This is Bailey's new housemate Killian! They love wrestling around and playing all day however Bailey tires Killian out. -and another pic of Bailey cause he's such a STUD!

Hiking up to Silver Lake! (May 3rd)

Since it was just Bailey and I this past weekend I decided to take him up for a hike. I found an easy hike up to Silver Lake online and saw that dogs were allowed so I decided that was where we were going to hike! The beginning of the day was prob one of my best days in Utah. It was gorgeous out, around 65 and sun. A few clouds but I didn't mind a cloud every once in a while to cool us down! So we started our hike! Not knowing what to expect, I thought I would keep Bailey on the leash in the beginning. About 2 minutes later we had to cross a small stream (only about a foot deep) and to do so, I had to hop from rock to rock. For about 10 seconds I was thinking about how Bailey was going to get across then he made the decision for me. He decided he was going to run through it. So I quickly dropped the leash before he had the chance to pull me with him. After that his leash was off the rest of the day! He's such a great dog; he would only let himself get 30 feet ahead or behind me before he would stop and wait or sprint to catch up! So once we got to the top of the hike, we stopped for lunch! I had a ham and cheese sandwich on Rye bread which was sooooo good (I haven't had one of them in forever!)! Then we headed back down taking our time since it was so nice out. As we got to the bottom I opened my backpack to get Baileys leash and the car keys out. Then I freaked out. I lost the keys. I cried and freaked out a little more then decided to hike back up and look for them. It def wasn't fun hiking it the second time but even though Bailey was dead tired, he was still a trooper! After hiking back up and down and not finding the keys, a nice older couple offered to drive Bailey and I home. Once home I got my set of spare keys and Parker drove me back up to get my car. The hike was def a lot of fun! They day would have been perfect if I didn't loose the keys. However, it was still a good day and Bailey had fun! I didn't get to take as many pics as I wanted when I got to the bottom because I was freaking out about my keys but I did take some! Miss everyone... hopefully see everyone soon!

Monday April 28th

Hey all! Just wanted to say hi! I had a great weekend so I thought I would fill you in... Friday night I gave Bailey a bath (he's a big clean stud now!) and then we went into the canyon and had a bonfire! Bailey rolled around in the dirt with 2 boxers and a mountain dog/wolf all night. He had a blast. Sat I woke up and was lazy so I watched Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring EXTENDED edition since I've never seen it! Then Dan, Roxy, Bailey and I went to the park to run around. After that we had a late afternoon bbq with all the boys! I completed my lazy Saturday with Lord of the Rings, Two Towers Extended Edition. Sunday morning I woke up and went to Snowbird with Dan; the weather was amazing again. I have a sunglasses tan and a red face again! (3rd weekend in a row!) Then we went to Elin's for a bbq was is always fun. I ended my Sunday night with Lord of the Rings, Return of the King Extended Edition! Def a great weekend! Miss everyone! I move next weekend! Can't wait!

Thursday April 24

Just wanted to say hi! I want some visitors! We just got 8 inches or snow and there's still more coming today, tomorrow, and Saturday! Anyway, not much is new. I'm moving but I'm not sure where I'm moving into yet! Bailey is great! I love him to death! He's such a good dog! He's still getting bigger which I love! He's not a full time swimmer yet but we're working on it! Anyway, hope all is well. Miss you all! LOVE Ally!

Babysitting Roxy!

Last night I was babysitting (puppy-sitting) Roxy, Matt's little female Pit bull. She's so freaking cute! Of course Bailey had a blast with his new bff/girlfriend! Bailey is now 9 months (he's getting so old! haha) Roxy is 9 weeks! I added pics....

You can't beat skiing in April!

This past weekend I went to Snowbird on Sat and Sun. Saturday it was perfect. I had on a light jacket and goggles and the snow was perfect. We bombed runs all day. It was the first time this year that I bombed runs from the top of Snowbird to the bottom. Sunday was even warmer which wasn't as good. I wore a long sleeve shirt and sunglasses BUT the snow was extremely soft. Good news is that it's gonna get a little chillier and it's supposed to snow a little more this week. O yea, did i mention that is was in the 60-70's this weekend. Yea, it was pretty freaking nice out, not a cloud in the sky! I drove to and from Snowbird with the top down! Also, on our way home Sunday afternoon, we stopped at Wendy's cause we were starving and ran into the Bikers Against Child Abuse (see pictures). The were dressed like bikers. There were 20 of them in leather and chaps! It was a sight to see! I put up some more pics!

Family Visit to Utah!

FYI - I uploaded my pics from this past weekend! http://picasaweb.google.com/Allyson484 Mom also put hers up! http://picasaweb.google.com/TheHighCs

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Happy Birthday to me! Here's the list you've all been waiting for.... My BIRTHDAY List! I must say, this is my shortest list EVER... and maybe the most practical price wise! http://www.kawasaki.com/products/detail.aspx?id=263&content=details

Thursday 3/27/08

It's SNOWING!

Wed March 26th!

Only 1 weeks and 2 days til my birthday but who's counting! haha! But for real, ONLY ONE MORE WEEK til mom, dad, gma, and gpa come out! I'm pumped. And then Amy and Joe! It def should be fun. I'm def a little bummed about Rory and Scott but that just means that they'll have to come visit in May or June. Anyway, not much is new, it's only wednesday and it's been a long week at work 35.5 hours already but o well, it can't hurt! Bailey is so freaking cute. Of course he missed me this weekend so every night when I'm sleeping, he makes sure to sleep right next to me with his face an inch away from mine! haha, I love it though! I'm trying to think what else but that's about it for now!

Happy St Patty's Day!

So Dad turns 50 tomorrow! Yay! That's a big birthday! Anyway, Happy St Patty's Day to everyone. I had a great weekend. Friday night I just hung out, Saturday I went to Snowbird. Chase and Abe went also but we drove separately. It was my first day this year skiing by myself which was soooooooooo nice! We got about 25 - 30 inches of snow between thursday and sunday so the snow was great. The bad part was the temperatures, they were back down in the teens but o well, it was still fun! Sunday I had a relaxing day, I laid in bed an read my book, did some laundry, spent the whole day with Bailey! So it was a good day. Now I'm just waiting for the family to get out here in two weeks! I cant wait! I'm waiting to her from Scott that he quit his job and is coming out again! But I don't think that will happen so o well. I'm also waiting to hear if Rory can come out! I hope so! But anyway, this might be the first st patty's day that i didn't have a drink... Kind of crazy! But it's good! Anyway, nothing else is really new! Bloomsburg has their first PSAC lax game this wednesday, the're playin ESU so no big deal! But that's about it! Enjoy!

The Rough Life I Live

I have such a rought life! hahaha Mom and I went to the World SuperPipe Competition the other day! So much fun! Mom talked to her bff JJ Thomas while I drooled over Shaun White! Of course Shaun White won! Check out the pics from it on my Picasa page!