Meet Shelob

We've had her for a couple of months now, even long enough to experience her moulting process (verry interesting)! Shelob the Tarantula is the newest addition to our household and I find myself absolutely immersed in teh world of "boys". Really. There's a spider living on my kitchen counter.

We do love her though, and she makes for a great pet. Right now she is about a year old, and she could live to be 25. Josh can take her to college. She eats crickets, which is quite violent, but the main reason for getting a spider in the first place. Like I said ... boys.

Email!!

We've given up our netzero account, and the email account to go with it. So we have a new email address. Just thought you all might like to know! Here it is:
thebarlows@digis.net

More Pictures

Here are a few more Yellowstone pictures.

Yellowstone Trip

We're only a month late getting these pictures up, but we have a great announcement to make.

Drum roll please.......

we finally got a decent internet connection!

Anyway, it will be easier to blog now, and to enjoy all of your blogs as well.

As for Yellowstone, we had a fabulous time. My family is, if nothing else, entertaining. We stayed at the Grey Wolf Inn in West Yellowstone. The kids (my brother brought his four) thought the hotel swimming pool was just as cool as anything we saw in the park. But Mike and I definitely prefered the scenes in the park. It was so beautiful! Our favorite part was the Yellowstone canyon, and the water fall there. There was this great trail that was 600 steps down into the canyon to a viewing area. The kids all did really well with the hiking.

We saw every animal except bear and moose in the park. But we got close and personal to the wolves and bears in the preserve center in West Yellowstone. Joshua even got to feed the bears! They took the bears out of the habitat, let the kids go in and hide food under rocks and trees, and then let the bears back in. Such a fun experience for a 4 year old!

The highlight for Andrew was the imax movie about Yellowstone. There was this great grizzly bear in it that stands up and roars at the very end. Since then, Andrew has been roaring nonstop. Even now, a month later, he roars all the time. No words, just roars!

Lost Blog

I've lost the address for Rob and Karen's blog site. Can anyone out there fill me in? Much appreciated!

Simpsonize me!

My friend introduced me to a fun site. Look it up when you have and hour or two to kill.

http://simpsonizeme.com/ You upload a picture of yourself and it turns you into a simpson character. Here are Joshua's simpson self and My simpson self.

We're still here, believe it or not!

Hello all, and especially Barlow family members! I realize we have been conspicuously absent from the email and blog scene. My many apologies. I wish I had a good excuse, but all I can come up with is: Mike is working ten hours a day. I'm teaching fifteen piano students a week. Both the kids have been puking their guts out for two weeks now. oh, and our Internet is snail slow, which makes the blogging process a little more difficult.
Okay. Out with all the excuses! The point is, we are still here, and we still love you all! So, here's the latest update on us.
We got a pet spider. Her name is Shelob and she is a Mexican Red knee tarantula. So far Mike and Joshua are having a fabulous time feeding her crickets and scaring my piano students with her.
We had a great weekend in Park city with Mom, Daniel, and Becky. It was so nice to spend some time together and enjoy such a pretty place. Joshua loved watching the ski jumpers practice at the Olympic park, and everyone loved the swimming pool at the hotel. It was the only thing that has made Drewby happy for a week. (The kids are finally both feeling better, count our blessings!)
We have been working on our yard a little more too. We planted three very large maples in the back yard, and got some nice shrubs for the back bed against the fence. It is nice to be married to a landscaper, not to mention a perfectionist. The trees Mike brought home were literally twenty feet high! They are beautiful.
Next week we are taking a trip with my family to Yellowstone. I'm really looking forward to it. Jaussi adventures are never dull. We will be leaving on Wednesday and returning Saturday. So I will definitely blog pictures from that trip.

To all the kids starting a new school year ( and adults): good luck! work hard and have your best year ever!

We love you all and thanks for all your comments. Forgive us for being techno-slackers!!