Hill Billy

We had visits from both sides of our family this month.  Mat's Mom and sisters came during UEA (a Utah thing that means a long weekend).   My parents came for Halloween.  We were spoiled to see them all and have lots of fun and food while they were here.  Sadly, I did not pull my camera out to take any cute pics of the girls with the fam.  However, I did get it out to show off the new pups!

My mom and dad's dog, Sadie, had puppies about four weeks ago.  The story is a sad one.  A year ago Sadie had two puppies, one of which my parents kept.  His name is Marco Polo.  He is a bad dog.  He got his mom pregnant.  Puppy Social Services should be all up in their business! 

We were prepared for hill billy puppies.  However, so far, they look and act pretty normal! :)

Sadie is a purebred and was bred the first time with a pure.  This time, not so much!  They will still make great pets, just not the pure line that Sadie has! 

Without further ado, here are the pups!

ALVIN aka Kat's favorite!

(I should have zoomed in, or cropped the photo, but then you might not get how tiny he is!)

SIMON

He has the cutest face!

THEODORE

His coat is beautiful!

ELEANORE

The lone female and the chubbiest!

All of the puppies asleep on each other!  So cute!

The pups are for sale and ready to go to new homes.  If you are interested let me know and I will get you more info.  They would make great Christmas presents! :)

A year in review...

Wow... another year over! It seems like 2009 came and went so quickly! I can not believe that it is over already!

I have been looking back on the year, and for the most part, I am ready for it to be over! At the same time, it means I am a year older & my kids are a year older! Not sure which of those makes me more sad!?!

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Here are a few stats from our family in the year 2009:

5 - Months it took Mat to find and start his new job

20 - Lbs I have gained since we started the journey of moving (Thanks a lot stress...and chocolate)

4 - Teeth lost by Kathryn

2 - Binkis taken away by the Binki Fairy

3 - New Church Callings (Ashley - Librarian first, then Primary Sec. Mat - Deacons Adv.)

100 - Posts blogged!

1 - New Niece! Yay!

4 - School Plays Kat was in

8 - Visits down to Vegas by Family and Friends (we were pretty lucky!)

3 - Trips we were able to make up to Utah!

2 - Place Kat got in Reflections for her Photos

14 - Days of consecutive crafting

126 - Posts made in 2009

3724 - Miles put on our car just driving up to Utah!

8 - Wedding Anniversary!

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I hope the next year brings lots of Joy and Happiness to all of our family and friends! I think it has been a rough year for most, and hopefully it gets better in 2010!

We have a new neice!!!

Paityn Elisa was born about an hour ago!!! 6lb 5oz, 18in A tiny little thing!

Mark & Dannielle welcomed a new baby girl into the family.

Mark and Dannielle were chosen to be the parents of this special little miracle back in August. The birth mother graciously picked them to adopt. They have become very close with Elisa and her family over the past coupe of months. We are very grateful for Elisa making this difficult decision and allowing Mark and Dannielle to become parents. We love her, even though we have never met her.

We are so excited to be able to meet this little baby! We are so sad to be so far away!

Congrats Mark & Dannielle! Welcome to the world of parenthood! Try to enjoy the ride!