It's Still August

I listened to some Christmas music the other day. I blame it on the smell of cinnamon that was coming from my oven.

Chewy

You're probably already sick of hearing about our dog, but I'm going to share these pics anyway :) He has been so good for us! We LOVE him! This is me and my daddy. I love to cuddle with him at night!

This is my pouty position. It makes mommy want to blow her brains out.

Mommy bought me this hat. She thinks it's so funny. I think it's lame and I don't keep it on very long.

This is my throne. Mommy made the mistake of putting my pillow on it once and now it is mine. She has lost her favorite reading chair. Ha ha! Victory!

I like to play in Nana's bathtub.

Don't judge me. I get bored while mommy does Nana's hair.

I LOVE my Nana and she loves me. Which says A LOT because Nana doesn't normally like dogs. But this just goes to show that I can worm my way into anyones heart!

I was feeling left out while everyone played "Choo Choo". So I decided to join them!

Fourth of July Festivities Part B

Tom got out the lawn mower and made a little putting green complete with flag. We had to hit the ball across the yard, over the trampoline and avoid the pool. It was hilarious! (See below for a video of Mom Shoell hitting...or attempting to hit the ball )

Watching fireworks.

Both of my moms all wrapped up. You'd think it was January not July!

Nate

Watching fireworks on the roof.

Mel up on the roof.

Playing "Choo Choo" while waiting for the fireworks.

So Helpful

I'm hoping, one of these days, that Chewy will figure out that I don't need his help with everything.

Mark is Home!

Friday, May 14th: You can just see Mark walking out right by the security podium.

Mark, holding his Stetson and hugging both parents.

Elder Carey! So handsome in his hat!

My Brother-in-law Scott, Mark, and my Sister Sue. Yay! We're so glad he's home! He served in the Texas, San Antonio Mission (Spanish Speaking) which happened to be the same mission my Scott served in! They've already had some fun conversations about Texas and the areas they both served in.

Chewy hates it when I'm on the computer. Having his head on my hand is better than normal; usually he flops his whole body on the keyboard so I'm unable to do anything.

This is Chewy wanting to play Ticket to Ride with us. He was so frustrated at being ignored that he jumped up on my mom's chair. He is such a riot! We love him to death! He's a really good boy too.

Meet Chewy

We have gone back and forth a LOT about getting a dog. After the miscarriage we started talking about it even more. Scott took the day off today so we went golfing and decided to stop in at the Humane Society to look around. We had no intention of bringing one home today! But we saw this little guy first off and fell in love with him immediately. We took him outside and played with him, and decided we had to have him. He's part dachshund and something else - not sure. But he's house trained, neutered and micro chipped so we don't have much to do! There's a few things we need to work on, but he's a very good boy. Frodo and Samwise just scowled at him and then went back to their own little world. Chewy has noticed them, but so far hasn't bothered with them. We got him so balls and he LOVES chasing them. So hopefully he'll stay occupied with balls and not with the birds. We've been chanting "birds are friends, not food" :)

P.S. While driving the golf cart we hit a really cool bump and caught SERIOUS air! Scott about flew out the front. We laughed SO hard!