Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We hope you all had a great St. Patrick's Day!  We tried.  Since we are all feeling pretty crappy it was a pretty hard effort.  We all wore our green.  I made our annual Corned Beef and Cabbage meal with roasted herbed potatoes and asparagras.  We were going to go to the Rec. Center to join in the free celebration party but didn't feel up to it.  So I took the Boys and the Puppy to the park and Nate hung out on the couch at home.  I know we're big partiers!  We even skipped the Lime Sherbet for dessert, just didn't feel good enough to bother.  Hope you had a lot more excitement yesterday than we did!

Just a heads up to anyone that cares.

We are trying to adopt again.  We've offically sent in our paperwork to LDS Family Services.  So if you know anyone or have any info or just want to ask questions please feel free to contact us. 

Our New Addition to our Family!

Welcome the newest member of our family.  Piper was born on December 14, 2009.  We adopted her on  Febuary 20th, 2010.  She is a Boxador, which is half Boxer(her Mother) and half Labador(her Father).   

As you can see our Boys adore her and they have already befriended her.  So far they have been doing great to take care of her and don't complain when they have to take her outside or for a walk.

What a cutie!  We love her already and she had been a great dog to have.  She gets excited as puppies do but she has a very calm temperment and minds pretty well.

Who couldn't love this face?

She has established herself as a good napper.  Can't say that I mind that.  I think between the Boys getting her to chase them all day and just being a puppy we've worn her right out. 
So the story as to how we got her.  Nate has some Friends from work that their dog got pregnant by mistake and so they got 3 cute little Boxadors out of it.  They couldn't afford to keep them, it was costing $100  a month to feed them and their other dogs.  So they sent around a flyer and spread the word of free dogs at work on Friday and Nate called me asking if I wanted one.  We went to "look" at them on Saturday late afternoon.  There was one left who is now ours.  We figured we were crazy for getting a dog and crazy for not jumping on such a great deal since they are really good family dogs.  So we went looking for a dog house and all the other fun stuff you need to get a dog.  At 8:00pm we went back to get her and brought her home.  Also the puppies were already caught up on their shots and had their dew claws removed, less things we had to pay for.  Of course the fact that our Boys have been begging for a dog or a new baby for some time now we figured we were out of good excuses.  So yes we are suckers and we gave in.  So far we're glad we did!  I think we've all taken to Piper and she seems to have taken to us too.  And yes we are finishing our fence first thing this Spring and she will be an outside dog at my request.

Happy Valentines Day!

We celebrated our Valentines over the whole weekend starting on Friday because Nate had to work all weekend.  We had a fancy shrimp and pasta dinner all planned for the family on Friday when Nate was called into work while we were making dinner.  At least he got to stay long enough to eat with us.  Then Saturday Morning we had a treasure hunt to find clues that lead to Valentines treats(our treasure).  The Boys had a blast running around the house finding new clues.  Then Sunday we delivered a few Valentines to our neighbors and each other.  What a fun weekend!  I love my Family and am so glad we get to have a day to celebrate it!

Nate's Birthday Bash!

What a Birthday celebration!  The Boys were excited to give presents to their Dad.

So Corbin told Nate a few weeks ago that he looked like a girl in his pajamas.  Nate's pj's are a old pair of brown cotton shorts that are starting to sprout a hole in them.  So of course Nate now have new manly jammies that are Corbin approved, a new pair of grey and black cotton shorts(this is about the only thing he will wear for pj's).

After the party started. The Boys lounging watching the good ol' t.v. after they decorated their Dad.  Nate also got a new white shirt and dress pants, exciting I know, and a photography book and new shoes that he has to go to the store with me and try on and pick out himself.  What was missing was the cards we bought at Smiths but somehow didn't get home with.  I know I always mess up somehow.

After taking Daddy to dinner at the Quarry, highly recommend going there if anyone comes out to visit.  The food is excellent!  Nate had a New York strip steak.  I had a yummy French Dip sandwich, and our Boys won over the Waitress, then had hand dipped chicken tenders and fries.  They split one Kids meal and it was plenty big enough for both of them.  They even finished off their meal, glad they were hungry.  After dinner we headed home for bedtime and homemade Oreo Cheesecake.  Nate is a Cheesecake lover and requests Cheesecake instead of cake, so we get to try many different varieties.  Happy Birthday, Nate!  Hope you had an Awesome Day celebrating You!  Love you!

Happy, Happy Birthday, Nate!

As you can see the King has decided that Birthdays are for sleeping in and getting your beauty rest.  I think Corbin got to school long before Nate made it to work.  Oh well, he deserves it after all it is his Big 35!  We love you Nate, hope you have an Awesome Day celebrating the wonderful, sweet, manly YOU!  You're the Best and we are so glad you are ours!  Happy Birthday!

Go Aggies!

So this last weekend we went home to see family, celebrate Birthdays and go to a USU Aggies Basketball game.  It was a fun weekend, lots of driving in a short amount of time, but glad we got out of Vernal for a minute and were able to see all our family and some good friends.  We went to the game with Nate's Parents and our Friends the Carvers.  Unfortunately we didn't all get seats together so I didn't get a picture of them.  They are a cute, fun family and we had a blast with them before the game during dinner at Papa Kelseys, which was of course yummy!

Us, showing our Aggie spirit! 

Scott and Marilyn, Nate's parents.

USU did great and of course won the game!  It was a great game no cheap shots, just a good clean fun game.  Loved it!

We had great seats up at the top, with a good view of the whole court and easy access to the bathroom, etc.  Can't ask for better than that.  Glad we are keeping up the tradition of trying to get to one game a year wether it's Basketball or Football.  Good memories and a fun date with my Hubby!