Happy Birthday to Jon!

 Happy Birthday to the Love of my Life, Jon!!  Thank you for choosing me to share this 

wonderful,

 crazy,

 loving

 and amazing journey we are on!

I love you!  Happy Birthday!

Warm Weather is here!

I love the warm weather!  I could just soak it all in and have the best day being outside at this beach!  Since I am just on a lunch break though, I have to make do with spending time in the backyard enjoying the warmth of the wonderful sunshine!  Here are a few photos of today's beautiful afternoon!

The puppies enjoying the sun chasing each other around and playing tag!

Taking time to rest in the nice weather

And the picture that I am most proud of for this afternoon is...

These flowers just jumped out at me and everything in the picture could not have turned out any better than this!

Oh happy days!  The sun is coming!

Ah...ah...ah...Choo!

I feel like I need to be grateful for all the rain that has been coming for a like the  past month... but my allergies are going to go nuts with all the wonderful things that are going to grow from all this rain.  Any ideas out there besides taking allergy pills to help?   PS, If you could pray for me to stay healthy that would be great seeing that I am currently living with a husband who doesn't feel well and a roommate who has pneumonia!  Lots of Vitamins for me!

Just wanted to get it out there...

So, we have had a great year so far... I know it's only February, but still we take it one day at a time and each day has been a good one. Our little puppy isn't really that little any more. He is 8 pounds and is the best little barker in the world. I love to take him on walks and just be outside. It lets me get out and think, clear the head, take a few moments to myself.

While I am on here blogging(this is the only time I get to write thoughts down) I just want to say how grateful I am to all of my family because they are great supports to me and Jon. I am so grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ too. I don't think I have ever really known how much of an influence it has had on my life. I look back at challenges that I have had and think how much I have been blessed to have prayer in my life and knowing that I can talk with Heavenly Father at any time. He is there for me and I love that feeling.

Happy New year

I was looking back at how fast 2009 went by and noticed that so many new things have happened to us that we have grown from and become even better people.

Here is a list of some of the things that we did in 2009 to help make us better people and help others around us:
  *Work for both of us and school for Jon(Jon's at RadioShack and  Michelle at Dr Chun the Orthodontist)
  *Callings in Church(Michelle in CTR5 and Jon in Sunday School Presidency)
  *Celebrating our 1st Anniversary being married (I always heard that the first year is the worst one... that was          so not true!  We looked back at it and thought... is that all?  Maybe it's because we are loving it!)
  * We went ahead and added to our family by one and now have a six month old Maltipoo puppy named Indie.  (Michelle had never had a dog before in her life and is so happy that she is experiencing puppyhood as a grown adult!  It's training for kids some day!)
  *We got a roommate to share the house/rent with.  We are very grateful for her and the spirit that she brings.  She is so giving and nice!

Our year was a busy one... consisting mostly of working hard to live life to the fullest!  Hope everyone has a great year and that we all can grow a little more to better ourselves!

~HAPPY 2010~

Had a holly jolly Christmas!

Christmas 2009 will be remembered because of having time to spend with family! 

I love each one of these people!  I feel so blessed to have them in my life and to love each one of them for who they are!

For matching PJs at Christmas breakfast! (thanks Mama Peggy for the breakfast roll recipe!)

 

For the men in my life who are so strong and manly and tough!... and they eat a lot, but hey they are dudes!

And last but certainly not least!  For Indie being the newest member of the family and the happiness that he brings to all of us!

May everyone have a great new year and may we always remember our Savior throughout it!

Love

Jon, Michelle, and Indie

This is a wonderful video! A very cute one too!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXXwtFWpAI8  Please watch this as we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  Hope every one has a blessed Christmas!  Love, Jon and Michelle

So, today was interesting

I took Indie to get his first hair cut... the poor little guy couldn't see from having such long hair over his eyes!  I am proud to say that it only took two whole hours!  Lol, I know that sounds like a lot, but really for this being his first time at the lady's house and his first time getting a trim with me, it went well.  He definitely does not like the bath!  He would so NOT be the dog to jump in the water after you to try and save you!  I love the look that he got!  It's called the "teddy bear" look and he looks way cute!

I am such a proud mama! 

Training Indie

I am such a proud mama!  Lol, I know i shouldn't brag or anything, but I do feel proud of myself!  I am learning so so much with Indie and he is learning a lot too! 

I've been reading this "Puppies for Dummies" book that a good friend let me borrow and it says that the first things that a puppy needs to learn is his name.... so that's what progress we've been trying to make.  Indie is now 11 weeks old and officially knows his name!  I am so proud of him and I for working together to get the name thing down.  Be it, when he is out in the back and he gets his little sniff on, there is no getting his attention and he just goes sniffin and sniffin and wont listen to anything.  But that's probably something he'll grow out of. 

The second most important thing that the book says that he needs to know is potty and where it is ok to go potty.Well, for the first week that we had him it was going great!  Until the tropical storm came and made everything wet and trust me... he's not the type that likes to be messy.  So, that being said he wouldn't go!  That was frustrating... he would go inside though!  Ahh!!!  So, after the strom passed and everything dried up he ventured out to the yard and is almost back to his normal schedule. 

Today was my first scare with him (mainly why I'm blogging, so I can look back and laugh at how worried and over reactive I was at this point in time with the first puppy in my life).  I wish that the book for dummies had answers on how to take care of a puppy that has a certain list of symptoms, but it doesn't, so the following is my first "Ahh!! what the heck do I do!?"

It was in the 90's today, and yes we had a storm come through like two days ago! and I know when I am hot I don't like to be outside, I just WANT TO BE COLD.  Anyways, I couldn't be home today because I had an all day training meeting for my job, it was all the way up in SLO and that meant that I couldn't be home to play, take Indie out, etc.  Well, I was thinking about the poor little fellow all day when I was up there because it was so darn hot!  I was thinking, "This is his first heat wave! And I'm not there to make sure he's drinking enough water and eating plenty and going potty."  Needless to say I was a worried mama.  I got home and he was excited as usual to see me, and then he just plopped down and didn't want to do anything.  I mean nothing!  He didn't want his favorite toy in the whole world; didn't want to eat or drink; and one time as he went to go and scratch his ear, the poor little one fell over out of exhaustion.  I knew it was too late to take him to the Vet and so I called my dad, he just said that I shouldn't worry and that he'll be fine.  Thanks dad, but that's not quiet what I was looking for.  I knew he would be fine, I just needed to know how to help him! 

I walked over to my neighbor across the street(who let me use her book) and took Indie with me.  I was telling them all the signs and symptoms... and they just laughed and said oh boy!  They just said that this was normal for a dog and that he was just really super warm and needed some where cool and to be cool.  Now, they also have a young poodle and so both our dogs played and chased each other around till the were both so tired and we were laughing so hard.  They were so helpful and I will forever remember tonight because of how worried I was and how overly motherly, I guess you would call it, I was.

New Addition!

Introducing Indiana "Indie" Jones

Indie is the newsest member of our family!  He is the cutest little dog and has such a great personality!

Indie loves to lick when he is happy!  

We love the way that he is so social and loves to greet us with such happiness and pure love

when we get home from work and school.

Here he is meeting Aunt Carolyn and loving every minute of it.  

We got Indie on October 7, 2009 from a home breeder in Lompoc, CA.

Every morning Indie loves to wake us up around 5 AM

and loves to play with his favorite frog to get all his morning wiggles out.

 

Indie is such a smart puppy!

At this age in his life, he's just suppose to be learning how to potty

train and learning his name, which both ar ecoming along.

As a bonus, he knows how to play fetch already,

he even has a tiny ball that fits his little mouth!!

We are so excited to have Indie and to be learning so many new things about raising a puppy!

(very good birth control too ;)  )