Christmas Eve with FAMILY!

We celebrated Christmas Eve with Mom, Dad, Jeff, Teagan, Jett, Teagan's sister; Tina and boyfriend Tucker and Teagan's Dad, Walt. We had a wonderful time and so enjoyed watching Jett playing with his trains. It really took us back to when Zane loved trains, we dug out some old home movies which made us laugh and cry! I cannot believe how time flies! We enjoyed a huge meal and opened many gifts and had fun just visiting! Doug and the kids (and Blitz) are ending Christmas Eve with our new watching the Polar Express 3D...We hope you have a VERY Merry CHRISTmas and remember the reason for the sesaon!

NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY....

Doug and I have talked about a new pet for a while now but it has always been hard for us because we had the perfect pet. We still really miss Bean and had a hard time thinking we could find another pet to fit in as he did! The kids had really started asking for a dog more and more. Well after much debating, I wanted another lab and couldn't really picture us with anything other than a lab. Doug on the other hand wanted an indoor small dog, so we were really on opposite ends of thinking what was right for the family. Well, I had heard of a dog called a labradoodle and decided to look into it. It seemed like that was the perfect choice, part lab and part poodle so I started looking at them online. Long story short we found a woman (Kathy) in Anderson County that had several to choose from and had one that was smaller than the average labradoodle, she was 10 months old and already housetrained. We went to meet her and the kids fell in love with all of them! After a few days Doug and I decided we were ready to get her. We were going out of town 5 days after we met her so Kathy said she would keep her till we came back in town. So for the SURPRISE...Kathy delivered the dog to us and we walked her into the kitchen to show the kids. They were THRILLED to say the least. We had talked about a name after we met her and I thought we should name her after a reindeer and we all agreed it would be a "B" name. Doug didn't want a people name for her and so I asked about Blitzen. Natalie liked it but the boys didn't UNTIL Doug said Blitz, then Zane says that is perfect because it is a football play!!! So depending on who you ask, she is either named after a reindeer or a football play. She has really fit right in with us. She is a bit timid but opening up and immediately bonded with Natalie. Natalie has really taken on most of the responsibility and loves it. Blitz sleeps through the night and no accidents so far!