I would like to introduce a new member to our family, Lovie. She is an adorable little blue dane that I am purchasing off my one of my best friends Lisa. For now Lovie is her nickname, but Jason and I are working on a perfect name for her. Lovie will always stay with her though, it truly fits her, she even wears a heart on her chest. Jason and I are soooo excited to get her. 
At the first of the year we will be welcoming her to our home. Last night I told Griffin and Kane all about it. They may not have understood, but they sure seemed excited....lol...and to little Lovie "We love you and can't wait till you can fill our house with all your love. Kisses to from your new Mommy and Daddy and Big brothers Griffin & Kane."
My cousin Nate surprised us with the best wedding present ever, customized dog risers for our boys. He put so much time and thought into these risers and it really shows. The boys really love them, and so do we. They have these huge bowls now, nomore knocking food all over the floor, spilling water. 
They are as sturdy as ever. We are just overwelmed with how wonderful they turned out. THANKS NATE!!!!!!
I would like to introduce two more of our kids. Their names are Nicki and Sonny. Nicki is a 5 yr old Dun Quarter Horse Mare and Sonny is a 5 yr old Shire Draft Horse Gelding. We moved into our house in July 2005 and got our barn built in October 2005 and now we have completed the barn and this past weekend the horses came to join us at our home. 
Griffin and Titan had their own cakes, which Titan and Libby (Titans sister) ate out of one and Griffin and Kane ate out of the other. Griffin and Kane didn't mind there birthday hats to much, but Titan and Libby didn't want much part in them. :-) All in all it was a wonderful day for the birthday boys!!! 
Thanksgiving has passed and Christmas is around the corner. I am the type of person that gets very excited about Christmas. When I see all the decorations and smiles from kids and hear Christmas music it just brings a smile to my face. The weekend after Thanksgiving Jason and I got the itch to get the tree up, lights strung, and decorations up. My Grandma surprised us with a beautiful ornament for the tree that really touched our hearts, it was the first ornament that went on the tree, top center.
We are so excited, our first Christmas as a married couple in our new house with our two beautiful boys. :-) Can't get much better than that.
So we got the tree up but we kept noticing that bulbs would come up missing off the tree. Well last night we found the culprit.
It is cheeto, our ornery kitty. He plays with the bulbs till they fall off the tree, then he gathered them in one corner in the great room. What a goofy kitty. And if I didn't know better I bet Kane and Griffin might of had a part in it...lol... coharts in crime...hehe
After much deciding, we decided to go with the RedBrand Dog fencing, and we got it up this weekend. Now the boys can run and play as they please. It sure beats using their tieouts. Our 50ft. tieout kept coming unknotted from Kanes collar, and he got loose a few times. I am very thankful that he stuck around, but after that, we decided it was time to get a fence up and quick.
So my brother and I worked on the dog fence all weekend, while Jason and his Dad worked on the horse fence. The good news is that we got the dog fence all done, but the horse fence still has alot of work yet to do, before we can get the horses out there.
Today when I went home for lunch, I let the boys outside to play, they had so much fun, I had a hard time trying to get them back it. Its so wonderful to be able to let them run and play as they please.
We are taking a short vacation over Christmas break and about 6 months ago I was discussing this with my hairstylest. Well she referred me to a dog sitter that lived in town. So I called up about about 1 1/2 months ago and she told me that she would love to watch them, but she would like to meet them first. So I called her up when we got back from the honeymoon and thought it would be a good time to go take a visit. She told me that she had two kids, a boy and a girl, and she wanted to make sure they all got along just fine.
So we went over to her house, which is a big beautiful house in town, with a huge backyard. We walked up to the front door and she welcomed all of us into her house. At first we all stayed in one big family room to see how they would react. They ran around with there tail wagging and got along with the kids just wonderfully. So at that point we opened up the door to the whole house. We all sat down in the tv room while Griffin and Kane explored. Ellen (the dogsitter) showed Griffin and Kane were the bedrooms where and the back door to go the bathroom. Ellen was running around the house deciding on all of the things that she has to move and change to better suit the boys, I thought that was so awsome. She even said that they could sleep in her bed. Another great thing, is that she works at the local vet clinic, so if there is any emergencys, she won't have any problems getting them help right away.
I was a bit sceptical about leaving our boys with anyone, but they all got along wonderfully, she seems like a super person, they all just clicked. And I ended up finding out that my family and Jason knows her family. So I am sooo excited that we were blessed to find her. She will be so perfect for them, when/if we take a vacation. They played so much at the dogsitters, the only thing they wanted to do when they got home is sleep. Don't think I could have handpicked a better person to take of our boys. :-)
Yesterday we woke up and noticed that Griffin's eye was very irretated. So we made an appointment with the vets for yesterday afternoon. Griffin got a total eye examination. We came to the conclusion that it was just allergies and also has and ear infection. So now he is on eye and ear drops. Poor guy...
We also weighed Griffin and Kane while we were there. Griffin at 11 months weighs 110 lbs and Kane at 8 months weighs 125 lbs. We were also informed that Kane needs a little more exercise.
So all in all we had a pretty good check-up at the vets. What a relief!!!
Bride’s attendants
Lindsey Beckley, Bridesmaid – Cousin of Bride, Upper Sandusky
Linda Grenwalt, Bridesmaid – Cousin of Bride, Upper Sandusky
Angie Shaw, Bridesmaid – Sister of Groom, Upper Sandusky
Amanda Minor, Bridesmaid -- Friend of Bride, Upper Sandusky
Jamie Schmidt, Guest book Attendant—Cousin of Brides Upper Sandusky
Colors and styles of attendants’ attire, flowers: A-line dress with gathered front and beading. Bridesmaids were wearing royal blue and the maid of honor was wearing silver. Their bouquet was consisted of white and royal blue roses and caspia.
Grooms Honor Attendant
Jeremiah Atkins - Upper Sandusky, Friend of Groom
Groom’s Attendants
Joshua Schmidt, Groomsman – Brother of Bride, Carey
Nate Treadway, Groomsman -- Friend of Groom, Upper Sandusky
Andy Kirby, Groomsman -- Friend of Groom, Upper Sandusky
Doug Reinschell, Groomsman -- Friend of Groom, Upper Sandusky
Mitchel Grenwalt, Guestbook Attendant – Cousin of Bride, Upper Sandusky
Ushers
Keith Vehrs, Usher -- Friend of Groom, Upper Sandusky
Bob Spitler, Usher – Cousin of Groom, Upper Sandusky
Grooms family
