Daniel's Graduation

Well, it finally happened...

Daniel graduated! His family came into town for the event and we got lots of great pictures. After the graduation, his family and my parents came over to our home and we had a yummy dinner.

We got a great picture of him and his siblings!
(Clarisse, Daniel, Elisa, Gabriel - oldest to youngest)

Daniel and his sister Elisa posed for these pictures, having no idea what the other was doing. Interesting how siblings can be so remarkably alike, right?

So happy for you honey!

There are Pirates in AZ

So, Because of Mother's Day (and Daniel's graduation), his family came down from Utah. I spent some "quality" time with Jonah, his nephew. I put my clip-on earrings on him and said, "Pretend you're a pirate!"


He said, "Destroy!!!" in a very low, throaty way, raising one arm as if he was ready for action!


Next I said, "Say Arrr"

So he turned to the side, winked one eye and said, "ARRRRRR!!!!"
(I love that he doesn't have his front tooth - totally makes it authentic!)

Update on the Puppies

Okay!!! So here they are! Super cute and One Month Old!!!

Their first time on the grass!

Here are two of my nieces! Awweee so sweet!

Here's a close up - giving kisses to his brother!

Temple Lights

Okay, this is a little late, but I never posted about the Christmas lights at the Mesa Temple!

Every year we make at least one special trip to the Temple to look at the lights and the nativities. This year it was especially cold! (Well, cold for us Arizonans!)

Aww... such a cute couple!

No, these are not our children, as you can tell by the total lack of resemblance. These are two of my favorite nieces! They were visiting from Tucson!

This was on our way home from the lights. Main Street in Mesa has some really fun "Street Art." I think everyone should have a big pink sofa chair like this. Unfortunately, it was not as soft as it looks. (Lilly, Me, LaDawn, Abby)

New couches

So, now that we have the house all to ourselves, we've had to find some new furniture - which has been really exciting! We were looking first to find some couches. We really wanted leather couches, because of our pets. We also wanted them to be a light neutral color. So here's what we found...

We were so excited to find such an amazing deal! I had gone out looking at some couches, but they were all really cheaply made. Then, that same night, Daniel said, "What about these?" We immediately called in the morning, set up an appointment, borrowed my brother's truck and drove out to Happy Valley! The older couple selling them said, "I know it's silly, but I really wanted a nice young couple to buy these. We're so happy it's you!" We were so happy too! What a huge blessing!

Puppies!

I finally found my cord to input fotos! Yeah - so now you all get to see the puppies!

So this is Tula's very pregnant belly - pretty huge, huh?

I spared you all some of the yuckier pictures. This is after she was cleaned up a bit. She looks a little tired and suspicious at the same time.

I loved this shot. Daniel got a picture of Tula and one of her puppies all snuggled up.

Here's one of all the puppies - in a dog pile! The runt is on top. She's about half the size of the others, but quite the fighter.

Here's one of Daniel and two of the puppies. They are so little!

They are so sweet and we can't wait till they open their eyes. They turned 1 week old yesterday! Amazing how time flies. They are already getting so much bigger. I go to work, come home and they seem bigger! Pretty soon we are going to have five very hyper and active puppies running around the house! How fun!

New Puppies!

I know that many of you may be waiting for pictures of the puppies! But I can't find my cable to input the pictures! Agghh!!! So, just keep waiting a little bit. I'll find it. Tula had her puppies on Friday evening. She did really well and I thank my mom and dad for helping out (both Daniel and I had to be at work!).

She had five healthy puppies (the sixth one unfortunately did not make it). She is being an awesome mommy and taking really good care of her little pups!

We love them!