Tis' the Season!

Well it is that time of year. Ofcourse it is hard to think about

Christmas when it is 80 degrees outside.

But we put up our Christmas tree and other decorations too.

I kind of need the decorations to jumpstart me and

get me in the Christmas Spirit!!!

YEAH IT IS DONE!!!!!

I finally finished Liz's room. I hope you can kind of get a good idea of what we are did with her room. We put some fun words in vinyl on the pink part of her room. It looks really cute. I almost had to find another type of border. I started putting the border on and realized I needed more. So I headed down to Lowe's to pick up another roll. And of course because I procrastinated in doing my project, I learned that it had been discontinued. Of course!!! Luckily I was able to find the skew number and only had to go to 3 stores. Whew!!! So yes, I learned my lesson, I will measure next time, AND I will finish my project soon after I buy my supplies. The room has turned out really nice. Next project? Hopefully painting the kitchen!!!!

Thanksgiving!!!

This year we had a big Thanksgiving dinner with our friends again.

We had the Joyner and Leavitt family over. We had Turkey and Ham. All sorts of side dishes and ofcourse pie for dessert. Even though it is hard being away from family this time of year it is nice to have friends to spend the holidays with.

New Pictures of Puppy

Here are some updated pictures of our growing puppy. As you can see she loves nap time with Daddy. She actually loves to lay on blankets. It is funny how much like a baby or toddler she is. If she gets to out of control, I put her in her crate and she has a nap. And sometimes she likes to carry her blankie around the house then she finds a good spot and she lays down and takes a nap. She is doing really good in Puppy school. This week we are teaching her "leave it" and she is doing better than I thought she would do.

More pictures of their fun weekend.

My Cowboys!!!!

While I was in Spokane at my Grandfather's funeral my family was able to participate in the Arizona territorial round up. This was Jake's first shooting competition. The kids had a great time. They got to dress up and watch everyone do their shooting. Sam is excited to turn 12 so he can start shooting and competing.

The Boy cousins!!!!!

The girl cousins!!!!

Our favorite things of Papa

G.G. and her grandkids.

My Favorite Papa!!!!





On Tuesday November 7th my Grandfather Max Abston passed away. It was a very sad day for our whole family. Especially for my sweet sweet grandma who is now widowed. She is a such a strong woman and a great inspiration to us all. The wonderful thing through this sad day was the fact that all of the family got together and pay our respect and love to our wonderful grandfather. The only people missing was my cute family, Jake, Sam & Liz. I had the wonderful opportunity to fly up to Spokane and visit with my family. I got to see babies that I haven't been able to see before. So ofcourse there was lots of kissing and hugging. I also fell in love with a little blonde hair blue eyed cutie named Ezra!!! Ofcourse I had to bribe him with cookies and M&M's and chips for any affection, but that is OK. Then there is my new nephew Wyatt. He was so happy just to be there. His smile is infectious. Then there was cute Leah! She loved to laugh!!!!! She had so many silly faces. Seeing watching her just made me laugh!!!!





It is true that through bad things good things happen. We had such a wonderful time as a family. We had the opportunity to reminice over our memories of Papa. The memorial was so nice and reminded once again what a wonderful person Papa is. I love him so much and he will be dearly missed.

More Pictures of Puppy!!!






As you can see we are enjoying puppy. Even Tina is getting used to the idea. The dogs like to play together. We are getting there with the potty training. Rosie is growing really fast. We are starting doggie obedience school on Friday nights too. Hopefully she will learn that she is not top dog in the family. This has been kind of a hard lesson for her to learn!!!

This is Cameron Newberry and Kate Leavitt

Sam was being Billy Joe Armstrong from Green Day.

Liz, Emily Leavitt, and Nathan Newberry

Tyler, Brant Joyner, Nathan Newberry & Sam

Me, Paula, Tiffany, and Debi
Halloween at our house!!!!

This year I was a bit insane and invited alot of people over for a pizza party and trick or treating at our house. We had the Joyner family, the Newberry family, and the Leavitt family. We had 18 people in our tiny little house. A little squishy but lot's of fun!!!!!!