OUR NEW PUPPY!!!

Well... we did it! We went and lost our minds and bought a puppy.

THIS IS STOCKTON! Our Cockapoo!!!

He is such a good puppy! We are crate training him (thanks to some very helpful tips from the amazing Cesar Millan (the dog whisperer)) He is starting to view his crate as his den and doesn't even yap anymore when he goes in... unless he needs to potty.

Some of my favorite things about Stockton is that he is so snugly. And when he's tired he will crash even while sitting up. And then he biffs it sideways. He also loves dandelions and tries to pounce on them and eat them, and then he watches them blow away in the wind. He's also a tad afraid of the dark, and a tad bit more afraid of his shadow. I love his curls and hope that they stay tight... but shaggy would be cute too!

I also love that his ball is bigger than him, and somehow it still fits in his mouth... ha ha ha

Stockton loves Cory. When Cory lays down to take a nap, Stockton lays down right by him. Cory is very good with his puppy. I'm super proud of Cor too, because this last week he gave Stockton his first round of shots... while I cowardly waited in the back room til the whole ordeal was over. Saved us a whopping $45, thank you IFA and small town boys.

Well, its been fun to add a little responsibility to our lives. Cory cant wait to add some chillins to our little fam. But for now, we'll just give our attention to the new pup! If you wanna come play with him come on over... if he's not playing he's cuddling so its a win win!

Conference Weekend in Grover.... does it get any better?

This weekend was so much fun! Cory and I got to pack up on Friday after work (but lets be honest, we were packed on WED we were so ready for the country) and head down to Grover! We made a pit stop and picked up Tyson and Harley Jane. I'm not going to lie, this lil girly is the cutest darn thing ever! She has such a personality! Can you believe she's not even 1 years old yet?
Har Har loves Uncle Cory. And Cor loves her too. I think Harley does it on purpose so that Cory will be even more baby hungry!

Harley also has Gramps tied around her lil finger... but lets be honest, which of his grand kids don't have him wrapped?

Sarah's volleyball team finally finished up with their tourney so she got to meet up with us down there! Harley was so excited to see her mom! Can you tell where she gets that crazy personality?

Well, this weekend was great for some many reasons. Conference was amazing! I learned so much, and my favorite talk talked about putting our trust in God more. I tend to try and take everything in to my own hands... I make to-do lists and get very frustrated and ornery if it doesn't get done right! But, I have decided to try and really focus on not HAVING to be in control of EVERYTHING. Just going to work my hardest and enjoy life as it comes at me. I also loved this weekend because it was so good to get out to the country! It was incredible weather down there and just beautiful!!!

This shot is what we see as we walk out of the front porch of the cabin. Still fish for fishing in that pond. Or you can just feed them and watch them all bubble at the top!

This is out to the side of the house, those are the Boulder mountains. I wish you could see the colors more!

Well... it wouldn't be a great weekend without a few projects! Especially with the men off deer and coyote hunting! FIRST... mom and I started the canning again with PEACHES!!! yummy. These beauts are straight off of my dear ol' roomates orchard in Payson UT! Angie has been such a great friend all these years so here's a lil shout out....wha what!!!

Ang talked us into a new style of peaches that we weren't all to familiar with. But lets be honest, we're not all to familiar with the details of many peaches, but these are delicious and beautiful. I cant remember what they're called though... crap!

And next we got to the crafty project.... Here is the before picture...

and some of the process of it all. Its nice to have Cory and Daddy-O around to help with things such as chain saws and rusty hammers and nails!

Scraping and smoothin

And of course, we all had to have more than one of these awesome crafts! Here's the priming and painting phase (oh how nice to have a garage to work in (0:

AND HERE IS THE AFTER.... ta da!!!

Just a cute...super cheap... super HALLOWEENY!!!! decoration!