Merry Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas. Losing Brittea helped remind us how important we are to each other and we really enjoyed having family time together. I'm grateful that all the kids could be here for our last Christmas in the West Jordan house. It just worked out that way and we had a great time. We had fun at the Jensen Christmas Eve party, visited with Grandma and Grandpa Harward, then opened Christmas jammies. Christmas morning was a little weird in our empty family room but was still fun. We went to the Dailey's for Christmas morning breakfast burritos. I don't know what it is about Debbie's breakfast burritos, but they are always the best. You can't eat just one, and when you try to make a second one that is small, it never turns out that way. After breakfast, we went back to the house and baked a turkey and relaxed, then went to Grandma and Grandpa Jensen's to exchange gifts. Many of Kenny's family came over about the same time and we had some more fun together.

For Christmas, the kids gave us a new camera. I'm really excited about it and I expect I'll use it more than Kenny but I'll try to share. Now I hope to include more pictures in my posts because I won't be borrowing Logan's camera.

The only damper on the day was KC and Tawni's trip back to Logan. It snowed all day long. When they headed to Logan, they made it okay to Brigham City, but couldn't get up the canyon. Their car got stuck multiple times in Brigham City before the ended up getting towed to a hotel and staying the night. Then, then next morning, Sardine Canyon was closed unless you had 4 wheel drive or chains, so they just came back to Salt Lake. I'm glad that they were safe. Kenny bought them some chains for their tires in case they have to go through Sardine Canyon in the snow.

Merry Christmas. We are very grateful for our blessings and for the Savior's birth.

I hope that you were able to enjoy the holiday with those that you love.

Tribute to the Princess

A sadness touched our hearts this weekend. Our beautiful princess Brittea, left this earth in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 20. The phone call from Chandra asking us to pray for a miracle seemed like a bad dream. We did pray for a miracle, but the miracle we were praying for was not granted. We already had our miracle; we got to know one of the purest souls that our Heavenly Father sent to this earth. We've shed a lot of tears this weekend, so sad for the days that we will not be able to see her in this life, but so grateful for the time we had.


You know how important Brittea was to our family. She impacted our life in such a wonderful way. Her unconditional love and bright smile are a treasure that we will carry in our hearts always. She impacted the lives of each of us, made us more caring and loving, she affected Breanne's career choice, she made us more considerate to others, she showed us how to be delighted in everything, and that you can be as happy just by watching other people.


Logan has been so sad. Last night at 3:00 a.m., I felt a tap on my shoulder. With tears rolling down his cheeks, he asked if I could help him. I asked what he was doing, and he was writing a poem for Brittea. He doesn't really want me to share it, so I hope he won't be too mad at me. It is so beautiful and it is from his heart.



My Hero


My hero had a special smile
My hero touched everyone she knew
My hero had great style
My hero wore Jensen blue
My hero was a fighter
My hero helped me grow
My hero made our life brighter
More than you will ever know

My hero is Brittea Hirschi
Who we will miss so dear
My hero's in a better place
But memories will keep us near


My love for you is so great
That no one can replace
You'll always be my little princess
Brittea, I love you


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Logan and Brittea had a special relationship. She loved him so much, and he could always make her laugh. She has not felt well for a while, and when they came to Utah last week, she was pretty serious all the time. The last time she smiled was last week when she was at our house, and she smiled for Logan. There were times when she was in the hospital, and Chandra would call Logan and ask him to talk to Brittea because sometimes all that Brittea needed was to hear his voice.



Breanne loves Brittea like a sister. She started tending Brittea when Brittea was 18 months old. Brittea loved to shop, and Chandra says that comes from all the time that she spent with Bre. Until the last couple of summers, Breanne spent almost every summer tending Brittea. Brittea loved to watch Breanne practice her cheers. Once Breanne could drive, she took Brittea with her when she needed to run errands, and I'm sure a few trips to the mall were involved.




KC also loved Brittea very much. I remember when he was about 16 years old, he was tending her. He was laying on the floor and rolling her wheel chair over him and she would laugh and laugh. He makes funny noises and funny voices and she loved it when he would talk funny and make funny noises. When KC was a senior, he ran for Homecoming royalty. In one of the assemblies, they had to have an escort and he asked Brittea to be his escort. Chandra dressed her in a fancy dress and KC carried her on the stage. She stole everyone's heart.



Our family enjoys camping and we invited Chandra to come with us when Brittea was still pretty small. Chandra was nervous about being far from a hospital in case there was an emergency, but she decided to try it. Brittea had so much fun coloring and hunting for eggs with my nephews. Then Matt and Chandra bought a trailer so they could camp with us. We have some great memories of the fun time we had together in Arches before they moved to Texas.






I probably should explain the "Jensen Blue" in Logan's poem. Apparently, when buying gifts for Brittea, I got in to a pattern where I would buy things that were blue. Matt is the one that noticed it, and dubbed it "Jensen Blue." Once our purchasing pattern had an official label, we had to keep up the tradition and so we've tried to include something blue in most of her gifts. I had the awesome privilege of going shopping for one last dress for Brittea. Kenny, Breanne and I picked out a dress for her to wear. Red is her favorite color and we found a beautiful red dress that Brittea would love. But she needs to have some Jensen Blue, so Breanne made her a beautiful bracelet and included blue beads so she can always wear some Jensen Blue.




I wish I had the words to adequately say what is in my heart. Mostly, I just want to tell Brittea how much I love her. How grateful I am that I was lucky enough to be with her, to spend time with her, to watch her grow and to watch how she made others grow.




I love you Princess. Give Maia a big hug before she comes down to this earth, and make sure you tell her about us. I can't wait to see you again and listen to all the stories that you have to tell. I'll save lots of butterfly kisses for when I see you again.

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Shoulder Surgery and House Selling and Moving and Commuting...Oh My!

Well, Kenny went to the doctor today, and they said his right shoulder is healing up very nicely.  He doesn't have to be in a sling anymore but still can't lift with his arm.  They have set the next surgery date for December 12.  The left shoulder has a torn tendon in the rotator cuff. We will just pray that everything will go as smoothly for the left shoulder as the right.

We finally have some traffic looking at the house.  Hopefully now that we have some people looking, we will be able to sell it.  I've got to get busy boxing stuff up, since when it does sell, Kenny won't be able to help.  I'm pretty sure that we're going to need a moving company.  It is hard to think about someone else in our house.  I hope that they love it as much as we have.  I guess you can't really think about that.

So, until the house sells, the commuting continues.  The kids have been great, but it will be nice when I can "go home" at the end of the day to my own house and not live out of a suitcase.  The good thing about this is that I plan my clothes for the week.  I should do that even when I'm not trying to pack a suitcase.  It does make getting ready in the morning less hectic when you already know what you are going to wear and it is all ironed.   Mostly, I don't want to have to scrape the frost off my car windows every morning.  What can I say?  I'm a whiner about that kind of thing. And this morning the frost was thick.  I'm dreading tomorrow morning already.

 

Award Winning Halloween Costume

I just have to post this amazing costume that Matt and Chandra did for Brittea. They are so clever! I'm sure if she entered into a contest she would have won the grand prize! Awesome huh!

We have a website

Check it out. Our agent set up this site.

www.wjhomeforsale.com

I have no idea if this kind of thing helps to sell a house or not. We are priced way too high, so we've lowered to $273,500. We hope we are in the right ball park now to get some lookers. According to HGTV (yes, I am a big fan of HGTV and TLC home shows) it is all about the numbers and getting people to come and look so that the right buyer can find us. Now I understand that HGTV is not any kind of gospel, but with how many people have looked at our house so far, we won't sell it because we haven't had any traffic!!!!

Pray for us to sell soon. I've only commuted for one week, and I hate it already.

It's been a long time....

I haven't posted anything for so long, and I don't know how great these pictures are. But I thought I take a minute to try to remember some of the things that have been going on at our house. So much has happened over the past month. I am going to try to remember some of it....

• KC and Tawni both had birthdays. They turned 24. Since they have birthday's in the same month, I think they are destined to get a joint present for much of their marriage. We gave them a BBQ grill and they have been grilling up a storm!
• When I gave my notice at work, they decided they would close the office as of November 1! That made a lot more work to close everything. I've spent the last month boxing and sorting and shipping and sanitizing. It was kind of sad. I opened the office and set it up, and partly closed it and took a lot down. I'm glad for the experience that I had there, and know that without that experience we would not have the opportunities we have now.
• The "For Sale" sign got put in the front yard and we have a lock box on the doorknob. Yikes!
• I traveled to Columbus on business one last time.
• We got new appliances in the kitchen. Our appliances were way outdated and they made the kitchen look pretty bad. We were hoping not to change them and just reduce our price so the buyer could pick what they wanted, but we had a couple of recommendations to make the updates so we did.
• We put knobs on the cabinets.
• We painted the basement. Our awesome home teacher came over and helped Kenny paint the doors.
• We got new carpet in the basement. To get the carpet, we had to move everything out of the basement. One of my visiting teachers and her husband came over to help us. It was a big job to move the furniture up to the garage. It is not coming back down. The new homeowners can move their stuff down here instead!

• We cleaned all the cabinets and boxed up a ton of stuff.
• We put together a ward picnic. It was a great success. We had a lot of people come and it was a lot of fun.
• We were released from being the ward activity committee.
• We attended a baptism and a baby blessing and had fun with family and took naps because we were at someone else's house and so we couldn't work on ours!
• My co-workers and I had a last get together. Kenny and I had dinner with all the great people that I've been fortunate to work with over the past 7 years.
• We attended a funeral. A friend that we've known for 20 years died suddenly of a heart attack. He was only 1 year older than me. What sadness...a reminder that life is fragile and how grateful we are for the gospel and the promise of eternal life!
• Our cute ward family had a going-away party for us. We were a little worried about this. We certainly don't want someone else who moves out of the ward to get their feelings hurt, but it sure made us feel loved. So many people in our ward have touched our hearts and we will never forget them. They took a picture of everyone who came to the party, so we can always have that to remember them by.


• I had to talk in Sacrament meeting. Kenny talked last month, so he got out of it. But I suppose I have given my "farewell" speech. And, if they ask us to talk when we move, we have talks all prepared!
• We have spent a ton of time on the MLS. We haven't made a decision on a house yet, but hopefully soon.

Here is a picture of Kenny sitting down. Believe me, when I say "we" above when a house fixing chore is involved...it is almost all Kenny. Working on the house has been a full time job for him over the past month. He has been working so hard and I think this is the first time that he has stretched out and relaxed for a minute.

This is long and not necessarily in order, but I hope this will help us remember all that we have accomplished when it get discouraging because it seems that we aren't getting done!

Load up the wagons folks!

The Jensen's are loading up the wagons and moving from West Jordan to Logan! Exciting times are ahead. Teresa has accepted a new position with SDL in Logan at the beginning of October. Kenny will look for something new when we get up there. Pray for us that the house sells quickly. The market isn't the greatest right now and the sooner we sell, the sooner we can be together as a family!

We are super excited and nervous all at the same time. This is a big change after being in the same house for 18 years. Everything has fallen in to place is such a way that we are certain this is meant to be. Don't come too close to our house. We might put you to work washing walls and painting!

HAPPY DANCE!!

All of the puppies are sold! YIPEE!!!!!!!

Funny, and Not So Funny From This Weekend


Bre and Derek came down this weekend so they could spend time with Cousin G who just returned from his mission to Korea. With Kenny's retirement coming up, he has been cleaning his locker. Bre found his rain gear and put it on. It was hilarious! It had been raining a bit, but by the time she put on the gear, the rain had kind of stopped. So the water in this picture is Kenny squirting her with the hose. Samson couldn't get enough of the water. After we had a good laugh with Bre in her halloween costume for this year, we had the not so funny part of the weekend.

After he finished squirting Bre, Kenny checked the puppies. Cassie, the pup we are keeping, had a horrible gash on her back right leg. We had to take her to the emergency animal hospital (yes, this costs a small fortune) and she had to have surgery to repair a torn ligament and she has staples in her little leg. Here she is with her bandage and lovely cone!

Of course, Bre felt sorry for her and just loved her all night long. The kids rented DrillbitTaylor, and Bre fell asleep holding Cassie while we were watching it. Cassie loved the attention. She was pretty calm because she was still under the influence of drugs. (Cassie was, not Bre.)

It was fun to have Bre and Derek home and Logan hung out with us all weekend while we did family stuff. Garrett did an amazing job on his talk and we had a fun Sunday afternoon chatting with Kenny's brothers and sisters.

Good weekends with family are the best!

Gratitude for Temples

25 years ago, on July 6, 1983, I received my endowment in the Salt Lake Temple. I love the temple so much. I love the peace that I feel there, and the warmth in my heart knowing that because of the blessings of the temple, my family can be forever. I am always amazed by the love I feel for and from the temple workers when I attend and the love I feel for the person who has died that I am doing the work for. Some people not of my faith may not understand why the LDS people do the work in the temple that we do, but I know that it only brings me happiness. I know I don't always understand everything, but I'm OK with that because the peace I feel helps me to know that someday I will understand. I do believe that Heavenly Father wants me to return to live with him and when that day comes it will be wonderful. I hope that over the next 25 years, I will be able to travel to many other temples. I'm grateful that there are temples so close to me and that I can be at a temple within just a few minutes and put the world aside just for a little while. I know that is a great blessing and that there are so many people that have to sacrifice and travel great distances in order to enjoy the blessings of the temple.

Happy 4th of July

This was a kind of a quiet 4th of July celebration, but a good one. Kenny was working and Logan had plans with his friends, so I thought I might be on my own. But KC and Tawni came down and we had the greatest time. We drove down to Ft. Green and spent the afternoon just chatting with Mom and Dad. Cindy and Chris were there with J and Sarah and it was fun to see them. KC, Tawni and I didn't get to Ft. Green in time to join them for the 4th of July lunch, but still got to enjoy some leftover watermelon (Yum!) We had a very relaxing visit, then drove over to Moroni to watch the fireworks. The band playing while we waited for the fireworks wasn't so great, but we didn't care because we were just having fun. The fireworks were pretty good for a small town. We were sitting at the top of the hill above the baseball field, and the fireworks were pretty close. You could feel the boom in your chest. KC and Tawni took the pictures and I'm glad that they brought their camera because I didn't remember.

Saturday was a great day just spending time with KC and Tawni. We had such a great time shopping, working, relaxing, watching movies. Tawni is an amazing cook and threw together some pizza dough and we each made individual pizzas. Fun times!

I'm grateful to live in this country and I'm grateful for all the men and women who serve and have served to protect the freedoms that I enjoy and tend to take for granted.

Happy Independence Day!

The latest on puppy selling

The puppies are not selling as fast as we hoped, but we have managed to sell 5 of them and have 5 left. I know that we had 11 puppies, but Kenny has decided to keep one. We've named her Cassie and she is very cute. Here is a pic of Cassie. (I like to call her "Poo Face" because she has a brown spot on her mouth. When she was a baby and the spot started to show I thought she had eaten....well, you get it.) Kenny wants to apply all the things he has learned about training starting at a young age. He has learned so much and it will be fun to watch her learn and grow.


I'm just thinking that KC moved out, and we got Buda. Bre moved out and we got Cassie. It seems that we are acquiring dogs to replace our children. Sick! (and I don't mean sick in a good cool way like Logan says it!)

We sold one puppy to a family in California. They took the biggest boy. We called him "Tank". They were just the nicest people; the kind of people that you meet once and put on your Christmas card list because you want to be sure to stay in touch. Well, these nice people are going to advertise the puppies in California for us. If we sell any, they will meet us in Nevada and deliver the puppies down there for us! We are praying that they will find good homes. Below are the ones that are left, "site pointing" at the wing. 3 girls and 2 boys. (Lyla, Budira, Fancy, Sarge and Ruger)

I had to put "site pointing" quotes because that is one of the hunting training terms that I learned recently. I thought Kenny said "soft pointing". When we were sitting at Sportsman's Warehouse last Saturday trying to sell puppies, I told someone that was looking at the puppies that they are already "soft pointing" at the wing. The person I was talking to didn't know anything about pointing, so they didn't know my mistake, which Kenny clarified for me after they left. Apparently "site pointing" is when they freeze on the wing. "Soft pointing" is when they do their business and leave a treasure to shovel up and put in the garbage!

Keep your fingers crossed for us that we can sell them soon!

Don't Mess With Texas

Especially when she wears a crown!

The Texan that I'm talking about is Brittea. She is our princess. (Yes, we tend to be very possessive about her!) Matt and Chandra went to Arizona to a resort. This was a trip that Matt won through his company. They needed someone to come watch Brittea so that they could go and Kenny and I were the lucky winners.

Brittea is a trooper. She didn't complain one time unless she had bubbles in her tummy that we needed to get out. She laughs at me when I don't do things as smoothly as her Mom. Everything that Chandra does to care for Brittea she does with such expertise. I'm sure this has come through practice, and Brittea is entertained by my messing things up!

My back hurts and I'm tired. You would NEVER hear those same words from Chandra. Chandra lives her life in two-hour blocks between feedings and diaper changes, and her nights with very little sleep. Chandra has her house completely organized for Brittea. Kitchen cupboards that you and I would fill with appliances we use only once every 10 years, Chandra fills with all the supplies to mix Brittea's food each day. Bathroom cupboards that I would fill with clutter, Chandra fills with a month's supply of diapers. I know that as mothers we all do this for our children, but special kids like Brittea take so much more.

Texas is far away, but it has been good to Brittea. Her health is great. Her little arms and face are tan and she is very happy. Matt and Chandra have great neighbors. Brittea is in a great therapy program and is doing well. All of Brittea's teachers were so nice. Even though Texas is far from Utah and we miss them, it has been a good move for them.

Thanks Chandra for finally taking a vacation. Thanks Matt for working hard so that Chandra can stay home with Brittea and so that she could go on this vacation with you. Thanks Brittea for winning my heart and Kenny's heart over and over and over and over. Thanks for letting us be the lucky friends to spend these few days with you. We love you so much!

Husband Tag

Leslie tagged me and Bre a couple of weeks ago. I'm slow to get this done. Bre already did her husband tag, she tagged Aunt Kim, who in turn tagged Tricia. They've all finished before I even get started! Here it goes.....

1. What is his name? Kenneth R Jensen. I call him Kenny, KC calls him Dad, Bre calls him Daddy, and Logan calls him Pops. But don't call him Kenneth. When he was in the 4th grade, if kids called him Kenneth, he told them he would meet them by the flagpole after school to beat them up.

2. How long have we been together? This year we will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary! Big milestone!

3. How old is he? He is 48. But he has a twin that is 4. How is this possible? The cutest little girl in our ward has the same birthday, Feb. 27. When Kenny found out they have the same birthday, he started calling her twin. Now he just says "Hi Twin" and she comes running and hugs his legs. Its adorable. (Twin is holding the puppy in the picture above.)

4. Who eats more? When we were first married, definitely him. I'd like to think he still does.

5. Who said I love you first? I don't remember, but probably him. He is more romantic than I am.

6. Who is taller? I am. Ha Ha Ha....in my dreams. He is. Everyone in my family is taller than me! I am reminded that he is taller when he puts things away because he puts them up high. I have to use a footstool a lot.

7. What is his favorite sport? At first I was going to say basketball, but is hunting a sport? I think his favorite sport would have to be something to do with pheasant hunting and the dogs. He loves it!

8. Who is smarter? Hmm, in anything that involves building or math, he is. If it involves computers or english, I am.

9. Who does the laundry? We both do. How does anyone keep up if it isn't a joint effort?

10. Who does the dishes? Same answer as above.

11. Who pays the bills? Mostly Kenny. I am responsible for one bill. Finances stress me out. Kenny tells me that in the next life we are going to be born rich instead of so darn good looking, then I won't have to worry about bills.

12. Who cooks dinner? We both do, but Kenny is definitely the better cook. He cooks YUMMY stuff. He likes to spend time looking for new recipes to try and makes amazing dinners. He loves to bbq and loves meat. One guy in our ward is a butcher, and Kenny is always asking him questions and trying new things. When I cook, it is something that can be thrown together in 30 minutes or less.

13. Who drives when we are together? For sure him! I get sleepy. Sorry Derek....it must be genetic. Bre and I both fall asleep the minute the car starts down the street. I am the navigator when I am awake.

14. Who is more stubborn? I think he is. I think he would agree about this.

15. Who has more siblings? He does. He has 4 brother and 2 sisters. I have 1 brother and 3 sisters.

16. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Kenny says that I do. He tells me that any husband that thinks otherwise is a liar.

17. Who kissed who first? Wow. That was a long time ago. He kissed me first.

18. Who proposed to who? He proposed to me but we talked about it quite a bit together. Then he asked my Dad, and then he was supposed to give me my ring for Christmas but he got really sick. I knew he wouldn't be able to get the ring so I just asked him to wrap up anything, I just wanted something to open on Christmas morning. When I opened my presents, he did exactly as I asked...wrapped up anything. There was a can of soup, an old shoe, a pair of ugly Hillcrest track shorts, and some dried up paint. He had made me a really cute stocking and it had a box of Cracker Jacks in it. I opened the Cracker Jacks and Kenny's Mom asked me if she could have the prize. I said sure, and took the prize out and tried to give it to her. She said, no you go ahead and have it. I opened the prize, and there was my ring! It was a lot of fun that I still think of it every Christmas.

Now I don't know who to tag.

What is going on?

The last couple of times that I posted something, for some reason it dumped it on March 22. I have no idea why. I posted new pictures of the puppies, but you will have to scroll down to see them. It seems that everytime I do a posting from our home computer, I have a problem. When I post from my laptop it goes OK. Since I have been so busy with school, I haven't had time to figure it out. When I have 30 seconds to post something, I want it to work!

I only have one class, and I have spent SOOOO much time doing homework. If I had more than this one class, I don't know what I would do. I'll be glad when this class is over. I'm not taking any classes in the summer. I will publicly state my goal...maybe that will make me stick to it. Once I get done with this class (in 5 days...who is counting) I am going to get back on the treadmill and elliptical. I think I have eaten my way through this class. Homework equals candy, right? So there it is. Now, I have to make sure I get exercising!

OLD

Logan is a pretty funny guy. He keeps us laughing all the time! It was my birthday this week, and he was in charge of putting the candles on the cake. He very carefully put the candles on, and then set the cake aside. I should have known that he was up to something because he was being so calm and quiet about it. When Kenny and Logan sang happy birthday, Logan brought the cake over, and you can see what the candles spelled!! 45 is not old!

Puppy Update

We were so excited early last Saturday afternoon when we counted 10 puppies. But I posted the blog too soon! Number 11 arrived just after I posted the first pictures, and then I have been so busy I haven't had time to update. We have 11 puppies, 7 girls and 4 boys. So far all are doing pretty well. The pics are of Bre and Logan with the puppies last weekend, and Kenny holding the biggest and the littlest pup.

PUPPIES!!!

The puppies are finally here! The first puppy arrived Friday night about 9:00 p.m. By 4:00 a.m., there were 6. By 6:00 a.m. there were 7. By Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. we were still at 7 and were getting a little worried, but shortly after 11:00 a.m., number 8 arrived with a cute brown spot on her side. We were so excited and we thought we were done, but no. Akira still had a couple more in the oven. The last 2 arrived by 2:00 p.m. Akira is a cute mother and did a great job. All of the puppies seem to be doing fine, but we hope that she will be able to feed so many. We will have to watch to make sure they all thrive. We don't have a count yet on how many girls, and how many boys; I'll post that later.

Days are Too Short!

It seems like each days goes by so quickly and I haven't had any time to post something new. Not much to tell....just work and school. Thank goodness for Kenny. He has totally taken over everything in the house so that I can concentrate on school. Thank goodness this class will be over in one week and then I'm going to take the summer off. I have grand plans. We will see how much I accomplish. I just got back from Alabama for work. I've never been to Alabama before and didn't really see anything except a lot of trees! Oh well, another state to add to my list of states I've visited.

Puppy update...they are getting bigger and cuter. But bigger also means bigger messes to clean up. We've posted an ad on ksl.com, but haven't gotten any responses. I sure hope we can sell them. They are cute, but I don't want to keep 'em!

Go Jazz!

We enjoy going to the Jazz games. In fact, we are Jazz jersey nerds....Kenny, Logan and I each have one that we wear when we go to the games. In February, I nominated Kenny for the True Blue Jazz Fan, and he won. He had so much fun picking the re-runs for the superscreen! Well, we decided to buy tickets to the Jazz vs. Spurs game last Friday. What a fun game! We had a great time. The Jazz kept it close the first half, and then blew the Spurs out in the second half. The best part was spending time with the whole family.

Dogs, dogs, dogs.....

Ok, so the thing that is totally consuming Kenny and Logan these days are the impending puppies. Yes, our sweet Akira is about to give birth any day. We took her to the vet last week for an x-ray and counted 8 puppy skulls. The vet says there might be 9.

Anyway, when puppies are on their way, apparently you must build stuff. I had no idea that having puppies involved so much wood and power tools! Kenny has built a whelping box (it is a castle for puppy birthing) and a box to fence Akira in the garage because she must leave the doggie duplex when she gives birth. Budda, will continue to live outside in the doggie duplex, while Akira spends a couple of months living in the garage. Akira is sweet and it will be fun to see the puppies when they come. I'm just a little scared about how much work they will be once they get 4 or 5 weeks old.

The AggieFam Blog is Born!

Bre started a blog, and even though I haven't done this before I have enjoyed reading her's (all 3 entries). I think blogging is something that I want to try, but I worry that I don't have anything clever to say. I do have a great family, so I guess this will be my family bragging blog. Oh, and if I do good on a test at school, I'll probably brag about that too.