Puppies, Puppies, Puppies...

On Tuesday, Nov. 25, Ollie had her puppies! At five in the morning, Mark heard some squeeling coming from the garage so he went down and found Ollie with two newborn puppies. We were so excited because we had planned our entire weekend before around her and she finally went into labor early that morning. After getting her settled down in her whelping box, she gave birth to puppies until two that afternoon. It was an exhausting day, but it was also very exciting to finally have them be born. We were there the rest of the way with Ollie, rubbing puppies with towels and keeping Ollie comfortable. We lost a couple, which was sad to see, but in the end we ended up with five healthy pups! Three males and two females... This last week has been lots of fun watching them grow and crawl around with their eyes still shut...but, they do seem to always find Ollie to eat. On Monday, we took the pups to the vet where they got their tails docked and dewclaws removed. It was so sad to see them go through the pain but they do look like true German Shorthairs with their short stubby tails now! We are proud of Ollie for being such a good mommy and we better give Raz his props because he did everything that we needed him to do! We are lucky to have such special dogs!!!

Our New Home!

We purchased our new home in October and finally got all moved in this past month. We were just curious about what was on the market and after walking through it and evaluating the value, we had no doubt that we wanted to be there. We put in a bid and outbid three other individuals and after a few weeks of working with our broker we were relieved when everything went through.

It took a lot of work and help to move all of our things out of storage and place our new furniture in the places we wanted them. After all was finally moved in it was a lot of fun for us to decorate and put everything into place. I was excited to decorate my kitchen and dining room with all of the cute things that my mom has been buying me for birthdays and Christmas' since longer than I can remember!
Mark, Jeff, and their dad poured us a back porch and sidewalk a couple days before we moved in. Mark and Bryce laid sod for a couple of days so the backyard would be finished so we could bring our dogs home. It looks really good! Thanks for your help guys!

We are so happy that we have our own place...We are grateful that we were able to stay with my parents for a few months and save up so we could purchase our new home. We love it! :)

Congratulations Jeff and Shayla Oliver!!! Sept. 6, 2008

Summer 2008

After working overtime at the ice company, we still found time to have a lot of fun this summer.

One of our favorite pass time activities is taking our dogs to different Southern Utah lakes and go fishing . Ollie loves to watch Mark cast his line out and stands at his side as he reels in the fish.

In August, my sister Becky and her kids came down from Portland and stayed for a week. We love having my nieces and nephew around 'cause they keep us laughing and always on our toes.

We had fun going down to Quail Lake with Mark's lil brother/sisters and my nephew/nieces. They had lots of fun as we took out the waverunners, boat, and tubes...Some of us were out in the sun a little too much and we paid for it!!!

After all the fun in the sun, we hate to see the warm weather leave...but, we are excited for the holiday season and time to spend with all of our family and friends!