Puppies & Kitchens

We made it home safely! If you missed the previous post you should DEFINITELY look to see the new pooch.

We did make a stop in Elk City, OK to pick up our dogs. They got to stay at their original home for a few days! I got to see my first Shar Pei as a small puppy. Her name is Sassy...and she is ADORABLE. Just this previous Thursday she found a home for her. Thank goodness. Otherwise she would be sitting in my lap right now as I type to you!!!! She is sort of unique because she is a "bear coat". This is considered a fault in the dog showing world because it reflects a chow chow mix from centuries ago. (the longer hair) But DANG SHE IS CUTE! You can't deny it.

The dogs enjoyed sleeping the entire ride!

And finally...here are pics of how our kitchen has progressed. It looked 100% better after painting and decorating. Now...it is empty!! Kyle surprised me by choosing for our Christmas to each other to be new tile. (and possibly new countertops) It will look even better SOON! Thanks to the James' brothers for all their help tearing everything out!!!

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Life of Parkers

This picture may seem extremely silly. But for those Texans that have been to visit us, you understand it completely. Notice the time shown on my car clock: 5:39. Notice outside: DAYLIGHT. AMAZING huh?

I made the trek to Texas on Friday and Saturday of last week. Friday I drove part way to Kyle’s grandmother’s house and got to see the Parker family + have chocolate gravy. Saturday I drove the rest of the way to Tulia. It wasn’t that bad of a drive except when I hit the blowing snow in OKC. That slowed me down for a couple of hours. Most of you have seen this before, but they have a huge cross in Groom. (outside of Amarillo) I passed around sunset so I thought I’d take a pic. It isn’t great, but I was trying to be a safe driver.


Check back next week for new house pics!

Other pics from exciting times: Over Thanksgiving we picked up our new dog: Mariah. She is a black chinese shar pei. (that is probably not spelled right) So far she has been a sweet dog. She always HAS to have something to lie on. If I put a pair of pants on the floor, she is on them ini 3 seconds. Every night we get done getting ready for bed, she is waiting on our bed. (only to get told to get down) She also enjoys playing with her stuffed rabbit. Basically she gets it in her mouth and slings her head around then jumps around the room like a bucking bronco. Quite the sight.

JoJo asked for a stuffed soccer ball for Christmas.


And the GRAND FINALE…..drum roll………………the CARDINAL!!!!!
I know…it’s awesome.

Tomorrow we head home!!! Woohoo for 13 hours

Quick Update

I really appreciate the people that continue to check in day after day to see if we have finally posted again. It has almost been a month but I am FINALLY giving a quick update.

Things have been crazy! After spending Thanksgiving with Kyle's family, we spent a week painting and working on the house. Valinda was able to come back with us and stay a week. (Mike did get to fly up for a few days as well) And my parents drove up a day after us and stayed for about 10 days. They worked SOOOOO hard and did SOOOO much. It would still be a complete wreck without them. I owe them BIG TIME! We still have several things to do but I am hoping by after Christmas it will all be done. I will post pictures SOON! I would today, but I left my camera at home. I am at the Robbins' borrowing their computer. We have not had internet since the move. It should be installed on Wednesday! (woohoo!)

We also have a new addition to the family, Mariah. There will be pictures posted of her as well. By the way, she is a dog.

Other updates....LifePoint is going great! We've had some really cool Christmas stuff going on. To read more about it check out Bob's blog. (bob.blogs.com) I saw my first real life cardinal today. I'm not that into birds....but it was sooooo cool! I was amazed! (i do have a pic) This weekend we had a good snow. Around 6 inches. Plus no school today. woohoo!

Pictures to come soon!