..LiFe iS a tAd cRaZy..

.. This is how I feel..

Alright, so lets be honest. I suck at this keeping up with the blog business. It seems that there is never enough time in each day to complete what really needs to be done. I feel like I can't keep up. So I thought since I have a few and I am procrastinating my homework that I would write a quick one and let every one know we are alive!

November seriously came and went. We have been busy with work and school that we didn't slow down much. Cody and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on the 22nd. It was a nice busy day but it was alright cause the anniversary is about us being together. It was a sunday, we slept in together and then spent some time just talking which is so nice. We had lunch with my family, philly cheesesteaks -- Cody's favorite. We opened gifts, Cody got a pair of True Religion Jeans and a controller for his computer. I got a new ipod! We then went to a friends house for dinner and chatting since we haven't seen them in seriously forever. And then lastly Cody's parents house. They were so kind as to give us a TV for our anniversary/christmas. Cody put it straight to use and has loved EVERY minute of it!

Thanksgiving was a great one, I didn't take a single picture-- what the heck?! But it was good! It was my dad's 51st birthday! The night before we stayed up until 2am plastering all the walls, ceilings, drawers and mirrors with pictures of my dad. There were 224 all in all. Waking up to see his face was classic, he was in shock and just laughed. We shared our thanksgiving dinner with our neighbors, the Bears. They are from Australia, and don't celebrate Thanksgiving so we had them over. We ate and were stuffed! Over this week Cody's grandmother was visiting us from Minnesota, so we shared another Thanksgiving dinner that night with his family. We loved spending time with Grandma Care, she is always a delight and good for correcting everyone's grammar.

Before we knew it December was here.. crazy!! We are down to the last week of school at the moment. I have 4 finals in the next week and Cody takes his Knowledge test for instrument on the 15th. Life is a tad crazy and hectic.. but when it is all over I promise to post pictures and a better update than this short lame one.

Hope all is well with everyone!!

..hAlLoWeEn..

Well I couldn't pass up sharing on Halloween!! It is my all time favorite holiday! I love spending time decorating and then watching the kids faces as they come to get their candy. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this holiday!! So here are some pictures..


..the eerie graveyard..



.. Tyke's halloween costume aka monster scar he was "frankenpuppy"..


.. Kellyn's pumpkin -- a killer fish..


.. Cody's radioactive pumpkin..


..Jarett's blown head pumpkin and my "punkin"..



.."i'm burying you"..


.. Dad's venom pumpkin, and Matson's peter pumpkin (from family guy)..



..skeleton's hard at work..

All in all our night rocked. We ate maple bars and watched hocus pocus, a classic halloween movie. It was great!! Hope yours was just as great! Only 365 days until the next one!

..LiFe aS wE kNoW iT..

Well, since it has been a month and life hasn't slowed down yet.. sad but true, I decided to spend a few at work again and catch up on the happening since the end of september.

Tyke underwent his first round of chemotherapy the last week in september. We were worried about all the side effects that came with it -- liver failure, vomiting, diaherra, hairloss (only whiskers though) and fatigue. I was so nervous I cried before we gave tyke the pill. That first night he was exhausted, he slept from 8 that night until 11 the next morning. I swear he was in a coma, but he was just super tired. After his long rest though, he perked back up and was doing great! We continued to do well, only losing one whisker to the chemo. His skin improved 80%! The doctors were amazed at how well he did and took it in only one treatment.

October 1st was Cody's mom's birthday! We had some fun with her a few days later, eating dinner and watching football, her favorite team played -- go Vikings! That night we left for New York for the day with his mom in tow. We spent a day there taking in all the sites. We went to time square, world trade center, rockafeller center, and the NY harbor. We got to go on an aircraft carrier and check that out as well as inside a submarine. It was a fun trip that we LOVED. And of course, don't you worry I made my trip to Magnolia's and got some wonderful cupcakes and cheesecake. Yum! We got home that night at 11 exhausted and ready for sleep. Tyke was still doing great! The next morning we woke up and got ready for school and work.. fun. Tyke went outside to chase the lawnmowers on the other side of the fence. In his hurry and frantic pace he had a seizure. We weren't there with him, but we saw him a few minutes later. He was unresponsive, cold and white. He refused treats and water. We knew something was wrong. We hurried him to the vet where he stayed the rest of the day on an IV. He recovered fast and was back home with us that night.

Since the scare, we went and visited our oncology vet. She told us that the seizure was caused by elevated liver enzymes. It could be a number of things that caused it, but since he had a reaction that lowered his livers effectiveness we could no longer give him Chemo. I have to admit I felt like we were running into yet another brick wall. We however, found another treatment option that looks very optimistic. After a chat with her we have opted to put tyke on Accutane. I know what you are thinking.. does he have acne? Nope he sure doesn't, although his cancer does look like it. The accutane teaches his cancer cells how to act normal causing them to become cancerless. If this is successful, he might be on this treatment permanently but could live for many years to come. We are very hopefully, seeing how he responded so well to the last treatment. We will let you know how it goes, he starts next week and we have to wait for a month to 6 weeks before we see results.

While this was all going on, Cody and I were still plugging away at school. Cody took his first stagecheck for his instrument training and passed first try! CONGRATS!! He is doing so great, he goes to fly or do lessons at least 3 times a week and is soaring through his training, I am so proud of him! He has been doing so great.

I finally got up the nerve to apply to the BFA program here at UVU. It is a better degree than what I had set out to do which is great. However you have to go through and application process and prove you are worth being in this program. It is the elite art students that are in this program, and I am hoping I will be joining them soon! I applied on October 23rd and will find out sometime the middle of November. It is nerve racking but I will make it!!

Last week we experienced the loss of a friend. My husband's flight instructor, Ben Hill, passed away on Wednesday October 21st in an plane crash at the provo airport. He taught Cody in his private training and helped him get his license. He was also the examiner who gave Cody his instrument stagecheck the week earlier, that he passed. He also was the one who convinced me to go flying with him and Cody. I was terrified and he told me.. " your husband is a great pilot, you need to believe that and trust him.. now get in the plane". I will never forget the plane ride we went on with him in his aircraft. It was so fun, even though the first 10 minutes I was convinced I was going to die. He was a great guy and one who will be truely missed. Everyone at the airport knew him, he was known for working hard and expecting much.

Other than all this fun news we are doing well. Tyke had surgery on Monday to remove a tumor on his hind leg, he now has his costume for halloween as "Frankenpuppy" I promise to post pictures of his "costume" so you can see what I mean. We are looking forward to halloween, my personal favorite holiday. I started decorating last weekend and can't wait for saturday!

so until then... Happy Halloween!!

..lEt'S pLaY cAtCh uP..

Well since it has been entirely too long since I last blogged I figured that while I was sitting at my job for the next 4 hours that I could take a few and update everyone on our little family life. So here we go..

July came around and we were still getting used to Matson being home. He had a friend in Arizona that wanted him to visit so we started planning. July fourth came around, I worked most of the day but was able to get off for fireworks. Cody worked the night shift and unfortunately missed it all. About a week later we decided to take Matson to Arizona and visit his friend. We got everything all set to go. Cody had been interviewing with Delta Airlines for the past few weeks and got a call back for another interview the day we were supposed to leave for Phoenix. So Matson and I got on a plane that morning and flew down there, Cody met us that afternoon after a long set of interviews. Good news came when Cody landed in Phoenix, he had gotten the job at Delta and started a few weeks later. We spent 3 days in phoenix, working on our tans or burns and enjoying all fun. We flew back and went to the Oquirrh mountain open house with my family. It was neat, Cody's first, to see the newest edition to the church. They are beautiful and it is neat to see them all done up and be able to share it with others. A few weeks later we took Cody's parents to see it, it was a neat experience that I will treasure. Anika loved looking at it all and had a million questions which was so great!! Cody started training and quickly fell in love with Delta. We finished up classes and got a break for a while. So nice. I started working non stop and working on starting up my company, which is now in full operations.

August came quicker than we thought. We had been working and playing that we didn't even notice it coming along. Jarett celebrated his 15th birthday, fun. We are planning a nice surprise for him next year on the big 1-6. I started talking to counslers and teachers about the upcoming year and discovered that I can graduate with my BFA, which is a million times better than a BS in the same amount of time and graduate in April 2010. YAHOO!! Now I started thinking about Grad school, shhh don't tell Cody! We started planning a trip for my birthday to Europe, and got another surprise which put that trip on hold. Tyke started to develop this wierd lumpyness all over his mid-section. We tried a few antibiotics and then ended up having to do a biopsy of a few lumps to find the cause of this trouble. This happened 2 days before my birthday. We decided to take a short trip the few days before school instead of Europe. So we went to San Francisco again for a night. It was a blast and we just relaxed and enjoyed the weather and each other. We returned home the night before school. We started up, both taking 15+ credits -- yikes! My birthday was that friday, and we celebrated with my family and went and saw Rockapella in concert at Thanksgiving point. It was a blast!! The weekend came and went and school was there again on Monday. The week slowly passed by while we waited for the results of Tyke's biopsy. Finally on Thursday I got a call. The doctor started to explain to me that they took so long because they tested the results twice to double check, I knew at this point it was no good. He then proceeded to tell me that Tyke had lymphoma. A cancer that is fairly common to dogs, but that they weren't sure what type he had. We quickly ordered another test and sat and did hours of crying and research to see what we could do to help Tyke survive this. We waited for another week with no answers, at this point I decided to call an oncology vet and make an appointment. We set one up for the following week. All through this I was trying to find another job to make more money so I could hopefully help with the cost this was going to take. I got a job at the school as a Lab aide. That was great, and I booked two photography gigs.

The day arrived to take Tyke to the oncologist. I spent the morning sad and not knowing what to expect. I was scared. We got there and the result still hadn't come, two weeks for a test that took 2 days. I was furious. While we were waiting for the doctor, our home vet called and told us the results were in and they were faxing them to the oncologist right then. She came in and started to talk to us. She explained that Tyke has a rare form of Lymphoma called T-Cell Cutaneous Lymphoma which happens in the skin tissues of the dog. Pretty much it is his white blood cells attack the skin and leave hairless bumps and sometimes large lesions on him. She continued to tell us that there was treatment options that would help but she wasn't sure if it could be cured. Our options were Chemotheraphy, Radiation, Radions (vitamins) or topical treatments. She told us if we elected to do treatments it could prolong his life up to 2 years. But if we chose against it he had weeks to months left. We left the office feeling crushed. I spent many of the next few nights crying to sleep and on my knees hoping for an answer. This past week we elected to do Chemotheraphy. I took him to the vet to get his blood work done, and the vet looked at him. He told me that the lesions and lumps were shrinking. I was in shock the only thing we had done was changed his food to a fish-oil dog food (which starves the cancer tumors, they can't process fats or oils) and started using oatmeal shampoo to help with the itching it may cause. The vet then asked, how is he responding to chemo. I told him he hadn't started yet, and that this blood work was for the first round he would be starting that day. He looked shocked and then proceeded to tell me that this was a VERY good sign. I hurried and called Cody and told him the great news. We discussed it with the oncologist and decided to still continue with a treatment and see if it would help further the progress along. He started his treatment last night. Cody had to wear these super thick gloves and then immediately wash his hands after giving Tyke the pills. He is so far responding to the medications well, he is just a little tired and sleeping a bit more but he is doing well so far.

As for Cody and I we are still plugging along, trying to find ways to do school, work, family life and my business. And of course finding extra pennies to help pay for the chemo costs. So.. if you know anyone who wants their pictures done, let me know! I would love to do them, and I can travel to anywhere in the USA as well to do them.

Until next time (which will be sooner..)..

iT's oN..

Every summer our family competes in a once monthly mini golf competition. We play guys against gals, and the gals sad to say have only won once. Well since Matson is home it was time for a well overdue competition. We made our way out to the cascade golf course... I must say it was a tough game..


..the guys pre-game picture..


.. the best team ever pre-game picture..

We started out not doing so hot... then we started to get holes-in-one, I got THREE this time around!!



..Matson with his hole-in-one..





.. Dad with his hole-in-one..


..Kellyn with her hole-in-one..


.. Me with my hole-in-one (one of them)..

All in all the girls won!! Yay!!


.. our winning pose..



.. the losers, sad..

I guess we will see if the boys can recover next time.. July.

hE's bAcK..

Well after a two year absence on May 20th 2009 my younger bigger brother, Matson, returned from the Ohio Cincinnati Mission. He definately changed and grew up in many ways. He turned out for the better I must say, but we are so glad he is home. My mom could barely hold it in at the airport. We had to hold her back until he was a few feet from the bottom of the escalator before she rushed him. She started crying before she got to him. It was funny to see. We are all so glad he is back. It was a long but fast two years and now we only have to wait 4 years to do it again with Jarett.

nEw yOrK.. dEjA vU?

Well after I had been back from the big apple for one month Cody decided that we would try our hand at a one day trip. We picked New york. We boarded a flight at 12:00am here and flew threw the night. We got there at 6am, and started on our day of fun. We started by eating breakfast in rockafeller center. We had an omlete, yum! After that we decided, kinda forced since nothing was open yet, that we would stroll through central park. We walked through enjoying the morning.



Watching all the dogs playing around and chasing balls and each other. It was fun, one day we will take Tyke there! After that we made our way to the Empire state building. We decided to not go up it but to just check it out. While we were close to that area, Cody wanted to stop at a Magic store. So we stopped. He shopped for about an hour and loved every minute of it. He is a goof. After that we went to times square. It was fun to walk around and watch Cody trying to see the tops of the buildings without success. We then decided that we would go to Grand Central Station.



We checked that out and saw all the bums down there. They are pretty funny, sleeping on the comfy chairs. After that we went to Rockafeller Center and went to the top. We toured the 3 levels and had fun.



We travelled down and decided it was time for some much needed food. So we found a subway. We snarfed down the food and then decided to head for the Brooklyn Bridge.



We walked all the way across taking time to pause and look at the skyline. So pretty. After that we decided that I needed a Cupcake, my favorite, at a great place up there Magnolia's Bakery. We went and got dessert and then went to the Museum of Natural History (Night at the Museum Site) took some pictures with Rex and then enjoyed our spoils.






After this we decided that it was best we started back to the airport since it was a 1 1/2hour subway ride and we needed to be there at least an hour early to get on the standby list for the flight home. We were both so pooped we could hardly make it.



We arrived home at 11:30pm and crawled into bed. School started bright and early the next morning. Talk about a trip but it was a blast!!

oDe tO jAcKsOn..

Well since it's been a while there are going to be a few posts today to catch up on all that I have missed.



Back in May, around the 1st, Cody's dog Jackson was put down. He had been battling arthritis and cancer and old age for a while. He was on year 15 and had a great life. It was a hard decision for Cody's parents and a hard one to swallow as family but it was time for him to go. He was a great dog, who I was scared of for years but learned to like over time. Tyke and him had started to become great friends, chasing each other around the lawn in barking wars. He is greatly missed but we know he is in a much better place now.

Miss ya Fathead!!

..hApPy bIrThDaY tYkErS..

Well, today is Tyke's 2nd birthday!! We have loved every day we have had with him and look forward to many more years. He has been a joy. Lately he has loved the weather spending many hours laying on our table in the backyard and in the sun. He is a natural sunbather. I don't think anyone enjoys it more than him. (I don't have a picture yet, since everytime I try to he sees me and jumps off) He also is going to start to learn new tricks hopefully we will have some good ones soon. He is also learning how to floss his teeth (j/k) he just likes to eat Cody's mint flavored flossers.


Tyke and his floss..



Happy Birthday Tyke!! We LOVE ya!

mY fIrSt fLiGhT

Well, today I took my first flight with Cody. I have to admit I was really nervous and didn't sleep great last night in preperation for this big feat. Cody's old flight instructor called yesterday. He flies a private plane for a guy who lives around here. He is gone quite a bit taking people to different places. Well he needed to burn some fuel and asked Cody if he and I would like to come fly for a half hour to get rid of it. So we agreed. Cody was so excited that he mentioned it to me about 100 times yesterday and another 50 this morning. We left at 8:30 for the spanish fork airport. I was nervous and I was convinced that I was going to die. I had been telling Cody for a while now that I didn't want to be the first person to go flying with him that I wanted someone else to go before me. Well I wasn't so fortunate. We took off and I was doing okay. I enjoyed the view and the company. His flight instructor is a really nice guy. We flew around for about 30 minutes and landed around 9:40. Cody flew for the majority of the flight and he did a really good job. So I am proud to say I lived through the first flight so if anyone wants a ride I am sure he would love to go with you and I promise, you will live.


View from the plane, I know it is blurry..


Cody and the Plane..


Me and the plane..

nYc

So I figured I would wait until I had pictures to put up here. But when we went to NYC I hung out with a friend of mine and she took almost all the pictures of us hanging out in NYC on her camera, to lessen the pictures needed to be taken on different cameras, and I haven't gotten all those pictures yet. So I figured I would just load up what I had taken.

Our adventure started at 4:00am on Sunday morning. We had to be at the school at 5am to catch the bus to the airport. It was brutal, I slept like 2 hours total and was a zombie. Don't worry that I sat next to this girl on the plane (I didn't know her) who fell asleep on my shoulder. I was so bugged. I couldn't get her to flop the other way either so I ended up having to get up to make her move. I watched a movie on the way out cause I couldn't fall asleep. We got to NYC at 3:30 their time. It was cold and so different. We rode a taxi to our hotel, I thought I was going to die. They aren't kidding when they say the drivers are scary and the taxis don't stop. We made it one piece and were glad. We spent the first night in Times Square and ate at the hard rock. It was so good.


Times Square.. a huge place full of wind!!

Day two we walked to the MOMA (Modern Museum of Art). We were there for like 8 hours, there was so much to see. Later that night we went to Rockafeller center. We watched people skating. It was cool to see, and I walked through Sax Fifth Ave just to say I had cause we all know I couldn't afford the cheapest thing in there. It was a blast. We spent that night at a bookstore called Strands. It has 18 miles of books. It is crazy. After all this we went home and called it a night.


The MOMA..


Rockafeller Center

Day Three we went to a graphic design firm in Chelsea. It was pretty neat, it was called spotco and they do a whole bunch of ads for the the broadway shows. It was neat to see all the things in the works. After this we ate at a great little cafe and then walked around the galleries in Chelsea. There was honestly like 3 whole blocks full of galleries. After we saw all this we got on the subway, and went to Brooklyn. It was a fun town. I liked it. We went and saw a graphic designer who works out there and got to talk to him for a while. Very fun. When we finished we went to the Brooklyn Bridge, SO pretty. It was part of my favorite things we did there. After that we ate at a wonderful pizza place called Grimaldis. If you ever make it to Brooklyn try it, it is the best pizza I have had in america. It is right under the Brooklyn bridge. Then we walked to Juniors, famous for NY Cheesecake and bought a slice. We then rode home and ate the spoils. We then went to the MET to shoot pictures. We walked through central park, so pretty and huge. Don't worry we didn't make it home until 3:30a. SO tired!!


Brooklyn Bridge..

Day Four we went to saw a photographer in Chelsea named John Moe. It was so neat to meet him. He is originally from Utah but moved there and is very successful. I loved meeting him. That afternoon we went to the society of illustrators and had some lunch. I ate at a place called Green Cafe, it was good. They custom made me a caesar salad and it was so good. We also stopped by Dylan's Candy Bar, yum! After all this we went to meet the photo editor of People magazine. We got to go up into the workings of the place and see some of their photo database. It was pretty neat to see, I think this was my favorite part of the whole trip. I loved seeing all this come to life. After finishing at people we decided to hit up the world trade center. We traveled down there just to discover that it is a hole in the ground. We missed making it to the only little museum they had by a 1/2 hour. But when it is finially all rebuilt it will be so neat.

Day Five we spent the whole day inside of the MET. It most likely would have taken 2 days to see it all if we had the time. I only got to see 8 of the 20 exhibits which is sad on all levels. But it was fun, my feet were so sore when I finished and I was pooped. We ate dinner and walked around we went and saw grand central station and the empire state building. We called it a night early seeing how we were so tired from walking all around.


Empire State Building.. it was green for St. Patricks

Day Six was a free day. I got up and went shopping in SoHo alone, since my pal Rachel was in an appointment with her internship. I loved it. It was the best shopping place out there by far and it was nice to be alone without a group of people to stay up with. I met up with her later and we rode the staten island ferry to see the statue of liberty. She is pretty and smaller than I thought but it was neat. We liked it. After we went back, hit up a few more shops. We stopped by our hotel and dropped off everything and went to eat at a place called Angelo's Pizza it is right next door to the David Letterman show. After that we went to Magnolia's Bakery, by far the best cupcake I have ever had. When we finished that we went with Rachel's friend Jessica to get the Twilight movie. We stood outside Madison Square Garden for the movie and froze but it was fun. We went home and packed since the next day we were going home.


The Statue of Liberty..

Day Seven we spent the morning inside the Guggenheim. It was pretty cool. I liked it. After that Rachel and I ditched the next museum and went to Central Park. We watched some Acrobats, they were pretty neat and then had a Gray's Papaya hot dog. Yum. Then we went shopping and then back to the hotel. We grabbed our luggage and hopped onto the subway. We rode for like 45 minutes, next to I swear what was a dead guy, and then got off to go the airport. We rode the airtrain and arrived at the airport shortly afterwards. It was a great trip! I told Cody when I got home that night that I was glad to see him and Tyke but I wish it was in NYC. I loved it and would love to go back or even live there. It is amazing if you ever get the chance to hang out there take it!!


inside the Guggenheim..


The Acrobats in Central Park..

..LiFe..

Well, as you can see life has been an insane journey for the past few months. We have tried to stay on top but it never seems to be enough. So I thought since I have a few minutes that I would try and do the best I could to fill you in.

January started off crazy, what a surprise. We both started school and have been crazy. Cody is taking online classes again this semester so when he isn't at work he is living on the computer. I signed up for 16 credits, and am going nuts. We hardly see each other, the days I am home he works and vice versa. Well, January 14th we were informed that Cody's Grandfather had passed away due to complications from cancer. It was hard news, but it was news we had expected at sometime. We made it through the month of January with not many other bumps.

February started and was crazy. I had an epidural pain block put in February 4th and was in loads of pain, but don't worry we left for Minnesota for the funeral the next morning at 5am. I spent two days hobbling and in a wheelchair. The funeral was nice, he was buried on a Military base, Fort Snelling. They had a 21 gun salute and the graveyard was filled with white headstones much like arlington. We spent the day with family and friends celebrating grandpa Carl. He will be missed. We spent the remaining time at the Mall of America and with each other. We came back to the crazyness and have been there since.

I am going to New York in 3 weeks and getting really excited about that it should be a truely stellar experience. Cody keeps working hard and did all his training to de-ice airplanes. Which he loves! So if you are ever on a Skywest flight and your plane has to get sprayed down at night, he might just be the one spraying you down. Tyke is keeping us continually excited and entertained. He is learning a new trick and hopefully we can film it and show it to you when he gets better at it.





Cody and the shark at the Mall of America..


Me standing and looking at the Nickelodeon amusement park inside the Mall of America, yes I said amusement park (it was HUGE!)..

Well that is our crazy life.. I hope all is well for you! Until next time. Ciao.

..tApE..

We have discovered that Tyke is deathly afraid of tape. We decided to video tape it for all you to enjoy.. so enjoy!

..hApPy bIrThDaY 2009..

Well... hApPy nEw YeArS!! I know I have been a slacker at updating this so, I figured I would do a big one right now. I found a job, it is part time as a waitress at a retirement home which is okay it is a job but I don't love it. I started working the week before Christmas, so my life was a tad insane. Christmas eve was nice, we saw Cody's family and opened presents and had dinner and played games with my family. Christmas morning we woke up to a snow storm. Not a surprise seeing how we live in Utah but it was a ton of it.


Tyke was so excited about Christmas eve, can you tell?

We opened gifts, I loved especially watching Cody's face. Every Christmas Cody always asks me questions in regards to his gifts before Christmas morning and figures all of them out before Christmas morning. So this year I was determined to not say a word and let him be surprised, I payed close attention to things he wanted, did all my shopping and didn't share a word of what I had got. Cody looked like a four year old on Christmas morning when he opened his gifts. My favorite one was I got him a skateboard from one of our friends companies, Mural Boards. He had mentioned it only once, and was shocked when he opened it up.

After all the presents, we had a big breakfast and sat around and chatted. We then spent about 2 hours playing Guitar Hero ( My younger brother got this for christmas). We decided to go down to see Cody's family again, and spent some time talking with them and playing some Wii games. It was nice to see them all. Christmas was a fun one.

New Years was right around the corner and came as fast as speed racer, maybe cause I worked every day up until then. We spent the night doing the "Tanner Family Olympics". Every year on New Years eve, we do various games. This year included : Airplane races, ball toss, wind - up car races, Guitar Hero battles and a round of Mad Gab and Scattergories. The clock struck Midnight and we ran out side and shot off fireworks and Cody blew his airhorn.


Cody preparing for his airplane throw..


.. Yes that was cody's throw, he hit me..


My ball toss, I sucked it up..


Our first new years picture..



All in all it was great holiday season. We have been busy preparing for school since then, and working long hours. The past twenty four hours it has been a extreme snow storm. We have had 18-24 inches of snow in the last 24 hours and it is still snowing. Tyke is in love with chasing snowballs out in the yard. The snow comes up to his shoulders and he practically goes "diving" to catch those snowballs.


Tyke in the "snow cave" of the pine trees..


Tyke chasing snowballs..

What a great start to a great year. We hope to all that you had a great holiday season and are counting the blessings you have. Happy Holidays!