Announcing CHIA!

We added a new addition to our family.  A darling princess of a little dog that after much disagreement between Dover and Daenon was finally named Chia!  She is a Chihuahua/Dachshund mix and the most perfectly behaved dog I've ever know.  We've heard her bark only once and we've had her now for almost three days.  She is Daenon's buddy although it was Dover that made the first request for her.  With the two moves we've had to tell the boys no so much that we decided to say yes to the small dog.  We got her from an animal rescue shelter.  She is almost a year old.  She's spent most her life at the shelter but must have been well cared for because her behavior is nearly perfect.  She is affectionate, and playful, but calms down easily and she doesn't bark.  Her house training was a breeze.  We have to pinch ourselves she's been so easy. I think Brandon might even like her. 

Catching Up!

The past month was a whirl wind.  We took a nearly 3 week trip to Wyoming, Utah, and Arizona and logged over 60 hours in the car.  We were able to watch 3 of Auna's games and 3 of Shalayne's game and spend time with a lot of our family.  We also got to go through the temple with Caleb. Brandon was able to be his escort. While we were gone Dover got a job at Applebee's as a host.  He enjoys it.  I'll post pictures of him in his Applebee's attire later!  We had quit a job getting everything back in order when we got home and I started teaching immediately. I've never worked this much so it's a new experience in balancing my time.  The next week BYU came down to play two games in Texas, one in Houston and the other in Austin.  Auna had an assist in the Houston game against Rice.  She set up the only score in that game.  Later that week the boys talked us into getting a little surprise for the family.  I'll be blogging about that in minute!  Also they called me to be ward choir director.  HELP!  I'm great with children and music but utterly unqualified for ward choir director!