The sickness

So Rick had been praying that he and I would be able to spend a nice day in bed. Well he got his wish. Only not exactly what he had been praying for. Thursday evening Rick came down with a fever, nausea and vomitting. By Friday morning I had the same. So we were able to spend the day in bed. Rick was worse than I and didn't get over it really until Saturday afternoon. He stayed home from church and slept most of the day trying to recover. Saturday I taught Sabbath school for the juniors and quite enjoyed it. Rick and I are slowly getting more involved with the church.



My mom and dad left Sunday afternoon for a pastors meeting that is going until Tuesday afternoon so Rick and I have been taking care of the girls. We went to pizza hut Sunday evening and then came home and played clue. The girls are having fun and I am sure the parents are enjoying some time to themselves.



The puppies have been rotten the last few days. They are getting into everything. Today they had a bath assisted by Brooke and Mackenzie. They smelled like rotten eggs. Not sure what they get into outside but they sure do love it out there. Well, Charlie likes it until the neighborhood dogs start barking. Then he is more than ready to come inside.



Well that is the news for now. Hope all is well wherever you are at the time of reading. We love you all and miss you greatly.

Charlie

Just wanted to share a few new pictures of our little guy. Hope you guys enjoy them!

Update

So it has been over a month since we have updated you on what is going on in our world. The holidays were nice. I was sick for most of it. I was sick on Christmas day and spent the day in bed. Then I worked New Years Eve and New Years Day. So Rick and I stayed up to watch the ball drop in Times Square which they showed live, so here it dropped at 10 pm. Then we went to bed.


The new year has started off very nicely. Work has been going well for both Rick and I. We have been doing a little house hunting just to get an idea of what we like in a house since it takes us so long to pick things out that we both can agree on. We figure we will try to buy something late summer-early fall. By then we can have saved up a nice down payment. Although the way the economy is right now I don't know if we would be able to get a loan or not. Guess we will have to see when the time comes. Here are two that we both really like. I am more for the second one:
It is brand new and we could finish the basement at our own leisure. It is just a great starter home.


The first home is very nice and roomy, but it would need so much work as everything inside for the most part was last updated in the 70's, and we would probably have to get a second loan to do everything we would want to do to make it to our taste in floors, paint and such. There is only one good picture of the first home and that is of the outside. This house is in a community that was built in the 70's. It used to be the country club area.






This is the second house. It is in a little town right outside of Butte called Rocker. The views from this little community are breathtaking. You are surrounded by mountains. The house since on 1 -2 acres of land. Not quite sure how much.

Not too much else is going on right now. The puppies are getting so big. Lola is bigger then Jessie now. Charlie is just a little bit smaller then Jessie. This is how we are marking their growth for the time being. Charlie is so vocal. He hurt his paw Sunday evening and was limping around the house. When I came home from work on Monday I was petting Lola (now mind you, he had received love before Lola) when Charlie had to remind me that he had hurt himself the day before and needed more love and attention now. While I was petting Lola he tilted his head down and looked up with sad eyes. Then he lifted his hurt paw and made a very sad throaty noise to let me know it was still hurt. The vet says he probably just has a very bad bruise. He loves to play and play and play. Balls, frisbees, stuffed animals, kongs, he loves them all. He is not too sure about car rides, so we try to take him to different places at least once a week. He is getting better and doesn't whine as much. He is the love of our lives and brings us so much joy.

The weather has been warmer the past couple of weeks. Not warm enough that you want to play outside. I am missing the snow. I could use a couple more feet. Not sure we are going to get it though. It seems like the storms just miss us.

Rick and I are planning on going away for our birthdays. They are a week apart so we thought we would do a nice little trip for the two of us. We can't wait until it gets warmer and we can take Charlie camping with us.

Nothing else new to speak of. We hope that everyone had a lovely holidays season and that the new year is going well for everyone. We miss you all.