Puppy Love

 Luke and Ruby are completely obsessed with dogs.  We have a ridiculous amount of stuffed puppies, Ruby often pretends to be a puppy and we have to take her for walks, they get excited about every dog we see, and they have been begging ever since Everest died for our family to get a new puppy.  The last few months there have been so many puppies in our life and it has been awesome.  First, Jami and Jarin's dog had a litter of 6 Frenchtons,  then Mandy Jean and Cory's had a litter of 9 Doodles and finally, our neighbors brought home a new dog.  We have had the best time loving and cuddling on all of these new pups, there is no way to hold a puppy and not feel happy.

As soon as we heard that the six Frenchtons had been born, we headed down to meet them.  They were so little, and so sweet, we could hardly stand to leave.  The kids were positive we needed our own.

Getting bigger...we finally took Tim to meet the Frenchtons

This mama did such a great job.

As soon as she heard that Cory and MJ's nine Doodle puppies were born, Ruby started begging to go visit.  They were so tiny at our first visit and we had so much fun snuggling them all.

This little one didn't like to eat so Ruby used all of her best doctoring skills

She thought the puppies would love playing with her puppy friend.

As the Frenchton puppies got bigger, they were ready for more adventures.

Cousins and puppies, what could be better!

One last visit with the Frenchtons before they left to be with their new families.

We were all heartbroken to say goodbye.

This was Luke's first time meeting the Doodles and he was just as smitten as we were.

They were finally big enough to come to Sunday dinner.

This really has been the summer of puppies.  Just when Luke and Ruby were getting sad that all of the "cousin puppies" would be gone, our neighbors brought home Cupcake.  We are absolutely loving this new, fuzzy neighbor and the kids are more than happy to puppysit and help with walks.

Our last visit with the Doodles was so bittersweet.  The kids had so much fun playing with all of the puppies and it was pretty sad to think that they were one their way to new families.  The kids enjoyed every minute of their last night together.

I think the love was mutual!

Can you spot the puppy?

All of this love might have been enough to melt my Cruella heart,

Don't be surprised if we end up with our own puppy before too long.

August Miscellaneous, 2020

 August was good to us.  We could feel summer coming to an end so we tried to pack in as many activities and adventures as possible.  It was definitely a weird summer, and we missed out on so many of our normal activities, but there was still plenty of sunshine and fun.  

The river trail will forever be one of our favorite places.

Grandpa and Grandma finally got to celebrate Brycen's graduation with him.

Just another day in paradise with the cousins.

Tim and Erika spent a beautiful afternoon in the mountains

Then met up with the boys for a German dinner

We spent the afternoon at the Springville Res with Kristina and her twins.  Luke and Ruby were so patient and good to play with the little ones.  And everyone got ice cream so it was a success.

Mask up people!

We have had a lot of fun at Seven Peaks this year.  Unfortunately, Ruby somehow chipped her tooth - she thinks when she jumped off the "cliff".  Luckily it doesn't hurt.

Cousin Power = Girl Power

We got some new organizing bins for Ruby's room,

Would you believe me that this is the "after"?

Lola is just soooo patient.

It's always a party in the hot tub.

Luke has really worked on his art and is getting so good.