Our Sweet Shelby....

Our hearts are aching today. Our sweet doggie, Shelby has gone to Heaven before us. She had gotten out and gotten down the road a bit. Tim had been outside along with his mom and sister looking for her. Its hard to find a dark colored dog in the dark. Unfortunatly, Shelby heard Tim calling for her and ran into the road....and was hit.
We were and are still just hurting. It felt as though I had lost one of my own children. But we know that Heavenly Father has a plan and that we will be will our sweet sweet girl again. She will be waiting for us. And she is up in Heaven will alot of loving family members who are there to take care of her for us..just for awhile.
Tim was so amazingly strong for the kids and I last night. He did all he could to comfort us. He was so strong and took the kids outside to let them say goodbye (she didnt have a scratch on her). And he was so caring the way he made sure she was put to rest. Broke my heart to see him outside in the bitter cold trying his hardest to break the frozen ground up (our kids wanted her to be buried here at home). He finally was able to get a spot dug for her...wrapped her up in a blanket and laid her to rest on her little blue bed.
I am so grateful to have the gospel in our lives and to know that our sweet puppy is just on the other side of the veil. Although we are aching here, that knowledge helps us get through such a sad loss.

A few pics

Here are some pics of the kids we had done professionally at Sears. They turned out pretty cute. Not exactly how I hoped they would turn out. But there is always next time I guess. The girls dresses are adorable!! Thanks Becky (my sweet sister in law let me borrow them!) But anyway here are a few to check out.

Our First Lost Tooth!

So our first born baby has offically lost his first tooth!! I was so excited for him at first..but after it was all said and done...it really actually bummed me out. Just that one little tiny baby tooth missing changed his whole look. But dang look at how stinkin cute he is. I just cant stand it. He has the most beautiful blue eyes you have ever seen!!! Its like you can see his soul in them. And those dang cute freckles on his face. How could you not just want to kiss every one of those!!!

But Chris did do really good for his (and ours) first teeth pulling experience. He was really brave at first...then got a bit scared and wasnt sure what to think about it...then Grandma Pam came to the rescue!!! She just came and talked soo sweet to him and then yanked that sucker right out!!! What would we do without her!!! He was so proud of himself. It was adorable!!!! Well now we just have to remember that the Tooth Fairy needs to come and pay Mr. Christofer a visit tonight!! LOL

Christmas 08'

So I cant believe Christmas is over and another year is only a few days away!! Is that not the craziest thing. Since last Christmas it seemed to take forever while I was in bed trying to get Kaitlynn here safe and now its just flew by. Well we had a beautiful Christmas. We couldnt have been more blessed I think. We had a beautiful white Christmas (who doesnt just love that!?), we had awesome family and friends around us to share the holidays with and this year I think we could just feel the spirit so strong. Tim and I now have all of our babies here and it just felt complete and wonderful to know we were all here safe and sound.
So here are a bunch of pictures of our holiday. It was soo fun and wonderful like I said. The kids were great and had a great time as well as did Tim and I. Hope all of you had a beautiful Christmas Season and have a great New Year.

Been awhile....sorry

So sorry I havent been on here much..its been kind of crazy around here. Like that is anything new though eh?! LOL We were doing alot of wrestling. Chris just got done with the season. He LOVED it and did awesome!!! He will be doing freestyle in Feb. when it starts up. Its so cool to see him do something that he really loves and is awesome at it!! He won a bronze metal in his weight divison at the tournament they had!! And this was his first year doing it!! I guess Tim rough housing with him since he could sit up has paid off!! LOL And he finally has a loose tooth!! So we will see how long it takes for that sucker to come out. He is that only one in his class that doesnt have a tooth gone yet. He is doing great in school. Which I love. His teacher has been awesome at helping him and making sure that he doesnt fall behind because of his hearing.

Miss Kennedy has been well, Kennedy LOL. And anyone who knows my sweet daughter, knows what I am talking about. I love her though. She has one of the strongest personalities I have ever known. But atleast she will never get walked on!! hehehe She is doing great in school..she can almost write her name. Its so cute. I love to see them learn something new. She is going to start either a dance class or gymnastics class here soon. We need to get some of that energy put into something more productive hehehe. She is a crack up though..never a dull moment with that girl.

And our sweet Kaitlynn is ohh so sweet. I could just kiss her all day. She finally decided that she could sit up and be a big girl!! She still is pretty sure that she doesnt need to crawl yet though. She does however manage to roll everywhere. And thinks that the Christmas tree is quit amusing to be under and stare at. So now we have a half naked Christmas tree from about the middle to the bottom. hehehe Right now though my sweet baby is sick. She is definalty related to her brother. Always sick. She goes in tomorrow for her 9 month check up. So we will see what is going on with her then.

Anyway I guess that is what we have been up to lately. Just busy busy. And waiting for that jolly man to come and visit our house. This year Chris said he would let Santa come in!! He hated the thought that some one came into our house while we were sleeping. Cute huh.

I've Been Tagged!!

4 TV shows I watch
1)ER
2)Ultimate Fighter
3)America's Next Top Model
4)Anything on the Tru channel

4 of my favorite restaurants
1)Red Robin
2)Johnny Carinos
3)Jimmy John's
4)Texas Roadhouse

4 Things that happened yesterday
1)Took son to audiologist
2) Went to son's wrestling match
3)Took Kennedy and Chris to school
4)Nursed and changed lots of diapers

4 things I am looking forward to
1)Christmas with our complete family
2)Thanksgiving with family
3)Going to the craft fairs
4)My Kaity's eye to get better

4 things on my wish list
1)The economy to get better (fat chance I know..just sick of worrying about it)
2)My kids to be healthy
3)A clean and organized house LOL
4)To figure out my 4 and 6 year olds!! LOL

4 things I am grateful for
1)Our Heavenly Father that listens to us and hears us
2)A family for donating a hearing aid for my son!!!!!!
3)My children and husband
4)Each day

4 people I tag...
1)Christina
2)Kristen H.
3)Gina
4)Casey

More Wrestling!

So I just had to add a post today about my little man!!! Chris had his second wrestling match last night! It was awesome. He just loves it!! He went up next to a kid who was alot bigger then him. So we were a bit worried. But Chris was using some brut force!!! He was taking him down and throwing him around!! Chris was winning 15 to 4 I think was the score when the other kid was pinning him. We thought the match was over, but then Chris got out from under him, rolled him over and pinned him and WON!!!!!!!!!! His Dad couldnt have been prouder!!!! Both of their faces were classic!! Grinning from ear to ear. It was awesome. Tim's sister Becky and her family came and watched him and cheered him on. Chris was so excited and proud of himself! He ran around telling every one he won! It was sooo cool!!!! Anyway...I just thought that everyone should know about my tough buff little man LOL He did sooo great!!!