Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Holidays to Everyone!!!
Dan, Caitlyn and I had a wonderful holiday. It was quiet, but yummy! We fixed a ham and turkey ... the ham was on Heidi's behalf because shes not a turkey fan :) We enjoyed our day together. On Saturday we were fortunate enough to get to visit friends of our family - Anita and Tommy and their family in Nags Head, NC. Anita and Tommy have one of our puppies from our last litter ... Chloe and they will be the proud parents of another little girl puppy from this litter. They are, also, getting one of the girls for Anita's parents. Anita and Tommy are both very special people and we just love them! We took a photo of Anita and Chloe and it was too blurry (I'm sorry Anita :() to post. We met so many of their family we wish that we had written their names down so we could caption these photos. Darnit! We'll post them anyway with a note that we had a great visit and truly appreciated their hospitality.

The beautiful Maltese/LhasoApso is Bella ... she is as sweet in person as she is in the photo! She is the baby of Anita/Tommy's little boy Scotty. He was a Maltese and they mated him with a LhasoApso. The same day that little Scotty passed away was the day that little Bella was born! What a sweetheart!

As you can see in the photos we had the pleasure of meeting Anita's Mom and Dad (Pappy). Pappy was quite fond of one of the little boys and we thought that Pappy would appreciate the photo we took of Hewey this afternoon (the top photo of the santa outfit and the one right below).....

This is the other little boy :) Isnt he sweet!

And a trip to the Outerbanks wouldnt be complete without a hoodie sweatshirt and Caitlyn's "I'm Cool" face :) You might be surprised to know that she picked out this sweatshirt ... Dan and I had to walk around the store with her today wearing this .... its a little scary :)

The last photo is a photo that Dan and Heidi took from outside the front of the house. When Dan's mother passed away his neighbor and long time friend of the family told him that every time he see's a rainbow to think of his Momma. Its always a special reminder when we see one and in this particular case it was running through clouds.

Happy Holidays to everyone! Our thoughts, prayers and best wishes to all of you!

Dan, Heidi and Caitlyn!

Its SNOWING!!

Yep ... Caitlyn woke Dan and I up this morning (at 5:55am :() to tell us that it was snowing out! Actually, she woke us up to tell us it was snowing and she wanted a ride to the bus stop :) Dan was a winner and took her. I slept an extra 5 minutes :)

I dont have any pictures of the snow yet, but Ill post those later. I suppose all of our leaves will drop from the trees now. Its actually not that cold. I think it was colder yesterday, but I think the market scared the snow out of the sky!! I am having a hard time not obsessing on the market changes .... its taking its toll. Its quite painful to see $$ dissappear :( Dan and I are choosing to look at the bright side (when we remember to or remind each other to) that our continued investment during this down time will mean more $$ in the future for us. Sometimes that helps heal the pain ... sometimes it doesnt. I found myself saying a prayer in the car on the way to work this morning "please God .... let the markets do better today and let the people we elected take better care of their constituents". So, far the market is up from yesterday :) I think I will make a point of having these discussions with God more often (yes ... even if the market goes down I wont give up).

Speaking of prayers ... Dan/Caitlyn/I are sending our love and prayers out to my family in CO. My Papa isnt doing very well right now. My Mom is out there to help. We're sending our love and prayers.

I think that Grandpa got his final cast off yesterday. He seemed very excited for his Dr appointment and the opportunity for freedom :)

Have a great day and a Happy Thanksgiving!

Caitlyn's Report Card!

Hello!

Caitlyn brought home her first high school report card .... 7 A's and 1 B! Exceptional! We are so proud of her! The workload she has is tremendous on top of being in the advanced academy. She is really doing exceptional. She tries out for the swim team this week ... so we'll have photos to post of that. We're not sure what to expect with regards to competitions so we'll see, but we do know that Cat is a phenomenal swimmer. We havent figured out how well manage the driving to/from practice since they dont have an activity bus, but we'll figure it out.

Did I mention that our gas is below $2 here? It was 1.75/gallon the other day! Amazing ... almost as amazing as Cat's grades!

Cat's last two soccer games are this weekend .... so we'll have a busy Saturday. Pray for good weather for us :)

Latest Photos of the Pups!

Puppies and more puppies!! 6 weeks old today :)

Caitlyn :)

Caitlyn had a very busy weekend ... three soccer games, her best friends bd party, halloween and a sleepover at her friends tonight! Here is Caitlyn's idea of getting ready for winter ... nice hat, but notice the flip flops??? I seem to remember a LOT of arguments between she and Dan on this very subject :)

here is another one with a little more character :) Yes ... that is my daughter :)