Another Puppy Update!

The puppies are now 5 weeks old! We will probably start sending them off to their new homes in just a couple weeks! I can't believe how fast time flies... They have grown up so much! They are like regular puppies now! They run and jump and play with each other and chew on everything! It's so cute to watch them all play! I love them all, but I have to admit it will be nice when they are all gone and things can go back to normal! They are so dang cute, but it has been a crazy 5 weeks with these little guys... that's for sure! Seems like my life is just puppies, puppies, puppies! So I've had my puppy fill for the year!! haha! So far we have 3 of them sold for sure and still some other interested callers! My goal is to have them all lined up and ready to go to their new homes at 8 weeks! So we'll see... Who wants a puppy?!!!

Father Day 2008

I just wanted to start by telling Chris how amazing he is! Chris you know how much I love you. But I just want to thank you for being such a great father and husband. You do so much and sacrifice so much for our family and I am so grateful for that. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for being blessed with a worthy priesthood holder in our home. You are everything that I dreamed of in a husband as I was growing up. And you have been such a wonderful daddy to Ava, as I'm sure you will to all of our future children. I couldn't ask for anyone better. Thank you for everything! WE LOVE YOU!


For Fathers Day Weekend we went to Cottonwood and stayed at Chris' parents house. Saturday Chris and Ava attended Tannah's baptism, and although I missed it, I heard it was a great one! Congrats Tannah! Saturday morning my sister, Wendi, and I attended my best friend, Amber Echols', sealing in the Mesa temple. It was very nice to be able to witness such an awesome thing! To see them sealed to each other for time and all eternity... I am so thankful to have had the same privilege of being sealed to my own husband and daughter just last May! So it brought back some good memories! Congrats Amber and Ryan! Then we drove up to Cottonwood that afternoon and went to Amber's reception. It was beautiful! It was at the Echols house and they had it decorated so perfect! I had a great time helping keep the food on the tables stocked with my mom and sisters. Thanks Amber for letting me be apart of your special day!
Then Sunday after church Chris opened some presents from Ava. Although I think Ava had more fun helping him opening his presents!! She loves presents! haha. She kept saying "Happy Fathers Day Daddy!" "Its your Father's day!" Then we blew-up this huge water park things that the Rice's had bought. And all the kids had a blast playing in the water the rest of the day. All-in-all it was a great weekend!

Puppy Update

The puppies are now 3 1/2 weeks old! It is so fun watching them grow every day! They have opened their eyes and they are walking all over the place! In fact, they are becoming quite the handful because they have all figured out how to climb out of the pool! So we have to keep the gate closed now because they can escape! Cute little rascals.... If only they didn't smell so dang much! ugh!

Swim Lessons!

Ava had her first swimming lessons this last week. Although it was kind of pointless, just because there was no real instruction ever given... we still had a good time practicing in the water! She is a great little fish!

Clonts Reunion May '08

The last weekend of May I was in charge of our Clonts Family Reunion. I was very happy how it turned out, but MAN am I glad it is over and done! I volunteered months ago to put it all together since it has been years since we have all gotten together, but I never realized how much work it was going to be! haha. But it was all well worth it to see my family all get together for a few days and get to know each other better while having a good time. And what better place to have it then my favorite place in the world, my grandparents cabin in Payson! Built by their own two hands, and just for this purpose. To see generations of family get together some day and have a good time. The weather was perfect all weekend, I couldn't have asked for anything more! So here are some pics from the weekend!

Monster Squash!

I had to get on here and post this! I was just out finishing up in my garden, watering my zucchini's and found THIS MONSTER ZUCCHINI growing! This is the first fruits we've gotten from our new little garden! It's SO exciting!! I just had to share! Can't wait til all the veggies start to get ripe!! Yummy!

Memorial Day

Here are just a couple pics from our Memorial day. We took a trip out to the Bass Pro Shop with our neighbors and their little girl, Kaylee. We had fun looking around and seeing the fish and stuff. It is a fun store, but I think Cabela's is better! (If only it wasn't so far away!) But then we ate lunch and ran some other errands.





After all the running around town, we got home and decided the weather was just too perfect to stay inside, so we packed up the BBQ grill and went out into the desert so the boys could go shooting and we did a little cook-out! It was fun! Won't be able to do things like that for long though! Should get hot this week! All-in-all though we had a great memorial day! It was nice to just go out on a whim and spend time with Chris and our friends all day! Wish there were more days like that!

Sunday Dinner w/ Kati

On Sunday, Kati and Kyle came over for dinner and to
see the puppies! They are getting so big already. They still haven't
opened their eyes yet, but they are
all almost double the weight
they were when they were born!
Its amazing how fast they grow!
Hopefully this week they should
start opening their eyes and
maybe even start to walk a little
bit! Anyways, just wanted to say
"thanks" to Kati for joining us
for dinner! We had a great time!
Ava loves having you over! And
it was good to see you and Kyle!
We are going to miss you when
you move to Utah! Love you!

Hair Cut Time!

Last Wednesday Ava got her first REAL hair cut! She has had small hair cuts before, just a little trim here and there, but this time she got it trimmed and we cut some bangs! I was so proud of her! She did so good sitting still in the chair while our friend, Malori, cut her hair! And she did an awesome job! She looks so cute and grown up with her little bangs! What a big girl she is growing up to be!

New Puppies Have Arrived!

Last night, around mid-night, (that's why I am still up now at 4:00 in the morning) we had our first litter of little weimarainer puppies! Jewls did great! She popped all 10 of those puppies out with in about 3 1/2 hours! 3 boys and 7 girls! Which is incredible! It was an amazing sight to see! I found it facinating how she took to it all so perfectly and knew just what to do! Now I am sitting here watching them as they all grunt themselves to sleep after a good feeding. It's been a long night for all of us! So I'm going to try and get some sleep myself now! Can't wait for Ava to wake up and see the miracle that happened over night! It's going to be a very busy next 6-8 weeks! Who wants a puppy!!!?