Roy's Birthday

 

 Roy, Ammon & Jessica right before going to the temple. :)

 

Roy's birthday was on November 4th.  We were able to celebrate, but not really with cake and ice cream since Roy had a competition the next weekend.  He was able to save some yummy cheese cake though to eat after his competition was all done. :)  We were able to find a nice case to put all of Roy's competition trophies in.  They used to be just collecting dust in our bedroom, and no one could see them but us.  I thought it would be a good idea to put it in a nice case so people would be able to see all the hard work he has put in.   

The day before, we were able to take Jessica & Ammon to the Provo Temple and do baptisms there.  It was Ammon's first time doing this.  It was great because we were able to do family names as a fmaily and Roy's parents were working in the baptistry as well.  It was a neat experience! 

Halloween 2012

Well we had another fun year this Halloween.  Amanda wanted to be a cowgirl and Kaitlyn was Rapunzel.  They had so much fun dressing up!  We pretty much did our tradition.  We went to the pumpkin walk my work does every year.  They do such a great job.  They had a pumpkin carving contest and a bunch of fun games for the kids.  Here are some pictures of the festivities.  We also had Amanda's school Halloween Parade.  It was fun to watch all of the kids dressed up. 

New Countertops in Kitchen

A few years ago we were canning.  After taking out the finished cooked cans, putting them on towels...we heard a pop.  We realized our countertop cracked.  It wasn't pretty. We definitely thought we had enough towels down to protect the countertop.  Well this year we did more canning, and the countertop cracked even more.  We were able to get some bids, and were able to get half the price we had budgeted for to have granite countertops.  I was so excited.

I took some before and after pictures.  There is a huge difference in the warmth of the kitchen.  The granite countertops definitely brings in all the colors in the kitchen.  I was able to also get a sink that doesn't stain.  My old sink would stain, and I everything I would use didn't work.  So all I can say is...I am sooo pleased with the outcome.  I love my kitchen!!

 Our kitchen before...

 The crack...it even goes farther but the camera didn't catch it all.

 My icky stained sink.

 My new granite counter top! :)

 My new sink that will not stain!

I love my new kitchen!

New Little Pup - Fluffy aka Fluffer

We have a new little addition to our little family.  Roy helped train a friend of ours in a figure competition.  She did awesome in it and they had a little get together with family and friends the next day after the competition to celebrate.  During the time Roy was training Maria, my little girls would go over and play with their puppies.  They were born July 5, 2012.  They are little Maltese pups.  They are adorable.  I was able to meet the cute little pups at the celebration.  Maria and her husband offered us one of their puppies for free.  We thought it over.  We never really ever wanted a pet, especially an indoor one.  They girls just love the little runt of the group.  After much thought, Roy and I decided to have the little runt.  She now has a name and it is an indoor dog.  Her name is Fluffy, but is being called more, "Fluffer". :) 

Fluffer has such a sweet personality.  She is very daring as well.  She will jump off things to go the person she wants to hold her.  She has received the nickname, "Fluffer the Flying Dog". :)  Just this past week, a sad thing happened.  Poor little Fluff was injured from falling to the ground.  There were some hard lessons learned with the kids.  She was hurt pretty bad.  I took Fluff to the pet hospital and she had a fracture in her shoulder.  We have her leg wrapped up right now for a month and hoping her bones will heal correctly.  She could have went into surgery, but we didn't want to go that route.  Little Fluffer is a trooper.  She is even walking around with a wrap on her leg and still wanting to be cuddled.  Here are some pics of little Fluffer.