Poor Puppy!

So this cute little one is a stray that our neighbors found.We told them that we would foster her (who couldn't foster such a cute girl?) until we could find a home for her and asked that they would still look also. Well those of you who know us, know that we are huge dog lovers! Lindsay first off wanted to keep her, but our rental lease only has Boomer on it. We didn't name her for almost a week hoping that we could find a home and not get too attached. Well we ended up naming her-Sadie. When she first came to us we could tell that she had worms so we went to the vet and got de-wormer and took care of the nasty little things.

She has honestly been the best puppy we have ever watched, and let me tell you we have not only had plenty of dogs of our own but watched many other military members' pets while they were TDY (temporary duty- business trip) or Deployed. She is not perfect but has picked up potty training well and is eager to learn. Just all around great.....

....Sad news is she has got Parvo! Yikes! She has been in the hospital since this weekend and I am picking her up today to help her continue to recover which is a miracle in itself. Most puppies don't survive. She is a total survivor. So we are now debating whether or not to try to convince our landlord to let us get a new dog, or still try to find a good home for her.

On other news.....Lindsay and I had a great weekend! We went hiking this weekend to keep in shape and keep the skin on our heels tough ( I know sounds totally lame, but blisters suck on the trail!) and then I made Proposition 8 calls with my dear friend Amy from our ward.

It is so amazing at what some people believe on this issue. They think it is just about the definition of marriage, but it goes so much deeper. Parents will lose rights to what their children are taught in schools, and religious institutions such as LDS Family Services could lose their right to help with adoptions. HOw ridiculous!!!! It is so sad, so we were calling to make people aware of repurcussions. Please anyone who knows anyone in California please tell them to check out protectmarriage.com and vote YES on PROP 8!!!!

Later on Saturday we went to a church function where I got to play softball and we had a big picnic dinner. It was so fun! OUr team lost but it was fun anyways.

Sunday we rested, and then Last night for Family night we did self defense with our friends Orin and Amy! Orin is a highway patrolman and knew a bunch of stuff, so he taught us how to take a gun out of someone's hands and get out from underneath someone who had you pinned down, and flip them over your back. It was outstanding! I like to know how to protect myself!

Hope you all had a great weekend too!

Snuggly Bunch

So Lindsay and I have been quite the homebodies lately. And quite frankly I have really enjoyed it. We have been having lots of family snuggles as the weather has been cooling off. Although it is quite weird to me that it is almost November and I can still wear t-shirts and capris some days. But the nights and mornings are chilly. Just enough to call for Hot Cocoa. Mmmmm!
A few saturdays ago we were trying to decide what to do on a great Saturday morning and Lindsay said we should try to make homemade bread. I was astonished that he would want to do that but totally thrilled so we made bread. The recipe made two loaves so after we made the dough we each took over a loaf and punched them down, let them rise and I shaped them for us (at that point Linds had left to go dirt bike riding with some friends), I thought I was quite funny, mine was braided and his was a turd! It was great! But they both tasted amazing. Our goal is to make home made bread more often so that we dont have to pay for the ridicously expensive bread here and plus....who doesnt like home made bread.
Other news......well there really isn't much too report. We are hoping to get our adoption profile moved from Washington down here soon and get that process back in motion. I am going to a conference on Saturday about bringing visual arts into the schools here. One of the ladies in my ward is a substitute teacher and wanted to know if I would want to come and help teach some art classes in the elementary schools throughout the year. I am excited about that. Never thought I would be able to use those talents in such a way but hopefully it will work out well.

Oh Lindsay and I went garage saling this last weekend and we got the sweetest deals! Check this out. I have been looking for some type of cabinet or something for my scrapbooking and art/craft supplies to organize them. I wanted a cabinet or whatever so that once kids actually come into our house I could move that into whichever room it needed to go in and it would all stay together. I got this sweet deal for $3 and nothing was wrong with it!

And Lindsay got two of these for $3 total as well. We didn't even haggle at all, that's just what they were asking-how cool is that? I was so proud of us!

So Lindsay and I have been trying to do fun things without spending money lately and we don't have tv but we can watch dvds at our house. Some of the things that we have been doing are sudoku races (see who can finish them first), scrabble, renting movies, walks, shooting guns (Lindsay reloads his own ammunition), and going to open-mic night at a local coffee shop. These activities have been quite fun I must tell you but I think it would be great to have more ideas. Any ideas anyone?