Oh What a Thanksgiving!

This was a wonderful Thanksgiving! We surprised my mom this year! I told her that Chance had to work... even cried to make it more believable! (Sorry mom!) We went to my sister Jacqueline's house in Payson. We had such a fun time, but really missed our sister Heidi and her family! We even went shopping on Thanksgiving night and black friday... NEVER AGAIN!!! I hate shopping anyhow, but wanted to spend some quality time with mom and jac. There were sooooo many people, and I hate crowds. To top it, I was severely sleep deprived, and VERY grouchy (sorry to all who had to deal with me *cough* mom and jac *cough*). :D I did get one cute thing out of the whole shopping experience that was WAY worth it...

This adorable sweater for Duke!

My brother Heath and his sweet family also came, and I got to hold their cute baby Elayna! She is such a sweetie, and has the cutest chubby cheeks ever! Unfortunately, she spits up like any other baby will do. She happened to spit up while I was holding her, and I FREAKED OUT! There was no help or mercy from anyone! I had to clean her myself. I cleaned her and went on my merry way, only to have her spit up yet again... and much more than the first time. I screamed. Literally. Elayna started to cry. Then I felt bad and almost started to cry too. And gag. Oh dear. Thank goodness for Uncle Bronson coming to save the day! He wiped Elayna off while I held her, then I deposited her with him and went to clean up in the bathroom. Yuck. It was a miracle that none of it got on my clothes! :D I have since made amends with the poor babe, and given her lots of kisses!


Also, I need to send out a shout-out to my wonderful family! They bought us (drum roll please)... a CAR! You read that right, a car. It's a '96 White Oldsmobile Ciera! It's in good condition and runs very well! I am sooo excited! We have only had one other car for so long! This is such a blessing to us, and will be put to great use! Thank you to my parents, Dustin, and Bronson. You are the best!

Fun Times!

To start with, things are getting better and not so stinky! :) I had just been cooped up in the house for so long that it was getting to me... but I had a nice talk with Chance and he has been taking me out more. Sometimes it's just for something small, but something is better than nothing! I have also been getting more hours at work too! I love it!
For Halloween I helped my old neighbor with the Trunk-or-Treat at the Pima Rodeo Grounds and had soooo much fun! There were so many people there! It was a great turn out! There were so many fun and unique costumes to see! I wanted to dress up Duke, but I think that will have to wait till next year when he is older!
Duke is getting bigger every week and is now 14 weeks old! He is still not potty trained (dang it), but I am working on it! He doesn't go to the bathroom in his kennel at all anymore though! That's a big stepping stone! Now if I can just extend that to the rest of the house. *sigh* The people that lived here before us had dogs, and our carpet is old old old... I think Duke keeps smelling old things and that is why he pees on the carpet. :( He will get it eventually thought!
Sorry for the picture-less post by the way!