Introducing

We got a new puppy! He is a pure breed Shih Tzu and we love him so much. I forgot how much work a puppy is, but it is not to bad we are enjoying the fun we are having with him. It is taking Bean and Ender a while to get use to him, but they are making good progress. We named him Zeddikus Zu'l, nicknamed Zedd, I know it is a mouthful, but like our other dogs he is being named from a book, The Sword of Truth series.

Aryelle's baby shower

After a few months of planning the day finally got here.  I did a "shower" theme with rain drops, boots, umbrellas, and clouds. We had a good time and setting up for it was pretty fun as well. Congrats Ary and Wil on the baby cannot wait to meet him or her.

Amari's blessing

This Sunday we went to little Amari's baby blessing. She looked do cute in her little blessing dress. We love getting to see our nieces and nephew all together on the same weekend we had a blast. The sad thing was that since Josh has been out of Miles's life for so long he had forgotten who he was. They were such good friends before they left, but since he has got back he has yet to warm back up to him. So after a BBQ on Saturday we were getting ready to go and Miles asked my dad. "Grandpa can Whitney and her guy friend Jerry stay?" It was funny, but Miles got mad that we laughed at his expense. Then on Sunday Josh asked him what is my name. "Stinky Uncle Josh" progress right? No. He then called him Uncle Jerry again trying to get his attention. I laughed he got mad. but then we were like it is ok you were teasing Josh right you know his name. Now they are back to being buddies again just in time for them to move to Oregon. We are pretty bummed they are leaving. I got to see Bray and Miles grow up, I am bummed we will miss little Amari growing up, but oh well we will just have to be happy about getting to see them on the holidays. We love being an aunt and uncle it is where a lot of our fun comes from. We cannot wait to have our own!

Reunion

We had our Doug Blauer family reunion a little while ago and it was so fun! It was Josh and my year to plan. We had everybody come down Friday night and we went out to dinner at B-dubs. The Saturday morning we went and rented out EP for an hour and a half. It was so awesome I love getting to go there and just run around! Then we went to Outer Limits and played laser tag. We had a blast! Then we hung out swam. played games, had a nice BBQ. We finished it up with a fun day on the mountains riding 4-whellers. All-in-all it was awesome I love having such a great time with people we love.

Fun at EP

Adoption

Adoption update. We just finished filling out all of our profile things, and we were ready to call Chad, our social worker, to see what we needed to do next when low and behold this morning he had e-mailed us and said we needed one more document, and then you will officially be on the website. So I told Josh to send in the document and we were so excited until Chad e-mailed us back and said that he was mistaken. He told us that our bishop letter was not in yet. I was a little upset, Josh is calling him tonight and if he does not have it in by Friday I think he might be a little scared to find me standing on his porch with a pen and the paper. I am just so excited to get on the list, and this is the last thing so I am very anxious to get it done. Wish us luck, we could not be happier to be this close to getting approved!

Finally!!

 Yes! We have new appliances. The appliances that came with the house i.e. the Stove, dishwasher, and microwave were of course new, but we bought our own washer, dryer, and fridge. We got the fridge for $50 dollars from PNHS when we bought the house. and I had to scrub mold out of it. I have always been a little weary of that fridge, so it is nice to get rid of it, oh and it was like 20 years old. Our dryer and washer were free from a friends parents, but there were also old and had seen better days. The washer would stink up the whole house when you would use it. I am running the new washer and the house smells great! I am so happy! I can not believe I am saying this, but I am looking forward to doing laundry from now on. HOORAY!!

Memorial Day

I am so proud of you Joshua!

Today is Memorial day. I have always thought it an important day, but now I understand how much emotion can go into that day. My veteran is home safe with me and I am proud of the sacrifices he has made for our country. My love goes out to all those who do not have there Veteran anymore, thank you for the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country free.